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YORK SUNDAY NEWS SEPTEMBER 24 1989 C11 COLLEGE FOOTBALL to Will over aippens 100 percent a good football player? Bottigliere credited the nature of Wing-T offensive set as an advantage over Millersviile in the wet and windy conditions an option Bottiglieri said want to i pitch the ball The going to be more of a factor (with the option) than with our offense We run very little option and we have a couple of workhorse The contest marked the first time that Millersville now 1-2 has suffered a shutout since losing 19-0 to Kutztown in 1980 a string of 93 straight games defense was especially keyed into this game because of the explosive offense of offense (41 points scored in a 43-41 upset loss to Southern remaining before intermission Plummer gave Shippensburg a 17-0 lead on an 8-yard touchdown run at the 3:22 mark Defensive end Mike Swope finished the scoring for Shippensburg with a fumble recovery in the end zone after Fagan lost the ball on a second-and-nine call from his own 2-yard line with 12:08 remaining to play best scoring opportunity came Desi Washington had a 92-yard punt I return for an apparent touchdown called back on a penalty early in the third quarter has a fine football Millersville head coach Gene Carpenter said we really doing a lot of things right now to help ourselves We need to get some breaks early The (turnovers) really killed us great win for Shippensburg probably the biggest win for Shippensburg in a while We beaten Millersville since Leading the way for the Red Raiders now 4-0 and off to their best start since advancing to the NCAA Division II playoff semifinals (also in 1981)' was the return of Plummer After sitting out the past two games with a shoulder injury the 6-foot-l 210-pound two-time All-Conference back returned with hurricane-strength intensity Plummer drove through or over the Millersville defensive line all day rolling up 88 yards on 13 carries in the first half still not quite 100 percent Bottiglieri said he played well today considering not Connecticut last Bottiglieri said we were able to put pessure on (Millersville quarterback freshman Chris That pressure and the deteriorating weather conditions showed early as Shippensburg recovered an errant Fagan Pitch at the Millersville 26-yard line 2:13 into the game Shippensburg quarterback Rob Klock then connected with tight end Bryan Gilbert five plays later to give Shippens- burg an early 7-0 lead The Red Raiders recovered a second Millersville fumble at the 50-yard line with 2:41 remaining in the first quarter and raised the margin to 10-0 on a 26-yard field goal by Howard Guarini with 14:20 remaining in the half After Fagan was intercepted with 6:34 By ROBERT CRAZIUL Special correspondent MILLERSVILLE In a driving rainstorm Shippensburg University put an end to a eight-year drought yesterday at Biemesderfer Stadium Senior running back Bob Plummer came off the disabled list to rush for 131 yards and a touchdown and Shippensburg took advantage of four turnovers to post a 24-0 victory over Millersville University The game was a rematch of the final 1988 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) contest that saw Eastern champion Millersville defeat West leader Shippensburg 21-17 tell you Shippensburg head coach Joe Bottiglieri said a Dickinson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Notre Dame's Ricky Watters celebrates in the endzone after scoring on a 53-yard TD run Irish extend win streak Notre Dame survives 4 turnovers to trip Michigan State Penn Allegheny 37 Oberlin 13 MEADVILLE Pa Tony Bil-ffulco intercepted 3 passes and rushed for 93 yards including a 176-yard touchdown to lead Allegheny to a North Coast Athletic Conference win over Buffalo State Geneva 20 Waynesburg 0 I BEAVER FALLS Pa Scott Schmitt threw two touchdown passes to lead Geneva to victory over Waynesburg Wooster 14 Grove City 7 1 WOOSTER Ohio John Hoo-ley blocked a punt and Mike Casey returned it 15 yards for the winning touchdown as Wooster defeated Grove City St