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The Sunday Telegram Football Golf Woods Waters Rocky Mont, N.C. Telegram Nov. 19, 1978-35 Pack Earns Bowl Bid, Tops Blue Devils, 24-10 Dunn and fullback F.A. Martin, but it only got them to within inches of the goal line. On third and inches to go for the TD, Martin carried again up the middle but tackle Brain O'Doherty, linebacker Billy Cowher and cornerback Donnie LeGrande led a charge which stopped Martin at the line of scrimmage.

Then, on fourth down, Addesa went around the right side for the score but Cowher tripped him up and the Pack held on downs. "The key, I thought, was on that goal line stand," said State coach Bo Rein after the game. middle for the touchdown and the game's final score. Dunn completed passes of 30 and 12 yards to Ignite another comeback attempt by the which came to a halt at the State 16 when Wolfpack linebacker Kyle Wescoe dropped Gonet for a five-yard loss on a third and 10 play. "Duke had a good game against us," Rein said later.

"I knew they would be tough and play with emotion and they had a very good game plan. If you thought we played with intensity at Penn State, then you saw the same thing in Duke today." Rein praised the play of Dunn. "Mike Dunn is a great, great competitor. I'm proud of our defense for holding them to 10 points," he said. "He did everything asked of him.

If he didn't have such a quick release, we would have had some sacks today. He's a great one." Duke coach Mike McGee, like players to have their jersey retired. But it wasn't all pleasant for the Wolfpack especially in the second and third periods when Dunn and the Blue Devils made a serious bid for an upset State grabbed a 13-0 lead before Duke's Carl McGee intercepted a Scott Smith pass and returned it to the State 39 where Duke started its only touchdown drive of the day. Dunn completed a pair of 13-yard passes to ignite that drive, the list of which went up the middle to split end Cedric Jones for the touchdown with only 1 23 left in the half. Scott McKin-ney's extra point made it 13-7.

Wayne McLean's 38-yard return on the ensuing kickoff and three key passes by quarterback John Isley brought the Pack right back to set up Ritter's third and final feild goal of the day from 31 yards out with only three seconds remaining in the half which gave the Pack a 16-7 advantage. But the stubbpmed Blue Devils put the pressure back on early in the third quarter and came to wiyiin inches of making it a two-pclnhgame. Duke's Keith Crensoaw made a sparkling 45-yard return of the opening kickoff in the second half to set the Devils up first and ten at the State 46. Dunn pitched out to tailback Mike Addesa on the right side on a play which went for 12 yards down to the State 15. He passed to Jones for eight more yards to the State six where the Devils converted on third and one on a four-yard run by Addesa to the two.

But while the Pack defense bent, it never broke. The Devils took two TD shots on carries by BY WEBSTER LUPTON Telegram Sports Writer RALEIGH-Tangerlnes hailed down from the stands onto the Carter Stadium field here Saturday as the North Carolina State Wolfpack handed a gamely Duke team a 24-10 loss paving the way to the State's sixth bowl appearance in seven years. Nathan Ritter kicked three, first-half field goals while running backs Ted Brown and Billy Ray "Vickers scored a touchdown each as the Wolf-pack darted from a slim 16-10 lead to the final margin in the last quarter and captured the win. State officials announced later that they are accepting a bid for the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando Florida Dec. 23.

The Pack claimed their seventh victory in 10 outings in spite of an outstanding passing performance by Duke quarterback Mike Dunn. Dunn made the Blue Devils and offensive threat most of the day completing 21 of 39 passes for 236 yards and touchdown. It was Ted Brown Day though and the senior Heisman Trophy candidate appropriately responded with 96 rushing yards which moved him past Earl Campbell of Texas on the NCAA's all-time career rushing list Brown is now fifth on the all-time career list with 4,471 yards. He'll need 111 in his final performance next week against Virginia to claim the fourth spot on the list. Brown's jersey, number 23, was retired during pre-game 'ceremonies as Brown joined former State quarterbacking great Roman Gabriel as one of only two N.C.

