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4D THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sun Nov 2 1980 r1 Tigers Get Scare From Wake 35-33 t4 rp 1: rN ''i fr qYN W' kl Li ri ACC Standings 1 '2 1 St '4'41 A7e 4: Georgia Duke Makes Ga Tech Victim PO'ie 4 I roo ij I oitvWA A 07: UPI Photo Yardage 0 2 111 wood Volley recovered at Duke's 11 On third-and-17 from the 18 Rogers hit tight end Glenn Etheridge on a crossing pattern to the 2 and Cone went over the middle to score on the next play Later Duke end Bentley Patterson was kicking himself for missing a chance to sack Rogers (there were six sacks by each team in the game) But after Tech drove from its 44 to a first down at the Duke 18 with 37 seconds left the sophomore nailed Rogers for minus 11 yards Georgia Tech 0 0 3 9-12 DAhe 10 7 0 0-17 McKinney 40 20 pass from Bennett (McKinney kick) 1 run (McKinney kick) Smith 34 Smith 29 2 run (run failed) Alt-18200 (at Durham) Ga Tech Duke First downs 12 19 Rushes-yards 41-122 52-111 Passing yards 77 181 Return yards 96 79 Passes 26-10-1 24-14-2 Punts 7-38 6-37 Fumbles-lost 4-1 2-1 Penalties-yards 4-19 5-48 GEORGIA TECH 14-45 Cone 9-82 Bryant 8-22 Rigers 7-minus 30 Peeples 1-minus 8 Chadwick 1-0 Heggs I-11 10-23-1-77 Peeples 0-3-0-0 4-28 Ethridge 3-25 Ken-'era 1-17 Henderson 1-10 Cone 1-2 DUKE 24-107 Slunk 4-27 Brow- er 2-00 Boone 6-20 Bennett 12-minus 39 Jones 2-7 Snow 1-minus 1 Castor 1-minus 8 14-24-1-181 4-67 Brinkman 3-47 Frederick 2-40 Grayson 2-20 Brower 1-4 Castor 1-minus 5 Blunk 1-8 1 By WHITEY KELLEY Observer Snorts Editor WINSTON-SALEM Nothing is easy for the Clemson football team this season and that point was underscored Saturday The Tigers held a seemingly secure 35-7 fourth-quarter lead over Wake Forest only to have the Deacons score 26 points in the game's final 8 minutes in a 35-33 Clemson escape act Overwhelmed by a Clemson defense that gave the offense all of its first half scoring opportunities Wake Forest's finish was a stunner All kinds of strange things happened during the Deacon surge Two onsides kicks were recovered by the kicker 5-8 138-pound junior Mark Usdin who was in the game only because regular kicker Phil Denfield sustained a leg bruise Harassed and hounded earlier Wake quarterback Jay Venuto threw three touchdown passes two to Kenny Duckett and another to Bill Ruffner in those final 8 minutes For the day he was 28 of 56 for 283 yards When it was all over a safety that the Deacons suffered in the fourth quarter might have decided the game On that play a snap out of the shotgun formation went over Venuto's head and into the end zone Deacon coach John Mackovic doesn't think the play was the difference "A lot of things made the difference" Mackovic said "You could say Obed Arid was the difference He kicked four field goals We went for the two-point play on two attempts and didn't make it That was part of the difference" In the other dressing room Clemson's Danny Ford was shaking his head about how what seemed an easy victory the Tigers' fifth in eight games (2-2 in the ACC) almost didn't happen "We'd have been in good shape if they stopped the game in the third quarter he said "I should have waited a little longer to put in some of our youngsters in the game" Ford cited the two-point tries that failed as the difference "If they had made one of them it would have put a different light on the game" This is the way the game turned in the final 8 minutes after the safety with 13:05 left gave Clemson its 35-7 bulge: Deacon freshman cornerback Pierre Brown blocked a Clemson kick at the Tiger 19 and five plays later Venuto hit Duckett with a 6-yard touchdown pass making it 35-14 At 5:14 after several Clemson pass interference penalties a a6 444i 0 WWW 4K4' Tech Running Back Ronny --rff77 -4a t1 v' 4-7 VWS'34 t115 z74 uy tiLLINN HOLLINS Duke had pulled such an about-Observer Staff Writer face following last week's 14-0 DURHAM