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i 4. 0 THE TAMPA TRIBUNE-TIMES, Sunday, September 10, 1978 uke Upsets Tec. 9 28-10 South DURHAM, N.C. (UPI)-Mike McGee got his first look at quarterback Stanley Driskell as a starter Saturday against Georgia Tech and it was obvious he liked what he saw. Driskell, a junior from Atlanta playing in place of the injured Mike Dunn, threw one touchdown pass and ran for a second score to lead the Blue Devils to a 28-10 rout.

faced adversity playing without the best option quarterback in the country but this team works," McGee said. "When called upon, he (Driskell) had a tremendous performance. 'The players have all the confidence T. -(. showed today just how competitive we will be." In addition to the 65-yard pass to Lewis in the first quarter, Driskell found Lewis again on a 37-yard aerial in the third period to set up a three-yard touchdown dash by fullback Ned Gonet.

The other Duke touchdown came on a three-yard run by tailback Bobby Brower with two minutes left to play. Duke tailback Greg Rhett also supplied some offensive punch, rushing for 154 yards in 25 carries. Duke scored on its second possession of the game when Scott McKinney booted a 45-yard field goal. Driskell found Lewis open on the Blue Devils' next possession. Georgia Tech's Johnny Smith hit a 31-yard field goal late in the second quarter to cut the halftime margin to 10-3.

With 1:11 left in the third quarter, Gonet scampered two yards to make it 16-3. Driskell raced in from 46 yards out early in the fourth period to put Duke ahead 22-3. Both conversions failed. Georgia Tech cut the lead to 22-10 with 7:46 left when quarterback Ted Peeples, who alternated with starter Gary Hardie, connected with split end Drew Hill on a 90-yard touchdown pass, the longest in Tech history. Georgia Tech was hampered from the outset by costly penalties and fumbles.

The most costly occurred when tailback Eddie Lee Ivery, who rushed for 111 yards in 21 carries, fumbled on the Duke 5 on the Jackets' first possession of the second half. It was Georgia Tech's first game since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference although they will not be eligible for the conference title until they schedule enough ACC games. i I- 5 Duke's Derrick Lewis (84) signals the first touchdown as Georgia Tech's Don Bessillieu (25) sadly looks Photo in the world in him." i V-mtgjff' 1' 4 Maryland's Steve Atkins loses the against Photo If Marlboro Cup Looks Like A 3- Horse Race By JENNY KELLNER UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK Even before Seattle Slew lost the Paterson Handicap at the Meadowlands on the night of Sept. 5, trainer Lucien Laurin had maintained the colt could be beaten once again. Laurin, who trained Secretariat and his stablemate and rival Riva Ridge in the first Marlboro Cup in 1973, said he felt that Affirmed could defeat last year's Triple Crown winner in Saturday's invitational.

And if Affirmed couldn't do it, possibly Alydar could. "Don't rule out Alydar," said Laurin. "He's a helluva racehorse." There's little doubt that the Marlboro lost some of its intrigue after Seattle Slew was defeated by Dr. Patches in the Paterson. Nevertheless, the 1 18-mile handicap will still spotlight a fascinating first the unprecedented meeting of the two Triple Crown champions, the 4- year-old Seattle Slew and 3-year-old Affirmed.

"We will be ready for Slew," promised Affirmed's trainer, Laz Barrera. The race will also mark the 11th meeting between Affirmed and Triple Crown runner-up Alydar, the only horse ever to finish second in all three races. In that, the race seems similar to the one in 1973, in which the golden Secretariat swept to victory over Riva Ridge, who had won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont the year before, losing only the Preakness in his Triple Crown quest. "When I raced Secretariat against Riva Ridge, he was at his peak as a 3-year-old," said Laurin. "Affirmed and Alydar, they are two great 3-year-olds.

I do think Slew can be beaten by either of them." Both Affirmed and Seattle Slew come into the race off somewhat captious losses Affirmed being taken down after cutting off Alydar in the Aug. 19 Travers and Seattle Slew's somewhat surprising loss at the Meadowlands. In the Travers, Affirmed, ridden by substitute jockey Laffit Pincay had the lead on the outside when Jorge Velasquez and Alydar made a bold move up to challenge along the rail. For whatever reason either he didn't anticipate Velasquez' move or he was just trying to cut him off Pincay drove towards the inside at that precise moment, choking off Alydar and causing him to fall six lengths back. The big copper colt recovered and ranged up again to challenge but Affirmed crossed the finish line first, 1 lengths ahead.

