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CCLLCG2 FCOTCALL Sunday, October 31, 1993 F7 "The: Atlanta Journal The Atlanta Constitution SIAC leader Albany State moves to 9-0 with 20-12 Dome win over Clark Atlanta Georgia Tech 13 8 14 12-47 Puke QQ7 714 1 .1, Corf. Overall WIT WL Saturday's scores Next game AlbanySt. 6 0 0 9 0 0 beat Clark Ad. 20-12 Sat, vs. Morris Brown Ft: Valley 5 0 0 6 3 0 beat Tuskegee 40-2 1 Sat vs.

Savannah St. Savannah St 3 2 14 3 1 Idle Sat at ft. Valley Hot. Brown 3 3 0 4 4 0 Idle Sat, at Albany St. Tuskegee 3 4 0 3 6 0 lost to Ft.

Valley 40-2 1 Nov. 1 3 vs. Ala. Ala. 2 3 1 2 6 I lost to Alabama St 7-0 Sat vs.

Park Atlanta Morehouse 2 3 0 3 5 0 lost to Howard 34-9 Sat, vs. Miles Clark Atl. 2 5 0 2 6 0 test to Albany St 20-12 Sat at Alabama Miles 0 6 0 0 7 0 Knoxville, late Sat at Morehouse in rushing defense (63.5). Clark Atlanta topped those numbers before halftime. first half) ran through two would-be tacklers in the Pan- thers' secondary, and Sultan Cooper passed to Darrell Bibbins on the two-point conversion for the 20-12 margin.

Clark Atlanta, which gained only 41 of its total yards after halftime, missed a chance late in the fourth quarter when linebacker James Yarborough recovered a fumble on a fake punt But he when tried to lateral to a teammate, the ball was intercepted. "We knew we could beat them," said Yarborough. "They are just another eleven like we are. Our record doesn't reflect how good a team we are. We may homecoming, coach Willie Hunter raised a toast to his undermanned squad.

"We have a good ballclub," Hunter said. "Sometimes our fans and our boosters don't believe but every team we play, we play tough. All the way through. We came in here to win this ballgame. We had them scouted.

We thought we were going to sneak them." Albany State, which rushed for 294 yards mainly between the tackles went on top for the first time, and for good, on Antonio Leroy's 42-yard, third-quarter scoring burst. The 5-10, 200-pound freshman from Albany who had 151 yards on 33 carries (26 in the be 2-5, but I think we're the best 2-5 team there Three of the Panthers' losses have been by a touchdown or less. "They come back and they keep coming every week," Hunt-cr Scud The Rams' "Blue Death" defense came into the game first in NCAA Div. II in scoring defense (8.5 points per game) and second First quarter Ceorgla Tech: Dorse Levens 1 run (Jarrett lock), 7:53. Drive.

63 yards in 13 plays Key play: On 2nd and 3 Ouke'i 45, Dormie Davis passed 1 7 yards to Omar Cat- My to Duke's 28. The touchdown came eight plays later. Teen 7, Duke a 1 Georgia Tech Charfe Simmons 72 pass from Dooms 1 "Davis (kick blocked). 1:20. Drive: 95 yards in 5 plays.

Key play; On 3rd and 5 at Tech's 26, Davis threw over the die tor Simmons to get a first down. But Simmons raced past safety Ray Farmer, who could not change direction in the mud and beat his pursuers to the end zone. Tech JJ.DukeO. Second quarter Georgia Tech William Bel 1 run (Simmons pass Irom Oavs), 0:36. Drive: 89 yards in 3 ptays Key piay On 1st down after a fumble recovery, Days passed deap down the far side for Keenan Walker, who caught thecal at Duke's 40, evading safety Tee Edwards and sprinting tothe 19.

On the next play, Simmons recovered Jimy Lin- icotn's fumble after a pass at Duke's 3. Tee 21, Duke 0. Third quarter Georgia Tech: Dorsey Levers 4 run (Jarrett kick), 11:42. Drive: 24 yards in 4 plays (1 Key play: On 2nd and 6 at Duke's 13, quarterback Sconce Fischer scrambled tor -11-yaros, but was stripped by linebacker Fred Coger. Hose guard Bryan Baster recovered.

Lever ran tour times for the touchdown. Tech 28, Duke 0. Duke: David Lcwman 1 run (Cochran kick), 8:05. Drive: 73 yards in 10 plays Key play: On 3rd and 10 at tech's 48, Fischer threw deep for wide receiver Stanley Dorsey who made a diving catch between Jimmy Clem- ems and David Hendrtx. Tech 28, Duke 7.

