South Mountaineer Volume 16, Issue 03

              Vol. 16 — No. 3
SEPTEMBER 25, 1973
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Rutgers Victorious, 31-
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NORM LIEDTKE, left, of Lehigh gets loose down the sideline for 19-
yard touchdown play against Rutgers. He grabbed a short pass from
Kim McQuilken and went all the way to tie game in second quarter, 7-7.
McQuilken Tops
Rutgers,   powered   by   the touchdown.  Two other  passes,
tireless   running   of   212-pound both to tight end Bill Schlegel on
tailback   Jim   "JJ"   Jennings, successive plays gaining 8 and 30
wore   down   Lehigh   in  Taylor yards, were nullified because of
Stadium last Saturday to register penalties,
a   31-13   margin   before   12,000 Jennings, who averages more
spectators. than 100 yards a game, settled for
It was the first loss for the 116  on  36 attempts for  a  3.2
Engineers,   following   victories average and he got much of this
over  Hofstra  and Connecticut, late in  the  contest  against  a
and the opening game for the battered, tired Engineer defense
Scarlet under a new football with the game's outcome no
coach, Frank Burns.
Lehigh played on virtually even d^       -mr**            A -4-
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trailing  10-7  late in  the  third
quarter    when    the    visitors Leh.   Rut.
managed a second touchdown. First downs 18        16
Another Rutgers score came at Net yds. rushing  %      220
the outset of the final period and Net yds. passing  154      106
No. 4 was registered with only Total yards 250      326
1:12 remaining. Passes attempted 36        11
Rutgers, sparked by an alert Completed 16         6
secondary,   scored   touchdowns Intercepted by 0         4
twice after pass interceptions, Punts 5         5
once after recovering a fumble, Avg. distance 35       44
and   racked   up   a   field   goal Fumbles lost 1         3
following  another   interception. Yards penalized 41        85
The Scarlet picked off four of
Kim  McQuilken's  aerials   and
added the fumble recovery as IND. LEADERS
Lehigh came up with five tur- Rushing                Att   Yds   Avg
novers. Jennings.R 36      116      3.2
Lehigh's vaunted aerial game Chieco,L 16       49      3.0
sputtered with McQuilken having Shycko.R  9       40      4.4
to settle for 16 completions in 36 Havran,R 5       25      5.0
attempts for 154 yards and one Stewart,L 8       21      2.6
Bill Schlegel, right photo, on one of the eight receptions he had for a total
of 81 yards.
5,000-Yard Mark
longer   in   doubt.   He   scored six of 11 passes for 106 yards. He
Rutgers' last three touchdowns, hit split end Tom Sweeney with a
all from close range on power 33-yard touchdown throw in the
smashes. first  quarter  and   the   same
The Engineers, gang-tackling receiver for a crucial 13 yard,
and hitting hard, held him to 72 fourth-down pickup in the second
yards on 23 attempts during the to set up a field goal,
first three quarters. During a third-period scoring
This     necessary     defensive march he connected with tight
concentration on "JJ" opened the end Ken Hall on 23-yard aerial,
way   for   quarterback   Steve throwing effectively just enough
Havran, a southpaw, to complete to counter Lehigh's run-oriented
defenses.
Af^* 1 McQuilken  hiked  his   career
VJf J.anCe totals to 372 completions in 695
attempts for 5,034 yards in 25
Passing               Att   comp   yds games even though encountering
McQuilken.L 36      16      154 one   of  his  most   difficult   af-
Havran,R u        6      106 ternoons since taking over the
quarterbacking    job    as     a
Receiving                 caught   yds sophomore in 1971.
Schlegel,L 8      81 Twice   he   found   the   range
Sweeney,R 4      71 consistently  during   impressive
Liedtke,L 3      32 Engineer touchdown marches. In
the  second  period,   as  Lehigh
Scoring summary: drove 70 yards in 10 plays, he
RUTGERS 7   3   7   14—31 completed aerials of eight and
LEHIGH 0   7   0   6—13 nine yards to Schlegel and eight
R—Sweeney    33    pass    from yards to Bobby Handschue before
Havran, Tighe kick. finding Norm Liedtke on a 19-
L—Liedtke    19    pass    from yard TD flip.
McQuilken. Crystal kick. The touchdown,  which made
R—FG 28 Tighe. the score 7-7, came as Liedtke
R—Jennings 1 run. Tighe kick. shook loose under a dropping-
R—Jennings 6 run. Tighe kick. back defense for a short pitch
L—Farrell 2 run. Run failed. which he carried down the right
R—Jennings 1 run. Farkas kick. (Continued on Page 2)
Crosscountry
Squad Hikes
Streak To 39
Wayne Rogers of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Jim Barnes of
Denville, N.J., Dave Cope of
Fogelsville, Pa., and John
Woynarowski of Reading, Pa.,
settled for a first-place tie Friday
as Lehigh opened its cross
country season blanking
Delaware, 15-47, and Rider, 15-50,
on the Saucon Valley Fields.
Coach John Covert's harriers
ran their Middle Atlantic Conference winning streak to 39 with
the double triumph. They haven't
lost a conference meet since 1967.
Co-captains Rogers and Barnes
joined Cope and Woynarowski in
covering the 5-mile route in 25
minutes and 43 seconds. Nine
other Engineers placed in the top
15.
Saturday (Sept. 29) the Lehigh
runners go to Philadelphia for a
triangular against Pennsylvania
and LaSalle at 11 a.m.
The summary:
1. Rogers (L), Barnes (L), Cope (L),
Woynarowski (L) and Michael (L) tied,
25:43; 6. Whaley (D); 7. Thoren (L) and
Faraci (L); 9. Hunt (D); 10. Stroiny (D); 11.
Pasquini (L); 12. Yardis (L); 13. Reed (D);
14. Zinny (D); 15. Lowman (D).
Hens Seek
Revenge
Delaware's defending college
division national champions
bring a 17-game winning streak
to Taylor Stadium Saturday
(Sept. 29). Three of those
triumphs came this season, 45-24
over Akron, 49-14 over West
Chester and 60-18 over Gettysburg.
The Blue Hens haven't lost to a
college division rival since their
last Taylor Stadium invasion in
1970 when Lehigh turned in a 36-
13 shocker. They also bowed to
Villanova that season, 34-31. In
1971 they lost only to Temple, 32-
27, and last year they were 10-0.
The Lehigh Club of Delaware is
planning a bus trip for the game
with Hal Yeich, former Engineer
fullback star, in charge of
arrangements.