State football "It would have been a real donnybrook had we not stopped them there at the goal line." But that was not the final fling for the Blue Devils. Cornerback George Gawdun gave the Duke team possession at the Duke 33 with an interception of an Isley pass and Dunn went to work again. He hit split end Jeff Comer for 29 yards to the State 40 and fired a completion to fullback Ned Gonet for 17 yards to the 17 on two third down situations to keep the Devils going. Dunn ran for another first down to the seven before the State defense halted the drive again and forced Duke to kick a 20-yard field goal making the score 16-10 with 13:08 remaining to play. It was after that that the State offense put together a scoring drive that proved fatal to the Blue Devils.

Quarterback Scott Smith sparked that 74-yard scoring drive with carries of 26 and 14 yards. Then on second and goal from the eight, running back Vickers burst up the Tigers again strufk quickly as Fuller completed two more passes. He finished with 216 yards while completing eight of 17. Butler caught five passes, giving him 52 for the season, and gained 140 yards. The senior split end has caught A'-Cs "li Tar Heel End Bob Loomis Grabs TD Pass Heels Dump Virginia Clemson Tops Terps For Championship ECU Crushes Herd, 45-0 against Duke in the Heels' season finale.

"Sharpe played really well and did move the team Crum. "But Matt did pass the ball well. We just had some penalties that hurt us early in the game. I don't know who will be our starter next week." Crum also praised Lawrence, who became the third rusher in the history to go over 2,000 yards rushing in his first two seasons; Loomis, who caught his sixth touchdoqwn of the season; and the defense. "As far as individuals Crum.

"I guess you can single out Loomis. He blocked well all day long on the sweeps and made that big catch for the touchdown. "Barden and Cale did well in the secondary and Ricky's (Barden) interception really set up our first score. But he's played like that all season. And Jeff Hayes had great day kicking off (Every one of his kicks went into the endzone and Virginia returned only two kickoffsallday).

"Amos ran well, "added Crum. "and he did a good job of faking. He sat up our other backs a lot by Faking into the line." Lawrence's 131 yards gave him 923 yards for the season and 2,087 yards for his career. He passed the ACCs other two 2,000 yard sophomores, James McDougald with 2,005 and Ted Brown, with 2,001. Virginia gained a total of 298 yards, with 209 yards coming through the air.

Kirtley com-. pleted 14 of 23 passes against the Heels' defense for 137 yards, but also had three passes Rein, cited the goal line stands by State, as the determining factor. "We fought our way down close to the goal line and didn't get it in. It was very disappointing for our squad," he said. "I felt good about our approach and even in the final minutes I thought our squad was in a position to win.

Rein said his team had accepted the Tangerine Bowl bid in the dressing room after the game. "If we can win next week (at Virginia), this team will have a lot to be proud of. We graciously accept the Tangerine Bowl bid, and hopefully, we'll be playing a very fine Pittsburgh team," he said. passes in 34 consecutive games. On Maryland's final drive, Atkins 5wice earned first downs on short plunges.

Tim O'Hare then completed an 11-yard pass to the Clemson 36 and a 25-yard pass interference call gave Maryland a first down at the 10 with 4:01 left halftime cushion. The Pirates added a third quarter field goal of 35 yards by Bill Lamm and reserve fullbacxk RoyWiley scored to conclude ECU'S scoring late in the third period a two-yard run. "Our defensive football team deserves a lot of credif'said Dye. We haven't got a lot of genuine studs out there, but those 11 we have out there, play as a unit. East Carolina sent most of the fans home at halftime with an unmerciful 35 point explosion.

With Green in control, the Bucs' offense grounded out 258 yards. The onslaught began late in the first quarter when ECU cornerback Willie Holley recovered a fumble at the Marshall 22. One play later. Green dumped a perfect pitch to Anthony Collins, and the shifty halfback scampered 22 yards down the right sidelines for the first of six ECU touchdowns. Lamm made it 7-0 with 3: 40 remaining.

And then the roof fell in on the Thundering Herd. On the Pirates' next posession, East Carolina used the old flea flicker, which saw Green hand off to Eddie Hickks, who pitched to Terry Gallaher, who flipped it back to Green. The diminutive quarterback then lofted a perfect pass to Collins down the right side for 59 yards and touchdown. The Pirates moved out front 14-0 with Lamm's second conversion. There was still more to come.

