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The Atlanta Journal The Atlanta Constitution COUTGS FO OTP ALL Sunday, September 4, 1994 F7. SS3 Clemson runs away By tops 41-17 in win over By Wendy Parker STAFF WRITER Cavaliers fizzle after first quarter By Joe Strauss STAFF WRITER Tallahassee, Fla. Yes, Virgin fensive line for 89 yards ox tli carries after getting the starting assignment shortly before kickoff. van It was Downs who contribute ed to Clemson's go-ahead scttfeV in the second quarter, charghig ahead for 16 yards on a drive that culminated in Sapp's 28-yari touchdown pass to Ahtwuan Wy- att, giving the Tigers a 10-3 lWd. On the next offensive series Downs ran off right guard fol: yards and later picked up l'5 W' the Furman 35, though the drive stalled and Nelson Welch a 47-yard field goal for a 3-3 lead.

'niA. "I didnt have a concern about a freshman starting, because everybody was ready-fori it," Sapp said. "When Anthony would get hit, he tacked on three or four more yards. He's tough runner." So was his backup, JarrTs 3 Jenkins, another true freshrpan who got a good look in the second half and responded with 10 car lies for 59 yards. The freshmen Associated Press FSU wide receiver Andre Cooper (I) drops a pass in the end with Virginia's Ronde Barber (19) and Joe Williams.

runners combined for 185 yards on 37 carries, averaging five'j yards a rush. Clemson, S.C. For all of coach Tommy A I A I West's promises to 1 ff innvpil th fnrurnrH Comon pass as a regular offensive weapon, Air Clemson remained in the maintenance hangar for most of Saturday's opener against Furman. Although quarterback Patrick Sapp threw for 106 yards and a touchdown, the Tigers looked and played remarkably like the run-oriented teams Clemson fans are accustomed to, and with familiar results. West, making his head coaching debut in Death Valley, turned to the option as fullback Emory Smith pounded out two fourth-quarter touchdowns to help No.

24 Clemson pull away from the Paladins 27-6 before a crowd of 62,500. West, Clemson's linebackers coach from 1982-89 and considered a protege of former coach Danny Ford, has said he isn't trying to follow in the footsteps of his mentor. But with only six returning offensive starters and no established running back, his strategic choices were limited. West, who had to break in half his backfield and most of his offensive line, couldn't have been more pleased with the progress of a team that going into the season was expected to be guided by its experienced defensive unit. "I wanted to play the young backs as much as we could," said West.

"We didn't use a lot of offense today. We had to keep it simple today for our team." The game plan was easy enough for tailback Anthony Downs, one of two true freshmen to get the bulk of the rushing work for the Tigers. Downs blew through an outsized Furman de- 27-17 despite ia, this is still Florida State. Charlie Ward may have tricky dribbled his Heis- fhan Trophy to the NBA and the foot Locker Five may still be serving their school suspensions for a well-publicized shopping spree. But with Saturday's 41-17 pounding of ACC-rival Virginia at Doak Campbell Stadium, the Seminoles made clear there is more to this team than controversy and famous alumni, Even without Ward and three suspended starters, the Seminoles used their first defense of a national championship to introduce Danny Kanell as starting quarterback.

Reviews were favorable, even if somewhat delayed. 'Bent on stuffing the Seminoles running game which trampled them for 205 yards last October, the Cavaliers adopted a blitzing eight-man front The effects were mixed. Florida State rushed for only 34 yards in the first half; however, the constant rush mixed with90-degree heat to quickly sap the Virginia defense. The remnants were no match. players were saying that they were getting real tired.

The-heat was a factor. And they died. They died," Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said. fe Cavaliers pestered the Nbl '4-ranked Seminoles in the Srst' quarter, forcing an inter-epti'on and holding them scoreless after taking a 3-0 lead on Ra- Fill HUH CIIWSOH7 First downs 6 At9i Rushes-yards (-3) 268, Passing 102 f109' Return Yard 0 6. Comp-Att-W 13-23-1 -iTa' Punts 6-33 Fumbtes-Lost 3-1 1-0 Penalbes-Ysfds 2-25 ,10,97, Time of Possession 22:41 i7flt Furmm 0 J-M Cfmson I II I 1427 Fur FG Richter 39 TjTJa Clem-fQ Welch 43 Clem Wyatt 28 pass from Sapp (Welch kick) Clem-FG Welch 47 Clem-Smith 3 run (Welch luck) Fur FG Richter 37 V1; Clem-Smith 2 run (Welch kick) writ A 2,500 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS if zone after making contact 158 397 26 4 17-36-1 38-56-1 1035 5-38 4-2 1-1 649 t-72 Ratum Yards Comp-Att-tnt Punts FumMas-Lori Penalties-Yards Tims of Possession 32:50 27:10 I 114-17 2014 7-41 Roridt 8L V-fG Garcia 40 FSU-Oum 16 pass from Kami (kick blocked) FSU-Glenn 3 pass from Kanell (Bentley kick) RU-McCorvey 4 pass from Kanel (Bentley kick) FSU-Preston 3 run (Bentley kick) FSU-Crockettl run (Bentley kick) CrowaB 20 pass from Gran (Garcia kick) FSU-McCorvey 4 pass from Kanel (Bentley kick) W-CroweUS pass kctnGroh (Garcia kick) A 74.551.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Virginia, Barber 12-106, Brooks 11-21, Way 7- 19, Medley 2-1. Groh 2-(minua 3), Willis 3-(minus 19). Flori da St, Preston 3-70, J.Green 6-25, Ellison 1-12, Crockett 5-9, Dunn 44, Kanel 1-2, E.G. Green 1-(minus 2). Stark 1-(n nuss.

