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Fourth Section Sportf Amusements THE DANVILLE REGISTER Classifieds Legal Fourth Section FOUNDED FEBRUARY, 1847. NO. 19,134 DANVILLE, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1971 Two Point Conversion Gives Tarheels Victory 36-35 In Comeback Jolley Gets TD, Winning PAT By REESE HART Press Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina's Tar Heels gambled on an extra point pass with two minutes left and made it to score a 36-35 come-from- behind victory over William Mary in an explosive offensive battle Saturday. A crowd of 38,500 saw the Tar Heels roll 75 yards for a touch- down in the closing minutes with Lewis Jolley scoring on a pitchout from the 13.

Quarter- back Paul Miller then hit Jolley for the two pointer that proved the winning margin. William Mary, led by the running, and passing of John Gargano, had gone ahead 35-28 in the fourth quarter on an 80- yard touchdow drive, with Dennis Cambal scoring from the one. It was the sixth victory against two losses for North Carolina. -The Tar Heels were led by Miller, who scored two touchdowns on runs of 10 and eight yards and passed seven yards for another to end John- ny Cowell. Gargano scored touchdowns on runs of 23 and 15 yards as the.

Indians dropped their third against five victories. Phil Mos- ser also scored two touchdowns for William Mary on runs of two and six yards. William Mary jumped out front in the first period on a 98- yard scoring drive with Gar- gano romping over from the 23. The Tar Heels scored two touchdowns in the second peri- od and also two in the final quarter. Billy Hite led North Caro- lina's running game with 146 yards in 28 carries.

Gargano completed 16 of 25 passes for 283 yards, including nine to David Knight for 194 yards. William Mary's Greg Frea- ney recovered a fumble by UNC's Ted Leverenz in the sec- ond period on the Tar Heels' 18. Four plays later Mosser scored from the two. Wm. Ma S.

Miss Tops Richmond By 31-24 HATTIESBURG, Miss. A )--Southern Mississippi scrambled from behind in a wild fourth quarter to defeat lie University of Richmond, 31-24 here Saturday night before a crowd of about 10,000. Richmond Head Coach Frank Jones was rushed to the hospi- late in the first quarter when he was knocked to the ground by two players on a jlay that swept across the side- lines. He was reported in fair condition with a head injury. downs Pushes-yards 3 asslna yardase Return yardage i 15-22-1 umbtes olst Yards penalized ven kck er (Cn oss 0 I5 run (Dodd kick) TO run (Craven kitk) 6 run (Dodd C-- Miller 8 run (Craven kicK) WM-Cambal run (Dorfrt kick) UNC-- Jollev 13 run (Miller to Jolley pass)- A-- First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardase Return yardase Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Wm.Mary North Carolina 14 299 17-30- 5-45 47 30 73-384 4-43 .4 Illinois Stuns Northwestern Bv 24-7 Score CHAMPAIGN, ffl (AP) Johnnie Wilson, pressure-play- ing sophomore fullback, scored twice on a 58-yard pass and a 2-yard smash to lead underdog Illinois to a 24-7 Big Ten foot- ball upset of Northwestern Sat- urday.

Wilson teamed with 6-foot-5 quarterback Mike Wells, whose passing produced three touch- downs, in igniting a second straight Illini victory for the first time since the close of the 1967 season. UVa Outlasts N. C. State To Escape ACC Cellar Georgia Blanks USC 24-0 Richmond 19 53-26 171 7-14-0 Punts 7-42 6-33 24 63 USM 44-156 157 49 Offensive Coach Jim Tait took 'over direction of the Spi- ders for the remainder of the game. The game see-sawed to a 17- 17 tie at the end of the third quarter.

