South Mountaineer Volume 18, Issue 10

              Lehigh 11 In Playoffs
Engineers Upset Victims, 32-25
Bucknell Gets 26-7 Lead,
Hangs On For Triumph
Lehigh suffered through a long,
frustrating afternoon of missed
opportunities last Saturday while
going down to a 32-25 setback
against an inspired Bucknell
football team which survived a
one-sided statistical mauling to
finish first in the only place that
matters on   the   scoreboard.
The stunning setback snapped
the Engineers' winning streak at
seven and enabled the Bisons to
register a winning record (5-4) in
their first year under new head
coach Bob Curtis. It was the final
game on the Bucknell schedule
and some 7,500 spectators were
on hand for the fireworks.
Lehigh (8-2) will host archrival Lafayette (5-4) in Taylor
Stadium Saturday in college
football's most-played rivalry.
The Leopards, who have experienced offensive troubles
most of the year, came alive last
weekend with a 31-3 rout of
visiting Davidson in a manner to
indicate that game No. Ill might
Engineers
Were 4th
Prior to Saturday's game the
Lehigh football team was ranked
fourth nationally, among Div. II
schools, in the NCAA-United
Press International poll and
eighth in the Associated Press
listings.
NCAA-UPI rated North Dakota
No. 1 followed, in order, by Boise
State, Grambling, LEHIGH,
Western Kentucky, Massachusetts, La. Southern, Jacksonville,
Ala., Northern Colorado and
Idaho State.
AP listed Texas A. & I., an
NAIA entry, No. 1, followed by
North Dakota, Boise State,
Grambling, Western Kentucky,
Wittenberg, Henderson State,
LEHIGH, Northern Michigan
and Ithaca.
Massachusetts, leading Lehigh
by one point in the Lambert Cup
race, was ranked 11th in the AP
poll.
Statistically, in Div. II, Lehigh
was the team leader in points per
game with 38.2, and was third in
total offense with 454.3 yards a
game.
Halfback Mark Weaver held
seventh place in scoring with 9.6
points per game and fullback Rod
Gardner was 10th in rushing with
105.5 yards a game.
be more of a tussle than it figured
to be a month or so ago.
The Engineers will be without
star fullback Rod Gardner, too,
when they host the Leopards.
Gardner, injured against
Colgate, missed the Lehigh trip to
Davidson but came back
Saturday at Bucknell with a
courageous, brilliant performance despite knee and
shoulder problems.
The junior from Maplewood,
N.J., carried the ball 24 times for
152 yards and two touchdowns,
caught a 6-yard TD pass and did
his usual super blocking job. ■
"You just can't say enough
about Rod Gardner," says
Lehigh head coach Fred Dunlap.
"He went out there, after being
unable to work hard for almost
two weeks, and had one of the
finest games of his career. You
don't get to coach many young
men, in a lifetime, like Rod."
Gardner's 18-point performance almost sprung the
Engineers loose during a rally
which found the team struggling
to overcome an unbelievable 26-7
halftime deficit.
They came surprisingly close,
to a point where only a couple of
missed conversion kicks and a
very costly penalty kept the
scales tilted against them.
The penalty, one of eight for a
total of 90 yards, came early in
the fourth quarter and nullified a
39-yard touchdown run by Pete
Fenton of Avenel, N.J., after a
pass interception. Lehigh was
called for roughing-the-passer in
this instance and remained
behind, 26-19, instead of pulling
even.
The Engineers did come back,
for another TD, but the six points
lost when Fenton's runback was
nullified proved decisive.
Senior quarterback Joe
Sterrett, of Wallingford, Pa., had
a Jekyll-and-Hyde afternoon
against the Bisons in which he
completed 19 of 38 passes for 310
yards and two touchdowns, but
was intercepted four times, twice
in the end zone and twice deep in
Bison territory.
He took his unusual severe
physical pounding, even netting
45 yards on the ground in seven
running attempts, on a day which
found Bucknell exerting continual pass-rush pressure.
His 355 yards of total offense,
and Gardner's 152, boosted the
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Lambert
Leaders
Lehigh emerged from
last Saturday's twin upsets—the Engineers' loss to
Bucknell and the Massachusetts loss to New
Hampshire—as No. 1 team
in the Lambert Cup
scramble.
The Engineers received
60V2 votes against 60 for
Massachusetts, 59 for New
Hampshire and 58V2 for undefeated East Stroudsburg.
New Hampshire and
East _ _ Stroudsburg haye_
concluded their seasons.
Lehigh faces Lafayette on
Saturday while UMass
tackles Boston College.
