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(v) toiltj Press C6 Sunday, Sept. 22, 1996 COLLEGE FOOTBALL MM. Alabama holds off Arkansas Cue: ijrN. J) l-J i Virginia quarterback Aaron Brooks lunges into the end zone for a touchdown despite the efforts of Wake Forest's Jeffrey Muyres during the second quarter of Saturday's game in Winston-Salem, N.C. i ap Cavs crank up clfense Barber shines as U.Va.

whips Wake Forest The Associated Press I Tar Heels stiutout Jackets o'Nprth Carolina dropped its "getting to the next level slogan" this season, Now, the 1 lth-ranked Tar Heels 'are on the verge of finally gettirig there. "'Chris Keldorf threw a pair of first-half touchdown passes as uhrJefeated North Carolina remained on a collision course with Florida State, beating previously uribeaten Georgia Tech 16-0 Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C. There are a lot of little things that lead to this," said North Mack Brown. "I think practicing every day without thinking about the other team or the next level is important because you start working on getting better. "I heard (our players) say before the game today that this is all about us," Brown added.

"It's not about the other team. If we play well, we have enough ability to have a good season." "North Carolina, entering the game with its highest ranking since moved to 3-0 for the first time since 1993, when the Tar Heels finished 10-3. The game created so nvtrch interest that some students were turned away from a standing-room crowd for only the second time in school history. "There aren't too many teams undefeated at this time of the year and we're excited about it," Brown said. "This has been much more satisfying (than the 1993 start) because I think all three of these teams we have played will end up in bowl games." Georgia Tech (2-1, 2-1), hurt by a series of first-half mistakes, fell to 0-8-1 in Kenan Stadium since joining the ACC.

The North Carolina defense, ranked No. 2 in the nation, threw a shutout in the first half for the third straight game as the Tar Heels went up 16-0 at intermission. North Carolina led Clemson 10-0 and Syracuse 17-0 at halftime. Georgia Tech did drive to the North Carolina 19 on the opening drive of the second half and were trying to make a game of it, but redshirt freshman quarterback Joe Hamilton bobbled the snap on a fourth-and-1 play and the Tar Heels' defense held. A deflated Georgia Tech offense, which came into the game averaging 298 yards on the ground, walked off the field shaking its head.

"Last year we went down there and they just demolished (the defense)," North Carolina linebacker Kivuusama Mays said of a 27-25 loss in Atlanta. "So, every time we went back out there today we said, 'It's time to party, let's get it Missouri 38, Clemson 24 Corby Jones, making his eighth career start, threw his first two touchdown passes as Missouri upset visiting Clemson. Devin West added 98 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries as Missouri, which had 292 yards rushing, won for only the second time in 10 games. Missouri (1-2) had seven turnovers in its first two games but none against Clemson d-2). Jones, a sophomore, split playing time in the first two games with Kent Skornia, who's considered a better passer, and entered the game with nine completions in 22 attempts for 82 yards.

Army 35, Duke 17 Quarterback Ronnie McAda rushed for two touchdowns and threw for another as Army unveiled a rarely-used passing attack to defeat visiting Duke. McAda dazzled the capacity crowd and the Duke defense as he racked up 313 yards in total offense, 225 of them through air, including an 82-yard bomb to wide-open receiver Ron Thomas to give the Cadets a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter. Bobby Williams added 77 yards rushing and two touchdowns as Army defeated Duke (0-3) for the first time since 1984. From wire service reports a series in the ACC. In the last eight games, Virginia has outscored Wake Forest 315-105.

The latest outcome gave coach George Welsh cause to think his offense was out of its one-game slump. "I think we played better and threw the ball better," Welsh said. Wake Forest (2-2, 0-2 ACQ wanted to do a better job of controlling the football on offense than the 17 minutes of possession it had at Georgia Tech last weekend. After a 10-play drive faltered on a fake punt and pass at the Virginia 47, the Demon Deacons got little going after that. The Cavaliers added to Wake Forest's frustration by collecting eight sacks, three by defensive end Duane Ashman.

