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The Daily News Leader from Staunton, Virginia • 13

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rr Staunton, News-Leader, Oct. 30, 1966 13 IT 23. Va. Tech Upsets Seminoles BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Tommy Stafford got off two, For nearly the entire after-lthe Tech 18.

onlv to have State was a Seminole Hard pressed Virginia Tech, touchdown passes one for 13 noon, one team or the other was fensive halfback Frank Beamer team record, as was his 53 st '1 all but chilled by Florida State yards to Ken Barefoot, the other dashing madly down the field, blizzard of passes, rediscovered for 10 yards to Tommy Francis-1 but Tech's defense had two intercept Pajcic pass in the tempts. Another FSU club rec-end zone. ord was set by sophomore end Stafford, hurling much less' Ron Sellers, who caught 12 of often but to devastating effect, jPajcic's tosses for 135 yards. mmnlpterl 19. nf 93 naccAC fnr its specialty with two tremend co.

ine other Tech points came moments of glory prior to the on a first period safety, when, last quarter. In the first period, defensive end Dan Mooneylthe Techmen held on their six ous fourth quarter defensive stands Saturday and upset, the Seminoles 23-21 in a major in-tersectional football game. tho TerhmAn an-A fnr IfiS' Florida State tossed Florida State quarter-after FSU had gone 65 yards. 0-21 0-23 7 14 0 14 Virginia Tech back Kim Hammond in the end Then, in the second quarter, the yards. zone.

I frustrated Seminoles reached Pajcic's 28 completions for Safetyman Frank Loria's 80- yard punt return for a touch VPI Safety Hammond tackled in end zone by Mooney. VPI Barefoot 13 pass from Stafford, Utin kick. down got the Tech offense back in action after FSU had taken a 14-9 lead in the third period, and after that Tech never N. C. 42-21 State Over Rolls Virginia FSU Moreman 3 run, Roberts kick.

I FSU Moreman 7 pass from Pajcic, Roberts kick. VPI Loria 80 punt return, trailed. But right up to the end of the regionally televised 1 donnybrook before 31,000 homecoming fans, the Techmen had RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Quar-ivis pass and ran 24 yards for a Va. Carrington 20 pass from to battle for survival.

Utin kick. VPI Francisco 10 pass from Stafford, Utin kick. FSU Moreman 6 run, Rob terback Charlie Noggle and; touchdown. Davis, Hill kick. Trailing Florida State halfback Don DeArment com- Late in the final Deriod.

State NCS DeArment 5 ruh Det- charged to the Tech one as the bined for 126 yards rushing Sat- moved 53 yards for its final ers kick. erts kick. urday to help North Carolina score with fullback Settle Dock- NCS Donnan 1 run, Deters Attendance 31,000. fourth quarter opened, and right there Virginia Tech's nationally fourth-ranked defense began asserting itself. kick.

State crush Virginia 42-21 in an ery scoring from the one.1 Virginia moved 64 yards in Va. Carrington 41 pass from Atlantic Coast Conference football game. It was State's first victory aft The Techmen held a half-foot from the goal. Later, with six minutes to go, FSU VPI First downs 28 15 Rushing average Ill 105 Passing yardage 338 165 Passes 29-56 12-23 Passes inter, by 0 2 Punts 6-38 12-37 Fumbles lost 0 0 Yards penalized 48 54 the Seminoles came charging only four plays for its final I Davis, Hill kicked, score with quarterback Stan NCS Rowe 3 run, Deter kick. Kemp scoring around end fromj NCS Williams 24 intercep-the 11.

jtion of Davis pass, Deters kick. Virginia 7 0 7 7 21 NCS Dockery 1 run, Warren N. C. State 7 14 14 7-42! kick. NCS-DeArment 5 run, Det-I Va.