NCAA Contest Scheduled
Nov. 29 In Taylor Stadium
Lehigh University (8-2) is one of three
teams selected to host first-round games
in the 3rd annual NCAA Div. II national
football championships Saturday, Nov.
29. An opponent for the Engineers will be
determined later.
The kickoff will be at 1 p.m.
Other host teams will be North Dakota
State, Northern Iowa and a team to be
selected.
This will be Lehigh's second appearance in the post-season classic in
three years. In 1973 the Engineers
dropped a first-round decision to Western
Kentucky, 25-16.
Alumni Groups To Hear Game
Over Special WLRN Network
Lehigh alumni and guests in 10 The   play-by-play   will   be
states have arranged for special
broadcasts of Saturday's (Nov.
22) 111th football game between
Lehigh and Lafayette in Taylor
Stadium, Bethlehem, Pa.
originated by radio station
WLRN-WLVR, of Lehigh,
beginning at 1:15 p.m. EST.
Lehigh and Lafayette, who first
met in 1884, are principals in
Home Club Events
Lehigh Home Club, and four
other alumni clubs, have special
affairs scheduled as part of the
preparation for the 111th football
game Saturday, Nov. 22, between
Lehigh and Lafayette in Taylor
Stadium.
The Home Club will feature
Maennerchor Night in Hotel
Bethlehem on Friday (Nov. 21)
beginning at 9 o'clock, and the
Leopard Barbecue Luncheon in
Grace Hall on Saturday (Nov. 22)
starting at 11:30 a.m.
Other pre-game events:
Tuesday, Nov. 18 — Annual
Lehigh-Lafayette joint dinner
sponsored by the Southeastern
Pa. Club, at the Wyomissing
Club, 5th and Walnut Sts.,
Reading. Reception at 5:30 p.m.
and dinner at 6:30. Tom Fleck,
Lehigh soccer coach and director
VOLLEYBALL
In volleyball Lehigh topped
Albright, 2-0, and Lafayette, 2-0.
Coach Barbara Everhart's team
has won three times in four tries.
Pat Gedney, Susan Bschorr,
Irene Pavels and Kathy Benusa
were outstanding for the Lehigh
squad.
of Centennial School, will be the
speaker;
Wednesday, Nov. 19 — Annual
victory party sponsored by the
New York City club at the Frasch
Room of the Chemists Club, 52
East 41st St., beginning at 5:30
p.m. Bill Leckonby, Lehigh's
director of athletics, will be the
speaker;
Thursday, Nov. 20 — Annual
Beat Lafayette dinner sponsored
by the Philadelphia Club at The
Madison House-Presidential
Apartments opposite the
Marriott at the intersection of the
Schuylkill Exxressway and City
Line Ave. Reception at 6 p.m. and
dinner at 7:30. Featured guests
will be head coach Fred Dunlap
of Lehigh and the team's
defensive coordinator, Sam
Sanders;
Thursday, Nov. 20 — Lehigh-
Lafayette get-together sponsored
by the Central Pa. Club at Parkview Manor, Hershey. Reception
at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.
Helen Bond and Sharon Mitchell,
women's athletics administrators and coaches at Lehigh
and Lafayette, respectively, will
be the speakers.
college football's most-played-
rivalry. Early in the series they
met twice, or even three times,
during a single season.
There will be two reception
sites in Florida, Ohio, New York
and Virginia with single listening
posts in Pennsylvania, Georgia,
Missouri, California, Illinois and
Texas.
Reception sites:
Home of Pete Gratto, 3403
Surrey Lane, Falls Church, Va.;
Home of Bob Vellekamp, Rt. 5,
Box 1405, Old Powhatan Estates,
Powhatan, Va.;
Milton Roy Co., 5000 Park St.
North, St. Petersburg, Fla.;
Bridge Restaurant, 3200 E.
Oakland Park Blvd., Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.;
Home of Al Harding, 26385
Creekside Drive, Pepper Pike,
O.;
Home of Barry Jenkin, 8751
Haverhill Lane, Cincinnati, O.;
Bethlehem Management Club,
Hamburg, N. Y.;
Home of Richard Schulz, 865
Harris Drive, Schenectady, N.
Y.;
Cherokee Town Club, 155 West
Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Ga.;
Home of Christy James, 16
Midpark Lane, St. Louis, Mo.;
Home of Mark Hannah, 427 Sea
Ridge Drive, LaJolla, Calif.;
Home of Sam Hines, 639
Hillside Ave., Elmhurst, 111.;
River Plantation Golf and
Country Club, Conroe, Tex.;
Home of Alan Komm, 7543
Graymore Rd., Pittsburgh, Pa.