South Mountaineer Volume 22, Issue 10

              Vol. 22 — No. 10
NOVEMBER 13, 1979
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Gridders Defeat Maine, 12-6,
Face Lafayette On Saturday
Defense Bottles Up Bears
For 8th Victory In 10 Starts
WICHITA FALLS Stadium, where Lehigh won the NCAA Div. 2
football championship in 1977, after it was battered by tornado.
Tornado-Stricken Texas City
To Receive Help From Fans
College football fans, as they
purchase programs at Taylor
Stadium for the historic 115th
game between Lehigh and
Lafayette, will be assisting the
recovery of a tornado-stricken
Texas city in which the
Engineers won a national
championship two years ago.
Saturday, Nov. 17, the people of
Lehigh will remember the people
of Wichita Falls, site of the
Pioneer Bowl game of 1977 when
the Engineers defeated
Jacksonville, Ala, State, 33-0, for
the NCAA Div. 2 title.
A large delegation of Lehigh
fans made that trip, enjoyed
Texas hospitality and struck up
friendships.
One dollar from the sale of each
game program Nov. 17, will be
donated to the Wichita Falls
Board of Commerce and Industry
which has selected a boys club
and a girls club to be recipients.
These clubs, demolished by the
tornado, are being housed in
churches. The money will go
toward the purchase of new
materials for these youngsters.
Last April a killer tornado
swept across that part of the
state, causing hundreds of deaths
and some 1,000 injuries, and close
to 100 million dollars worth of
property damage. Some 5,000
were left homeless and President
Carter declared the city a major
disaster area.
Four men from the stricken
city will be at Taylor Stadium
Nov. 17 including Harold Story,
general chairman of the Pioneer
Bowl; Ted Buss, sports editor of
the Times and Record-News, and
Paul Martin and Ronnie Awtry
who were hosts at the game two
years ago.
Many Lehigh fans know them
personally, especially Martin and
Awtry, who attended a mammoth
banquet in Rauch Field House in
January of 1978 paying tribute to
the title-winning Engineer team.
The effort to assist the people of
Wichita Falls has been led by the
Public Information Office at
Lehigh, the Lehigh Alumni Assn.
Lambert Cup
Pts.
1. Delaware 9-1 70
2. Boston U. 8-1  61
3. LEHIGH 8-2 58
4. Clarion 9-1 49
5. Massachusetts 5-3 39
Lafayette 5-2-2 39
7. Connecticut 2-5-2  is
Springfield 7-2 is
9. Indiana State 7-3 17
10. E.Stroudsburg 7-3 9
and the Department of Athletics.
Several plans were considered
and it was decided that revenue
from the sale of programs would
be the best way to raise funds.
Lehigh and Lafayette tangle in
the 115th chapter of college
football's most-played rivalry
Saturday (Nov. 17) in Taylor
Stadium at 1 p.m. before a crowd
of some 17,000.
Last weekend the Engineers
increased their pre-game
momentum with a 12-6 triumph
over Maine, the eighth triumph in
10 starts for Lehigh and the fifth
in a row.
Coach John Whitehead's squad
once again turned to its defensive
platoon, one of the nation's best in
the 1-AA division, and came up a
winner.
During the current five-game
winning streak the Engineers
have scored 69 points while
giving up only 22. That's an
average margin of 13.8 against
4.4 indicating that a lot of offense
is unnecessary when your
defensive unit performs as
Lehigh's does.
Once again, in the Maine
contest, it was the defense which
received the standing ovations.
The Black Bears were held to
eight first downs, 57 net yards
rushing and 49 yards passing,
despite the presence of two very
skilled people, passer John
Tursky and running ace Lorenzo
Bouier.
Tursky, whose two late touchdown passes upset the Engineers
Game At A Glance
LEHIGH 0 7 3 2—12
Maine  0 0 0 6—6
L—Bernstein 2 run. Iobst kick.
L—FG 37 Iobst.
L—Safety.
M—Lapham 12 pass from Tursky. Kick missed.
