South Mountaineer Volume 18, Issue 05

              Vol. 18 — No. 5
OCTOBER 14, 1975 BETHLEHEM, PA.
Lehigh Offense Blasts
Rutgers Defense, 34-20
LEHIGH quarterback Joe Sterrett sets sights against Rutgers as
guard Jim Schulze (68) wards off rival lineman. Sterrett completed
nine passes for 129 yards, two of them for touchdowns. The Engineer
star, a senior from Wallingford, Pa., is among the Div. II national
passing leaders. In five games he has completed 57 of 98 attempts for
953 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also has 36 yards rushing for a total
offense figure of 989.
Crape, Prati
Pace Booters
Three goals by Gordon Crape of
Garden City, N.Y., and two by
Henry Prati of Cranbury, N.J.,
highlighted a big week for Lehigh
soccer as the Engineers outlasted
Rutgers in overtime, 5-2, and
topped Drexel, 3-2.
Crape and Prati each scored in
regulation time against the
Scarlet, in a rough contest, but it
took extra period markers by Jim
O'Donnell, Skip DiMassa and
Paul Dietrich to settle the issue.
Two goals by Crape made the
difference against Drexel while
Prati scored on a penalty kick.
Bob Weick, Gene Parris, Jose
Perna, Paul Shook and goal-
tender Larry Keller were
defensive standouts.
10-0 Weekend
It was a 10-0 weekend last
Friday and Saturday for
Lehigh athletic squads.
In varsity competition
the football team whipped
Rutgers, soccer topped
Drexel, rifle won over
Lafayette and Schuylkill
Haven, cross country
downed West Chester, East
Stroudsburg and Millersville, and the undefeated
field hockey team took
Rutgers for an 8-0 clean
sweep.
Junior varsity football
won over Gettysburg and
JV soccer edged Keystone
Junior College.
3 Victories For Runners
Lehigh's cross country runners
upped their record to 8-2 with a
trio of victories in a
quadrangular.
The Engineers topped
Millersville, 25-32, East
Stroudsburg, 22-37, and host West
Chester, 21-36.
Dave Cope led Lehigh with a
third-place finish and Mickey
Yardis was fourth. Other
Engineers placing included Dave
Norris, seventh, and Stellan
Thoren, eighth.
Pete Heesen of East Stroudsburg was the individual winner
in 25 minutes and 29 seconds, a
record for West Chester's 5-mile
course.
Gardner, Weaver Spark Engineers
Lehigh pierced Rutgers'
highly-rated defense for a touchdown on the first two plays from
scrimmage last Saturday, taking
only 25 seconds, and jumped off
to a 34-20 upset victory over the
visiting collegians from the
banks of the Raritan.
Rutgers (2-2) came to Taylor
Stadium having yielded only one
touchdown while whipping
Bucknell, 47-3, and Hawaii, 7-3,
and losing to Princeton. 10-7.
The fired-up Engineers stunned
the Scarlet with four touchdowns
in the first half, building up a 28-
14 lead, and were in command
throughout during one of their
most impressive triumphs since
Fred Dunlap assumed the
coaching reins 11 years ago.
Lehigh (4-1) ground out 323
yards on the turf and added 129 in
the air for a 452-yard showing
against a defense which had
surrendered only 16 points in
three previous starts.
Rutgers was so confident it
could shut off Lehigh's attack
that the visitors elected to kick
off at the start of the game, after
winning the coin toss, and get the
ball back in good field position
after forcing the Engineers to
punt.
They got the ball back, but only
after falling behind 6-0.
Halfback Mark Weaver opened
the game with a 68-yard sprint
through left tackle, getting all the
way to the Rutgers 5 before being
knocked out of bounds, and
quarterback Joe Sterrett fired a
first-down scoring pass to tight
end Larry Henshaw all alone in
the end zone. A poor center pass
cost placekicker Greg Pierog a
chance to convert but the pattern
of play for the first quarter had
been set.
Lehigh completely dominated
the action, adding another eight
points for a 14-0 lead, while
holding the Scarlet to a net gain
of eight yards—without a first
down—for the first 15 minutes.
The Engineers threatened
repeatedly, keeping Rutgers
under intense pressure, with
Weaver missing field goal tries of
38 and 39 yards after drives had
been blunted.
