South Mountaineer Volume 38, Issue 09

              PATRIOT LEAGUE/ECAC HONORS
Quarterback Bob Aylsworth was named
Patriot League Player-of-the Week for the
third time this season and earned ECAC
honors for the second time this season.
Winter Sports Schedules/Fordham Football Preview
Page 13
Olympic Sports Wrapups
Patriot League Cross Country Championships
Page 14
Page 15
South Mountaineer
Volume 9, Issue 09
Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
October 31,1995
Offensive Shootout
UMass holds on to outscore Lehigh 44-36
FOOTBALL STATS
by Glenn Hofmann
Director of Sports Communications
AMHERST, Mass. — If you
like wide-open, offensive-
oriented football then the
University of Massachusetts
was the place to be Saturday
afternoon. Lehigh senior
quarterback Bob Aylsworth
put on a dazzling passing
show while the UMass
running game set a school
record for rushing yards. All-
in-all 80 points and 980
yards of offense were
accumulated in the
Minutemen's 44-36 victory
over Lehigh, which left both
teams with 5-3 records.
"Considering the field
conditions and the quality of
our opponent I'd have to say
this was our best offensive
effort of the season," head
coach Kevin Higgins said.
"Our offensive line did an
excellent job of protecting
Bob (Aylsworth). Bob picked
up the blitzes real well and
we were able to control what
we wanted to do on offense."
"Aylsworth is just an
outstanding player," UMass head
coach Mike Hodges said. "We threw
the book at him and really didn't
stop him. Their offensive execution
is incredible. He (Aylsworth) just
doesn't miss. In my four years here
he's as good as we've played
against."
Aylsworth threw four
touchdown passes for the sixth time
in his Lehigh career and his 357
passing yards marked the seventh
time he has thrown for over 300
yards.
Once again senior Brian
Klingerman was Aylsworth's
Bob Aylsworth threw for four TD's and 357 yards
favorite target as the 5-7 Ail-
American tied a career high with 12
catches for 170 yards. It was the
eighth 100-yard receiving game of
his career.
And this offensive show wasn't
just through the air. Junior running
back Rabih Abdullah reached the
100-yard mark for the sixth time
this year by gaining 128 yards on 22
carries. Abdullah also became only
the fifth Lehigh player ever to rush
for 1,000 yards in a season.
While Lehigh offered a balance
of offensive fireworks, UMass did all
of its damage on the ground. In fact,
the Minutemen failed to complete a
pass. But it didn't matter because
Ken While
PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS
Institution
Leaque
Overall
LEHIGH
2-0
5-3
Bucknell
2-1
5-3
Fordham
2-1
4-4-1
Lafayette
1-1
2-5-1
Holy Cross
0-2
1-7
Colgate
0-2
0-8
Last Week:
UMass 44 Lehigh 36
Bucknell 30 Lafayette
11
Fordham 17 Holy Cross 10
Army 56 Colgate 14
This Week
at Fordham 12:30
vs. Holy Cross 1:00
vs. Lehigh 12:30
vs. Colgate 1:00
at Bucknell 1:00
at Lafayette 1:00
they gained a school
record 515 yards
rushing thanks to
Frank Alessio, who
gained 206 yards, and
Matt Jordan, who
gained 174 yards on
just six carries.
Lehigh schedules
scholarship opponents
so it can measure
where the program
generally is. The
Brown and White
proved it can now
compete evenly with
the Yankee Conference.
Still, there were two
key periods in the game
which eliminated any
chance Lehigh would
have of pulling off the
upset.
Lehigh led 14-7 late
in the first half thanks
to a pair of Aylsworth
TD's to junior tight end
David Meurer (11
yards) and freshman
wide-out Deron
Braswell (20 yards).
Over the the next seven minutes
UMass scored three touchdowns.
Lehigh's offense sputtered for the
only time all day and the Engineers
also fumbled a kickoff when they
trailed 20-14. The result of this bad
stretch was a 26-14 UMass halftime
lead that would have been larger
had the Minutemen not missed two
extra points and been unsuccessful
on a two-point conversion attempt.
UMass extended its lead to 32-
14 early in the second half, but
Lehigh didn't quit and by the time
Abdullah rushed 30-yards for a
touchdown and Aylsworth hit
Meurer for a two-point conversion
with 12:08 left, Lehigh found itself
down by only eight points.
Then with 7:22 left Lehigh
began a critical drive from its ovn
11-yard line. Aylsworth guided the
Brown & White to the Umass 35-
yard line and then hit Braswell for
a 24-yard gain to the Minutemen
11-yard line, but Braswell was hit
from behind, and fumbled the ball
to UMass.
Lehigh's defense stiffened and
forced a punt, but starting from its
own 41-yard line, Lehigh would not
complete another pass.
Score By Quarters
1      2       3
4      F
Lehigh 14     0       7
15    36
UMass 7    19     12
6     44
Scoring:
L David Meurer 11 pass from
Bob Aylsworth (Mike Swart2 kick)
M Alessio 51 run (Eric Oke kick)
L Deron Braswell 20 pass from
Aylsworth {Swartz kick)
M Catterton 28 run (Oke kick)
M Catterton 8 run (kick failed)
M Ingoglia 1 run (rush failed)
M Ingoglia 1 run (rush failed)
L John Tobias 2 pass from
Aylsworth (Swartz kick)
M Ingoglia 10 run (kick blocked)
L Rabih Abdullah 35 pass from
Aylsworth (Swartz kick)
M Jordan 70 run (Kick failed)
L Abdullah 30 run (Meurer pass)
LEHIGH
21
108
357
465
6-55
3-2
0
33:31
0-0
First Downs
Net Rushing
Net Passing
Total Yards
Penalties
Fumbles-Lost
Interceptions
Possession
Sacks By
UM
21
515
0
515
8-63
26:29
3-18
Rushing
L: Abdullah 22-128, Tobias 1-3,
M: Allesio 20-206, Jordan 6-174
Passing
L: Aylsworth 30-48-357, 4 TD, 1
Int
M: Catterton 0-3-0
Receiving
L: Klingerman 12-170, Abdullah
5-53, Meurer 4-27, Braswell 3-54,
Tobias 3-26, Streeter 2-22,
M: None
Tackles
L: McDonald 14, Eckenrode 11,
May 7 Miller 7
M: Riemer 10, Mooney 9
Punting
L: Talbott 3-39.0
M: Maclay 5-37.4
Schedule/Results
Sept. 9     at Army
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 7
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
Nov. 11
Nov. 18
at Colgate
YALE
UNH
at Bucknell
at Columbia
CORNELL
at UMass
at Fordham
HOLY CROSS
LAFAYETTE
L9-42
W20-9
W 21-10
L 14-35
W 30-23
W 37-35
W 34-23
L 36-44
12:30
1:00
1:00