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8E SPORTS THE SUN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1989 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Major mistakes help Penn State defeat West Virginia, 19-9 Brown's 4 TDs lead Duke over Wake, 52-35 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Dave Brown, filling in for the injured Billy Ray, passed for 444 yards and four touchdowns as Duke kept Its Atlantic Coast Conference title hopes alive yesterday with a 52-35 victory over Wake Forest (1-7-1, 1-5). Three of Brown's scoring passes went to flanker Clarkston Hines, ln- hi 1 -s l.i" Jw. a-w ASSOOATED PRESS Virginia's Keith McMeans knocks N.C. State tailback Anthony Barbour off his feet in the first quarter.

Virginia out-gained, but out in front in ACC after beating N.C. State, 20-9 13 yards later, Tarasi kicked a 49-yard field goal with 1 1 :50 left in the half that tied the score at 3-3. Hayes fumbled the second half klckoff after being hit by Ivory Geth-ers, and Mark D'Onofrio recovered at the West Virginia 28. This time it took the Nlttany Lions only six plays to bring out Tarasi, who kicked a 34-yard field goal with 1 2: 1 6 left in the quarter to give Penn State a 6-3 lead. Penn State attributed the fumbles to its great defense, one tha! before yesterday had given up Just 8.7 points per game.

The Nlttany Lions also benefited from a fake punt in the third period that upback and linebacker Andre Collins took from center and ran 28 yards for a first down that ultimately set up Tarasi's 28-yard field goal. That made the score 16-3, and Penn State coach Joe Paterno went conservative afterwards, using running Blair Thomas, who finished with 1 50 yards on 32 carries. After the game, several of the Nlttany Lions defenders said they had waited what seemed to be an eternity to play West Virginia, which embarrassed Penn State, 51-30, last year. "We knew they weren't going to be as explosive offensively as they were last season," Rainge said. "Our philosophy on defense was to be aggressive and swarm like hell, but not let Major Harris get behind us.

We have to make three turnovers every game. That's part of our defensive philosophy." It was a great time for the Nlttany Lions to have a great game. The victory gave Penn State pretty good leverage for major bowl consideration even though the Nlttany Lions still must face Maryland Saturday at Memorial Stadium, followed by Notre Dame and Pitt. Representatives from nine bowls, including the Fiesta, Gator and Citrus, were here to watch the two eastern powers, which were ranked first (West Virginia) and second in the LambertMeadowlands Trophy poll representing the two top teams In the east. Is Penn State back? "As players, we never thought we went anywhere," said Thomas.

"We always knew what kind of football we were capable of playing. It was Just a matter of going out there and playing." We kept thinking we're going to score a bunch of touchdowns, but it never PRESTON POAG N.C. State quarterback By Don Markus Sun Staff Correspondent RALEIGH, N.C. It didn't matter that Virginia ran 30 fewer plays from scrimmage than North Carolina State, had half the number of first downs and was held to Its lowest yardage total since a season-opening defeat to Notre Dame. It didn't matter because the 24th-ranked Cavaliers defeated the No.

18 Wolfpack, 20-9, yesterday before a homecoming-day crowd of 53,000 at Carter-Finley Stadium. With the victory. Virginia (8-2, 5-1) moved closer to the first Atlantic Coast Conference football title in school history. "I thought we were very tenacious on defense and hung in there until we finally made some big plays on offense," Virginia coach George Welsh said after his team gained sole possession of first place In the ACC with its fourth straight victory over N.C. State (7-2.

4-2). The defense shut down N.C. State each time it got near the goal line. On its first two offensive series, the Wolfpack watched drives stall at the Virginia 3 and 5 and had to settle for short field goals by Damon Hartman. The Cavaliers were extremely rude to Wolfpack quarterbacks, knocking out starter Shane Montgomery after the opening series with a mild concussion and twice intercepting his replacement, Preston Poag, once for a touchdown.

"On that second drive of theirs, we had some guys who were breathing pretty hard," said Virginia outside linebacker Ray Savage, whose sack of Montgomery caused the concussion. "But when they had to kick another field goal. It gave us new life. And I think it was discouraging to them" Not that Virginia's supposedly high-powered offense was quick to respond. The Cavaliers didn't score until 5:34 remained in the first half, with a 37-yard field goal by Jake Mclnerney.

Then again, Virginia had the ball a little more than three min- i last week. They had practiced it all of two times. "Last year, their defensive backs were coming up In my face, so we wanted to see If they'd bite." said Herman Moore, who might have had teeth marks if he hadn't been wearing a helmet. "I worked It once In practice and once today." Nothing much worked for N.C. State.