Shortly before halftime lead over Maryland on Duke and Georgia Tech trotted the way to a 17-14 loss The week out to do battle for the 48th con- before Duke pounded Clemson secutive year Blue Devil coach 34-17 making their three-week Shirley "Red" Wilson made an ob- performance chart quite a pickup servation from its 0-5 start "Shoot" said the Davidson But the inconsistency isn't the alumnus "Duke and Tech look so sort of thing you'd expect a fresh-much alike you could take the man to be able to explain So players and switch uniforms and freshman quarterback Ben Ben-you wouldn't be able to tell the nett doesn't try difference" "Every home game has been Score one for the Redhead And sorta like this since East Carolina score victory No 2 for the Blue (opener)" said Bennett "And peoDevils (2-6) who suffered less pie always ask me to explain it from the "uniform switch" than But I really don't know Tech (1-7) and grabbed a 17-12 "All I know is I try to come out homecoming victory at Wade Sta- to start the second half and do the dium best job I can right away Then The uniform changing of something like today happens" course was illusionary The differ- "Something like today" was the ence in the two halves was not start of the second half when Duke fired out to a 17-0 halftime Duke took the kickoff and drove bulge but safeties Gary Garstkie- for four first downs to a secondwicz and Ed Brown had to deflect and-5 at the Yellow Jackets' 20 pass at the goal line on the Then Duke jumped offsides game's last play to save it Next Bennett was sacked by line-And the score's not all that backer Robert Jaracz Next his turned around At halftime Duke bullet pass over the middle was led in first downs 14-1 and in intercepted at the 13 by safety yardage 245-18 In the second Lawrence Lowe half Tech outscored Duke 12-0 Up to then Duke had looked had 11 first downs to 5 and had a remember to consider the foe 181-47 yardage margin awesome Bennett had drilled It was the second straight week home 13 of 21 passes for 186 By GLENN ROLLINS Observer Staff Writer DURHAM Shortly before Duke and Georgia Tech trotted out to do battle for the 48th consecutive year Blue Devil coach Shirley "Red" Wilson made an observation "Shoot" said the Davidson alumnus "Duke and Tech look so much alike you could take the players and switch uniforms and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference" Score one for the Redhead And score victory No 2 for the Blue Devils (2-6) who suffered less from the "uniform switch" than Tech (1-7) and grabbed a 17-12 homecoming victory at Wade Stadium The uniform changing of course was illusionary The difference in the two halves was not Duke fired out to a 17-0 halftime bulge but safeties Gary Garstkiewicz and Ed Brown had to deflect pass at the goal line on the game's last play to save it 2 4i Ak 4 f7 ''''4 i 1 A "4 410:4 i' Ile 1 00617 4 p-o-11 2 KO vs (t cS1 Cone (26) Picks Up Short yards but his lone completion thereafter would go for minus 5 yards Freshman tailback Mike Grayson whose 5-8 175 body had produced just 46 yards in 25 previous carries this season was on the way to a 105-yard day (24 carries) Defensive tackle FA Martin freshman end Greg Blackwell (first start) and linebackers Jimmy Tyson and Craig Brown were having superb days Scott McKinney kicked his fifth field goal without a miss in the first quarter and later ran his successful conversion streak to 39 Split end Ron Frederick caught a 20-yard scoring pass on a left-sideline tightrope in the end zone then set up the second touchdown when he took another 20-yard reception right out of grasji of a defender at the Tech 1 Maybe all those guys did switch sides Anyway Tech got a slashing 55-yard run from fullback Ronny Cone on one field goal drive and a pair of clutch passes from left-handed quarterback Stu Rogers in another three-point maneuver The Jackets drove a third time too but Ron Rice