Virginia also limited. the Demon Deacons to minus -45 yards rushing on 29 carries, two yards short of a Wake Forest school record. Virginia's defense also got a safety when a center snap to Wake Forest quarterback Brian Kuklick sailed over his head and through the end zone in -the second quarter. "Even when we were down 25 points at halftime, I didn't feel we were out of it," Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell said. "We've shown an ability to put points on the board in a quick period of time, but they started driving the ball at us and got us in a hole early, which we had some problems with." Meanwhile, Virginia moved no closer to solving its quarterback dilemma, although the performances were a little more encouraging than against Maryland.

Sherman started the game and directed the Cavaliers to 13 points, but his fumble at the Wake Forest 15 early in the second quarter relegated him to the bench for the rest of the half Aaron Brooks moved the Cavaliers to their other first-half touchdown, directing a 70-yard, 11-play drive that ended on Brooks 4-yard dash on an option play with 1:27 left in the half. Brooks also completed a 36-yard pass to Barber with 1 1 seconds left in the half, getting Virginia to the Wake Forest 15. Barber carried for one yard on the next play and the Cavaliers took Rafael Gar-cia's third field goal, a 32-yarder, just as time expired in the period. Sherman returned in the second half and took Virginia to the Wake Forest 20 on its second possession. He was shaken up on a passing play and replaced by Brooks, who finished the drive with Barber's touchdown run, a 15-yard dash with 8:09 left in the third quarter.

"Tim was a little shaken up, so I just felt like I had to go in there and just contribute to the team as much as possible," Brooks said. Brooks threw for 124 yards on 7-for-13 passing. Sherman was ll-for-19 for 183 yards and a 40-yard scoring pass to Bryan Owen with 6:39 left in the first quarter. "They both did so well today, even switching out. I don't think it messed up their rhythm and I think that's going to be key because one of them could get hurt and one of them would have to play the rest of the game," Barber said.

"It's good that they're both getting experience and doing so well." WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Had it been left to the Virginia offense, its game with Wake Forest would have been played last Monday. Given the outcome, the Demon Deacons would have been glad to skip it altogether. Tiki Barber rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown Saturday as No. 20 Virginia continued its mastery of Wake Forest a 42-7 beating.

The game marked a resurgence of a Virginia offense which showed little life one week ago. "We met as a team on Sunday and the general consensus was this game couldn't get here any sooner," quarterback Tim Sherman said. "We would have rather gone and played Monday, maybe. We wanted to get out there." Barber said the lethargy that the offense showed in the Maryland game only made the unit that much more anxious to get out and show the world how good it could be. "The week went by real well and game time was here before we knew it," he said.

The key was this week was that we wanted to go out and have fun. For Virginia, it was real enjoyable. Then again, it has been that way for some time. The Cavaliers (3-0, 2-0 ACQ whipped the Demon Deacons for the 13th straight time, the fifth-longest winning streak in Freddie Kitchens threw five straight incomplete passes in the first half and, at times, looked bad doing it. In the third quarter, he had a string of three more incompletes, two sacks and a' completion for a 5-yard; loss.

But when it really mattered, Kitchens produced. He connected on a 29-yard pass to set up Brian 'i Cunningham's 31-yard field goal and then complete ed three big passes in the final minutes as 13th-ranked Alabama beat Arkansas 17-7 Saturday in Little Ark. "He's making some key throws when he has to," Alabama coach Gene Stallings said. mfi Alabama (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) had 10 yards on 13 plays in the third quarter until Kitchens-'ri completion to Michael Vaughn on third-and-21. Niner.

plays later, Cunningham made it 10-0. jU Arkansas (0-2, 0-1) didn't run a play from the Alaba-J ma side of the 50 until there was less than seven minutes left in the game. But Pete Burks' 22-yard touch--i down pass to Anthony Eubanks cut it to 10-7 with! 6:35 to play. Kitchens quieted the crowd when he threw a rope; to Calvin Hall for 18 yards and a first down at the" Alabama 40. On second down, Kitchens threw deep fori Hall behind Zac Painter.