Even when the Wolfpack blocked a Virginia punt late In the game, the ball never touched the ground, and the Cavaliers' Durwln Greggs turned it Into a first down. N.C. State had 26 first downs to 13 for Virginia, out-gained the Cavaliers, 355-285, and had the ball more than 13 minutes more than Virginia. But three turnovers and several failed scoring chances did in the Wolfpack. "I don't think that disappointed is a strong-enough word," said N.C.

State coach Dick Sheridan. "No one likes to fall, and we did." This year's Virginia football team can succeed as none of Its predecessors has. If the Cavaliers win their last two games, they would have a school-record 10 victories. By beating Maryland Nov. 18, they'd have a chance at their first ACC football title.

"We've been fighting all year to gain the respect of the other teams in the conference." Wallace said. Virginia 0 10 020 N. Croine St. 6 0 3 09 NCS FQ Hartman 21 NCS FG Hartman 22 FG Mclnerney 37 Mr Wallace 40 interception return (Mclnemey kick) Mr FG Mclnemey 26 NCS FQ Hartman 29 Mr H.Moore 32 pass from Moore (Mclnemey kick) A 53,000. Vie NCS First downs 13 26 Rushes-yards 39-172 48-186 Passing 113 169 Return Yards 43 24 Comp-Att-tnt 3-100 1W1-2 Punts 4-43 4-35 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 4-37 4-50 Time of Possession 23:28 38:32 RUSHING Virginia, M.Wilson 1644, Greggs 6-59.

N.Carolina St, Poag 12-52, Barbour 13-49. PASSING Virginia. S.Moore 3-100-113. N.Carolina St. Montgomery 3-3442.

Poag 13-28-2-127. RECEIVING Virginia. Dootey 1-43, H.Moore 1-32. Fmk-leston 1-38. N.Carolina St, Kavuac 341, Vam 3-35.

position at the Morgan 30. The Bison needed Just three plays, as Can-ran for 1 1. 13 and finally 6 yards for a touchdown with 11:12 left. Morgan's next possession lasted three plays, and the Bears lost 23 yards. Mike Caswell, who had four returns for 60 yards on the day, gave Howard the ball at the Morgan 17.

Lamback made a diving catch on a Humes pass at the 1. Three plays later Everest Parish bulled his way up the middle to finish the scoring. How bad a day was It for Morgan? Even when Howard tried to help the Bears score, the Bears failed. On the Bears' final series, Howard helped them move from their 17 to the Bison 19, giving Morgan 40 yards in penalties. But on second and four from the 19 the Bison caught Sean Nelson in the backfleld for a 6-yard loss and Harrell's passes fell Incomplete on third and fourth downs.

"I wanted us to put It in," said Morgan offensive lineman Sam Beverly. "I've never been shut out before. We Just couldn't put It in." Howard 0 14 0 17 31 Morgan 8f 0 0 0 0 0 Carpenter 15 run (Mossop kick) Mangum 1 run (Mossop kick) Mossop 32 FG Carr 6 run (Mossop kick) Pansri 1 run (Mossop kick) A 8,645. MS Firs! downs 18 10 Rushes-yards 8-200 2S-(-34l Passing yards 101 124 Return yards 78 8 Comp-AtMnt 6-17-0 14-38-1 Punls-evg. 7-34 11-297 Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-0 FwaWes-yarda 11-110 3-25 Time of possesion 36:16 24:44 Ik Dy mine rrcsion sun aiaii uirresponcient IIIMIVFRSITV PARK Pa Wpct Virginia Quarterback Mator Harris has had better days.

He was Inter- rl nn 1 1 iiigc r- fi Vi r-rf times. He hart two nasses batted aown. rie iumDiea live limes, losing And, with each turnover, Harris saw nis cnance tor me neisman I ro- unv, as wcu as tus itam uiu lor Ritf ntavprc malrp hid nlavc In hid i i games. Final score: Penn State 19, West Virginia 9, before 85,91 1 at Beaver Stadium yesterday. "People who saw me play today know I was just trying to make things happen, which I always try to do," said Harris, who completed 16 I of 26 passes for 166 yards and rushed for 1 35 yards on 2 1 carries.

