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8C THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sun Oct 8 1978 Tigers Feast On Gobblers By WHITEY KELLEY Observer Sports Editor CLEMSON The Steve Fuller-'Jerry Butler show went before the 'TV cameras Saturday apprehensive about an offensive line missing two regulars and with others playing unfamiliar positions No need to worry 7 1 Fuller and Butler did a number on the Virginia Tech defense on the way to 58-7 Clemson success "We were worried about our oft fensive line going into the game" 'Butler the quick wide receiver who caught seven passes for 104 'yards said r-1''1 s- 4 A -M4P t3 gtil 't40 1 0- 9- 4: 4''''i: :1::: s- il i-r- iAg: 14 '0 ''r- "7 il 'k' '--4 ''''1 0 4 'N i'- --4: :1 ''i4 r''' rr- 1 si -4-- 0 1 4 4 :4:4 4 4''''' '7 0 5 1-- i4 114 4' ''''''rt' 44! r' '''s '4kaw 1 4 '1 rt NI :1 iokt 4 :04 4 p- ::::::0 1 s-- ::::41 5:1 4A e'1(! 4t (1Nr ct 0:: ''2 it: 4' i 0 V4 4' ak 14 :::7 Ve: oiroes7'! -it': t' ltg -it jr 4t44 4007 7 4: 1::: 4 0 4 8 1siiL -'4 41:: 'r" 'm" 40- iqf 111: -no T' 1 tc4i devoured the Gobblers restricting them to 95 rushing yards and 87 through the air Virginia Tech's Bill Dooley got to the heart of the situation when he said: "We lost to an excellent football team They have terrific big play people in Fuller and Butler A lot of times we had them stopped on third-and-long and they came up with the big plays" On one such instance Butler turned a slant pattern over the middle into a 33-yard gain Fuller's explanation of his keen sense of knowing where Butler is all the time was enlightening: 'He's just a super receiver You just throw the football out there somewhere close to where he is and he'll get it" It may sound simple but most of the time Butler attracts double coverage and the throw has to be on target Whatever it is a difficult act to contain Virginia Tech 0 0 7 0 Clemson 10 7 14 7 38 75 run (Ariri kick) 22 Ariri 4 run (thrill kiik) 7 pass from Fuller (Pin kick) 100 kickoff return (Engle kick) 1 run (Ariri kick) 1 run (Ariri kick) A-53800 Virginia Tech Clemson First downs 1 16 Rushes-yerds 33- 95 64-282 Passing yards 81 138 Return yards 15 96 Passes 15- 7-3 18-10-2 Punts 6-48 4-44 Fumbles-lost 5-4 6-3 Penalties-Yards 3-25 7-57 CLEMSON Rushing: Fuller 13-106 Brown 19-65 GoggirtS 9-41 Perry 5-22 Ratchford 8-13 Lott 6-32 Passing: Fuller 9-15-) 128 yards Lot? 1-2-0 10 Yards Gasoue 0-1-0 Receiving: Butler 7-103 Haglan 110 Bragg 1-7 VIRGINIA TECH Rushing: Lewis 10-43 Casey 16-27 Lamie 2-12 Fitzgerald 4-11 Scott 3-1-41 Passing: Lamle 1-3-1 11 yards CaseY 6-12-2 76 yards Receiving: Watkins 2-17 Scott 1-46 Holloway 1- 7 LoIllincoffer 1-6 Fitzgerald 1-0 Observer Photo BY DON STURKEY Clemson Tight End Cliff Bray Makes Sliding Pass Reception acrobatic catch is good for Tigers' 3rd touchdown of day Dooley Fills His Days With Recruiting "We didn't know if we'd have time to throw but the new guys -(Bon West at right guard and Anthony King at right tackle) did a 6eckuva job" -Butler's 104 yards hiked his ea4rtler mark to 1607 yards breaking GIenn Smith's record of 1576 set 1951 -Fuller didn't break any records but he did set the tone of the afternoon on the third play rolling 75 yards for a touchdown on a keeper The run gave the Tigers a 6-0 lead with only 47 seconds off the clock "I got to the corner and read the keep key" he said "They took the pitch away from me I broke clean and there were two excellent downfield blocks" It was the first of many Fuller indignities heaped on the Gobbler defense The 6-4 204-pound senior scurried for 106 yards in 13 car ries completed 9 of 15 passes for for 128 yards and a touchdown and scored two himself Under any circumstances it was an superb performance But Fuller directed the attention to the offensive line especially West and King West replaced right guard Joe Bostic sideline by mononucleosis while King moved from tight end to right tackle to replace Steve Kenney idled by an ankle injury Clemson coach Charley Pell went into the game with the same 'doubts as his two key operators "Today's victory was important for more than just being in the W' column" he said "This ball club -went through a lot of position changes There had to be some doubt that we would be able to sustain our offense I think they answered that with sustained drives in the