Defensive end Fred Chavis intercepted a Danny Wright pass on the next series at the 29 and from there the Pirates moved in eight plays for the score. Green kept around his left side for three yards and the touchdown. Midway through the second period. Green found Billy Ray Washington wide open on their familiar post route and the speedy split end rambled 57 yards untouched for the score. i.

8 Duke Heads Poll By KEN RAPPOPORT AP Sports Writer Duke's Blue Devils are the nation's No. 1 college basketball team in The Associated Press preseason poll for 197879. Last year's runners-up to the Kentucky Wildcats in the NCAA finals, the Blue Devils made it to the top of the poll Saturday on the strength of 38 first-place ballots and 918 points. The Atlantic Coast Con ference power established a formidable lead over UCLA, the No. 2 team with 764 points.

The Bruins were given eight first-place ballots by a nationwide Danel of sports writers and broadcasters. The defending national-champions Wildcats lost four of theif top six players and were drottoed to No. 11 by the voters, picking up no first-place ballots and a total of 199 points. Notre Dame, one of the Final Four in last year's championship round in St Louis, will start the season ranked third. The Irish collected one ballot for No.

land 685 points. Louisville and Kansas, the only other team to collect a first-place vote, followed in the voting. Louisville landed the No. 4 spot with 492 points while Kansas gained the No. position with 429 points.

Texas, winner of last year's National Invitation Tour nament, gained the No. ranking with 390 points, followed by two Big Ten teams, Michigan State and Michigan. popped over from the two to finish off the Comhuskers' opening third quarter drive of 72 yards. That's when Missouri broke loose, scoring twice in 75 seconds. Wilder plunged over from the one to cap a 76 yard drive and, after an interception set Missouri up on Nebraska's 31.

Seconds later. Wilder scored from the four and the Tigers were up 28-24. Nebraska's last hurrah came when QB Tim Hager, substituting for the injured Tom Sorley, popped over from the four :52 in the third period, to climax NtTs 89 yard TD journey. Missouri had rambled to the Husker four yard line but lost a fumble and suffered two 15yard penalties that helped Nebraska march to its own 40, but the NU drive stalled then, and Mizzou began te seven-play 74yard drive that culminated Wilder's finally tally. to make it 38-20 right after the Tar Heel score.

Chip Mark replaced Kirtley at quarterback and drove the Cavaliers 91 yards to their final score of the game. The Cavs started at the nine after a short kickoff return, and scored when Mark nit Jim Theiling on a 33-yard pass between two Tar Heel recievers. With 8:36 left, the game was all but over nonetheless. The Heels threatened once more in the game after Sharpe raced 56 yards from his own six to the Cavalier 38 before being drgged down from behind by a Virginia defender. Carolina moved to another first down at the 22, but an illegal procedure penalty on third and two at the 14 may have cost them an opportunity to score.

On third and seven, Burrell gained three. Then on fourth and four, the Heels went for the first down but Sharpe was stopped for no gain by Virginia's line. Virginia moved to midfield on their last ditch drive of the gain, but Streater grabbed another interception at the Carolina 21 to halt the drive with 10 seconds left to play. Sharpe completed six of 11 on the day for 82 yards and rushed for another 100 yards and Kupec completed seven of nine passes for 80 yards, even though he failed to move the team. But Carolina coach Dick Crum wouldn't comment on which player would start next week Missouri LINCOLN, Neb.

(AP) -Running James Wilder scored four touchdowns to set a Missouri record and lead the Tigers to a 35-31 upset victory over second-ranked and Orange Bowl bound Nebraska Saturday-Wilder sealed the Huskers' fate, and at least dimmed Nebraska's hopes for a national championship, when he barged four yards to score with 3:42 remaining in the game to cap a 74-yard Tiger drive that was highlighted by a 33-yard pass from Phil Bradley to Kellen Window. The Tiger triumph also took the luster off the performance of Nebraska I-back Rick Berns who scored two touchdowns and rushed for 255 yards, to become the University of Nebraska's all-time leading ground gainer. The 255 yards surpassed by one yard the single game rushing record set by LM. Hipp against BY JOHN EVANS Telegram Sports Editor CHAPEL HILL-Freshman quarterback Chuck Sharpe passed and ran for 182 yards and three touchdowns and Amos Lawrence rushed for 131 yards and another touchdown as the North Carolina Tar Heels downed Virginia, 38-20, in Kenan Stadium here Saturday. It was Homecoming for the Tar Heels and Sharpe, Lawrence and the Tar Heel defense made the best of it before a smaller than capacity crowd.

