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VMI Wins 31 14 orrrian Sets Mark See VMI 2 Col 2 Statistics SPORTS UR Edged I in the air for the visitors from ellers ECU Uses Miscues To Post 31 10 Victory Statistics Statistics (AP) LC Rally alls Short UNG Tops Army other Behind Kupec Kupec to Statistics Wins Tech Stomps SU Statistics A IELD GOAL ATTEMPT PERHAPS? Obviously not 1 UA alls To Tiger Bombs 7 7 0 0 14 7 10 7 7 31 7 13 0 22 42 14 14 14 14 56 The Hornets closed out the 1974 season with a 15 3 1 record The Hornets set one new of fensive record and one new defensive record during the season They scored a total of 85 goals in 19 games an aver age of nearly 45 a game to 3 14 7 7 31 0 10 0 0 10 Jenkins had been having a poor season on field goals in previous games connecting on only three of 13 His kicking was perfect against Clemson The victory gives Coach Red Parker his first winning season in his two years at the Clemson helm Only South Carolina However the Red Raiders were not ready to give up as on their next series of plays Bruce Basile threw to David Lake crossing the middle and scampered down ond extra point of the day for the Keydets as VMI took a 14 7 lead Colgate Virginia Military conversion try wth 147 left Saturday as the Mountaineers edged the Spiders 1413 and gained a tie for the Southern Conference football lead Coccioletti scored what pro ved to be the winning touch down on a five yard run with 45 seconds left in the third period and Gary sec ond conversion kick turned out to be the winning margin Quarterback Harry Knight guided Richmond 80 yards in the last six minutes John Palazeti scoring from five yards out But when Knight tried to roll out for a two point CLEMSON SC Mark ellers threw two long touch down passes and scored on a run Saturday to lead Clemson to a 28 9 Atlantic Coast Con ference football victory over Virginia Craig Brantley junior end from Charlotte NC gathered 30 1 1 37 oo 647 shatter the old mark of 72 set in 1960 The 1974 team also limited its opponents to 13 goals breaking the old record of 14 set in 1973 The 15 wins was one short of the record total of 16 set last year But Richmond came right back to tie it going 67 yards in eight plays with Knight hitting tight end Rickey Brown for the last 23 yards Harmon missed a 45 yard field goal try for Ap palachianad Terry Carter who was to miss with 47 yards with six seconds left kicked wide on a 41 yard effort in the first half CHAPEL HILL NC Quar terback Chris Kupec passed for four touchdowns ran for one and set up another to lead North Tar Heels to a wild 56 42 victory over Army Saturday A crowd of 38900 saw the Sun Bowl bound Tar Heels score two touchdowns in each quarter to run their season re cord to 6 4 as Kupec turned in irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles Penalties yards in throws from the senior quarterback also from Charlotte on scoring plays of 55 and 97 yards The latter set a school record Insurance touchdowns for Clemson in the second half came on Don oneyard burst and a 12 yard run by ellers scoring was in three field goals by Joe Jenkins on kicks of 46 37 arid 42 yards Virginia blew its best scor ing chance when it fumbled at formance i North Carolina struck quick ly for a first period touchdown on a five yard pass by Kupec to cap a 74 yard drive Army re taliated by going 83 yards with Markus Hardy scoring on a 23yard run North Carolina went ahead 14 7 on a one yard run by Mike Voight after Kupec hit Jimmy Jerome on a 41 yard pass The Cadets tied it up 14 all in the second quarter on Brad seven yard run Army then went ahead 20 14 when Hardy went over from the Tar Heel three North Carolina scored two quick touchdowns in the sec ond quarter on a 29 yard pass from Kupec to Pat Norton and 32yard pass from Kupec to Jerome The Tar Heels ran the margin to 42 20 in the third quarter Voight scored from the Army six and Kupec hit Ray Stanford on a 41 yard pass final Tar Heel touchdowns came in the last quarter on two yard run and a TALLAHASSEE la (AP) Roscoe Coles led a stable of Virginia Tech backs on a stam pede through lorida State for a 56 21 football victory Satur day night Coles scored two touch downs on runs of 73 and one yards and gained 109 yards on nine carries to up his season total to 530 yards Quarterback Mitchael Barnes passed for two as seven Gobblers in all scored touch downs Wayne Latimer was eight foreight on extra points reshman halfback Leon Bright kept the Seminoles in the game as he scored on a lOOyard kickoff return longest