1 PASSING-Virginia, Willis 9-24-1-66, Groh 8-12-0-92. Flort- oa Kartell 32-48-1-330, stark 7-667. RECEfVING-Viroinla, Crown 546, JeHers 3-33, Brooks 3- 7, Byrd 1-13, Allen 1-11, Owen 1-9, Neety 1-7, Berey 1-7, Davis 1-5. Florida McCorvey 11-107, Cooper S44, Ellison 643, Dunn 4-71 Preston 3-27, Messam 3-20, Crockett 2-29, Long 2-24, JGreen 2-16, E.G.Green Ml. Glenn 1-3.

with some long runs. Offensively we did nothing five first downs, 78 total yards in the first half. "I don't know if they're great, or we're not so good, or lousy." It's too early to tell. Blessed with favorable early schedules, the Cavaliers had opened the last four seasons with at least five consecutive wins. Saturday's drubbing was their first early season setback since losing 36-13 to Notre Dame in the 1989 Kick-off Classic.

Virginia is 5-9-1 against Top 20 teams since. History lessons had little meaning for Kannel, who admitted to a case of nerves. "What happened early was exactly what was afraid of," he said. Wr FSU First downs 14 22 Rushes-yards 37-127 24-116 Stanicek leads way as North Carolina Atlantic Coast Conference fael Garcia's 40-yard field goal. Last year only four teams Miami, Georgia Tech, Nebraska and Notre Dame were able to blank Florida State for an entire period.

Unfortunately for Virgin- ia, a ruinous second quarter fol- lowed its inspired first After shunning the running game in favor of spreading the field, Kanell dissected the Virginia defense by exploiting its fatigued linebackers. The result was three rapid-fire touchdown passes, a 20-3 halftime lead and an end to any leftover suspense. "One quarter means nothing," said obviously peeved Virginia coach George Welsh, whose team has lost to Florida State by a combined 81-31 the last two years. "I think we let them off the hook 82-yard run and finished with 130 yards on five carries. Frank Costa threw for 168 yards and one touchdown.

"I knew we'd do a lot of running," Stewart said. "The game plan was pound, pound, pound." It has been 27 years since Miami had a bigger margin of victory. The romp marked an emphatic debut for the Hurricanes, eager to erase the memory of a disappointing 9-3 season last year that ended with a 29-0 loss to Arizona in the Fiesta Bowl. "Miami is not dead," said Costa, who lost his starting job midway through last season. "We're not going to let what happened in the past bother us.

If it takes a blowout like this to open people's eyes, so be it." Division I-AA Georgia Southern needed eight possessions and 27 minutes to earn a first down. With just 6:30 remaining, the Eagles had two first downs and zero net yardage. "Basically we got the slop beat out of us," coach Tim Stowers said. "I'll be happy to get 1 I RUSHING Furman, Lynch 7-15, McClarty S-WJ-J Culpepper 1-2, Jones 7-(minus 30). Clemson, Downs 17-69, Jenkins 11-59, Smith 10-59, Peneus 8-3S, Soloman 7-32, Sapp 8-8, Priester 1-2.

il. itM PASSINQ-Furman, Jones 13-2OO-102, Stisppj 0-1-1-0, Bonavsntura) 0-2-00. Clemaon, Sapp Solomon 1-1-04. RECEIVING Furman, McClarty 348, OavtS29, Broughton 2-13, Culpepper 2-9, Lynch 2-7. Clertrw.

son, Wyatt 5-78, Downs 2-19, Hinton 1-14. iM sloppy eff dt )0 vs-'j Next game VT vs. Eastern Carolina OVRV at Maryland vs. North Carolina State Sept. 1 7 vs.

Maryland at Clemson vs. Western Carolina vs. Appalachian State vs. Florida State V7 at Navy ern. Boone finished that game with 201.

