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Dailjj Press COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday, Oct 13, C5 Hokies pour on points Florida State dumps Wake Forest 72-13 mhM.w i Virginia Tech's 77-point total is fourth all-time in school history and a modern-day record. 77 is also the most scored by one team at Lane Stadium. Tech's 1 1 total touchdowns and eight rushing touchdowns set single-game school records. ACC Overall Florida State 4 0 6 0 Virginia 5 1 6 2 Maryland 3 1 5 1 Georgia Tech 3 1 4 2 Clemson 2 2 3 3 North Carolina 12 3 3 N.C. State 0 3 15 Duke 0 4 2 5 Wake Forest 0 4 16 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Virginia 44, Duke 30 Florida State 72, Wake Forest 13 GaTech 27, North Carolina 25 Warrick Dunn ran for more than 100 yards for the sixth straight game this year, gaining 112 yards on 11 carries.

Dunn has gained 801 yards and averages 10.3 yards a carry. The Seminoles (6-0, 4-0 ACQ are perfect in 28 ACC games. Wake Forest (1-6, 0-4) kept Florida State scoreless for the first 1 1:14 of the game before Kanell led the Seminoles to six touchdowns in less than 15 minutes. Ga. Tech 27, N.

Carolina 25 Georgia Tech's Donnie Davis wanted this one more than most. "I get up for them more than the average team just because it's right around the comer from where I grew up and I have a lot of friends who play for them," Davis said Saturday after accounting for two touchdowns in Tech's 27-25 upset of North Carolina in Atlanta. Tech attacked the strength of Carolina's defense with rushing touchdowns from Davis, Charles Wiley and C. J. Williams.

"I'm real proud of the way the second unit played today," offensive guard Chris Malone said, "Especially Albert; he made the right reads today and the right plays." The opening drive of the third quarter was more of the same. On an option to the right side, Clark ran 58 yards for a score. He fin- ished 6-of-9 passing for 57 yards and ran for 120 yards. That, coupled with 135 yards from tailback Ken Oxendine, marks the first time since 1991 that two Hokies eclipsed the century mark in rushing in the same game. In all, Tech rolled up 453 yards rushing on 49 attempts for a 9.5-per-carry average.

The 638 yards of total offense is the third-highest all-time for Tech. If you blinked, you probably missed a touchdown. Of Tech's 10 scoring "drives," five were under a minute and the longest was 3:48. The Zips broke the shutout with 1:52 left in the third quarter when wideout Lew Lawhorn took a reverse 25 yards around left end. Lawhorn was Akron's lone offensive threat, catching seven passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns.

"You could see us getting thrown around on both sides of the ball," Owens said. "When you get beat at the line of scrimmage on either side of the ball like we did, it doesn't matter. They were bigger and stronger than we were." Tech shatters marks in 77-27 sheUacking By Angle Watts Correspondent BLACKSBURG Virginia Tech's offense was feeling a little ill, but Akron came to town with the perfect tonic. The Hokies scored and scored and scored some more, completely zapping the Zips 77-27 in a record-breaking game for Tech. "This is a great confidence-booster," Tech quarterback Jim Druckenmiller said.

"For a while, we tried to play to the level of our opponents. This week, we decided to play it up, play beat-up football and get as many points out of it as we could." Tech (4-2) set single-game records for most points scored in the modern era, most rushing touchdowns and most total touchdowns. Coming off an unimpressive 14-0 victory against Navy a week ago, Tech was left questioning its offense. Saturday, Tech's defense scored first, and the offense quickly followed. The floodgates opened immediately.

Redshirt junior Okesa Smith blocked an Akron punt less than three minutes into the game. The ball rolled into the end zone and was recovered by Jermaine Holmes for a 6-0 Tech lead. Banks returns from knee surgery In Saturday's 77-27 rout of Akron, Warwick High graduate Antonio Banks made his first appearance for Virginia Tech since undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery Sept. 21. Banks saw limited action in the second quarter and recovered a Mike Junko fumble on a sack by Lawrence Lewis at the Akron 5-yard line.

"We tried to get him just a few reps today," Tech coach Frank Beamer said. "He practiced all week, but on a wet football field is not a good time to come back from a knee injury." SORRY ABOUT THAT. Tech's 50-point margin of victory is its highest since the Hokies beat VMI 52-0 in the final game of the 1969 season. "I'm sorry about the score, to be honest with you," Beamer said. "We were just in there doing what our offense does.