ever by a single SU player and on a 55 yard pass play in which he broke at least three conversion he was: stopped three yards short by David Webb and Quinton McKinney Appalachian closed out its season with a 4 1 conference record and can win the title outright if Virginia Military also 4 1 loses to or is tied by East Carolina next Saturday Appalachian finished 6 5 over all Richmond now 5 4 over all is out of the conference race with a 3 2 mark and one game remaining Gerdelman bulled over for the score East Carolina which had 193 yards through the air added touchdowns in the third and fourth periods each of them set up by an Indian mistake 7 7 7 7 21 from ellers rinunc yards WILLIAMSBURG Va Strayhorn ran for two touchdowns as East Carolina used William and Mary turn overs and a much maligned passing attack to overwhelm the Indians 31 10 Saturday in a Southern Conference football game The victory gave the Pirates a 7 3 over all record while the Indians slipped to 3 7 Strayhorn who led the ECU ground game with 58 yards on 11 carries scored on bursts of one and three yards East Carolina also scored on a 74 yard pass play from Mike Weaver to Theodore Ashford Willie 12 yard scamper and Jim 23 yard field goal The only touch down came on a one yard run by fullback John Gerdelman Terry Regan kicked a 31 yard field goal to round out the William Mary scoring The Pirates took an early 3 0 lead on field goal but the Indians came right back to take the lead after Gray Oliver picked off one of passes and returned it six yards to the East Caroli na 25 ive plays later tackles Bright returned anoth er kick 34 yards another kick off for 41 yards and gained 50 yards in 10 runs from scrim mage The other lorida State score came on an 80 yard punt return by Robert Jackson It was the most points scored by Virginia Tech since 1966 and put their improving record at 46 It was the most points lorida State had given up since 1960 and put them at 1 8 SU broke 20 game losing streak last week Col Basile 9 run (Lavage kick) Glidewell 2 run (Tufaro klcki Glidewell 6 run (Tufaro klcki Col Lake 65 pass from Basile (Lavage klcki Tufaro 32 VMl Norman 37 run (Tufaro klcki VMI Glidewell 37 run (Tufaro kick) A 4600 time it had the ball but most of the drama was packed into the final a ter wi th ground game barely offsetting the passing of Knight who hit 15 of 30 for 184: yards and one touchdown Clinton Bradshaw ran 17 times for 86 yards Calvin St mon had 56 yards on 12 carries and Coccioletti ran 15 times for 51 yards as the Mountaineers rolled up 236 yards on the! ground 1 Appalachian used up exact ly half the first quarter with an 18 play 71 yard drive capped by Jimmy Dobbins' one yard run eight yards as Maryland rolled up a 35 7 halftime advantage Maryland 2114 21066 Duke 0 7 0 6 13 Schultz 1 run (kick failed) Schultz 4 run (Schultz pass from Avellini) White 13 pass from Avellini (MikeMayer kicki white 10 run (Mike Mayer kick) White 8 run (Mike Mayer kick) ordham 15 pass from Corbett (Mclnturff kick) Jennings 60 run (Mike Mayer kick) Roy 4 run (Mike Mayer kick) Bloomingdale 1 run (Mike Mayer kick) Benjamin 1 run (run failed) 24000 Avellini completed 10 of 11 passes for 191 yards including a touchdown aerial to tight end Walter White who scored three times in the first half and led 13th ranked Maryland to a 56 13 rout of Duke in the 28th annual Oyster Bowl Saturday The runaway victory clinched first At lantic Coast Conference foot ball championship with the Terps running up their largest score in 20 years Maryland has won five straight in league play The Terps headed for the postseason Liberty Bowl scored on eight of their first 10 possessions after entering the game as a 14 point favorite White scored on a 13 yard pass from Avellini to complete a 21 0 first quarter and then ran for touchdowns on en daround scampers of 10 and which visits Clemson Nov 23 remains Virginia Clemson Jenkins 45 Brantley 55 pass (Burgess kick Jenkins 37 Brantley 97 pass (Burgess kicki Jenkins 42 Testerman I run (Burgess kick! ellers 13 run (Burgess kick) 34100 Clemson's one in the second period Virginia covered a Clemson fumble at Clemson 22 in the third stanza but had to settle for a field goal longest scoring drive was only 43 yards com ing after Bill Wingo in tercepted a Virginia pass The march was capped by touchdown Another Clemson intercep tion by Dennis Smith inside 30 set up scoring jaunt assuring victory and putting Clemson's record at 6 4 overall and 4 2 in the conference Virginia is 4 6 and 1 4 Brantley stepped off 