South Mountaineer Volume 32, Issue 02

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Volume 32, Number 2
September 12,1989
Bethlehem, Pa.
Lehigh trounces Fordham 42-7
Bv MIKE ALBRIGHT
South Mountaineer Editor
BRONX, NY — It was size and
speed—Fordham's lack of and Lehigh's
abuundance of— that was the difference in
Saturday's season football opener for the
Engineers, who romped over host Fordham
42-7.
Lehigh, l-O, scored on five of it's
first seven possessions in racking up a 35-7
halftime lead over the Rams, 0-2, who are
making the jump from Division III to
Division I-AA this season.
The Engineers ammassed 613 yards
in total offense, the fifth-best output in
university history, while averaging an astonishing 9.7 yards per play.
Quarterback Todd Brunner
mistakes made by his team. The Engineers
were hit with 17 penalties for 161 yards, not
to mention at least three penalties that were
offset by Fordham infractions.
"We had enough mistakes to last
a season. We did a lot of things to hurt
ourselves but all-in-all, when you hold
someone to seven points and put those types
of (offensive) numbers on the board, you
have to be pleased," Small said. .
"Historically, we've been an
often penalized team. We've got a lot of
young guys, particularly in the defensive
secondary, and their aggressiveness can
sometimes go against them," the coach
said. "I think we grew a lot in the secondary today. (Fordham) had a good scheme
passing offense and we needed to see that."
Lehigh's offensive line, which
(Cranbury, N.J.), who won a heated quarterback battle in pre-season camp, had a stellar        averages more than 250 pounds per man
first start. outmatched a scrappy Fordham defensive
He threw five five touchdown
passes, tying a school
record set by Marty Horn in
See Fordham page 3
Photography by YOUNG HONG
Tom Hydro, a senior linebacker, was named defensive "most valuable player" in
Saturday's 42-7 victory over Fordham. Hydro registered nine tackles, recovered one
fumble, and had a sack.
the first game of 1985.
Lehigh won that game 49-
41 over Indiana, Pa. Brunner ended the day with 15
completions in 26 attempts
for 379 yards.
While head coach
Hank Small said he was
pleased with Saturday's
victory, he was not so
happy with the mental
Todd Brunner, shown here
throwing an out pass, was
named offensive "most
valuable player" by the
Lehigh coaching staff. In his
first start as an Engineer,
Brunner completed 15 of 26
passes for 379 yards. He
also tied a school record by
throwing five touchdown
passes.
Photography by YOUNG HONG
Events planned to commemorate 1,000th game
Lehigh University's 1,000th football game, a major
event on the field, will be enhanced by two weekend dinners,
special cermonies at the game and two alumni golf outings
on Friday.
The University's 1000th game, against Massachusetts in Murray H. Goodman Stadium Saturday at 1:30 p.m.,
will include ceremonies officially turning over the stadium to
Lehigh.
Goodman, major donor in the $7.2 million stadium
project; Peter Likins, Lehigh president and new president of
the Colonial League: and Keith Rust, stadium fund campaign
chairman, will preside.
Saturday's game will also mark the 10th Volunteers
Day at the stadium with some 1,500 alumni—men and
women who assist the University during the year in a variety
of activities—as honored guests. The alumni volunteers will
participate in a morning program and attend a pre-game
tailgate luncheon.
Climaxing Saturday's festivities will be a dinner in
the Mountaintop Campus dining area honoring John
Whitehead, former director of athletics and head football
coach, who retired from the former position last June. The
dinner will start with a reception at 5:15 p.m.
Whitehead is one of three former coaches who'll be
honored by having sections of Goodman Stadium named
after them. The others are Bill Leckonby, also a longtime
director of athletics, and Fred Dunlap, current director of
athletics at Colgate University.
Leckonby coached Lehigh teams for 16 years
(1946-61) and is the "winningest" mentor in Engineer
gridiron history with an 85-53-5 record. His 1950 squad
stands alone as the University's only undefeated, untied
team (9-0-0). He barely missed another perfect record in
1957, finishing 8-1.
Dunlap was in charge for 11 years (1965-75) and is
credited with successfully rebuilding a program which
See FESTIVITIES page 4