The Tar Heel defense intercepted four of Virginia's 31 passes and set up three scores for the offense in the Heels' biggest win of the season. The Heels piled up 494 yards in total offense against Virginia, but led by only 7-6 when Sharpe came off the bench to lead them to four consecutive scores and a 31-14 lead midway through the third period. Senior Matt Kupec started for Carolina and staked them to a 7-' 0 lead with less than five minutes gone in the game, but failed to move the team on the next three possessions. The Heels' first score was set up when Ricky Barden intercepted a Mickey Spady pass at his own 49 and returned it to the 18. Two penalties set the Heels back to the 32, but Kupec threw for the end zone on third and' 19 at the 27 and found paydirt when the ball tipped off Bob Loomis and into the waiting arms of Wayne Tucker for a 7-0 lead.

Carolina had another chance on their next series after Virginia punter Russ Henderson got off a short punt that gave the Heels the ball at the 47. Lawrence broke off a 35-yard run to the 18 and Ted Mack raced for ten more for a first and goal at the eight After that, though, the Heels' drive fizzled and Jeff Hayes missed a field goal try from the 11. A fumble by Mack and a recovery by Mike Brancanti at the Cavalier 35 set up the first of three Virginia touchdown drives during the game. Starting at the 35, the Cavs drove to a score under the guidance of freshman Todd Kirtley. Kirtley, who quar-terbacked the Cavs' junior varsity team during the regular season and had appeared in only one varsity game, led the Cm right through the Heels' defense.

Taking 13 plays, Kirtley finally capped the drive with a bandoff to Dan Hottowe, who cored from the one with 10:45 left to make it 7-6. Kupec couldn't move the Heels again on the next series and after the Tar Heels' defense held and got the ball back on a punt, Sharpe came in to lead the club. Another short punt by Henderson gave UNC the ball at the Virginia 40 and it took Sharpe just three plays to guide them to a score. With the help of a penalty, the Heels moved to the 17 yard line where Sharpe connected with Loomis for a score to make it 14-6 with 5:59 leftinthethalf. It was only 69 seconds later that the Heels scored again to make it 21-6.

Bemie Menapace intercepted a Kirtley pass on Virginia's first play after the kickoff and returned it from the Virginia 45 to the 12. The Heels got a first and goal at the seven on a pass interference penalty before Sharpe scored from the seven on a keeper around right end, making it 21-6 with 4 :50 left in the half. But Virginia didn't quit. Scrapping the long pass that had resulted in the two costly interceptions earlier, the Cavs mixed up the run with short sideline and swing passes on a 16-play, 80-yard drive that made it 21-14 with only 29 seconds left in the half. Virginia converted on four third down plays on the drive and the score came when Kirtley Tom Vigorito dived over from the one.

Kirtley passed to Andre Grier for a two-point conversion to pull Virginia back into striking range. The Heels all but iced the game early in the third period when they drove 72 yards after the second half kickoff to make it 28-14. Sharpe completed passes of 12 and 13 yards to Jimmy Rouse, and another pass of 14 yards to Doug Paschal for a first down at the seven, before he kept again, this time to his left, to make it 28-14 with 11:29 left in the half. The Heels' defense held Virginia and the ball went back over to Carolina at the Cavs 35 after the punt Again Sharpe was crisp as he ted the Heels on a 65- yard scoring drive that ended in Hayes 38 yard field goal and made it 31-14 with 5:02 left to play. The Heels pushed their lead out to 38-14 early in the fourth period when Lawrence scored his first rushing touchdown of the season on a two-yard run to cap a 29 yard drive that was set up by an interception by Steve Streaterlate in the third period.

