South Mountaineer Volume 28, Issue 02

              Vol. 28—No. 2
SEPTEMBER 23, 1985
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Huskies' Bite Bad As Bark
(B&W photo by BILL WILSON)
KEVIN MITCHELL (99) AND LOU SOFIANAKOS (55) attempt to put a halt to the scrambling of
UCONN quarterback Peter Lane (11). A strong defensive effort in the final quarter kept Lehigh
in the game.
Lehigh University     ;: L?J
Richard Gibney
Director of Athletics
Dear Friend of Lehigh Athletics:
We are pleased to announce the first annual Lehigh University
Golf Classic, to be held at the Saucon Valley Country Club on Friday,
Oct. 11.  Our goal is to generate $20,000 to augment our football and
basketball recruiting budgets, to help make these programs more
competitive.  Keith Rust, Class of '57, and Joe Workman, Class of '53,
are the co-chairmen of this important event.
We have scheduled the golf outing with the idea that you would
participate in the fun-filled golf day on Friday, and stay over to see
the exciting football game against the University of Rhode Island on
Saturday, Oct. 12.  The cost for participation is $200 per player.
Included in the cost are lunch, a round of golf on one of the country's
best courses, cart, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, two football tickets,
and a chance to win valuable raffle prizes.  Among the prizes are
a trip to Scotland, donated by the Lehigh Alumni Assn., golf clubs,
a golf bag, putter, golf balls, umbrella and many others.
In addition to participants, we are looking for hole sponsors
at $500 per hole.  $500 sponsors will receive lunch, golf, cart,
cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, football tickets, and a room for two at the
Hotel Bethlehem for the night of Oct. 11.  Participants and sponsors
will receive recognition in our football and basketball game programs.
If you cannot join us for the full spectrum of activities, you
are encouraged to attend the cocktail party at a cost of $100 per
person.  If you are unable to attend either the golf outing or
the reception, your donation will be greatly appreciated.
We need your help to upgrade our programs,
will enable us to do that.
Your contribution
Lunch will be served at 11:15 a.m. Friday, followed by a
shotgun start at 12:15.  The post-golf reception will begin at
5:00 p.m., featuring brief remarks by our football and basketball
coaches.  Awarding of prizes and the raffle drawing will begin at
6:00 p.m.
Space is limited and will be assigned on a first-come, first-
served basis.  I look forward to seeing you on the 11th.  If you
have any questions, please call me at (215) 861-4320.
Thanks for your support!
Sincerely,
Dick Gibney
Director of Athletics
Fourth-Quarter Turnovers
Kill Engineer Comeback
By JOHN MISSIMER '85
The script was perfect, except
no one told the Lehigh football
team that the ending had been
changed.
After seven straight defeats
to the Engineers, the University
of Connecticut finally got the
monkey off its back, handing
the Brown and White a 28-24 loss
before a Volunteer Day crowd of
9,500 in Taylor Stadium.
It appeared the Engineers
were going to pull out another
come-from-behind victory, but
the Lehigh offense sputtered in
the fourth quarter, driving as
far as the UConn 13, 18, and 15-
yard lines without being able to
put any points on the board.
Trailing only 28-22 with 9:26
left in the game, the Engineers
took control of the ball on their
own 29 and marched to the
Husky 13. Marty Horn's (Short
Hills, N.J.) 21-yard completion
to senior flanker Todd Melton
(Berlin, N.J.) was the big play.
The drive stalled, however, as
Horn faded back on third-and-
eight and delivered the ball
right into the arms of Husky
strong safety Scott Daniels.
Lehigh got the ball back two
plays later, when junior Matt
Cichocki (East Greenville, Pa.)
returned the favor by picking
off a Peter Lane pass onthe
UConn 24.
Once again the offense
couldn't move the ball, as a
penalty nullified a completion to
Melton which would have
turned fourth-and-four from the
18 into a first down deep in
Husky territory. When the play
was run over, Horn overthrew
Melton in the end zone, and
Lehigh gave up the ball on
downs.
Cichocki came up with
another clutch play, pouncing
on a Lane fumble at the 23, and
the Engineers had one more
opportunity at taking the lead.
Horn completed his first pass
to junior tight end Randy Miller
(Robesonia, Pa.), but on
second-and-two from the 15 was
intercepted once again. Mike
McNamara made the theft for
Connecticut.
The Engineer defense, playing an excellent fourth quarter
after allowing three third-
quarter touchdowns, pushed the
Huskies back to their own 2-
yard line. Punter Jim Carriere
stepped out of the end zone to
give Lehigh a safety and two
points, in order to avoid booting
from so deep in Husky ground.
UConn took a free kick with 1:51
remaining.
Sophomore Sean Pitzer (Dal-
lastown, Pa.) who returned the
second half kickoff 42 yards to
set up the touchdown that gave
Lehigh its only lead, brought the
ball back to the Lehigh 43, but a
clipping penalty put the Engineers back on their own 20, and
when Melton fumbled a Horn
pass and Jerry Mcintosh recovered with 1:11 left, Connecticut
had its second win against the
Engineers in nine tries, and its
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UConn 28, Lehigh 24
Connecticut
7      0    21
0    -28
Penalty Yards
86             71
LEHIGH
0      7      7
10    —24
Punts
6              6
Attendance: 9.500
Avg.Distance
35              41
C—Lane 16 run
first.
(Carter kick)
5:53 left
Possession Time
3rd Down Conv.
30:54        29:06
2-14          7-16
L—Benn 7 pass from Horn (Beattie kick),
Sacks By
8-53           2-3
11:06 left second.
L—Stansberry 3 run (Beattie kick). 13:34
left third.      C—Dunn 32 pass from Lane
OFFENSI
Rushing
Lehigh
Stansberry
VE LEADERS
Att   Net   Avg   TD
(Carter kick). 11:56 left third.
C—Post 1 run(Carterkick).8:59leftthird.
15    48    3.2    1
6    30      5    0
C—G. Antrum 35 pass from Riley (Carter
kick). 4:27 left third.
L—Blum 4 run (Schreck pass from Horn).
11:53 left fourth.
Blum
Connecticut
Post
3    15      5    1
7    30    4.2    1
5    16    32    0
L—Safety. 1:51 left fourth.
C
19
4
13
2
38
20
Lane
12   (5)    -    1
First Downs
by rush
by pass
by penalty
Rushing Attempts
Net Yds. Rushing
L
26
5
19
2
32
113
Passing          Att
Lehigh
Horn
Connecticut
Lane
Riley
Com   Int   Yds   TD
54    29      3    335    1
28    18      2    294    1
7      4      1      53    1
Net Yds. Passing
335
347
Receiving
No   Yds   Avg   TD
Passes Attempted
54
35
Lehigh
Passes Completed
29
22
Melton
8    122    15 2    0
Had Intercepted
3
3
Stansberry
7      49      7.0    0
Total Plays
86
73
Benn
5 61     12.2    1
Total Net Yards
448
367
Miller
5      50      10.0    0
Return Yards
14
19
Connecticut
Fumbles
1
2
Dunn
8    166    20.7    1
Fumbles Lost
1
2
Sweitzer
5      85    17      0
Penalties
7
8
G. Antrum
4      66    16 5    1