South Mountaineer Volume 20, Issue 11

              Vol. 20 — No. 11
NOVEMBER 22, 1977
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Engineers Hit Jackpot
Lehigh Earns Playoff Berth,
Lambert Cup With 9-2 Record
NCAA Division 2 National
Championship Football Playoffs
QUARTER-FINAL ROUND, NOVEMBER 26
LEHIGH (9-2) at the Univ. of Massachusetts (8-2), 12:45 p.m.
EST
Bethune-Cookman (8-3) at the Univ. of California-Davis (10-0)
Northern Michigan (7-2) at North Dakota State (8-1-1)
Jacksonville State (9-2) at Northern Arizona (9-2)
—If   Cal-Davis   wins   it  will   host
Massachusetts game Dec. 3.
—If Lehigh and Bethune-Cookman win they wi
Stadium Dec. 3.
the  winner  of  the   Lehigh-
meet in Taylor
Semi-final winners advance to the championship game Dec. 10 at
Wichita Falls, Texas, which will be played before a national
television audience.
5th Lambert
For Lehigh
University
Lehigh's 35-17 victory
over Lafayette, coupled
with Massachusetts' 34-7
setback at the hands of
Boston College, gave the
Engineers their fifth
Lambert Cup for meritorious achievement among
eastern Div. II football
teams.
Lehigh also won the cup
in 1957, 1961, 1973 and 1975.
Massachusetts dropped
all the way to fourth in the
final voting as Lehigh
recorded five out of a
possible seven first-place
votes. New Hampshire
climbed into second place
and Delaware, a 21-3
victory over Colgate,
finished third.
The      final      Lambert
ratings:
1.LEHIGH9-2  67
2. New Hampshire 8-2 ..60
3. Delaware 6-3-1 52
4. Massachusetts 8-2  ... 50
5. Clarion St. 8-0-1 45
6. East Stroudsburg 6-2 .35
7. Central Conn. 7-3   .... 26
8. Rhode Island 6-5 20
9. Shippensburg 5-4    15
10. Springfield 7-3  9
Game At A Glance
LEHIGH 7   7 7 14—35
Lafayette  0 10 7   0—17
Leh—Aprill 6 run. Iobst kick.
Laf—Orrico   1   run.   Heverling
kick.
Leh—Ricketson 1 run. Iobst kick.
Laf—FG 25 Heverling.
Laf—Sauter   5   run.   Heverling
kick.
Leh—Kreider   14 < pass   from
Rieker. Iobst kick.
Leh—Van Orden 21 pass from
Rieker. Iobst kick.
Leh—Ricketson  8  pass   from
Rieker. Iobst kick.
Attendance: 18,000.
Leh Laf
First downs     16 16
Net yds. rushing  138 132
Net yds. passing  153 123
Total yards 291 255
Passes attempted  17 22
Completed    10 10
Had intercepted     1 2
Punts     4 6
Avg. distance  32 27
Fumbles       1 3
Fumbles lost    1 2
Penalties    9 9
Yards penalized  123 103
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing                 att net avg td
Orrico, Laf    24   82   3.4 1
Aprill, Leh 14   41   2.9 1
Musician, Laf  8   30   3.7 0
Ricketson, Leh ...10   29   2.9 1
Barth, Leh %   27   9.0 0
Stewart, Laf  <S   25   4.1 0
Daniels, Leh  §   24   4.0 0
Passing att com int yds td
Rieker, Leh ...17 10 1 153 3
Stewart, Laf ... 13 70 99 0
Sautter,Laf ... 9     3   2     24   0
Receiving cgt yds td
Kreider,Leh    ...4   79   1
Shoemaker, Laf   4   50   0
Clement, Laf   3   52   0
Van Orden, Leh  3   33   1
LEHIGH PLAYERS
Offense: Ends—Kreider, Van Orden,
Lewis. D. Rarig. Tackles—Vandergrifl,
Melone, Seasholtz, Malics. Guards—Stine,
Schulze, Zwaan, Dondero. Centers—Adams,
McKay. Quarterbacks—Rieker, Andres.
Halfbacks—Morrissey, Daniels, Aprill,
DeLuca. Fullbacks—Ricketson. Ford.
Kicker—Iobst, Wood.
Defense: Ends—Clark, Skola, Butkus,
Crowe. Tackles—Giordani, Merrill, Piec-
zynski, Yaszemski. Linebackers—
Frederick, Bradley, McCormick, Haupt,
Cassone, McClain, B. Rarig, Mayberry.
Secondary: Fenton, Visokey, Hefele, Reese,
Dunn, Reichenback, Robinson.
South Mountaineer
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Routs Lafayette, 35-17,
As Rieker Sets TD Mark
Senior quarterback Mike
Rieker fired three second-half
touchdown passes, for a Lehigh
seasonal record of 23, last
Saturday as the Engineers
whipped Lafayette before a
capacity crowd of 18,000 in Taylor
Stadium, 35-17.
This was the 113th game in
football's most-played series and
it ended the regular schedule for
each team, Lehigh finishing 9-2
and Lafayette 5-6. It was the
Engineers' sixth victory over the
Leopards in the last seven tries.
Rieker, who went into action as
the NCAA Div. II national leader
in total offense with an average of
227 yards a game, didn't open up
his aerial attack until midway
through the third quarter as the
Engineers surprisingly found
themselves trailing on the
scoreboard, 17-14.
Once the overhead barrage got
underway three touchdowns were
added quickly to the Lehigh total
and Lafayette was out of action.
Rieker broke a seasonal mark of
22 TD aerials established by Joe
Sterrett just two years ago.
Lehigh rooters, impatiently
waiting for their team's
celebrated aerial fireworks to
commence, had their innings
after the defense—which had set
up the game's first touchdown
with a blocked punt—somthered
a Lafayette field goal try and
give the Engineers possession
near midfield.
Rieker and split end Steve
Kreider of Reading, Pa., the most
productive passing and receiving
combination in football this
season, covered 59 yards in just
two plays for a touchdown which
put Lehigh ahead to stay, 21-17.
First there was a 45-yard toss
down the middle to the Lafayette
14. Then, on the next down,
Rieker cut wide to the left and
grabbed a 14-yard scoring toss at
the goal line.
Two more TDs followed early
in the fourth quarter as the
Engineers put the game away.
The first came after a fumbled
punt recovery at the Lafayette 28
and despite a 15-yard penalty
which pushed them back to the 31
after Rieker had thrown 12 yards
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(B&W Photo)
MVP MIKE RIEKER
Lehigh QB
Honored
Mike Rieker, Lehigh
quarterback, was voted
Most Valuable Player by
news media covering the
113th game against
Lafayette. He completed 10
of 17 passes for 153 yards
and three touchdowns, and
gained  11 yards running.
The Catasauqua, Pa.
senior threw only five
times in the entire first
half, completing two of
them, as Lehigh stayed on
the ground. He was eight-
for-12, for 128 yards and the
three TDs, after the intermission.
Sports Dinner
Lehigh's annual fall sports
banquet, sponsored by the Lehigh
Home Club, the University and
the Lehigh Alumni Assn., is
scheduled for Wednesday, Nov.
30, at the University Center.
There will be a reception at
5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Field hockey, volleyball, football, soccer and cross country
teams will be honored. Frank
Hrkach, 123 E. Greenwich St.,
Bethlehem, phone 868-4519, is
reservations chairman. The
dinner price is $8.