"Maybe I tried too hard at times. I Instead of going down at times, 1 I tried to make the extra yard. I was trying to make the big play." Harris did, except he made them for 16th-ranked Penn State (6-2). His fumble and interception in the third period turned the game over to the Nlttany Lions, who converted I the turnovers into a 28-yard field I goal by Ray Tarasi, a 31 -yard touch-; down pass from quarterback Tony Sacca to tight end David Jakob, and I a 16-3 lead. Harris also had another fumble in the fourth period, this one minutes after his 9-yard touchdown around left end with 5:28 left had pulled the 13th-ranked Mountaineers (6-2-1) to within 16-9.

The fumble, recovered by outside linebacker Reginald Giv-ens, halted a drive at the West Virginia 49, and led to a 2 1 -yard Tarasi field goal, his fourth of the game. It was ironic that the two fumbles came on vintage Harris plays. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Junior from Pittsburgh had scrambled to his left, then back to his right and had picked up 28 yards on the fumble in the third, and 19 on the one in the fourth. Both times he was stripped from behind. Both times he was carrying the ball like Wilt Chamberlain used to palm a basketball.

ing the ball like that when they drop back," Harris said. "So it's not something you think about when you're I ulllilllK 111 Liii uui-ii iitm. reim oiaie was ouviousiy iiuuiv- i i i i i. iou uouiu ten now ne was noiu- lllg Ll 1V UU1I nULIIIllg Vll IllltlU, linphaflffr Rrian Phl7mar Gain "flnrp I knpw 1 had him tackled. 1 just went for the football." But this loss can't be totally pinned on Harris.

The Mountaineers played well enough to win, gaining 369 yards of total offense compared to only 262 yards for Penn State. But West Virginia fumbled 11 times, losing five. Running back Carl Hayes fumbled three times, los-; ing two that led to scores. Penn State safety Sherrod Rainge recovered a Hayes fumble at the West Virginia 44 on the first play of the second period. Eight plays and Jackson's By Sam Davis Darryl Jackson added two more passing records to his long list of accomplishments at Morgan State, but.

aside from that, it was not a memorable performance for the Bears senior quarterback and his teammates yesterday at Morgan's Hughes Stadium. Howard's defense roughed up Jackson, who missed most of the second half with a bruised shoulder, and roughed up the Bears, 31-0, in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game before 8,645. It was Morgan sixth straight loss after a 3-0-1 start. The Bears i (2-4 In the MEAC) also lost their sixth straight to Howard (6-3, 2-2). Howard's defense did nothing to hurt its ranking as the No.

1 team In total defense in Division I-AA. "They were a physical, experl- enced ballclub," said Morgan coach Ed Wyche. "At times they just out-; manned us." With Baltimoreans Sean Van- horse, a senior defensive back from I Northwestern, and Kenneth New-; some, a Junior linebacker from City College, leading the way, Howard completely shut down Morgan's of-I fense. Vanhorse had three tackles and broke up four passes, and New- some had two tackles and one of Howard's eight sacks. Senior line-! backer Charles Gibbs had Tour sacks.

The Bears managed Just 90 yards of total offense. Morgan's passing game, which was No. 1 in the MEAC entering yesterday's game, was lim-; ited to just 1 24 yards. The Bears' running game finished minus 34 yards. "Their defense was the best de- fense we played all year," said Jack-- sonf who guaranteed he'll be ready ACC eluding one for 97 yards and another for 76 yards on the first play from scrimmage.

Hines, a senior who entered the game with nine touchdowns, finished with six receptions for 251 yards. Hines' 97-yarder was the longest play from scrimmage in Duke's history. The victory means Duke still has a chance to win Its first ACC title since 1965. Virginia beat North Carolina State yesterday to improve to 5-1 in the conference, with Maryland left to play In two weeks. Duke (6-3, 4-1) remains a half-game behind with league games remaining against N.C.

State and North Carolina. Hines needs one more touchdown reception to tie the National Collegiate Athletic Association record of 34 set by Houston's Elmo Wright in 1968-70. Duke 17 14 7 14 52 Wake Forest 7 14 0 14 36 Duke Hines 76 pass from Brown (Gardner kick) WF Proem 45 pass from Bamni (Hoyle kick) Duke FG Gardner 33 Duke Cuthbert 7 run (Gardner kick) WF Proem 51 pass from Bamhi (Hoyle kick) Duke Hines 45 pass from Brown (Gardner kick) WF Bamhi 33 run (Hoyle kick) Duke Brown 1 run (Gardner kick) Duke Boone 14 pass from Brown (Gardner kick) Duke Boone 20 run (Gardner kick) WF Johnson 27 pass from BamhW (Hoyle kick) Duke Hines 97 pass from Brown (Gardner kick) WF Niedbala 1 3 pass from West (Hoyle kick) A 18,600 rxi wF First downs 26 23 Rushes-yards 41-165 39-163 Passing yards 444 313 Return yards 90 0 Passes 24-36-1 23-41-1 Punts 3-30 7-34 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-yards 4-35 6-50 RUSHING Duke, Cuthbert 25-102, Boone 7-55. Wake Forest, BamhiH 17-93. Rogers 13-52.

