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Sunday, November 1, 1937 UTrrtuultf Xrus Greenville piedmont. 7 t.i 3 fl Eos'toin Coll It Wl tltt II. ft Bicknell said. 39 carries. They gained only 87 yards But Boston College, 54, stayed entirely on the ground to score two touchdowns before the Volunteers, 5-21.

put the tall in the third quarter. Leading 20-3, the Eagles survived Reggie Cobb's two touchdown runs, the last with 3:55 left in the game that was followed by a two-point con the ball a lot," Frager said. "I this gives the coaches a chance to think about using the running gajne more." "We knew they could run," siid Majors, who was displeased his teim allowed 228 rushing yards in the second half. "We lost containment several times on the comers." Tennessee trailed only 6-3 at h(lf- Wire reports NEWTON, Mass. Two teams with quarterback problems knew they had to run well Saturday.

Boston College, a 20-18 upset winner over 13th-ranked Tennessee, did. Willie Hislop and Tim Frager ran for touchdowns in the first nine minutes of the second half to give Boston College a 20-3 lead. The Eagles, known as a passing team, unleashed a 343-yard running attack led by Jim Bell's 177 yards on "Our running game didn't get anything done all day," Tennessee Coach Johnny Majors said. "With a new quarterback, we have to do that." The Volunteers, who averaged 181 rushing yards going into the game, managed just 111. Boston College had averaged just 136.1 yards rushing this year before Saturday.

Tenn Cobb 2 run (Reich kick) Tenn Cobb 5 run (Horper pass from Hen-ton) A 31.800 Tenn BC First downs 16 20 Rushes-yards 37-111 71-33 Passing yards 166 87 Return yards 23 42 Posses 12-30 3 5-15 2 Punts 5-40 5-39 Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1 Penalties-yards 5-45 8-70 Time of Possession 22:48 37:12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Tennessee, Cobb 19-85, Wilson 4-40. BC, Bell 39-177, Frager 6-84. PASSING Tennessee, Henton 12-27-1-166, ft. Sanders 0-3-2-0. BC, Power 5-15-2-87.

RECEIVING Tennessee, Miller 4-62. BC, Flutie 2-26, Waddle 1-48. passing. Injuries to backups had left Mike Power, the usual starter, as Boston College's only experienced quarterback. Tennessee first-stringer Jeff Francis' ankle injury kept him out of the game.

"We decided coming in we weren't going to throw as much because we had one quarterback and we didn't want him to get blindsided and get hurt," Boston College Coach Jack 3 7 818 3 14 020 version. Tennessee 0 Boston College 3 BC FG Lowe 37 Tenn FG Reich 30 BC FG Lowe 34 BC Hislop 1 run (Lowe kick) BC-Froger 8 run (Lowe kick) time despite turning the ball oer three times on its first four posses sions. "We have a philosophy of throwing boon, r'r 1 blast Slays Tech Terps i yt WMM Thi' AtMM-lill Pruw moves in for the recovery Maryland's Neil O'Donnell (14) fumbles the ball and UNC's Reuben Davis (93) The Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. Mark Maye threw two touchdown passes to Eric Lewis, and Norris Davis returned a blocked punt for another score Saturday to lead North Carolina to a 27-14 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over Maryland. Davis, a sophomore safety, scored for his fifth defensive touchdown this season with his 26-yard runback that gave the Tar Heels a 20-0 lead with 16 seconds left in the first half.

Maye's second scoring pass to Lewis, an 8-yard strike late in the third quarter, put the Tar Heels up 27-7. The first was a 21-yard scoring pass 1:48 into the second quarter. Maye completed 11 of 19 passes for 171 yards. With the victory, North Carolina improved its ACC mark to 3-1, 5-3 overall. The Terrapins fell to 3-2 in conference, 4-4 overall.