first half I was glad to see that "It was the first time this team really faced a serious injury problem We didn't face any a year ago" It was all downhill for Virginia Tech after Fuller's explosive run in 'the first minute and the Tigers 3- 1 led 17-0 at halftime Obed Arid on target with five straight extra points kicked a 22- yard field goal with 2:46 left in the first period and then Clemson traveled 84 painstaking yards in 20 plays with Lester Brown piercing the right side from four yards out for the 17-0 bulge 'In the third quarter Cliff Bray a' starter at tight end for the first time speared a seven-yard Fuller pass for a TD and Fuller rammed one yard for a fourth-quarter score Virginia Tech got its lone touchdown in the third quarter when return specialist Larry Fallen flashed 100 yards with a kickoff The Clemson defense restricted Virginia Tech tailback Kenny Lewis who went into his fourth game with a 132-yard-per-game average to 43 yards in 10 attempts Except for several plays early in the game and the long TD run on the kickoff the Clemson defense 1 r41: VI' 1 'it' 44 ii t- 41 1::: P' Il K'4' i 10ti ''N i's z'''''': i Vs 4 I '''t '-z ''''s 'k: -i- 4 1 4i-tk? "re -1 'L4 '4 'e''-' '5 1 Y4r 1 Ht 1 4 0 riiii- :1 oP': 'i 4 f-1 1 I A it ktP ykk v3 -4' 4 p' 4 4 4 47 A v'e r- yli II tigipliiiiisat'arlasSSA 'When I arrived I found fewer real players on hand than I fig ured They haven't recruited well enough for our schedule Some players they've got here aren't college scholarship material' --Bill Dooley Dooley and his assistants are combing the area they worked for North Carolina Twenty-nine Virginians including all-ACC standouts Amos Lawrence and Buddy Curry are listed on the Tar Heels' roster "Too many athletes have gotten out of this state" complains Dooley "It's got to stop" Painfully clear during Virginia Tech's abysmal effort at Clemson was the talent shortage Dooley faces His top player tailback Kenny Lewis was stopped with just 43 yards rushing even though he carried a 1325 per-game average into the encounter Worse the Gobblers threw three pass interceptions and lost four fumbles A year ago Dooley's North Carolina squad tied Clemson 13-13 With Virginia Tech it was no contest Thus recruiting's importance Watching high school games visiting a halfback's home in Roanoke telephoning a split end in Alexandria Dooley concentrates on key prospects the muscular and the fleet Don't let up Sell cajole persuade And what about that center in Danville? Is he big enough? Can we get him? To the moment Virginia Tech's only victories are a 28-6 triumph over Wake Forest and a 22-19 defeat of William Mary Indeed the Observer Photo by DON STURKEY 'e( 0411 045) 37 7-77 4it tg 0k4 11 1 1 ''-'''''i h40 1-o: l'e': i'1if 'i1 A Iii 1 leftlic ''Y -41 i41 -4 1-44 $-'1 'e'- 40 r' --1-- 71-1'7' I'2P'' 41- 1 i A i- 1 ::0 4 4140'10: its 44 4t4oltitit t'- if )44 1 IO lik Cr: Pldr4s -4144 A 4 1: i 4-'- A1'-e4 4)rYT-'4" i 's''' Elsk4 I 61141: 0 l'A 4 mow 1 i i tielV lAPOli ti4ktitt 4'N s'k' e' ''4z a ov 4' 'N Iifil'q4:" 'ilt 4 i' l''' 44 ii '4-' 4 tif i 4:: CtNtr tp: tt 1 40:4 0 tory NA 04 41 woo 44 6 441041t ki itc 11 bA 11 1 4 4' wivvv4' 1 kom004-11 4-- ik 4 rrif 6 1 4t fit'' tk t' 4 0 1 'As '--4- 4 Rill Dooley Sideline Con ference Ron Zollicoller gels instruction At VP1 Gobblers dropped a 35-33 game to Tulsa after leading 27-7 "We haven't bottomed out" says Dooley "Our junior and sophomore classes are weak It's going to get worse before it gets better" As he talks he sits astride a wooden bench in his stall's small locker room at Virginia Tech Afternoon practice is done and his shirt is sweat-soaked A 44-year old Alabama native who grew up on Mobile's waterfront he raised North Carolina's program from the depths and is trying again with the Gobblers Enter William Lavery Virginia Tech's president the chief executive at a 20000-student university that yearns for football success for 9-2 records "Have a good workout?" he asks "Yeah sure" replies Dooley "Well" continues Lavery fingering the lapel on his dark pinstripe suit "I just flew back to town and the school airplane is gassed up for you You are going recrui ti ng aren't you?" "Yep" answers Dooley "You can bet I'm going recruiting" By airplane or by Lincoln Continental that is his highest priority Morgan Up By 3 In Japan Golf