Fordham 20, Princeton 17 (OT)

Oct. 3, 1998

Game Notes

In case you missed the last time Princeton had consecutive games end in a tie after four quarters, you're not alone. It hadn't happened since 1932, when Princeton had back-to-back scoreless ties against Cornell and Navy (by the way, Princeton has never had three straight games end up tied after regulation, just in case it happens this week).

One week after going overtime with Lehigh, Princeton found itself having to work an extra shift against another Patriot League foe when the Fordham game was tied 17-17 after regulation.

It was tied because of a freshman named Brian Colsant, who was so new to the program that he had to introduce himself to two senior teammates in the postgame interview room, kicked a 42-yard field goal with 1:37 remaining in the fourth quarter. He then won it with a 38-yard field goal on the first possession of OT.

Princeton led 10-0 after a John Burnham-to-Danny Brian touchdown pass and Alex Sierk's 30th career field goal (two off the Princeton record), but Fordham used the long pass to take a 14-10 lead. Burnham answered that with a touchdown pass to Ryan Crowley to cap an 11-play, 66-yard drive in the fourth quarter to set the stage for Colsant's heroics.

Game Notes

PRINCETON (1-1)
at
FORDHAM (1-2)

	The Date	Oct. 3, 1998
	The Kickoff	1:05 p.m.
	The Site	Jack Coffey Field (7,000), The Bronx, N.Y.
	The Series	Princeton leads 7-0
	Last Year	Princeton defeated Fordham 9-7
	The Coaches	Princeton: Steve Tosches (12th season, 71-39-2)
			Fordham: Ken O'Keefe (ninth season, 80-12-1)
	TV/Radio	The game can be heard live on the Princeton Radio
Network, which includes flagship station WHWH AM 1350 in Princeton and
WHTG AM 1410 in Eatontown. The game can also be heard live on WPRB FM
103.3. The game can be seen on RCN, which will televise the game Tuesday
at 8 p.m.
	The Storyline	Princeton looks to rebound from a tough overtime
loss

PRINCETON at FORDHAM
The 8th meeting

This Week's Note of the Week

Flying high - Princeton is ranked 47th in Division I-AA in total offense after being ranked 95th last week.

Five more notes no media person should be without

Spreading it around - Nine active Princeton players have scored at least one career touchdown, but no active Princeton player has scored more than two.
Air Tosches - Princeton is ranked second in the Ivy League and 22nd nationally in passing offense, one year after ranking seventh in the Ivy league and 110th nationally.
I'm honored - Phil Wendler became the first Princeton player since Keith Elias in 1993 to be named Ivy?League Offensive Player of the Week.
Patriot games - Princeton's loss to Lehigh was its third in its last 16 games against Patriot League opponents.
Home field advantage - Princeton has lost five straight road games.

Capiche?

The last time it happened - Phil Wendler became the first Princeton player since Judd Garrett in 1988 to catch 10 passes in a game when he caught 10 against Lehigh.
The last time it happened II - Phil Wendler became the first Princeton player since Marc Washington in 1995 with at least 100 receiving yards. His 161 yards were the most by a Tiger since Michael Lerch had 373 against Brown in 1991.
The last time it happened III - Princeton's 291 passing yards against Lehigh were the most by a Princeton team since a 401-yard game against Brown in 1991.
A league of their own - The Ivy League went 2-6 last week in its first week of out-of-conference games.
Highly offensive - The Lehigh game marked the second time in Steve Tosches' 12 years as head coach that Princeton has scored at least 24 points in a game and lost. The other time was also an overtime game (33-27 vs. Cornell in 1996).
Working overtime - Princeton is 0-3 all-time in overtime games.
Career day - John Burnham was 22 of 35 for 251 yards and two touchdowns against Lehigh. All of those numbers were career highs.
Passing efficiently - After compiling team passing efficiency ratings of 85.52 in 1996 and 84.47 in 1997, Princeton has a team passing efficiency rating of 123.32 through two games this year.
Passing efficiently II - John Burnham's passing efficiency rating of 120.37 is almost equal to his combined rating of 1996 and 1997 (141.19).
Good news, bad news - Princeton is ranked 20th in Division I-AA in scoring defense after being ranked first last week.