PASSING Duke, D. Brown 24-36-1-444. Wake Forest, BamM1 17-32-1-271. West 6-9-0-42. RECEIVING Duke.

Hines 6-251. Cuthbert 8-88. Wake Forest Proehl 11-165, Brown 6-67. No. 21 Clemson 35 North Carolina 3 CHAPEL HILL.

N.C. Senior tailback Joe Henderson ran for a career-high 163 yards and three touchdowns as Clemson used the ACC's leading rushing offense to defeat North Carolina. The Tigers (8-2, 5-2), averaging 210.8 yards rushing entering the game, ran for 344 yards against the Tar Heels (1-8. 0-6) while holding North Carolina to minus-6 yards on the ground and 114 yards of total offense. Clemson 14 0 14 7 35 North Carolina 3 0 0 0 3 Clem Henderson 4 run (Gardocki kick) UNO FG Gwaltney 47 Clem Morocco 1 run (Gardocki kick) Clem Henderson 3 run (Gardocki kick) Clem Henderson 23 run (Gardocki kick) Clem Lawrence 2 run (Gardocki kick) A 44.500.

Cle UNC Rushes-yards 70-332 23-(-6) Passing 142 120 Return Yards 41 8 Comp-Att-tnt 8-154 12-22-1 Punts 5-45 9-44 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 3-28 5-31 Time of Possession 38:47 21:13 RUSHING Clemson, Henderson 25-163, Lawrence 11-48. North Carolina, Blount 1035. PASSING Clemson, Morocco 6-12-0-118. Cameron 2-30-24. North Carotna, Burnett 12-22-1-120.

RECEIVING Clemson. Fletcher 4-56. Cooper 3-74. North Carolina. Blount 4-25.

Ferton 3-24. Jauch 2-56. Georgia Tech 34 W. Carolina 7 ATLANTA Shawn Jones threw a pair of touchdown passes to Emmett Merchant and Jerry Mays scored on a 19-yard run to power Georgia Tech (4-4) over Western Carolina (3-5-1). W.Caroine 0 7 0 0 07 Georgia Tech 14 10 3 7 34 TECH Merchant 2 pass from Jones (Sisaon kick) TECH Mays 19 run (Sisaon kick) TECH FG Sisaon 23 WCAR Gardln 64 return of blocked field goal (Con kick) TECH Merchant 31 pass from Jones (Sisson kick) TECH FQ Sisson 27 TECH Rodriguez 19 pass from Williamson (Sisson kick) A 28.821.

WCU GT Flrstdowns 16 25 Rushes-yards 28-51 51-270 Passing 172 211 Return Yards 81 125 Comp-Att-mt 19-39-1 12-22-0 Punts 8-37 3-36 FumbleUxwt 1-1 2-10 Penalties-Yards 6-56 9-94 Time of Possession 25:47 34:13 RUSHING W. Carolina, Rosbor 14-29, Hemphill 3-19, Parton 5-12, Ten 1-1. Georgia Tech, Mays 14-82, Edwards 10-72. Dei 11-73, Jones 8-20. PASSING W.

Carolina, Cottrea Georgia Tech, Jones Wiftamson Howard RECEIVING W. Carolina. Taylor 7-50. Reed 4-54, Henderson 3-23. Georgia Tech, Merchant 4-71.

Covington 2-47, Rodriguez 2-42. ACC standings Conference Overall Virginia 5 1 0 8 2 0 Duke 4 1 0 6 3 0 Clemson 5 2 0 8 2 0 North Carolina St 4 2 0 7 2 0 Georgia Tech 3 3 0 4 4 0 Maryland 2 4 0 3 6 0 Wake Forest 15 0 17 1 North Carolina 0 6 0 1 8 0 Yesterday's result Clemson 35, North Carolina 3 Georgia Tech 34, W. Carolina 7 Virginia 20, N. Carolina St. 9 Duke 52.

