South Mountaineer Volume 31, Issue 08

              Bethlehem, Pa.
Last minute drive saves Brown & White
By MEGAN CULHANE
South Mountaineer Editor
With just over one minute left in
last weekend's game, Towson State
quarterback Chris Goetz threw up a 26-
yard pass that connected with Mike
Smith to pull the Tigers ahead 22-21.
It looked as if Lehigh was about to
swallow its third loss of the season. But
looks were deceiving as the Brown and
White pulled out a 27-22 win in the last
minute of Saturday's game.
Quarterback Jim Harris (Manlius,
N.Y.) will probably remember it as the
longest 60 seconds of his life.
It was, in fact, a 73-yard, six play
drive that took Lehigh coast-to-coast for
a vital touchdown with twelve seconds
to play - a score that pulled the team
from a one-point deficit, to victory.
For freshman wide receiver Rich
Clark (Tunkhannock, Pa.) - who was
credited with the score - it was the first
touchdown of his collegiate career.
" It just gets better as it goes on,"
head coach Hank Small said after the
game. "I've seen other guys do it (pull
out a last minute win) as an assistant
coach, but I've never been able to be
the one on the side of the field, and
thats a great feeling."
With quarterback Mark McGowan
(Essex Fells, N.J.) conspicuously absent
from the Lehigh lineup - the result of a
severe knee injury in the Holy Cross
game - backup QB Harris had some big
shoes to fill.
After surrendering two interceptions to Tiger free safety Bryant Hall
(Hall's fourth steal of the year) and
Chris Ginakes in the first half, Lehigh
retired to the lockerroom in a 10-0 hole.
Although Harris owned an impressive 122
passing yards, those two interceptions
blotched the stat book.
"I tried to prevent what happened in
the first half, but the rustiness showed,"
Harris reflected after the game. "A win's
a win, but tomorrow I'm going to wake
up and just get on myself for playing the
way I did. I just had a lot of receivers that
should have 20t the ball more. The
running choices I had, I could have
made some better selections."
But in the face of adversity, Harris
won the battle. Pulling himself together
for the second half, he emerged a
See FOOTBALL page 2
Photography by YOUNG HONG
John Gorman outruns a Towson defender enroute to one of his two touchdowns. He was the game's top receiver.
r-Weekly roundup ■	
Soccer squad climbs
to top in conference
SOCCER
ECC: 3-0-1     Overall: 9-3-2
The men's soccer team remains undefeated in
seven games after it tied Temple in 1-1 double over
time and defeated Towson State, 2-1.
Versus Temple Wednesday, senior forward Gar>
Klein (Chappaqua, N.Y.) scored the Brown and
White's only goal of the game 16:40 into the first
half off an assist by senior Eric Frary (Medford
Lakes, N.J.). Although Lehigh dominated both
overtime periods, three potential scoring shots
ricocheted off the goal post as Lehigh's attempts
See ROUND UP page 3
Photography by PAM LOTT
Starting quarterback Jim Harris passed for 382 yards-the fifth best
game in Lehigh history. He was named ECAC Player-of -the-Week.
Harris' heroics
trump Tigers
in final seconds
By MEGAN CULHANE
South Mountaineer Editor
When quarterback Mark McGowan
(Essex Fells. N.J.) went down in a pile
of Holy Cross defenders on October
15th, a lot of people held their breath in
anticipation of what would happen to the
Lehigh offense minus the one guy who
could really make the big play happen.
See HARRIS page 2