EAST ROUNDUP : Pitt Ties Up Syracuse With Van Pelt, 20-20

The home field does not seem to be much of an advantage for Syracuse this season.

The Orangemen were tied, 20-20, by No. 25 Pittsburgh Saturday at Syracuse, N.Y., the second consecutive week that Syracuse has had to settle for a draw in the Carrier Dome.

Last week, Michigan State tied the Orangemen (1-1-2) on a last-second field goal.

Pittsburgh quarterback Alex Van Pelt was the villain Saturday when he connected with Olanda Truitt on a 25-yard touchdown pass play with 1:30 left, then passed to Ronald Redmon for a two-point conversion that gave the Panthers (2-2-1) the tie.

The opportunity to tie was set up when Pitt’s Mark Gunn blocked John Biskup’s point-after kick for Syracuse, and Doug Hetzler returned the ball 90 yards to give the Panthers two points, making it 20-12.

Penn State 28, Rutgers 0--Tailback Leroy Thompson scored four touchdowns in the first half at State College, Pa., for the Nittany Lions (1-2).

Thompson, who suffered a hand injury and didn’t play in the second half, gained 54 yards in 16 carries and scored on runs of one, six and two yards twice, marking the first time a Penn State player scored four touchdowns in one game since Mike Guman did it against Army in 1976.

Army 41, VMI 17--Mike Mayweather rushed for a career-high 227 yards in 29 carries and scored three touchdowns to lead the Cadets (2-0) over Virginia Military Institute (2-2) at West Point, N.Y.

Mayweather, Army’s all-time leading rusher with 3,315 yards, scored on runs of 35, two and 10 yards. His 227 yards was the third-highest single-game total in Army history.

Navy 23, Villanova 21--Frank Schenk kicked field goals of 36 and 37 yards in the fourth quarter and Alton Grizzard became Navy’s all-time offensive leader as the Midshipmen (2-1) beat the Wildcats (1-2) at Annapolis, Md.

Grizzard’s 14-yard run in the first quarter moved him ahead of former Navy quarterback John Cartwright, who had 4,406 yards.

Louisville 9, West Virginia 7--Klaus Wilmsmeyer kicked three field goals, including a 42-yarder with 3:47 left to give the Cardinals (3-0-1) the victory over the Mountaineers (1-2) at Morgantown, W.Va.

Harvard 26, Northeastern 0--Senior quarterback Adam Lazarre-White passed for two touchdowns at Cambridge, Mass., as the Crimson (2-0) recorded its first shutout since 1987 by taking advantage of two interceptions, a fumble recovery and 11 penalties against Northeastern (0-3).

Yale 18, Lafayette 17--Jim Hodson missed a 38-yard field goal attempt with seven seconds left, securing the victory for Yale (2-0) at New Haven, Conn.

Tom Costello of Lafayette (1-2) gained 53 yards to become the Leopards’ all-time leading rusher. His 14-yard run on his second carry broke the mark of 2,597 yards set by Ryan Priest in 1986.

Princeton 23, Fordham 14--Chris Lutz kicked three field goals, including a 20-yarder with 4:02 left, as the Tigers (1-1) won at Princeton, N.J., to keep Fordham (0-3) winless.

Dartmouth 33, Lehigh 14--Shon Page rushed for 148 yards and Dennis Durkin kicked four field goals to lead the Big Green (1-1) past the Engineers (2-1) at Hanover, N.H.

Rhode Island 23, Brown 3--Tailback John Newson gained 162 yards and scored three touchdowns as Rhode Island (3-0) rolled up 553 yards against the Bears (0-2) at Kingston, R.I.

Bucknell 41, Columbia 16--Todd Hatajik completed 18 of 21 passes for 224 yards and four touchdowns to lead Bucknell (2-1) over the Lions (0-2) at Lewisburg, Pa.

Holy Cross 17, Pennsylvania 3--Holy Cross (1-1-1) recorded nine sacks at Philadelphia as the Crusaders won the first game between the two schools.

Tom Ciaccio completed 10 of 17 attempts for 130 yards and two touchdowns.

Penn is 1-1.

Colgate 59, Cornell 24--Dave Goodwin completed 24 of 43 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Red Raiders (2-1) over Cornell (1-1) at Hamilton, N.Y.

It was the most points scored in a game by Colgate since a 60-7 win at Cornell in 1983.

The Red Raiders scored 27 consecutive points after the nonconference game was tied, 17-17, late in the second quarter.