Spence Fischer completed 15-dff 24 passes for 197 yards scores, a 17-yarder to John Farqilhar in the first period and a 34-yardeirto: Corey Thomas in the second. a Baldwin accounted for yards on a drive which increased Duke's lead to 21-0 with 13:32 leftlh' the half. He ran for 66 yards, incW ing the 1-yard scoring plunge; caught a pass for 6 yards. The.re maining yardage resulted frohva face-mask penalty called agairjsf' Maryland at the end of an 11-yard run by Baldwin to the Terrapins Maryland quarterback ScotfMi-lanovich threw a 43-yard screen pafsS 1 to Geroy Simon in the third and Buddy Rodgers ran 7 yards) fof" Maryland's other score. Dukere1' serve David Lowman added1 a fourth-down, 1-yard touchdown riAl' with 11 seconds to play.

Md buke First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 19 28-43 235 0 21-32-0 5-36 1-0 7-61 25:33 ft 31 J5-31 0 16-25-0, 7-71 34 27. Maryland Duke 0 3 13 0-16 14 14 7 1449 Duke Farquhar 17 pass from Fischer (Coahran kick) wA Duke Baldwin 3 run (Cochran kick) Duks-Baldwln 1 run (Cochran kick) Md FG ODonnell 40 Duks Thomas 34 pass from Fischer (Cochrjnv, kick) -4 Md Simon 43 pass from Mllanovteh (kick failed) Duks Baldwin 11 run (Cochran kick) A Md Rogers 7 run (O'Donnell kick) el Duks Baldwin 34 run (Cochran kick) Duke lowman 1 run (Boston kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Maryland, Rogers 14-44, UrKtorwood' 4-5. Milanovfch 64, Foley 1-(-4), Williams 2-f5), Si- mon 1-0. Duke, Baldwin 33-238, Lowman 8-1b 1 London 6-28, Fischer 2-5, Redmon 2-21 DeOoo 3" PASSING Maryland, Milanovteh 20-31-0230, Foley 1-1-0-5. Duks, Fischer 15-24197, Pietism!) M-0-18.

RECEMNG-MarytandSimon 6-124, WeaveJ'e1 48, Rogers 5-43, M. Johnson 3-21 Underwood T-ti 1). Duks, Baldwin 549, Khaya 448, Wright 3-lfj, Thomas 2-59, Farquhar 1-17, Nicholson 1-11. Miami's Kenard Lang sacks Georgia Southern's Joe Dupree. Southern was held to 54 yards.

Miami buries Georgia Southern 56-0 as 58th straight home win sets record downs TCU ASSOCIATED PRESS Chapel Hill, N.C Jason Stan- i icek had 244 yards Ifilifih of offense in the IU5J" first half, and North Carolina Carolina overcame 'i I four turnovers and a blocked field goal to down Texas Christian 27-17. Stanicek passed for 179 yards and rushed for 65 as North Carolina built a 10-point halftime lead. But the Tar Heels, playing without four injured starters, nearly gave the game away in the second half before securing their sixth straight season-opening victory. Stanicek, who finished with 230 yards passing and 80 yards rushing, was intercepted twice in the second half and a fumble by Curtis Johnson produced only three points for TCU despite great field position. The Horned Frogs also blocked a 34-yard field goal attempt early in the fourth quarter to stay within 24-17.

But a key third-down sack by Oscar Sturgis after the block put TCU out of scoring range, and Stanicek engineered a six-minute scoring drive late in the fourth quarter. Stanicek's 17-yard completion and 23-yard run helped set up Tripp Pignetti's field goal with 1:28 left. TCU twice took seven-point leads in the first quarter, but North Carolina tied the game at 14 on a foucth-and-goal run by Leon Johnson from the 1. Stanicek's 19-yard completion to Greg DeLong, who returned from knee surgery last season, and 16-yard run set up the score. The loss of middle guard Brian Brooks to a broken leg midway through the first quarter seemed to take a toll on the TCU defense as the Tar Heels began to reel off big chucks of yardage on the ground.

North Carolina took the lead for good early in the second period as Stanicek found Marcus Wall, the Tar Heels' only experienced wide receiver, down the right sideline for a 61-yard scoring pass. The 165-pounder made most of the play by himself, faking two defenders near the 20 III 0. Associated Press back to I-AA football." "Defensively it was as good an effort as you could possibly have," Miami coach Dennis Erickson said. "They just couldn't get anything going. We played a lot of guys, and they played extremely well" Ga.8.