Richmond then took the lead for the second time on the third play of the fourth quarter on a 33-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ken Nichols to end Joe Sgroi. The Southerners bounced right back with a 77-yard touch- down drive featured by two passes from quarterback Buddy Palazzo to wingback Steve Broussard, the second good for 45 yards and a touchdown with Broussard making a al catch at the goalline. Palazzo's attempt to run for two point conversion was stopped short, leaving Southern behind 24-23. On the first play after the en- suing kickoff, USM tackle John- ny Herron recovered a Rich- mond fumble at the Spider 19 and five plays later halfback Doyle Orange slashed off tackle for three yards and the game winning touchdown. Palazzo's pass to end Doug Parker added the last two points.

richmood 0 10 7 Southern Miss- 7 7 USM--Heidelburg 8 (Guy kick) Rich--Haynes (Clark Kick) Rich--FG Clark 21 USM--Orange 1 run (Guy kick) Rich--Soroi 10 pass from Nicliols (Clark kick) USM-- FG Guy 38 Rich--Saroi 33 (Clark kick) USM--Broussard 45 pass Jrom Palazzo (Run failed) USM--Orange 3 run (Parker pass from Palazzo) Richmond Coach Suffers Attack In 1st Period pass pass from Palazzo from Nichols HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) The University of Rich mond's head coach, Frank Jones, was rushed to a hospita here Saturday night after he was felled by an apparent hear attack while watching the Spi ders play Southern Mississippi. Jones, about 45, was reported in fair condition at Forrest General Hospital's coronary section, under the care of a heart specialist. The coach, also the athletic director at Richmond, was striken during the first perioc while standing in front of the Maryland Whallops Outclassed VMI 38-0 8 By GORDON BEARD Associated Press Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Al Neville tossed two touch- down passes and Art Seymore ran for two more scores as Maryland walloped out-classed VMI 38-0 Saturday in a battle of have-not football teams.

In running up their largest point total since 1962, the Terps ended a five-game losing streak and extended VMI's to six in a row. First downs Rushei-yarcls Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Fumbles lost Yards penalized VMI 12 23 31-61 S7-J98 lt 8 -57 8-71-1 7-15-0 T-M Dan Bungori caught a 74-yard scoring pass from Neville for a 17-0 halftime lead, and Floyd White gathered in another for 21 yards in the third period. Seymore, back in full-time action for the first time in four weeks, gained only 32 yards but tallied on runs of two and eight yards as Maryland ran its record to 2-fi. Jeff Shugars, Neville's re- placement, hit Dennis O'Hara With a four-yard TD pass in the fourth period and Kambiz Beh- bahani added a fifth extra point to his 36-yard first-quarter field goal. finished with seven completions in 10 attempts or 176 yards and Tom Miller car- ried 14 limes for 101 yards.

Vern Bietzel of VMI, now 1-6 completed eight of 21 passes for 65 yards and had two inter cepted. Mac Bowman, who car ried 18 times in the first half finished with 38 yards on 2( rushes. Maryland rolled up 484 tola yards, including 298 on th ground after penalties stallec them in the first quarter. VM managed just 69 yards on the ground and 65 in the air. A pass interception by line backer Bob Abbott, who late recovered a fumble, set up Maryland's first period field goal and Bob Tucker's 28-yarc return of a VMI quick-kick launched a 48-yard scoring drive in the second quarter.

VMI had a scoring chance in the fourth quarter, when two Maryland interceptions were nullified by penalties, but the drive stalled on the Terps' 10. The Keydets reached Mary- land territory three times in the first half, once when Mike Dugan returned a kickoff 68 yards to the Maryland 27. After VMI gained just one yard, Ne- vilte hit Bungori for 74 yards and a Maryland TD. 9 0 8 0 '-PS Behbafianf 36 TM 7 3 run (Behbahani kick) Ray Returns Home To Lead Bulldogs To Victory COLUMBIA (AP)-Quarter- ack James Ray came back to is home town of Columbia Sat- rday night and scored two ouchdowns, one on a brilliant 4-yard run, to pace undefeated eorgia to a 24-0 football victo- against South Carolina. Ray, once a high school star i Columbia, came into the a me late in the first quarter replace the injured Andy phnson and from Ihen on Georgia was off and running to ts 8th cosecutive victory.

