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Villanova Uses Its Wishbone To Beat Herd Marshall Jumping Jack Bud Nelson Leaves the Ground for More Yardage Other Marshall Players are Sylvester Drobney (60), Melvin Adderton (83), and Dan Wells (68). -Staff photo by Lawrence Pierce ALEXANDER S.C. Star Picks Up Five Touchdowns, 344 Yards and Hugs Galore in 38-18 Win By Danny Wells Five game warm hugs from his shorter hug from his to 100 It was quite a day for Robert Alexander. Alexander, the young man who for three years replaced Carbide as the top attraction in South Charleston, closed out his high school football career like a champion Saturday afternoon at Lions Field in Dunbar. Alexander ran for five touchdowns, scored 32 points and rushed for 344 yards to carry South Charleston to a 38-18 win over Dunbar before an appreciative crowd of close to 4,000.

In addition to a team victory. Alexander came into the game shooting for a measly 33 yards which would give him the career rushing record in West Virginia. It didn take long. On his first two carries. Alexander gained 13 and two yards respectively to move South Charleston to the Dunbar 47 yard line.

On the next play, Plays. First downs Yrds rustling. Yards passing Passes. Had intercepted Rumbles-lost Penalties Punts The Statistics .21 lit 106 4-9 1 Dun II 95 0-0 4-50 Alexander streaked through the middle of the Dunbar line and broke away for a. touchdown and the new rushing record.

The 6-foot-2, 180-pound whiz wound up with 5,872 yards in three seasons. The old record of 5,561 was held by Chip Caudill of Burch and it took him four years to do it. Play was stopped after Alexander's record-breaking run and he was presented with the game ball. Waving the ball in the air and grinning from ear to ear, Alexander was then mobbed by his admiring teammates. His parents came out of the stands and joined him on the sidelines.

Alexander and his mother embraced for close to a full minute. It was a touching scene that made everyone forget about the football game for a moment. WVU Wins In Last Minute By A. L. Hardman NEW ORLEANS.

Virginia's Mountaineers, facing the stigma of a fourth straight defeat for the first time since 1959, rallied behind QB Dan Kendra to score 15 points in the fourth quarter for a thrilling 32-28 victory over the Tulane Green Wave Saturday night before 29,237 fans in the huge Superdome here. Kendra, down in his luck with his performances of recent date, not only passed for 133 yards with nine completions in 15 tries, but scored the winning touchdown with only 34 seconds left on the clock, despite fumbling the ball in his way into the end zone. Tulane got a pair of their touchdowns on long passes in the first half and then came back for two more scores in the third quarter to break a 14-14 tie. The Wave apparently had the game sewed up as they went into the final quarter, but the gritty Mountaineers never did give up in posting their fourth victory against five defeats. For Tulane it was their seventh defeat against only two wins.

The Green Wave had a touchdown in the first 1:22 of play when QB Terry Looney. on the second of two pass tries, hit fullback Bill Kremer at the 50 and he ran for the score on a play covering 72 yards-second longest TD pass in Tulane history. Ed Murray kicked the point. The Mountaineers took tte next kickoff at their 20 after the kickofi went into the end zone. Lumley and Dowell.

the former gaining six and eight yards and the latter two gave WU a first down but Jeff Fette had to kick from the WVU 43 a moment later and Tulane had the ball at its 18. Tulane moved to Its 32 for a first but had to punt. It was a beauty by Jeff Games, going into the end zone, and WVU took It at Dan Kendra got off passes of 19 yards do Cedric Thomas) and for 16 and 13 vards (to BenMcDay) to spark an 80-yard, 14 play drive that tied the score with 2:05 left in the quarter. Lumley finally went over from the one after he had contributed runs totaling 21 yards in the drive. There were five WVU first downs in the 80-yard march.

Bill McKenzie's kick tied the score at 7-7 The Wave picked up two first downs after bringing the next kickoff back to its 23 but Gary Rudick fumbled at the Tulane 45 and Ken Culbertson recovered at the 44 for the Mountaineers just before the first 'quarter ended. i As the second quarter opened, a five- yard penalty and a five-yard loss by Kendra, who was sacked, caused the Mountaineers to punt to the Tulane 13. A 15-yard interference penalty moved the ball to the 33 and then Kramer got nine to the Wave 42 and a first at the 44. Looney passed to Skip Charles for five to the Tulane 49 and Kramer got three but the Wave was penalized 15 yards for holding, shoving them back to their own 39. Games then punted to the WVU 28.

Dwayne Woods and Kendra combined for eight yard gains for one first down and Kendra hit Steve Lewis for 17 yards to feature another attack. Then an interference call gave WVU a first at the 21. A five-yard illegal motion call hurt but Kendra hit Lewis for another 10 yards gain. Lumley moved the ball to the 12, where it was fourth and one but Tulane stopped Lumley the next trip and took the ball at its 12. On the first play, however, Kramer fumbled and WVU recovered at the Tulane 13.