Francis 12 Marist 6 LORETTO Pa Freshman quarterback Don Fyfe scored on a 2-yard run with 39 seconds remaining to give St Francis a victory over Marist in an Atlantic Collegiate Football Conference game California Pa 10 Lock Haven 0 LOCK HAVEN Pa Jim 21-yard field goal and a fourth-period touchdown by Sam Mannery gave California Pa a victory over Lock Haven extending the Bald Pennsylvania Conference Western Division winless streak to 24 Villanova 38 Columbia 0 VILLANOVA Pa Freshman Mike Jones rushed for 125 yards and redshirt freshman Jeff Johnson added 113 yards as Villanova defeated Columbia: Villanova 2-2 finished with 501 yards total offense 379 of it on the ground Columbia 0-2 managed just 139 yards Delaware 41 West Chester 21 NEWARK Del Gil Knight rushed for a career-high 151 yards and a touchdown and freshman Bill Vergartino threw for three touchdowns to lead Delaware to a victory over West Chester The Blue Hens (3-0) reeled off 34 unanswered points after West Chester (2-1) took a 14-7 lead with 12:33 left in the first half Connecticut 15 Cheyney 12 NEW HAVEN Conn Senior Darren DiFlorio kicked a 27-yard field goal with 18 seconds remaining to play to lift Southern Connecticut to a win over Cheyney University Carnegie Mellon 42 Bethany WVa 0 PITTSBURGH Andrew Piz-zuro ran for two touchdowns and William Snyder passed for two others as Carnegie Mellon beat Bethany in a Conference game Moravian 14 Widener 9 BETHLEHEM Pa Steve Diacont recovered a fumble to set up Joe winning touchdown as Moravian beat Widener in a Middle Atlantic Conference game Stroudsburg 50 Mansfield 7 EAST STROUDSBURG Pa -Dennis Mailhot scored three touchdowns to lead Fas sw burg to a Pennsylvania Conference Eastern Division win over Mansfield! over THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA Bryan Keys scored three touchdowns from the 1-yard line as Penn defeated Lafayette for the fifth straight year 25-12 yesterday In the first quarter a 40-yard punt return by Tom Oko to 26-yard line set up Keys-first score a 1-yard dive over the goal line On that drive Keys accounted for all 26 yards on five successive plays including a 12-yard pass from Malcolm Glover to the 1 Penn improved its record to 1-1 while Lafayette fell to 1-2 Elsewhere: Edinboro 37 Indiana 0 EDINBORO Pa Elbert Cole ran for 136 yards and three touchdowns as Edinboro scored 30 fourth-quarter points and beat Indiana in a Pennsylvania Conference West game Cole had his third consecutive 100-yard game as Edinboro improved to 2-1 overall and won its conference opener Cole also caught seven passes for 34 yards Ken Rock rushed for 85 yards on 16 carries for Indiana The Indians are 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the conference Yale 33 Lehigh 17 NEW HAVEN Conn Quarterback Darin Kehler ran for 186 yards and three touchdowns to lead Yale to a rout of Lehigh at the Yale Bowl Kehler also passed for 130 yards and his 186 rushing yards marked the eighth best rushing day in Yale history Lehigh (0-2) was victimized by mistakes early as a Rich Huff interception and an Eric Torain fumbled punt return keps offense on the field for almost the entire first quarter Slippery Rock 16 Clarion 10 i CLARION Pa Scott Opalsky scored with 20 seconds left in the game to give Slippery Rock a victory over Clarion in a Pennsylvania Conference West game The score was tied 10-10 at the start of the fourth quarter The winning touchdown a 3-yard run was set up with 2:04 left to play when Opalsky ran 25 yards on fourth down and two Kutztown 24 Bloomsburg 20 KUTZTOWN Pa Fred Seifert threw an 8-yard-pass to Joe Svede with 3:32 remaining to give Kutztown a victory over Bloomsburg in a Pennsylvania Conference Eastern Division game Kutztown 1-2 and 1-0 in the conference won its first game since Oct 3 1988 Bloomsburg fell to 1-2 and 0-1 Kutztown opened the scoring with Mark 5-yard touchdown run in the first quarter Westminster 34 Buffalo St 20 NEW WILMINGTON Pa -Joe Micchia passed for two touchdowns and ran for two others to lead Westminster to its 17th consecutive victory