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4C THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday Sept 27 1981 Stand ti Lifts Dilk0 PdstiYiistgi04 It was what you hoped he would say Duke 3 9 3 14-79 Virtinia 0 7 10 7-24 37 McKinney 37 McKinney 1 run (Morrison kick) 30 pass from Sanay (pass )aik)O1 2 run (Morrison kick) 21 McKinney 40 Morrison 14 run (Morrison kick) 25 pass from Salley (McKinney kick) 2 run (McKinney kick) Att-27523 face East Carolina in their home opener Sally who in passing yards had the second-best day in Duke history said he didn't know either He added that he and Bennett get along just fine and said there was never any doubt that the offense could score its last two times out Over in the corner of the lockerroom Jones who caught five passes for 167 yards was being properly modest Just as a rotten dessert can hurt a great meal a player who turned in a great performance could leave a bad taste if he were a goon afterward But Jones who had the third-best day in Duke history in yards gained by a receiver said he just goes out and gives it his best shot He said not getting much recognition doesn't bother him that his mother told him all things come to those who wait and that he believes her son lie wasn't needed His replacement Ron Sally hit 18 of 26 passes for 336 yards Sally a sophomore like Bennett was only 10 of 38 going into the game But on the first play from scrimmage he threw a 40-yard pass to Ron Frederick and never was really headed Despite his stats he wouldn't have been the hero if Duke had not scored on its last two possessions The former included a 52-yard pass to Cedrick Jones and a 25-yard touchdown pass to Frederick which cut Virginia's lead to 24-22 The latter started with 3:57 left and Duke on its 20 Sally was sacked on the first play Drama A decent game has to have drama The fans are flipping out But Sally gets up lie gets a pass interference call on the next play which negates an interception and touchdown by Virginia He flips a 3-yard pass to running back Mike Grayson a 10- yard pass to Mike Fuqua and then rears back and fires long Sally throws a soft spiral almost half the length of the field and hits Jones in stride for a 58- yard gain That puts the ball on the Virginia 7 Then it was Grayson's turn' Grayson who is 5-7 smaller than some of the cheerleaders runs for 5 yards and then scores on the following play "I've been around this game a long time and I don't know if I've ever been involved in a more dramatic finish than this game this afternoon" said Wilson He said he hadn't decided who would start at quarterback until early Saturday and no he didn't know Who his quarterback would be next week when the Blue Devils By TOM SORENSEN Observer Staff Writer CHARLOTTESVILLE Va You don't have to be a great football team to play a great football game Duke and Vir- 4-1 ginia both '444 less going into ier4714i their ACC Agz I opener proved 77' i that Saturday 1( The Blue Dev- 1 ils scored a olt 1 touchdown with 59 seconds left and won 29-24 Sally People are always saying football games are great But this was the sort that could turn the sport into a national pastime Really Start with the weather which was warm and sunny and pushing 8p degrees It was warm enough 1 Va Tech Passing Throws Deacons 'For A 30-14 Loss Walker's Power Leads Bulldogs Past Gamecocks ---44- --ll 1 1N''' 110 i'-''Tto 4k: 'L9 -i'--'-'-'tr: 4- --37 oi ft loi 4 11 er- "-Ayr 41o4 :4::::: k- 1:4471 2- e' 4 -11-' )r- "ii A) "1-----iN''tk 7::::7:4 1- I I( ik! :1:71 -i 1144' 4A: tril 4 :7 i :44 e'-0-i 41 -k li-'i si-z-'-i: -14 'xf4 l- e--'-' 09t kifriopo ift 'fS 6'''''' ill 7 4i- i fig4 -4 e0- 11! tc1-pt 1: 44is 4 '3' "::4 1 ''n: 4 7 4 t'''- C''''' i I 14::: 4 4: 41 1:: '46: 1 4:::: 4 1 tC that the Virginia faithful sunbathed on a hill in one end zone The crowd sang the school's theme song which sounds like Auld Lang Syne after every Virginia score It was stirring practically And although these were not Top 20 teams what also was nearly stirring was the way both played considering that neither had a starting quarterback and that Virginia almost had to search the stands for enough bodies to populate its defense Three of four regulars