followed his field goals of 34 and 29 yards with a miss from 38 But quickly Duke's Bennett fumbled at his 33 the ball was kicked goalward and Tech's Lyn PA404413 )- 4 4siti017 ') i' Observer Photo By FRED WILSON (31)Struggles For Yardage (16) tries to make the tackle Upsets Vo I magined" Tennessee bounced back from 10-3 and 13-6 deficits in the second half to tie the score 13-13 on a 44-yard touchdown run by Anthony Hancock with 12:45 left But Morrison's 43-yard boot the seventh straight by the sophomore from Batavia Ohio six plays later gave the victory to the Cavaliers and evened their record at 4-4 "We just got whipped on short yardage tackle to tackle" Tennessee coach Johnny Majors said "Four or five times our offense had the ball for short yardage and didn't make it When you don't your're in for a long mighty tough day" Tennessee (3-5) threatened twice in the final Eve minutes Noseguard Booker sacked Vols' quarterack Steve Alatorre Conf North Carolina 3 0 Maryland 3 1 Clemson 2 2 Virginia 2 2 NC State 2 3 Duke 1 2 Wake Forest 1 4 x-Ga Tech eligible tor league title SATURDAY'S RESULTS Clemson 35 Wake Forest 33 Duke 17 Georgia Tech 12 Maryland 24 NC State 0 Oklahoma 41 North Carolina 7 Virginia 16 Tennessee 13 NEXT WEEK'S GAMES North Carolina at Clemson NC State at Penn State Notre Dame at Georgia Tech Rutgers at Virginia Wake Forest at Duke All 1 1 6 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 2 3 5 1 1 1-yard toss from Venuto to tight end Bill Ruffner made it 35-20 with 5:14 remaining With 1:59 left Venuto and Duckett connected on 35-yard scoring pass for 35-26 score Usdin recovered his own kickoff at the Clemson 49 and Ventuo drove the Deacons to the 1 from where Wayne McMillan scored at 1:04 for a 35-33 score Another onside kick another recovery by Usdin This time Clemson ended Wake's comeback with a pass interception by Terry Kinard at his 47 with 44 seconds left Usdin it turned out had never practiced the kickoff caper with the regulars "It was the first time I've kicked in a game this year" he said "I've practiced it by myself but not with the team Practiced or not it was some kind of scary situation for the Ti- gers Not only was Usdin making good squib kicks he was the guy recovering them Arid as Mackovic pointed out was difficult to overcome The senior kicked field goals of 30 29 and 32 yards in that order extending his string to 11 straight successful kicks Clemson 10 6 10 9-35 Wake Forest 0 1 0 26-33 18 run (Ariri kick) Ariri 30 Ariri 38 I run (Denteld kick) Ariri 29 4 run (Ariri kick) Ariri 32 22 085S from Jordan (Arid kick) (Venuto recovered fumble in end zone) 6 pass from Venuto (Usdin kick) 1 pass from Venuto (pass failed) 35 pass from Venuto (pass failed) 1 run (Usdin kick) Aft-28200 (a) Winston-Salem) Clemson Wake First downs 11 23 Rushes-yards 56-148 31-95 Passing yards 148 283 Return yards 94 24 Passes 12-23-0 28-56-3 Punts 5-42 5-34 Fumbles-lost 5-3 2-2 Penalties-yards 12-143 12-125 CLEMSON 16-53 Pickett 9-26 Mc-Swain 11-36 McCall 10-31 Epptey 2-minus 9 12-22-0-140 10-124 Gray 1-10 Maggwood I-14 WAKE FOREST 15-68 Venuto 7-323 Cunningham 3-13 78-56-3-283 6-109 Baumgardner 5- 49 Ruffner 1-49 McMillan 1-7 Ryan 2-23 Hawkins 2-19 Dougherty 2-18 Mullen 1-5 Carolina App St First downs 14 18 Rushes-yards 31-115 51-254 Passing yards 227 187 Return yards 73 39 Passes 15-28-0 15-27-2 Punts 6-240 4-142 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-2 Penalties-yards 6-55 5-41 WESTERN CAROLINA 13-82 James 8- 56 Thompson 1-3 Womack 2-3 Mixon 5-minus 1 Mashburn 1-minus 9 Harp 1-minus 10 14-21-0-205 Williams 1-1-0- 22 5-87 Williams 445 McGill 3-41 Dean 1-15 Womack 1-9 Norman 1-30 APPALACHIAN STATE 15-106 Jenkins 5-58 1-26 Brown 11-22 Floyd 5-19 Martin 4-15 HaMPIOn 4-8 14-26-2-166 Hays 1-1-0-21 3-59 Knox 4-57 Floyd 2-10 Parker 1-7 Came lo 2-12 Jenkins 1-4 Hays 1-2 Beasley 1-16 "What's up man?" he said softly giving a thumb's-up sign with