We weren't trying to run up the score." Akron Virginia Tech A 40.688. 0 26 0 20 7 27 21 16 14 77 was, Jones said the official asked him if he wanted the ball. Jones replied that he did. "I know I told him we wanted to punt over," Jones said. Seven plays later, Charles London scored untouched on a 12-yard run to give.the Blue Devils a 14-3 lead.

"It was on my mind," Jones said. "I was real upset about it, but everybody tried to pick me up." THE GREAT PETE. Call Virginia wideout Pete Allen small, which he is, and tell him he looks 15, which he does. But also call him prophetic. Nineteen days ago, Allen was in the middle of a touchdown drought that was nagging him.

He said a good time to break it would be against Duke, when a children's group from his church First Baptist Logan Park in Norfolk was expected to be in attendance. And, as if planned, Allen caught two touchdown passes and finished with a career-best 160 yards the eighth-highest total by a receiver in school history. "I told you that day, remember?" said Allen, surrounded by nine children from his church. "I'm just glad they were here to Duk 7 17 0 Wake Forest couldn't have played better for almost a quarter Saturday against the nation's top-ranked team. But then, boom! JDanny Kanell passed for 323 yards and five touchdowns in the first half as top-ranked Florida State scored 41 points in less than 15 minutes on its way to a 72-13 victory over Wake Forest in Tallahassee, Fla.

"Most teams we see generally have a weakness, but Florida State has no weaknesses on offense," Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell said. 'Although he had two passes intercepted, Kanell teamed with four players on scoring passes as the Semi-noles gained 460 yards by halftime and built a 41-13 lead. "Once we get moving it's like a train, it's hard to stop us," Kanell said. Kanell, who has thrown 2 1 touchdown passes this season, completed 28-of-36 for 342 yards before retiring after the first series of the second half. Miscommunication almost costs Cavs The way things turned out, it's a mere footnote to a game filled with big moments.

At the time, it looked oh-so-costly. With Virginia facing a fourth-and-6 from its 24-yard line, Duke's Tijan Redmon was flagged for running into Cavaliers punter Will Brice. The 5-yard penalty wouldn't have given Virginia a first down, but since Brice's punt went 16 yards, accepting it would have been a wise plan. Instead, the official signaled the penalty had been declined, giving Duke a first down at the Cavs' 42-yard line. Coach George Welsh was obviously upset, yelling that Virginia wanted to accept the penalty.

He was told, in effect, "too late." What happened? Linebacker and co-captain Skeet Jones says he doesn't know, since he claims he told the ref to mark it off. "I told him we wanted the penalty, that we wanted to punt it over," Jones said. "He patted me on the butt and said, 'That's what I thought you Next thing I know, Duke has a first i down. I guess we miscommuni-! cated somewhere." Asked what his exact wording U.Va. Continued from C1 consecutive possessions.

The third, set up by Groh's second interception, came on Spence Fischer's 29-yard pass to Marc Wilson and put the Blue Devils ahead 21-3 with 12:00 remaining in the second quarter. IThe Cavs, a three-touchdown favorite, appeared stunned. was like, basically," defensive tackle Todd White said. "I was thinking if we lose this," wideout Patrick Jeffers said, "all the goals we set are gone." Virginia received a much-needed spark on its next possession as Allen got behind the Blue Devils' secondary for an 82-yard touchdown pass from Groh 53 seconds later. "That started the process of digging us out of the hole," Groh said.

But the teams traded field goals and the Blue Devils (2-5, 0-4) led 24-13 at the break. The Virginia locker room atmosphere? Not for the easily offended. "It was like a pit bull fight," cor-nerback Joe Crocker said. "It was all talking, encouragement, challenging. Everybody was saying, 'You've got to make the plays and if you can't, let somebody else make Two weeks ago, after a lethargic first half against Wake Forest, Welsh lit into his team in a manner White described as "a dog in a meat house." This time, the rabid beast was assistant Tom Sherman, allegedly one of the more-quiet members of Welsh's staff.