Georgia Tech: Jason Bender 1 7 pass from Davis (Jarrett kick), 3:54. Drive: 67 yards in 11 plays. Key play: On 3rd and 8 at Tech's 35 on the series after Tech's TO, Davis passed 13 yards to Bender on a slant to the 48. Bender ran the same route tor two more receptions on the drive, including the scoring play. Tech 35, Duke 7, Fourth quarter $eorgla Tech: Bender 8 pass from Graham Stroman "(kick failed), 6:11.

Drive: 76 yards In 11 plays Key "play: On 3rd and 5 at Tech's 47, Stroman could not find receiver down field, but found ny Lincoln in the right flat He barely got the bat to him and Lincoln did the rest, gaining 17 to Duke's 36. Tech 41, Duke 7. GMraliTtch: Lincoln 14 run (kick fatedV 1 :01 Drive: 52 yards in 8 plays Key play: On 2nd and 2 at the 50, Lincoln circled end and ran 23 yards to the 27. He carried every play in the drive. Tech 47, Duke 7.

Duke: Jon Jensen 36 pass from Joe Pickens (Cochran kick), 0:06. Drive: 70 yards in 5 plays Key play: The touchdown pass. was Jensen's fourth reception of the drive and of the game. Tech 47, Duke 14. Clemson flexbone, Witherspoon crush Maryland 29-0 HLJu, mlummmm W.WWIWUW ffh f.

t5 i I I 1 i ByJ.CCIemons STAFF WRITER If football games were measured by an electrocardiogram instead of a scoreboard, Clark Atlanta's Panthers would be unbeaten. Instead, once again Saturday night, Clark Atlanta's mettle was no match for an opponent's muscle. Albany State (9-0, 6-0 SIAC), the nation's No. 9-ranked team in NCAA Division II, kept it's school-record start rolling, powering its way to a 20-12 win before an estimated 17,000 at the Georgia Dome. While the Panthers (2-6, 1-5) were in no mood to celebrate Ward hurt inFSU's 54-0 rout of Wake ASSOCIATED PRESS Tallahassee, Fla.

Charlie Ward, the favorite to capture the Heisman trophy, was knocked out of top-ranked Florida State's 54-0 home FSU coming victory over Wake Forest with bruised ribs Saturday. The quarterback's status for next week's game at Maryland is uncertain, but he had no doubt he'd be ready for Florida State's showdown at No. 2 Notre Dame on Nov. 13. "People want to blow this out of proportion," Ward said.

"Right now, I'm expecting to play against Maryland. If I can't, I have a lot of confidence in my backups. "I've got two weeks to get ready for Notre Dame," he said. Ward, who completed 13 of 20 passes for 125 yards, was hurt in the final minute of the first half with the Seminoles (8-0 overall, 6-0 ACC) ahead 34-0. He was tackled by several defenders as he attempted to scramble out of trouble at midfield on an aborted pass play.

i c' Sophomore Jon Stark finished up and threw for 108 yards and one touchdown, but was intercepted twice once more than Ward has been all year in 241 passes. Florida State coach Bobby Bowden will have to choose between Stark and Danny Kanell if Ward can't play next week. The Seminoles clinched at least a share of their second straight conference title and tied a league mark with their 15th straight victory, matching Maryland's record established in the 1975 and 1976 seasons. FSU has outscored its opponents 350-38 this season, and Saturday's victory was its fourth shutout, tying a school record. "The one thing that keeps jumping out at me about this season is those zeroes on the scoreboard," said Bowden.

"When you shut people out, you ain't going to lose." The victory was Bowden's 235th, moving him past former Michigan coach Bo Schem-bechler into sixth place all-time. Wake Forest (2-5, 1-4) failed to avert the shutout midway through the final quarter when Bill Hollows missed a 27-yard field goal try. Wake FSU First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Atl-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yard Time of Possession 12 33-55 115 6 13-31-1 9-41 0-0 7-62 28:01 35 5M14 233 35 21-34-2 1-25 0-0 14-110 31:59 Wk Forest Florida Stat 0 0 8 0-0 17 17 13 7-84 FSU-FGBentley25 FSU-Floyd1 run (Bentley kick) FSU-Abraham 29 Interception return (Bentley kick) FSU-FG Bentley 27 FSU C.Williame 1 run (Bentley kick) FSU-Ounn 63 run (Bentley FSU-Venovar 8 run (Mowrey kick) FSU-Dunn 5 nin (kick failed) FSU-Smith 14 pass from Stark (Mowrey kick) A 66,666, INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Wake Forest, Leach 12-40, Moutlrie 7-11, Uw-kj 3-10. Florida State, Dunn 8-162, Jackson 16-118, C.WH-Hams 649, Smith 7-45, Floyd 6-19, Frier 1-12 PASSING-Wake Forest, Kemp 5-17-1-39, LaRue 7-13-0-74, Dolder 1-1-0-2. Florida State, Ward 13-200-125, Stark 8-14-2-108.

