South Mountaineer Volume 22, Issue 11

              Vol. 22 — No. 11
NOVEMBER 21, 1979
BETHLEHEM, PA.
At Murray State Dec. 8
Engineers In Playoffs
Lafayette Routed, 24-3
Lehigh put together a classic
combination of ball-control offense and rock-ribbed defense
last Saturday to pound Lafayette
into submission before 19,000
spectators at Taylor Stadium, 24-
3.
It was the Engineers' tenth
victory over the Leopards in the
last 12 meetings in college
football's most-played rivalry.
The teams, which first tangled in
1884, faced each other for the
115th time.
Sophomore halfback Joe
Rabuck of Philadelphia, Pa., who
paced the Lehigh (9-2) onslaught
with 27 carries for 113 yards, won
the Most Valuable Player award
on a vote of news media
representatives.
The Engineer defense staged
an award-winning performance,
too, limiting Lafayette (5-3-2) to
zero yards on the ground and only
94 in the air, and a meager six
first downs. The Leopards never
threatened seriously on their
own, averting a shutout late in
the first half only after
recovering a fumble on the
Lehigh 9.
After being held to a pair of
yards on three plays, and calling
time with one second remaining
on the clock, they settled for
Dave Heverling's field goal from
the 14, a 24-yard boot.
Otherwise it was 33 rushes for
the Leopards for 57 yards, but a
matching 57 yards in losses for a
net of zero on the ground, 10
completions in 24 aerial attempts
for 94 yards, and nine punts.
It was another day of standing
ovations for the Engineer
defensive platoon as it returned
to  the  sideline   after   shutting
down almost every Lafayette
move.
The zero yardage is a rarity
and so was the number of
penalties called. There was only
one, against Lafayette, and it was
a half-the-distance call at the
Leopard 4, meaning a 2-yard
infraction.
Lehigh's offense staged one of
its better displays of the season
netting 263 yards on 62 running
plays and completing eight of 13
passes for 89 yards. That's 75
offensive chances for 352 yards
against Lafayette's 57 plays and
94 yards. The Engineers accumulated 22 first downs, 16 of
them on the turf.
A defensive fumble, after a
pass interception late in the
second period, set up the
Lafayette field goal. An offensive
bobble, in the fourth stanza, cost
Lehigh possession on the Leopard
11. Except for those lapses, and
one pass interception by the
enemy, it was a relaxing day for
wearers of the brown and white,
on the field and in the stands.
The script went just the way
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Game At A Glance
LEHIGH 14 0 3 7—24
Lafayette  0300—3
Leh—D'Annibale 30 interception
return. Iobst kick.
Leh—Romeo 12 run. Iobst kick.
Laf—FG 24 Heverling.
Leh—FG 27 Iobst.
Leh—Glenn 10 run. Iobst kick.
Attendance: 19,000
Leh Laf
6
0
94
94
24
10
2
9
35
1
0
1
2
First downs  22
Net yds. rushing  263
Net yds. passing   89
Total yards 352
Passes attempted  13
Completed    8
Had intercepted    1
Punts    5
Avg. distance  25
Fumbles    2
Fumbles lost    2
Penalties    0
Yds. penalized    0
Lehigh has a string of 27 consecutive winning seasons in
wrestling.
INDIVIDUAL
Rushing att yds avg td
Rabuck, Leh 27 113   4.2   0
Romeo, Leh  9   44   4.9   1
Andres, Leh 12   40   3.3   0
Plucinsky, Leh .... 5   26   5.2   0
Passing att cmp int yds td
Andres,Leh 12    7   1   82   0
' Uzelac, Laf 17    7   1   73   0
Hocking, Laf.... 7     3   1   21   0
Receiving cgt yds td
Smith, Laf 3   32   0
Clement, Laf 2   34   0
D.Rarig, Leh 2   33   0
Yeager, Leh 2   32   0
LEHIGH PLAYERS
Defense: Ends— Crowe, Butkus, Becker,
Kowalonek. Tackles—Yaszemski, Titus,
Szablowski, Petkus. Linebackers—
McCormick, B. Rarig, Dorrow, Iobst, Rosen,
Mercuri. Halfbacks—D'Annibale, Marck,
Mills, Tuohey, Verost. Safety—Conley,
Dunn, Ryan, O'Sullivan, Macellara.
Offense: Split ends—Yeager, Lewis. Tight
ends—D. Rarig, Nikles, Amastasio.
Tackles—Melone, Scheuer, Greene.
Guards—Mahlbacher, Miksiewicz, Manning, Bruxelles. Centers—Sitar, Fath.
