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1 1977 'Duke Defense Sinks Duke Defense Sinks avy 28 16 48 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sun Ot rl itrk it I 4 1 '''No- '4 4ssost i -) '1 1) wog' -19''44A 'el'UNItNet'' DUR or funl iPjll three-t I The kii shmed 1Fri8 I 6I '4CkZ 10i' 4 Ar I- ti tertainthrougt i i ployed '1! f'k)' -r fensive pik 47t 1- -ItIrtt kicking -41kiki 4 Lk early it Ohaniai i s' tt- 9 settli NA field gc 4B THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sun Ott or funky The kind shoved a 28-16 time through kicking early in Ohanian's 9 setting field AP Photo thike's Greg Illicit loses fumble Gawdun Gawdun took the ball running laterally to the right along the 47-yard line then braked twisted out of the grasp of a Middle a few yards upfield and followed a wall down the sideline for a punt-return touchdown Never mind Jeff Green's clip-inthe-back of Ohanian near the 10- yard line The refs missed it so Gawdun suggested happily "Say it never happened" Navy would like to have said that about its next punt less than two minutes later from its 35 But nobody could have missed Blue Devil senior defensive back Earl Cook crashing in untouched from the left side and throwing his body across the ball as it left Ohanian's foot The ball blocked cleanly bounded toward the right sideline the same right sideline that Gavvdun had skirted so successfully Cook duplicated the trick scooping up the hall and finishing with an Uncontested scoring play That jumped the score to I 4-3 the way it read at the half and Duke Coach Mike McGee had a feeling "The punt return and blocked kick on successive series were obviously the turning points of the game" he said "Although Navy fought hard throughout the momentum was so strong in our favor they could not come back "Our special teams have worked long and hard and today was a classic example of the importance of that work and the kicking game" Cook said his big play came from Duke's basic nine-man rush something it has tried in every game Lehigh Explodes For 43-7 Victory Over Davidson By GLENN ROLLINS Observer Staff Writer DURHAM Gimme a A big A for defense a three-touchdown-making defense of defense un-funky Duke into Navy's face Saturday in victory that was 28-3 by the the Blue Devils' got with the Midshipmen Duke played it with an entertaining flair a flair seldom employed by Coach Mike McGee's offensive schemes And after Navy's game had given it a 3-0 lead the second period Art 32-yard punt to the Duke up an eventual 19-yard goal by Bob Tata the Devil kicking game turned the contest around First the Middies' Ohanian punted from his end zone and line-drived a spiral to Duke sophomore George er has completed 50 of 73 passes for 959 yards "We didn't do anything different at all in the second half we just stopped making mistakes" said Rieker who grew up four miles from the Lehigh campus "I started calling more audibles and picking up when they were in zone or man-to-man Nine of Rieker's completions were to Steve Kreider who gained 134 yards and scored two touchdowns the second on a diving catch in the back of the end zone Kreider put up Lehigh's first points when he turned the wrong way on a pass pattern then spun around and caught a pitch from Rieker behind a Davidson defender in the end zone for a 17-yard touchdown with 13:17 left in the first half The stunting gambling Wildcat defense kept Lehigh off the scoreboard the rest of the half twice recovering fumbles which blunted En gineer drives But Davidson could never generate a consistent offense The Wildcats penetrated to the Lehigh 21 after Wildcat linebacker Cliff Hester recovered a fumble at the Lehigh 29 But Lehigh's Pete Fenton broke up a Bob McCarthy to Joel Golmont pass on third down and Pete Leg ler was stopped a yard short on fourth down after the Wildcats decided against attempting a 39-yard field goal Lehigh drove to a first down at the Davidson four-yard line late