RECEIVING Wake Forest, Rasby 5-55, Dixon 4-51, Blarv chard 2-5. Florida Slate, Vanover 5-55, McCorvey 4-57, Knox 4-39, Smith 3-32, Jackson 2-8. Associated Press Bruised ribs knocked FSU's Charlie Ward (center) outofj Saturday's win over Wake Forest, but the quarterback ASC 8 6 8 8-20 CAU 6668-11 Clark Atira-Terry Beckr 40-yard lurr recovery. Kick tailed. Albany Stat Antonio Leroy one-yard run.

Kickfailed. Clark Atlanta Schredrick Austin 63-yard pass from fcdric Shaffers. Run failed. Albany State Antonio Leroy five-yard run. Pass tailed.

Albany Stat Antonio Leroy 42-yard run. Darrell Bibbjn pass from Sultan Cooper. (est) opponent since their 30-0 victory over Illinois in the 1990 Hall of Fame Bowl. Holding the Terps and sophomore quarterback Scott Milano-vich scoreless was particularly satisfying to the Tigers' defense, throttled in last year's 53-23 loss to Maryland. "Last year, we had a different scheme.

We changed just them and it didn't work," Cleirj-son linebacker Mike Barber said. "Today, we just played our regular defense. They moved the ball, but when they got down around the 20, we got tougher." For Maryland, the game imitated the weather: dismal dreadful. In the second quartet the Terps had a fumble.recovery and a pass interception nullified by penalties; they committed lp the entire game. i Maryland fumbled Clemson's 15 in the first half and later failed to score from the.

Tigers' 3-yard line, missing a20-yard field goal attempt. Nothing changed in the fourth quarter. The Terps were stopped at the Tigers' 8 with the outcome stillin the balance. But on Clemson's next play, Witherspoon hit his 89-yard run that put the game away. He had scored on a 1-yard run on the Tigers' first jjqs- session.

Witherspoon credited fellow halfback Rodney Blunt, a senior from Pensacola, who had 37 yards on seven attempts, with providing him the opportunities. "With the wishbone, you've got more people blocking, and with me andRodney, we depend on each other," Witherspoon said. "Withjiim blocking for me, there was a greater chance 'the hole was going to be wide open." And that may keep the door Wide open for the( the continuing recovery of quarterback Patrick Sapp, "We made some progress? I think the biggest thing our offense helped us with today was the rainy field," Hatfield said. "That's the thing we were prepared for. This was our fourth game at home, and wq've played each time on a wet field." "I think with.

the extra blocker to play that' kind of game in that kind of condition and not have a single turnover is pretty darn good." Sapp, whose injury led Hatfield to install the forced to play in the second quarter when starter Richard Mon-crief suffered another injury to his left hip. Sapp all five of his pass attempts for 56 yards. "It doesn't matter with me what offense we use from here on out," he said. "I can handle it." 1 Mary Clem First down Rushes-yards 18 -18. 41-86 223 190 0 2 '48 1931-1 ,841, 038 3-2- 24 1072 9-50 27:55 'Return Yard Comp-AM-Int Punt Fumbtea-Lost Penarges-Yird Time ol Possession 9 s-o 8 8 17-29 ClemiKW wi run wm) riot Hfl TI Cm-fG Welch 28 cism-WiiwspoonsaiunjWeichkick) Clenv-FQ Welch 21 Mtonov1cn lMW-2ia.

Clemson, fit ftKEIViNa-Maryland, Woavw 8-68, 6-58, K.WI- cimw, TAmm f-n, hhor i vvym i-a than a week, if that much. ri upsets Virginia 34-29 By Earnest Reese STAFF WRITER Clemson, S.C. Clemson halfback Derrick Witherspoon is no longer a critic of coach Ken Hatfield's flexbone offense, a wishbone variant. Running on the soggy ground of Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon, Witherspoon found favor with the new offense as he rushed for a career-high 172 yards and two touchdowns to help Clemson to a 29-0 victory against Maryland before an an- nounced crowd of 62,000. In the fourth quarter, Witherspoon broke off right tackle and raced 89 yards for a touchdown that put the hammer on the Terrapins (1-7 overall, 1-4 in the ACC).

