East Roundup : Boston College Gets Irish Up and Upsets Army

In the first-ever American football game in Ireland, Ed Toner scored 3 touchdowns on 1-yard runs in the second half as Boston College upset Army, 38-24, Saturday before an enthusiastic 42,525 in Lansdowne Road, a rugby stadium in Dublin.

Army, which will play Alabama in the Sun Bowl, never led in falling to 8-2. Boston College (3-7) snapped a 4-game losing streak.

Mike Sanders scored the Eagles’ first touchdown on a 53-yard run in the first quarter. Quarterback Mark Kamphus, who missed the last 5 games because of a broken jaw, scored on a 4-yard run in the second quarter, and Toner added his 3 short-yardage scores, the last with 6:21 remaining.

The Emerald Isle Classic, the name given to the second college football game played in Europe, attracted 10,000 Bostonians, including Sen. Ted Kennedy. The fans cheered loudly, enjoyed a lot of pageantry and even did the wave.

“The atmosphere charged our people up,” Boston College Coach Jack Bicknell said. “I thought the atmosphere was electrifying. The environment was great. They didn’t always know when to cheer, but they were cheering.”

Cornell 19, Pennsylvania 6--Trailing 6-3, the Big Red rallied for 16 points in the fourth quarter at Ithaca, N.Y., to win a share of its first Ivy League championship in 17 seasons.

Cornell, 7-2-1 overall, finished the season with a league record of 6-1. Penn finished 9-1 and 6-1.

Cornell’s only other conference title came in 1971, when it shared the top spot with Dartmouth.

Steve Lutz put Cornell ahead for the first time with a 15-yard touchdown run with 14:12 to play, giving the Big Red a 9-6 lead. Kicker Andy Bednar missed the extra point.

Scott Malaga, who had 125 yards in 29 rushes, added a touchdown with 5:55 to play on a 1-yard run. Bednar, after a Penn fumble, added a 28-yard field goal with 1:22 left.

Yale 26, Harvard 17--Fullback Kevin Callahan dove for a touchdown and caught an 11-yard pass from Mark Brubaker for another as the Elis went on their biggest scoring binge of the season to beat the Crimson at Cambridge, Mass., in the 105th meeting of an Ivy League rivalry that began in 1875.

Brian Hennen scored on a 47-yard run with a punt blocked by Rich Huff. Sophomore quarterback Darin Kehler, recruited from fall baseball practice, also sneaked for a touchdown for the Elis.

The victory gave Yale a 57-40-8 advantage in the series. The Elis finished with a 3-6-1 record, 3-3-1 in league play. Harvard, the 1987 Ivy champion, fell to 2-8 and 2-5.

Dartmouth 24, Princeton 17--David Clark scored on a 97-yard run and, in the fourth quarter, dove in from the 1 to snap a 17-17 tie, as the Big Green (5-5, 4-3) won an Ivy League game at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, N.J. Princeton finished at 6-4 and 4-3.

Rutgers 41, Colgate 22--At Piscataway, N.J., quarterback Scott Erney threw 3 touchdown passes, and the Scarlet Knights forced 3 turnovers and blocked 2 punts as they ended a 4-game losing streak.

The Scarlet Knights, who defeated Michigan State and Penn State en route to a 4-2 mark after 6 games, finished the season at 5-6. It was the second losing season in Dick Anderson’s 5 years as head coach.

The loss was the fourth straight for Colgate, which finished at 2-9. The 9 losses are the most ever for the Division I-AA school.

Erney, who slumped during the second half of the season, had touchdown passes of 13 yards to Tyrone McQueen, 18 yards to Eric Young and 14 yards to Scott Blanche. He completed 13 of 25 passes for 156 yards.

Holy Cross 52, Northeastern 30--Joe Segretti rushed for 4 touchdowns, and Jeff Wiley completed 23 of 32 passes for 358 yards as the Crusaders (9-2) beat the Huskies (4-7) at Worcester, Mass.