in the first half On second down from the three Lehigh halfback Dave Aprill who gained 111 yards in 15 carries and caught two passes for 87 more had the ball jolted away from him by Davidson safety Landis Wade who pounced on the fumble to prevent an almost certain Lehign score 1 I -1 I lik f- pr 8 7 r7: -A i 'Is V-'' IP' i 09 7N 1- -7-a 1:: It 04t4 11 4 ik vt i 000014' 1 040:3 114: 1'5 4 1 t- tlair'1 4 I Li i'''4 4t '3' 10 4 95'007'f 4-f A -s 4' 14 1 cf4 -1g4i: I i -4: $: 1 tk- It i'ii t4- 705r4 tst1" ifr'''-- olwotft-: A4 A4 i' 7' Alf A l- --L 3 i-1A-- Pr 4 i'll 4 14414 '4'i "4::::44 0ik rt -it4w 6 4:4 if iii 10 01' 1r -414irl 1'1' 7--1riti' 4 i 2 ''1lliN 11 t14'''4 Trl 4 1 1 44 Ay 4: iwt eiiiit4 4 sl--f- 1-' itv 1 ss4 0i: :4:4 ti iq zi 4 crf 't 1 4 4F k4r''06 i' -A- 414 'st''1''- q-: 5A 1: 4 fk''' '0' 4ct A 4 4 4Nlo 11i' 'A --r-t ''''kL i'- (r0'' A 'x :) ''t4 '3- 1 i' 'k'' '''''4A Ztst' '1 1 iiist A ''''A'' tis: 1 A0 4 tri- 4 sizAY f- e- oeit- ''k 0 A 't 7'''- -4 iiy k4 0 3to t4yyte iI-''114i'Pi 4 '4 4 "Nith 11(1' Ifolx(1 ill MP" he said "Once in a hile thai happens 1 hPy just had a breakdown" Whaim'er Navy's adversity continued into the third period Duke made it 21-3 on a 63-yard off-tackle touchdown bolt by 6-foot4 205-pound freshman Stanley Broadie And for the second time there was a quick follow-up touchdown This time Junior linebacker Bill King accounted for the second six-pointer With Navy's Bob Leszozynski throwing from shotgun formation King intercepted over the middle on the dead run and managed to beat 233-pound Navy guard Richard Bott to the goal in a footrace of lumbering sluggards Again it was along the right side Across the way in a section even Ity Temis Tech overcomes stiff-arnt attempt standing Tom Biddle kicked the extra point for a 7-0 lead with 459 remaining in the first half The score stood up through intermission Texas Tech mounted the only sustained drive of the game in the third quarter with Mark Johnson calling the signals Johnson moved from third-string tailback to second-string quarterback following Tech all America candidate Rodney Allison's broken leg injury in last week's loss 14i Observer Pboios By BILL BILLINGS Carolina I ii ii ii i ig Back Phil rrs defensive end Olatt Tisdale (left) Texas Tech Out-Kicks North with the 30-yard line the white tops of the hats of the Naval Acaderny's mini-corps of Midshipmen gleamed as heads hung en masse To lift those heads and almost as a footnote to the game Leszozynski's passing drove his team to two fourth-quarter touchdowns But try to tell Earl Cook this wasn't a rout His Duke team had burned hot as it seldom has It had smoked Navy It had if you will won the ''Michigan Bowl" between these two teams who had played the Wolverines out of the No 1 spot in the nation the past two weekends with close losses at Ann Arbor 21-9 for Duke and 14-7 for Navy "Oh yeah" gushed Cook a wellspoken cerebral sort as Duke athletes tend to be "we beat 'em pretty good didn't we? I read a couple of stories in the papers and got the idea they felt like we'd be a snap after the way they played against Michigan just last week "But I'll tell you What the key was We got a great pass rush (tackle Lyman Smith particularly) and our linebackers dropped back almost perfectly over and over Most of the time he didn't have anywhere to throw the ball but we were lucky we didn't get burned on his scram bling Receivers can go crazy like that" Leszczynski ultimately passed for 231 yards but hit only 16 of 36 most of those with the winner and loser decided More impressive was split end Phil McConkey who made six catches for 125 yards including two near-unbelievable ones and a couple others while falling or in dense traffic Navy 0 3 0 13-16 Duke 0 14 14 0-28 Tata 19 47 punt return (Wolcott kick) 35 blocked punt (Wolcott kick) 63 run (Wolcott kick) 44 pass interception (Wolcott kick) 4 run (Tate kick) 19 pass from Lesclynski (Pass tailed) A-24800 Navy Duke First