The play was good for 50 yards and, on third down, Vaughn reached over Marri cus Campbell and caught Kitchens' 9-yard touchdown-, pass. MM "When it was 10-7, if we could have held them we would have felt good about our chances," Arkansas! coach Danny Ford said. "We had two people there when they floated a duck on that 50-yard pass but we; didn't make the play. The touchdown was a great ath-l leticplay." wiii Kitchens said he didn't see the touchdown pass.b3 "I didn't really know where to put the ball because the defender played it perfectly," he said. "I just threvr it up to give him (Vaughn) a chance." The Razorbacks, 0-2 for the first time since 1973, made 13 first downs and 206 yards against a defense! ranked No.

6 in the country. The 71-yard scoring drive included a 13-yard penalty for pass interference and 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct on the Alaba1-' ma bench. -4 Punter Hayden Stockton helped keep the Razor-1 backs backed up with kicks of 52, 45 and 58 yards 'ini the second half. Neither team committed a turnover until early fatf the fourth quarter when Alabama's Chris Hood tipped Burks' pass and Cedric Samuel intercepted. Moments1 later, C.J.

McLain swiped the ball from Alabama's' Dennis Riddle. Then Burks' poor pitch was recovered by Hood. Eventually, Cunningham missed a 45-yard field goal attempt. 15 USC 26, Houston 9 Delon Washington returned to the lineup for the' Trojans (3-1) but tight end John Allred and quarterback Brad Otton made the difference as Southern Cal-t ifornia beat the Cougars (2-2) in Houston. Allred caught 10 passes, a school record for a tight' end, for 103 yards and Otton completed touchdown' passes of 35 and 32 yards to Billy Miller.

US Washington, USC's leading rusher last year, played' in his first game of the season after sitting out the? first three on NCAA suspension for a non-football etn ical violation. "ah Allred, who caught six passes for 70 yards last season, broke the school record for tight ends of nine by' Joe Cormier against UCLA in 1983. Otton completed 24-of-37 for 290 yards and was' effective keeping drives going on third down. WasTi-i ington gained 29 yards on 14 carries in his 1996 debut. LaVale Woods, who was replaced by Washington in the starting lineup, scored on a 2-yard in the second quarter and Adam Abrams kicked a 31-yard field goal that gave the Trojans a 17-9 halftime lead.

i Houston cornerback Delmonico Montgomery almost brought the Cougars (2-2) back. He blocked a 40-yard field goal attempt by Abrams with 4:55 to go; in the third quarter and he intercepted a pass by Otton' with 14:48 to go in the game. kilt Abrams added a 35-yard field goal with 5:07 to play following a fumble recovery by Marvin Powell HI at the Houston 18. The Cougars couldn't capitalize on Montgomery's' big plays and, with 10:16 left in the game, Otton hit Miller with a 32-yard pass into the end zone, giving the! Trojans control of the game. The Cougars proved able to match offenses with the Trojans but had to settle for first-half field goals of 45, 25 and 42 yards by Sebastian Villarreal while Southern California took the halftime lead.

A Villarreal kicked a 26-yarder on fourth-and-1 at the USC 8 with 7:56 to go in the half and a 42-yarden with 3:36 to go on fourth-and-2 from the Trojans 24 24 Washington 31, Arizona 17 I Brock Huard became the first Washington fresh-' man to pass for 300 yards in a game, leading the Huskies past the Wildcats in Seattle. iwl Replacing the injured Shane Fortney, Huard made his first start for the Huskies and completed 20-of-3 1 passes for 31 1 yards and three touchdowns with one interception. Huard passed 4 yards to Gerald Harris, 24 yards1 to Jerome Pathon and 5 yards to Dave Janoski for. touchdowns, all in the first half, as the Huskies built a 21-10 lead. He was 15-for-22 for 232 yards in the first half.

Washington (2-1, 1-1 Pac-10) held Arizona (2-2, 0-' 1) to 106 rushing yards on 33 carries and the Huskies secondary intercepted Keith Smith three times, two by cornerback Mel Miller. Corey Dillon, the Huskies' backup tailback, had his first 100-yard rushing game, getting 125 yards ort 20 carries. Fortney didn't play quarterback because of strained right knee suffered in the fourth quarter against BYU last week. He held on the Huskies' extra' points and a field goal. Washington took a 31-10 lead with 10 points in a 1:36 span early in the fourth quarter.