After the Tigers' offense recovered from a sluggish first half and rolled up 273 yards in the second half on the way to a total of 435, Witherspoon reversed from his earlier disenchantment with the flexbone. "We weren't winning, and we weren't scoring too many points," the senior from Sumter, S.C., said. "I'm just for anything that works." The shutout against Mary- and, which entered the game as the nation 2 passing team, the Tigers' first against a I-A Teal throws for pair of TDs in West Georgia's 27-25 win Clinton, Miss. Chris Teal passed for 128 yards and two touchdowns as West Georgia beat Mississippi Collegq 27-25. West Georgia (3-5) took a 14-6 halftime lead on Teal's scoring passes to Chad Walker for1 12 yards and a 2-yarder to Cedric Thomas.

Jed by Brad Jtrohm, who threw a 12- vnrd tnnchdnwn nass fo Andv Dart irt ihe first quarter and scored on art 11- third sr-tn'Tuskeeee. Bonnie Nelson" MCKea UP ipu yaius un x.j a A HO rtfiMf at and scored (wo touchuowns ro icaa t. Oat l.K 1M to a 40- GaTech Duke First downs 27 22 13 8 Passing 13 14 Penalty 1 0 Met rushing yards 277 141 Rushing attempts 55 31 i Yards gained; 289 157 Yards lost 12 16 Net passing yards 316 360 26 44 faWf11' 17 25 "frdlntwcerJUn 0 1 Tiui net yanhvj't 593 501 i Offensive plays; 1 81 75 Yards par fllay, 7.3 6.7 -Ijloturnyard 16 7 Fumbtos-lost 1-0 Penalties-yard Ali 642 6-84 InterteptloHt-yarda 1-0 'Punte-yerdfciUli 3-122 4-141 j'-'Averaae hn 40.7 35.3 Punt returns-ysrds 2-16 1-7 returns-yards 2-66 7-101 time 34:26 26:34 Third-down conversions 9-15 8-15 Times seeked-yds. lost 1-3 2-15 jjfj Georgia Tech hushing 1 Alt Vdi Avg LG TD rjjhboTn 15 92 6.1 23 1 tiavens 13 90 6.9 29 2" Bell 21 84 4.0 23 1 5 10 2.0 9 0 1 4 4.0 4 0 Gonzalez 2 -3 -1 0 toiais 57 289 $1 29 PASSING M.f,'! AH Com Yds IQ -list TD tavi8 19 14 280 72 0 2 3 36 17 0 "Totals 26 17 316 72 0 3 RECEIVING TP No. Yds Avg LG TD jimmons 4 116 29.0 72 1 Walker 2 77 38.5 70 0 4 50 12.5 17 2 2 33 16.5 17 0 Passidy 2 25 12.5 17 0 Smith 1 11 11.0 11 0 'Vance 1 4 4.0 4 0 "'Belt 1 0 0.0 0 0 "Tdtals 17 316 18.6 72 3 PUNTING Ho.

Ydt Avg 16 Bender 3 122 40.7 54 t'toMl i 122 40,7 84 RETURNS i 'Punt Lincoln 1-9, Haney 1-7. Klckoffs: Levens 2-66. In-t jjefceptkint! Penyman 1-0. Puke I RUSHING 'p' i Alt Yds Avg LG TD Baldwin 12 68 6.7 19 0 Jitcher 10 51 5.1 25 0 fledmon 3 11 3.7 4 0 5 10 20 4 Pickens 11 1.0 1 0 total 31 157 8,1 25 1 PASSING Alt Corn Yd LG Int TD Fischer 33 18 24? 45 0 Pickens 10 6 96 36 1 1 1 1 22 22 0 0 Total 44 it 360 48 1 1 RECEIVING Ho. Yd Avg LP TD Dorsey 4 87 21.8 45 "0 Jensen 4 71 17.8 36 flwddlove 4 60 150 21 rT Spurrier 5 51 10.2 24 0 farmer 1 22 220 22 0 Farquhar 1 22 22.0 22 Baldwin 2 17 85 9 0 Flamming 1 13 13.0 13 0 Galaska 1 12 120 12 7" Redmon 1 6 SO 0 Lowman 1 2 20 2 0 Total 28 360 UA 48 1 PUNTING No, Yds Avg LP Krueoer 4 141 35.3 40 Total 4 141 40 Conf.