in the defensive backfield were out Duke was also hurting Ben Bennett about whom people always say nice things was expected to start at quarterback Bennett suffered a partial dislocation of his right shoulder at a game at Ohio State two weeks ago and could have played if needed said Duke coach Red VB Threatt who played at West Charlotte High: "The receivers maybe got a little intimidated They dropped the ball and the defense stayed on the field too long" Dooley said his team's pass rush disconcerted Wake Forest He also said he hasn't changed offensive philosophies: "I guess I am what they call 3 yards and a cloud of dust There's nothing wrong with that But they were up there crowding us They were going to force us to throw the ball and we did We're going to throw the football when they put them up on the line and run when they back them off" Groh said he wasn't suprised Virginia Tech threw so much but he was surprised that Wake 'Forest didn't defend better The Deacons now 1-3 upset Auburn last Saturday Against the Gobblers they led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter but trailed 30-7 in the fourth quarter Somewhere in there Wake Forest lost its poise "I'm not discouraged" Groh said I knew a long time ago that this was a roll-your-sleeves-upand-get-to-work job Wake Forest 7 0 0 7-14 Virginia Tech 0 10 13 2-30 18 run (Dente ld kick) lone 14 pass from Casey (Wade kick) 40 Wade 28 Wade 32 pass from Paige (Wade kick) r---FG 37 Wade 8 pass from Casey (Wade kick) 6 run (Denfeld kick) Ait-42200 at Blacksburg Va) Forest Va Tech 15 25 20-61 57-210 277 265 16 44 22-44-2 17-30-0 8-45 6-42 2-2 5-2 7-77 5-35 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-10st Penalties-yards WAKE FOREST RUSH1NG-Schofieid 1-1 McMillian 12-50 Owens 4-minus 2 Dougherty 2-6 Cunningham 1-6 PASSING-Schofield 18-35-2 206 Webber 4-90 71 RECEIViNG-Leitner 1-9 Baumgardner 410 Dougherty 5-32 Dented 2-16 Richmond 1-16 Ruffner 1-6 Ryan 2-34 Owens 2-55 Mullen 2-13 Cunningham 1-1 Mate Ila VIRGiNIA TECH RUSHING-Casey 2-0 Lawrence 27-75 Paige 13-72 Dovel 6-29 Jones 2-10 Bolton 2-3 Becton 1-1 Bowe 4-20 PASSS1NG-Casey 15-28-0 217 Paige 1-1-0 32 Bolton 1-1-0 16 RECEIVING-Dovel 2-24 McKee 2-19 Carter 2-59 Giacolone 6-96 Hite 2-24 Paige 2-34 Lawrence 1-9 Terrapins Continued From Page IC rushing by alternating three tailbacks none of them named Charlie Wysocki Wysocki the Terrapins' leading rusher the past two seasons has an injured right ankle He missed last Saturday's loss to West Virginia and told Claiborne he was only 85 before the Terrapins met NC State So Claiborne stuck with other guys John Nash a former fullback who has been suffering from asthma and a bruised knee was the most prolific of the three tailbacks rushing for 104 yards and scoring Maryland's final touchdown from the 1 Willie Joyner also helped and Wysocki's only appearence was in a first-quarter cameo role as he lined up for a play that was whistled dead when the Terrapins jumped offside Maryland also hurt NC State Duke 21 32-101 336 1ofireinla 21 54-274 110 0 10-14-1 4-33 2-0 9-117 First downs Rushes-yards PlISSing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 10-261 1-2 0-0 9-100 DUKE 7-16 Grayson 15-55 Boone 2- 9 Slunk 3-1 Aikinson 5-20 11-26-2 336 yards 3-73 Tillery 1-24 Grayson 4-31 Jones 5-167 Franks 1-7 Boone 1- 13 Atkinson 1-1 Fuqua 2-20 VIRGINIA 4 minus-26 Walker 11- 97 Taylor 3-32 Jenkins 22-79 Goode 11-27 Fears 1-14 Sanford 2-1 i-13-1 74 yards Goode 1-1-0 36 2-22 Walker 2-7 Taylor 2-45 Griggs 1-9 Ricci() 3-27 gained only 91 rushing yards Thus Georgia's defense was resting while the Gamecocks were wearing down "When South Carolina missed its field goal you could sense the electricity the excitement it created for us" said Dooley "We got together a couple of good scoring drives right after it happened" Georgia immediately drove 88 yards for its first touchdown after the Gamecocks field-goal miss Although Walk er's running spearheaded the OP march it was aided by two flagrant face mask penalties I against South Carolina 4 Walker Walker plunged from the 3 for the first touchdown Shortly thereafter South Carolina quarterback Terry Bishop was intercepted by linebacker Nate Taylor at