"He really chewed us out," safety Percy Ellsworth said. "When coach Sherman gets that mad, you know you've played really bad." Virginia came out for the second half a different team. Maybe the pouring rain, which started late in the second quarter, helped. For reasons nobody can fully explain, the Cavs have played their best football this season in the rain like against Clemson and Georgia Tech. On the third play of the second half, Ellsworth intercepted a Fischer pass intended for Reco Owens and returned it to Duke's 25-yard line.

Five plays later, Barber cut outside for a 9-yard touchdown run. Groh found Jeffers, who made an "They blocked the punt, and the avalanche started from there," Zips first-year coach Lee Owens said. "And it never stopped." By halftime, it was 47-0. It was 56-0 before Akron (1-5) scored. "The offense, defense and special teams all were sharp early, and that was our objective," Tech coach Frank Beamer said.

"We talked about having a really good effort early, and that is exactly what we got." Druckenmiller was 5-of-7 for 1 19 yards and two touchdowns, including a 68-yarder to Cornelius White on Tech's first offensive drive. After establishing a 33-0 lead, Druckenmiller was relieved by backup Al Clark with 9:54 remaining in the second quarter. Clark, a speedy 6-foot-1 redshirt freshman, didn't slow the pace. He scampered 48 yards off an option play for his first collegiate score on just his second drive at quarterback. IT Said Zips coach Lee Owens, "I look at it as our program needing to be more competitive.

We didn't give them much of a show today, and we hope to get better. I thought Beamer did a nice job handling the game considering the circumstances." DEFENSE. Tech defensive end Lawrence Lewis said despite the victory, he was a little frustrated because the second-team defense gave up 27 points. "We take pride in stopping people from scoring," Lewis said. "Once the score started rolling up, we said, 'Hey, stop taking advantage of our young guys.

Let us back in TERRIFIC THOMAS. Senior tailback Dwayne Thomas gained 46 yards on eight carries, taking his career rushing total to 2,480. That moves him into fifth place on Tech's all-time list. He passed Phil Rogers, who ran for 2,461 yards from 1973-75. Thomas also caught a pass, putting him fourth on Tech's all- TECH: Marcus Parker runs 6 yards.

Larsen PAT. 6 plays, 37 yards. Time of possession: 2:09. Tech 19-0. TECH: Druckenmiller passes 18 yards to White.

Larsen PAT. Key play: Druckenmiller passes 20 yards to tailback Dwayne Thomas on sec-ond-and-8 from the Tech 38. 9 plays, 77 yards. Time of possession: 3:48. Tech 26-0.

SECOND QUARTER TECH: Ken Oxendine runs 1 yard. Larsen PAT. Key play: Defensive end Lawrence Lewis sacks Mike Junko for 18-yard loss and causes fumble, which Antonio Banks recovers at the Akron 5. 3 plays, 5 yards. Time of possession: 1:18.

Tech 33-0. TECH: Al Clark runs 48 yards. Larsen PAT. 1 play, 48 yards. Time of possession: 12 seconds.

Tech 40-0. TECH: Thomas takes pitch 8 yards around left end. Larsen PAT. Key play: Clark passes 14 yards to Bryan Jennings on third-and-7 from the Akron 27. 7 plays, 62 yards.

Time of possession: 2:33. Tech 47-0. THIRD QUARTER TECH: Clark runs 58 yards down right sideline. Jeff Haug PAT. 3 plays, 70 yards.

Time of possession: 42 seconds. Tech 54-0. TECH: Akron's Jason Taylor snaps the ball over Big East Overall JV, 1(L, I Syracuse' 2 0 5 1 West Virginia 2 KZ" 3 Boston Col. 2 1 2 4 Virginia Tech 2 '1 "1,4 '2 Miami 1 1 2 3 5 Rutgers 0 2 1 4 Pittsburgh' 3 SATURDAY'S RESULTS: Virginia Tech 77, Akron 27 West Virginia 31, Bos. Col.

19 Syracuse 52, E. Michigan 24 Temple 29, Pittsburgh 27 Miami 56, Rutgers 21 the second quarter. The game was played before an Orange Bowl crowd of 19,747, smallest in 13 years, under a drenching downpour. Syracuse 52, E. Michigan 24 Six Syracuse players scored touchdowns and the Orangemen Tech (4-2, 3-1 ACQ posted its third consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference victory.

