East Roundup : Army Makes Point, Beats Rutgers

Army players heard and read all week that their schedule was weak, that beating Division I-AA opponents tainted their record and that they didn’t belong on the same field with Rutgers.

The Cadets (6-1) answered those charges Saturday by winning their fifth straight game as sophomore halfback Mike Mayweather ran for 3 touchdowns in a 34-24 victory over Rutgers at East Rutherford, N.J.

“This one was big for us,” Mayweather said. “We proved ourselves. There were a couple of articles in the newspapers that got us fired up. It made us look like a Division I-AA school, like we couldn’t play. People don’t realize that Holy Cross and Lafayette are good teams.”

Mayweather scored on runs of 1, 4 and 8 yards, and Sean Jordan capped a 21-point second-quarter outburst with a 41-yard touchdown run on a reverse.

Army jumped to a 24-0 lead by halftime, outgaining Rutgers, 285-74, and limiting the Scarlet Knights (4-3) to 9 yards passing and 3 first downs.

Army, the nation’s No. 3 rushing offense with an average of 378.2 yards, rolled up 372 yards on the ground and finished with 420 yards of total offense in beating the Scarlet Knights for only the 3rd time in their last 10 meetings.

Rutgers, which had upset Michigan State and Penn State, drew to within 27-17 on a 7-yard touchdown run by quarterback Scott Erney with 7:34 to play. Army answered with a 69-yard touchdown drive, capped by an 8-yard run by Mayweather, who rushed for 115 yards.

West Virginia 59, Boston College 19--Major Harris passed for 3 touchdowns and ran for 2 as the 6th-ranked Mountaineers trounced the Eagles at Morgantown, W.Va.

Harris passed for a career-high 297 yards for the Mountaineers (7-0), who are off to their best start since 1955.

Boston College (2-5) had a 9-7 lead when Harris hit Undra Johnson on a 6-yard pass play in the 2nd quarter that put the Mountaineers ahead for good. Before the 1st half ended, Harris hooked up with Grantis Bell on a 60-yard touchdown pass play.

Pittsburgh 52, Navy 6--Freshman Curvin Richards rushed for 207 yards and 2 touchdowns in the rain at Pittsburgh as the Panthers defeated the Midshipmen.

Ronald Redmon scored twice for Pitt (4-3) on runs of 2 and 1 yards.

Navy (3-4) managed only first-half field goals of 26 and 42 yards by Theodore Fundoukos.

Pennsylvania 10, Yale 3--Malcolm Glover connected on a 22-yard pass to Dave Whaley for the only touchdown, and the undefeated Quakers beat the Elis in an Ivy League game at Philadelphia.

Penn (6-0 overall, 4-0 in the league) scored first when Rich Friendenberg kicked a 41-yard field goal in the first quarter, his 10th in 12 tries for the season. Yale (1-4-1, 1-1-1) scored on Scott Walton’s 31-yard field goal with 3:09 left in the third quarter.

Holy Cross 35, Brown 14--Joe Segreti rushed for 150 yards and 4 touchdowns as the Crusaders defeated the Bruins at Providence, R.I., for their fifth straight victory.

Holy Cross (6-2) jumped to a 22-0 lead as Segreti scored from 23, 2 and 1 yards. Brown (0-5-1) has lost 5 straight.

Princeton 23, Harvard 8--Judd Garrett ran for 2 touchdowns, and the Crimson forced 5 turnovers by the Tigers in an Ivy League game at Princeton, N.J.

Princeton (4-2, 3-1) scored first on Chris Lutz’s 21-yard field goal, and Garrett’s touchdown runs of 26 and 5 yards made it 17-0 at halftime. It was the fifth straight loss for Harvard (1-5, 1-3).

Cornell 24, Dartmouth 7--Scott Malaga rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown as the Big Red beat the Big Green in an Ivy League game at Hanover, N.H.

Malaga’s 1-yard scoring run, Andy Bednar’s 25-yard field goal and a 40-yard touchdown pass play from Aaron Sumida to Frank Monago gave Cornell (4-2, 3-1) a 17-0 lead before Dartmouth (2-4, 1-2) scored on Mark Johnson’s 4-yard pass to Chris Keck.

Bucknell 21, Columbia 7--Dan Scocca and Brian Henesey ran for 3rd-quarter touchdowns and the Bisons beat the Lions at New York for their first victory.

Columbia (1-5), which has lost 46 of its last 47 games, took a 7-0 lead on Solomon Johnson’s 1-yard scoring run in the second quarter, but Bucknell (1-6) tied the score with 21 seconds left in the first half on a 15-yard pass from Scott Auchenbach to Mike Guerrini.

Colgate 21, Davidson 0--Sophomore quarterback Eric Mikovch completed 21 of 36 passes for 263 yards and a touchdown in his first collegiate start as the Red Raiders defeated the Wildcats in a Colonial League game at Hamilton, N.Y.

Colgate (2-5, 2-2) broke a 4-game losing streak on a field covered by 3 inches of snow. Davidson (0-7, 0-2) managed just 33 yards of total offense.