over Buffalo State Micchia scored on runs of 1 and 6 yards He threw a 21-yard pass to Dave Foley and hit Rob Kokor with a 1-yard pass The touchdown was fourth this season Cornell 20 Bucknell 9 LEWISBURG Pa John McNiff ran for 135 yards and a touchdown and Chris Cochrane passed for two more scores to lead Cornell to a victory over Bucknell in driving rain and mud THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARLISLE Pa Mike Biro-sak carried the ball 32 times for 149 yards and Kevin Nathan had three interceptions to lead Dickinson to a 16-0 victory over Georgetown in heavy rain yesterday Dickinson improved to 3-0 while Georgetown fell to 0-3 AREA In the first quarter Dickinson quarterback Jon Zeszotarski fumbled on the 10-yard line to set up a 26-yard field goal by Mike Krasnow Later in the first Larry Bar-one recovered a Georgetown fumble on the 20 Mike Birosak scored from the 13 three plays later Kevin returned his second of three interceptions 25 yards to the Georgetown 25 in the fourth quarter Birosak scored from the 1-yard line seven plays later Franklin Marshall 21 Muhlenberg 7 LANCASTER Pa Mark Hidlay rushed for three touchdowns to lift Franklin Marshall to a Centennial Football Conference victory oyer Muhlenberg He scored from 1 yard out in the first and fourth quarters and from 3 yards out in the third Dale Amos caught seven passes for 100 yards to help lift 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference Muhlenberg 0-3 and 0-2 scored its lone touchdown late in the second quarter on a 35-yard pass from Clarke Paulus to Nick DiGiorgio Andy Zuch had two interceptions to lift his career total to 15 tying an school record set by Kevin Wanninger in 1978 Swarthmore 24 Gettysburg 22 SWARTHMORE Pa Chris Walsh ran 90 yards to score on a pass interception and Buddy McKinley added another touchdown late in the game as Swarthmore defeated Gettysburg in the Centennial Conference Lebanon Valley 17 Juniata 0 HUNTINGDON Pa Steve Vajda and Ken Wilson scored on 1-yard runs to help Lebanon Valley beat Juniata 17-0 in a Middle Atlantic Conference game Lebanon defense held Juniata to 35 yards of total offense in the second half and possessed the ball for 22 of 30 minutes Western Maryland 35 Ursinus 14 WESTMINSTER Md Sophomore tailback Eric Frees rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns as Western Maryland defeated Ursinus 35-14 in a Centennial Football Conference game Frees had a 4-yard touchdown run to open scoring with 10:35 left in first quarter The running back then gave the Green Terrors a 14-0 lead with 11:38 remaining in the first half with a 7-yard burst for a score Susquehanna 16 Wilkes 6 EDWARDSVILLE Pa David Battisti threw two touchdown passes to Chris Elvidge to lead Susquehanna to a Middle Atlantic Conference victory 4-yard pass in the second quarter put Susquehanna ahead 10-6 and he added a 2-yard scoring pass in the third Wilkes improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the conference Wilkes fell to 0-3 and 0-2 1 5 -M PENN STATE OPPONENTS without Blake Ezor its leading rusher and scorer who left the game with a breastbone and shoulder injury injury after gaining 27 yards in four carries during the first quarter The Spartans who rushed for 415 yards in a 49-0 victory over Miami of Ohio were held to 75 yards on 43 carries Virginia 49 Duke 28 CHARLOTTESVILLE Va -Shawn Moore passed for three touchdowns and ran for a pair of scores as Virginia defeated Duke in Atlantic Coast Conference action The Cavaliers running up their highest point total since a 69-9 rout of James Madision in 1979 improved to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the ACC Duke fell to 1-3 and 0-1 Moore who completed his first 13 passes finished the game 14 of 15 for 295 yards including two touchdown passes to Herman Moore and one to Bruce McGonni-gal (7) Clemson 31 Maryland 7 CLEMSON SC Wesley McFadden scored on runs of 6 snd 12 yards and Mitch Belton keyed a 21-point second quarter with a blocked punt as No 7 Clemson ripped Maryland in an Atlantic Coast Conference