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ions looking good after late rally beats B.C.
By MARK ASHENFELTER
Collegian Sports Writer
As the song says, the important thing is
how you look. To many, including those who
vote in the major polls, the football team
looks like the best team in the nation today.
Although the Lions felt worn and battered
at halftime, they rebounded for 13 second
half points to defeat Boston College 16-12 in
front of 82,000 fans Saturday at Beaver Stadi
um.
The Lions (8-0) were ranked second and
third in the wire service polls entering the
contest and should vault past No. 1 lowa, a 22-
13 loser to Ohio State, and into the top spot in
United Press International's poll. Florida,
however, may stand between the Lions and
the top spot in the Associated Press poll.
However, for the first half and most of the
third quarter it looked as if the 3-7 Eagles
were going to knock any hopes of a No. 1
ranking From the Lions' grasp.
Penn State trailed 12-3 in the final minutes
of the third quarter, but 'a D.J. Dozier 42-yard
scamper on fourth down set up one score and
defensive tackle Mike Russo returned an
interception 21 yards for the winning score.
Once again, the Lions were dominated
statistically but managed to come away with
a victory. The Eagles outgained the Lions
326-251, but tri-captain Rogers Alexander
said Penn State has more than statistics
working in its favor.
"I believe we're lucky," the senior line
backer said. "A lot of things went well for
B.C. in the first half they got a lot of
breaks. And I think we got a lot of breaks in
the second half. We believe we're a lucky
team and we're going to keep on believing
it."
That belief could have easily been shat
tered during a first-half performance in
which the Lions gained just 90 yards and
converted one of nine third down attempts. In
fact, a smattering of boos followed the Lions
into the locker room at) intermission.
The teams exchanged field goals in the first
half, but Boston College led 5-3 thanks to Karl
Kreshpane's sack of Lion quarterback John
Shaffer in the end zone. The safety came one
play after Bob White recovered Ken Bell's
fumble on the four.
Head Coach Joe Paterno said that trailing
at the half gave him a new opportunity to
learn something about his squad.
"We were behind at halftime and we knew
we were going to get the football (to start the
half)," he said. "But you don't know what
kind of football team you are until you can
come from behind at halftime and that's the
first time we were behind at halftime."
What Paterno saw in the second half just
confirmed what many had been saying about
the Lions all season. It has been said that this
team could find a way to win any game and
this was no exception.
After Bell's 54-yard scoring run gave the
Storied defense propels Lions
By CHRIS RAYMOND
Collegian Sports Writer
There are times when a storyline
works so well, scriptwriters keep
going back to it, changing only the
names and faces of the characters to
keep from undermining its effective
ness.
To add a little color, they might
alter the role of the villain just a bit
by adding different strengths and
weaknesses to his character.
If that same technique could be
applied to college football, the season
performance of the Penn State Nitta
ny Lions would certainly fall under
that category.
In seven of the Lions' eight perfor
mances this season; the grand finale
has revolved around the big-play
character of the Penn State defense.
• Against Maryland, a last-minute
fumble deep in Penn State territory
rescued a 20-18 Lion victory. A simi
lar fumble in the game vs. Syracuse
gave Penn State possession on the
game-winning drive and a goal-line
stand late In the second-quarter
saved the day against Rutgers.
In that respect, Saturday's 16-12
victory over Boston College was no
different.
The Lions relied on four key Eagle
turnovers, including a 21-yard inter
ception return for the go-ahead touch
down to effectively eliminate a threat
to their unblemished record.
In an uncharacteristic turn of
events, however, the offense started
working against the defense instead
of the opponents.
"Up until now, the offense has been
very careful with the football and
really hasn't created a lot of pressure
for the defense," Head Coach Joe
Paterno said. "Today, the offense
had at least three, maybe four turn
overs (two fumbles, one interception)
at midfield or in our territory and our
defense just played superb under
those conditions."