The key play for the Tar Heels was the second-quarter score by Davis, who leads the Tar Heels in touchdowns, broke through the middle of the Maryland line and blocked Darryl Wright's punt, gathered up the loose football at the Maryland 10-yard line, and ran untouched for the score. This season Davis has scored twice on returns of blocked punts, on an interception return, on an end-zone fumble recovery, and on a return of a fumble that he grabbed out of the air. Maryland's first touchdown came on the Terps' first possession of the second half, scoring on a 40-yard pass from sophomore Neil O'Donnell to Vernon Joines. O'Donnell, making his first start, completed 15 of 23 passes for 241 yards. He was intercepted once before being relieved by Dan Henning in the fourth quarter.

Henning threw a 5-yard TD pass to with 32 minutes to play to get the Terps within 27-14. North Carolina also got first-quarter field goals of 22 and 51 yards by Kenny Miller. N. Carolina 6 14 0 737 Maryland 0 0 7 714 UNCFG Miller 22 UNC FG Miller 51 UNC Lewis 21 pass from Move (Miller kick) UNC N.Davis 26 return of blocked punt (Miller kick) MD Joines 40 pass from O'Donnell Plocki kick) UNC Lewis 8 pass from Maye (Miller kick) MD Joines 5 pass from Henning Plocki kick) A 35,425 UNC MD First downs 17 17 Rushes-yards 54-158 33-31 aps streak, stuns Rutqers Vandy sn bilt during the first quarter despi The Associated Press DURHAM, N.C Quarterback Steve Slayden passed for an Atlantic Coast Conference record six touchdowns three to flanker Clarkston Hines as Duke defeated Georgia Tech 48-1'' Saturday in ACC football. Slayden, who completed 31 of 50 passes for yards, also broke the school record of four touchdowns held by a host of Blue Devil quarterbacks, including Ben Bennett and Slayden himself The ACC record was held by Tommy Suggs of South Carolina, who passed for five touchdowns against Virginia in 1968, and Kevin Anthony, who threw for five scores against Wake Forest in 1985.

Slayden teamed with Hines on scoring passes in the first half of 9 and 32 yards. Hines caught a 2-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, and Slayden looked for him again midway through the fourth quarter, but he overthrew the 6-foot-l, 170-pound sophomore, who crashed into the goal posts. He was shaken up but left the game under his own power. Duke, which amassed 559 yards of total offense, held a 24-7 half-time lead before Georgia Tech scored its only touchdown of the second half an 87-yard strike from Yellow Jacket quarterback Darrell Gast to flanker Greg wilh 12:28 left in the third quarter. On the next possession, Duke marched 79 yards in 11 plays, culminated by the touchdown pass to Mines with 7:38 left.

Duke then began sustained, time-consuming marches that resulted in two touchdowns and a field goal. The Blue Devils tixk possession after linebacker Randy Salley recovered his second fumble of the dav. Duke improved to 4-4 and 1-3 in the ACC while Georgia Tech fell to 2 6 and 0-4. Georgia Tech 0 7 7 014 Duke 7 17 14 1048 UU Hines 9 pass from Slayden (Peterson kirk I GAT Thomas 8 run (Palmer kick) DU Hines 32 pass from Slayden (Peterson kick) DU FG Peterson 28 DU Daniel 2 pass from Slayden (Peterson GAT Lester 87 pass from Gast (Palmer kick) DU Hines 2 pass Irom Slayden (Peterson kirk) DU Colonna 11 pass from Slayden (Peler-son kick) DU FG Peterson 38 DU Zuberer 18 pnss from Slayden (Peterson kirk A 30,800. GaT DU Firsl downs 21 38 Rushes yards 24 85 46-163 Passing 416 396 Return Yards 0 45 Comp Att Int 24-49 3 31 500 Punts 3 36 3 40 Fumbles Lost 2-1 2 1 Penalties-Yards 5 45 4 31 Timeol Possession 22:49 37:11 INDIVIDUALSTATISTICS RUSHING Georgia Tech, Hills 11-39, Thomas 5 25 Duke, Charles 16 76, Boone II-50.

PASSING Georgia Tech, Gast 24 49 3 416. Duke, Slayden 31-50 0-396. RfcCB IVING Georgia Tech, Lester 7 193, Davenport 4-79 Duke, Boone 12-169, Hines 6 81, Colonna 3 39. moving into Commodore territoiy twice in the opening 15 minutes. Rutgers' best scoring opportii-nity of the first quarter went awr? when Sclafani missed a 40-yarf field goal attempt with 2:50 rej maining.

