EAST ROUNDUP : Michigan State Ties Syracuse, 23-23
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John Langeloh kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired, allowing No. 19 Michigan State to salvage a 23-23 tie with Syracuse Saturday night at Syracuse, N.Y.
The late kick let Michigan State weather a 13-point fourth-quarter rally that had given Syracuse a 23-20 lead.
Langeloh’s kick came after it appeared the Orangemen had taken over on downs with 11 seconds remaining. But the Spartans (1-0) gained a reprieve when Syracuse (1-1-1) was penalized for being offside, and quarterback Dan Enos used the break to hit wide receiver Courtney Hawkins with a 17-yard pass to the Syracuse 26.
Kicker John Biskup had given Syracuse a 23-20 lead with 1:25 to play with a 27-yard field goal, his third of the game.
Army 24, Holy Cross 7--Mike Mayweather rushed for 127 yards in 30 carries and scored two touchdowns as the Cadets surprised Holy Cross with a no-huddle offense and began their second century of football with a victory at West Point, N.Y.
Cornell 17, Princeton 14--Cornell tailback John McNiff rushed for 108 yards as the Big Red upset the 1989 Ivy League co-champion Tigers in a season opener at Ithaca, N.Y.
Yale 27, Brown 21--Yale quarterback Darin Kehler passed for 205 yards, ran for 91 more and scored three times as the Bulldogs withstood a late Brown rally in a season opener at Providence, R.I.
Harvard 9, Columbia 6--Quarterback Tom Priore scored a touchdown in the first quarter, and the Crimson held on for its 12th consecutive victory over Columbia in a season opener at New York.
Pennsylvania 16, Dartmouth 6--Short touchdowns runs by Steve Hooper and Mitch Gordon and a 32-yard field goal by Rich Friedenberg gave the Quakers all they needed in a season opener at Hanover, N.H.
Penn’s victory avenged a 24-0 loss to Dartmouth last season, the Quakers’ first shutout loss since 1983.
Rutgers 28, Colgate 17--Tom Tarver directed second-half scoring drives of 80 and 86 yards and threw two touchdown passes as the Division I-A Scarlet Knights defeated the Division I-AA Red Raiders at Piscataway, N.J..
Rutgers (2-0) has beaten the Colgate (1-1) eight consecutive times since 1978.
Temple 28, Austin Peay 0--Leon Brown rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown and Rich Drayton scored on a 95-yard punt return at Philadelphia as the Owls (1-2) registered their first shutout since defeating East Carolina, 17-0, Sept. 8, 1984.
It was the 13th consecutive loss for Division I-AA Austin Peay (0-2).
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