Wake Forest 35 Saturday's games Penn State at Maryland North Carolina St. at Duke South Carolina at North Carolina Virginia Tech at Virginia Tulsa at Wake Forest WMtVkginta 3 0 0 9 PwwSt 0 13 3 1 WV FG Carrol 38 PS FQ Tarasi 49 PS FG Tarasi 34 PS Jakob 31 pass from Sacca (Tarasi kick) PS FQ Tarasi 28 WV Harris 9 run (kick failed) PS FQ Tarasi 21 A 85.911 WVa Pan First downs 21 13 Rushes-yards 45-203 52-222 Passing yards 166 40 Return yards 30 22 Passes 16-26-1 2-14-0 Punts 4-39 6-42 Fumbles-tost 11-5 1-1 Penalties-yards 10-76 4-20 Time of Possession 30:42 29:18 RUSHING W.Virginia, Harris 21-135, Ford 14-51, Tyler 7-13. Penn State, Thomas 32-150, A.Colllns 1-28, Thompson 7-24, Sacca 5-13. PASSING W.Virginia. Hams 16-26-1-166.

Pern State, Sacca 2-13-0-40, Thomas 0-1-04. RECEIVING W. Virginia, Moss 5-61 Rembert 5-61 Tyler 4-22. Pern State, Jakob 2-40. school records lost in 31-0 Morgan defeat utes in the first quarter.

But on N.C. State's next offensive series, cornerback Jason Wallace saw Wolfpack flanker Chris Corders slip as he went out for a pass from Poag. Wallace Intercepted and, with the help of a block by strong safety Tyrone Lewis, raced 40 yards for a touchdown. "Nothing but daylight," Wallace said. It appeared Poag would redeem himself late in the first half.

But after Poag faked a handoff and ran 30 yards down to the Virginia 8, fullback Todd Varn fumbled for the third time in the last two weeks, with 34 seconds remaining before halftime. "It was discouraging, because we kept pounding away at them," said Poag, a senior and former starter who, before yesterday, had played a total of four series this season. "We kept thinking we're going to score a bunch of touchdowns, but It never happened." It finally happened for Virginia late In the third quarter. Leading 13-9, the Cavaliers went on one of their typical scoring drives: three plays, 78 yards in 63 seconds, a 32-yard pass from quarterback Shawn Moore to flanker Herman Moore, who faked out N.C. State cornerback Barry Anderson on what Is called a stop-and-go In the schoolyard.

Unlike their wishbone formation which the Cavaliers have worked unsuccessfully all season and Welsh said he now likely will Junk hell with the wishbone," he said) the scoring play was a wrinkle added and returned It 1 2 yards to the Morgan 31. Quarterback George Humes, who rotated with Donald Carr for most of the game, completed a 26 yard pass to Charles Lamback on first down. That set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Rodney Mangum with 4:36 left and finished the scoring for the first half. While Morgan's offense continued to struggle in the second half, Howard's started slowly. But the Bison began to move late in the third quarter.

They drove from their 30 and settled for a 34-yard field goal by Gary Mossop with 14:49 left in the fourth quarter. After Morgan lost 1 1 yards on three downs, Howard got good field jbJM 'Ns 1 aat V- THE SUNCECfJA PRESTAMO himself surrounded by defenders, including David Stewart (52). ti -1 r- ii Wi Morgan's James Arnold (34) finds for the final home game of the season against Cheyney State. "They put a lot of pressure on us and threw our timing off. They did a really good job of that." Jackson, who played all of the first half and the first series of the second half before sophomore Milton Harrell took over, completed Just eight of 23 for 85 yards and one of his passes was intercepted.

Still, he became Morgan's single-season passing-yardage leader (1,832) and single-season total-offense leader Both records had been held by Darrell Coulter, set in 1980. But the records are just footnotes in another lopsided JSss for Morgan. Howard took a 14-0. halftime lead, then scored 17 points within a seven-minute span bridging the third and fourth quarters to put the game away. Howard's offense struggled early, managing Just 56 yards on its first three possessions before scoring on the fourth.

James Carpenter, who rushed for 124 yards on 22 attempts, capped a six-play, 64 yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown run with 13:51 left in the first half to start the scoring for the Bison. The lone Interception against Jackson set up the next score. Tim Watson grabbed a deflected pass RUSHMQ Howard, Carpenter 22-124. 1TD; Carr 7-60. 1TD; Humes 8-49.

Morgan Stale. Harrel 10-21; Nelson 5 Daniels 6-6. PASSING Howard, Humes 5-14-090: Carr 1-3-011. Morgan State. JAckson 8-23-165: Harrel 6-15-039 RECEIVING Howard.

Lamback 3-53: MUes 2-23; Ca-swei 1-25. Morgan State, Nelson 4-44; Daniels 4-21; Ham. 2-18..