LSCI42 Mississippi 13 JACKSON, Miss. The corri bination of Tommy Hodson Wendell Davis accounted for thre Brown's interception led to a 32-yard field goal by Johnny Clark that put the Commodores up 27-13 with only 1:25 left in the game. The Commodores took a 3-0 lead in the opening quarter on a 19-yard field goal by Clark, but the Scarlet Knights pulled even in the second quarter, getting a 3-pointer by Sclafani from 50 yards. Vanderbilt came right back after Sclafani's field goal to march 71 yards in nine plays, with Jones capping the drive with an 8-yard scoring pass to flanker Carl Parker with 4:36 left in the half. The Scarlet Knights pulled into a 10-10 tie with 32 seconds remaining on a 1-yard run by Curt Stephens.

Rutgers became the first team this year not to score on Vander- Rutqert 0 10 3 013 Vanderbilt 3 7 7 1027 Vand FG Clark 19 Rut FGSclatonlSO Vand Parker 8 pass from Jones (Clark kick). Rut Stephens 1 run Sclafani kick. Vand Crawford 1 run (Clark kick). Rut FG Sclafani 44. Vand McCorroll 3 run (Clark kick).

touchdowns and fifth-ranked Louisiana State routed Mississippi to stay atop the Southeastern Coni ference football race. LSU, which has lost only twrj bhc games in the last three sea sons, improved its record to 7-0-1 The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. Vander-bilt's Eric Jones passed for 267 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 101 more yards as the Commodores snapped a six-game losing streak, beating Rutgers 27-13. Vanderbilt, which improved to 2-6, had its finest offensive day of the season against the Scarlet Knights, 5-3, compiling 560 yards of total offense. Vandy also had 33 first downs against their Eastern independent foe, the most by any Southeastern Conference team this season.

The Commodores quickly snapped a 10-10 halftime deadlock, taking the second-half kickoff and mounting an 85-yard scoring drive. Everett Crawford, who rushed for 88 yards on 20 carries, capped the 12-play march with a 1-yard touchdown run for a 17-10 lead. During the drive, Crawford rushed for 43 yards and caught one pass for 16 more. Rutgers pulled within 17-13 with 7:24 left in the third quarter on a 44-yard field goal by Carmen Sclafani before the Commodores put the game away early in the fourth quarter. A 3-yard scoring run by fullback Andy McCarroll with 10:24 remaining pushed the Vandy lead to 24-13.

Rutgers saw Its last opportunity to move back into contention lost when Vanderbilt linebacker Scott Brown intercepted a Scarlet Knight pass with 6:47 left. settle for Bryan Owen's 22-yard field goal. Kentucky 14 Virginia Tech 7 LEXINGTON, Ky. Jimmie O'Neal and Mark Higgs scored touchdowns in the opening 4.57 and the defenses dominated the rest of the way as Kentucky defeated Virginia Tech. Kentucky drove 40 yards on four plays on its first possession, wilh Kevin D(xley completing a 14 yard touchdown pass to O'Neal wiin 12:11 remaining in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead.

After Virginia Tech was forced to punt on the next possession, Higgs went off right tackle for a 52-yard TD scamper on the first play to give Kentucky its 140 margin at 10:03. Higgs accounted for most of Kentucky's offense, rushing 22 times for 168 yards and catching four passes for 37 yards. Virginia Tech tallied its touchdown on Erik Chapman's 2-yard pass to Earnie Jones with 1:45 remaining in the game. Kentucky snapped a two-game losing skid to improve to 5-3 while Virginia Tech dropped its fourth straight to fall to 1-7. Kentucky was able to manage only 12 first downs, 137 rushing yards and 88 passing yards while Virginia Tech had 10 first downs, 47 rushing yards and 130 passing yards.