Seconds later, the "inquiry" sign flashed and soon afterward Alydar was declared the winner, result-" ing in Affirmed's only loss this year and his third after seven victories over Alydar. "I can't say who would have won the race," said Alydar's trainer, John Veitch. "I think we had the better horse, that Jorge outrode Pincay. The thing that bothers me is that was the last time I could have beaten Affirmed at straight weights as a 3-year-old. Now we'll have to wait for the Marlboro." Seattle Slew's bizarre career took another unexpected turn when he sim-.

ply seemed to run out of gas Sept. 5, finishing a half-length behind Dr. Patches, a speedy chestnut son of Dr. Fager for his second loss of his 13-race career. Despite the defeat, Mickey Taylor, one of the colt's owners, maintained he would still run in the Marlboro.

"We've been pointing towards the Marlboro for 14 months," said Taylor, who with his wife Karen and Dr. Jim and Sally Hill sold a half-interest in the colt for $6 million. "It was a good race for Slew and he seemed to need the race badly." Fortunately for Slew, however, Dr. Patches probably will not start in he Marlboro, as trainer John Nerud has indicated he will go in the $50,000 Cala-nese Cup at Belmont Sept. 22 instead.

Others expected in the Marlboro: Cox's Ridge, considered this spring to be the heir apparent to Forego, has won the Excelsior and Metropolitan Handicaps but was upset on Labor Day by Nasty and Bold in an overnight race, while Blue Baron has won five of eight starts and scored his first victory one week ago in the Brighton Beach at Belmont. In spite of that, it seems as if it will be a three-horse, if not a two-horse race. Who will win? "That I can't tell you," said Laurin. "Though I will say this I'd like to have Secretariat now, racing against this group. I think he could take them all." O'Hare, Atkins Lead Terps Driskell had seen only limited playing time behind Dunn, out with a jammed thumb, in the past two years.

He bombed the Georgia Tech defense for 153 yards through the air and got 47 yards on the ground, including a 65-yard touchdown pass to flanker Derrick Lewis and a 46-yard touchdown run. While his performance came as a surprise to many, Driskell said he wasn't taken off guard. "I wasn't surprised to play as well as I did, I have confidence in my abilities and I think the team does too. We ball after a short gain kins scored with 13.29 left in the first half. O'Hare completed a 15-yard scoring pass to Alvin Maddox in the third quarter and Ed Loncar added a 47-yard field goal early in the fourth period.

Tulane's Roch Hontas was sacked seven times in the first half, but completed a 40-yard TD toss to Alton Alexis with 1:09 left In the second period. Tulane 0 7 0 0 Maryland 14 3 Mary Sievers 13 pass from O'Hare (Loncar kick) Mary-Burruss 47 punt return (Loncar Mary-Atkins 12 run (kick failed) Tul Alexis 40 pass from Hontas (Murray kick) Mary-Maddox 15 pass trom 0 Hare (Tree run) Mary FG Loncar 47 7 31 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbtes-lost Penalties-yards Tul 13 56-130 90 1 5-11-0 9-322 1-1 5-35 Mary 21 45-183 118 51 10-16-0 4-365 4-2 4-29 Far West But the Trojans, Pacific-10 preseason favorites who were favored by 19 points over Texas Tech, stormed back in the third quarter to score two touchdowns on 1-yard runs by fullback Lynn Cain and tailback Charles White and roll up 156 total yards to only 1 yard for Texas Tech. White, the lightning-quick 5-11, 183-pound junior who is on his way to smashing the USC career rushing record, gained 156 yards on 30 carries. In his starting quarterback debut, left-handed junior Paul McDonald was 12 for 18 for 194 yards. The Coliseum crowd of 50,321 was less than enthusiastic about the Trojans' first-half performance though.

USC was booed lustily when it left the field with no points to show for the first 24 minutes. Texas Tech 6 3 0 0 -9 Southern Cal 0 0 14 TT-FG Adams 39 TT-FG Adams 33 TTFG Adams 27 USC-Cain 1 run (Jordan kick) USC-Whife 1 run (Jordan kick) USC-FG Jordan 34. 17 Statistics Ttin Tech 7 40-51 110 8 8-18-1 10-46 0-0 2-30 S. Cal 25 62-253 215 31 13-19-1 4- 44 9 5 5- 35 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punls Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards ir --nr -ft. 1 1 1 COLLEGE PARK, Md.

(AP) Senior Tim O'Hare tossed two touchdown passes in his first varsity start and tailback Steve Atkins rushed for 1 10 yards, leading Maryland to a 31-7 victory over Tulane in an intersectional football opener Saturday. After O'Hare's first scoring pass on Maryland's second possession, Lloyd Burruss ran a punt back 47 yards and Atkins scored from 12 yards out to give the Terps a 20-0 lead early in the second quarter. O'Hare, a fifth-year player who had tried only seven passes in his career, connected on his first five attempts. He hit on three third-down passes on Maryland's first scoring drive, throwing 13 yards to Eric Sievers for the TD. For the game, he was 7-for-ll for 91 yards.