midfield and Georgia was on the move again Walker's 8-yard sprint around left end and Butler's extra point gave Georgia a 17-0 lead an insurmountable spread for South Carolina's inept offense A 28-yard scoring pass from quarterback Buck Belue to tight end Nate Brown became an easy fourth-period score Brown slipped behind free safety Robert Perlotte and had the end zone to himself when Perlotte fell Walker's 36 carries kept South Carolina's defense scrambling But Walker a sophomore all-America gave credit to the losers "1 thought South Carolina's defense actually did a pretty good job" said Walker "Our line was opening some holes and I made up my mind to break a few tackles" Walker did everything but break away His longest run was 16 yards but he consistently picked up first-down yardage His presence was demoralizing to South Carolina's overworked defense "1 used my power my shoulders more this week" said Walker comparing his production to last Saturday's 13-3 loss to Clemson "1 looked at the film of the Clemson game and I missed some openings I also tried to do too much on my own My line helped me today" South Carolina made two threats One ended just before halftime at the Georgia 22 when Bishop fumbled after being hit by tackle Jimmy Payne End Stan Dooley recovered for the Bulldogs The other was the missed field goal in the third period "Our defense was on the field much too long" said South Carolina coach Jim Car len "Our offense was poor We're young we broke down in a number of places We'll just have to keep working" Dooley praised his team "We rebounded and 1 felt we would" he said "Teams with a history of winning work all the harder at coming back after a loss What is difficult is to lose several games and then try to rebound All in all we had a solid game against South Carolina" South Ca rolim 0 0 0 0 Georgia 3 0 )4 7-24 22 Butler 3 run (Butler kick) 8 run (Butler kick) Brown 28 pass from Be lue (Butler kick) Att-82100 (at Athens Ga) USC Georgia First downs 10 22 Rushes-yards 33-65 62-254 Passing yards 110 100 Return yards 72 27 Passes 13-24-2 8-12-1 Punts 8-42 6-39 Fumbles-lost 1-1 4-1 Penalties-yards 5-35 5-35 SOUTH CAROLINA 7-26 Wright 10-20 Beckham 6-13 Bishop 9-6 Berry 1-0 3-7-1 32 yards Beckham 10-17-1 78 6-42 Berry 3-21 Biasingame 2-15 Chiyer 1-21 Corley 1-11 GEORGIA 36-176 Norris 5-34 Stewart 6-27 Young 3-13 Lastinger 2-3 Be lue 10-1 8-12-1 100 3-31 Brown I-28 Stewart 1-18 Scott 2-15 Walker 1-8 By LES BOWEN 4 It Observer Staff Writer BLACKSBURG Va Bill Dooley insisted it wasn't so strange but it was 'Dooley is Virginia Tech's football coach and his team defeated vititing Wake Forest 30-14 Saturday This was accomplished by virtvily abandoning the offensive concepts Dooley holds dear Translation: The Gobblers passed the'ball And passed And passed 'They threw 30 times completing 17 for 265 yards and three touchdowns Everybody got in on the show Fullback Tony Paige pd'ssed for one touchdown and calight a pass for another Tailbabk Cyrus Lawrence caught his fitst pass since 1979 passed four more times than they did in their two previous games combined Virginia Tech didn't have much trouble beating Richmond or William and Mary and maybe that's why there was little passing 'Dooley coached 11 seasons at Wirth Carolina and he's in his fourth year at Virginia Tech Throughout that time there has been one constant: When you watch a Dooley team you watch somebody usually a tailback tin the ball an awful lot 'This year Lawrence is that tailbhck and he had gained 279 rds on 59 carries before Saturdpy Against the Deacons he f9und tough going gaining only yards on 16 attempts in the half Wake Forest coach '-Al Groh a fermer Dooley assistant at North earolina explained what hap-led after the Deacons started stacking up Lawrence: "Coach Ltooley has been around long epough to know that if they stop your basic plays you've got to go tO something else have always misconstrued coach Dooley" Groh continued "He likes to run the ball but he never said he didn't like passing" Early in the game Dooley did a god job of hiding his affection for passing The Gobbler ran Lawrence up the middle on third-and16 the first time they had the ball He gained all of 