After John Wales kicked a 37-yard field goal with 3:10 gone in the quar- ter, Tony Parrish intercepted an overthrown Keith Smith pass and ran it back 45 yards for a Smith passed 17 yards to Jeremy McDaniel for his second touchdown pass of the game midway in the final quarter. Smith, a redshirt freshman like was for 228 yards and two touchdowns, but threw three interceptions. From wire service reports Virginia Wake Forest A 23,220. 13 12 14 3 42 0 0 0 7 17 WF 22 15 46-215" 29-I-45) 307 274 18-32-1 21-50-1 11 12 9-37 0 4-3 2-1 6-50 6-50 32:53 27:07 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession Cavs' defense keeps on shining Virginia coach George Welsh rated the Cavaliers' defensive performance last week against Maryland as the best he had seen in 15 years.

Saturday's outing against Wake Forest wasn't too shabby either. The Cavaliers finished with eight sacks, one shy of the school record, with defensive end Duane Ashman leading the charge with three, all in the first half. "I don't know what they were trying to do," said Ashman of Wake's blocking tactics. "They gave me the old ole'." In all, Virginia posted 13 tackles for losses totaling 89 yards. Wake Forest's minus-45 yards rushing was the lowest total ever registered by a U.Va.

opponent, topping the minus-42 yards that Maryland compiled against the Cavs in 1994. Wake has a history of poor rushing against Virginia in recent years. In the last threes meetings, the Deacons have amassed a total of minus-7 yards on the ground, including a minus-21-yard effort in 1994. QUARTERBACK SHUFFLE. Coming off a dismal performance against Maryland, Virginia's quarterbacking tandem of Tim Sherman and Aaron Brooks was beginning to feel some heat from the fans.

But both quarterbacks put in a good effort against the Deacons, combining for 307 passing yards. Sherman completed 1 1 of 19 for 183 yards and one touchdown, a 60-yard perfect strike to Brian Owen in the first quarter. "We had been struggling, obviously, since spring practice," Welsh said of the offense. Brooks, a sophomore from Ferguson, had a breakthrough game. After entering in the second quarter, Brooks failed to move to offense on his first three possessions.

But he got the ball moving on his next opportunity, completing three passes in a 70-yard drive that culminated in his 4-yard scoring run on an option. GOOD MOVE. The Texas game was originally on Virginia's schedule for the second week of the season, but television commitments forced a switch to next Saturday in Charlottesville. "I know they got what they wanted, a week off before Notre Dame," said Welsh of the Longhorns. It didn't do Texas as much good as it might have hoped, as the Irish pulled out a 27-24 victory Saturday with a last-second field goal.

THE STREAK GOES ON. The Cavaliers extended their NCAA record run of consecutive games with an interception to 32 when James Farrior caught a Brian Kuklick pass that was bobbled by Wake receiver Kai Snead with 8:52 remaining in the second quarter. Virginia's streak began against the Deacons on Nov. 6, 1993 when Keith Lyle swiped a pass by Wake quarterback Jim Kemp, the son of Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp. TIDEWATER CONNECTION.

Aljamont Joyner, Wake Forest's starting defensive tackle from Sussex Central, recorded a sack of Tim Sherman in the third quarter. Chris Gaskill, a junior from Bethel, shares the centering duties for the Deacs. It was Gaskill who snapped the ball over Brian Kuklick's head that resulted in the safety. By Scott Mlchaurf INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Virginia, T.Barber 22-113, T.Jones 10-67, Sherman 3-21, Southern 4-14, Kirby 2-5, Medley 1-2, Brooks 3-0, Wilkins 1 -(minus 7). Wake Forest, Kane 3-17, J.Lewis 7-12 Shaw 1-6, H.Lewis 1-2, Cham 3-1, team 1-(minus 13), Sankey 3-(minus 24), Kuklick 10-(minus 42).

