South Mountaineer Volume 16, Issue 11

              Lehigh Co-Winner In Lambert Race
Vol. 16 — No. 11
Engineers Roll Up 58
To Crush Lafayette, 45-13
:
McQuilken MVP
For Second Time
LAFAYETTE heaved a sigh of relief when Kim McQuilken, shown left unloading against the
Leopards, completed his three-year dominance of the series but picked up new worries as Lehigh
freshman Rod Gardner (No. 41) stepped in as a star of the future. Gardner carried the ball 27 times
for 141 yards, caught four passes for 61 yards, scored twice and was a close second to McQuilken in
the MVP voting.
Delaware Shares Top Spot;
Dunlap Would Like Playoff
Lehigh and Delaware are co- Delaware apparently on the basis of   major   opponent   Colgate,
winners of the 1973 Lambert Cup of the  Hens'   50-0  mauling   of Delaware, in its last five con-
"for outstanding performance by unranked Bucknell last Saturday tests, was beaten by Rutgers,
an eastern middle-sized college while Lehigh was rolling over a Temple   and   Villanova   before
football team." winning Lafayette team,  45-13. defeating Maine and Bucknell.
In final voting by the eight-man Six of the selectors rated the Fred Dunlap,  Lehigh  coach,
selection        committee        the Engineers No. 1 one week earlier. feels his team's rise to the top
Engineers and Blue Hens each Lehigh finished fast in the 1973 after being out of contention after
received four  first-place votes race with four victories in its last its first four starts, represents a -
and four second-place berths for five starts, including a 58-26 rout (Continued on Page 2)
76 points.
two fSJ-pTce voTe?upfor   Lehigh Bowl Chances Dim
Final Ratings It does not appear likely that same conference.
1. LEHIGH 7-3-1 76 Lehigh will be selected to par- Although Lehigh and Delaware
Delaware 8-3 76 ticipate in the college division play independent schedules both
3. Bridgeport 9-1  63 national  championship  football are in the Middle Atlantic Con-
4. Central Conn. 9-1 53 playoffs starting Dec. 1 at the ference.
5. Amherst 7-1 42 Boardwalk Bowl. Delaware (8-3) is the defending
6. Coast Guard 8-2 34 All    indications    point    to college        division        national
7.Middlebury7-l 32 Delaware   being   one   of   the champion and hasn't lost to a CD
8. Williams 6-2  27      eastern choices and the selection     rival since Lehigh hammered the
9. AIC5-4  23      committee reportedly is reluc-     Hens 36-13  in  Taylor Stadium
10. Lafayette 6-3-1 18      tant to pick two teams from the     three years ago.
One of the finest senior groups
in Lehigh history—given a
substantial boost by a super
freshman—bid farwell to
Engineer football competition
Saturday with a resounding
triumph over Lafayette before
18,000 spectators in Taylor
Stadium, 45-13.
The victory made Lehigh co-
winner of the coveted Lambert
Cup, emblematic of eastern Div.
2 gridiron supremacy, with
Delaware. (See other story, this
page).
It's the third time the
Engineers have taken Lambert
honors, the first since 1961. They
won the cup the first year it was
established in 1957.
Coach Fred Dunlap's squad
finished the season with a 7-3-1
mark, against a particularly
difficult schedule, and will take a
winning streak of four into 1974
competition. Lafayette concluded a 6-3-1 campaign.
Many of the seniors who
sparkled this year were members
of the strong 1971 club which went
8-3. During their varsity careers
they helped win 20 games against
12 losses and one tie.
They had a perfect record
against Lafayette with victories
of 48-19,14-6 and 45-13. Lehigh has
whipped the Leopards three in a
row, five of the last six, and 10 of
the last 13 along with one tie.
Dunlap, who broke even
against the Leopards during his
hectic early rebuilding seasons of
1965 through 1968, has a personal
6-3 winning record against
Lehigh's arch-rival.
Lafayette still holds a 62-42-5
margin in this most-played series
in college football but the margin
is diminishing each season with
Lehigh clearly having taken
charge.
In game No. 109 the Leopards
employed a fine ball-control
drive to score the first time they
had possession, and also to get a
touchdown the last time they had
the ball.
Between those annoyances,
however, Lehigh ran up a string
of six touchdowns, six conversions and a field goal for its 45
points. Only a fumble, in the
shadow of the goal posts, and
several costly penalties kept the
Engineers from adding substantially to their total.
Three years ago Lehigh set
rushing (506) and total offense
(664) records against the
Leopards. Saturday they
established a one-game passing
mark with 390 yards while
completing 20 of 32 aerials. The
old standard was 338 yards
against Drexel in 1971.
Individual standouts were
seniors Kim McQuilken of
Allentown, Pa., at quarterback,
and tight end Bill Schlegel of
Troy, N.Y. The super frosh giving
them a major boost was tailback
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Fall Dinner
Is Nov. 26
Lehigh's annual fall sports
banquet is scheduled for next
Monday, Nov. 26, in Windish Hall
(opposite Taylor Stadium) at 7
p.m. A social hour will commence at 6 p:m.
This affair is sponsored by the
Lehigh Home Club in conjunction
with the Allumni Assn. and the
Dept. of Athletics at the
University.
Football, cross country, soccer
and field hockey squads and
coaching staffs are to be honored.
A similar dinner in the spring is
held for all other sports.
Fall teams had excellent
records topped by the footballers
who shared Lambert Cup honors
with Delaware and the cross
country runners who shared
Middle Atlantic Conference title
laurels with Bucknell.
George Pitsilos, 608 W. Broad
St., Bethlehem, is reservations
chairman. His office phone
number is 691-6500. Lee Barthold,
Jr., and Paul W. Wagner, both of
Bethlehem, are president and
secretary, respectively, of the
Lehigh Home Club.
Alumni, friends and guests are
invited to attend the Nov. 26
dinner.