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C18 Boston Sunday Globe OCTOBER 24, 2010 College football Winters springs into action for Crimson 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Harvard 45, Princeton 28 at Princeton (N Stadium Harvard (4-2) 7 14 10 14 45 Princeton (1-5) 7 7 7 7 28 Kerr 22 pass from Flaherty (Jacob kick), 12:56. H-Gordon 26 run (Mothander kick), 6:28. H-Scales 46 run (Mothander kick), 12:21. Kerr 7 pass from Dixon (Jacob kick), 9:45. Zajeski 9 run (Mothander kick), 4:43.

Juszczyk 26 pass from Winters (Mothander kick), 12:51. Peacock 33 pass from Culbreath (Jacob kick), 7:11. Cook 0 blocked punt return (Mothander kick), 14:44. P-Peacock 1 run (Jacob kick), 4:20. Juszczyk 8 pass from Winters (Mothander fore, the old Statue of Liberty," said Murphy.

"Yeah, but not for maybe 10 years." The Crimson reacted by scoring three touchdowns of their own in the next 15 minutes, helping to build a 21-14 advantage by halftime, and a 38-21 gap early in the fourth quarter. "We can't make the kind of mistakes we made today," said Princeton first-year coach Bob Surace. "Sure, I see lots of signs of progress, but there are no moral victories. We still have to find some answers." Minutes after Princeton's early shock score, Dan Minamide's interception halted another Tiger assault deep into Harvard territory, and it took the Crimson, powered by Gordon's 52-yard dash down the right sideline, just four plays to pull even. Gordon barreled 26 yards around right end for the equalizer.

Three minutes into the sec ond quarter, the Crimson took their first lead, Scales's 46-yard sprint down the left sideline wrapping up an 80-yard march. But the Tigers evened it one series later, driving 59 yards in five plays. The TD was a 7-yard connection from Dixon to Kerr. The Crimson went ahead to stay in the second quarter as Rich Zajeski pounded 9 yards through the Tigers' right side, capping a 79-yard drive. For Princeton, the back-breaker came two plays into the fourth quarter.

Grant Sickle's block of Otavio Fleury's punt bounded back and into the end zone, where Mike Cook pounced on it for a 3 8-2 1 advantage. "We just have to be more perfect, more exact, on everything we do," said Surace. "We've had our share of injuries, just as Harvard has had them. But right now we're using some guys who started on the JV team." The 45 points were the most ever by Harvard against Princeton, topping the 43 in 2002. Harvard's medical staff had told Winters his injuries couldn't get any worse by returning, and that was all the encouragement he needed.

He went on to complete 8 of 12 passes for 91 yards and two touchdowns, both to Kyle Juszczyk, a 26-yarder in the third quarter and an 8-yarder with 1:52 left. Spearheaded by senior Gino Gordon (20 carries, 204 yards) and sophomore Treavor Scales (16-134), the Crimson dominated on the ground. For both Gordon and Scales, who added touchdowns, it was a career day. But it was the aerial phase of the Crimson attack that finally wrecked the upset hopes of the Tigers (1-5, 0-3). Hatch had completed 9 of 21 passes for 98 yards, but he was intercepted twice in the first half, in which Princeton took an early 7-0 lead and pulled into a 14-14 tie in the second quarter.

"Sure, we made a few mistakes, but that wasn't the biggest thing today," said Harvard coach Tim Murphy. "With all the injuries we've sustained this season, the key has been guy after guy stepping up. Collier coming back, after being out for basically a year. I'm very proud of that kind of resilience and mental toughness, his and our whole football team." "It's just great and exciting to be back," said Winters. "At half-time, Coach told me to go and warm up.

I've been preparing all week as if I was going to play." The Tigers struck first, when quarterback Andrew Dixon flipped left to tight end Harry Flaherty, who then threw a 22-yard lefthanded strike to Andrew Kerr alone in the end zone. "Sure, I've seen that play be Quarterback puts hurting on Tigers By Elliott Denman GLOBE CORRESPONDENT PRINCETON, N.J. First came the ad ductor muscle injuries, right and left. Then the torn left labrum. Before Harvard training camp was two weeks old, quarterback Collier Winters was being counted out for the season.

Fortunately, the junior never listened to those who predicted he'd be sidelined until 2012. Winters stunned many by stepping back into the lineup in the second half yesterday. And with starter Andrew Hatch still struggling following the concussion he suffered in the Brown game a month ago, it was Winters who piloted the Crimson (4-2, 2-1 Ivy) to a 45-28 win over Princeton. Quakers handle Bulldogs ASSOCIATED PRESS Luke DeLuca only had 25 yards rushing, but his two touchdown runs helped Pennsylvania remain unde-IVY LEAGUE feated in Ivy ROUNDUP League play with a 27-20 victory over Yale yesterday in New Haven. The Quakers (5-1, 3-0) fell behind, 3-0, in the first quarter on a 39-yard field goal by Phillipe Pan-ico, but a 17-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Becker to Jeff Jack pulled Penn in front, 6-3, after a missed extra point.