While Ray was supplying the ffensive fireworks, the Geor- ia defense shackled South larolina, holding it to minus tine yards rushing in the first alf. South Carolina made four coring threats, getting to the eorgia 28, 15, nine and five ard lines. But each time, the Jeorgia defense stiffened and nuffed out the drives. Ray ran and passed the South Carolina defense dizzy, taking dvantage of every mistake. He put the game out of reach the third quarter when he roke up the middle on a keep- play and outraced the secon- ary for 84 yards and a touch- own.

Earlier, he had scored on a ne-yard plunge following the nterception of a South Carolina ass by linebacker Steve Kitch- ns, and set up a 24-yard field oal by Kim Braswell with. a 36-yard run down the sidelines. The first Georgia touchdown ame on a one yard sneak by ohnson, climaxing a. 57-yard 11-play drive in the first quar- er. Georgia in 1 O.Carolina Ga-Johnson 1 run (kick failed) pa from Rav) irst downs lushes-yards 'assing yardage leturn yardase 'asses 'unts umbtes lost 'ards penalized Georgia So.Carollna 61-3-16 3 -minus-23 "5 18 i 5 4- 3 61 30 Spiders' bench on the sidelines.

He was carried to an ambu ance and rushed to the hospi- al. Jim Tait, the Spiders' of- ensive coach, took over as head coach for the rest of the Jones, an assistant coach at Mississippi State in 1962-65 ook over as coach at Rich- mond in 1966 and added the of athletic director in 1967 Vandy Edges Tiilane 13-9 By JERRY ESTILL Associated Press Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP)--Van derbilt, after suffering two fum )les early in the game, un tracked a running game that swamped Tulane as the Com modores defeated the Green Wave 13-9 here Saturday night. The Commodore wishbone at ack generated 302 yards rush- ng, 187 of it being gained by sophomore tailback Jamie O'Rourke, who carried 35 times, a Vanderbilt record. Tulane, which managed only six first downs, ran 54 plays during the 22:31 minutes it had the ball, while Vanderbilt reeled off 85 plays and held the ball for 37:29. Ga.

Tech Defense Stops Duke Yellow Jackets Take 21-0 Triiiiiipli By BILL ANDERSON Associated Press Writer ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Tech's vaunted defense stopped Duke cold Saturday and used a blocked kick and a fumbled punt to help defeat the Blue De- vils 21-0 before a homecoming crowd of nearly 50,000. The Yellow Jackets scored on runs of two and six yards bj tailback Tom Lang and on a 10 yard pass by quarterback Ed die McAshan to split end Jim UNBEATEN QUARTERBACK-Chuck Ealey (16), Univer- sity of Toledo quarterback, escapes opponent during a recent contest. Ealey has led the Toledo Rockets to 30 straight vic- tories, the longest winning streak in the nation. Ealey also has a personal victory streak of 60 varsity football games, start- ffi i Portsmouth, Ohio, Notre Dame High School. (AP Wirephoto) Owings.

First Downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Duke Tech 18 Cavaliers Take 14-10 Win On Two Touchdown Passes Football Scores Albert Fires TD Passes To Davis And Sullivan Clemson 10, Wake Forest 9 Virginia 14, N.C. Slate 10 North Carolina 34, and 35 Penn State 35, W. Virginia 7 Kenlucky 33, Va. Tech 37 Georgia Tech 21, Duka 0 Citadel 28, Illinois St. Univ.

0 Maryland 38, VMI 0 Auburn 40, Florida 7 Elizabeth Cily 21, Fayetlevllle 2 Hampden-Sydney 24, Emory Henry 7 Johns Hopkins 30, Towson Slate Livingstone 20, St. Paul's 8 N. Carolina Cen. 21, S. Carolina St.

Shepherd Coll. 21, Brldgcwater, Va. 7 West Liberty 27, West Va. Tech 0 Howard 35, Hampton Inst. 0 West Maryland 43, Randolph-Macon 12 Marshall Univ.

