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Volume 36, Number 2
September8, 1993
Bethlehem, Pa.
Kevin Rubin
LEHIGHLIGHTS
'CATCHING'   ON— One week into the
1993 football season.
the Lehigh Engineers
have already received
recognition for a fine
offensive
performance. Senior
wide receiver Kevin
Rubin (Englishlown.
N.J.)   was   named
Patriot      League
Offensive Player of
the  Week   for his
efforts Saturday al nationally-ranked
Delaware. The business major caught 13
passes for 168 yards, both career highs,
and a touchdown. The TD reception was a
25-yard strike from quarterback Scott
Semptimphelter (Florence. N.J.) in the
third quarter. Rubin was one catch short of
lying a Lehigh record for pass receptions in
a game.
'CROSSING PATHS — The annual
cross country inlrasquad scrimmage took
place last Friday with Nick Albrecht
posting the lop men's time, 20:53 in the
four-mile race. Sue Allex paced the women
in the 5K race with a 20;21 lime. And
finally. Iaii Bi'rk'y was the lop faculty
finisher with a 20:58 clip in llic 5K.
THE WEEK AHEAD— Before ihe
Mountaineer went to press this week,
several of Lehigh's fall sports learns were
yet lo play their first contest. The field
hockey and volleyball teams both opened
on llic road yesterday, at Moravian and
Villanova respectively. Also gelling started
is the women's tennis team with weekend
home matches against Connecticut (Friday)
and Holy Cross (Saturday). The men's and
women's cross country learns kick off a
big season al Leliigli by hosting a dual
meel against Michigan. Colgate and
Fairleigh Dickinson this Saturday at Ihe
Goodman Campus. The golf team also gets
underway this weekend with a Saturday/
Sunday tournament al Scion Hall.
INSIDE the Mountaineer
Fall sports previews 2
Quarterback on a mission .... 3
LU second in NationsCredit. 3
LU-Fordham at a glance 4
NationsCredit results box.... 4
Football ticket info 4
LONG-TIME RIVALS
The Engineerfootball team played its 40th game
against Delaware on Saturday, but that only
ranks eighth on Lehigh's list of long-running
rivalries. A look at the top seven:
TEAM # OF LEHIGH
MEETINGS   RECORD
LAFAYETTE 128 53-70-5
RUTGERS
74
30-43-1
1 BUCKNELL             5(
i             28-25-3
PENNSYLVANIA
52
10-42
| GETTYSBURG        41
5             26-16-4
| MUHLENBERG       42
!             28-13-1
PRINCETON
4
4-35-2
i
Hens leave Lehigh feeling blue
Delaware 'grounds' Engineers, 62-21, in season opener
By MARC GESUALDO
South Mountaineer Editor
It's not often that the Lehigh
Engineers will "run into" a team of the
caliber they faced this past Saturday in
Newark. Delaware.
In the process, the Engineers got
"run over" by a Delaware ground attack
which caused more fireworks than a 4th
of July celebration.
The Blue Hens,
using the Wing-T
offense to
perfection, racked
up a gaudy 473
rushing yards en
route to a 62-21
pasting of the
Engineers in the
season opener for
both teams.
"I'm glad it's
the only time we'll
see the Wing-T,"
said Lehigh
defenseive end Bret
Almassy (Social
Relations). "They
executed it
extremely well."
Delaware gave
a sign of things to
come just 1:23 into
the game when
senior halfback
Lanue Johnson ran a
misdirection play for a 75-yard
touchdown on the third play from
scrimmage. The score put the Blue Hens
on top, 7-0, and the home team was just
getting started.
Sophomore halfback Pat Williams
scored the first of his four touchdowns on
the afternoon two drives later to give the
Blue Hens a 14-0 lead after one quarter.
Junior fullback Daryl Brown got
into the act on Delaware's next scoring
drive, breaking loose for a 54-yard run
down to the Engineer 15-yard line.
Johnson capped the drive with a 13-yard
scamper for a 21-0 Blue Hen lead.
"I have confidence in our offensive
line but Lehigh's defense appeared to be
confused," said Delaware coach Tubby
Raymond. "Our offense is so complex."
The Engineers got their first
touchdown of the season on the next
drive, when senior quarterback Scott
Semptimphelter(Management) hit senior
tailback Mark Lookenbill (Management)
with a nine-yard touchdown pass.