5 yards But with nine minutes left in the first half a 14-yard pass from qUarterback Steve Casey to Mike Glacolone gave Virginia Tech its first touchdown tying the score at 7 And the game's pivotal play was a pass Virginia Tech led 13-7 it) the third quarter when Wake Forest lost a fumble at its 32 On the next play Paige hit Giacolone on a fullback option touchdown pass That made it 20-7 and Wake Forest went from being slightly behind to seriously behind while Virginia Tech's defense got pumped up After that neither of Grohs reColving quarterbacks Gary Schofield and David Webber got much time to throw Wake sorest receivers were drilled hard going for passes over the middle arid they dropped a few last fact was noticed by beacons' cornerbac Henderson irginia Teh's Don Wade (33) Celebrates his 3rd field goal against Pflake Forest By BOB QUINCY Observer Staff Writer ATHENS Ga Husky 222- pound Herschel Walker said he gave up dancing to use power Saturday in getting 176 rushing yards and two touchdowns In Georgia's 24-0 college football domination of South Carolina "I wasn't contributing enough by dodging and dancing on the outside" said Walker the Bulldogs' tailback "I hit the holes ran over some people It did more for the team" A Sanford Stadium crowd of 82100 saw Walker blast 3 yards for one third-quarter touchdown then sweep left end in the same period for 8 yards and another score to put the game out of reach Georgia had a 3-0 lead at halftime on Kevin Butler's 22-yard field goal midway through the first quarter but the Bulldogs' third-period outburst turned a close game into an easy victory "At the half I thought we might have to play a defensive game and protect our 3-0 lead" said Georgia coach Vince Dooley "The momentum turned our way in the third quarter when South Carolina missed its field goal attempt" The Gamecocks moved into scoring position following a dazzling 54-yard punt return by safety Troy Thomas Thomas ran to the Georgia 24 but there the Bulldogs stiffened Mark Fleetwood's 34-yard field goal try was wide and Georgia was on the way to handing the Gamecocks their first shutout in 27 games The last time they failed to score was in a 28-0 loss to North Carolina in 1979 Although Walker was a standout Georgia's defense won the game The Bulldogs haven't allowed a touchdown on the ground this season Walker's bullish smashes kept picking up first downs for the Bulldogs and South Carolina ute after fumbling but then I forgot it You can't keep thinking about it" Maryland 3 14 7 10-34 NC State 0 3 0 9 Atkinson 41 19 run (Atkinson k(ck) 9 pass from Es lason (Atkinson kick) Auten 43 15 pass from Esiason (Atkinson kick) Atkinson 48 Williams 47 blocked punt return (run tailed) 1 run (Atk(nson kick) Att-47500 3 14 7 10-34 0 3 0 9- 9 Atierlland State 23 14 56-230 48-182 109 78 64 70 9-20-2 8-25-4 4-34 7-40 1-0 5-3 5-40 3-60 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards MARYLAND 25-104 Joyner 16-54 Rodenberger 5-29 Lewis 2-22 Esiason 6-12 Whittie 4- 9 9-20-2 109 yards 4-62 Davis 2-15 Brkovich 1-12 Joyner 1-11 Tice 1-9 KC STATE 23-121 Sullivan 8-61 Avery 1-30 Laraway 2-10 Lawson 3-9 Evans 2- 1 3 Jenkins -2 6-14-3 54 Laraway 2-11-1 24 5-50 McIntosh 1-11 Lawson 1-11 Whitley 1-6 1 run (Hayes kick) 19 pass from Scalia (Cooper kick) 10 pass from Elkins (Hayes kick) 39 run (Hayes kick) 4 run (Hayes kick) 8 Pass from Guyer (Cooper kick) Alt-48000 BC 16 29-78 231 -3 23-36-1 7-43 3-2 6-60 UNC 26 11-418 120 53 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 7-11-0 2-53 1-0 7-83 BOSTON COLLEGE RUSHING-Brennan 2-18 Strachan 3-17 Benhamin 3-16 Brown 3-11 Biestek 4-10 Smith 8- tucaylear 123--m221n-uts 5131 yards Guyer 10- 61 4 pSoAc sao 01 N4 RECEIVING-Brennan 6-71 Smith 3-19 Kowalski 2-16 Krystotorskl 2-14 Phelan 2-35 Brown 21 Nizolek 2-17 Edanek 1-17 Biestek III Strachan 1-9 Schoen 1-14 NORTH CAROLINA RUSHING-Bryant 22-173 Ratliff 13-50 eurrus 5-49 Anthony 7-34 Smith 3-28 Horton 5-26 Stankavage 6-15 Elkins 1-13 Jones 3-12 Littlejohn 3-12 Moon 1-I PASSING-Elkins 4-8-0 89 yards Stankavage I-1-0 2 Horton 1-1-0 II: Ratliff I-1-0 18 RECEIVING-Smith 2-81 Harrison 1-18 Bryant 2-10 Griffin Puncture Wolfpack Bubble UPI Photo Maryland jumped on two