12. Bowllna Green 10 Tennessee 38, Tulsa 3 Mississippi 24, LSU 22 Morgan State 21, N.C. A8.T 20 Petersburg St. 37, Va. Union 7 Tennessee Tech 14, Chattanooga 7 By Mel Lang RALEIGH, N.C.(AP)--Quar- terback Larry Albert passed for both touchdowns Saturday as Virginia outlasted North 'arolina State 14-10 in a fight escape the cellar in the At- lantic Coast Conference.

With Albert calling the sig- nals Virginia hit strong offen- sively in the first half and then lie Id on against N.C. State's at- Umcs strong passing attack to win its second game in eight starts. The loss dropped N.C Stale to 1-7 97 31 4 2 22 EAST 44-217 Dartmouth 17, Yale 15 149 Holy Cross 17, Northeastern 7 Massachusetts 24, Vermont 15 31, Syracuse 21 'rlnceton 49, Brown 21 6 15-22-1 6-39 0 27 Bucknell 14, Rutgers 13 Coast Guard 19, Trinity College 17 2-1, Columbia 21 Eddie Seigler Boots Clemson To 10-9 ACC Win Over Wake Forest CLEMSON.S.C. (AP)--The yard, eight play drive that cul- magic toe of Eddie Siegler minated with Rick Gilstrap booted Clemson to a 10-9 foot- Breaking through the Wake Duke's deepest penetration Cumeu Columbia 21 was to the Tech 17 in the sec- New Har "pshire 24, Rhode island ond half but linebacker Bruce -TM- 2 7 Elliott ended the threat with a ball victory Saturday over At- lantic Coast Conference Wake Foreit. rival Forest line for seven yards and a touchdown.

Seigler kicked the Seigler popped a 30-yard field goal with just 37 seconds left In the game, capping a conie- from-behihd victory with Clem- son scoring all its points in the extra point. Wake Forest lead on Chuck final stanza First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Passes Return yardage Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized 4-8-0 49 7-4, 30 Wake Forest Clemson 13 9 M1 7l 7-42 40 The visiting Wake Forest team had led by 6 points from early in the first quarter. The homecoming victory kept Clemson undefeated in the con- ference while Wake Forest dropped its second contest. Clemson, its offense showing few signs of life during the first three quarters, got on the Scoreboard when Quarterback Tommy Kendrick came off the bench in the final period. Kendrick led his team on a 51 Hackle deep in the Blue Devil Ibackfield.

At that point, Dave Wright Tailed on the second of his two field goal attempts. Tech's offense leaned heavily on tailback Greg Home, who carried the ball 20 times for 114 yards. In the air, McAshan 'ired 20 passes, completing 13 for 123 yards. Duke's big threat was full- back Steve Jones, playing in liis first game in (five weeks since an automobile accident. regained Ramsey's the 37- yard field goal with about 10 minutes left.

The 3-pointer was set up by a Clemson fumble. With time running out, Clem- son killed one of its own punts at the visitors' one. A short punt out gave Clemson the ball in good position to move to the 13, from where Seigler made the soccer style game winning field goal. The Wake Forest He lugged the ball 28 times for 123. yards, several of the runs making big gains.

But when il was needed most, Tech's de- fense stopped the Blue Devils ground attack. Tech 'scored 'its first touch down in the second quarter aft er halfback Mike McKenzie blocked a Jones punt and i linebacker Duke's 19 by on was recovered George Novak Three plays later Lang wen over from the two and Bobby j-iic iv rurcbL UJUCnuOWn i niv; aiiu uui.ii.ij on a 55-yard drive was made Thigpen kicked the first by Larry Russell's eight yard tlu ce cxlra points. in the third period, a Tech punt was fumbled by Duke pass to Kevin Byrnes. Ram- sey's conversion try was wide. It was the second surprise Clemson victory off Seigler's foot, upset Duke earlier in the season with a field goal in a 3-0 victory.