Tourttey Associated Press GOTEMBA Japan Gil Morgan of the United States shot a three-under-par 68 Saturday for a 10-under-par 203 and raised his lead to three strokes in the $300- 000 Pacific Club Masters golf tournament Morgan sank four birdies against one bogey on the 6225-yard par 71 Gotemba course near Mt Fuji First prize is $65000 goals Wake Forest threatened at the start of the second quater but a 32-yard field goal attempt by Schonert was partially blocked Freshman quarterback Dave Webber got his first start for Wake Forest but had trouble moving the Deacons against the Boilermaker defense Wake Forest in suffering its fourth straight loss finished with just 131 total yards The Deacon defense gave up 369 total yards but managed to keep Purdue out of the end zone until the end Mackovic who was mobbed by the Purdue players at midfield after the game said there were no mixed emotions on his part "I wanted to win this game" said Mackovic "I'm really disappointed we lost this one hut I do have a great affection for the Purdue players They have a lot of young players Just like we do and they just did what they had to do there at the end" The Boilermakers who were coming off a tough 10-6 loss to Notre Dame are now 3-1 and must get ready for a visit from Ohio State's Buckeyes on Saturday Wake Fore1 Purdue Sokareen 111 Soverand 1J 0 0 0 1- 7 0 3 3 II-14 9 flin (Schonort kirk) 2 run (Burrell DOSS trom Herrmann) A---54362 Wake Forest Purdue rirsi tfilWrii 21 RtAh0k -wirds 46- 0 56-1111 PAssing vArc16 19 111 Rrhirri 1 i 1-11 0 11-2i-t PASSPS PMI'S 10 36 6-31 ilm101o1 2 0 4-3 'enemy yards 3-15 4-35 WAKE FOREST Robing rArDoimaid 13-49 Kirby 1739 Daly (71) Webber 14(6) Passino Vvebbrr 10 B9 vArd Daly B-A-0 Roraima: MWougald 3-49 Baumgaidner 2-29 2-11 Continued from Page IC ering his voice to a whisper "Some players they've got here aren't college scholarship material" Jimmy Sharpe his predecessor managed a 3-7-1 mark last season That and a drinking problem brought his dismissal and Dooley's switch from Chapel Hill to Blacksburg in January Even with an arrangment that also named him athletic director at an estimated $70- 000 annual salary Dooley was a steal a coup His final eight years at North Carolina produced three ACC championships and a 59-33-2 record Coaches of his stature and his longevity seldom move For Dooley a 10-year contract and the job security that implies was the major inducement "It's going to take four years of my own recruiting to turn things around" he says "That's what I've concentrated on so far I haven't allowed myself the days off to buy a house yet Have too much to do" Aiding Dooley at Virginia Tech are four assistant coaches from North Carolina Pat Watson Tom Harper Sandy Kinney and Tom Fletcher Two former Tar Heel players Mike Mansfield and Billy Hite simultaneously joined the Gobblers' staff as did a veteran North Carolina public relations man Jack Williams Dooley's trademarks an I-formation offense and his 52 defense were quickly installed And a glossy 92-page brochure replete with color photographs and enraptured prose describing Virginia Tech's cultural and athletic advantages was soon published A comparable book was among Dooley's favorite recruiting techniques at North Carolina When they travel to Norfolk and Richmond and Newport News AD Polo 4t11-Penod Purdtle TD i i inks Deacons 14 i Mc Maryland Atkins Deal 1st Loss To NC State Continued from Page IC Trimble Continued from Page IC Trimble ---rw rr ii7 Ar 1-e- i N' li! i 1 I 0 I- 't 01 $: i e4i) 't "-4 I st'-f -'ir 44 14 4 4 Pi 21011to 1 li 4 :4 :4 74 ft 0-i0 i 404 i-iki :11 11' 4 1 li :4 kr! AV 10 Iti 1: 'WO -AA olit :4 'i? 0:::::: 4 colt 1 lerefiti 1' t'''' I 1 l''') 4 ter :1::: 04 A 'P 4 -ltr- 4': A -77' 7r417-1 44eI 4ii i t- 9 44 I et 4fr' rt 44t a0i -it 4 TOM KUBAT Special To The Observer WEST LAFAYETTE Ind The pupil almost showed up the teacher But a touchdown with Just 3:50 left in the game Saturday gave coach Jim Young and the Purdue Boilermakers a 14-7 come-from-behind victory over Wake Forest and coach John Mackovic For Mackovic an assistant head coach and offensive coordinator under Young at Purdue last season it looked like a happy "homecoming" when halfback James Mc Dougeld scampered nine yards around right end for a Wake Forest touchdown at the start of the fourth quarter