East Roundup : Pitt Takes Out Frustration on Gamecocks, 42-7

For one week at least, the Pitt Panthers and Coach Foge Fazio silenced their critics.

The Panthers, coming off a disappointing season and struggling in the early weeks this year, routed South Carolina, 42-7, Saturday at Pittsburgh.

“I’ll bet this feels great for Coach Fazio,” quarterback John Congemi said after throwing for one touchdown and running for another. “Coach Fazio has been through a lot, and we were trying to do it for him. All coaches feel the heat when things aren’t going right.”

Pitt (2-2-1), which had been winless since beating Purdue, 31-30, in its opener, sacked South Carolina quarterbacks Mike Hold and Allen Mitchell eight times while forcing four turnovers and blocking a punt.

South Carolina (2-3) scored only on a freak 80-yard play in the second quarter and never threatened in the second half in losing its third in a row. Hold, eluding five tacklers in a sideline-to-sideline scramble, threw the ball from his end zone, with running back Anthony Smith tipping the ball to teammate Raynard Brown near the 50-yard line. Brown then raced into the end zone to complete the 80-yard play.

The Gamecocks were limited to 37 rushing yards in 32 carries in suffering their worst loss in more than a decade.

“We were very determined, especially on defense,” Fazio said. “(Defensive end) Tony Woods did a great job. He smacked their quarterback a few times, and that set the tone. I felt that intimidated them.”

Congemi, throwing effectively for the first time this season, completed 17 of 29 passes for 191 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown to Chuck Scales.

Pitt took a 21-7 halftime lead, then buried the Gamecocks with 21 second-half points.

A.B. Brown, a redshirt freshman making only his second college start, rambled nine yards for a first-quarter touchdown that ended a 67-yard Pitt scoring drive and gave the Panthers a 7-0 lead. Brown gained 29 of his game-high 83 yards on the drive and also caught a 19-yard pass.

Pitt made it 14-0 late in the quarter when Congemi dived into the corner of the end zone on a fourth-and-one bootleg play.

Brown later scored on a four-yard run, and Charles Gladman and Brian Davis had short touchdown runs in the final period following Gamecock turnovers.

Syracuse 48, Louisville 0--Quarterback Don McPherson, in his first start of the season, scored two touchdowns and passed for another as the Orangemen crushed the Cardinals at Syracuse, N.Y..

The Orangemen (2-2) scored on six of seven possessions in the first half for a 38-0 lead. Louisville dropped its fourth game in five starts under first-year Coach Howard Schnellenberger.

McPherson, a redshirt sophomore whose 1984 season ended with a shoulder separation after he started two of the first seven games, completed 7 of 12 passes for 152 yards, including a six-yard touchdown to Scott Schwedes. He picked up another 62 yards rushing, including touchdowns of 10 and two yards.

Boston College 20, Rutgers 10--Shawn Halloran threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Martin, and David Rooney kicked two field goals to lift the Eagles over the Scarlet Knights at East Rutherford, N.J.

Rutgers (0-3-1) committed seven turnovers on an artificial turf soaked by a morning downpour.

Halloran’s touchdown pass to Martin 16 seconds into the second period gave Boston College (3-3) a 10-3 lead. Rooney’s 20-yard field goal midway through the second period made it 13-3 at halftime.

Army 59, Yale 16--Doug Black ran for 122 yards and a touchdown as the unbeaten Cadets scored on five straight second-half possessions while trouncing the Elis at West Point, N.Y.

Army (4-0) built a 21-7 halftime lead on a 7-yard scoring run by William Lampley, quarterback Ron Healy’s 33-yard touchdown pass to Benny White and Black’s 2-yard scoring run.

Temple 28, Cincinnati 16--Junior tailback Paul Palmer rushed for 165 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown to lead the Owls to an intersectional victory over the Bearcats at Cincinnati.

Palmer’s five-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter gave Temple (2-3) a 14-10 lead, and quarterback Lee Saltz threw two long touchdown passes in the closing minutes.

Reggie Taylor carried 36 times for 165 yards for Cincinnati (3-3).

West Virginia 24, Virginia Tech 9--Tailback John Holifield ran for two touchdowns, one following a crucial fumble by the Hokies late in the third quarter at Morgantown, W. Va., and the Mountaineers beat Tech for the fifth straight time.

Holifield’s 17-yard run with one second left in the third quarter gave the Mountaineers (3-1-1) a 21-9 lead and sent Tech to its fourth defeat in five games this season. The Hokies haven’t won at Morgantown since 1967.

Penn 46, Columbia 14--Roverback Brad Heinz set up two first-half touchdowns with interceptions and Eric Rutherford scored twice to lead the defending Ivy League-champion Quakers past the Lions at New York.

Columbia (0-3) suffered its 14th straight defeat and has won only 5 of its last 66 games. Penn (2-1) has won 10 straight league games.

Holy Cross 17, Dartmouth 14--At Hanover, N.H., Chuck Doyle’s second touchdown run, a one-yarder with 3:14 remaining, helped the Crusaders hand the winless Big Green their third straight defeat.

Gill Fenerty gained 137 yards in 27 carries for Holy Cross (3-1) and Doyle had 111 yards in 28 carries.

William & Mary 21, Harvard 14--Quarterback Stan Yagiello hit Harry Meahre for a 44-yard touchdown pass with just over two minutes left to give William & Mary a victory over the Crimson at Cambridge, Mass.

Lafayette 17, Cornell 3--Tailback Bruce McIntyre rushed for 200 yards in 30 carries and scored the winning touchdown on a 55-yard run as Lafayette defeated the winless Big Red at Ithaca, N.Y.

Brown 17, Princeton 0--Tailback Jamie Potkul ran for 155 in 32 carries in the rain to carry the Bruins to an Ivy League victory over the Tigers at Providence, R.I.

Colgate 32, Lehigh 14--Tailback Kenny Gamble rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns, and Mike Powers kicked three field goals as the Red Raiders rolled to victory at Hamilton, N.Y.