Wake Forest Clemson 6 0 0 0 3- 10- fanedT BVrneS pass from Russell (kick a 7 run (Seigler kick). F--FG Ramsey 37. Clem-- FG Seigler 30. Attendance 34,000 (estimated) ECU Outscores Furman 26-13 In SC Encounter GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP)-- John Casazza hit Tim Dameron with scoring passes on 72 and 31-yard plays and Carlester Grumpier tallied twice on runs of 4 and 17 yards Saturday night to lead East Carolina to a 26-13 Southern Confernce foot- ball victory over Furman.

Each team now is 2-2 in the conference. Furman is 3-4 over- all and East Carolina is 3-5. First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardase Passas Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Furman E. cirol 13 20 38-Jll 53-257 150 181 0 43 10-25-2 8-20-0 5-35 1 90 65 Quarterback John DeLeo scored both a touch- downs on one-yard sneaks. The first, late in the first period, opened the scoring.

It followed a recovery of a fumbled punt on the East Carolina 18. Casazza hit Dameron in the closing minutes of the first half with the 72-yard play, Dameron running 37 yards after making the catch for a 7-7 halflimc lie. Another Casaw.a-Dameron pass, this for 31 yards, put the Pirates ahead to stay in the third period. It was set up when Furman's At Standiford missed a 51-yard field goal try and East Carolina's Jack Pat- terson returned the ball from the end zone to the East Caro- lina 44. Five lost fumbles slowed the Pirate attack.

safely man Rich Searl and recovered by Owings on the Duke 46. On the first play aftei the recovery, Lang ran 36 yards to the Duke 10, with only a desperation tackle by Scar slopping the score. Three plays later, Lang went over from the SIX. Tech's final scare came with I left in Ihe game afler the Yellow Jackets drove 73 yard in five plays, capped by McAshan's pass to Owings. The game was the 39lh mccl ing of the two teams in what has been called one of the na lion's longest uninterrupted football scries.

Tech has now won 22, Duke J6 and one ended in a lie. was deprived of a rom vo touchdown in the scoreless first seconds quarlcr when on rlh down half sctonds 30, Lehlgh Post 37, AdelphI 9 it. John's, N.V. 24, Fordham 14 Flrsl downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Virginia N.C.Stale 16 31-127 218 10-27-3 5-43 20 14 50-179 97 38 7-16-1 8-40 Wesleyan 33, Hamlilon 0 Harvard 28, Penn. 27 Maine 28, American International 7 Temple 32, Delaware 27 MIDWEST Michigan 61, Indiana 7 Illnois 24, Northwestern 7 Moire Dame 21, a Ohio Slate 14, Minnesota 12 Oklahoma 43, Iowa Stale 12 Okta, State 17, Kansas 10 Dayton 35, Youngslown 24 Memphis Stale 45, Cincinnati 21 Nebraska 31, Colorado 7 Toledo 45, Miami, Olilo 6 West Michigan 28, Ohio SOUTHWEST Houston 14, Florida St 7 Texas AM 17, Arkansas 9 Texas 22, SMU 18 Southern Cal FAR WEST 28, California 0 Monlana U.

Weber Stale 13 Slantord 31, Oregon Stale 24 Washington 23, UCLA 12 Washington St. 31, Oregon 21 Utah State 18, Colo. Slate 17 Wyoming 29, Utah 16 New Mexico 34, Arizona 28 SCHOLASTIC C. Williams 34, Washington-Lee 0 Collegiate 10, Virginia Episcopal 0 Academy 29, Blue Ridge Schoo: Miller School 52, Congressional 72 Rock Hill Academy 19, North Cross 13 George Mason 7, Loudoun Counly ohawsvllle 7, Honaker 6 Frederick 8, Norfolk Catnolfc 0 Shepherd Tops rid firewater The Wolfpack took a short- lived 7-0 lead in the first quar- ter with sophomore Willie Bur- den scoring from the two after an 80-yard march. Wolfpack quarterback Bruce Shaw, trou- bled all day by an erratic arm and a heavy press by the Cav- aliers, hit for two big plays during Ihe drive-a 24 yard pass Lo Burden and a 19-yarder to Mike SUtllz.

