South Mountaineer Volume 39, Issue 11

              PATRIOT LEAGUE HONORS
Sophomore split end Deron Braswell was named
to the Patriot League Honor Roll after catching 11
passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Eleven
catches is the most by any Patriot League player
in a game this year.
FOOTBALL: Brown and White edged by Colgate 30-23, 8
Fresh perspective on "The Game" - Lehigh vs. Lafayette, 7
Mentesana begins a new era of Lehigh men's basketball, 6
South Mountaineer
Volume 10, Issue 11
Lehigh University Athletics Weekly
November 19,1996
Red Raiders remain red hot
Colgate outlasts Lehigh to stay in three-
team struggle for Patriot League crown
by Matt Leedy '98
South Mountaineer Editor
Fred Dunlap is anxious to chisel
Colgate University's name on the
Patriot League trophy named in his
honor.
Colgate (6-4, 3-1 Patriot League)
entered Goodman Stadium with the
league's hottest offense and caught
fire again to burn Lehigh 30-23.
Dunlap, the Red Raiders' offensive
coordinator, kept the Engineer
defense off balance for most of the
game.
Dunlap coached the Brown and
White for 11 years, beginning in
1965. His option offense — and the
same players who have sparked the
red-hot Red Raiders since the fifth
game of the season — torched
Lehigh (4-6, 2-2).
Running back Anthony Caravetta
powered both the league's and
Division I-AA's top-ranked ground
game, rushing for 153 yards and a
touchdown on 22 carries. Caravetta
has rushed for 100 or more yards in
Colgate's last six games, averaging
149 yards a game in that span.
Fullback Daymon Smith added a
pair of touchdowns and 63 yards on
13 carries.
Freshman quarterback Phil Stambaugh was very
effective in the second half against Colgate Saturday.
Freshman Ryan Vena, a contender for the Patriot League's
Rookie of the Year, completed 16 of
28 passes for 232 yards, a touchdown and an interception. The Red
Raiders are 6-0 and averaging a 19-
point margin of victory since Vena
took over at quarterback.
Colgate Head Coach Dick Biddle
credited Dunlap with much of
Vena's success. He also mentioned
his experience with other stand-out
quarterbacks, such as Lehigh's
Director of Athletics Joe Sterrett,
whom Dunlap coached to All-
American status in 1975.
He is a great quarterback coach,
just ask Joe Sterrett," Biddle said.
"You've got to be tough to play for
him."
Vena's primary target, tight end
Chris Young, caught seven passes
for 126 yards and a touchdown.
Young riddled Lehigh's defense
by running out-patterns behind the
linebackers and in front of corner
back Curtis May and the rest of the
secondary.
"A lot of times they were running the option, which forces the
linebackers to come up, and the
tight end was just slipping behind
them.," May said.
Colgate opened
up a 21-point lead,
its widest margin
of the game, after
Smith ran three
yards for a touchdown and a 28-9
third-quarter lead.
Earlier, Caravetta eclipsed the
1,000-yard milestone on a 12-yard
touchdown run
through the right
side ofthe line.
Lehigh answered both
touchdowns with
scores of its own.
After Colgate's
first second-half
score, freshman
quarterback Phil
Stambaugh fired a
28-yard pass into
the left side of the
end zone for
flanker Jason
Streeter.
Streeter made
a diving, outstretched grab to
pull Lehigh within
12 at 21-9. The
Engineers failed
on the two-point
conversion but
Streeter's catch
kept Lehigh's
touchdown streak
Joe Ryan
Joe Ryan
Eji Maxiiom-Paige runs back his game-
high 36-yard kick-off return for Lehigh.
alive at 95 games.
The Brown and White offense
struck again in the fourth quarter
when Stambaugh connected with split
end Deron Braswell for a nine-yard
touchdown. Braswell kept the drive
alive with an eight-yard reception on
fourth down, needing five yards for
the first.
The Engineers' second consecutive
touchdown was triggered by a surprise Drew Poppleton on-side kick
recovery on Lehigh's 48-yard line.
The field position allowed Lehigh to
close within five on another Braswell
reception.
The sophomore took a quick slant
13 yards to the end zone for Lehigh's
final score and a 28-23 deficit.
Braswell bounced off two defenders
before stretching the ball across the
goal line. It was his ninth touchdown
ofthe season and second ofthe game.
Braswell was Lehigh's leading
offensive weapon, with 11 catches for
151 yards and a long of 67 yards.
Braswell now has exactly 1,000
receiving yards for the season.
Stambaugh had a solid game,
completing 25 of 50 passes for 264
yards, three touchdown throws and
an interception.
Sophomore tailback Brian Baker
led Lehigh's ground game with 90
yards. He also caught four passes for
27 yards.
After last week's action, three
teams have one loss in the Patriot
League. Bucknell University (5-5, 3-1)
hosts Colgate Saturday, with the loser
eliminated from league championship
contention.
Lafayette College (5-4, 2-1) has a
shot at the league crown if it beats
Lehigh Saturday. If the Leopards win
they will play a makeup contest with
Fordham University.
With its second league loss of the
season Lehigh was bounced from the
Patriot League title picture.
LEHIGH/COLGATE
GAME STATS
ScoreByQuartesrs
1 2 3    4 F
Colgate            0 14 14   2 20
Lehigh             3 0 6 14 10
LEHIGH
COLGATE
23
First Downs
28
84
264
348
Net Rushing
Net Passing
Total Yards
259
232
491
4-35
Penalties
9-74
4-2
Fumbles/Lost
1-0
1
29:24
had intercepted
Possession
1
30:36
1
Sacks By
2
Lehigh statistical leaders
Rushing: Brian Baker 28-90
Passing: Phil Stambaugh 25-264
Receiving: Deron Braswell 11-151
Tackles: Sam Brinley 12
QUOTEBOARD
"I don't think there was much
difference with the way their
defense played in the second half.
It was just the offense raising its
level of intensity."
Deron Braswell
Lehigh Split End
"I think defensively we came out
and played a great first quarter
and a half, but our offense
turning the ball over just didn't
give us any momentum."
Kevin Higgins
Lehigh Coach
"They made a lot of big plays in
the second half to put themselves in a good situation. We
were able to step it up in the end
and keep them from Scoring.
Now.it is just a matter of
winning one more game and
getting that trophy.
Jamal Patterson
Colgate Safety
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