Kemp 11 run, Hill kick, ers kick. I Attendance 28,000. down the field again, and this er two losses in its new Carter Stadium and kept the Wolfpack in contention for the conference title. State is 3-2 in the conference, 4-4 over-all. time reached the Tech 21, where GOOD TACKLE Fort Defiance's Jerry Coffman's ideas of a big gain are brought to a sudden halt by an unidentified Rockbridge tackier Friday night Coffman had broken around the left end of the Rockbridge line and appeared headed for pay dirt, but a Rockbridge tackier came up with a key tackle as the Rebels stopped the Indians, 19-13, in a District Five football game.

(Staff Photo by Topping) Tech Ken Whitley intercepted a Noggle gained 69 yards in 12 third down pass by Gary Pajc-ic and pulled Tech out of carries and DeArment got 57 in Otherwise it wasn an after 13 tries, also scoring State first two touchdowns. The 'Pack led 21-7 at the half, then wrapped it up with two touchdowns in the third period. Bob Davis passed 20 and 41 Rides Madden's Arm To 22-15 Win Over VMI noon for defense. Florida State's backs threw a grand total of 56 passes, 53 of them by Pajcic, Rockbridge Rebels Drop Fort Jiehance 19-13 who completed 28 for 312 yards. yards to Ed Carrington for two One of Pajcic passes went for seven yards to halfback Bill of Virginia touchdowns.

He Moreman for a touchdown, and completed eight of 22 passes for 114 yards but had three inter to John Hince for a two-point conversion that sent the Key-dets in front 15-14. An Ellett fumble recovered on LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) ning backs out of action William and Mary's running because of injuries, seemed re-quarterback, Mike Madden, luctant to take to the air, and threw three touchdown passes threw only nine passes, two of Moreman also picked up both other Seminole touchdowns on cepted. Two interceptions led to runs of three and six yards. State touchdowns.

them intercepted. the VMI eight by the Indians' Th Rorkhriri Rohok travpl For Tech quarterback State moved 53 yards in eight Larry and David Larry Hep- One of the interceptions set Bob Gadjowski and a penalty to plays for its first score, DeAr to flanker back Ned Carr and led the Indians to a 22-15 football victory Saturday over Virginia Military Institute that to Swoope to meet the Bisons ment plunging over from the 5 up William ana Mary nrst tne tour seemed 10 nave put touchdown after VMI had taken William and Mary back in busi of Buffalo Gap in a homecom-j through the "goal posts and the Indians trailed by only six points. Following a set of three plays by Rockbridge, the Indians had ler, Joe Burton and Reggie Wine. Beginning the final- period Notre Dame Later in the first period, Virginia's Joe Hoppe recovered a ness in a hurry. ing game.

STATISTICS with a seven point lead, the Rebels found themselves at the boosted them into a tie for the a 7-0 lead in the first quarter Southern Conference lead. following recovery of an Indian The clinching touchdown fumble, came with just three minutes i A 22-yard burst by Bob Watts Fort Defiance Rockbridge Noggle fumble on the State 15. After a penalty pushed the Cav the ball which they needed very desperately to win, as time But the Indians lost 34 yards and were penalized 15 on the next three plays and wound up kicking from their own 48. Crushes mid field stripe very quickly. aliers back to the 20, Davis passed to end Ed Carrington for led to Ellett's two-yard touch From there, Pavlic boomed to the two yard line where 140- By STEVE EARLY FAIRFIELD The Rock-! bridge High School Rebels retained control of second place in the District Five football race by downing the stubborn and determined Fighting Indians of Fort Defiance near here Friday night by a score of 19-13.

After Fort De'iance kicked off, the Rebels began charging up 'the field as the yisiting defenders were pushed back. Spearheading the Rockbridge offense were fullbacks Junior Robertson and Dennis Pavlick, who combined their rushing tal the score, 13 First Downs 171 Yards Rushing 111 Yards Passing 282 Total Yardage 6-12 Passes 1 Pass Interceptions 1 Fumbles 7 7 rw. W. M. pound Indian Hardis brought Navy 31-7 202 24 226 1-6 0 0 1 him down.

