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17V mm Wfes Capita impressive Tar Heels Blank Blue Devils, 14-6 Pack Machine Blasts Clemson 42-17 Duke North Carolina owl nmran 5 First downs Rushes-yard 47-140 54-105 Passing yard 25 (f Return yards 121 lio Passes 204-4 lue-i Punts 1-45 e-41 tumbles-lost 1-1 Penalties-yards 5-45 J-15 ClemtM N.C. Steta First downi 14 25 Rushes-yerds $3-200 44-132 Passing yams 41 151 Return yards 1 Passes MM t-11-2 Punts $-37 2-40 Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-yards 14 4-44 BY JIM DUNLAP Telegram Sports Editor CHAPEL HILL-North Carolina's nimble secondary picked off six Duke passes yesterday, and Tar Heel quarterback Nick Vidnovic finally found the key to the stubborn Blue Devil defenders, as the Tar Heels swept to a bruising 14-0 victory. The two bitter rivals were locked in a 6-0 standstill until linebacker Mark DiCarlo stepped in front of Duke Hanker Mark Landon. and swiped the Tar Heel's fourth. Interception of the day early in the fourth quarter.

DiCarlo returned the ball to the Duke 23. On third and fourth, Vidnovic sucked the Duke defense in with a fake handoff, and flipped a pass to tight-end Ken Taylor. Taylor was all alone at the eight yard line, and raced into the end zone for the game's first score with 8:59 left to play in the period. i lu I vT l-k Junior fullback Charley Young was the ringleader in the Wolfpack backfield, but as usual, State's talented runners shared the spotlight. Young topped all rushers with 106 yards in game on 16 carries.

Willie Burden picked up 80 yards in 12 tries for Coach Lou Holtz' Wolfpack. Sophomore Roland Hooks had 72 yards in 10 carries, and Sophomore Stan Fritts accounted for 48 yards before leaving the game with an injury. Those four running backs led the Wolfpack offense that ground out 332 yards rushing for the afternoon, and an ac-. curate trio of passers added 151 yards through the air for State. State drew first blood on its second possession.

With Young picking up 47 yards in the drive, the Pack marched 62 yards. Fritts capped the drive with a one-yard plunge. Sewell's PAT made the score 7-0. Clemson came right back with its only scoring drive of the first half. The Tigers' points came on a 35-yard field goal by sidewinder Eddie Seigler to make the score 7-3, with 53 seconds left in the period.

For the remainder of the first half, it was all State. The 1 Wolfpack has possession four i times in the second quarter i and the Pack lit up the scoreboard with a 28-point outburst. After a 19-yard run by Burden got the drive started, quarterback Bruce Shaw connected with flanker Pat Kinney on a 41-yard pass play to set up a one-yard smash by Burden for State's second score. On its next possession, State rambled 57 yards in six plays for its third score. Key plays in the drive were a 19-yard Shaw to Kinney pass and a 16- TAR HEELS MOB KEN TAYLOR AFTER TD-North Carolina's tight end Ken Taylor holds the ball high as he is mobbed by teammates after scoring the Tar Heels' first touchdown in the fourth period Saturday on a pass from quarterback Nick Nidnovic.

Crowding around Taylor are from left Jimmy Jerome, Billy Hite and Bob Thornton. North Carolina won 14-0. (AP WIREPHOTO) THE SUNDAY TELEGRAM -1 BY J.C. KERMON Telegram Sports Writer RALEIGH-Everything was "Peach-y" in Carter Stadium yesterday afternoon as North Carolina State unleashed its awesome offensive machine to crush Clemson 42-17 in its regular season finale, and then accepted a bid to serve as the host team in the Peach Bowl. The Wolfpact added several more records to its growing list of offensive standards in the game including most points in season, most first downs and most total offense.

PAT man Ron Sewell booted six consecutive extra points to set a new State mark for consecutive successful conversion attempts. And the crowd of 31,000 pushed the attendance mark to new heights. The records were nothing compared to the almost flawless performance of -the Wolfpack offense. The State machine scored in five of its six first-half possessions to fashion an insurmountable 35-3 halftime lead. 19, 1972 SECTION i i ROCKY MOUNT, N.