Late in the quarter defensive
tackle Dan McKinney, of
Latham, N.Y., pounced upon a
Rutgers fumble only 23  yards
away from the visiting end zone
and Gardner rammed all the way
across the goal line on a first-
down maneuver.
The Engineers went for the
two-point conversion and made it
as Sterrett, of Wallingford, Pa.,
passed to Gardner, of
Maplewood, N.J., at the goal line
for a 14-0 advantage.
Rutgers, still unable to show a
first down well into the second
quarter, got off the hook by
recovering a fumbled punt at
midfield. The Scarlet, aided by a
pass interference call which kept
its drive alive, moved to the
Lehigh 15 and Mike Fisher uncovered a scoring run from that
spot.
The   Engineers   struck   right
Weaver Picked
Eastern College Athletic
Conference officials have
selected Mark Weaver of
Lehigh "Player of the
Week" in Div. II for his
outstanding performance
against Rutgers.
This is the second time in
three weeks that Weaver
has been so honored. He
also won this accolade for
his play against Pennsylvania.
back with two TDs of their own
for a surprising 28-7 advantage.
Weaver set up the first with a
48-yard gallop down the left
sideline after taking a pitchout
from Sterrett. This put the ball on
the Rutgers 10 and Gardner ate
up that yardage with only one
smash through the line. He appeared smothered at the 4 only to
fight his way through and lunge
into the end zone.
Lehigh kicked off, stopped the
Scarlet dead once again and
regained the ball on the Engineer
42 following a punt. Seven plays
later Sterrett pitched his second
TD pass to Henshaw, of Ham-
monton. N.J., covering nine
yards. Henshaw ran a great
pattern on this one, completely
escaping a defensive back who
was going in the wrong direction
as the ball found the mark.
Pierog converted after both of
these second-quarter scores.
Rutgers, getting the ball with
only 1:34 remaining, passed and
scrambled 75 yards against a
prevent defense for its second TD
which came on the last play of the
half as Fisher dashed 13 yards
around left end on a double
reverse.
The Engineers played a little
more  conservatively   after   the
intermission, throwing the ball
only eight times, and striving to
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Game At A Glance
LEHIGH              14    14   3 3—34
RUTGERS 0   14   0 6—20
L—Henshaw     5    pass from
Sterrett. Pass failed.
L—Gardner   23   run.   Gardner,
pass from Sterrett.
R—Fisher 15 run.  Kehler kick.
L—Gardner 10 run. Pierog kick.
L—Henshaw    9    pass from
Sterrett. Pierog kick.
R—Fisher 13 run. Kehler kick.
L—FG 35 Weaver.
R—Fisher 3 run. Pass failed.
L—FG 27 Weaver.
Attendance: 11,500.
Leh   Rut
First downs 20 16
Net yds rushing 323 147
Net yds passing 129 158
Passes attempted 18 21
Completed 9 9
Intercepted by 3 1
Punts 5 6
Avg. distance 38 39
Fumbles lost l l
Yds penalized 84 85
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing Att   Yds   Avg   Td
Weaver, L 12   144   12.0   0
Gardner, L 23   122     5.3   2
Lassiter, R 3     56   18.7   0
Aprill, L 7     42     6.0   0
Passing     Att Comp Int Yds Td
Sterrett, L 18   9   1    129   2
Allison, R 13   5   1     62   0
Rebholz.R 8   4   2     96   0
Receiving No   Yds   Td
Henshaw, L 5   62   2
Debes.R 3   61   0
Twitty. R 3   51   0
Weaver, L  2   35   0
LEHIGH  PLAYERS:
ENDS: Ross, Frederick, Liptak, Henshaw,
Camuti, Lynch, Maddox, Pieczynski.
TACKLES:    Fendryk,   McKinney,   Orcuft,
Yaszemski, Vandergrift, Matics.
GUARDS:  Stine, Schulze, Sonon,  Dondero.
CENTERS: Borgosz, McKay, Adams.
QUARTERBACKS:   Sterrett, Rieker.
HALFBACKS: Dutt, Tracy, Weaver, Aprill,
Hogg,  Glasbrenner,   Fenton,   Borden,
Reese, Pierog, Kelly.
FULLBACKS:  Gardner, Clark, Gallagher.
LINEBACKERS:   Healy,   Drusbosky,   Gift,
Bradley, Mullane.