After a rest of one was running short. However, the Indians were out of luck. Two passes fell incomplete and a pass to Lloyd Bartlett was offset by a fifteen yard penalty against Fort Defiance. Soon the Indians punted. It was all over for the Fort Defiance 7 0 0 8-15 run, Mervosh Midway the second period, Art McMahon intercepted a Davis pass on Virginia's 45 and ran it to the 5 where DeArment scored VMI VMI-Ellett kick.

down drive but William and Mary got right back into the game when Mike Head intercepted an Ellett pass on the VMI 38 and returned it to the seven. Madden passed to Carr for the score. The Indians, now tied at 3-1 1 PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Terry Hanratty turned on the left after William and Mary seemingly had blown its chance to win by failing to score a few minutes earlier after having a firs down on the VMI four. Given a reprieve when VMI couldn't move the ball, William and Mary took over at mid-field with 3:50 left and scored from there in two plays to overcome a 15-14 deficit. The payoff was a 47-yard heave from Madden which Carr caught on the 10 and 0 Fumbles Recovered 20 Yards Penalized again.

65 Carr 7 pass from Madden, McGuire kick. Carr 12 pass from play, Pavlick was given the honor of scoring the touchdown. His extra point attempt was no good, but the Rockbridge team led by 19-6. Coffman led the Indians on the ground and Ruckman completed several passes. The most State next score came on a team as Rockbridge ran out the 74-yard drive which ended with quarterback Jim Donnan sneak- with East Carolina for first Madden, McGuire kick.

ling over from the one. place in the Conference, drove 72 yards in eight plays in the TOUCHDOWNS: FD -White, and Harris, 1. RHS Robertson, Wade, and Pavlick, 1. EXTRA POINTS: FD-Burton, 1. RHS-Pavlick, 1.

Fort Defiance 0 6 0 713 Rockbridge 6 7 0 6-19 Virginia, now 2-5 and 1-3, came back in the third period to Notre Dame ground power when Jim Seymour's absence crippled his air arm Saturday and led the top-ranked Irish to their sixth straight victory, 31-7 over Navy. Four interceptions, three of them by linebacker John Per-gine, helped Notre Dame throttle the Navy The Middies did break the Irish three- clock and edged the Indians, 19-13. In the final week of Staunton area high school football action, the Fort Defiance Indians face the Gladiators of River-heads at home in hopes of im-proving their fifth place stature. VMI Easterly 24 pass from Ellett, Hince pass from Ellett. Carr 47 pass from Madden, Madden run.

Attendance 7,000. VMI last two minutes of the first half to take a 14-7 lead. Madden capped the drive with a 12-yard ran into the end zone. make it 21-14, Davis passing 41 significant of his passes was one to Harris from near the 30-yard line for a Fort Defiance touchdown. Burton's one point conversion attempt sailed For three quarters, however, the game went exactly the op ents to advance Rockbridge to the Indian 34 yard line.

a quarterback sneak by Charley Clark, Pavlick galloped to the one yard Jine. Robertson jumped over the score, btit the conversion attempt by Pavlick failed, and the Rebels led 6-0. The Indians attempted to rebound with the fine wound scoring pass to Carr. yards to Carrington for the touchdown. With DeArment leading the way, State then moved 43 yards Ellett suddenly began passing; First downs 16 ...164 on the last two plays of the third Rushing yardage posite from what had been billed as an aerial duel between William and Mary's Dan Dar-ragh andVMI's Hill Ellett.

