EAST ROUNDUP : Pittsburgh Overcomes 14-Point Deficit to End East Carolina Upset Bid

Curvin Richards ran for 264 yards and one touchdown, and Alex Van Pelt threw to Dave Moore for a 47-yard touchdown pass play for the go-ahead points as No. 19 Pittsburgh rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat East Carolina, 47-42, Saturday at Pittsburgh.

In a game that had five scoring plays of at least 47 yards, Van Pelt scored once and threw to Henry Tuten on a 67-yard touchdown play. Pitt withstood four touchdown passes by scrambling quarterback Travis Hunter to Walter Wilson.

Hunter threw to Wilson for 26 yards and a first down at the Pitt 21 with seven seconds left in the game, but Hunter’s passes were incomplete in the end zone on the final two plays.

Richards, a sophomore, became the sixth Pitt running back to rush for more than 2,000 career yards with his fourth 200-yard game and his first in more than a season.

Adam Walker also ran for two touchdowns as Pitt (6-2-1) ended a two-game losing streak by overcoming Hunter’s rollout passing and running. Pitt is expected to play in the John Hancock Bowl, formerly the Sun Bowl, on Dec. 30.

Hunter put East Carolina (5-4-1) ahead 29-26 with a one-yard scoring run with 3:57 left in the third quarter after Pitt had scored 19 consecutive points--including Walker’s two touchdowns--for a 26-21 lead.

Army 59, Colgate 14--Calvin Cass scored four touchdowns and backup quarterback Willie McMillian rushed for 182 yards and three touchdowns as the Cadets’ wishbone accounted for a school-record 638 rushing yards at West Point, N.Y.

Rob Martinez’s three-yard run on the next-to-last play of the game broke Army’s previous single-game rushing record of 628, set against Montana in the 1984 Mirage Bowl.

Mike Mayweather, closing in on Army’s career rushing record of 2,957 yards set by Glenn Davis from 1943-46, gained 32 yards in five carries before suffering a groin injury early in the second quarter. The junior halfback, who sat out the remainder of the game, needs 81 yards in Army’s season finale against Navy to break the record.

Princeton 21, Cornell 7--At Princeton, N.J., the Tigers gained a share of their first Ivy League title in 20 years as Judd Garrett scored twice and set three more school rushing records.

Princeton (7-2-1) came into the final weekend of the season needing some help in order to win the Ivy title, and the Tigers got it when Harvard upset Yale, 37-20.

That left Yale and Princeton with 6-1 league records and under Ivy League rules they will share the crown even though the Elis beat Princeton, 14-7, last week.

Temple 36, Rutgers 33--At Philadelphia, Roman Hale scored two touchdowns and the Owls fought off a 326-yard passing performance by Scott Erney for their first win of the season.

Erney, who completed 17 of 18 passes during one stretch in the first half, threw for four touchdowns for Rutgers (3-6-1).

The Temple defense held off Rutgers at 36-33 in the fourth quarter, recovering a fumble on Temple’s 11 and a pass interception on Temple’s 17. Temple is 1-10.

Delaware 10, Navy 9--Don O’Brien kicked a 31-yard field goal with 2:17 left to lift the Blue Hens at Newark, Del.

Navy’s Frank Schenk, who kicked three field goals, missed a 28-yarder with 12 seconds left.

Louisville 36, Boston College 22--Browning Nagle passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third, and the Cardinals intercepted four passes for the win at Newton, Mass.

Louisville (6-4) built a 29-7 lead and then held off a Boston College comeback. The Eagles are 2-8.

Dartmouth 24, Penn 0--Mark Johnson threw two touchdown passes to Nick Stanhan as the Big Green ended the season with a win at Philadelphia.

Dartmouth, 5-5 overall and 4-3 in the Ivy League, got its first victory over Penn in their past seven meetings. Penn dropped to 4-5 and 2-4.

Brown 41, Columbia 28--Danny Clark threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns and running backs Jon Skinner and Nick Badalato added two scores apiece as the Bears won the Ivy League game at Providence, R.I.