overall and 4-0 in the conference OleMiss fell to 3-6 and 1-3. Hodson hit Davis with scorind passes of 45 and 11 yards in thi first quarter, and after Mississippi closed to 14-13 early in the third quarter, hooked up on a 39-yarder. Vand FG Clark 32. Eddie Fuller ran 10 varrls anrij Harvey Williams dashed 76 yard Passing yards 171 Return yards 36 310 23 Passes 11-19-1 23-35-1 A 35,347. Rut First downs 11 Rushes-yards 25-083 Passing 141 Return Yards 17 Comp-Attlnt 15-28-2 Punts 4-31 Fumbies-Lost 2-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 Time of Possession 21:47 Vand 33 59-260 300 12 21-29-1 0-00 2 2 7-70 38:13 Punts 6-40 6-34 1-1 3-15 24:34 Fumbles-lost 5-2 Penalties-yards 4-40 Time of Possession 35:26 for another score in a span of 581 seconds early in the fourth quarterj as the Tigers avenged a 21-19 loss to Ole Miss a year ago.

Sammy Martin had a 15-yard TD run late in the quarter. i Mississippi, a 14 point trailed only 14-10 and threatened to take the lead early in the third quarter, moving to a first down all the LSU 4, but the Tigers' defense) stiffened and the Rebels had td INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING North Carolina, Starr 18-64, Clark 13-59, Thompson 8-23 Maryland, Anderson 7-26, Lowery 12-15, Spinelli 3-15. PASSING North Carolina, Maye 11-19-1-171. Maryland, O'Donnell 15-23-1-241, Henning 8-12-0-69. RECEIVING North Carolina, Marriott 4-68, Smith 3-55, Lewis 3-40.

Maryland, Edmunds 4-97, Joines 4-75, Milling 4-67, Spinelli 4-13, Anderson 3-24 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Rutgers, Votti 5-30, Stephens 7-28, Henderson 7-26. Vanderbilt, Jones 17-101, Crawford 20-88, McCorroll 16-60. PASSING Rutaers, Earner 11-23-1-112, Murphy 4-5-1-27. Vanderbilt, Jones 19-26-1-267, Gromos 2-3-0-33. RECEIVING Rutgers, Cobb 4-59, Campbell 4-22, E.Young 3-22.

Vanderbilt, Crawford 6-83, Parker 5-81, Mitchell 4-46. Citadel beats WCQ, Brosnahan, William Mary dump VM breaks losing skid gars, trailing 10-0, were backed up at their 8-yard line in the second period. After O'Brien's run gave' the Cougars some operating BYU drove to its first touchdown, of the day behind Covey, who got: didn't do anything to help the situa scoring pass with 7:32 remaining. Steve Christie opened the scoring with a 40-yard field goal on the Indians first possession. The Key dets' Wade Hawkins tied the game at 3 on the next possession with a 20-yard field goal with 1:55 remaining in the first quarter.

The Keydets took the lead in the second quarter on Hawkin's second field goal, a 35-yarder. The score was set up when Tracy Toye picked off a Brosnahan pass at the tion. "They just seemed to want this game a lot more than we did." "I figured it would come down to our execution," Citadel coach Charlie Taaffe said. "We thought if we executed they would have a tough time stopping us. We dominated the line of scrimmage and controlled the first half, which I didn't think we The Associated Press CHARLESTON Tom Froo-man and Tommy Burriss each rushed for two touchdowns as The Citadel defeated Western Carolina 38-24 in Southern Conference football Saturday.

The victory broke a 10-game losing streak for the Bulldogs in the league, pushing The Citadel to 3-5 overall and 1-3. Western Carolina fell to 4 and 21. Frooman raced in from the 3-yard line to put the Bulldogs up 7-0 with 10:48 left in the first quarter. The Bulldogs never trailed. John Stephens caught a 43-yard pass from Burriss with 7:47 left in 717 his first start in place of regular Bob Jensen.

"I've been working a long time, being patient and letting fate be," Covey said. "I just plugged away and knew my chance would come." BYU, 4 3 overall and 3-1 in the WAC, kept alive hopes of reclaiming the conference title it held for 10 seasons until losing it to San Diego State this year. Wyoming, a 20-15 winner over Colorado State on Saturday, leads the WAC with a 4-0 record. William a Mary 3 VMI could do against them." 00 03 W. Corolino 14 774 3 038 14 21 Citodel Keydet 48 and appeared to score.

