South Mountaineer Volume 23, Issue 08

              Vol. 23 — No. 8
NOVEMBER 4, 1980
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Second Half Surge Gives
Lehigh Victory, 31-14
Only Three
Undefeated
1 -AA Teams
Div. 1-AA football rankings
were scrambled last weekend
and there are sure to be significant changes when the weekly
poll is released Tuesday
afternoon.
Murray State,Ky., the
national leader, was upset 24-
14 by 1979 national champion
Eastern Kentucky, which went
into action tied for the No. 10
position. South Carolina State,
which had been deadlocked with
Murray for first place, won 59-7
over Morris Brown.
Lehigh (No. 3) defeated
James Madison, 31-14, and
Western Kentucky (No. 4) won
17-7 over Morehead State.
Masachusetts (tied for No. 10)
upset Connecticut (No. 5) by a
39-21 margin.
Only other ranked eastern
entries are Boston U (No. 7)
which won 38-22 over VMI, and
Delaware (No. 9) which won 17-
7 over Villanova.
Only three 1-AA teams still
are undefeated, the list including South Carolina State, 9-0,
Western Kentucky, 8-0, and
Lehigh, 6-0-2.
An NCAA selection committee will pick one team from each
region (East, West and South)
plus one at-large entry for postseason play starting Dec. 13.
The championship finale is
Dec. 20 in the Camellia Bowl at
Sacramento, Calif. Games Dec.
13 will be played on campus.
1950 Team
Returning
Members of the 1950
squad, Lehigh's only
unbeaten football team,
will be special guests at
Saturday's game, returning to campus on the 30th
anniversary of their feat.
Bill Leckonby, director
of athletics at the University since 1962, was head
coach of the 1950 sqttad.
He and former players
are to attend a special
reception and luncheon at
the UC prior to the Rhode
Island game.
(Brown & White photo)
TIGHT END Paul Anastasio, one of Lehigh's leading receivers,
picks up yardage following reception against James Madison. Engineers remained undefeated with 31-14 victory.
Game At A Glance
J. Madison 7 7 0   0—14
Lehigh 0 9 8 14—31
M—Robinson   29   run,   Norwood kick.
L—Evanko 3 run. Pass failed.
M—Robinson  23  pass from
Walker. Nowood kick.
L—FG 43 Iobst.
L—Evanko  2 run.  Rogusky
pass from Michalski.
L—Rabuck 1 run. Iobst kick.
L—Rabuck   5   pass   from
Michalski. Iobst kick.
Att: 10,000
Leh JM
First downs  22     10
Net yds. rushing 183     33
Net yds. passing 207    91
Total yds 390   124
Passes attempted  30     13
ANY ANSWERS?
Lee Chandler, '32, of Weston,
Conn., commenting on the fact
that Lehigh's football team
didn't draw a single penalty
during its tie at Army, wonders
whether this ever happened to
an Engineer gridiron squad in
the past.
Any answers?
Completed  16 6
Had intercepted     3 1
Punts     5 9
Avg. distance  43 34
Fumbles     3 3
Fumbles lost     0 1
Yds. penalized  53 61
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing                 att net avg td
Evanko, L 20   80   4.0 2
Robinson, M 14   62   4.4 1
Rabuck, L 18   61   3.3 1
Jones, M    8   35   4.3 0
Godbolt, L    6    32    5.3 0
Passing att cp int yd td
Michalski, L ..28   14   3 198   1
Walker, M ....11     6   1   91   1
Receiving cgt yds td
Anastasio, L 5   82   0
Yeager, L 5   80   0
Evanko, L 3   24   0
LEHIGH PLAYERS
Offense: Split ends—Yeager. Whaler. Tighl
ends—Anastasio. Rogusky, Nikles. Tackles-
Greene, Scheuer. Palsgrove. Guards—Miksiewicz.
Fath, Garris. Centers —Sitar. Morgan.
Quarterbacks—Michalski, Rambo. Halfbacks—
Rabuck, Evanko. Godbolt, Tulskie. Heffner.
Fullbacks—Manion, Ahsler. Kicker—Penske.
Defense: Ends—J.Kowalonek, Crowe, Becker,
Nielsen. Tackles—Szablowski, Titus, Fallon, Witte.