Quarterbacks—Andres, Glenn. Halfbacks—
Rabuck, Bernstein, Plucinsky, Evanko,
Rogusky, Godbolt. Fullbakcs—Ford,
Romeo, Ricketson. Kicker—Penske.
Fourth Time
Lehigh's football team is back in the
NCAA post-season playoffs.
The Engineers, who whipped Lafayette Saturday 24-3 to finish their
regular season 9-2, Monday accepted
an invitation from the national selection committee to participate as the
Eastern representative.
Lehigh will travel Saturday, Dec. 8,
to face Murray State at Murray, Ky.
The winner of that game advances to
the Div. TAA title game one week later,
Dec. 15, in the Tangerine Bowl Stadium
at Orlando, Fla.
The game will start at 1:40 p.m. EST
and will be telecast regionally by ABC
to areas still to be announced. Viewers
are advised to check their TV listings
on that date.
The 1-AA selection advisory committee for eastern teams consists of
athletic directors Andy Mooradian,
New Hampshire, chairman; Bruce
Corrie of Bucknell, Olav Kollevoll of
Lafayette and Joseph Zabilski of
Northeastern.
This will be Lehigh's fourth postseason appearance. In 1973 and 1975 the
Engineers were first-round losers while
in 1977 they won the Div. 2 national
championship.
The Lehigh Alumni Office will endeavor to arrange alumni activities
before and after the Dec. 8 contest.
Alumni wishing detailed information
are asked to send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to the Alumni Office,
Alumni Memorial Building No. 27,
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.,
18015.
Stabler Center Dedication On Dec. 1
Lehigh's new 6,000-seat
Stabler Athletic and Convocation
Center will be officially dedicated
Saturday afternoon, Dec. 1 at 2
p.m.
Major participants in the
program will be Harold S.
Mohler, president of the Board
of Trustees; Dr. Deming Lewis,
president of the University;
Frank C. Rabold, vice chairman
of the Trustees' Physical Planning and Plant Committee; and
Donald B. Stabler, Lehigh
alumnus and Trustee, for whom
the Lehigh trustees named the
building.
Stabler and his wife, Dorothy,
are the major donors to the $3.7-
million facility through the first
phase of Lehigh's $75-million
"New   Century   Fund."   The
University will dedicate the
building in memory of Mr.
Stabler's parents.
A plaque, which will be placed
in the lobby of the facility, will
read as follows: "Stabler Athletic
and Convocation Center, named .
in memory of George W. and Etta
Mae Stabler by Donald B. and
Dorothy L. Stabler. The Lehigh
University Trustees acknowledge
with deep gratitude the generous
gift of Donald B. Stabler, B.S. '30,
M.S. '32; LL.D. '74, and his wife
Dorothy in memory of his parents
who by their sacrifices made
possible their sons' Lehigh
education. A devoted and
distinguished Alumnus and
Trustee, Donald Stabler and his
wife Dorothy also provide
generously in other meaningful
ways for the Students and
Faculty of the University."
Stabler is chairman of the
board and chief executive officer
of Stabler Companies, Inc.,
Stabler Construction Company,
Protection Services, Inc., State
Aggregates Inc., and DBS
Transit Company, all
headquartered in Harrisburg. He
also is chairman and chief
executive officer of Eastern
Industries, Inc., Wescosville, Pa.
He and Mrs. Stabler maintain
homes in Harrisburg and Bal
Harbour, Fla.
At the ceremony memorial and
special gifts to the building will
be announced and also dedicated.
The ceremony will be preceded
by a junior varsity wrestling
meet against Wilkes College and
will be followed by a varsity
wrestling meet against Wilkes, a
men's varsity basketball game
with Muhlenberg College and a
women's varsity basketball
game with the University of
Scranton.
Stabler Center, which has a
total of 55,440 square feet under
one roof with 19,720 of floor space
for events, was first used for
Lehigh's 1979 Commencement in
May and the Lehigh Alumni
Association's 1979 Reunion in
June.
Since then a variety of special
events have been held in the
Center, including programs
sponsored by the University and
by other organizations. Recently
the spectacular "Holidy on Ice"
show was staged in the building.
Also in November 1,000 freshmen
and their parents had dinner in
the Center. In September the
kickoff dinner for the United Way
of Northampton Counties was
hosted there and the Lehigh
Home Club and Alumni
Association held a testimonial
dinner there for the late John S.
Steckbeck. And, in October, the
Lehigh Office of Public Information and Auxiliary Services
Office held a "Press Prevue
Party" in the Center.
One of the features of the
Center are the 1,240 retractable
armchair seats, which give the
building a great deal of flexibility
for events. The Center also has.
2,077 permanent armchair seats
and 2,496 bleacher type seats.