South Mountaineer Volume 14, Issue 05

              The
South Mountaineer
Published by the Lehigji University Alumni Association
VOL. 14 - NO. 5
OCTOBER 12, 1971
LU Routs Rutgersf35-14
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
	
Third In Row
For Engineers
Over Scarlet
Rizzo, McQuilken,
Diorio Leaders;
93-Yard Return
Lehigh's explosive offense
uncovered its greatest point outburst against Rutgers of modern
times Saturday during an impressive 35-14 rout of the Scarlet
before 12,000 fans at New Brunswick, N.J.
It was the Engineers' fourth
victory in five games as the
team charges toward its first
winning football season since the
Lambert Cup year of 1961.
Only one other Lehigh team
ever -scored—as----many point s
against Rutgers, in the 68-game
series going all the way back
to i884, and there aren't too
many fans around who watched
that one.
It happened in 1896 when Lehigh
ran up a 44-0 victory during
a 2-5 campaign. The other win
came over the Maryland Athletic
Club, 26-0. There were losses
to Princeton, Pennsylvania,
Brown, Michigan and Navy.
On only three other occasions
has Lehigh broken 30 against the
Scarlet, winning 30-0 in 1888,
34-0 in 1902 and 33-13 in 1954.
It was the third straight
triumph over Rutgers after a
string of 11 consecutive losses
dating back to 1957 when Lehigh
won 13-7 to complete a 6-game
streak of victories in the series.
Rutgers maintains a 38-29-1
overall advantage.
The Scarlet battled on even
terms with the Engineers for half
the   game  Saturday but   Lehigh
Booters Edge
Delaware, 1-0
Mike Perlow's penalty kick,
with 11 minutes remaining in
the third period, gave Lehigh a
1-0 soccer triumph over Delaware last Saturday.
Coach Tom Fleck's Engineers
(2-1-1) once again exhibited a
very strong defense featuring all
star goalie Joe Strickland, but
had trouble on offense.
Lehigh has scored five goals
in four games while yeildingonly
two.
The lineups:
B-ALrfbr-POPS  OUT  of Rutgers  tailback Larry Rubertson^s tiands~as
he's  caught from  behind by Mike Barth of Lehigh after a long-gainer
in third quarter against Engineers.,   Frank Kail recovered for Lehigh,
Other  defenders  are  Mike  Impink  (87)  and  Bill Jaques (16)0   Lehigh
hammered the Scarlet, 35-14e
LEHIGH
Strickland
White
Post
Perlow
Gaughen
Stiver
Fry
Monchak
Degen
Rahmes
K-oonirk
LEHIGH	
DELAWARE....,
Goal: Perlow,
POS.
G
RFB
LFB
CHB
LHG
RHB
OL
IL
CF
IR
GR
DELAWARE
Owsky
Helwig
Windon
Harding
Siegele
Haney
Miller
Dannenberg
Dodds
McBremty
Waltz
0   0   10
0   0   0   0
had things all its own way after
the intermission.
In the third quarter Lehigh
received the kickoff and marched
75-yards in 15 plays to move
ahead for the third time in the
game, 21-14. Two plays after
the ensuing kickoff a fumble recovery gave the Engineers
possession again and they moved
66 yards to make it 28-14.
These were superb ball
control drives in which Lehigh
used up virtually all of the time
in the period. Rutgers ran only
two plays in the entire quarter
against 29 for the Engineers.
Sophomore quarterback Kim
McQuilken, who completed four
of 10 passes in the first half,
picked Rutgers apart in the big
Game At A Glance
First downs
Net yds.rushing
Net yds.passing
Total yards
Passes attempted
Completed
Intercepted by
Punts
Avg. distance
Fumbles lost
Yds.penalized
Leh Rutg
25 14
273 144
143 124
416
22
14
0
2
33
1
90
268
16
9
1
5
46
2
72
LEHIGH
Ends - Aylsworth, Rhoads, Gill, Roma-
now, Impink, Liedtke, Harmatz, Coffman.
Tackles - Abeltin, Mulholland, Marti,
Benfield, Resch, Johnson, Gielen.
Guards - Derwin, Wells, Huzyak,
Camber, Purdy, McFillin, Johnstone,
Warren, Schmitt.
Centers - Hill, Pimm, Merolla.
Backs - Rizzo, .Diorio, Howard,
Stewart, Stucky, Farrell, Schlegel, Kail,
Bowers, Mitravich, Jaques, Schroder,
Barth, Smith, McQuilken.
RUTGERS
Ends - Carney, Byers, Christoff, Dil-
lard, Salemi, Wilusz, Hall.
Tackles - Davis, Turner, Keough, Allen,
Benante, Bain, Lebedz, Spencer.
Guards - Tighe, Rineheimer, Roby,
Picketts, Martin, Malekoff, Zukas,
Malinak, Witkowski, Stynes.
Centers - Lapkowicz, Morton.