his left hand The man tall and straight In his Gamecock hat velour pullover and jeans still looked like the outfielder and catcher he once was for the Duluth Ga city baseball team Ile could have been any player's father but he was George Washington Rogers Sr paroled 10 days earlier after serving 13 years in Georgia jails for the killing of a woman friend Never before had he seen George Washington Rogers Jr work his wonders with a football This day he had two seats "South Carolina got 'em for me but I had to pay" he said smiling "Ten bucks apiece" Ile had listened to his son's games on radio so he knew he was some more than just another player Yes of course he was proud but not excited "I never get excited just take life as it comes" Even fumbles Which didn't seem to be quite so important at the moment Soufl Carobna 0 0 10 0-10 GeOr9111 3 0 10 0-13 Robinson S1 Ysianiir 4 run (Robinson AN Robinson SI SC -FG 1 orniard 45 Sc VVe5t 39 run (Looriard ki(11 A -GAO 1a1 LA Otorals Cara First downs IS I Rushes yards SO 761 56206 Pawno yatds :5 1r9 Raiurn yards 0 Pmes 2 13 1 10-11C Puw a la 6 21 Fumbles lost 2 I I-( var 2 20 2-2) Care 56 206 16 67 10-16 0 6 26 1-0 2-2 SOUTH CAROLINA 35'161 West 4 51 Horner 5 16 Oit 101 16 Re I :1 I) 1-115 1-1 Smilh GEORGIA 43 119 Wonials 4 29 5t6i I-1 Brik it frint3 43 II-10- 0-)19 RL IvING-S(011 1-56 Womack 19 Brawl Arn01kj 2 15 Kay 5-13 Waliker I-11 Apps' 411-Quarter Rally Edges Western Carolina 27-24 N10 04 tt4'1 knee injury sustained a few weeks ago the Catamounts were in trouble Working said Western's line-backing troubles contributed to his team's 254 net rushing yards a season-high for pass-oriented Appalachian Western Carolina 3 14 Appalachian State 0 1 Dean Biasucci 25 lo 1 run (French kick) 46 run (Biasucci kick) I run (Biasucci kick) 5 run (French kick) 2 run (Biasucci kick) I run (run failed) 1 run (French kick) All-15850 (at Boone) 3 14 7 0-24 0 7 7 13-27 Oklahonut Trips UNC Continued from Page ID had great respect for this North Carolina team And we felt we needed to get some respect back" Switzer said he thought the Sooners did earn that respect He added "When you gain 495 yards on a team that has allowed only 538 yards all year you have done a great job" North Carolina appeared jittery in the early going but came back after Oklahoma's first touchdown' and tied the game 7-7 What's more the Tar Heels missed two other scoring opportunities in the first half Amos Lawrence shot through the line for a 62-yard run to the 17 on the second play of the game but the Tar Heels gambled on the next play and lost Quarterback Rod Elkins attempted a pass into the flat but corner Darrell Songy stepped in front of receiver Mark Smith and intercepted "It was a good call I thought" said Elkins "I threw the ball a little too quickly All day their defensive backs were playing the pass real well" Late in the second period North Caroina took over the ball when linebacker Lee Shaffer recovered a Sooner fumble at the Oklahoma 42 The Tar Heels drove to the 8 where Elkins pegged a perfect pass to Mike Chatham in the end zone Chatham dropped the ball Two plays later kicking specialist Jeff Hayes missed a 25-yard field goal At halftime the Tar Heels felt they had the know-how to combat Oklahoma's tricky wishbone They were down one touchdown but they had been more consistent defensively in the second quarter Lawrence scored North Carolina's lone touchdown a 1-yard slice in the opening period which culminated an 80-yard drive in II plays Carolina 7 0 0 7 Oklahoma 14 0 20 7-41 23 run (Keeling kick) I run (Hayes kick) 42 run (Keeling kick) 7 run Ikeeting kick) 1 run Keeling kick) 29 run (kick tailed 1 run (Keeling kids) Alt-74852 (at Norman Okla) (INC Okla First downs 12 25 Rushes-yards 35-144 83-495 Passing yards 108 0 Return yards 0 48 Passes 7-22-2 0-21 Punts 5-45 224 Pumbles-lost 22 4 2 Penalties-yards 4-4 6-70 NORTH CAROLINA ewe 20-106 Bryan) 7-22 