The punt return by Burruss came after a 57-yard kick by Frank Wills was nullified by a Tulane penalty and At Tulsa, 35-33 BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Quarterback Dave Rader held a sputtering Tulsa offense together Saturday to lead the Hurricane to a last-minute, come-from-behind 35-33 football victory over Virginia" Tech's Fighting Gobblers. Tech threatened to make a runaway of the game in the first quarter as the Gobblers rolled to an easy 21-0 lead behind the rushing of Kenny Lewis, who took game-high honors with 186 yards on 25 carries. But a 92-yard kickoff return by Tulsa's Ricky Watts kept the Hurricane in the game until Rader began to get his offense moving late in the half. After recovering a fumble on the Virginia Tech 38, Tulsa took six plays to score, the TD coming on a 2-yard pass from Rader to Ricky Watts.

That short drive showed what the Hurricane was capable of and they opened the second half with an excellent 12-play, 80-yard scoring drive that brought them to within five at 26-21. From then on, the Hurricane took advantage of several Virginia Tech mistakes and a couple of big plays of their own to keep the Gobblers from pulling away again. Tech could manage only six second-half points, a 1-yard touchdown run by Lewis, and was in a constant battle to keep the Hurricane offense from shifting completely into high gear. Tuba 7 7 7 Virginia Tech 21 6 0 VPI Lewis 4 run (Engle kick) Tul-Watts 92 kickoff return (Crum kick) VPI Lewis 38 run (Engle kick) VPI Lewis 3 run (Engle kick) VPI-FG Engle 21 VPI-FG Engle 23 Tul Watts 2 pass from Rader (Crum kick) Tul James 6 pass from Rader (Crum kick) VPI Lewis 1 run (pass failed) Tul Johnson 4 run (Crum kick) 14 -6 Tulsa 14 48-192 164 120 9-19-3 4-49 5-2 7-65 VPI 23 72-445 54 77 6-8-1 3-40 5-3 8-47 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards ft 1 1 i 7 1 W. Virginia, 14-12 MORGANTOWN, W.Va.

(AP) -Sophomore quarterback Dutch Hoffman, making his first starting appearance, threw for one touchdown and rushed for another Saturday as West Virginia University staggered to a 14-12 football victory over Richmond. The underdog Spiders twice blew scoring opportunities in the final eight minutes of the game as West Virginia rallied from deficits to record its first victory of the season. Richmond, a 10-7 loser to Southern Mississippi last week, is now 0-2. Hoffman's 41-yard pass to junior wide receiver Cedric Thomas with 2:12 left in the third quarter pushed West Virginia into a 14-10 lead after Richmond had taken a 10-7 lead on a 26-yard field goal by Steve Adams. But Adams missed a 36-yard field goal that had plenty of distance but was wide to the left with 8:09 left in the game.

The missed field goal attempt had been set up when West Virginia punter Curt Carion bobbled a snap from center in his own endzone and was forced to take a safety with 10:34 left that cut the Mountaineers' lead to 14-12. Carion seemingly had redeemed himself with a bouncing 51-yard punt to the Spiders' 3 yard line, but Richmond quarterback James Short who didn't enter the game until the second quarter rallied the Spiders once again. The sophomore quarterback heaved a 54-yard bomb to running back Demetri Kornegay that bounced off two West Virginia defenders and gave the Spiders a first down at the West Virginia 43. Richmond 7 3 0 2 12 West Virginia 0 7 7 0 14 Rich Evans 5 run (Adams kick) Va -Hoffman 1 run (Sinclair kick) Rich FG Adams 26 Va Thomas 41 pass from Hoffman (Sinclair kick) Rich Safety, Carion tackled in end zone Rich WVA First downs 11 14 Rushes-yards 52-153 49-111 Passing yards 139 176 Return yards 27 27 Passes 6-15-0 11-23-1 Punts 9-41 6 Fumoles lost 5-2 5-3 Penalties-yards 6-40 2-32 Oklahoma, 35-29 STANFORD, Calif. (UPI) Quarterback Tom Lott ran for two touchdowns and threw a pair of scoring passes Saturday to lead No.