In fact, the only time the defense
appeared to lose control of the game
was on a 54-yard touchdown run by
fullback Ken Bell on the Eagles' first
possession of the second half.
The Lions more than made up for
that slipup with a touchdown of their
own 12:35 later with Penn State trail
ing 12-10. •
On a third-and-four call from the
Boston College 26-yard line, Eagle
quarterback Shawn Halloran stepped
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winning touchdown Saturday against Boston College. Tim Johnson (55) plays by the defense proved to be the decisive factor In the game.
Eagles a 12-3 lead with 10:41 remaining in the
third quarter, Penn State's defense held B.C.
to 104 yards (44 on one drive) for the remain
der of the contest.
The Lion offense posted its lone touchdown
with 1:40 remaining in the third quarter when
Shaffer scored on a one-yard keeper. The 74-
yard, eight-play drive was keyed when Pater
no sent the offense out to try for the first down
on a fourth and one from the Lion 46.
Punter John Bruno was on the field when
Paterno called a timeout to evaluate the
situation.
"I thought we had more to go when I first
sent the punt team in there," Paterno said.
"When I looked in there it was a yard. At that
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into the pocket and fired a quick pass
over the middle. Before the pass
crossed the line of scrimmage, tackle
Tim Johnson deflected it over his
shoulder and into the hands of team
mate Mike Russo who scooped it up
and marched 21 yards into a wide
open end zone.
"The quarterback was scrambling
outside and Tim Johnson tipped the
ball," Russo said. "Then as I was
coming off my block, I saw the ball
coming end over end and I just
caught it in my lap and turned around
and took off."
Russo's touchdown was greeted
with a jubilant defensive celebration
in the endzone and several gasps of
relief from the sidelines.
In recent weeks, those gasps have
become much too commonplace to
the chagrin of the Lion offense, tail
back D.J. Dozier said.
"We've had to (rely on the defense)
in certain wins and it shouldn't be like
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stage of the game we'd better take a couple of
chances if we're going to win it. I just said
`what the heck lets go.' "
things that happened. They blocked every-
And is exactly what Dozier did as he cut
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to his left and went down the sideline before body very well and D.J. had a hole and he was
cutting back toward midfield at the 20. Eric able to run through it. Sometimes when
Lindstrom caught up with Dozier at the Eagle
you're looking for one yard the big play will
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12, but the play provided the Lions with the happen for you."
boost they needed. The defense started making the big plays
"It was a little sweep designed to go up
happen in the fourth quarter. Just 53 seconds
the final stanza the Lions regained the
inside," Dozier said. "Fortunately the full- into
lead on Russo's touchdown. Tim Johnson got
backs and the line did a great job knocking a piece of Shawn Halloran's pass at the line of
those guys down, and away I went." scrimmage and it fell into Russo's arms at
Shaffer said it was a group decision to go
for the first down in that situation.
that," Dozier said. "The offense
should put points on the board and the
defense should keep teams from put
ting points on the board but it hasn't
worked out as equally as it should."
,Fortunately for the Lions, the
added pressure hasn't affected atti
tudes on the opposite side of the line
of scrimmage.
"We have a lot of confidence in our
offense and we proved it during the
West Virginia game," Russo said.
"But if it comes down to the defense
having to do a little more to win the
game, we're going to do it."
On Saturday, "a little more" trans
lated into two interceptions and two
fumble recoveries including one on a
first-and-goal play from the Penn
State one-yard line.
With the Eagles trailing by a slim 3-
0 margin, Bell took a handoff from
Halloran and hurled himself toward
the Penn State goal line. He was
stopped in midstride by linebacker
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from the ball with a bone-crushing
hit. Defensive end Bob White recov
ered the fumble at the Lion four.
"Today's game was typical of the
way things have been going all year
and we've been able to get through
it," White said afterwards.
"You win a few close ones and you
begin to establish an attitude that
regardless of the situation, we're
going to get out of it somehow," he
added. "I think that's something that
the defense has been able to get ahold
of and maintain. Regardless of the
situation, we're not going to give up.