PASSING Virginia, Sherman 11-19-1-183, Brooks 7-130-124. Wake Forest. Kuklick 15-39-1-177, Sankey 6-1 1-0-97. RECEIVING Virginia, Wilkins 4-51, Byrd 3-27, Owen 2-78, Barber 2-44, Derey 2-18, McCarthy 1-38, T.Jones 1-25, Medley 1-12, Kirby 1-7, Southern 1-7, Wake Forest, D.Clark 9-1 13, Ballou 3-43, Deese 2-36. Davis 2-24, W.Clark 1-23, Zelenka 1-13, J.Lewis 1-12, Snead 1-7, Kane 1-3.

HOW THEY SCORED FIRST QUARTER VIRGINIA: Rafael Garcia kicks 38-yard field goal, 8:51 Key play: Tim Sherman hits Terrence Wilkins on the left side for a 1 6-yard completion to the Wake 24 on third-and-8. 8 plays, 32 yards. Time of possession: 2:17. Virginia 3-0. VIRGINIA: Sherman passes 60 yards to Bryan Owens.

Garcia kick, 6:39. Key play. Owens runs a sprint fly up the right sideline, beating D'Angelo Solomon and catching Sherman's strike in full stride. 2 plays, 77 yards. Time of possession: :38.

Virginia 10-O. VIRGINIA: Garcia 41 field goal, :36. Key plays: Tiki Barber sweeps around the left corner for 21 yards to the Wake 24 just one play after Sherman completes a 1 2-yard pass to Wilkins on third-and-9. 9 plays, 53 yards. Time of possession: 3:16.

Virginia 13-0. SECOND QUARTER VIRGINIA: Safety, ball snapped through end zone, 13:05. Key play: On the first play after Wake recovers Sherman's fumbled snap at the 13, the shotgun snap sails over Brian Kuklick's head and Kuklick bats it out of the end zone. Virginia 15-0. VIRGINIA: Aaron Brooks runs 4 yards.

Garcia kick, 1:27. Key play: Brooks hits Owens on a cross over the middle for 16 yards to the Wake 3 on third-and-1 0. 1 1 plays, 70 yards. Time of possession: 3:59. Virginia 22-0.

VIRGINIA: Garcia 32 field goal, :00. Key play: After taking over on downs at midfield with 19 seconds left, Brooks hits Barber wide open up the middle for 36 yards to the Wake 15. 3 plays, 37 yards. Time of possession: :19. Virginia 25-0.

THIRD QUARTER VIRGINIA: Barber runs 1 5 yards. Garcia kick, 8:09. Key play: With Sherman on the bench after a hard hit, Brooks steps in to complete a 5-yard pass to Derick Byrd on third-and-3. 4 plays, 27 yards. Time of possession: 1 :38.

Virginia 32-0. VIRGINIA: Thomas Jones runs 14 yards. Garcia kick, 4:39. Key play: Barber tries to run wide left, but after escaping from several Deacon tacklers he reverses to the right and gains 8 yards to the Wake 1 4. 6 plays, 34 yards.

Time of possession: 2:37. Virginia 39-0. FOURTH QUARTER VIRGINIA: Whitney Magers kicks 35-yard field goal, 9:44. Key play: Brooks rolls right on a play-action fake and hits Brian McCarthy for 38 yards to the Wake 24. 8 plays, 49 yards.

Time of possession: 2:07. Virginia 42-0. WAKE FOREST: Ben Sankey passes 2 yards to Desmond Clark. Bill Hollows kick, 4:14. Key play: Sankey avoids rush and finds Clark at the 2-yard line for a 29-yard completion on fourth-and-1 7, 7 plays, 24 yards.

Time of possession: 1 :28. Virginia 42-7. ACC Overall Fla. State 2 0 3 0 UNC 2 0 3 0 Virginia 2 0 3 0 Georgia Tech 2 1 2 1 Maryland 0 12 1 Clemson 6" 1 1 2 Duke 0 1 0 3 Wake Forest 0 2 2 2 N.C. State 0 2 0 2 THURSDAY'S RESULT Florida State 51, N.C.

State 17 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Virginia 42, Wake Forest 7 North Carolina 16, Ga. Tech 0 Army 35, Duke 7 Missouri 38, Clemson 24 I A. I A 0.