South Mountaineer Volume 38, Issue 11

              DID YOU KNOW?
The last defensive player to be named
the Most Valuable Player of the Lehigh-
Lafayette game was Lehigh's
defensive end Mike Crowe in 1980.
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South Mountaineer
Volume 9, Issue 11
Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
November 14,1995
Another Explosive Effort
Aylsworth throws five TD's in 51-21 drubbing of HC
by Glenn Hofmann
Sports Communications Director
Every week you feel like you've
seen it all when it comes to the
Lehigh offense, and then another
week comes and another even
bigger effort. Saturday against Holy
Cross the Lehigh offense racked up
the fifth-most total yards in school
history (652) en route to an easy 51-
21 victory over Holy Cross.
The 7-3 Engineers improved
their record to 4-0 in the Patriot
League and clinched at least a share
of the Patriot championship. The
introduction of the Lehigh
Mountain Hawk mascot featured
fireworks, but those weren't even
close to the all-out assault the
Lehigh offense dished out.
Senior quarterback Bob
Aylsworth threw five touchdown
passes for the third time in his
career. It also marked the seventh
time in his career that he threw at
least four TD passes in a game. For
the day Aylsworth accumulated 351
yards through the air.
"Obviously he's playing really
well," head coach Kevin Higgins
said of his All-League quarterback.
"The mental preparation is the key
to his succcess. He looks at so much
film during the week that he
understands what teams are trying
to do to us and gets us into the right
plays. He was throwing into the
wind today and converting."
Once again Aylsworth's favorite
target was senior Brian
Klingerman. The 5-7 All-American
turned in a pair of diving catches
sure to be two of the best-ever at
Goodman Stadium as part of his
seven reception 131 yard receiving
effort.
"Outstanding," is all Higgins
could say when asked about
Klingerman's performance. There's
no questions those were some big-
time catches. It seems every game
he makes catches we've never seen
before and all in critical situations.
Brian's as competitive as any
athlete I've been around."
And unlike past years where the
offensive exploits would end with
the passing game, junior Rabih
Abdullah again turned in a
monumental rushing effort.
Abdullah, after fumbling his first
carry of the afternoon went on to
carry 24 times for 193 yards. That
doesn't include an 84-yard
touchdown run that was
called back.
All-in-all it was truly a
masterful offensive
performance made easier by
an offensive line that
allowed only two sacks and
totally dominated the line-
of-scrimmage.
"One thing that was
critical were our third down
conversions in critical
situations that kept dirives
going," Higgins said. For
the day Lehigh converted
10-of-14 on third down or
71%.
Lehigh also had
excellent production from
the fullback position as the
combination of Chris Ashby,
John Tobias and Raphael
Stillings combined for 84
yards, the most from that
position all season.
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Bob Aylsworth was named Patriot League
Offensive Player of the Week
Jog Ryan
PATRIOT LEAGUE STANDINGS
Institution
League
Overall
This Week
LEHIGH*
4-0
7-3
vs. Lafayette 1:10
Bucknell#
4-1
7-3
at Army 1:30
Lafayette
3-1
4-5-1
at Lehigh 1:10
Fordham*
2-3
4-6-1
Season Complete
Holy Cross
0-4
1-9
vs. Colgate 1:00
Colgate
0-4
0-10
at Holy Cross 1:00
* Clinched J
share of league championship
# League s
shedule completed
Last Week:
Lehigh 51, Holy Cross 21
Bucknell 21, Colgate
14 (OT)
Lafayette 24, Fordham 21 (20T)
Rabih Abdullah rushed for 193 yards on 24 carries, the seventh time this
season he has run for more than 100 yards.
Joe Ryan
FOOTBALL STATS
Score By Quarters
1       2       3 4 F
HC        6      8        7 0 21
LU        7    21      14 9 51
Scoring:
H Gornell 41 FG
L Braswell 21 pass from
Aylsworth (Swartz kick)
H Gornell 25 FG
L Ashby 3 run (Swartz kick)
L Ashby 6 pass from Aylsworth
(Swartz kick)
H Walz 1 run (Boland rush)
L Kelly 1 pass from Aylsworth
(Swartz kick)
H Sanchez 11 pass from Boland
(Gornell kick)
L Klingerman 6 pass from
Aylsworth (Swartz kick)
L Meurer 6 pass from Aylsworth
(Swartz kick)
L Swartz 34 FG
L Brown 1 run (kick failed)
LEHIGH HC
29 First Downs 22
301 Net Rushing 137
351 Net Passing 202
652 Total Yards 339
9-80 Penalties 3-26
2-2 Fumbles-Lost 2-0
2 Interceptions 1
31:57 Possession 28:03
0-0 Sacks By-Yards 2-10
Rushing
L: Abdullah 24-193, Stillings 6-46,
H: Walz 13-56, Boland 10-47
Passing
L: Aylsworth 26-36-351, 5 TD
H: Boland 20-43-202, 1 TD
Receiving
L: Klingerman 7-131, Abdullah
5-57, Meurer 4-25, Braswell 3-62
H: Hopkins 6-77, Vaughn 4-40
Tackles
L: McDonald 11, Eckenrode 9
H: D.Harris 14, A. Harris 11
Punting
L: Talbott 1-12
H: McClinchie 4-35.3
Schedule/Results
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 7
Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
Nov. 11
Nov. 18
at Army
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
W17-0
W 51-21
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