Late Fumble Sinks Howard

Corey Swinnie's 35-yard fumble recovery ended in a fourth-quarter touchdown and sealed Winston-Salem's 12-0 homecoming win over Howard yesterday in Winston-Salem, N.C.

The Rams (2-4) led 6-0 at the half on a 37-yard touchdown pass from Monte Purvis to Josh Crawford early in the second quarter.

The touchdown gave Purvis his second scoring pass of the year, to go with his pair of rushing touchdowns.

The teams combined for 11 more drives before Swinnie's touchdown midway through the fourth quarter.

The Bison (1-4) started the drive at their own 35-yard line with 8 minutes 19 seconds remaining, but Jason Holman and Williams Hayes combined to jar the ball loose from the grasp of Howard running back William Blanden on the second play.

Winston-Salem "did a great job on defense and they refused to give anything up," said Howard Coach Ray Petty. "We also helped with poor execution."

Howard limited Winston-Salem to 199 yards of total offense, but were equally futile on offense, managing just 182 yards.

"We could've overcome most of the mistakes, but the fumble was too big," Petty said. "Defensively, we played great but couldn't capitalize on any chances."

· LEHIGH 28, GEORGETOWN 3: Sedale Threatt led the Mountain Hawks to their sixth consecutive victory over the Hoyas by passing for 155 yards and two touchdowns as visiting Lehigh routed Georgetown at Multi-Sport Field.

Lehigh (2-3, 1-0 Patriot League) took a 14-3 lead when Threatt threw his second touchdown pass of the first half, a two-yarder to Frank Trovato 13 seconds before halftime.

A 19-yard punt return by Trovato, plus a five-yard penalty by Georgetown (1-5, 0-3) set up the short four-play, 27-yard scoring drive.