Big play scoreboard - Princeton vs. opponents in big plays:

					Princeton	Opponents
	pass plays of 25+ yards		5		5		
	running plays of 20+ yards	1		3

Getting in gear - Princeton had 421 yards of total offense against Lehigh after having 299 in the opener against Cornell.
'Backer up - Princeton linebackers Jim Salters, Mike Veronesi and Chuck Hastings rank 1-2-3 in tackles.
'Backer up II - Princeton linebackers Jim Salters, Mike Veronesi and Chuck Hastings average 18.5 tackles per game between them. Last year's starting linebacking corps of Salters and graduated All-Ivy selections Tim Greene and Jamie Toddings averaged 19.9 tackles per game between them.
Veterans' day - Justin Bennett has started 22 straight games, the longest active streak among offensive or defensive players.
Everybody loves Raymond - Ray Canole caught one pass against Lehigh in limited playing time due to food poisoning. The reception extended his consecutive games with at least one catch streak to 12 games, but it ended at 11 his streak of games with at least three catches.
Fewer than three yards and a cloud of dust - Princeton allows 2.9 yards per rush, Fordham averages 2.5 yards per rush.
Bouncing back - Princeton and Fordham each lost in overtime last week (Princeton to Lehigh, Fordham to Towson State).
The whammy - Princeton has yet to fumble this year.
Giveaway day - Lehigh's interception of a Princeton pass on the final play of last Saturday's game was the Tigers' first turnover of the season.
What'd ya tell 'em in the lockerroom coach - Princeton has allowed three second-half points in two games.
Equal opportunity - Princeton has run 139 plays in two games, its opponents have run 140 plays. Princeton averages 5.2 yards per play, its opponents average 5.1 yards.
Burnham, baby, Burnham - John Burnham completed passes to eight different receivers against Lehigh.
Fresh legs - After not carrying the ball against Cornell or in the first half against Lehigh, Nathan McGlothlin carried 17 times for 71 yards after intermission against the Mountain Hawks.
Crossing the line - Princeton's two interceptions against Lehigh were made by Ryan Demler and Gerry Giurato, both of whom started their careers on offense.
Getting his kicks - Matt Evans ranks fifth in Division I-AA with a 45.7 yards per punt average.
Getting his kicks II - Alex Sierk kicked his 29th career field goal in the loss to Lehigh. He needs three more to tie Chris Lutz '91's school career record of 32 and nine more to tie Dave Regula's (Dartmouth '98) Ivy League record of 38.
More kicks - Alex Sierk accounted for all nine Princeton points in last year's meeting between the Tigers and Fordham, including a 42-yard field goal with 2:51 remaining in the 9-7 win.
When last we left - Fordham's Barry Cantrell barely missed a 52-yard field goal in the final minute of last year's 9-7 Princeton win in a game played at the College of New Jersey.
Young gun - John Amburgy, a starting guard, became the first offensive lineman ever to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after last year's Princeton-Fordham game.
Shut down - Princeton is 2-0 when it has shut out the other team and 0-6 when the other team has scored in its last eight games.
Something in common - Princeton and Fordham both allowed 31 points in losses to Lehigh.

