South Mountaineer Volume 33, Issue 09

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Volume 33, Number 9
October 30, 1990
Bethlehem, Pa.
Engineers can't stop
Tribe's balanced attack
By THERESA KELLY
South Mountaineer Editor
WILLIAMSBURG. Va. — In order for Lehigh to
beat I lth-ranked William & Mary in football Saturday, the Engineers had to play at the top of their game.
And for 2 1/2 quarters, they did just that.
But the incredibly balanced Tribe offense never
relented, and a freak play on a third-quarter Tribe punt
let the Engineers know that it wasn't their day. and
William & Mary
pulled away iak play
on a third-quarter Tribe
punt let the Engineers
know that it wasn't
their day. ancLWilliam & Mary pulled away in the second half to Win 38-17.
"I hope we don't see another offense like that in
our last three games." said Lehigh head coach Hank
Small. "Our defense did everything we could possibly
do to hold ihem to 38."
How balanced is the William & Mary offense?
The Tribe had 253 yards rushing and 253 passing.
Amazingly, against Bucknell last week, it had 281
yards rusjiing. 281 passing.
The Tribe scored on its first drive on a two-yard
pass from quarterback Chris Hakel to tight end Mike
Locke. The teams traded possessions before Lehigh
stormed up the field, cutting through the William &
Mary defense on passes from quarterback Glenn Kempa
(Taylor. Pa.) to Rich Clark (Tunkhannock. Pa.)and
Horace Hamm (Lauderhill. Fla.). On third-and-inches.
Kempa hit Hamm for a 35-yard pass to Tribe one-yard
line. A TD run by Erick Torain (Harrisburg. Pa.) knotted the score with 4:04 to play in the first quarter.
On the next Tribe possession, the Lehigh defense
held it to a field goal, and Kempa and Hamm showed
why opponents fear Lehigh's big-play capabilities.
After being sacked on first down. Kempa responded with three straight completions, the last a 53-
yard touchdown pass to Hamm. giving the upstart
Engineers a 14-10 lead early in the second quarter.
But the William & Mary offense would not let
Lehigh take over the momentum. The Lehigh defense
was called for two personal fouls on the next drive,
both of which were for late hits. On the first, flanker
Mark Compher stepped out of bounds, then stepped
back in and continued up field. Lehigh was penalized
for tackling him. On the second, the momentum of the
defender and ballcarrier carried them out of bounds
together, again Lehigh was penalized.
Tailback Robert Green scored on first and goal for
the Tribe after the second penalty, and William &
Mary took the 17-14 lead. They increased it to 24-14 on
their next drive on a Hakel-to-Ray Kingsfield nine-
yard touchdown pass, and the half ended with Lehigh's
Rich Windish (Hellertown. Pa.) blocking a Dan Mueller
field goal attempt.
Down by just 10 at the half. Lehigh was by no
means a beaten team. But William & Mary came out
and proved why they are ranked 11th in the NCAA Division II standings.
"On defense we had trouble with them early but I
wasn't that surprised." said Tribe head coach Jimmye
Everything we could do...
Laycock. "We played well in the second half. We didn't
give up the big play in the second half. Lehigh's big plays
can hurt you."
Lehigh was hurt by a big play. The Engineer defense
came out inspired, stopping the Tribe on two drives sandwiched around an Erik Bird (Casselberry. Fla.) field goal
that brought Lehigh within seven. On the second Tribe
drive. Mueller's punt went
over the Lehigh return-
ers's heads, landed at the
one-yard line, then took a
90 degree left turn. Instead of bouncing into the endzone for a touchback, the
ball was downed by William & Mary at the one.
"It was a lateral bounce," said Small. "Straight down
and hard left."
Backed up to their own endzone. Lehigh carne_
within inches of tying the game. On third down. Hamm
went deep, gaining a step on his defender. Under some
pressure, standing on the goal line. Kempa threw for
Hamm down the right sideline, but the ball was just out
of reach. Another step, tie game.
"That was toush. Small said. "We went for our bia
Hamm celebrates with Jason Cristino. photography by ken bennett
Team effort led by Lee Picariello (51
photography by KEN BENNETT
shot from the five-yard line to try and make something big happen. It
almost worked. We tried to make a bad situation good."
As it was. Bird punted from deep in his own endzone. Starting
from the Lehigh 41, the Tribe drove and scored on an eight-yard pass
from Hakel to Kingsfield to take a 31-17 lead and giving William &
Mary breathing room with 5:06 left in the third quarter.
The Tribe scored again as time ran out in the third quarter to put
the game out of reach, and its defense kept Lehigh from making a run.
"We missed some chances," Small said. "In a game like this
you've got to execute to the best of your ability. When we got to the
red zone, to the 10-15 yard line, we had chances but didn't convert.
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