East Roundup : 98-Yard Interception Return Sparks Pitt, 38-10

John Lewis’ 98-yard interception return keyed a 24-point fourth quarter as Pittsburgh defeated Rutgers, 38-10, Saturday at East Rutherford, N.J.

Trailing 21-10, Rutgers (0-5-1) had driven to the Pitt six-yard line following an onside kick when Lewis stepped in front of a Rusty Hochberg pass at his own two-yard line and raced untouched down the right sideline for the touchdown and a 28-10 lead.

Lewis said: “West Virginia ran the same play when we played them and I dropped the ball. I got this one, looked up and saw the quarterback in front of me, so I went back to my high school days when I was a tailback and shucked him and went by him.”

Pitt (4-2-1) added a 31-yard field goal by Mark Brasco and a 29-yard touchdown pass from reserve quarterback John Cummings to Mark Stanton.

West Virginia 13, Boston College 6--John Holifield ran for 141 yards and a 16-yard touchdown, and Travis Curtis intercepted three passes to help West Virginia win at Boston.

Charlie Baumann kicked field goals of 42 and 36 yards as West Virginia used six turnovers to improve to 4-1-1 with its sixth straight victory over Boston College. The Eagles dropped to 3-5.

John Mihalik’s two-yard first-quarter touchdown run accounted for the only Boston College points, although the Eagles moved inside the West Virginia 40-yard line seven times.

The Eagles had a chance to win the game with a little more than five minutes remaining when they marched to the West Virginia seven-yard line. But backup quarterback Steve Peach, who had replaced starter Shawn Halloran in the third quarter, was intercepted by Curtis on third down, and West Virginia ran out the clock.

Navy 56, Lafayette 14--Don Hughes, a sophomore split end, scored on a 55-yard end-around run and 56-yard pass reception, and Napoleon McCallum rushed for 107 yards in 21 carries and had three short-yardage touchdowns as the Midshipmen breezed at Annapolis, Md.

John McKenna also scored on runs of three and 18 yards for the Middies (2-4), who ran up their highest point total since 1953 against their second Division I-AA opponent of the season. Navy lost to I-AA Delaware, 16-13, in its second game.

McCallum did all of his scoring in the 28-7 first half, with two of his touchdowns coming after Navy recovered fumbles by Lafayette (4-2).

Hughes scored the other touchdown of the first half when he went 55 yards on his first career carry. Then, on his first reception of the season, Hughes scored early in the third quarter, breaking away from defender Bruce Dixon at the Lafayette 20 to complete his 56-yard scoring play to make it 35-7.

Harvard 17, Dartmouth 7--Junior wingback George Sorbara scored on a short plunge early in the second quarter at Cambridge, Mass., and then helped set up a field goal by Rob Steinberg five minutes later with a 19-yard run to the six as Harvard beat Dartmouth in a rain-splashed renewal of an Ivy League rivalry that began in 1882.

Forced to settle for a 10-0 halftime lead after two apparent touchdowns were nullified by penalties in the closing seconds, Harvard widened its lead to 17-0 early in the fourth quarter and held off Dartmouth’s passing attack the rest of the way.

The Crimson improved its record to 4-1 overall and 3-0 in the Ivy League, while Dartmouth dropped to 0-5, 0-2.

Colgate 49, Princeton 44--Tom Burgess threw four touchdown passes and ran for another in leading Colgate to a win at Princeton, N.J.

Colgate (5-1) has now won five straight since after an opening-game loss to Holy Cross. Princeton is 2-3.

Princeton’s Doug Butler also threw for four touchdowns and rushed for another. Butler completed 34 of 59 for 438 yards.

Temple 45, William & Mary 16--Paul Palmer ran for 281 yards and two touchdowns and Lee Saltz passed for four touchdowns as Temple breezed at Phiadelphia.

Palmer, who had 28 carries and scored on runs of seven and two yards, also caught a 34-yard touchdown pass from Saltz and set four Temple rushing records in the game.

He topped the old single-game mark of 241 yards, set by Zachary Dixon against Cincinnati in 1978, the season record of 1,153 yards, set by Dixon in 1978, the career mark of 2,610 yards, held by Anthony Anderson, and Anderson’s career record of 22 touchdowns.

Palmer, a junior, has 1,247 rushing yards in seven games this season and 2,760 career yards. He also has 24 career touchdowns.

Saltz, who completed six of nine passes for 191 yards, hit wide receiver Willie Marshall on scoring tosses of 49, 35 and 5 yards.

Temple and William & Mary are now both 4-3.

Brown 22, Cornell 0--Chris Ingerslev, tying a school record, kicked five field goals to lead Brown to an Ivy League victory at Providence, R.I.

Ingerslev missed a 50-yarder on his first attempt, then hit five straight to secure the victory for the Bruins (3-2) Brown is now 0-5.

Yale 28, Columbia 12--Tom Jurewicz caught two short touchdown passes and quarterback Mike Curtin threw for 208 yards to lead Yale to an Ivy League victory at New York as Columbia lost its 15th straight.

Yale is now 3-1 overall and 2-0 in Ivy League play. Columbia is 0-4, 0-5.

Connecticut 22, Holy Cross 2--Sparked by a stingy defense and three second-half touchdowns, including a 65-yard run by junior Marc Mofsowitz, Connecticut (3-2) recorded a nonconference victory at Storrs, Conn. Holy Cross is 3-2.

Connecticut held Holy Cross to a first-quarter safety and just 109 yards rushing in a steady rain. Senior tailback Gill Fenerty, who entered the game as the leading rusher in Division I-AA football with a 162-yard per game average, was limited to just 97 yards.

Mofsowitz, a 5-foot-8 junior who ran for just 61 yards in all of 1984, finished with 128 yards.

Penn 15, Davidson 0--Ray Saunders kicked two field goals and the Pennsylvania defense held Davidson to six yards total offense as the Quakers (4-1) won at Davidson, N.C.