Daily Press from Newport News, Virginia • Page 21

College football B3 Daily Press, Sunday, Oct. 25, 1987 No early exit this time for JMU's Lancaster By DAVE JOHNSON and had to miss the final four games. With Lancaster, JMU won three of them, including a 21-6 victory over eventual national champion Georgia Southern. But the Dukes are a different team without Green. Green is a roll-out passer when he does pass and likes to run the option.

Lancaster is not a runner, but has a stronger arm and is more prone to throw deep. Still, he had thrown only 11 passes this season in three games. "He wasn't the same guy that won three of four games for us two years ago," Madison Coach Joe Purzycki said. "But he's coming along." With less than three minutes re pleted six of 12 passes for 94 yards and led the Dukes to two second-half touchdowns in a 28-22 win over the Tribe at Cary Stadium. Following the game, JMU's locker room was jammed with reporters wanting to talk to Lancaster.

Clearly, he wasn't used to the attention, but he also didn't seem to mind it. "I practiced all week like everyone else did," said Lancaster, who played at Mills Godwin High in Richmond. "Any reserve knows that he has a job to do. I knew I had to be ready." Lancaster, who sat out last season for personal reasons, isn't exactly new to this, however. In Lancaster's freshman season in 1985, Green was injured pecially when one considers that he was a wait-and-see case with academic difficulties before the season began.

"I didn't exactly have a banner semester," he said. No one really counted on him becoming eligible. Lancaster's picture and profile isn't even featured in the Dukes' media guide. But Lancaster worked hard during the spring and summer sessions and when the fall rolled around, he was eligible. His coaches and teammates were happy then; they're ecstatic now.

"It doesn't matter whether it's the Rose Bowl or whatever," Purzycki said. "Nothing rattles him. Greg did a very good job for us today." maining in the first half, Lancaster was standing on the sidelines with no idea he would be expected to take charge. Green faded to pass and was smothered by three William and Mary defenders, led by linebacker Kevin Forrester. Then the trouble started.

"I felt hands going for my face," said Green, who completed just one pass before his ejection. "I tried to get up, but someone was holding my head down. So I grabbed a facemask. I had to protect myself. I didn't want to break my neck, so I had to force my way up.

"I didn't even know I was ejected until I was on the sidelines. I didn't see a flag or anything." For Lancaster, it was a great day, es Staff Writer WILLIAMSBURG Being on the second string has it's advantages. For instance, it is much easier to shower, get dressed and board the team bus following a game. Back-up quarterback Greg Lancaster of James Madison University usually enjoys that luxury. But Saturday afternoon, Lancaster turned starter at a moment's notice when Eric Green was thrown out following an altercation with some William and Mary defenders late in the first half.

Lancaster responded the way his coach and teammates expected calmly. The third-year sophomore com- Tulane crushes Cavs rip Deacons' defense okies, 57-38 sfr. JLJL r2) Yf( (Ml By RICH RADFORD led 27-0 after Todd Wiggins Staff Writer missed the point after. NEW ORLEANS Virginia Tech then got on the Tech's football players left the scoreboard. On its second play of city of jazz late Saturday night the possession, Chapman hit with two deep-set impressions.

tight end Steve Johnson on a One was of the French Quar- simple hook pattern. Tulane safe- ter of this party town, which they ty Tookie Spann was covering tamely visited with the Tech and went for the interception, coaching staff Friday night. when Johnson turned around, The other was of Tulane Uni- tnere was open field and he versity quarterback Terrence turned the play into a 59-touch- Jones, who put on a suave show down romp It was Tech's longest at the Superdome that would piay from scrimmage this season, have been welcomed entertain- Tulane made it 30-7 at the half ment on Bourbon Street. when Wiggins kicked a 20-yard Jones a junior All-America f. with 15 seconds re.

candidate, completed 21 of 27 mainilfff passes for 362 yards and 3 touch- first Ume Sina rff IS Hnkie, Vr Tech had been manhandled TuUnllmirovS to 4-3 and the first half. Tech had led wiftif i tleTuTdown0 tS roaS three off its previous six games (the Green Wave finishes and its worst deficit was against Florida State, Mississippi 21-10 to South Carolina. State, Southwest Louisiana and Tulane made matters worse LSU), could earn a bid to a mi- when Michael Pierce ran the sec- norbowl ond-half kickoff back 89 yards Tech is 1-6, which marks its for a touchdown, worst start since its 2-9 campaign Tech could only answer with a of 1973 32-yard Chris Kinzer field goal. It took Tulane little time to Tulane quickly trumped that turn this game into a Cajun- when Allen took a screen pass cooked affair. from Jones and went 76 yards Tulane marched to a touch- untouched for another touchdown on its first possession after down.