But any hopes of a Lehigh comeback
were thwarted when the Blue Hens scored
three touchdowns in the next 55 seconds.
Williams scored on a 65-yard run
and then added a 33-yard touchdown
reception down the middle from senior
quarterback Dale Fry. with the latter score
coming after Semptimphelter was intercepted.
Johnson then scored his third touchdown of
the day after another Semptimphelter
interception and Delaware had a 42-7 lead.
The Engineers did strike again before
halftime when Semptimphelter hit senior wide
receiver Dave Cecchini (Business) with a
nine-yard scoring strike to cut it to 42-14 at
the half.
Kevin Rubin set new career highs with 13 catches for 168 yards.
Brown (127 yards) and Johnson (106 yards)
each went over 100 yards rushing for the day.
Fry threw just six passes but completed five
of them for 136 yards and two touchdowns.
Semptimphelter had a busy day.
completing 30 of 50 passes for 313 yards and
three touchdowns but he was intercepted
four times and sacked on six other occasions.
Rubin caught 13 passes for 168 yards and a
touchdown en route to Patriot League
Offensive Player of the Week
honors.
"We weren't out there
playing Lehigh football You
could tell in the locker room
(after the game) the guys know
we have a loi lo prove,"
Almassy said. "It didn't happen
today."
But there are 10 more
chances for the Engineers to
make it happen. And a visit to
Patriot League rival Fordham
on Saturday could be the
perfect place lo start.
EXTRA POINTS: The 62
points scored by Delaware was
the most a Lehigh team has
given up since Holy Cross beat
the Engineers. 63-6. in
1987...Rubin's 13 catches were
one short of tying a Lehigh
record for pass receptions in a
game...Pressconference before
game last Wednesday was
- Pholo by Joe Ryan      g
'I think we did pretty much what we     highlighted by punter Craig  Melograno
LEHIGH
DELAWARE
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DEL-
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wanted to most of the game." Semptimphelter
said. "I just had a shaky first half."
The second half was all Blue Hens as
well, as Delaware put two more scores on the
board before Semptimphelter
hit senior wide receiver Kevin
Rubin (Management) with a 25-
yard touchdown pass for
Lehigh's final score of the day.
' "We had to go to our two-
minute offense forthe last three
quarters," said Lehigh head
coach Hank Small. "Our
running game wasn't giving us
anything."
Delaware closed out "the
scoring when Kenny Bailey
picked off a pass from Lehigh
backup QB Bob Aylsworth
(Business) and returned it 94
yards for a touchdown in the
game's final minute.
"This asks us a lot about
how we can be a better football
team," Small said. "Delaware
is an outstanding team. It gave
us a chance to see what a Top 5
team is like."
In all. Delaware totaled 605
yards on the offensive end as
bringing a live chicken to get Lehigh ready
for the "Hens"...Engineers actually enjoyed
time of possession advantage in game. 31:17
to 28:43.
0
14
14
28
7
13
-21
-62
Johnson 75 run (Leo kick)
Williams 3 run (Leo kick)
Johnson 13 run (Leo kick)
Lookenbill 9 pass from Semptimphelter (Dyson kick)
Williams 65 run (Leo kick)
DEL -- Williams 33 pass from Fry (Leo kick)
DEL -- Johnson 1 run (Leo kick)
LEH - Cecchini 9 pass from Semptimphelter (Dyson kick)
DEL - Williams 41 pass from Fry (Leo kick)
DEL - Coleman 7 run (kick failed)
LEH - Rubin 25 pass from Semptimphelter (Dyson kick)
DEL - Bailey 94 interception return (Dyson kick)
TEAM STATS
LEHIGH
DELAWARE
First Downs
23
23
Rushes-Yards
21-4
57-473
Yds. Passing
424
136
Passes C-A-l
5-7-0
40-75-5
Punts-Avg.
6-47.2
5-38.8
Penalties-Yds.
3-15
7-55
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing — LEH: Davis 3-9; DEL: Brown 13-127
Passing — LEH: Semptimphelter 30-50 for 313 yards, 3 TD, 4 INT
DEL: Fry 5-6 for 136 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT
Receiving — LEH: Rubin 13-168-1: DEL: Williams 2-74-2
Tackles — LEH: Mack 8. Martinez 7; DEL: Acker 8, Mulhern 8