Cavs Nip Deacs The lineups for the post season bowl games' are rapidly taking shape, and once again it looks like there will be a good chance that the national championship will be hotly debated in the days following New Years. As things stand right now, there is a strong possibility that there will not be dear claim to the coveted national title. Southern California aod.Alabamajihj! two teams perhaps the best credentials for the'nlffliMr one editing going isto yesterday's games, cannot possibly meet on New Year's Day to slug it out for the top spot. The Rose Bowl, with its traditional matchup of the Pacific Eight and Big Ten winners (unless the Big Ten winner went the previous year), is frequently the cause of the debates about the national championship. This year, for instance, if Southern Cal represents the Pacific Eight, they will play host to either Ohio State, Michigan State, or Purdue.

Michigan, the Big Ten's top team, cannot return to the Rose Bowl because the Spartans went last year, and Big Ten rules forbid back to 'back trips to the Rose Bowl. yard run by Young. Young scored on a one-yard plunge to make the count 21-3. On the Pack's next possession, Shaw gave way to freshman quarterback Dave Buckley wTw promptly ran, passed, and directed State on an 84 yard scoring march. Burden tailied his second touchdown of the quarter on a one-yard smash to push the State lead to 28-3.

Defensive back Bill Miller gave Pack its final scoring opportunity of the half with an interception, and Buckley led State on a 31-yard march that pushed the halftime margin to 35-3. The touchdown came on an 11-yard sweep by Young as he bowled over two Tiger came oh a 60-yard drive with halfback Hade Hughes scor defenders at the two and bulled into the corner of the end zone. Clemson dominated the third period but only managed one touchdown. That score ing from a yard out. With Shaw back at the State throttle, the Pack moved 72 yards for its final score which came on a one-yard sneak by the record breaking passer.

Clemson added another touchdown mdway through the final period on another one-yard drive by Huges to cap an 82 yard drive and made the final score 42-17. Peach Bowl Director George Crumley headed a three-man delegation on hand to view the Wolfpack and offered the expected bowl bid following the victory. State Athletic Director Willis Casey accepted the honor fpr the Wolfpack. Clemson 3 0 7 N. C.

State 7 23 0 NCS-Prllt 1 run (Sewell kick) Clem RG Seigler 35 NCS Burden 1 run (Sewell kick) NCS Young 1 run (Sewell Iklck) NCS Burden 1 run (Sewell kick) NCS-Young 11 run (Sewell kick) Clem Hughes 1 run (Seigler kick) NCS Shew 1 run (Sewell kick) Clem Hughes 1 run (Seigler kick) 7-17 7-42 downs at the Virginia 39 when a fourth down pass went incomplete. Each team was bothered by turnovers, but Virginia had the most trouble losing four fumbles and two passes to the Deacons. picked off two Virginia passes, which was about the only- success ft had in the aerial It 'tried eight passes and; completed none of -The top performer for Wake Forest, whose ACC record fell to 1-5, was freshman back Frank Harsh. He rushed for-168 yards in 23 carries. Teammate Ken Garret add 84 in 13 runs.

Virginia 1 11 t-11 Wake Forest 13 4 WF F6 Ramsey 40 WP-FG Ramsey 32 Va-LecBta 9 pass from Davis (Maxwell kick WF Basler 23 run (pass failed) Va-Bellc 19 pass from Davis (Sullivan pass from Davis) Wesleyan To Host Atlantic Christian North Carolina Wesleyan will go after its second win of the young basketball season at 7:30 p.m. in Everett Gymnasium tomorrow night. Atlantic Christian's Bulldogs will make the short journey from Wilson 'as tKeV Bishops seek their first cage win ever over the Bulldogs. Enthusiasm is running high on the Wesleyan campus following the Bishops' impressive. 83-71 win over Francis Marion in the season opener last' Thursday, -1 Virginia W.

Forest First downs 23 13 Rushes-yards 54-284 53-285 Passing yards 124 0 Return yards 104 lit Passes 1-23-2 04-2 Punts 3-32 4-40 Fumbles-lost 5-4 5-1 Penaltlts-yards S35 5-54 Alexander's extra point made it 14-0, and the annual Duke-Carolina fight broke out briefly after the conversion. Rob Albright took over for Johnson to direct the Blue Devil's last gasp drive, but he had no more luck against the alert Tar Heel secondary. Lou Angelo intercepted Albright's first pass at the Carolina 47 to wrap up the Tar Heel's fifteenth straight ACC victory. Duke, finally giving up a few yards on the ground, watched the Tar- Heel's drive to the 19 before time ran out. Neither team gave an inch until the Tar Heel's finally broke through in the final period.