Woods got seven yards in two tries but a holding penalty put the Mountaineers back to their 22. Then Kendra hit Thomas at the goal line for a touchdown with 3:45 remaining on the clock. McKenzie kicked the point and WVU led, 14-7. But Tulane battled right back to score again with 2:51 remaining on a 68-yard pass from Looney to Charles, who took the ball at the WVU 45 and outran everybody to score. Murray's kick made it 14-14.

Woods almost got the Mountaineers in serious trouble by trying to run a kick deep out of the end zone. He only got to the four where he slipped and fell. But a fine punt by Fette, which went to midfield, got WVU off the hook shortly before the half ended. A 49-yard field goal by Murray failed for Tulane just as the half closed. On the first play of the second half.

Woods raced through the left side of the WVU line and went 43 yards to the Tulane 37. Kendra then hit Thomas for 16 yards and a first at the 18. Another pass to Thomas was complete but he came down Please Turn to Page 7D 9 inia 7 o-- Tul-Kramcr 72 pass from Looney (Murray kick) WVU-Umley I run (McKenzie kick) WVU-Thomas J2 pass from Kfndra (McKenjie kick) Tul-Ctiarles tt pass from Uooncy (Murray kick) wvu-McKcniie 26 FG Tul-Kramer 1 run (Murray kick) Tul-Mitcholl 74 pass from Looney (Murray kick) WVU-Lumlcy 4 run (Loadman run) WVU-Kendra I run (McKenzie kick) BUT ALEXANDER wasn't finished playing football. There were more yards to gain and more touchdowns to score. He scored again on a 12-yard run in the second quarter.

He added two more touchdowns in the third quarter on runs of two and one yards respectively. They may have been short runs, but he deserved the touchdowns since he set up both of them with long gains. Early in the third quarter, Alexan-. der raced 19 yards to the two before taking it in on the next play. Near the end of the quarter, he ran 32 yards to the one before diving over for the score.

Alexander's last touchdown was his longest. Early in the fourth quarter, Alexander ran 75 yards to score his last high school touchdown. Head coach Homer Criddle took his star out of the game to a big ovation with 8:34 left to play. Criddle walked over the Alexander and gave him a quick hug. Alexander then spent the rest of the game signing autographs for youngsters standing along the fence behind the South Charleston bench.

In addition to the rushing record, Alexander also broke the single season point mark of 212 points set by Poochie Grooms of Cedar Grove. Alexander finished this season with 218 points and won his third straight scoring title in the Kanawha Valley Conference. After the game, Alexander was carried from the field on the shoulers of his teammates. "I feel great," said Alexander after the game. "We won the game.

That was the main thing. I didn't think I would break the rushing record so soon in the game." Alexander said he had a special reason for playing well against Dunbar. "I had only scored two touchdowns against Dunbar and that was two years ago," he noted. "And we had never won on this field. So I felt I had something to prove." Tech Led By Jones MONTGOMERY-Pete Jones directed a devastating running and passing attack here Saturday afternoon, guiding West Virginia Tech to a season-closing 37-6 victory over Frostburg, Md.

The win snapped a seven-game drought and gave Tech a 2-7 record in its first season under Roy Lucas. Jones unloaded long passes to tight end Larry Proctor and split end Sam Monroe to feature the Tech attack. "This is the most explosive our offense has been all season," assistant coach Larry Black said. "The key was our offensive line, which is young but has been collecting experience. It did a good job of blocking and passing for Jones." John Gattuso and Tony Jackson led the Tech defense.

"It was a great way to end the season," Lucas said. "We started well (14-8 win over West Virginia State) and ended well but didn't do too much in between." Jones passed for 212 yards, including touchdowns of 75 yards to Proctor, 34 to Monroe and 16 to David Slsson. Tech also piled up 206 yards rushing. Tyrone Nutter scored from 33 yards out and Vic Best tallied on a one-yard ran to start Tech's outburst. Frostburg, Md 0 0 6 0-6 W.Va.

Tech Tech-Vic Best 1 run (David Puddle kick) Teen-Larry Proctor 75 pass from Pete Jones (David Ruddle kick) Tcch-Salely Tech-David Sisson 16 pass kom Pete JonestDavid Ruddle kick) Monroe 34 pass Irom Pete Jones (David Ruddle Forsl-Mikc Adams 7 pass Joe Corbm a failed) Tech-Tyrone Nutter 33 run (David Ruddle kick) South Charleston built up a 30-0 lead before Dunbar scored. All three Dunbar touchdowns came in the second half on passes from quarterback Rodney Pruden. Two of Pruden's touchdown tosses went to Tim Linkenauger. Pruden hit Richard Farley for the other score. "We had a great season," said South Charleston's coach Criddle.