Bradford Blackmon returned a punt 53 yards for a touchdown to push the Quakers' lead to 13-3 at halftime. DeLuca scored on two 1-yard runs in the second half to help the Quakers maintain their lead. Two touchdown passes from Patrick Witt pulled the Bulldogs (4-2, 2-1) to within 27-17 with only 1:22 remaining. Panico added a 26-yard field goal with 13 seconds left to end the scoring. Dartmouth 24, Columbia 21 Nick Schwieger scored on a 1-yard run with 2:28 remaining as the Big Green beat the lions after nearly fumbling away the game in New York.

Dartmouth (4-2, 1-2) led, 17-7, in the fourth quarter and had reached the Columbia 15, but quarterback Conner Kempe fumbled after being hit by Josh Smith. Columbia (3-3, 1-2) then drove 70 yards in seven plays to get within 17-14 on Sean Brack-ett's 4-yard run. Dartmouth's T.J. Cameron lost a fumble on the ensuing kick-off, but the Big Green got the ball back three plays later when Brackett fumbled. They didn't keep it long, as Schwieger fumbled on second down and Columbia recovered at the Green's 29.

Brackett drove the Lions to a 21-17 lead in five plays, finding Nathan Lenz with a 2-yard touchdown pass. Brown 27, Cornell 14 Joe Springer completed 20 of 33 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns as the Bears prevailed at home. Brown (4-2, 3-0) ran for 157 of its 444 total yards, while holding Cornell (1-5, 0-3) to 61 yards rushing. Mark Kachmer had 81 yards and a score on 17 carries, and Alexander Norocea kicked two field goals for the Bears, including a 45-yarder to open the scoring. Ryan Houska had a pair of TDs for the Big Red, catching a 21 -yard pass from Jeff Mathews and running in from 2 yards.

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Ivy League standings Conf. All W-L W-L PFG PAG Penn 3-0 5-1 24.8 17.8 Brown 3-0 4-2 23.8 19.2 Harvard 2-1 4-2 29.7 18.5 Yale 2-1 4-2 21.8 19.7 Dartmouth. 1-2 4-2 27.2 22.8 Columbia 1-2 3-3 25.2 19.8 Princeton 0-3 1-5 20.5 36.0 Cornell 0-3 1-5 11.5 29.3 UConn linebacker Lawrence Wilson tracks down Louisville's Adam Froman as the quarterback kick), 1:52. Attendance: 9,697. Harv.

Prin. 19 32-88 277 26-38-3 56 1-0 4-40 26:27 First downs 32 Rushes-yards 54-394 Passing 189 Comp-att-int 17-33-3 Return yards 30 Punts-Avg Fumbles-lost 0-0 Penalties-yards 7-46 Time of Possession 33:33 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Gordon 20-204, Scales 16-134, Winters 5-22, Hatch 6-18, Zajeski 5-12, Chrissis 1- 5, team l-(-l); Culbreath 9-41, Kelley 13-21, Zimmerman 3-14, B. Mills 3-5, Wilson 1-3, Dixon 2- 3, Peacock 1-1. PASSING-H, Hatch 9-21-2-98, Winters 8-12-1-91; Dixon 20-29-2-195, Kelley 4-7-1-27, Culbreath 1-1-0-33, Flaherty 1-1-0-22. RECEIVING Juszczyk 6-81, Gordon 4-30, Richards 2-24, Sarkisian 1-15, Zajeski 1-12, Chrissis 1-11, Hatch 1-10, Cook 1-6; Peacock 11-139, Flaherty 6-49, Kerr 5-45, Serwanga 2-28, Zimmerman 2-16.

GARRY JONESASSOCIATED PRESS during the first half. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 N.E. standings PATRIOT LEAGUE Conf. W-L W-L PFG PAG Lehigh 1-0 Bucknell 1-1 Colgate 1-1 Holy Cross 1-1 Georgetown 2-2 Lafayette 0-1 Fordham 5-2 21.0 21.1 1-6 13.1 25.6 4-3 28.3 4-4 20.1 23.3 23.0 3-5 20.0 24.3 1-6 21.0 27.9 3-5 20.6 22.8 NOTE: Fordham not eligible for Patriot League title; league games do not count in standings NORTHEAST-10 Conf. W-L New Haven 5-1 Southern 4-2 Assumption 3-2 Merrimack 3-2 Bentley 3-2 AIC 3-2 Stonehill 2-4 St.