Carolina could manage only 40 yards in total offense in the first half, as Duke's John Ricca, Ernie Clark, Keith Stoneback, and Bill Hanenberg harassed Vidnovic constantly. Three interceptions (by Jimmy DeRatt, Lou Angelo, and Greg Ward) and one fumble stopped the Blue Devils, who moved the ball well on the ground. Until the late UNC breakthrough the game hinged on the superb punting of Duke's Steve Jones and Carolina's Dale Lydecker. Jones kept the Tar Heels deep in their own territory for most of the game with his booming kicks, including a 57 yarder and a 59 yard move. Carolina's only scoring threat in the first half came on defense.

Greg Ward, all alone at the Tar Heel 12, picked off a Johnson pass- and rambled down the sidelines 58 yards before cutting back to the inside and running into three Duke tacklers at the Blue Devil 31. The Tar Heel's had a minute and a half to work with, but Duke's ferocious pass rush through Vidnovic for 10 and 11 yard losses, and the clock ran out for a 0-0 halftime score. It was a day of vindication for the Tar Heel defenders. in loiai unease, wi ith' Steve Jones accounting for most of that with 99 yards on 24 carries. Sophomore quarterback Johnson completed only 2 of 13 passes, while Albright had his only try intercepted; Vidnovic hit on 10 of 16 for Carolina for 84 yards and both UNC touchdowns, i.

The Tar Heels completed their second consecutive perfect season against Atlantic Coast Conference op-ponants finishing 6-0 in league play. Only East Carolina and Florida remain before the Tar Heels head west on December 30 for a date with Texas Tech in the Sun Bowl. Duke finished the season with a 54 mark, after back to back losses to bitter rivals Wake Forest and North Carolina. Duk 0 0 North Carolina 0 0 14-14 UNC Taylor 17 past frotf Vldnovle (Alexander kick) j- UNC Taylor 17 pas from Vidnovic (Alexander kick) ,000. Southern Cal sUCLA To Win Bid By RON ROACH Associated Press Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) Southern California tailback Anthony Davis romped through UCLA for 178 yards and the top-ranked Trojans the Pa-cific-8 Conference spot in the Rose Bowl with a 24-7 triumph over the Bruins on Saturday night.

The 5-foot-9 sopnomore charged out of TJSCV power I formation 25 times, scoring one touchdown on a 23-yard run and setting uo other scores as the Trojans boosted their record to 104). A national television audience and a Memorial Coliseum crowd of 82,929 watched on a clear evening as USC's defense contained UCLA's Wishbone-T running attack except for one first-auarter scoring The 14th-ranked Bruins ended the season 8-3 and USC, besides capturing the Pac-8 title for the fifth time in seven years, in creased its ege in the crosstown series to 23-134. The Trojans scored all the points they needed the first two times they had the ball. UCLA opened the game with a squib kick to put USC in busi ness on its own 40. Quarterback Mike Rae passed 24 yards to Lynn Swann as the Trojans moved to the Bruin 15 before ttae kicked a 32-yard field goal Seminoles Upset COLUMBIA (AP)-Soph quarterback Dobyi Grossma passed for three touchdowns and Freshman Bob by Marino kicked a 37-yard field goal with 1:28 left to lead South Carolina to a stunning 24-21 collegiate football victory over Florida State Saturday night.

Ellis Alexander's 1 extra point made it 7-0, and the burdon of protecting the hard earned advantage fell on the Tar Heel defenders. The defense, 'not known as one of the league's for imposing unites early in the season, was more than equal to the task. Duke's incomparable. Steve Jones picked, up two first; downs, but then UNC's Gene Brown dropped Mark Johnson for a 7 yard loss, and a third down pass fell incomplete. -V Duke got another shot at the tying touchdown with 3:21 to go, but Carolina's Phil' Lamm stole an' under-thrown Johnson pass on the Blue Devil's first play from scrimmage and ran the ball' back to the Duke 20 yard line.

