East Roundup : Crawford, Jones Lead Army, 33-28

Quarterback Tory Crawford ran for a career-high 173 yards in 35 carries, and Clarence Jones rushed for 3 touchdowns to lead Army to a 33-28 victory over Syracuse Saturday at West Point, N.Y.

Crawford, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound junior from Houston, continually found running room around the corners while working out of Army’s wishbone formation.

All of Jones’ touchdowns came off pitches from Crawford. Jones ran it in from 2 yards in the first quarter, 9 yards in the second quarter and 15 yards in the fourth quarter.

The Cadets (1-0) also scored on a 21-yard reverse by Benny White in the third quarter.

Syracuse (0-2) gave up 405 rushing yards, the most ever during in the six-year tenure of Coach Dick MacPherson.

Syracuse quarterback Don McPherson had touchdown passes of seven yards to Pat Kelly in the first quarter and five yards to Scott Schwedes with 11 seconds to play in the first half. Schwedes’ catch brought Syracuse within 16-14 at halftime.

Army opened a 33-14 lead in the second half on the runs by White and Jones, and a 24-yard field goal by Bit Rambusch.

Syracuse came back in the fourth quarter behind McPherson. First, the junior pitched to Byron Abraham, who scored from the Army 14 with 7:29 to play.

McPherson then capped an 83-yard, 8-play drive with a six-yard touchdown on a quarterback draw. Tim Vesling’s conversion brought the Orangemen within 33-28 with 4:17 to play.

But Syracuse was unable to regain possession, as Army drove 47 yards to the Syracuse 30 and ran out the clock.

Navy 20, Virginia 10--Chuck Smith gained 267 yards in total offense and scored on a 5-yard run with 35 seconds remaining as the Midshipmen beat the Cavaliers at Annapolis, Md.

Smith, the successor to Raider rookie Napoleon McCallum, carried 40 times for 230 yards and caught 4 passes for 37 yards.

Smith, a junior, was switched from fullback to tailback after McCallum’s departure.

Bob Sunderland kicked two 42-yard field goals. The second came early in the fourth quarter, after Virginia (1-1) was penalized 15 yards for having too many men on the field, giving Navy (1-0) the ball back after it had been forced to punt.

W. Virginia 21, E. Carolina 17--At Greenville, N.C, Mike Timko connected with Harvey Smith on a 10-yard scoring pass with six seconds left, extending the Pirates’ losing streak to 11 games dating back to last season--the longest of any NCAA Division I-A school.

East Carolina (0-2) appeared to have sewed up the game when junior fullback Anthony Simpson scored on a seven-yard run with 1:26 left.

But the Mountaineers (2-0) drove 69 yards in eight plays. The drive was helped by a pass interference call that moved the ball to the East Carolina 33 with 40 seconds left.

Holy Cross 17, Lehigh 14--Linebacker Scott Rudy raced 82 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown, and Gordie Lockbaum, who played on offense and defense, scored after recovering a teammate’s fumble as the Crusaders won at Worcester, Mass.

Lockbaum, who played free safety and halfback, scored Holy Cross’ first touchdown by running tight end Randy Pedro’s fumble into the end zone after Pedro caught a bomb from quarterback Jeff Wiley for a 60-yard gain to the four-yard line. The touchdown tied the game, 7-7, in the second quarter.

Rudy’s interception-return touchdown made it 17-7 early in the fourth quarter.

The Colonial League game was the season opener for both teams.

Massachusetts 24, Richmond 21--At Amherst, Mass., Silvio Bonvini broke a third-quarter tie with an 18-yard field goal to give the Minutemen a Yankee Conference victory, despite 389 passing yards by Spider quarterback Bob Breier.