downs Rushes-yards 50-150 45-215 Passing yarn 231 Return yards 21 167 Passes 38-16-3 7-15-2 Pun's 7-230 539 Fumbles-lost 3-1 6-3 Pendtes-yard 4-47 2-25 NAVY Rushing Lesczynsi 8-3 Garruso 21-ee hitarql 11-29 Caear 8-50 Kurowski 1-2 Passing Lesczynski 14-36-3 231 yards Garruso 0-2-0 Receiving Garruso 3 17 McConkey KurowsKi 4-57 Jones 2-18 Ceilon 1-14 DUKE Rushing Dunn 3 8 Barney 7-12 Gone 10-45 Broad-e 11-1116 Rhett 7-22 Adessa 2-5 Driske I 5- 17 Passing Dann 7-11-1 70 yards Dostclyk 011- i Drskeli 0-1-0 Receiving Hall 3-25 Mime 2-22 Comer 1- 13 I-10 Carolina to Texas Regular back-up QB Tres Adami couldn't solve North Carlina's defenses The Tech drive starting from the 20 after the second half kickoff went 80 yards in 13 plays Johnson called on elusive fullback Billy Taylor on key occasions and finally crossed the goal from three yards out IA th the touchdown Tackle Dee Hardison of UNC barely missed handing Johnson a sizable loss on the play Bill Adams who would later provide the margin of difference kicked the extra point to tie the game at 7- 7 "1 had him" commented Hardison after the game "I almost had my fingertips on him (Johnson) He got away So somebody asks me if the defense played well enough to- wilt We didn't win I think that answers that question" The defense rattled a host Texas bones during the muggy cloudy afternoon but North Cullna's offense wasn't much help and the punting game was costly Taylor a 216-pound fullback from San Antonio rushed and smashed his way for 150 yards against the Tar Heels some 28 more yards than the entire stable of UNC backs could ac cumulate Examples: Farris got only eight yards in eight tries heralded Billy Johnson who was slightly injured carried only twice for no gain When Johnny Elam a steady reliable punter for the past two seasons averaged only 30 yards on his first six boots he was replaced by Richard Kleinman in the fourth period Kleinman got off a disappointing 29- yard punt from his own 26 and Tech was in position to drive "When two teams play defense like these two did today" noted Dooley "the kicking game becomes even more important than The Red Raiders started at their own 48 With Taylor carrying eight of nine times Tech moved to the North Carolina 18 before it was forced to settle for a field gOal Adams hit his 35-yarder to send the visitors ahead by 10-7 with 3 mrntiles 44 seconds remaining in The The Tar Heels tried four clowlis without making 10 yards and turned the ball over at their own 16 Tech was still trying to outbattle the Carolina defense with the ball at the four-yard line when the game ended Texas Tech 0 0 7 310 North Carolina 0 7 0 0- 7 6 run lenthie kick) 3 rim (Adams kick) Adams 35 A-48000 Texas Tech te4C First downs 14 Rushes-Yards 6623S Passing yards 20 Return yea 2 1 Passes 5-100 4-161 Punts 640 130 Futrtnes-inst 4-3 141 PenolltS-YardS 7-64 4-20 Texas Tech IOC First downs 14 Rushes-vards 66735 461ii Passing yarns 28 Return yea 2 1 Pastes 5-10-0 4-161 Punts 64 130 Fuirbies-iost 4-3 141 PenalteS-vardS 7-64 4-2! TEXAS TECH --i Rushing Jiin 6-15 l'avlor 3S-150 gdarea 6- 11 BA110v i-I Johnson 13-69 Mock 1-1rninuti) Passing Adaini 3-60 II Johnson 2 40 17 A R000iVill(1 WilillIMS 216 Julien 11 Hadnot 1 2 lavior 1-0 NORTH CAROLINA Rushing Farrs 84 Johnson 20 Loomis It Lawrence 9-19 Chnstensen 13-36 PLay 5-11 Paschal 631 Collins 1-9 Passing Christensen 3-10-1 Se yards POatic 1-6-0 16 Receiving Finn 2-12 Powell 1-46 Petchet 18 Pfeiffer 'Wills Hon Chuck Nichols scored three goals to lead Pfeiffer to a 7-1 college soccer victory Afternoon over Lion Randy Toole had two goala -and one assist for the Falcons 60 this season Continued from Page 1B Sloan of Tech "1 was concerned but 1 felt we were playing a good enough defense to win We needed a drive and we got it Our punting game was better than theirs and it was a key to the field goal" The Red Raiders had punting problems of their own Linebacker punter Mike Mock tried to kick the ball from