Wiggins missed the PAT Tech had run off three plays and again and Tulane led 43-10. punted. The Green Wave's 9-play After an unsuccessful Tech scoring drive covered 54 yards possession, Tulane took over and ended when Marvin Allen again and marched to Tech's 1, went five yards up the middle but Melvin Adams fumbled the with 8:59 remaining in the first ball away. quarter. Tech then marched 98 yards Tulane scored again 20 sec- and scored on a Chapman to Myr- onds later.

on Richardson 7-yard pass mak- Virginia Tech senior quar- ing it 43-17. terback Erik Chapman had his Tech scored the last three first pass of the game deflected touchdowns of the game against at the line by Fred Davis and cor- a seemingly uncaring Tulane de- nerback James McKinley fense. Ralph Brown scored on a stepped in front of receiver Myr- g.yard run, Lamar Smith scored on Richardson, picked the pass on a 2-yard run and backup quar- off and returned it 27 yards to terback Chris Baucia hit Nick the Tech 4. Cullen on a 15-yard scoring toss. Tulane's Rodney Hunter It was the most points given punched it in over left tackle and up by Tech since Alabama the Green Wave led 14-0.

throttled the Hokies 77-6 in 1973. As the first quarter ended, It was Xulane.s biggest point out- Tulane was driving toward its since a 546 blasting of The third touchdown and no one in citadel in 1953. the homecoming crowd of 31,280 had any doubt of the outcome, ne" Tech -IZZmV ii'mI Most of them probably would TULAiin4run (wi9ains kick) have left the Superdome and TUL-AdomS4run iwigainskick) TUL Zeno 7 pass from Jones (Wiaoins headed for home had the bands kick) Amprirn anH Tan and Dean not TUL Allen 4 run (kick failed) America ana Jdn dnu JJCdll UUl VT Johnson 59 pass from Chopmon (Kinz- been postgame entertainment. erkick TWO plays into the Second return (Wiggins quarter, Tulane made it 21-0 ick. VTFG Kinzer 32 When Jones hit All-America Wide TUL Allen 76 pass from Jones (kick foiled) receiver Marc Zeno on a 7-yard 7 pa" from ChaBman post pattern to cap an 8-play, 49- run Wl09ins kick TUL Mcintosh 16 pass from Jones yard drive.

(wiggmskick) During the game, Zeno, a se- nior, moved into fifth place On VT Cullen 15 pass from Baucia (Kinzer the all-time NCAA career receiv- klck) V0Tech ti ing yards list with 3 207 yards, passing Appalachian State Rick passing yards 20s 362 Beasley and Illinois' David Wil- 2i-268-o Hams. He needs 392 yards to 3j catch all-time leader Ron Sellers 7-45 2-20 JTlnriHa Qf ato Time of Possession 34:17 25:43 ot lonaa siaie. individual statistics After Tech ran off three plays rushing Virginia Tech. Brown 17-110. Smith 8-43; Tulane, Allen 7-22.

Adams 8-33. and punted, Tulane mounted its passing virginio Tech, cnopman 11-20-2 Inno-ent ririvp. nf the pame an 80- 189, Baucia 2-2-0 19; Tulane, Jones 21-26-0 362. longest anve OI me gdllie, ail ow RECEIVING Virginia Tech, Johnson 4-95, yarder that took 9 plays. Tulane Richordson 5-78, cuiien 1-15; Tuianezenoe-iso.

Staff photo by SCOTT KINCSLEY Tribe's Todd Lee (85), teammates celebrate fumble recovery by Kerry Gray (97). JMU holds off By DAVID TEEL Staff Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE Bill Dooley spent much of preseason fretting over his interior lines. How would his Wake Forest football team run the ball? How Iwould the Deacons stop anyone? After six games, all was tranquil. The Deacons were third nationally in scoring defense and only three botched scoring chances against Maryland separated them from being 6-0. Saturday night, however, Dooley's fears were manifested.

And they were as depressing as he'd imagined. Virginia, a team hardly known for its linemen, dominated the Deacons throughout in a 35-21 victory at Scott Stadium. Before Saturday, the Deacons were allowing 9.3 points (trailing only Oklahoma and Florida in the national stats) and 270.5 yards a game. The Cavaliers shattered those figures before half-time. Virginia led 25-7 at intermission and had 319 yards in total offense.