"I don't think many people expected us to do so well. We had a lot of new players and they all worked hard. I'm proud of them." South Charleston finished with a 6-3 record. Dunbar closed with a 4-6 mark. 14 1-38 6 1J-18 South Charleston Dunbar SC--Alexander47 run run) SC-Alexander 12 run (Faulkes pass from Solomon) SC-Alexander 3 run I Selbepass from Alexander) SC-Alexander 1 run (pass failed) Dun-Linkenauger 15 pass from Pruden) SC-Alexander 75 run (Alexander run) Dun-Farley 23 pass from Pruden (run failed) Dun-Linkenauger 40 pass from Pruden (run failed) By Bob Baker HUNTINGTON The Villanova Wildcats looked so impressive running their wishbone offense Saturday that Marshall coach Frank Ellwood probably made a wish of his own: please, no more wishbone opponents.

Villanova fullback Vince Thompson and quarterback Dick Bedesem kept hammering away at the Marshall defense and finally nailed down a 23-10 victory over the Thundering Herd at Fairfield Stadium. The 225-pound Thompson carried the ball 29 times for 119 yards and scored both Villanova touchdowns on runs of one and seven yards. Bedesem. the son of the Villanova coach, was a dangerous runner on keeper plays out of the wishbone and picked up 88 yards on 14 carries. The Wildcats rushed for 376 yards in all.

When the Marshall defense stiffened, Villanova called on place kicker Gus Fernandez. He kicked two 43-yard field goals in the first half to help the Wildcats to a 13-0 halftime lead and then added a 38-yarder in the third quarter. THE CROWD of 13,839 fans didn't have much to cheer about until Marshall tackle Brian Hite recovered a fumble early in the third quarter on the Villanova 35-yard line. A pass interference penalty helped move the ball to the one-yard line from where quarterback Bud Nelson took it in. Herd Safety Harold Wetzel recovered another fumble in the fourth quarter on the Marshall 49 to set up a 36-yard field goal by Clendenin's Ed Hamrick.

That cut Villanova's lead to 16-10 with over 12 minutes left and gave coach Ellwood and his team hope of a comeback. "It's 16-10 and we're still in the game," Ellwood said later. "If we can stop them, we have a shot. We had some momentum and I felt good. But Villanova put the game out of reach with that 91-yard drive.

Our defense was getting a little tired. We tried to blitz and cause a fumble and they broke some runs on us. "We just couldn't stop their wishbone. Villanova controlled the ball and the wishbone thrives on that. The wishbone grinds you up in little pieces." commented Ellwood.

who said it was the first time the Herd has faced a wishbone team. The halfbacks and fullback are lined up behind the quarterback in the wishbone. The quarterback has different options: to give the ball to the fullback straight ahead, to carry the ball himself to the outside or to pitch out to a trailing halfback. FRESHMAN TACKLE Howie Harris of East Bank hurt his knee on a freak play after Marshall scored its touchdown and Sun Charl ID --November 7, 1976 Hamrick kicked the extra point. "Harris got so excited about our scoring that he jumped up.

He came down off- balance and popped his knee cap. Nobody hit him. He may have torn a cartilage in bis knee, which would put him out for rest of the season," said Ellwood. The 240-pound Harris was on clutches after the game. "I don't know how bad my knee is.

I feel bad because it was just a freak thing," Harris told Marshall assistant Don Arthur, his former coach at East Bank. That was the bad news for Marshall. The good news is that wide receiver John "Fuzzy" Filliez caught four passes for 41 yards." That ups his NCAA record to 40 consecutive games in which he has caught a pass. Filliez now has 163 career catches and moved into ninth place on the NCAA all-time list. A pass that Filliez didn't catch helped the Herd score its only touchdown.

After Kite's fumble recovery on the Villanova 35. the Herd moved to the 15. Following two incomplete passes. Nelson threw to Filliez in the end zone. (Please Turn to 2D) Villanova 3 10 3 7-23 Marshall 0 0 7 3-10 Vill-Fernandez 43 FG Vill-Thompson 1 run (Fernandez kick) Vill-Fernandez 43 FG Mars-Nelson 1 run (HamricK kick) Vill-Fprnande; 38 FC, Mars Havrick36 FG Vill-Thompson 7 run (Fernandez kick) Villinova Marshall First downs 21 JO Rushes-yards '3-376 14-157 Passing yards 40 84 Return yards 93 76 Passes 2-4-0 9-23-1 Punts 3-27 6-39 Fumbles-lost 2-2 4-2 Penalties-yards 7-74 3-35 (Staff photo by Lawrence Pierce 'VU-Ke Passing PassingYards Rushing Yards Penalties Fumbics-lost First ofl '-15 6-4 6-21 57 121 3-JS 1-1 7 Over the Top for a Touchdown Goes S.C.'s Robert Alexander Dunbar Defenders Are Rod Fisher (75), Ed Keiffer (34), Pat Fisher (64) and Tim Cowan (12) 1.