Anselm 1-4 Pace 0-5 All PFG 29.0 30.0 29.6 W-L 7-1 4-4 6-2 PAG 20.0 22.6 25.1 32.1 3-4 35.9 3-4 3-4 28.3 26.6 12.9 17.9 3-4 26.9 1-6 19.1 0-6 13.3 28.1 42.3 40.8 ECFC Conf. W-L Norwich 4-1 Mount Ida 3-2 Castleton St 3-2 Gallaudet 2-3 Husson 2-3 Becker 1-4 Anna Maria 0-5 All PFG 36.0 43.9 31.4 33.3 30.3 18.6 10.0 17.5 W-L 8-0 7-1 4-3 3- 4 4- 4 2-6 1-7 0-8 PAG 22.3 14.3 24.0 38.3 21.1 46.8 42.6 51.8 NESCAC Conf. W-L Amherst 5-0 Williams 5-0 Trinity 4-1 Wesleyan 3-2 Middlebury 2-3 Colby 2-3 Tufts 1-4 Hamilton 1-4 Bowdoin 1-4 Bates 1-4 All PFG 37.4 35.8 30.6 24.0 24.2 20.4 17.4 15.2 13.6 10.0 W-L 5-0 5-0 4-1 3-2 2-3 2-3 1-4 1-4 1-4 1-4 PAG 10.2 15.4 12.6 24.4 29.4 24.8 23.0 28.4 29.6 30.8 NEW ENGLAND BOGAN Div. W-L W-L PFG Maine 4-1 6-1 44.9 Framingham 6-2 33.9 Bridgewater St 3-2 5-3 17.0 Mass. 4-4 20.1 Worcester St 2-3 4-4 27.0 Westfield St 2-3 3-5 20.0 Coast Guard 1-4 2-5 13.1 Fitchburg St 1-4 1-7 16.3 BOYD WNEC 5-0 7-1 20.0 Endicott 4-1 6-2 27.4 Plymouth St 4-1 6-2 17.0 Salve Regina 3-2 4-4 16.6 Curry 2-3 4-4 24.6 3-5 11.9 MIT 0-5 1-6 10.7 Nichols 0-5 0-8 13.8 PAG 21.7 20.9 19.6 21.8 26.1 25.9 21.7 36.0 13.1 16.5 11.0 12.0 15.9 22.3 22.9 27.6 Holy Cross finishes with a flourish zips down the Cardinals' sideline Framing ham St.

48, Westfield St. 27 Kurt Leone connected with James McCarthy on four TD passes and the Rams (6-2, 4-1 NEFC Bogan) outgained the Owls (3-5, 2-3) by nearly 400 yards in Westfield. Leone also had a scoring run. Worcester St. 31, Coast Guard 7 Two TD runs by Marcus Price in the fourth quarter sealed it for the host Lancers (4-4, 2-3 NEFC Bogan).

Price burned the Bears (2-5, 1-4) for 203 yards rushing. Bridgewater St. 28, Fitchburg St. 13 Ben Desmarais rushed for two scores in the second half to push the Bears (5-3, 3-2 NEFC Bogan) past the Falcons (1-7, 1-4) in Fitchburg. Norwich 81, Anna Maria 7 The Cadets (7-1, 4-1 ECFC) averaged 10.2 yards per play in pounding the winless Amcats in Paxton.

Kris Sabourin had three of Norwich's eight TDs N.Y. Maritime 37, Mount Ida 35 Scott Drosendahl's fifth TD pass, with 1:49 left, didn't hold up for the Mustangs (4-3, 3-2 ECFC) in Newton as the Privateers (8-0, 5-0) hit on a go-ahead scoring pass just 45 seconds later. Castleton St. 55, Husson 51 The Spartans (4-3, 4-1 ECFC) won a shootout in Bangor, Maine, behind Shane Brozowski, who threw for 458 yards and accounted for four TDs. Justin Lin-die led the Braves (1-7, 1-4) with 246 yards rushing and five TDs.

Ithaca 23, Springfield 14 Mike Davis and Alex Mendez rushed for third-quarter TDs, but the visiting Pride (5-2, 1-2) couldn't get past the Bombers (5-2, 2-1) in an Empire 8 matchup. Rochester 16, WPI 15 Two TDs by Ernie Mello, one on a return of a blocked punt, weren't enough for the Engineers (3-4, 1-3 Liberty) in a home loss to the Yellow Jackets (1-6, 1-3). Assumption 45, Saint Anselm 40 The lead changed hands seven times in Worcester, with the fifth of Andrew Kupec's six TD passes putting the Greyhounds (6-2, 3-2 Northeast-10) ahead to stay. Kupec wrapped up his big day (25 of 34, 402 yards) with a 60-yard scoring strike to David Canney with 2:46 left. The Hawks (1-6, 1-4) kept it tight behind Michael Pierce, who passed for 340 yards and three scores.