Overall W-L-T W-L-T Saturday's score Next game FSU 6-0-0 8-0-0 beat Wake Forest S4-0 Sat, at Maryland N.Carolina 4-2-0 7-2-0 Idle Sat vs. Clemson Clemson 4-2-0 6-2-0 beat Maryland 29-0 Sat, at N. Carolina Virginia 4-2-0 6-2-0 lost to N.C. State 34-29 Sat, vs. Wake Forest N.C.

State 3-2-0 6-2-0 beat Virginia 34-29 Sat, at Duke Wake Forest 1-4-0 2-6-0 lost to FSU 54-0 Sat, at Virginia Maryland 1-4-0 1-7-0 lost to Clemson 29-0 Sat, vs. FSU Ga.Tech 2-5-0 3-5-0 beat Duke 47-14 Sat, vs. Baylor Duke 1-5-0 2-7-0 lost to Georgia Tech 47-1 4Sat. vs. N.C.

State Howard improves to 8-0, smothers Morehouse 34-9 doesn't expect to miss more N.C. State ASSOCIATED PRESS Raleigh, N.C. Once again, North Carolina State led a charmed existence in the fourth Gary Downs Virginia scored twice on short runs in the final IOV2 minutes Saturday as the Wolfpack upset Virginia 34-29. "It's a group of men who don't quit, and they fight you when the odds are against them," said Wolfpack coach Mike O'Cain, whose team has out-scored its last five opponents 71-15 in the final period. The Cavaliers (6-2, 4-2 ACC) fumbled twice in the final quarter to blow a 27-17 lead and see their major bowl chances fade.

Virginia's loss also created a three-way tie for second in the ACC among the Cavaliers, No. 18 North Carolina and Clemson. NC8 First downs flushes-yards 24 48-256 252 109 19 47-165 209 133 Return Yards Comp-Atl-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penaliies-Yards Time of Possession 15-26-1 12-184 2-42 4-41 40 4-2 5-47 1-5 28:30 31:30 Virginia N.C. State 314 10 2-49 314 0 17-34 NCS FG Vktotich 20 yg PQ lOrkejdg 32 23 run (Kirkekfe kick) NCS-GMs 63 pass from Harvey (Vldetich kick) Va Jeffera 31 pass Willis (Kirkeide kick) 30 pass from Haw Notion kick) Va-FG Kirkeide 27 Ve-Weyl run (Kirkekfe kick) NCS-Oowns 4 run (Vtdettch kick) NCS-Oowne 2 run (VkJeticn kick) NCS-FGVidetich28 Va-Safety, Harvey ran out of end zon INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Virginia, Washington 17-103, Brooks 18-107, Willis 8-24. N.C.

State, Down 1546, George 082, Fitzgerald 7-30. PASSING-Vlrginla, Willis 15-26-1-252. N.C. State, Harvey 12-18209. ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Quarterback Jay Walker led Howard on four touchdown drives as the Bison remained undefeated with a 34-9 victory over Morehouse on Saturday.

Howard improved to 8-0, while Morehouse dropped to 3-5. The Bison scored on its first series, going 52 yards in 10 plays as Anare Owens completed the uiive mm i-yara lOUcnaownrwMkdnni rviw, a.i.n run. a do-yara neid goal bYMotiil ehouse's Ed Rhodes cut the lead to 7-3, but Howard'3 Rupert Grant scored on ayard-run to to yard run in th J-WJ sored scored yard run in the make it 14-3. Morehouse down on a 15-yard pass" from but; uuanson xo lerrai Lcwismi the third quarter i I .1 T.Lm a. a Morehouse 0 198-1 120 07-34 Howard HU-Owens 2-yard run (Decuk hick) MC-FQ Rhodes 23 Hit-Arm 3-vorH run mnilr UM HU-Walker31-pMsloHrrll(0culrklck) JINiftSE nu-wawer 44-pas to wnmngnam ftiok taHstft MmH, 5 Z17L7J7t.

((. Clem-OeSu 3 run (Welch kick) 21 victory oter Tuskegee (W, 5-0) ooo. In SIAC playi, Cleveland, MisiW 'individual stATisficT pominlque rushed tor 160 RusHwo-MaryKuid, Mason iws, Dumw 3-20, k.wi- Vl'dS Bird three totidldOWnS as V.niM3. Ctonison, Vitherspoon 19172, Blunt 7-37. iloHnota Stata (7.2.4-1) routed DelU SlTi-' Tfl uJfiiilll StaM W'5'" 'fMf i South Conference uM'-' 4-127, Holmes 40, Mundy .:1 01 1 349.

N.C. State, Griff. Ml, AM 2-51, Fitzgerald 2-24, HtMSrant l-yMMl (Deculr UtW 1 1 Qeorge2-22. i.