The return was nullified by an illegal block. The Indians took a 10-6 half time lead when Larry Black hauled down a 2-yard Brosnahan pass with 1:54 remaining in the half. Brosnahan had three turnovers in the first half two interceptions and a fumble. Despite the turnovers, William Mary out-gained the Keydets 195 yards to 91 yards in the opening half with Brosnahan leading all rushers with 41 yards most on impromptu scrambles. BYU 24 Air Force 13 PROVO, Utah Quarterback Sean Covey was having problems getting Brigham Young's offense moving against Air Force.

Then Mike O'Brien bolted through the line for a 20-yard gain. "We just needed one big play to break us out of our psychological shell," said Covey, who threw a touchdown pass as BYU came back to beat the Falcons in Western Athletic Conference action. O'Brien's run came as the Cou The Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. William Mary quarterback John Brosnahan rushed for 75 yards and threw for two touchdowns as the Indians defeated Virginia Military 17-6. All was not roses for Brosnahan who was intercepted three times twice inside the Keydet 10-yard line.

Indian tailback Eric Davis had 121 yards on 30 carries. The game at Old Dominion University's Foreman Field drew 20,500 for the 41st annual Oyster Bowl, sponsored by the Khedive Shrine. The Keydet defense flushed Brosnahan out of the pocket numerous times, but the 5-foot-nine, 179-pound junior used his quickness to sidestep tacklers and pick up crucial yardage. Leading 10-6 with less than eight minutes remaining in the game, Brosnahan stepped out of the grasp of two Keydet rushers and rambled 36 yards to the VMI 6. Two plays later, Brosnahan was intercepted at the 5 by Dan Young, The Keydets were not able to convert the turnover and punted the ball.

Eight plays later, Brosnahan hit Tom Lewis for a 1-yard WS.M FG Christie 40 VMI FG Hawkins 20 VMI FG Hawkins 35 Block 2 post from Broinahon (Christie kick) Lewis 1 posi from Brosnohon (Christie kick) A 20,500 CIT Frooman 3 run (Cook kick) I Stephens 43 pass from Burriss (Cook kirk) CIT roomon 1 run (Cook kick) WCU FG Pooch 23 CIT Burris 2 run (Cook kick CIT Burns 1 run (Cook kick) WCU Washington 26 pass from Smith (Smilh pass) CIT FG Cook 45 WCU Jackson 1 run (run failed) WCU Washington 54 pass from Smith A 10.339 VMI 9 28-54 114 50 14-23-1 6-33 0-0 3-35 25.11 W4M 19 56 215 123 48 10-20-3 3-44 3-1 5-40 34 49 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penolties-vards Time of Possession the quarter to make the score 14fl. Burris scored two touchdowns for The Citadel in the second quarter runs of 2 and 1 yards. "I really can't explain why we played that way in the first half," INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Newberry 40 Catawba 24 NEWBERRY The Indians ran their overall record to 3-5 and evened their South Atlantic Coast conference mark at 2-2 with the victory over Catawba, which dropped to 2-6 overall and 2-4 in the league. Cit 33 82 385 135 23 11-7-0 2 87 22 fr57 39:14 WC 20 16-92 362 9 40-26-2 3-120 1-1 11-90 20:46 RUSHING AS.M, Davis 30-121, Brosno-han 15-75, Block 1019. VMI, Mabrey 7-24, Parrott 5-1 1, Wright 4-8, Jaryis 3-7.

PASSING Brosnahon 10-20-3-123. VMI, Brown 14-23-1-114. RECEIVING W4M, Slydllk 4-46, Davis 2-35, Lewis 2-31, Hodnett 1-9, Block 1-2. VMI, Mears 3-40. Wright 3-22, Williams 1-16, Jarvii 2-10, Parrott 2 Mabrey 2-8, France First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Posses Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of Possession coach Bob Waters said.

i'They didn't do anything offensively jthat surprised us. They just ripped jrjur defense apart and our offense.