Dar- game shutout string when John Tennessee Thrashes Army 38-7 in nine plays, uary Kowe quarter, completing two in a row for 31 yards to the William jtfergner blocked Bob uaciieux's plunged over from the 9 82 65 6-11 0 8-46 2 79 Passing yardage 96 Passes 6-13 Passes inter, by 2 Punts 7-35 and Mary 36. -After two plays -hurt -slightly in last puranaecovereaior ounnr. Moments safetyman cains of Jerry Toffman" and T' week's loss at Navy, was in the'moved the ball to the 24, Ellett period score. Greg Williams intercepted a Da- MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Army threatened several Fumbles lost 3 Hanratty sneaked for game for only one play.

threw to wingback Frank Last-Ellett with VMI's two top the score, then passed times but never very seriously until its own passing attack Yards penalized 82 produced a touchdown in the Dewey Warren's passing set the stage for all but one of Tennessee's scores Saturday as the Vols thrashed Army 38-7 in an intersectional football game. Warren completed 18 of 25 passes for 250 yards, hitting just third period. Charley Fulton, a converted Tenn Fulton 3 run, Wright kick. Tenn Warren 1 run, Wright kick. Army Young 7 pass from Lindell, Lindell kick.

Tenn Dalton 24 pass from Warren, Wright kick. Tenn Showalter 43 pass in-sterception, Wright kick. Attendance 48,646. two Notre Dame TDs and Larry Conjar and Gladieux each scored once. Jce Azzaro, whose 42-yard field goal was the only score of the first period, added the extra points.

With both the 6-foot-4 Seymour and Paul Snow, his normal replacement, unable to play because of injuries, Hanratty quarterback running at, tail back, scored two Tennessee Florida 30 Auburn 27 GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -Steve Spurrier kicked a 40-yard field goal in the closing minutes Saturday and gave seventh-ranked Florida a breathtaking 30-27 victory over Auburn. Florida, 7-0, went ahead in the first minute but later had to battle from behind before 60,000 itouchdowns on the ground, and defensive end Nick Showalter about every available target on the Volunteer squad. One of his tosses was good for a touchdown, and he scored another by jumping over the goal from the Mdccqip sjsjpi(j pBBj JL my. ii iiiminiiiiniTiiir-i yyilj returned an interception 28 yards for another.

Quarterback Steve Lindell one. passed Army into position for Steve Shreckhise. the Fort's offense was slowed down Bear the Rockbridge 40 and the Indians were forced to punt. Four plays later, the Indians again had possession of the ball following a punt by the home team. They picked up one first down but were again halted on the "fateful identical yardline where they were stopped before.

A minute later, the quarter ended with the Rebels on the offeuse and leading by six points. Rockbridge executed four more plays yielding two first downs, but that was all the headway the Rebels could make. Alert Indian speedster Briscoe Harris picked off one of Clark's passes and stopped the Rebels cold. Resolved to change the scoring ledger, quarterback Mike Ruckman interchanged rushes by Coffman, Shreckhise, and himself with passes to Harris its only touchdown late in the third period, and then hit Terry Young in the end zone for the Weekend Scores Tennessee took the opening kickoff and drove into field goal position, where Gary Wright's true placement set the Vols off to a lead which turned into a runaway victory. Wright also kicked extra points after all five of the Vols' touchdowns.

It's Christmas Club Time Again score. Lindell kicked the conversion. Warren got the Vol attack was far from the passing marvel of early season. He completed only three of 14 and had two intercepted in the first half. The Irish, a four-touchdown favorite, struggled through an erratic first half in which their offense produced only 102 yards, 67 on the ground.

However, that big line, led by 6-5 Kevin Haroy and those strong linebackers, threw back the only Navy threat when the Irish held for downs on their 29, stopping a first-period Navy march. moving on the openmg drive, hitting end Austin Denney going homecoming fans. Spurrier drove the Gators from the Florida 25 to the Auburn 20 with his passes and then kicked the winning field goal with 2:12 left to play. Spurrier completed 27 of 40 passes for 259 yards, passed for one touchdown and sneaked a yard for another. His passing set up the other two on short plunges by fullback Graham Mc-Keel and Larry Smith.