The Tar Heels (3-3, 1-2) rallied from a 27-10 deficit on Marcus Wall's 96-yard kickoff return a 1-yard run by Leon Johnson. The Tar Heels ranked fourth in the nation in rushing defense, yielding 79 yards a game, but Tech had a dozen runs of 10 yards or more and finished with 281 yards on 63 carries. From wire service reports see it. This feels great. Being there for the team feels great." Both touchdown catches were huge.

The first, an 82-yarder from Mike Groh, gave Virginia some momentum after falling behind 21-3. The second, a 67-yarder, increased the Cavs' lead from one point to eight. RECORD DAY. With 2:49 remaining in the first half, Groh limped to the bench after taking a shot from a Duke lineman. His knee was in pain, and Tim Sherman spelled him the rest of the half.

Welsh wasn't sure whether Groh would be able to play the rest of the game. Instead, Groh threw three of his four touchdown passes after halftime and finished with a school-record 346 yards breaking Shawn Moore's previous mark of 344. "It's nice to be up there with a guy like Shawn Moore," said Groh, who threw for 335 yards two weeks ago against Wake For-est. "Not that I'm comparing myself to him, but it's nice to be up there." And here's a note: In his last two games in Scott Stadium, Groh has passed for 681 yards. That's 31 more yards than Gov.

George Allen threw for during his season as the starter in 1972. By Dave Johnson Allen. Garcia PAT. Three plays, 83 yards. Time of possession: 49 seconds.

Duke 21-10. VIRGINIA: Garcia makes 21 -yard field goal. Key play: Groh's 21-yard pass to Patrick Jeffers. Ten plays, 73 yards. Time of possession: 2:49.

Duke 21-13. DUKE: Cochran makes 45-yard field goal. Key play: Jim Kovach's recovery of Tiki Barber's fumble at the Virginia 41-yard line. Four plays, 14 yards. Time of possession: 27 seconds.

Duke 24-13. THIRD QUARTER VIRGINIA: Barber runs 9 yards. Groh passes to Jeffers for 2-point conversion. Key play: Percy Ellsworth's interception, giving Virginia possession at Duke's 25-yard line. Five plays, 25 yards.

Time of possession: 1 :35. Duke 24-21. VIRGINIA: Garcia makes 22-yard field goal. Key play: Barber's 15-yard run. Nine plays, 59 yards.

Time of possession: 3:33. Tie 24-24. VIRGINIA: Groh passes 11 yards to Barber. Garcia PAT. Key play: Ellsworth's 27-yard punt return, giving Virginia possession at Duke's 45-yard line.

Six plays, 45 plays. Time of possession: 2:15. Virginia 31-24. FOURTH QUARTER DUKE: Fischer passes 35 yards to Thomas. PAT fails.

Key play: Fischer's 3-yard pass to Jeff Hodrick on fourth-and-2. Thirteen plays, 80 yards. Time of possession: 3:24. Virginia 31-30. VIRGINIA: Groh passes 67 yards to Allen.

Garcia PAT. Four plays, 78 yards. Time of possession: 1:48. Virginia 38-30. VIRGINIA: Groh passes 22 yards to Jeffers.

PAT blocked. Three plays, 56 yards. Key play: Joe Crocker's interception, giving Virginia possession at Duke's 44-yard line. Time of possession: 1:04. Virginia 44-30.

Two minutes later, Groh found Allen for a 67-yard bomb down the middle of the field. Allen, with his church group from Norfolk among the season-high crowd of 40,200, beat cornerback Sidney Wells for his second touchdown reception of the day and season to push the lead to eight. But in a game like this, what's a comfortable lead? Certainly not eight points. Crocker came up with Virginia's third interception on the next series, and Groh found Jeffers for a 22-yard touchdown with 7:12 remaining. Virginia outscored Duke 31-6 in the second half and finished with a season-best 583 yards in total offense.

"We knew were by far the better team," Barber said. "We just weren't there emotionally for a while. There was a dramatic change in emotion." "I never sensed any quit in this team," said Groh, who played the second half on a gimpy knee. "This was a great team effort. The defense got the ball back for us, the offensive line handled them up front.