his own 14 and disaster struck A a 1101111MSEIrMOM k't la 11 '41e By MARK WOLF Observer Staff Writer DAVIDSON Davidson's defense which had subsisted on emotion and daring for half a football game was stretched and finally snapped in a 437 loss to Lehigh Saturday at Richardson Field A goal line stand which forced a fumble inside the Davidson one-yard line late in the second quarter kept the Wildcats within a touchdown (70) at halftime but Lehigh drove 72 yards for a score on the first possession of the second half and the seams of Davidson's defense began to unravel The touchdown a one-yard plunge by Lehigh fullback Matt Ricketson was set up by a pass interference call against Davidson on a 2nd and 16 situation "I felt that after they scored that touchdown early in the second half that we had an emotional letdown" said Davidson Coach Ed Farrell "Lehigh is a better football team than we are and to stay with them we have to be at our psychological and physical best We weren't after they scored" Lehigh scored on five of its next six possessions mixing superb passing by quarterback Mike Rieker with a strong running attack which consistently used traps and counters to take advantage of stunting Davidson defenders Two of Lehigh's touchdowns were runs of 18 and 7 yards by John Morrisey a backup halfback who transferred to Lehigh from Davidson a year ago Ironically Morrisey scored a touchdown for Davidson in a 37-19 loss to Lehigh when the teams last met in 1975 Davidson's only consolation was a 24-yard touchdown pass from Al Rhyne to Gifford Piercey with 3:31 left in the game Lehigh's Rieker who ranks second in NCAA Division II total offense burned the Wildcat defense for 13 completions in 17 attempts for 245 yards and a pair of touchdowns In Lehigh's four games (3-1 the only loss 28-16 to Baldwin Wallace) Rick Lehigh 0 7 14 27-43 Davidson 0 0 0 7 19 pass from Reker (Wood kck) 1 run 1Wood kick) 1 run (Wood kick) 22 pass from Kteker (Wood kick) 10 run (Wood kick) run (Andres kick) 74 Pass from RhYne (Lankenau kick) Lehigh Davidson Fotst downs 25 11 Rushes-yards 55-261 46-122 Passing yards 279 62 Return yards 10 0 Passes 14-19-0 5- 11-2 Punts 1-34 5-36 Fumoles-lost 5-3 0-0 Penalties-yards 6-50 5-67 LEHIGH Rushing Rieker 7-0 April! 15-111 Ricketson 9-28 Daniels 9-23 Morrisey 7-32 Ford 3-12 Evanko 4-34 McCormick 1-21 Passing Rieker 13-17-0 245 yards Andrews 1-2-0 34 Receivinc Kreider 9-134 Ricketson 2-24 Rang 1-34 APrill 281 DAVIDSON Rushing McCarthyy 7-(minus 2) Pyles 2- (minus 2) Leg ler 9-25 Wa Hey 8-48 Setser 7-30 Atkinson 2-13 Cannion 87 Rhyne 1-1 Johnson 2- 2 Passing McCarthy 2-5-1 20 yards Rhyne 3- 6- 1 42 Receiving Leiner 11 Golmont 1-12 Piercy 2- 35 Crees 1-7 David Non Wilts Davidson's cross country team captured a lopsided 15-50 victory over Hampden-Sydney at Lynchburg Va Saturday afternoon Coty Pinckney was the Individual winner for the Wildcats who swept the first five positions Meanwhile at Atlanta the Davidson soccer team did not fare as well Dave Patton had the only goal in a 3- 1 loss to Berry College which sent the Wildcats to a fourth place finish in the Emory Invitational tournament Tar Heels CIIAPEL HILL "I pray a lot I must have said a thousand prayers that we'd win the ball game We didn't" Clyde Christen sen Fresno Calif transfer it student believes the good Lord can help a team That is If the team helps itself On 441kkamio this day the Tar Heels had faith and no offense Christensen who has dash and Christensen daring for his modest body of 5912' 170 pounds tried lie found himself in the dream role of every underling against Texas Tech Ile was drawing a starting assignment against a Top 20 team Matt Kupec the Tar Heels' veteran starter was nursing a sprained knee The coaching staff felt Chris tensn's exciting approach to foot A 4 ri74 'Ai0 A' 7 0- 7P: if qii-1' ''''e 1I'''7' 11 1 '-4 7 4 1'1 4 'nd- n'e" 44 tkl'' 2p -4- '1 '''V RN? 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