Mia. First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts Fumoles-lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 6 29 48-12 45415 42 212 125 82 4-100 14-28-1 11-44 2-18 3-2 3-2 8-80 t-70 29:07 30:53 Os. Southern 8 0 0 0-8 14 14 14 14-88 Mia Stewart31 run (PrewM kick) Mis L. Jones 5 run (PrewiR kick) Mis-Stewart run (Prewitt kick) 1 Jones 11 pass from Collins (Prewitt kick) Mia-Stewwt 2 run (PrewW kick) Mia-T. Jones 23 pass from Costa (Prewitt kick) Mia Shipman 82 run (Prewitt kick) Mis-Ferguson i run (Prewitt kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING 6a.

Southern, Russell 1046, Wright 5-19. Dawson 1-14, Stephens 8-12, Roberts 2-9, Warthen 84, M. Jonas 1-(minus 2), Joyner 1-(mlnus 13), Robinson 4-(minus 18), Dupree 10-(minus 29). Miami, Stewart 17-145, Shipman 5-130, Ferguson 1587, Jones Ml, Costa 2-12. PASSINO-Oa.

Southern, Robinson 240-27, Dupree 2-7-0-15. Miami, Costa 9-1516B, Collins 5-11-1-44. RtXEMNG-Ga. Southern, A. Hams 2-18, Jones 1-21, Warthen 1-3.

Miami, C.T. Jones 442, T. Jones 2-53, German 2-20, Johnson 1-48, CO. Jones 1-23. Tucker 1-22, Stewart 1-5, Gaiter 1-3, Ferguson 1-(minus 2).

III! I Conf. All Duke 1-0-0 1-0-0 Florida State 1-0-0 1-0-0 Clemson 0-0-0 1-0-0 North Carolina 0-0-0 1-0-0 N.C State 0-0-0 I -0-0 Georgia Tech 0-0-0 O-l-O Wake Forest 0-0-0 O-l-O Maryland O-l-O O-l-O Virginia O-l-O O-l-O and then cutting across the field for the score. TCU NC. First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards 15 2947 188 24 52-234 230 70 87 20-394 16-23-2 647 2-37 2-1 4-2 5-35 540 27:18 3242 Punts Fumbies-lost Penalties-yards Time of Possession TCU North CtSroMM 14 8 3 0-17 14 10 8 2-27 TCLMC Woods run (Reeder kick) NC-C. Johnson 2 run (Pignetti kick) TCU-Moore 14 pass from Knake (Reeder kick) NC-L Johnson 1 run (Pignett kick) NC-Wall 61 pass from Stanicek (Pignetti kick) NC-FG Pignetti 36 TCU-FG Reeder 39 NCFG Pignetti 23 INDTV1DUM.

STATISTICS RUSHING-TCU, Culkxs 941, A Davis 1444, Woods 3-7, Washington 1-2, Knake 2-(minus 17). NCaroNna, Stanicek 15- 79, (Johnson 15-76, C. Johnson 1146, Marshall 740, Watson 3-13, Henderson 1-0. PASSING-TCU, Knake 20494-188. NCaroNna, Stanicek 16- 23-2-230.

RECEIVING-TCU, CoMna 444, Woods 3-26, Davis 3-22; Okvar 3-t4, CuUors 2-47, Moors 2-25, Washington 2-9, Bras-Mid 1-11. NCaroKna, C. Johnson 440, DeLong 342, Uohnson 345, Barnes 3-21, Wall 2-95, Ashtord 1-7. Baldwin sets Duke record in 49-16 rout of Maryland Durham, N.C Robert Baldwin set a Duke rushing record with 238 yards and tied a record with four touchdown runs against Maryland in a 49-16 victory for new coach Fred Goldsmith. Baldwin broke the mark of 234 yards set by Randy Cuthbert in 1989 against Georgia Tech.

Before Saturday, Baldwin's best day was 81 yards in 21 carries last year against North Carolina State. His four touchdowns on runs of 3, 1, 11 and 34 yards tied Mike Dunn's record set against North Carolina in 1976. In the first quarter alone, Bald-, win shredded Maryland's defense' for 100 yards in 12 carries. The last Blue Devil to run for that much in a quarter was Roger Boone, who gained 127 yards the third quarter of a 1989 game against Northwest Sat. Sat, Sat.

Sat. Sat, Sat, Sat. Sat, ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami The Miami Hurricanes won 56-0 and im proved to 58-0. Sixth-ranked Miami routed Geor- Kmi NCAA record Saturday with its 58th consecutive victory at the Orange Bowl. The Hurricanes surpassed Alabama's record of 57 wins in a row at home in 1962-82.

"We won this one for the fans," defensive end Rusty Me-dearis said. "They're as much a part of the streak as the players. We thank them. This is something they can take home with them and enjoy." -Miami allowed Georgia Southern just five first downs and 54 yards in offense. The store equaled the most lopsided of the winning streak, which began nine years ago.

James Stewart rushed for 145 yards and three touchdowns. He carried 17 times and scored on runs of SI, 16 and two yferds. Alfred Shipman scored on an.