We're going to keep plugging away
and try to make something happen."
"We know we can make the big
plays and we have the confidence to
do it," Lion hero Mike Zordich said.
"When you've worked as hard as we
have and you always hustle the big
plays come and I think that's what
our defense has been doing."
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"We felt that if an offense can't produce a
yard or half-a-yard then it isn't much of an
offense," Shaffer said. "It's just one of those
the B.C. 21.
The Lions tried for a two-point conversion
isn't enough
to make Eagles soar
Past
By CHRIS LODER
Collegian Sports Writer
Maybe last year they would
have found a way to pull it out.
Somehow, one could picture
Doug Flutie hitting Gerard Phelan
with a 48-yard bomb with no time
left and Boston College pulling
another rabbit out of its hat.
But that was last year. Flutie
and Phelan are gone and B.C. is
not on its way to the Cotton Bowl.
This year, the B.C. football pro
gram has fallen on hard times.
Struggling with a 3-7 record, the
Eagles have been snakebit all
season.
zlk
Saturday's 16-12 loss at the
hands of Penn State was evidence
enough of the season B.C. is going
through a team that is just not
getting the breaks it used to. Bos
ton College Head Coach Jack Bick
nell said a B.C. win Saturday
would have given his football team
a boost for the rest of the season.
"I feel that this would have been
a great lift for our kids," Bicknell
said. "We're. struggling, and we
know we're struggling . . . this
would have been a great victory."
For a few hours Saturday, it
looked like Boston College was
going to pull off an upset over the
No. 3 Lions. Led by an aggressive
defense, Boston College clamped
down on the Penn State offense,
yielding only 251 total yards. When
tailback Kenny Bell dashed up the
middle for a 54-yard touchdown
run, B.C. took a 12-3 lead that
seemed too large to overcome.
But, as has happened all season,
B.C. could not hold the lead.
One of the areas where Bicknell
saw a a key to the game was the
running of Penn State quarterback
John Shaffer, who scrambled for
an important first down and
scored the Lions' only offensive
touchdown. Ironically, Bicknell
said Shaffer's running reminded
him of last year's contest between
the two teams, a 37-30 win for Penn
State when then quarterback Doug
Strang ran through the B.C. de
fense.
"The big difference was that in
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on the play, but Shaffer's pass to Eric Hamil
ton in the back of the end zone fell incom
plete.
"We felt that we could put points on the
board," Shaffer said, "but if Mike wanted to
do it by himself then that was fine with us."
While the offense tried to run out the clock,
it was up to the defense to come up with the
key plays in the closing minutes of the con
test.
After B.C.'s Ken Kanzler missed a 31-yard
field goal attempt the Lions were unable to
move the ball and were forced to punt.
Halloran completed passes on the first two
plays and Darren Flutie was at the Lion 48
when he was hit by Michael Zordich.
Flutie coughed up the ball and Trey Bauer
recovered. After another Lion punt, Alexan
der ended the Eagles' hopes of victory when
he intercepted Halloran at the B.C. 37.
As always, Paterno was pleased• with the
play of his defense.
"Obviously the turnovers on both sides
were a big factor in the football game," he
said. "But we hung in there tough and we got
a couple of things going and the defense kept
us in the football game until we could do
something. We had the one drive and got the
interception by Russo and that was it.
"I thought (the defense) played well. I
don't think they can play much better than
they played today."
Despite the statistics, which showed the
Lion offense struggling throughout the con
test, Paterno said the offense did not do a bad
job against B.C.'s defense.
"Our offense has worked very, very hard.
Once again, I think you have to give the other
guy a little credit," the veteran coach said. "I
thought their down people played well.
"We could not run the football quite as well
as we would like to. The biggest problem with
our offense today was the turnovers. That's
not the way we're supposed to play. We're not
supposed to turn the ball over that much."
While the defense has been making the
game-saving plays, Johnson said the defense
does not believe it is doing more than its
share of work.