Wake Forest had not allowed more than 313 in a game. The Cavaliers managed only 119 more yards in the second half, but it didn't matter. "We took an old-fashioned whipping," said Dooley, who had won 14 of 20 previous games Virginia in coaching stints at North Carolina and Virginia Tech. "They really executed offensively. We weren't very effective against the run or the pass." Said one Deacon assistant, "That was our scab defense." Virginia couldn't have been much more balanced, rushing for 218 yards and passing for 220.

Quarterback Scott Secules completed 20-of-25 passes (80 percent) to break his own school record for completion percentage in one game. Wake Forest, which had 10 sacks prior to Saturday, did not sack Secules. The first time the Deacons came close was late in the third quarter when tackle Kelly Vaughan slammed Secules to the turf. Still, John Ford caught Secules' perfect pass for a 23-yard gain. "We only rushed three people most of the game," said defensive tackle Marvin Mitchell (Northampton High).

"We dropped the rest into pass coverage because of Ford. It was very difficult to get any pressure." Said cornerback A.J. Greene, "It's hard to cover guys for more than three or four seconds, especially when you're in a zone defense. The receivers just moved around and the quarterback was able to pick and choose." Wake Forest gained 421 total yards, but much of that came after the game was decided. And only 129 came on the ground, and indictment of the offensive line.

Wake quarterback Mike Elkins threw four interceptions, and Wilson Hoyle missed a 23-yard field goal. The Deacons controlled the ball for 11:01 in third quarter but scored only one touchdown. The other drive, which covered 17 plays, ended when Keith McMeans intercepted Elkins in the end zone. "We moved the ball, but stopped ourselves," Dooley said. Even Dooley's nephew contributed to his misery.

Virginia wide receiver Derek Dooley caught two passes, both for first downs in the first half, and one came right in front of Uncle Bill. Two weeks ago Dooley's players carried him off the field following a victory over North Carolina. Now the Deacons are 5-2, 2-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a trip to Clemson next week. "Some will say the honeymoon is over," Greene said. "But we have to keep on working." And despite Saturday, few expected Wake to be 5-2 at this point.

And no one expected the Deacons to be third nationally in scoring defense. "Thank goodness people haven't tried to ram it at us too much." Dooley said. "Tonight, Virginia did." times, they even do it better than I do mine. "But on that play, they didn't. The guy was on his (Mehre's) back.

But we get no call." James Madison 7 8 7 6 28 William 8, Mary 12 0 722 Mehre 57 pass from Brosnohan kick failed) JMU Graddv 27 run (Garritv kick) W8.M Brosnahan 1 run (pass failed) JMU Medley 4 run (Stockett pass from Green) JMU Medley 1 run (Garrify kick) FG Christie 33 JMU Lancaster 1 run (pass failed) Mehre 5 pass from Brosnahan (Christie kick) A 16,103 JMU First downs 18 22 Rushes-yards 51-19? 46-155 Passing yards 102 229 Return yards 11 14 Passes 8-19-0 19-30-2 Punts 5-46 2-43 Fumbles-lost 3-1 4-2 Penalties-yards 5-47 5-30 Time of Possession 27:07 32:53 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING JMU, Graddy 17-126, Medley 19-65, Stockett 5-11, Lanier 2-11, Lancaster 5-3. Davis 17-68, Elliott 10-44, Brosnohan 14-28, Block 5-15. PASSING JMU, Green 1-6-0 12, Loncaster 6-12-0 94, Salisbury 1-1-0 minus 4. Brosnahan 19-30-2 22. RECEIVING JMU, Thornton 3-55, Wilkinson 2-22, Taylor 1-16, Stockett 1-13.

Mehre 5-99, Lewis 5-59, Elliott 5-38, Davis 3-27, Block 1-6. Continued from Page Bl the break. Just before intermission, however, JMU quarterback Eric Green was ejected after a pileup. He was cited for unsportsmanlike conduct in his effort to extricate himself. That left the quarterbacking duties to sophomore Greg Lancaster.

He got the job done in sometimes unorthodox fashion. There was a third-period drive, for instance, in which he converted a fourth-and-seven situation from the 26. He hooked up with Keith Thornton on a 24-yard gain to the 2 and Medley scored two plays later. Then, in the final period, Lancaster engineered a 57-yard drive, including personally converting a fourth down and one from the 19. "He did a great job," said Purzycki.

"He kept his poise. He kept his calm. He made some big plays for us." The Indians weren't quite so fortunate on converting in the crunch. They managed to get a first down only once in four fourth-down situations when they elected not to punt. "That was the game," said Laycock.

