East Roundup : Panthers Rally for Tie

Ed Frazier kicked a 42-yard field goal as time expired to cap a 22-point comeback in the final 9:09 as No. 10 Pittsburgh tied No. 9 West Virginia, 31-31, Saturday night at Morgantown, W. Va.

Major Harris threw a career-high four touchdown passes and West Virginia capitalized on six Pitt turnovers to take a 31-9 lead late in the third quarter before the Panthers rallied.

Adam Walker ran two yards to cap an 80-yard scoring drive that made it 31-15 and Eugene Napolean fumbled on West Virginia’s next possession, allowing Alex Van Pelt to hit Henry Tooten with a nine-yard scoring pass with 4:41 to play.

Pitt (3-0-1) then pulled off a successful onside kick, setting up an apparent 29-yard field goal by Frazier. But a roughing-the-kicker penalty kept the drive alive, and Curvin Richards made it 31-28 with a five-yard touchdown run with 2:55 to play.

West Virginia (4-0-1) failed to run out the clock and had to punt with 49 seconds remaining.

Van Pelt, intercepted four times earlier in the game, hit Tooten with a 25-yard pass on fourth-and-eight to move the ball to the Mountaineers’ 33. With seven seconds remaining, he found Tom Huebner open down the left sideline for eight yards, allowing Frazier, who earlier missed an extra point, to kick the tying field goal.

Army 56, Harvard 28--Bryan McWilliams, Ben Barnett and Calvin Cass each scored on short runs in the second quarter, rallying the Cadets to victory at West Point, N.Y.

Harvard (1-2) surprised the Cadets with two first-quarter touchdowns to take a 14-0 lead.

Quarterback Tim Perry hit fullback Art McMahon with a five-yard pass touchdown pass for a 7-0 lead only 3:21 into the game.

Harvard made it 14-0 less than two minutes later on a lucky bounce. Perry completed a 27-yard pass to halfback David Haller, but he fumbled at the Army 13-yard line and teammate Mark Bianchi picked up the ball and ran it in for a touchdown.

But the Cadets (2-1) scored seven straight touchdowns to secure their 10th consecutive win at Michie Stadium.

Rhode Island 18, Brown 13--Chris Poirier rushed for 190 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown midway through the final period as the Rams rallied from a 13-0 deficit at Providence, R.I.

Rhode Island (2-2) won the Governor’s Cup for the second straight year. Brown (0-3) lost its 12th consecutive game.

Bucknell 36, Dartmouth 20--Scott Auchenbach threw three second-half touchdown passes and Dan Scocca ran for a career-high 126 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bison at Lewisburg, Pa.

Bucknell (2-1) scored 22 unanswered second-half points after trailing Dartmouth (1-2) by 20-14 at the half.

Connecticut 31, Yale 20--Matt DeGennaro passed for one touchdown and ran for another as the Huskies scored 31 unanswered points to win at New Haven, Conn.

Freshman tailback Victor Taylor scored on touchdown runs of one and 11 yards as the Huskies (3-1) came back from a 7-0 deficit to lead 31-7 midway through the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs dropped to 2-1.

Northeastern 20, Cornell 0--Sophomore quarterback Dan Daponde threw a pair of touchdown passes as the Huskies broke away from their wishbone offense and won at Ithaca, N.Y.

Daponde threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to tight end Scott Adams in the first quarter and then hit split end Jerey Sadberry for a 27-yard touchdown in the third period.

Sophomore David Rusk kicked field goals of 25 and 35 yards as Northeastern improved to 3-1. Cornell slipped to 1-1.

Holy Cross 46, Princeton 0--Tom Ciaccio passed for 343 yards and Dave Murphy intercepted two passes to become the Division I-AA career leader as the Crusaders romped at Worcester, Mass.

Murphy’s interceptions gave him 26, two more than Holy Cross’ Bill McGovern and Isaac Holt of Alcorn State.

Lafayette 52, Columbia 14--Frank Bauer threw for 281 yards and four touchdowns, three to Mike Grau, as the Leopards won at Easton, Pa.