Attendance: 5,000
Leh Maine
First downs 16 8
Net yds. rushing  171 57
Net yds. passing  134 49
Total yards 305 106
Passes attempted 15 14
Completed 10 3
Had intercepted 0 1
Punts 7 8
Avg. distance 33 33
Fumbles 5 2
Fumbles lost 4 1
Penalties 4 3
Yards penalized 30 20
Lehigh University's varsity
intercollegiate program includes
22 sports.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing att yds avg td
Bouier,M 29   77   2.7   0
Rabuck,L 11   64   5.8   0
Plucinsky.L 10   46   4.6   0
Bernstein.L 15   28   1.9   1
Passing att cmp int yds td
Andres.L 15   10    0   134   0
Tursky ,M 9     3     0     49   1
Receiving                  cgt yds td
D.Rarig.L  2 45 0
Lapham.M 2 34 1
Nikles,L 2 31 0
Yeager.L 2 28 0
Romeo,L  2 14 0
LEHIGH PLAYERS
Offense: Split ends—Yeager, Lewis. Tight
ends—D.Rarig, Nikles. Tackles—Melone,
Scheuer, Greene. Guards—Miksiewicz,
Mahlbacher, Manning, Bruxelles. Centers—
Sitar, Fath. Quarterback—Andres. Halfbacks—Rabuck, Bernstein, Evanko,
Rogusky, Plucinsky. Fullbacks—Ford,
Romeo. Placekicker—Penske.
Defense: Ends—Crowe, Butkus, Becker.
Tackles—Yaszemski, Titus, Petkus,
Szablowski. Linebackers—McCormick,
B.Rarig, Dorrow, Iobst, Rosen, Mercuri.
Halfbacks—D'Annibale, Marck, Mills,
Verost, Tuohey. Safety—Conley, Dunn,
O'Sullivan, Ryan, Macellara.
last year at Orono, Me., connected on a 12-yarder this time
with only 2:35 left in the game but
that was the only chink in the
Engineer defense. Bouier, who
ripped up Lafayette and
Delaware defenses recently for
more than 100 yards each game,
had to settle for 77 yards on 29
carries (2.7 average).
Once again, following a pattern
which has frustrated their fans
this season, the Engineers piled
up a much bigger statistical
margin than was reflected on the
scoreboard.
They led 16-8 in first downs, 171-
57 in yards rushing, 134-49 in
yards passing and 305-106 in total
yards. But they also led 4-1 in
fumbles lost and this was a vital
factor during a contest played in
the rain.
Fumbles stopped two
promising Engineer drives in the
opening quarter and again at the
start of the second, but Maine
returned the favor on the third
bobble. Defensive end Mike
Crowe, of New York City,
grabbed a Bear fumble in mid-air
and gave Lehigh possession 21
yards from the goal line.
Seven plays later halfback Jeff
Bernstein, of Randallstown, Md.,
rammed his way two yards
through right tackle into the end
zone and placekicker Ted Iobst,
of Emmaus, Pa., converted for a
7-0 Lehigh lead.
Defense did the job for the
remainder of the half, limiting
Maine to just three first downs
before the intermission with 25
yards rushing in 23 attempts, and
22 yards passing. Bouier carried
19 of those 23 times for 46 yards,
averaging 2.4 per try.
In the third period halfback Joe
Rabuck of Philadelphia, Pa.,
Lehigh's leading runner during
the game and on the season,
broke loose for 36 yards through
the middle to the Maine 10 where
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NCAA Div. 1-AA
(Week of Nov. 5)
Pts.
l.Grambling 7-2 45
2. Jackson State 7-1 42
3. Boston U. 7-1  39
4. MurraySt. 8-1-1  36
5.E.Kentucky 7-2 32
6. Montana St. 6-3 30
7. LEHIGH 7-2 28
8. Alcorn 6-2 23
9. Massachusetts 5-2 22
10. Nevada Reno 6-2  18
New Hampshire 5-2-2  18