Backs - Gasienica, Smolyn, Pesce,
Robertson, Donaldson, DiPonziano,Shyko,
Jennings, Miller, Jones, BorOff, Oldt,
Shuttle, Epps, Boone.
LEHIGH. ....14      0     14    7-35
RUTGERS    7     7       0       0-14
Leh   -   Rizzo  13,   run,   Merolla  kick.
Rut   -   Robertson  9,   run, Pesce kick.
Leh   -   Rizzo   1,   run,   Merolla  kick.
Rut - Robertson 1, run, Merolla kick.
Leh   -   Diorio  1,  run,  Merolla  kick.
Leh   -   Diorio  1,   run,   Merolla  kick.
Leh   -   Rizzo   6,   run,   Merolla  kick.
Lehigh University's 1970 football team set a school record
in yards gained rushing, totaling
2,371 in ten contests.
third quarter with eight completions in 10 tries. Fullback
Jack Rizzo and tailback Don
Diorio ripped off consistent gains
on the ground.
In the first TD drive McQuilken
passed nine and 16 yards to Rizzo,
three yards to John Aylsworth
and 10 yards to Bill Schlegel.
Diorio broke loose on a 16-yard
draw and Rizzo ran the same
play for 10 yards.
With the ball on the 17 Rizzo
took one of McQuilken's tosses
and rammed his way to the one.
Diorio knifed across.
On Rutgers' second play after
the kickoff tailback Larry
Robertson broke free on a run
from his own 29 to the Lehigh 34
only to fumble when hit by Mike
Barth. Defensive halfback Frank
Kail recovered and Rutgers never
had the ball again in the quarter.
McQuilken completed four
straight aerials, 15 yards to
Schlegel, five to Diorio, eight
and 11 to Rizzo as the Engineers
moved downfield. Again, as in
the quarter's earlier assault,
Rizzo and Diorio consistently
ripped loose on the ground for
vital yardage. With the ball at
the 19 and Rutgers desperately
trying to defend against the pass,
Lehigh tallied in five ground
plays.
Rizzo gained nine over the
middle, Diorio picked up three
at the same spot, Rizzo gained
two and Diorio four to the one.
Diorio scored through left tackle
with three seconds left in the
qyarter.
Rutgers made one last effort
to get back into the game, moving
from  its   32 to  the  Lehigh six
for   a  first down  early  in the
final session.
At the six, however, the Scarlet
crumbled. Ed Jones lost a yard
and Robertson was held without
a gain in line thrusts. Quarterback Leo Gasienica, forced into
the air, was nailed for a six-yd.
loss  on  third  down looking for
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Rutgers Films
Thursday Night
Films of Lehigh's 35-14
victory over Rutgers will be
shown Thursday, Oct. 14, in the
Lehigh Valley Suite South of Hotel
Bethlehem at 8 p.m. Coach
Fred Dunlap will narrate.
The Lehigh Home Club
sponsor of these meetings, urges
all alumni and guests to attend.
There is no charge.
Frosh Gridders Set Stage
For Varsity In 24-0 Romp
Earl Sheard, a highly-touted
quarterback from Port Jervis,
N. Y., fired three touchdown
passes Friday as Lehigh's freshman football team opened its
season crushing Rutgers on the
Saucon Valley Fields, 24-0.
Coach Barry Fetter man's
Little Engineers were in full
c ontrol throughout, never
allowing Rutgers to get inside
the Lehigh 35-yard line.
On Lehigh's first play from
scrimmage tailback Dan Ruppert
of Middletown, N.Y., burst 65
yards through left tackle to the
Rutgers 10. The drive was halted
but Al Choinere, of Owigsburg,
Pa., kicked a 21-yard field goal.
The Engineers scored again the
second time they had possession,
going 35-yards following a short
Scarlet punt. Sheard's 22-yard
pass to fullback Scott Moore,
of Ocean, N.J., produced the
touchdown. Moments later a poor
pass from center, on a Rutgers
punting attempt, resulted in Lehigh regaining the ball at the
Scarlet 28. Sheard passed to
Chip Allison of Chappaqua, N.Y.,
on  the nine, and then to Moore
for another TD.
At the start of the third period
the Engineers made it 24-0 as
Ruppert slashed 18 yards off the
right side. Moore added eight
and Sheard lofted a ball 50-yards
to Allison for the touchdown.
Choinere added the three extra
points.
Lehigh alternated four units,
two on offense and two on defense
with three different quarterbacks
getting a chance to work. Joe
Alleva of Suffern, N.Y., the No. 2
signal-caller, distinguished himself as a punter. He averaged
45-yards a kick with two of his
boots better than 50-yards. In
the third period he had a 35-yard
scoring pass to Allison nullified
because of a penalty.
RUTGERS. ..0000—0
LEHIGH. ... 17    0    7    0—24
Leh—FG 21, Choinere.
Leh—Moore    22,   pass   from
Sheard. Choinere kick.
Leh—Moore   9,   pass   from
Sheard. Choinere kick.
Leh—Allison   50,   pass  from
Sheard. Choinere kick.