70 yards of the 97 yard scoring pass he took from ellers He was wide open down the side lines when he caught the throw On the 55yarder running accounted for about 25 yards in which he evaded two tacklers Billy Copeland of Virginia was the leading rusher with 119 yards on 23 carries as the Cavaliers rushed for 202 yards Clemson matched this with 203 yards with Ken Callicutt accounting for 50 in 11 carries to lead his teammates The big difference was 157 yards passing most of it on the two scoring plays to 32 yards East Carolina William Mary EC1I Woodv 23 Gerdelman 1 run (Regan kick) ECU Ashford 74 pass from Weaver (Woody klcki W4M Regan 31 ECU Strayhorn 3 run (Woody kick) Strayhorn 1 run (Woody kicki ECU Hawklns 12 run (Woody klcki 8500 Glass Slates Grid Banquet or Nov 25 The Mountaineers took the lead for good by using up more than six minutes late in the third period on a 15 play 80yard march that ended with touchdown Ap State 7 0 7 Richmond 7 0 0 6 13 Dobbins 1 run (Harmon kicki Brown 23 pass from Knight (Carter kicki Coccioletti 5 run (Harmon kick) Palazeti 5 run (run failedi 10000 LEXINGTON Va Phil desperation 32 yard field goal attempt with four seconds remaining sailed a brilliant passing per wide to the right Saturday as Washington University of Mis souri held on for a 10 8 football victory over Washington and Generals It was the season finale for both teams The Bears 5 4 opened a 3 0 lead with 1:55 left in the second period when Ken King booted a 38 yard field goal The Gener als 1 8 1 managed to move the ball back to the Washington 20 but Bailey missed on an at tempted 37 yard field goal with :20 remaining in the half The Bears made it 10 0 early in the fourth period when quarterback Mike Karaffa ended a 46 yard scoring drive by scrambling away from Gen eral defenders for a 10 yard touchdown Then the Generals began their rally With 6:41 remain ing quarterback Jack Berry hit flanker Raynard Scott on a 61yard pass completion mak ing it 10 6 Berry then com pleted the two point con version to John Moori Virginia Tech 21 14 14 7 56 lorida State 7 14 0 0 21 VPl Adams 17 run (Latimer klcki Arians 1 run (Latimer kicki Bright 55 pass from Mathieson (Askin kick! VPI Scales 31 pass from Barnes (Latimer kicki VPI Blueford 1 run tlatlmdr kicki Bright 100 kickoff returniAskln kick! Coles 73 run (Latimer kicki Jackson 80 punt return (Askin kick) VPl Dick 16 pass from Barnes (Latimer kicki VPl Rogers 26 run (Latimer kicki VPl Coles 1 run (Latimer kick) 27707 The annual EC Glass foot ball banquet will be held Mon day Nov 25 in the Glass Cafeteria banquet chairman Bill Moseley announced this weekend Glass coaches John Palmer Wally Gilbert Bo Henson Jim my Green and Otis Tucker will serve as speakers for the event which is open to the general public Tickets priced at three dollars apiece can be obtained from the athletic office at Glass or from any of the 1974 Hilltopper players Additional information May be obtained by calling 846 8441 17yard pass from Andy Chacos Army Carolina Kupec 5 run (Alexander kick) Army Hardy 23 run (Marquez kick) Voight 1 run (Alexander kick) Dodrill 7 run (Marquez kick) Hardy 3 run (kick failed) Norton 29 pass from Kupec (Alexander kick) Jerome 32 pass from Kupec (Alexander kick) Voight 6 run (Alexander kick) Stanford 41 pass from Kupec (Alexander kick) Army Gillogly 4 run (Gillogly run) Gillogly 3 run (Marquez kick) Voight 2 run (Alexander kick) Hodges 33 pass from Hall (Mar quez kick) Chacos 17 pass from Kupec (Alexander kick) 38900 Jimmy Ripley Photo Lynchburg College soccer player Ed McMichael boots ball past unidentified Swarthrfiore College player in action Saturday afternoon at Westover ield Swarthmore downed Hornets 2 1 and advance finals of NCAA Division regional play 7 By TOM LAVERTY X'eu's Sports Writer A second half rally by the Lynchburg College soccer team fell short Saturday after noon at Westover ield and Swarthmore College edged the Hornets 2 1 The victory permits Swarthmore the number four seen to advance to me iinais of the NCAA Division III Pennsylvania Southern Region competition against the winner of the Lock Haven (Pa) Eckard (la) match Macwelling Todman was the individual standout for Swarthmore now 8 2 1 as he scored both of his goals The first came 11:05 into the game Teammate Arthur Philpotts passed to Todman who booted it in from the right side of the field into the left hand corner of the LC goal The tide of action shifted for the remainder of the half from one end of the field to the other until late in the half when