Auburn 7 10 3 7-27 Florida '7 6 7 10-30 to the left, then to the right on successive completions that set Rockbridge 19, Fort Defiance 13 Buffab Gap 41, VSDB 14 Clifton Forge 40, James River 19 Wilson 27, Alleghany 6 Albemarle 34, Waynesboro 14 the pattern for the afternoon. Army 0 0 7 07 The San Francisco Giants had poor success with the Philadelphia Phillies during the baseball season. The Phillies beat them 10 times in 18 games, the best record any team had against the Giants in 1966. Tennessee 3 14 7 1438 Tenn-FG Wright 36. Tenn Fulton 28 run, Wright Notre Dame 3 7 14 7-31 Navy 0 0 0 7-7 Lexington 33, Harrisonburg 20 Parry McCluer 19 Natural Bridge 0 to put the Indians on the three- kick.

yard line first and goal to go, Let Jack Armstrong Get Your Car Ready For Winter Driving! The Rockingham National Bank Paid Out $287,283.58 To Its Christmas Club Members in 1966 HP 'i V- A Two plays later, and to the Rebels' surprise, R. L. White raced around the right end for the score. The extra point was wide to the left and the game was in a 6-6 deadlock. Rockbridge took over after a kick oef return to the 31, but was soon forced to give up the ball.

A Fort Defiance safety man fumbled the punt and Frank Wade recovered for the Rebels on the Fort 13 yard line. Given this break, Pavlick crashed over the goal line two plays later. However, a clipping penalty against Rockbridge nullified this touchdown and Rockbridge was set back to the 24 yard line. Quarterback Clark then passed to Wade on the two-yard line, where he bobbled the ball but held control long enough to fall into the end zone for the touchdown before losing it again. In a disputed ruling, the referees ruled Wade had had control and awarded the home team a tie breaking six points.

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bridge football field. Both sides are seen i pitching in to take the sudden Intruder to safer SURPRISE INTRUDER The Rockbridge Rebel and Fort Defiance Indian football game came to a sudden halt Friday night when a jeep rolled down a nearby hill onto the Rock ground. (Staff Photo by Topping) Start Your Club at Verona Office NOW. TORSION IAR AIR CONDITIONING ADD $2.00 led, 13-6. at halftime.

The third Quarter was a fine Susquehanna Snaps Loss Streak show of defensive power by both All Work Done 1st Our Modem Shop teams as neither registered a score in that period. Although SELINSGROVE, Pa. (AP) -Susquehanna University's foot lfLA.l. O.L...J Weights Coffman was making a great $1.49 ff iiwwl) VUIUIIWUU Included ball team snapped a 15-game contribution to the Indians' of losing streak five this season- fense by picking up three first SAMMY'S Barber Shop THURSDAY SPECIAL Hair Cut, Shampoo Tonic $2.25 (Regular $2.75) 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Except Thurvtill 7, Fri. till by beating Frederick College Z2-14 in football Saturday, handing the Lions their 10th straight downs himself, Rebels Jerry Swisher, David Tyree, and Wade, along with others man F. GOODRICH Lopardo's short plunge and a two-point conversion. Touchdowns by Lopardo in the third period and Bill Guth in the fourth, plus placements by Steve Freeh, a one-armed freshman from Binghamton, N. gave Susquehanna a 22-8 lead with 7:35 left.

Frederick narrowed the gap on a seven-yard pass from Roger Bouchard to Don Shrum. Rockingham National Bank loss. aged to keep the Fort outside. Susquehanna spotted the Virginians eight points in the sec oooo 240 N. Central Ave.

886-0769 the ten yard line. On the other hand, the a'so successfully contained Rockbridge with some fine tackles by the Miller brothers- Harrisonburg Weyert Cave Grottoes Mr. Sidney Verona ond period on a safety and a cne-yard TD run by Ed Browder before tying the score on Nick i i'.

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