Virginia came back on the ncxl scries. Albert picked up 17 yards through tho middle, hit cud Dave Sullivan on two passes good for 27 yards and then passed lo Bill Davis in the end zone. The Cavaliers took the lead afler Kevin Michaels inter- cepted a Shaw pass on the Wolfpack 24. Albert again set up Ihe touchdown, hitting Sullli- van from 30 yards out as the junior flanker dived head first into the end zone. odd nd I nser I I WVn, Virginia 7 7 to' CKI ie 5 IJ BR1DGEWATER, Va.

(AP) Shepherd's Rams did all their scoring in the second quarter Saturday oh runs by Marly Ogle Pete Bricker and Harry Thomp- son to post a 21-7 football victory over Bridgcwatcr. The Rams--who amassed 218 of their 200 yards total offense in Ihc second quarter tipped their record to The first score a afler 03-yard drive that look 11 plays with Ogle, a 235-pound fullback bolting over from the one. TM i scoriiif from Hvo (Maxwell kick) Harre 30 pass from Albert Louisville Tops Tain pa By. 21-10 By BILL WINTER Associated Press Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)-Di- minutive Howard Stevens Louisville's explosive mini- back, rushed for 182 yards in- cluding a five-yard jaunt for (lie clinching touchdown here Saturday night as the Cardinals defeated Tampa in a non- conrerence football battle.

Stevens, a 5-foot-5, 165-pound junior, slid through and around Tampa's immense defensive line times, gaining 94 yards in the first half and 88 in the second. He scored Uie clinching Tam- and two on the Duke eight he fired a pass to tight end Mike Oven. Cornerback Ernie Jack- lurman East Carolina 7 0 0 4--13 I run (Standlord kick) son tipped the bail out of Oven's grasp and Duke took over on the 20. Tech's Cam Bonifay also lost a chance for a field goal late in the second period when his 43- yard attempt soared to the left. The victory evened Tech's record at 4-4, and Duke went to 5-3 with the defeat.

Ogle paced the a attack gaining yards in 28 carries while Bruce Cowan--a 5-fool-7 170 pound fullback had J.T) yards in 33 altampLs for the Eagles. The defeat dropped walcr to 4-3 over-all. rump er Tun (ailed) ECU--Grumpier 7 run (pass failed) Fur--DeLco 1 run (kick failed) Duke 0 0 9 0 0 a Tech 0 7 7 Tech-Lana run (Thiopen kick) Tech-Land 6 run (ThlgMn kick) Toeh--Owins 10 from McAjhan (Thigpcn kick) Kentucky Takes Advantage Of Tech Mistakes To Gain 33-27 Victory By BOB COOPER Associated Press Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. A Kentucky watched a 20-point first period lead vanish, then fought back to finally put down a hard driving Virginia Tech football team 33-27 here Satur- day afternoon. Tech, led by the passing of quarterback Don Slrock, out- gained the victorious Wildcats by nearly 50 yards, but was done in by five interceptions and a fumble recovery.

rvn 'Befibahani kick) Heville from Flrsl downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardsse Passes Punts Fumbles Yards penalized Tech Kentucky 41-178 26? 30 20-W-S 1 15 105 73 4-13-2 J-34 0 It was the most interceptions in one game for any quarter- back in Tech's history and only one shy of Kentucky's school record for thefts. Four of the interceptions came in the first period, three of them leading to a pair of touchdowns and a field goal as Kentucky dominated the period and rolled to a 20-0 lead in the first 13 minutes. The shoe was on the other foot in the second and third pe- riods, however, as Tech crambled back to a lie with 7:27 left in the third quarter. For almost two periods, Ken- tucky's defense wa.s sloppy and its offense ineffective, but late in the third quarter, the Wild- cats got in gear with an 80-yard touchdown drive where the longest gain was Mark Camp- bell's 15-yard scoring run. Kentucky scored early in the fourth period after Cecil Bow- ens recovered a Tech fumble on the Goblers' 31.