Todman picked up his his second goal with 39:43 elapsed He took the ball along the left sidelines maneuvered past four Hornet defenders and then slipped a shot into the goal The Hornets came close to scoring on numerous occasions in the first half with an ap parent goal by Bob Coote being disallowed due to an offsides and another Hornet shot hit ting the goalpost and bouncing back out The Hornets dominated the second half particularly the last 25 minutes as Swarthmore content to sit on its 2 6 lead largely played de fense LC moved within one goal of SC 22:15 into thesecond half on a goal by Jed Duggan with the assist by Bob McMichael But the Hornets come up with the equalizer They kept the pressure on the Swarthmore defense pepper ing the SC goals with numer ous close shots Ultimately LC outshot Swarthmore 21 19 Swarthmore goalie Jim Harvey played a solid game coming up with eight saves ullbacks Keh Andres and Maurice i George Smith Photo SURE STICK VMI tailback Kim Glidewell (45) gains six yards before Jay Phillips (65) Andy Dearman (79) and Tom Mihalik (27) 3I being stopped hard by sure tackle of Colgate linebacker Bob Como 14 triumph insured first winning season since 1967 Saturday at Alumni ield in Lexington Other identifiable Keydets are THE NEWS Lynchburg Va Sun Nov 17 1974 TONY MITCHELL Vcu's Sports Writer LEXINGTON Kim Glidewell scored three touch downs and running mate Ron nie Norman ran for 173 yards and a touchdown as Virginia Military Institute downed the Colgate Red Raiders31 14 in an intersectional game played Saturday afternoon on Alumni Memorial ield VMI celebrated the Hall of ame Game by holding the Colgate running machine which entered the game ranked sixth nationally in rushing to only 203 yards as the Keydets raised its seasonal record to 6 4 as Colgate fell to 4 5 Ronnie Norman Keydet tailback ran for 174 yards on 23 carries establishing a new VMI "seasonal rushing record of 939 yards with one game remain ing Norman moved ahead of Tom record of 792 set in 1968 On Colgate's first possesion of the game quarterback Bruce Basile took the Red Raiders down the field 79 yards in ten plays with Basile taking the ball over from the VMI 19m Jerry added the conversion and Colgate led 7 0 lhe Keydets took the kick off and with the running of Glidewell and Norman moved the ball 70 yards on 13 plays with Glidewell going the final two yards off his right side of the line Rich Tufaro added the extra point and tied the score at 7 7 The key play of the drive 1 came on fourth down and four yards to go as the Keydets punted the ball However Col gate clipped a Keydet and VMI was awared a first down at mid field to keep the drive alive After an exchange of punts the Keydets mounted their sec ond drive of the afternoon starting on the VMI 45 Glidewell carried the ball three consecutive times from the Colgate 14 scoring on a six yard touchdown run with 9:32 left in the half Tufaro kicked his sec Kerins also played important roles in preventing a second LC goal Rick Osmer did an excellent job of tending the LC goal coming up with nine saves and batting away numerous Swarthmore attempts Statistics ASU Richmond 17 22 59 236 46 146 26 184 48 4 7 0 440 0 0 6 67 irst Rushes yards Passing Return yj Passes Punts umbles lost Penalties yards By MARSHALL JOHNSON AP Sports Writer RICHMOND Va (AP) Phil Coccioletti directed two time consuming drives for touch downs and Appalachian State stopped a Richmond two teanr scored Terps Take ACC Top Duke 56 13 jff 1 wBbm Bhk 7 BIBIBB BRBb BBBHi' rMBHb 9 WBk t': i JatWz rV MBEb v' i Col VMI irst downs 17 24 Rushes yards 50 203 55 366 Passing yards 109 109 Return yards 11 25 Passes 5454 749 1 Punts 543 5 37 umbles lost 34 00 Penalties yards 5 79 6 39 Virginia Clemson 15 13 56 202 50 203 32 157 1 2 6 21 2 3 10 1 8 38 1036 3 2 3 1 4 18 7 44 ECU irst downs 21 19 Rushes yards 851 23252 232 Passing yards 193 65 Return yards 31 8 Passes 7 124 5 20 3 Punts 4 42 541 umbles lost 3 1 24 Penalties yards 5 73 7 54 Maryland Duke irst downs 19 18 Rushes yards 241 4148 Passing yards 296 314 Return yards 84 46 Passes 16 20 1 19 36 2 Punts 340 7 36 umbles lost IO 3 2 Penalties yards 641 443 NOROLK Va (AP) Bob Army UNC irst downs 26 31 Rushes yards 58 293 64 364 Passing yards 103 214 Return yards 0 50 Passes 7 20 2 10 14 0 Punts 1 29 3 38 umbles lost IM) 2 0 Penalties yards 1 5 M8 VPI SU irst Downs 26 13 Rushes yards 72 409 26 73 Passing yards 134 239 Return yards 118 137 Passes 710 0 16 35 2 Punts 4 37 4 40 umbles lost 2 1 21 Penalties yards 2 10 7 66 kt.