Virginia didnt give up and the Cavaliers came right back COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) Two Steve Fuller touchdown passes, of 87 and 62 yards, twice rallied Clemson from seven-point third quarter deficits and the 12th-ranked Tigers eventually went on to beat the 11th-. ranked Maryland Terrapins by 28-24 Saturday. Lester Brown's five-yard fourth period run gave the Tigers the deciding score midway through the fourth period and Clemson now has a 9-1 record and its first Atlantic Coast Conference chanv pionship since 1967 with a'6-0 record. Maryland finished the regular season with a 9-2 mark, including 5-1 in the ACC.

With the win, the Tigers accepted a bid to play in the Gator Bowl against either Michigan or Ohio State. The Terps, who took a 21-14 lead on Steve Atkins' 98-yard scoring run in the third quarter, accepted a bid to play in the Sun Bowl against an opponent from the Southwest Conference, likely Texas. The Terps had a chance to win in the closing minutes, but stalled after reaching the Clemson seven and had to settle for a 35-yard field goal by Ed Loncar with 1:56 remaining. Clemson, which trailed 14r7 at halftime, tied the score when Fuller hit split end Jerry Butler on the Maryland 35 and he ran the remaining distance for an 87-yard score. After the touchdown run by Atkins, who gained 197 yards on 28 carries, Clemson came right back to score on its next possession.

Flanker Dwight Clark took a third down pass from Fuller on the Maryland 40 and ran unmolested for a yard score. The Tigers drove 70 yards in 10 plays for the winning touchdown. Brown, who carried only once in the third quarter, gained 34 yards on five carries. The touchdown was his 14th of the season. Fuller scored Clemson's only touchdown of the first half, reaching across the goal line on fourth down after the Tigers had started the series at the Maryland two.

Maryland scored on a 3-yard run by Alvin Maddox and took a 14-7 lead when Neal Olkewicz blocked a punt by Clemson's David Sims and Mike Carney recovered in the end zone with 22 seconds left Fuller, Clemson's all-tune leading passer, had completed only three of nine attempts before connecting on the 87-yarder to Butler with 5:03 left in the third quarter. On their next possession, after falling behind 21-14, the Upsets Nebraska SAM ROGERS Telegram Sports Writer GREENVILLE With a 1-9 record and its entire coaching staff headed for the unemployment line, Marshall's Thundering Herd had very little at stake against East Carolina Saturday night. "And when you gamble like they did tonighf'said Pirate quarterback Leander Green," you're going to get hurt." Even with substitutes playing most of the, game, East Carolina had little trouble overpowering Marshall, 45-0 before 22,450 fans in Ficklen Stadium. The Pirates rolled to a 35-0 halftime lead before head coach Pat Dye finally called off his first string at the half. Green and compnay finished the game with 415 total yards while a fired-up Pirate defense limited Marshall to just 119 yards.

"I am very pleased with the way our football team played tonight and at the way they came out and played well under the circumstances in which the game was Dye. "Leander Green had a super night. I thought our entire first unit played awfully well." The Pirates, now 8-3 overall, needed an impressive performance with a bid to the Independenc Bowl still on the line. And Dye wasn't hesitant to proclaim his Pirate worthy of an invitation, although there were still no reports from Independence Bowl officials after the contest "We'd like a bowl, but if we don't get one, we'll just start getting ready for next year next Dye. "Right now we're a complete football team and since Leander Green has been healthy we have been much more effective." Green completed four of seven passes for 131 yards and two touchdowns and scored another himself as ECU rolled to an insurmountable 35-0 1 4 Indiana in 1977.

Bems' effort gave him 2,605 career yards, surpassing the 2,445 yards gained by Fullback Tony Davis. Wilder's performance exemplified the Tiger tenacity that kept them in the game. Berns set the tone for his record-breaking day on the first play from scrimmage rambling 82 yards to score. The Tigers weren't intimidated. They marched 79 yards in 13 plays to tally on their first possession with Wilder going the final nine.

Quarterback Tom Sorley hit Junior Miller with a two-yard scoring pass and Billy Todd's 27-yard field goal sent the Huskers up, 17-7. Missouri trimmed that lead with a 14-yard TD pass to Winslow which capped a73-yard Tiger drive. Long drives marked secoo-dhalf action as well Barns.