Harvard 23, Princeton 22

Oct. 24, 1998

Game Notes

Game Notes

HARVARD (2-3, 1-1)
at
PRINCETON (3-2, 2-0)

	The Date	Oct. 24, 1998
	The Kickoff	1:07 p.m.
	The Site	Princeton Stadium, Princeton, N.J.
	The Series	Princeton leads 50-33-7
	Last Year	Harvard defeated Princeton 14-12
	Last Week	Princeton defeated Lafayette 28-0
			Harvard defeated Holy Cross 20-14 in overtime
	The Coaches	Princeton: Steve Tosches (12th season, 73-40-2)
			Harvard: Tim Murphy (12th season, 53-69-1)
	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 CN8, which will televise the game live (SBS
6, transponder 7, frequency 11872) and RCN, which will televise the game
Tuesday at 8 p.m.
	The Storyline	Either Princeton takes a giant leap forward in the
Ivy race or the league standings bunch up considerably

HARVARD at PRINCETON
The 91st meeting

This Week's Note of the Week

The whammy - Princeton has won the Ivy title three of four times under Steve Tosches and six of eight times since 1962 when starting out its league season at 3-0. A win over Harvard would make Princeton 3-0 in the league.

Five more notes no media person should be without

The Fab Four - Princeton has had four different running backs lead the team in rushing in its five games (Kyle Brandt vs. Cornell and Fordham, Nathan McGlothlin vs. Lehigh, Derek Theisen vs. Brown and Damien Taylor vs. Lafayette).
The Fab Four II - Princeton's four tailbacks combined are on pace for 1,322 yards, which would be the most out of the tailback spot since 1993 (when Keith Elias rushed for 1,731 himself).
Rushin' roulette - Princeton ranks second in Division I-AA in rushing defense (56.4 yards per game).
Scoreboard watching - Last year's Princeton Harvard game featured scores of 5-0, 5-3, 5-5, 8-5, 11-5 and 12-11 before the final of 14-12 Harvard.
Zero tolerance - Princeton has two shutouts in the same season for the first time since 1979 and the second time since 1965, which was also the last time Princeton had three shutouts in a season.

Capiche?

Sack masters - Princeton has 26 sacks in five games this year after having 29.5 in 10 games last year.
More sacks - Princeton sacked Lafayette six times on 27 passing plays.
Sack daddy - David Ferrara has 8.5 sacks in five games and is on pace for 17. The school single-season record is 14.5, set by Brian Kazan in 1991.
Road warriors - Princeton snapped a six-game road losing streak with the win over Lafayette.
Road warriors II - Princeton's shutout over Lafayette was its first road shutout since 1979.
Hidden yards - Princeton has 219 more punting yards than its opponents on two fewer punts.
Getting his kicks - Alex Sierk is one field goal shy of tying the school career record of 32, held by Chris Lutz '91.
Getting his kicks II - Alex Sierk is 9 for 14 in his career from at least 40 yards, 5 for 7 from at least 45 yards and 1 for 2 from at least 50 yards.
Another whammy - Alex Sierk has not missed an extra point attempt this year (13 for 13).
Quarterly report - Princeton has outscored its opponents 37-34 in the first and third quarters combined and 69-24 in the second and fourth.
Going home early - The Princeton-Lafayette game, which featured a combined 40 passes, was played in 2:14.
Working overtime - The Princeton-Brown game, which featured a combined 87 passes, was played in 3:13.
Working overtime II - Princeton is 0-4 all-time in overtime games, including 0-2 this year.
Picked clean - Ryan Demler has three interceptions in the last two games and four for the season. He ranks fourth in Division I-AA.
Catching on - Ryan Crowley has 25 receptions in five games this year after having 20 in his first three years combined.
Catchin on II - Ryan Crowley has caught at least three passes in all five games this year.
Everybody loves Raymond - Ray Canole has caught at least one pass in 15 straight games.
History lesson - Last year's Harvard-Princeton game was played in the oldest stadium in college football. This year's Harvard-Princeton game will be played in the newest stadium in college football.
Overly possessive - Princeton averages a five-minute edge in time of possession.
Overly possessive II - Harvard had a 39:19-20:41 edge in time of possession in last year's game.
Yo Adrian - Rocky Fittizzi made his first career start as a strong safety against Lafayette. Fittizzi had seven tackles, including a half-sack.
Home field advantage - The Harvard game is Princeton's third straight home Ivy game. Princeton played all three of its non-league games away from home.
Conversion tables - Princeton was 9 for 17 on third-down conversions against Lafayette, Lafayette was 1 for 13.
Air raid - Princeton allows 260.8 passing yards per game. Factoring out the 442 passing yards Brown had, Princeton is allowing 215.8 passing yards per game.
Spreading it around - John Burnham completed 14 passes to eight different receivers in the win over Lafayette.
Tight spot - Princeton completed passes to both of its tight ends (Tom Stanley, Djordje Citovic) and its H-back (Jason Glotzbach), who was the starting tight end last year.
It's a little early but ... - Princeton's football team is one of two Tiger teams who have never lost at their home venue, along with the men's lacrosse team.
Burnham, baby, Burnham - John Burnham has thrown one interception in 124 passes of regulation and two interceptions in four passes in overtime.
Burnham, baby, Burnham II - John Burnham has five touchdown passes and three interceptions. The last Princeton quarterback to start every game of a season and have more touchdown passes than interceptions was Chad Roghair in 1991.
A house divided - Princeton wide receiver Gozie Onyema's brother, Afam, plays for Harvard.
Crowded house - Princeton has averaged 23,211 fans for its first two games at Princeton Stadium. Princeton has totalled 24,075 fans for three road games.
1.9 yards and a cloud of dust - Princeton is allowing 1.9 yards per carry.
Young gun - Freshman Brian Beem made his first career start against Lafayette.

