EAST ROUNDUP : No. 9 Penn State Maintains Its Hold on Maryland, 47-7

In a tuneup for next week’s game against Notre Dame, No. 9 Penn State defeated Maryland, 47-7, Saturday at Baltimore.

Representatives from seven bowls looked on as Tony Sacca passed for one touchdown and ran for another as Penn State built a 24-0 halftime lead. After that, the Nittany Lions (8-2) toyed with Maryland (2-7), which hasn’t beaten Penn State since 1961 and suffered its worst regular-season defeat since a 48-0 loss to the Nittany Lions in 1969.

“This is what we needed before Notre Dame,” Penn State wide receiver Terry Smith said. “We had to have a good showing. We had to come out and put everything together, then continue that next week.”

Sacca played three quarters, completing 13 of 18 passes for 198 yards to become Penn State’s career leader in passing yardage with 5,556, breaking the mark of 5,382 set by Chuck Fusina from 1975-1978.

Pittsburgh 22, Rutgers 17--Alex Van Pelt passed for 335 yards and a touchdown and ran for the go-ahead touchdown at Pittsburgh as the Panthers ended a four-game losing streak.

Pitt (6-4) assured itself a winning season and improved to 9-0 against Rutgers, which has been outscored 307-102 in the series. The Scarlet Knights (5-5) lost their fourth in a row.

Boston College 33, Temple 13--Glenn Foley passed for three touchdowns and Chuckie Dukes ran for another to lead the Eagles in a Big East game at Philadelphia.

Foley, a sophomore, completed nine of 16 passes for 178 yards for Boston College (4-5, 2-2), which has won four of its last five games after starting the season 0-4. Trent Thompson completed 15 of 30 passes for 146 yards and two touchdowns for Temple (2-7, 0-4).

Ivy League--Erick Hamilton and Keith Elias each ran for touchdowns to lead Princeton (7-1, 4-1) to a 17-12 victory over Pennsylvania (1-7, 1-4) at Philadelphia. . . . Al Rosier gained 184 yards to become Dartmouth’s career rushing leader as the Big Green (5-2-1, 4-0-1) hung on for a 20-19 victory over Columbia (1-7, 1-4) at New York. . . . Matt Johnson of Harvard (3-4-1, 3-1-1) broke the Ivy League record by rushing for 323 yards in the Crimson’s 35-29 victory over Brown (0-8, 0-5) at Providence, R.I. . . . John McNiff rushed for 133 yards and three touchdowns to lead Cornell (4-4, 3-2) to a 31-6 victory over Yale (5-3, 3-2) at Ithaca, N.Y.