We just took a 'refuse to lose' mentality." 3 10 18 Duke Va 20 29 23-53 48-237 360 346 30 96 35-56-3 20-42-2 9-46 6-36 1-0 2-1 9-59 1-5 1 27:27 32:33 3 10 18 Akr VT 21 23 37-43 49-453 267 185 106 135 19-40-0 12-17-0 9-33 4-28 4-1 3-2 3-30 8-69 29:33 30:27 time list of receptions by a running back. He has 50. BLOCKS. Tech has eight blocked kicks this season, its most in a year under Beamer. NICE HOMECOMING.

The victory raises Tech's record in homecoming games to 47-17-4, including a 24-5-2 record at Lane Stadium. The Hokies have not lost a homecoming game since 1988. LOTS OF PLAY TIME. With the large margin of victory, many second- and third-string players saw action. "We got to play a lot of people today," Beamer said.

"We got to rest some people I thought needed rest, and we got to work some people I thought needed work." But did Beamer ever considering putting in his son, Shane, a freshman walk-on? "No," Beamer said with a smile. "But I think he's going to make a good long-snapper one of these days." By Angle Watts punter Uoyd Kessler's head and through the end zone tor a safety. Tech 56-0. AKRON: Lew Lawhorn runs a reverse 25 yards around left end. Jozsef Jakab PAT.

Key play: Jamie Reader runs 21 yards up right side on second-and-14 from Akron 43. 6 plays, 70 yards. Time of possession: 1:52. Tech 56-7. TECH: Oxendine runs 68 yards.

Haug PAT. 1 play, 68 yards. Time of possession: 33 seconds. Tech 63-7. AKRON: Junko passes 61 yards to Lawhorn down right sideline.

Jakab PAT. 2 plays, 79 yards. Time of possession: 59 seconds. Tech 63-14. AKRON: Junko passes 13 yards to Reader in left comer of end zone.

Kick blocked. 1 play, 28 yards. Time of possession: 22 seconds. Tech 63-20. FOURTH QUARTER AKRON: Brian Magrell passes 1 1 yards to Lawhorn.

Jakab PAT. 7 plays, 73 yards. Time of possession: 2:53. Tech 63-27. TECH: Parker runs 59 yards.

Haug PAT. 2 plays, 63 yards. Time of possession: 56 seconds. Tech 70-27. TECH: Danny Edwards runs 13 yards.

Haug PAT. Key play: Edwards rushes 32 yards up middle on second-and-9 from Akron 45. 6 plays, 61 yards. Time of possession: 3:01. Tech 77-27.

BC 31-19 intercepted four passes to help turn back Eastern Michigan (4-2) in a non-league game. Tebucky Jones led Syracuse to its biggest offensive day of the season with a two 1-yard touchdown runs as the Orangemen (5-1) won their fourth straight. Temple 29, Pitt 27 Ramod Lee ran for three touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 3:59 left in the fourth quarter Saturday night, as Temple snapped the nation's longest losing streak by beating Pitt in Philadelphia. Temple (1-5. 1-2 Big East) had lost 13 straight games following a 23-20 win over Army on Sept.

24, 1994. The victory was the Owls' first in the Big East after 27 straight conference losses since joining in 1991. Lee's score came after Pitt (2-5 overall, 0-3 Big East) had just taken its first lead of the second half at 20-17, when Chris Schneider scored his second TD of the game on a 1-yard run. From wire service reports First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Akron, Reader 9-41, Lawhorn 2-31, Magrell 3-16, Dunn 6-14, Thiry 1-6, Dixon S-(minus 1), Jacobs 1-(minus 4), Junko 8-(minus 14), Team, 2-(minus 46). Virginia Tech, Oxendine, 14-135, Clark 6-120, Parker 7-85, D.Thomas 8-46, Edwards 4-46, Edmonds 4-17, J.M.Thomas 4-10, Druckenmiller 1-2, J.I.Thomas 1-(minus 8).

PASSING Akron, Junko 15-31-0-213, Magrell 4-9- 0- 54. Virginia Tech, Druckenmiller 5-7-0-119, Clark 6-9-0-57. Whipple 1-1-0-9. RECEIVING Akron, Lawhorn 7-155. Reader 4-36, Scott 3-27, Thiry 2-24, Alford 2-12, Whitt 1-13.