"The offense has been in some tough situa
tions, but I don't think the defense is carrying
the team," Johnson said. "We're a team and
we just have to stay that way.
"If one guy starts saying that then people
will start picking on those guys and it'd be
bad for their confidence. We've got to stick
together. I wouldn't say we're carrying any
body we're just doing our job."
LION NOTES:Penn State will visit Cincin
nati next weekend. . . . Shaffer completed
nine of 22 for 114 yards while Halloran went 24
for 48 for. 245 yards and the two crucial
interceptions. . . . Dozier led all rushers with
91 yards and B.C.'s Bell had 76. . . . Bauer led
the Lions' defense with six tackles and six
assists. . . . B.C. All-America nose guard
Mike Ruth had seven tackles, one assist and
one sack.
the first half, thinking that the
quarterback wouldn't run and in
the second half he did. It gave me
a wierd feeling of last year's
game, the whole game," the coach
said. "Kenny Bell running a long
touchdown run on a draw, Kenny
Bell fumbling ball on the two yard
line going in. It was scary.
"The second half last year that
guy Strang, trying to keep the ball
out of our hands. It just gave me
an eerie feeling from my stand
point."
Bicknell said Boston College had
a ray of hope midway through the
fourth quarter. On a third and four
at their own 22, Penn State's Steve
Smith rambled for nine yards and
a first down, but coughed up the
ball. B.C. recovered at the Penn
State 31.
"When they fumbled that ball in
the fourth quarter, that was like
Saying 'This was our chance.' "
Bicknell said.
But the chance dwindled when,
after a pass interference call put
the ball on the 14, B.C. quar
terback Shawn Halloran threw
three straight incompletions. The
Eagles opted for a field goal, but
placekicker Ken Kanzler's at
tempt was wide left.
Although disappointed that they
didn't win, many Boston College
players found some positive things
about the game. Noseguard Mike
Ruth, who finished with eight
tackles Saturday, said the B.C.
defense played tough.
"The defensive line played a hell
of a game . . . I thought we won the
battle of the trenches," the Out
land and Lombardi Trophy candi
date said. "I think we played real
well for this game. People don't
understand that football is a lot of
luck . . ~ that's what makes it fun.'"'
When asked whether Penn State
deserved to be ranked as high as it
is, Ruth responded by saying Penn
State has a good, solid football
team.
"They're a standard, Eastern
power football team," Ruth said.
"I love to see an Eastern team
ranked that high instead of Notre
Dame or the Big 10."
Booters' playoff hopes still in the air
By CAROL D. RATH
Collegian Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA Whether or not
the mens' soccer team will receive a
playoff bid still remains questionable
after, the Lions tied regional rival
Temple 1-1 in double overtime Friday
at Temple Stadium.
The Lions are undefeated against
this season's regional opponents
West Chester, Fairleigh Dickinson,
St. Joseph's, Lafayette, Bucknell,
Pittsburgh but they desperately
needed to add the No. 11 Owls to their
win column. That win would have
assured Penn State of a national
playoff bid.
The Lions (13-5-1) are third in the
Mid-Atlantic Region behind No. 19
Rutgers (11-3-2) and first place
Temple (13-0-1)
For most of the first half of Fri
day's game, the Lions were probably
wishing they were back home at
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ty controlling and moving the ball on
the uneven and bumpy Temple turf.
"That's the problem when you're
trying to control the ball and pass the
ball in closed quarters," Head Coach
Walter Bahr said. "You're not only
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influence on the 82 fouls called in the
game. Midfielder Gerry Moyer said
for most of the game, there was a
lack of continuous play.
"I think the way the whole game
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couldn't get any rhythm."
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"All in all, I guess a tie in the run of
play was a good result. We came
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disappointed that we didn't get it,"
Bahr said. "I felt that we had to beat
Temple to have a pretty good chance
of getting that bid. Now, it's still up in
the air."
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