2-ranked Oklahoma to a 35-29 victory over Stanford in its season opener. The Sooners and their Wishbone offense were more than Stanford could handle although the Cardinals, 14-point underdogs, drew within eight points in the final quarter before falling 15 points back, then rallied for nine more points in the final minute to make it close. Lott ran 19 and 1 yards following Oklahoma pass interceptions and threw 70 yards to Steve Rhodes and 17 to Bobby Kimball to account for four scores. Billy Sims, who teamed with Kenny King and Lott as Oklahoma rushed for more than 300 yards, scored on a 2-yard smash for the Sooners' other score. Oklahoma '4 '4 0 7 35 Stanford 7 3 10 9 29 Okia-Sims 2 run (von Schamann kick) Okla-Rhodes 70 pass from Lott (von Schamann kick) Stan-Margerum 7 pass from Dills (Naber kick) Stan-FG Naber 43 Cla Lott 19 run (von Schamann kick) Okia-Kimball 1 7 pass from Lott (von Schamann kick) Stan-Banks 4 pass from Dills (Naber kick) Stan-FG Naber 49 Okla-Lott 1 run (von Schamann kick) Stan Sarety von Schamann downed ball in end zone Stan-Margerum 11 pass trom Dills (Naber kick) Statistics Oklahoma 24 67-375 121 36 5-13-1 4-33 0 8-4 3-f2 Stanford 22 30-102 299 15 32-49-4 5-42 4 1-1 4-30 First downs Rjsnes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards GmrglaTecti 0 3 0 7 Ouki 10 0 6 12 Duke FG McKinney 45 Duke-Lewis 65 pass from Driskell (McKinney kick) Tech FG Smith 31 Duke Gonet 2 run (run tailed) Duke Driskell 46 run (run failed) Tech Hill 90 pass from Peeples (Smith kick) Duke-Brower 3 run (run tailed) Tech 15 43-191 213 6 11-25-1 9-381 1-1 7-65 Duke 16 52-26S 153 28 6-15-0 7-464 2-1 6-55 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Elsewhere Quarterback Tom Rozantz scampered 11 yards for the game's only touchdown with 2:35 left as William Mary's Indians downed Virginia Military's Keydets 10-3 in the football season opener for both in Williamsburg, Va.

Tim Trott's 52-yard return of an intercepted pass in the fourth quarter killed Randolph-Macon's final hopes and led Salisbury State's Seagulls to a 14-0 season-opening football victory over the Yellow Jackets in Ashland, Va. Tony Merendino ran for three touchdowns and passed for two others to lead Uni-veristy of Tennessee at Chattanooga to a 42-15 rout of Western Kentucky in Bowling Green. James Miller and Roger Cruell led a second-half running attack that rallied Mars Hill's Lions from a 16-7 deficit to a 29-16 football victory over Liberty Baptist's Flames in Lynchburg, Va. back Scott McConnell scored two touchdowns and sophomore quarterback Steve Brown threw a 65-yard scoring strike as Appalachian State overwhelmed Wofford 35-14 in Boone, N.C. Fordham halfback Steve Zirpoli scored two touchdowns Saturday to lead his team to a 30-14 victory over Davidson and joined teammates Kurt Sohn and Andre Simmons in dominating Fordham's total of 364 yards in rushing in Davidson, N.C.

r- A i y-. 4- 4 Is 4f tl- T.V Trojans Silence Boos With Rally LOS ANGELES (UPI) Booed off the field at halftime while trailing 9-0, seventh-ranked University of Southern California came from behind Saturday to beat surprising Texas Tech 17-9 in the football season opener for both teams. Three first-half field goals by Bill Adams, two after USC fumbles, provided the Red Raiders with their intermission advantage. Colorado, 24-7 BOULDER, Colo. (UPI) A ragged but opportunistic Colorado offense, led by junior quarterbacks Bill Solomon and Pete Cyphers, rolled past Oregon 24-7 Saturday in the season opener for both teams.

Oregon, which hasn't won an opening game on the road since 1969, mounted only one sustained drive in each half, while Colorado's defense kept the Ducks deep in their own territory. Oregon 0 0 0 7 -7 Colorado 7 3 14 0 24 Col-Cyphers 1 run (Dadiotis kick) Col-FG Dadiotis 40 Col-Mayberry 2 run (Dadiotis kick) Col Solomon 1 run (Dadiotis kick) Ore Page 1 1 pass from Kennedy (English kick) Statistics Oregon 17 49-149 96 15 9-29-3 8-49 5 i 6-38 Colorado 15 66-256 66 137 6-16-3 5-42 8 3-1 5-75 First Downs Rushes-yards Passing yard Return yards Pa'ises Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Carnes Elected Olympic Coach CHICAGO (AP) Jimmy Carnes, former University of Florida track coach, was elected Saturday as the head men's track and field coach for the 1980 Olympics. The selection of the 44-year-old Carnes came during a meeting of the International Committee of the Amateur Athletic Union. Carnes, a former track and basketball standout from Gainesville, was head coach at Florida until 1976, when he left to open a chain of athletic shoe stores. He has over 20 years experience as a track coach, including head coach for the 1974 USA-USSR dual meet and an assistant coach on the 1976 Olympic staff.

Carnes is currently the chairman of the AAU lien's Track and Field Committee. K'm mmm unarm mmmmvulUimtimMmmmtiSimM USC's Charles White attemits, but aoesnlmakejhe touchdown against Texas PhotoTn A i -i il an 0 ji -i ri r-i inii-iiiirrr-r--'-'.