Tech made it 33-27 with 4:31 left in the a and was (threatening again with two minutes left when Kentucky's Jeff Woodcock cut the Goblers ioff with an interception in the lend zone. Strock, the nation's total of- leader who hit on 20 of 40 passes for 269 yards, threw only six times in the first peri- od and all were caught. Un- fortunately Tech, only two were taken by Tech receivers. Two of Kentucky's inter- ceptions were by safety Darry! Bishop and each led lo a touch- down. Afler Bishop picked off a pass on the Tech 36, halfback Doug Otar scampered 36 yards on the next play to givo Ken- lucky a 13-0 lead.

Tom Kirk had kicked two field goals ear- lier. Another Bishop theft later in the first period put Kentucky on the 50 yard line, and four plays later quarterback Bcrnic Scruggs hit halfback T.ce Cly- mcr with a 58-yard touchdown pass. Kentucky had been back- ed up by a holding penalty. Tech's first touchdown came in the second period when the Gobblers marched 68 yards in 10 plays with James Barber, who led the Tech running game with 144 yards in 21 carries, went over from the two. Virslnla Tech 0 7 li 7-- Kentucky JO 7 Kcnt-FG Kirk 32 Kent-FO Kirk Kenj-Kotar run (kirk kick) Kent-Clyrnar past from Kj ric Tech-Barber 2 run kick) Tech-Barber 23 run Strock kick) 1 run (kick failed) Kcnl-Camnbcll 15 run (kirk kick) Kcnt-Knulson 11 pass from Scrusss (kick Milcd) Tech-Slinnette recovered fumble In end rone kick) A- 37.050.

iijiuuiiic (1CI1CII. TIlO he scampered in scoring dnsli, with only three yards out with only seconds showing in Die third the period, capped a seven-play Louisville drive thai covered -13 yards after a pass inlerccplion fy (lie Cardinals' Tom Jackson. Louisville scored its final touchdown on a 20-yard inter- cept ion rclurn by defensive bnck Campbell with only five seconds showing on lha clock. The Citadel Blanks Illinois State 28-0 CHARLESTON, S.C. A The Citndol exploded for three first half touchdowns and added another in the prriod for a football roul of Illinois State.

Tho winning Bulldogs, who entered the name, as the na- tion's No. team in iolal of- fense with a 448-yard average, piled up 523 to dominate Ihc Rome. Both loams were 4-3 go- i into tho contest. 1)1 Stats Citadel 74 7-71-2 7-0 Scruass First Rushes-yards yord Return 1 Punts Fumbles lost The Cartels hnd many chances to blow the game open but penalties, interceptions and their attack. The Citadel opened the scor- ing with a touchdown drive of 61 yards in 10 plays laic in the first period.

Quarterback Harry Lynch scored from two yards out on a fourth down play. Moments later, tackle Tony Cicoria recovered a fumble at the Illinois State 28 and five plays later The Ciladcl had an- other touchdown, Jon Hall go- inc over from the six. Lynch hit split end Brian Kaima on a fi.f-yard scoring pass play early in the second period and nnother fumble re- covery by Cicoria on the vis- itors' 25 in Ihc fourth period set up The Citadel's last score. Bob Carson ran 18 yards for the touchdown. Illinois Stale's deepest pene- tration, in the closing minutes, ended with The Citadel taking over the ball on downs at its 12.

The Ciladcl ncllcd 276 rush- ing yards. Hall running 14 limes for 125 yards; Carson 15 for r.I and Lynch J5 for 43 to lead the parndc. In addition, Lynch, a soph- passed for 247 yards hilling 12 of 26. Ron Hell Jed the Illinois Sslatc ground game with 13 rushes for 58 yards and Elliot Bruce added 45 on eight car- ries. The bigRcsl Illinois State threat, with three minutes lo play, carried the Redbirds to a first down on The Citadel 15 after a pass completion and a penalty.

Rut the Cadets dug in lo regain possession at their 12. 7 0 7-M Illinois State The ClUdel Cil-Lvnch 2 run (Simpson kick 4 run (Slmoson kick) son rom Lvnch sim CH- Cjrson 18 run (Simpson kick) I rJvQt.

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