New Haven 27, Merrimack 25 The host Chargers (7-1) moved to 5-1 in the NE-10 by holding off the Warriors (3-4, 3-2). Merrimack's James Suozzo passed for 314 yards and ran for three TDs. Southern Conn. 45, Stonehill 21 Stephan Neville returned a kickoff and a fumble for scores in the first quarter, but the Sky-hawks (3-4, 1-4 NE-10) couldn't keep the momentum in Easton. John Wiechman had two TD runs during a third-quarter surge by the Owls (4-4, 4-2).

Amherst 37, Wesleyan 10 Alex Vetras set a school record with 39 completions and finished with 289 yards and four TDs as the Lord Jeffs (5-0 NESCAC) routed the Cardinals (3-2) in Middletown, Conn. Williams 35, Tufts 24 Ryan Lupo rushed for 180 yards and four TDs, allowing the Ephs to rally in Medford and stay tied atop the NESCAC at 5-0. Anthony Fucillo had two TD passes for the Jumbos (1-4). Trinity 31, Bowdoin 14 The Bantams (4-1 NESCAC) beat the Polar Bears (1-4) for the 12th straight time as Evan Bunker gained 223 yards rushing in Brunswick, Maine. Craig Drus-bosky threw two TD passes to Chris Hunt in the second quarter to pull Trinity out of a 14-3 hole.

Colby 35, Hamilton 7 Richard Newton returned one of his two interceptions 64 yards for a TD and the Mules (2-3 NESCAC) had a big second half against the visiting Continentals (1-4). Middlebury 22, Bates 9 Anthony Kuchan kicked three field goals for the host Panthers (2-3 NESCAC) and the Middlebury defense limited the Bobcats (1-4) to six first downs. WNEC 14, Plymouth St. 6 -With first place in the New England Football Conference's Boyd Division on the line, the visiting Golden Bears (7-1, 5-0) made two long TD drives in the first half stand up. Bryce Brown passed for only 31 yards, but his 21-yard scoring run gave WNEC the early lead.

JJ Jachym's 4-yard TD run before halftime put the Panthers (6-2, 4-1) in a deeper hole. Curry 42, Nichols 14 Harold Rose passed for five scores, four to Robert Bambini (including three in the second quarter), as the host Colonels broke a three-game skid (4-4, 2-3 NEFC Boyd). Bambini also had a 16-yard TD run, and caught eight passes for 183 yards. Endicott 37, UMass-Dartmouth 13 The visiting Gulls (6-2, 4-1 NEFC Boyd) jumped all over the Corsairs (3-5, 2-3) as Mike Lane ran for two first-half touchdowns. Salve Regina 13, MIT 7 Jimmy Connelly's two TD passes in the first quarter lifted the Sea-hawks (4-4, 3-2 NEFC Boyd) past the Engineers (1-6, 0-5) in Cambridge.

Maine Maritime 28, Mass. Maritime 27 Todd Murphy's 11-yard TD run midway through the final quarter gave the Mariners (6-1, 4-1 NEFC Bogan) a come-from-behind win in Castine, Maine. Matt Rende gained 147 of the hosts' 333 yards rushing, and Matt White had three TD runs for the Buccaneers (4-4, 3-2). FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Holy Cross broke a 10-year losing streak in Hamilton, NY, in dramatic fashion yesterday as Ryan Tag-gart threw a 14-yard NEW ENGLAND ROUNDUP touchdown pass to Bill Edger with five seconds remaining to give the Crusaders a 31-24 victory over Colgate. The Crusaders (4-4, 1-1 Patriot League) led, 24-7, at half-time before allowing 17 straight points by the Raiders (4-3, 1-1).

Colgate tied it at 24-24 on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Greg Sullivan to Doug Rosnick and 2-point conversion with 6:37 left in the fourth quarter. Holy Cross got nothing out of a long drive, but regained possession at its 24-yard line with 1:03 remaining. Taggart completed three passes for 49 yards and ran for 25 more on the winning march. Andrew Zitnik returned a first-quarter kickoff 93 yards for a score for Holy Cross, which also got touchdown receptions in the first half from wideouts Freddie Santana and Luke Chmielinski. Louisville 26, UConn The visiting Huskies (3-4, 0-2 Big East) were shut out for the first time in nearly five years as red-shirt freshman Mike Box was just 4 of 12 for 35 yards and Jordan Todman was held to a season-low 80 yards on 19 carries.

The Cardinals (4-3, 1-1) posted their second shutout in three games. Doug Beaumont returned a punt 74 yards for a TD and Chris Philpott kicked four field goals. Sacred Heart 33, Georgetown 20 The Pioneers (2-6) got four field goals from Jesper Fredriks-son and two TD passes from Dale Fink to Garry Coles in a home rout of the Hoyas (3-5)..