It took Vidnovic just two plays to put the Tar Heels into the end zone. Rolling to his right, Vidnovic lobbed a pass into the end zone for Ken Taylor. The Blue Devil defender fell down, and Taylor leaped, came down with the ball just barely in-bounds, and fell across the sidelines to stretch the Tar Heel margin to 13-0 with 2:31 to play. Keeping With Jim Dunlap Telegram Sports Editor Gator Bowl Nixes North Carolina's Tar who had a good shot at finishing with a 10-1 record going into this weeken's meeting with Duke, seemed to merit consideration by a major bowl. Not one of the big four bowls, perhaps, but possibly the Gator Bowl, which is gradually becoming one of the top post season games.

Auburn' and Colorado got the nod, although neither will finish with a 10-1 record. The Gator Bowl representatives turned the Tar Heels down, early. There are several reasons for that, evidently. For one, the Tar Heels play the University of Florida in Jacksonville, the site of the Gator Bowl, on December 9th. The Gator Bowl people evidently felt that another appearance three weeks later by Carolina would hold little appeal to Jacksonville fans.

Also, last year's Carolina-Georgia matchup, won by Georgia 7-3, was an outstanding game from a coach's viewpoint, but not a favorite of the fans, who prefer more offensive fireworks. Wilson Joining Carolina League? The Carolina is currently looking for a sixth team to fill out the Class A Carolina League for the 1973 season. Rocky Mpunt, i Winston Salem, Lynchburg, and Salem are the present members, but Burlington will definitely not have a team next season. Wilson is reported to be the top choke for the league's sixth franchise. There have been preliminary negotiations with officials in Wilson, and they have agreed to bring Stadium up to Class A standards, in order to obtain a franchise.

Nothing will be definitely settled, however, until after the major and minor league meetings in Hawaii next week. Carolina League officials will be trying to line up a Player Development Contract with some major league team for Wilson or some other town in the league area. If no team expresses an interest in supporting the franchise, (here is also a possibility that a make-up team, composed of players from several major league organizations, would beestaMifiltd. 1 til 'is SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER WIREPHOTO) 0 Hi Howe (33) Carolina won INS TO N-SALEM, N.C (AP) Harrison Davis came off the bench to throw two touch' down passes as Virginia beat Wake Forest, 15-12, in a battle of last-place Atlantic Coast Conference football teams Sat urday. The Deacons led 6-0 on two field goals when Davis came in early in the second quarter.

Chuck Ramsey had kicked threepointers from 40 and 32 yards out for Wake Forest. I With Davis at the helm, the! Cavahers began to move fol lowing an exchange of fumbles. After the Deacons' Kit Basler gave up the ball on his own 30 and Kevin Michaels recovered. it took Davis only four plays to get the Cavaliers on the score board. He passed nine yards to Mike Lacika in the end zone.

In the third period Wake For est came back on an 80-yard drive in nine plays with Basler going in from the 23. That put the Deacons ahead 12-7. On the following series Vir ginia marched to paydirt with Davis passing to slotback Chuck Belic for ,19. on fourth down and The TD with just under 13 "minutes to play and a two-point conversion ended the Aj The Deacons." however. threatened late in the game with a drive that ended on Iff moves in to block the East with a final score of (AP GROUND ATTACK FOR FLYER-Dayton's John Downtown (21) tries to gain yardage as East Carolina University's Jimmy Crump Sparks Win ECU 22 Thus not only will Southern Cal (or UCLA) not play the Big Ten's best team, they won't play a team ranked in the top five ia the nation, Alabama, which will probably finish the regular season undefeated, is scheduled to meet Texas in the Cotton Bowl, and a victory over the Longhorns won't mean much to the pollsters if Southern Cal keeps rolling.

New System Needed The rest of the bowl matchups feature some interesting pairings, but they -won't -decide any national championships either unless Alabama, Southern Cal, or Michigan all collapse. Nebraska and Notre Dame are set to meet in the Orange Bowl, Oklahoma takes on Penn State in the Sugar Bowl, Louisiana State battles Tennessee in the Astro Bluebon-net Bowl, and Auburn and Colorado duel in the Gator Bowl. All of those pairings should be interesting, since there seem to be an unusual number of outstanding teams around this year. Perhaps the solution to the problem of determining a national champion does lie in establishing some system of post season playoffs. Actually, in many seasons, the present bowl system could serve as a true indicator of national championship status.