The score was set up by a fumble recovery at the Purdue 30 by Donnie Jackson Steve Schonert had to try the conversion twice because of an offsides penalty against the Deacons but his conversion kick gave Wake Forest a 7-6 lead The game which was expected to be a pasing show turned Into a defensive battle and it appeared that 7-6 margin might stand up After the kickoff Purdue drove from its own 20 to a third-andgoal at the Deacon 10 hut Wake's George Ervin intercepted a pass in the end zone However Wake Forest was unable to move the ball After the punt the Boilermakers drove from their 38 to the end zone in eight plays with tailback Russell Pope running the final two yards A Mark Herrmann-to-Bart Burrell two-point conversion pass rounded out the scoring Wake Forest dropped to 1-4 for the season with a home game against North Carolina coming up Saturilay Pt6lue built its early 6-0 lead on pair of Scott Sovereen field That's the ball game folks Exactly 25 seconds after the Wolf-pack cut the margin to three points it was Maryland 24 State 7 "We work a lot On our kicking coverage and we have a lot of pride in it" said Benson "On that play I just hit him high I wasn't actually going for the ball I didn't hit him square and had to wrap my arms around him I think that's what jarred the bail loose though someone else told me I managed to kick the ball" The result leaves Maryland with a nine-game winning streak spanning two seasons and a howl victory The Terps (5-0 20 ACC) meet Syracuse next week and Wake Forest the week after Stale which had crept to a No 20 national ranking is 4-1 The Wollpack von three nonconfer('nce games and an ACC game over Wake Forest The Wo lipack has next week off and Oct 21 meets North Carolina at Chapel 'till Stat 0 0 7 0-7 Maryiand 10 0 14 7-31 8 run (Infirm' kick) loncer 18 rmnin run (Row Irk) 98 knkod return (L'i ir kirk) I Hmble fumble recovery in end one (Lonkido nit 9 pest from Oliere (Loncer kick) 45317 NC St Maryland 1-rs1 downs 11 1 Rtisties yerds 5S-117 49-275 Pessing 9m-fit 6 8 fRolprn yar dl V4 5 PI-PAPS 7 18 2 7-19 0 Punts 10 31 9 14 Inubles lost 2 1 Penalties veldt 1-5 4-54 crATF Rushing: Brown 19 ia oars 20-56 McLean 19 Smith 10 i0) anitdv 1-1: Passing: Smth 515 2 59 yards Baker 23-0 21 yar(I ROCPIVillff DAWCI)ti 7 41 Rrnwn 11) Hdll Vnkets 19 Jukes 1- lb MARYLAND Rushing: Anon 26- 112 Maodox C111d1Is Kniini 2-6 Oliate 4L-1I) potter 14 so I 2 allono 1-12 lice 121 PiinU O'Hara IO ie Yards Maddna 0 In a 010 Recniving: Stovall 2 25 Ellis 2-30 Maddox 1-1 Dotter 1-19 Kovol me with his hand" Atkins said "I don't pay much attention to Atkins did pay attention to other areas Ile broke a 98-yard kickoff return and a 50-yard run from scrimmage en route to a 26-carry 132-yard afternoon Ile has aver-'aged more than five yards per carry in accounting for more than 100 yards in each of nationally 12th-ranked Maryland's five victotries this year "I knew right away I'd make it on the kickoff return" said Atkins "You could've driven two or three 'trucks through that hole "Actually I had gotten kinda tired of them kicking away from me and pretty much took the ball away from (kickoff-return mate) Don Dotter As soon as I got the ball I could see the end zone" Atkins immediately veered to the left sideline and sprinted downlield getting one final block from Larry Stewart "The blocking was great" said Atkins "but the bnly problem was I almost tripped over that last one after his legs flying into the air" Atkins's kickoff return followed the Wollpack's only score quarter-hack Scott Smith's two-yard keeper It had cut the gap to 10-7 but 16 seconds later it was 17-7 If Atkins's return took the wind out of State's sails the following kickoff destroyed the boat The Terps' Ed Loncar was kick' Ing against an IS mph wind and the ball was fielded by State's Dwight Sullivan at the 18 Sulli-van a 5-9 198-pound sophomore pot listed on the team's two-deep cut to his left But sudden )y he was smacked by Maryland's 215-pound Todd Benson The ball popped loose bounded back into the State efi'd zone and finally was covered by the Terps' Steve ''''''''''43' ''''''04 7' a "1 6 0 I ::3 i'd'''''''s' ik io li 1 I A 7 14 -J 4' N4t 1 Aiw 41140 i'iir" 41r 4i' '4 i i It i AF 4 P' -1 3k A to I AA 4 -5- -'1 i 44q 4 iti I 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