game The game was the ACC opener for the Tigers (4-0) while Maryland dropped to 0-2 in the conference and is 1-3 overall (15) Alabama 15 Kentucky 3 TUSCALOOSA Ala Philip Doyle kicked three field goals and Martin Houston scored from the 1 as No 15 Alabama continued its mastery over Kentucky with a victory in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams Alabama (2-0) now holds a 30-1-1 series lead over the Wildcats (2-1) with one victory coming in 1922 Virginia Tech 23 Temple 0 BLACKSBURG Va Fresh is jm man tailbacks Tony Kennedy and Vaughn Hebron ran for a touchdown apiece Mickey Thomas kicked three field goals and Virginia defense allowed Temple only 104 yards as the Hokies defeated the Owls Linebacker Randy Cockrell forced a fumble that set up a touchdown recovered a dropped punt that led to a field goal and stopped a Temple drive with an interception Temple fell to 0-4 Rutgers 38 Northwestern 27 EVANSTON 111 Scott Er-ney completed scoring passes of 90 and 83 yards to Randy Jackson and ran for another touchdown as Rutgers celebrated its 1000th intercollegiate football game with a win over Northwestern two scoring throws made him the all-time leader with 30 touchdown passes The 90-yard touchdown pass was the second-longest in history 83-yard TD grab late in the final quarter sealed the victory for Rutgers 2-0-2 in the second game ever played between the two teams and the first since 1919 (9) Virginia 30 Louisville 21 LOUISVILLE Ky West Virginia trailed until Eugene two touchdowns in the final three minutes enabled the ninth-ranked Mountaineers to escape with a victory before a record Louisville crowd 1-yard TD run over left tackle gave West Virginia (4-0) a 22-21 lead with 2:54 remaining and his 46-yard scoring run up the middle at the 1:26 mark put the game out of reach Louisville (2-1) had taken a 21-10 lead early in the third quarter on Browning 16-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Cummings But West Virginia got field goals of 49 and 25 yards from junior Brad Carroll the former a career-long effort to pull within 21-16 10 seconds into the fourth quarter Napoleon finished with 121 yards on 17 carries But the real star for West Virginia was quarterback Major Harris who threw for 245 yards and a touchdown and ran for 73 yards THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTH BEND Ind Michigan State coach George Perles called it a of The team with the most mistakes wins 7 Michigan State scored on three of Notre four turnovers but the Irish (3-0) pulled out a 21-13 victory anyway extending the longest winning streak to 15 games made the mistakes but they still won the said Perles whose team is 1-1 The defending national champions been so plagued by turnovers since their 1988 Cotton Bowl loss to Texas just a very pretty thing particularly the four Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz said In fact Notre Dame put the game away until leading 14-13 the Irish got a touchdown run of 1 yard by Anthony Johnson at 8:16 of the fourth quarter felt that coming into the second half we had them Spartan linebacker Percy Snow said just got a few big Irish defensive tackle Chris Zorich said Snow got it right second half I was getting kind of Zorich said offense kept giving up the ball and I was standing on the sidelines Johnson said the Irish well enough to win but we want to need a drive at the end of the game to Notre Dame took a 14-0 lead on Ricky first-half rushing touchdowns of 2 and 53 yards Michigan State then held the Irish scoreless for 33 minutes Michigan State quarterback Dan Enos threw the first touchdown pass of his career a 30-yarder to James Bradley bringing the Spartans within 14-13 in the third quarter The Spartans opted not to try for a tie with a 2-point conversion and kicked the extra point The TD followed the second of two interceptions of Notre Dame quarterback Tony Rice Early in the second half a Spartan scoring threat was snuffed when pass to Courtney Hawkins was intercepted in the end zone by Todd Lyght Michigan State had to make do.