Probable Two-Deeps

Princeton Offense
WR	15	RAY CANOLE (Sr., 6-1, 195, Minooka, Ill.)
	19	Phil Wendler (Sr., 6-3, 195, Kent. Wash.)
LT	72	JUSTIN BENNETT (Sr., 6-3, 295, Tulare, Calif.)
	66	John Raveche (So., 6-4, 285, Hoboken, N.J.)
LG	57	HAMIN ABDULLAH (Jr., 6-3, 280, Jacksonville, Fla.)
	68	Brian Herdman (Sr., 6-4, 285, Canonsburg, Pa.)
C	61	BERNARD MARCYK (Jr., 6-2, 260, Absecon, N.J.)
	62	Brian Wilson (So., 6-2, 275, Springfield, Pa.)
RG	52	JOHN AMBURGY (So., 6-4, 240, Clearwater, Fla.)
	65	Ross Tucker (So., 6-5, 280, Wyomissing, Pa.)
RT	74	STEVE LAMBERTON (Sr., 6-4, 280, Wynnmoor, Pa.)
	76	Dennis Norman (So., 6-3, 265, Marlton, N.J.)
TE	82	TOM STANLEY (Sr., 6-4, 225, Delray Beach, Fla.)
	84	Djordje Citovic (So., 6-5, 230, Middleburg Heights, Ohio)
WR	5	RYAN CROWLEY (Sr., 6-0, 185, Norfolk, Neb.) 
 	3	Danny Brian (Jr., 5-9, 170, Escondido, Calif.)
H-B	89	JASON GLOTZBACH (Sr., 6-3, 245, Redlands, Calif.)
	24	Bruce Erb (Jr., 6-0, 220, Pequannock, N.J.)
QB	4	JOHN BURNHAM (Sr., 6-3, 205, Washington, D.C.)
	16	Jon Blevins (So., 6-3, 200, Westlake, Ohio)
or	18	Pat Minnihan (Sr., 6-1, 185, Sycamore, Ill.)
TB	34	KYLE BRANDT (So., 6-0, 200, Lincolnshire, Ill.)
	40	Nathan McGlothlin (Sr., 6-2, 230, Lebanon, Va.)
or	29	Derek Theisen (Jr., 5-11, 200, Avon Lake, Ohio)

Princeton Defense
DE	95	DAVID FERRARA (Jr., 6-3, 250, Ramsey, N.J.)
	90	David Atchison (So., 6-2, 235, Sunnyvale, Calif.)
DT	69 	NATHAN PODSAKOFF (So., 6-2, 240, Bloomington, Ind.)
	65	Douglas Silverman (Jr., 6-2, 225, Potomac, Md.)
or	60	Preston Tims  (Jr., 6-0, 245, Boardman, Ohio)
DT 	71 	TUMOANA WEBSTER (So., 6-0, 340, Aukland, N.Z.)
	99 	Brian Latzke (Sr., 6-3, 270, Brookfield, Ill.)
DE	56	DAN SWINGOS (Sr., 6-4, 240, Brecksville, Ohio)
	96	Jason Rotman (So., 6-4, 240, Deerfield, Ill.)
LB	54	JIM SALTERS (Sr., 5-11, 205, Pullman, Wash.)
	51	Mike Higgins (So., 5-11, 205, Ho Ho Kus, N.J.)
LB 	7	MIKE VERONESI (Sr., 6-0, 195, Dyer, Ind.)
	55	Steven Koopman (So., 6-1, 200, Indian Springs, Ala.)
LB	50	CHUCK HASTINGS Jr., 6-2, 210, Trenton, Mich.)
	45	Ted Doody (Sr., 6-2, 235, Mobile, Ala.)
CB	8	GERRY GIURATO (Jr., 5-10, 175, Jacksonville, Fla.)
	39	Garrett Fittizzi (Jr., 5-9, 165, Voorheesville, N.Y.)
SS	33	DAVE RICHIE (Jr., 5-10, 180, Coal Township, Pa.)
	30 	Rocky Fittizzi (Sr., 5-9, 185, Voorheesville, N.Y.)
FS	 22	RYAN DEMLER (Jr., 6-2, 185, Escondido, Calif.)
	28	Andrew Frank (So., 5-10, 175, Sterling Heights, Mich.)
CB	21	GERRY WILSON (Jr., 5-10, 175, Piscataway, N.J.)
	43	Brian Beem (Fr., 5-9, 175, Atlanta, Ga.)

Princeton Specialists
PK	2	ALEX SIERK (Sr., 6-1, 180, Bettendorf, Iowa)
KO	11	GREG NORTMAN (Jr., 5-11, 170, Encino, Calif.)
P	20	MATT EVANS (Sr., 6-1, 185, Bellaire, Texas)
LS	91	TODD HELFRICH (Jr., 6-3, 225, Northbrook, Ill.)
H	86	CHUCK MINERVINO (Sr., 6-0, 190, Roseland, N.J.)
PR	15	RAY CANOLE (Sr., 6-1, 195, Minooka, Ill.)
KR	34	KYLE BRANDT (So., 6-0, 200, Lincolnshire, Ill.)

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