If, for instance, an NCAA committee were formed to determine the two top teams in the country, and the present Rose Bowl qualifications were discarded to allow the Pacific Eight and Big Ten champions to participate, the national championship game could pit the two top teams against each other on New Year's Day. The national championsMp game could be rotated between the four major bowl games, with the Rose Bowl hosting the title game one year, the Sugar Bowl the next, etc. A certain amount of the final ranking would still be open to speculation, of course, but at least the top spot would be accounted for except in the years when three or more teams appeared to have a definite right to join the playoff by right of an undefeated season against com parable opposition. after Danny Whitehead scored from the one, Polke passed for two points to cut the Pirate lead to two pqints with 2:51 to play. Dayton fried on but tackle Fred Horeis recovered for East Carolina, on his 47 and the Pirates held the ball the rest of the Fumble recoveries Set up two East Carolina touchdowns.

The first, on the Flyef 19, was followed by Crumpler's first score, from the hree. Rick McLester's 36-yard field goal made it 10-0, but Polke hit Larry Nickels with a 10-yard scor-. ing pass for Dayton's initial tally. Nickels finished with 10 catches for 186 yards. Whitehead added 85 for Dayton in 26 Dayton E.Carolina First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes 21 13 4B-84 284 15 14-26-1 5-36 5-2 7-37 52-219 54 49 5-14-2 4-31 04 7-47 Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards GREENVILLE, N.C.

(AP)- Carlester Crumpler ran for 169 yards and scored twice Satur day as East Carolina football team cut short a Dayton rally for a 24-22 victory. The win brought the Southern Conference ehampions' record to 9-1 with a game remaining next Saturday against North Carolina, Atlantic Coast Conference champion. The Pirates kept alive their chances to go to the Tangerine Bowl at Orlando, Dec. 29. Bowl officials are expected to make an announcement Monday.

East Carolina led 24-7 early in the fourth quarter before the Flyers scored twice to make it close in the final game of their 3-6-1 season. Crumpler ran 38 times for his 169 yards and brought his sea son total to 1,174 yards, 39 more than the previous school record, set five years ago by Butch Colson. Quarterback Ken Polke, who completed 16 of 26 passes for 284 yards, passed for two Day ton touchdowns and led the last -iiod surge. He bit fullback Ed Zink with a 10-yarder and, rushes Crumpler scored in the third period after an 11-play drive that carried 67 yards. His 35-yard run set up his score" from the 'one.

East Cafbtiha Tecovi ered a fumble at the Dayton 33 in the-last period and scored in seven' plays, Vick Wilfore taking a two-yard pass from Carl Summerell. I Dayton 0 7 15-22 East Carolina It 714 ECU-Crumpler 3 run (McLester kick) FG AcLester 36 Day Nickels 10 pass from Polka (Schwarber kick) ECU Crumplernl run (MeLester kick) ECU Wilfore 2 pass from Summerell (MeLester kick) Day Zink 11 pass from Polke (SChwar-ber kick) Day Whitehead 1 run (Keeling pass from Polke) A 10,200 Bowl; Nebraska and. Notre; Dame accepted an Orange! Bowl bid; and Kent State moved into the Tangerine Bowl against an opponent to be named. That leaves only the prestigious Rose Bowl match to be determined and that will bt set next week when Michigan meets Ohio State for the Big Ten title. The Sugar Bowl pairing of Oklahoma and Penn State bad bees an open secret for some time and was confirmed after both team sown Saturday.

Bowl Bids At A Glance By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS College football's post-season bowl lineup began to fall into teams accepted their expected bids. Following Saturday's games, Oklahoma and Penn State agreed to meet in the Sugar Bowl; the Cotton Bowl lined up Texas and Alabama; North Carolina and Texas Tech accepted a Sun Bowl date; the Gator Bowl corraled Colorado and Auburn; Tennessee and Louisiana State agreed on a date in the Astro-luebonnet BURDEN GETS 20 YARDS FOR STATE-Runnisg back Willie Burden of North Carolina State gets away from two Clemson tacklers on a 20-yard run in the fourth period to set up one of State's touchdowns. The Clemson players are Jimmy Williamson (left) and (46) Peanut Martin. North Carolina Stala won 42-17 (A? WISEPII0T0) 7.