EAST ROUNDUP : Penn State Unleashes O’Neal on Pitt, 57-13

Fullback Brian O’Neal showed that Penn State’s offense isn’t just Richie Anderson and O.J. McDuffie.

O’Neal scored four touchdowns and rushed for 105 yards in 14 carries Saturday as No. 23 Penn State routed Pittsburgh, 57-13, at State College, Pa., in the last game between these intrastate rivals until 1997.

“It’s the first time I really got a chance,” O’Neal said. “Except for one, the touchdowns came on the same play. It was working so we decided to stay with it until they stopped it.”

McDuffie made eight catches and broke four Nittany Lions records--the single season mark of 55 receptions with 62; the career mark of 117 with 124; Blair Thomas’ career all-purpose yardage of 1,772 with 1,850; and the one-season touchdown mark of eight with nine.

Penn State (7-4) boosted its edge in the 92-year series to 47-41-4 and handed Pitt its worst loss in the rivalry since 1968, when Penn State won, 65-9.

The Nittany Lions will play in the Blockbuster Bowl on New Year’s Day.

Pitt (3-8) ended its worst season since going 1-10 in 1972.

Pitt’s Alex Van Pelt completed 10 of 25 passes for 149 yards to pass Boston College’s Doug Flutie for fourth place on the NCAA list for passing yardage in a career.

No. 19 Boston College 41, Army 24--Chuckie Dukes rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns and Glenn Foley threw for two more scores as Eagles rebounded from two consecutive losses to defeat the Cadets at West Point, N.Y.

The Cadets (4-6) lost for the 16th time in the last 18 games against the Eagles (8-2-1).

Foley, who completed 21 of 38 passes for 311 yards, ran 11 yards for a touchdown and threw a screen pass to Ivan Boyd that went 46 yards for a touchdown to make it 35-17.

The Eagles are headed for the Hall of Fame Bowl.

Rutgers 35, Temple 10--Craig Mitter ran for two touchdowns and the Scarlet Knights kept their bowl hopes alive by downing the Owls in Big East game at Philadelphia.

Temple (1-10, 0-6) lost its 10th in a row in the final game for Coach Jerry Berndt, who was fired during the week. The Owls (1-10, 0-6) were winless at Veterans Stadium for the first time since it became their home field in 1976.

Berndt finished 11-33 in four seasons, with one winning record, 7-4 in 1990.

Rutgers finished 7-4 and 4-2.

West Virginia 23, Louisiana Tech 3--Redshirt freshman Robert Walker gained 113 yards rushing in his first college game at tailback and the Mountaineers (5-4-2) salvaged a winning season by beating the Bulldogs at Morgantown, W.Va.

West Virginia’s Adrian Murrell, who left with a hip injury in the fourth quarter, finished with 63 yards and had 1,147 this season, just short of Bob Gresham’s school record of 1,155 yards set in 1969.

Jason Davis of Louisiana Tech (5-6) gained 94 yards in 20 carries.

Dartmouth 34, Princeton 20--Jay Fiedler passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Big Green gained a share of the Ivy League title by downing the Tigers at Princeton, N.J.

The victory gave Dartmouth (8-2, 6-1) at least a share of its third consecutive title and its 16th overall. Princeton (8-2, 6-1), which shared the title with Yale in 1989, was denied its first outright title since 1964.

Harvard 14, Yale 0--Quarterback Mike Giardi scored the 20th and 21st rushing touchdowns of his career to tie a Crimson record set in 1915 and lead the Ivy League victory over the Elis in the 109th version of “the Game” at Cambridge, Mass.

Charlie Brickley ran for 21 touchdowns in 77 years ago.

Yale (4-6, 2-5) had not been shut out since a 26-0 loss to Cornell on Nov. 5, 1988, a span of 42 games. It was the first shutout for Harvard (3-7, 2-5) against Yale since a 17-0 victory in 1966.

Penn 14, Cornell 7--Terrance Stokes ran for 110 yards and caught a pass on a fake punt that led to the Quakers’ winning touchdown in an Ivy League victory over the Big Red at Ithaca, N.Y.

Penn (7-3, 5-2) took a 14-0 lead on Ako Mott’s two-yard touchdown run two plays after punter Rob Sims connected with Stokes for 32 yards to Cornell’s 13-yard line. Cornell (7-3, 4-3) scored on Bill Lazor’s 14-yard touchdown pass to Tony Villella.

Columbia 34, Brown 28--Des Werthman rushed for 114 yards and scored three touchdowns and the Lions beat the Bears in an Ivy League game at New York for their first two-game winning streak since 1978.

Werthman, who also plays linebacker, sealed the victory for Columbia (3-7, 2-5) when he intercepted a pass by Scott Kemp of Brown (0-10, 0-7) with 1:10 left.