Virginia Tech. White 3-94, Stuewe 2-1 5, Oxendine 2-9, D.Thomas 1- 20, Edmonds 1-15, Jennings 1-14, Crawford 1-9, Harrison 1-9. HOW THEY SCORED FIRST QUARTER TECH: Jermaine Holmes recovers blocked purit in end zone. Atle Larson's kick blocked by Nate Boyd. Key play: Okesa Smith blocks punt at Akron 17-yard line.

Tech 6-0. TECH: Jim Druckenmiller passes 68 yards to Cornelius White. Druckenmiller's conversion pass to Holmes is incomplete. 2 plays, 70 yards. Time of possession: 43 seconds.

Tech 12-0. West Virginia thumps Virginia 13 44 ,200. First downs flushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Duke, Marshall 14-39, London 1-12, Redmon 1-3, Fischer 7-(minus 1). Virginia, T.Barber 30-185, Brooks 15-52, Groh 1-8, Sherman 1-0, Allen 1-(minus8). PASSING Duke, Fischer 35-56-3-360.

Virginia, Groh 20-41-2-346, Sherman 0-10. RECEIVING-Ouke, Thomas 13-132, Wilson 10-156, Redmon 3-27, Hodrick 3-23, Owens 3-12, Marshall 2-0, Ford 1-10. Virginia, Jeffers 643, Allen 5-160, T.Barber 3-27, CroweH 2-32, Derey 2-29, Owen 1-11, Wiltsee 1-4. FIRST QUARTER VIRGINIA: Rafael Garcia makes 22-yard field goal. Key play: Tiki Barber's 10-yard run on thlrd-and-3.

Eight plays, 34 yards. Time of possession: 2:28. Virginia 3-0. DUKE: Spence Fischer passes 17 yards to Corey Thomas. Tom Cochran PAT.

Key play: Fisher's 61 -yard pass to Marc Wilson. Four plays, 78 yards. Time of possession: 1 :36. Duke 7-3. SECOND QUARTER DUKE: Charles London runs 12 yards.

Cochran PAT. Key play: Fischer's 5-yard pass to Wilson on third-and-5. Seven plays, 42 yards. Time of possession: 1:12. Duke 14-3.

DUKE: Fischer passes 29 yards to Wilson. Cochran PAT. One play, 29 yards. Time of possession: seven seconds. Duke 21-3.

VIRGINIA: Mike Groh passes 82 yards to Pete make it 24-21. Garcia tied it with a 22-yard field goal, then Barber made perhaps his best play of the afternoon. On third-and-9 from Duke's 1 1, Barber took a swing pass from Groh. He was stopped cold at the 4-yard line, but somehow stayed on his feet, broke away from the gang of tacklers and staggered into the end zone. Ahead for the first time since 3-0, Virginia took a 31-24 lead with 36 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

"I'm not sure what happened," Barber said. "I just kept my feet moving. I kept thinking the whistle was going to blow, but it didn't. And I just walked in." "I was the first person to miss," Duke linebacker John Zuanich said. "That was the turning point of the game." Maybe, maybe not.

Duke cut the lead to one on its next possession as Fischer (35 of 56, 360 yards) threw his third touchdown pass of the day to Corey Thomas. Tom Cochran's point-after attempt was wide left, and Virginia kept a 31-30 lead with 12:12 remaining. West Virginia and quarterback Chad Johnston continued their domination of Boston College with a 31-19 victory Saturday, the Mountaineers' eighth straight victory at BC's Alumni Stadium. West Virginia rolled to a 24-0 lead as Johnston, who had three scoring passes in a 21-20 victory over the Eagles last year, threw two Saturday. Kantroy Barber scored two touchdowns for the Mountaineers (3-3, 2-0 Big East) as they gained ground in the wide-open conference race.

Kenyatta Watson scored twice for Boston College (2-4, 2-1). Miami 56, Rutgers 21 The Miami Hurricanes, led by Ryan Clements' three first-half touchdown passes, shook off the frustration of their worst start in 20 years to smother Rutgers (1-4, 0-2 Big East) in Miami. The Hurricanes (2-3, 1-1), combined potent offense and the dominating defense of past years to run up a 49-14 halftime lead, including a school record-tying 35 points in DYiun. on ine -Doinr cunvei.