"They made their fourth down plays and we didn't." The biggest failed opportunity to hurt the Indians came in the fourth period. The Tribe had driven from its 20 to the JMU 43, where it was fourth and four. Brosnahan lofted a pass for Harry Mehre, whose diving effort to make the catch appeared to be hindered by Dukes' defensive back Eupton Jackson. But no flag was thrown. "I don't like to complain about the officiating," said Laycock.

"Those guys (referees) have a job to do, just like I do. Some Virginia effort spoils Dooley's return secutive losses to Clemson and The Deacons took the opening fullback Durwin Greggs went "They enabled us to run the ball, Continued from Page Bl South Carolina in which they kickoff of the second half and over from the one. were outscored 96-31. And more held the ball for 7:46, running 17 Wake had little success rush-important, no one knew how the plays, and came up empty. They ing (129 yards), forcing Dooley team would react competitively drove to the Virginia 11-yard to pass much more often than he one week after the death of for- line, where on second down, Cav- would have liked.

Elkins threw mer teammate Craig Fielder, alier cornerback Keith McMeans 43 times, completing 22, and was The effect of his death was intercepted Wake quarterback intercepted four times. apparent last week as Virginia Mike Elkins in the end zone. woke Forest 7 7 -ji sleptwalked through a 58-10 loss The Deacons held Virginia for 7 18 8 to the Gamecocks. the first time in the game on the v'irFGSindiriiend kickl "He's gone and we realized Cavaliers' possession. After a re92? 'Iun ItJ ao WF Proehl 60 pass from Elkins Hoyle that we have to carry on, offen- short punt, they drove 48 yards kick) sive tackle Chris Minear said, for a touchdown as wide receiver 50 P0SS Secules "We came together this week.

Ricky Proehl rushed in from the yF-ZlMArruVnl'rf -V, i i vir Greggs 1 run (Inderlied kick) We practiced a little longer. On four to cut the deficit to 25-14 vir-Fo indented 26 Tuesday and Wednesday we hit with 2:04 left in the third quar- kicMF-Proehl '6 PO" Ellins Hovle harder. We just had to put it be- ter. hind us." But Virginia answered with First downs 24 29 Virginia's offensive line domi- an 11-play, 79-yard touchdown 32 29" "no nated Wake Forest in the first drive to open the lead back to 32- vords half, then answered a Deacon 14 with 12:43 remaining. Punts 1 37 2 36 tourhdown in the third quarter The Cavaliers' big plays on ua 747 with one of its own to go back the drive were a 23-yard comple- Tme 01 leaders4 33:07 ahead bv 18 points.

tion from Secules to Ford and a rushing wake Forest, Young 21-99, Virginia survived a third pass interference penalty against quarter in which Wake Forest Wake cornerback A.J. Greene vfrlmsuMsS'' E'k'ns M43'4' controlled the ball for 11:01 of that gave Virginia a first down at receiving wake Forest, Proem 7 1 oc r- 1 Jnrvis 6-60. Rives 3-38. Young 3-44. Virginia, the 15 minutes.

the Deacons 25. Five plays later, Fmkeiston su. Ford4 52, wnsons-33. which takes a load off my shoulders. I had all day to sit and find second and sometimes third receivers (on particular plays)." The Cavaliers had scoring drives of 80, 74, 87, 72 and 79 yards.

Receiver John Ford had a very productive night, catching four passes for 52 yards and running the ball three times twice on flanker pitch reverses for another 21 yards. Virginia placekicker Mark Inderlied even became involved in the offense. After the first of Durwin Greggs' two touchdown runs, Secules pitched to Inderlied on an option play when Wake's conversion defense was caught unprepared and Inderlied jogged untouched into the end zone for two points. It was an excellent overall effort by a Virginia team that had a number of question marks coming in. No one knew how the Cavaliers would react after con than Wake Forest had given up in an entire game all season.

The Deacons had surrendered an average of only 9.3 points and 270 yards per game. They had not given up more than 14 points in a game this year. Dooley was making his first trip back to Virginia after spending the last nine years at Virginia Tech. He had a 6-3 record against the Cavaliers while at Tech 14-6 overall including his 11 years as head coach at North Carolina. Virginia quarterback Scott Secules was practically flawless, completing 20 of 25 passes (a school record for single-game completion percentage) for 220 yards and one touchdown.

Secules was not sacked and had excellent protection the entire game. He completed passes to seven different receivers. "The offensive line did an excellent job," Secules said..