Johnson 4-10 Sturdivent 2-8 Elkins 2-4 6-212-92 Bryan I 10 16 NEC 3-48 Chatham 2-44 Harrison 1-14 Johnson 1-2 OKLAHOMA 18-139 Ledbetter 19122 Overstreet 12 80 Wilson 1 t14 PAS5ING-0000mo Welts 02-I-0 Gamecocks Fumble Big Chance Continued from Page ID downs However Gamecock quarterback Garry Harper heretofore a 58 percent passer hit on 2 of 13 attempts for 25 yards "We just didn't throw well enough to complement our running" said South Carolina coach Jim Car len "Sometimes we didn't get people open and then when we did we didn't get the ball to them or they dropped it" While Rogers sat in the South Carolina locker room patiently explaining his fumble to a gaggle of sportswriters he stopped to nod to a passing man Continued from Page ID hopes to return for Appalachian' final game of the season Nov 22 at Wake Forest Western took a 17-7 halftime lead and 10 of the 17 followed Appalachian turnovers Apps quarterback Steve Brown who teams with Beasley in one of college football's top passing tandems had trouble hitting wide receivers Stan Goodson and Rolf Hays "It was kinda weird" Brown said "When I start scrambling I always look for No 21 (Beasley) and he wasn't there" Working said the problem wasn't a drastic talent dropoff from Beasley to Goodson or lays he said it had to do with confidence and concentration with the effect of the team's most heralded player sitting on the bench with a propped-up knee "More than anything he was an inspirational loss" Working said "A lot of people were looking around to see how he was" Western didn't crumble until the fourth quarter but there were foreshadowings Catamounts' standout linebacker Ricky Smith joined Beasley on the knee injury list in the second quarter With Western's other usual starting linebacker senior captain Charlie Ilughes already sidelined with a Is VI 11 for a 10-yard loss on a fourth down play with 2:24 left And cornerback Corwin Word intercepted an Alatorre pass on the Cavaliers' 13-yard line with 20 seconds on the clock Vols' kicker Alan Duncan opened the scoring with a 32-yard field goal in the first quarter and followed that with a 23-yarder in the third period But Virginia took the lead with a minute left in the half when sophomore tight end Kevin Riccio outjumped three defenders in the end zone to pick off a 6-yard touchdown pass from Todd Kirtley Morrison then booted and 24-yard field goals to keep Virginia on top before Ilancock's touchdown for 7fennessee virgin' -A 0 7 3 6-16 ennwoet 3 0 3 1-I3 I -F LL uuaa 22 0 7 3 6-16 3 0 1 -13 f' It tn''' 4 -41 1 '-ik fk 4 043 Afro" 4 S2t 41 i'kht AO'CIA" k'14 i- i 4 k77 't 4 i Catamounts' Eddie Mc CiII Apps Clay Giuer Virginia From Associated Press Reports KNOXVILLE Tenn "No one pushes us around anymore" Virginia coach Dick Bestwick said Saturday after Wayne Morrison booted three field goals to lead his Cavaliers to a 16-13 college football upset over Tennessee Morrison's game-winning 43- yard boot with II minutes re maining handed the Vols their third straight loss at home before a homecoming crowd of 91333 Until upsetting Georgia 31-0 in Athens Ga a year ago Virginia had gone 10 straight years without a winning season and was considered the black sheep of the ACC "This one certainly parallels that one" Bestwick said "It shows people that we have brought our foottiall program further than anyone could have orrison FG I 6 pass from Kir lley (Morrison kick) Morrison 31 OUliCall 33 Morrison 24 44 run (Duncan kirk) Morrison 43 All-94333 (al Knoxville Tenn) Va let rst Downs 19 ishes-vards 50-194 43-1 Issino yards 181 1 'turn yards 56 4sses 11-18-0 1421 PIS S32 6' JrnO les-lost 7-2 1 enailles-yards 5-44 3 Tenn 18 43-19 128 10 14 23-1 8 42 1-0 340 First Downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Furnhies-lost Pendittes-vards Score Phone Csit 24 Hours A Day For Sports Results 379-6535 albageaill Alearanbaann111-alreakaaaNk Malto Alaaralalac an a -am am B1.