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, 270, Absecon, N.J.)
	62	Brian Wilson (So., 6-2, 275, Springfield, Pa.)
RG	52	JOHN AMBURGY (So., 6-4, 270, Clearwater, Fla.)
	65	Ross Tucker (So., 6-5, 280, Wyomissing, Pa.)
RT	76	DENNIS NORMAN (So., 6-3, 270, Marlton, N.J.)
	74	Steve Lamberton (Sr., 6-4, 280, Wynnmoor, Pa.)
TE	82	TOM STANLEY (Sr., 6-4, 250, 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.)
and	40	Nathan McGlothlin (Sr., 6-2, 230, Lebanon, Va.)
and	29	Derek Theisen (Jr., 5-11, 200, Avon Lake, Ohio)
and	32	DAMIEN TAYLOR (Jr., 5-11, 200, Virginia Beach, Va.)

Princeton Defense
DE	95	DAVID FERRARA (Jr., 6-3, 250, Ramsey, N.J.)
	90	David Atchison (So., 6-2, 235, Sunnyvale, Calif.)
DT	58	Douglas Silverman (Jr., 6-2, 245, Potomac, Md.)
	60	Preston Tims  (Jr., 5-11, 245, Boardman, Ohio)
DT 	63	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.)
	36	Craig Foote (Jr., 6-2, 220, Aurora, N.Y.)
LB	50	CHUCK HASTINGS Jr., 6-2, 210, Trenton, Mich.)
	41	Drew Babinecz (Fr., 6-2, 220, West Chester, Pa.)
CB	8	GERRY GIURATO (Jr., 5-10, 175, Jacksonville, Fla.)
	39	Garrett Fittizzi (Jr., 5-9, 165, Voorheesville, N.Y.)
SS	30 	Rocky Fittizzi (Sr., 5-9, 185, Voorheesville, N.Y.)
	33	Dave Richie (Jr., 5-10, 180, Coal Township, Pa.)
FS	 22	RYAN DEMLER (Jr., 6-2, 185, Escondido, Calif.)
	28	Andrew Frank (So., 5-10, 175, Sterling Heights, Mich.)
CB	43	Brian Beem (Fr., 5-9, 175, Atlanta, Ga.)
	39	Garrett Fittizzi (Jr., 5-9, 165, Voorheesville, N.Y.)

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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