of those mistakes on its way to a 17- 3 halftime lead After Lewis's touchdown reception the Terrapins turned Mike Muller's pickoff of a Laraway pass into a 48-yard field goal by Jesse Atkinson He also had a 42-yarder in between the two blocks by Meadows Claiborne tried to sympathize with NC State and its bundle of errors "I know exactly what they're going through because we went through the same thing the last two weeks" he said "We were lucky tonight We got the breaks we were giving to other people It helps" Not if you're on the NC State side You just have to work to see that turnovers and bad judgment don't become regular habits "We've got to eliminate our mistakes as we go along" said McIntosh who lost two fumbles "I'd get mad at myself for a min positioned us and moved us around like they wanted Before we knew it we were out of it" After Bryant's early 44-yard run quarterback Rod Elkins got the first two touchdowns on passes of 8 yards to backup split end Victor Harrison and 63 yards to backup flanker Mark Smith "It was obvious they had some breakdowns early" said Crum "and then we started getting real good field position "But BC's not a bad team at all All these teams we've beaten have good programs "Certainly none of us expected anything like what's happened" Boston Cot low 0 1 0 7-14 North Carolina 14 21 21 0-56 8 oass from Elkins (Haves kick) 63 pass from Elkins (Hayes kick) 2 run (Haves KiCk) 2 run (Hayes kick) with its passing another surprise Quarterback Boomer Esiason completed nine of 20 passes for 109 yards and had scoring strikes of 9 yards to John Tice and 15 yards to Mike Lewis Whatever the Terrapins were doing the Wolf pack couldn't figure it out "I thought their secondary was better than it really was" said Esiason a sophomore who only became a starter after injuries to quarterbacks Brent Dewitz and Bob Milkovich "They didn't know what we were doing I don't think they were prepared for us" The Terrapins were ready to take advantage of NC State's series of mistakes though McIntosh fumbled twice starting quarterback Tol Avery had three passes intercepted and Ron Laraway who replaced Avery in the third quarter was two of 11 and added another interception to the total flushed out of bounds near the 25 Bryant split two defenders and cut inside before continuing down the sideline The first run typified the day for Budness whose team is "You just couldn't get to him" said Budness "lie was right there in the midst of all of us and we were running along with him but you couldn't get around people to get to him "It was a strange-feeling game We're used to playing teams that come at you hard and play a physical game you know saddle up and go get 'em "This team I don't know They played a real finesse game I got respect for them They got us to play their game lulled us right along with them iSante Story: Tar Heels Roll Over Outclassed Foe 104 4 Continued From Page IC Crum admitted in a way bowing 4201 left in the third quarter Bud- to the popular vote "We put Kel- 1)4ss had gotten a little tired of vin back in because the game was ieeing No 44 go into the end on regional television" said Eine It wasn't because he Crum "and because we feel we bought the Tar Heels were rub- owe it to him to let him show his Ittng it in He said it was because abilities before the best possible rte was disappointed to see North audiences" rolina ranked No 9 in the na- using Bryant that way Bryant carried 22 times for 173 yards pushing his rushing yard- "They're trying to get him rec- age for the season to 520 in 70 vgnition for the Heisman Trophy carries a 74 average tot next year I guess" said Bud- On the Tar Heels' first offensive Vss "but I don't like how they're play he took a handoff up the 111ing it middle on a trap play Cutting and "I mean that last time they let feinting bobbing and bursting he ti5e other backs run the ball down raced 44 yards to the Boston Col-tote field then they'd send him in lege 18 before being surrounded tit) score They had the game won On his third touchdown a 39- Who were they trying to im- yard run he swept right end and press?" cut upfield behind a block from North Caroling coach Dick fullback Alan lurrus About to be 4s.