Linebackers—Rarig, Mercuri. Dorrow, Iobst, Stan-
dorf, Shigo, Rudisill. Backs—Tuohey, Marck,
Macellara. Conley, Mills, D'Annibale. Ailwood,
O'Sullivan. Smith. Ryan. Verost.
Engineers Maul J. Madison
22-0 Following Intermission
Lehigh fought off an upset- Pa., had passes of 11 and 34
minded James Madison eleven yards to tight end Paul Anasta-
last   Saturday,   coming   from sio, of Camp Hill, Pa., one of 13
behind in the second half for a yards to split end Mark Yeager,
31-14 triumph to remain the only of Madison, N.J., and one of 11
undefeated team in 1-AA east- yards   to   halfback   Jimmy
ern football. Evanko, of Nazareth, Pa., dur-
It was the Engineers' sixth ing this surge.
victory along with a pair of ties The interception interrupted
and it moved the team to within things only momentarily. Madi-
three games of becoming the son was forced to punt from
second  Lehigh  grid squad  to deep in its own territory and
post   an   undefeated   regular- Mike Tuohey of North Syracuse,
season record. N.Y., returned the kick 21 yards
The 1950 team, which will be to the visitors' 31. Michalski
at Saturday's contest against fired another strike to Yeager,
Rhode Island marking the 30th covering 21 yards, and the Engi-
anniversary of its achievement, neers drove to the two where
had a 9-0-0 mark under head Evanko sliced across. Michal-
coach Bill Leckonby, director of ski threw to tight end Vince
athletics since 1962. Rogusky on a two-point conver-
The 1980 team is shooting for a sion try and Lehigh had its first
9-0-2 record, a Lambert Cup, lead of the day, 17-14, with six
and an invitation to the 1-AA minutes left in the third period,
post-season championship Early in the final quarter line-
playoffs, hoping to host a game backer Bruce Rarig, of White-
Dec. 13 at Taylor Stadium. hall, Pa., recovered a fumble at
James Madison, of Harrison- the Madison 29 and the Engi-
burg, Va., is relatively new on neers tallied in seven plays, all
the varsity gridiron scene and is on   the  ground.   Rabuck   and
playing in the 1-AA division for Evanko   gained   most   of  the
the first time. yardage and Rabuck scored the
Lehigh, stung by two Madison touchdown on a 1-yard smash
touchdowns in the first half and through right guard,
trailing 14-9 at the intermission, Lehigh kicked off, regained
slammed the door at the start of the  ball  immediately  on  an
the third quarter and kept it (Continued on Page 2)
nailed tightly the rest of the
The   defense   allowed   the LaiTlDert VAip
Dukes just two first downs over Week of November 3
the last 30 minutes. Madison ran Pts
only 22 plays in the second half        l. LEHIGH 6-0-2 49'/z
for zero net yardage. Lehigh got       2. Boston U. 7-1 44'/2
off 53 for 246 yards and three       3. Delaware 6-2 39
touchdowns. 4. Massachusetts 5-2 37
Lehigh took the second half       S.Connecticut 6-2 28
kickoff and moved from its 20 to       6. AIC 7-1  25
the Madison 3 before a pass       7. Springfield 5-2 20
interception  at  the  goal line       8. Clarion St. 7-1 15
killed the drive. Quarterback       9. Bucknell 5-3 8
Larry Michalski, of Pittsburgh,       10. New Hampshire 5-3 6
How Lehigh Rivals Fared
How Lehigh's football rivals
fared last weekend:
Maine (4-5)—Defeated Northeastern, 35-24;    .
Colgate (4-3-1)—Defeated
Lafayette, 44-0;
Penn (1-6)—Lost to Princeton, 28-21;
Delaware (6-2)—Defeated
Villanova, 17-7;
Army (2-5-1)—Lost to
Rutgers, 37-21;
Davidson (5-3)—Defeated
Guilford, 33-20;
Bucknell (5-3)—Defeated
Cornell, 33-16;
James Madison (3-5) —Lost to
Lehigh, 31-14;
Rhode Island (2-6)—Lost to
New Hampshire, 31-28;
Northeastern (1-7)—Lost to
Maine, 35-24;
Lafayette (2-5)—Lost to Colgate, 44-0.