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i 4C THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sundav Oct 4 1981 Duke Uses To Roll Past ECU I hurt us Our tackles got trapped a couple of times but we expected that We just stop it" Emory did not misstate the situation Duke ran because the opportunity was there East Carolina 0 8 0 Duka 1 10 I 3-24 FG McKinnev 39 Jones 31 pass Rom Sally (McKinney kick) FG McKinnev 42 Sally 1 run (Slunk run) FG McKinney 22 Blue 3 run (Walden run) Nelson 14 run (pass failed) ord at 2-2 had a back gain more than a 100 yards and we were in control of the game Running is what you have to do well if you hope to be a good passing team I think we established some of that today are just beginning to play like a team and look like a team" All that was true but there was another reason why Boone and friends poured through the Pirate defense Blue Devil runners repeatedly were stopped at the line of scrimmage early in the game but Duke started using trap plays taking advantage of aggressiveness at the line At the start of the second quarter with Duke leading 3-0 on the first of three Scott McKinney field goals Boone popped through the interior on runs of 22 and 24 yards to the East Carolina 16 That drive didn't produce immediate results since East Carolina in By VVHITEY KELLEY Obitmr iwrti editor DURHAM Duke supposedly have a running game but the Blue Devils used their wheels reasonably well Saturday East defense employed a kamikaze-like rush to harass Blue Devil quarterback Ron Sally so the Blue Devils burned the Pirates repeatedly on the ground en route to a 24-1 4 victory that was easier than the score indicated The Pirates losing for the third time in five games scored their points in the final 4:06 Surprisingly runners headed by junior fullback Greg Boone rumbled past the Pirates for 242 yards Boone had 115 yards in 21 attempts played 50 minutes of real fine said Duke coach Red Wilson whose team won its second straight and evened its rec East Carolina's offense which coach' Ed Emory called "a until the fourth quarter awakened in the final four minutes Emory being overly critical of his team's attack as ECU fumbled twice in the first half and started the second half with another fumble The Harold Blue scored from the 3 with 4:06 left in the game and quarterback Carlton Nelson raced over from the 14 with 1:57 left "I thought we played good enough defense in the first half if we could Just have sustained something on Offense" said Emory "Our defense just needed something positive to happen for us thought the difference in the game was that our guys were so pumped up on the pass rush and that their rushing game with Boone and Grayson (Mike Grayson who carried for 57 yards) tercepted a Ron Frederick pass in the end zone But the venture exposed the soft part of the Pirate defense And by halftime the Blue Devils led 13-0 Although rushing dominated most of second-quarter offense the touchdown came on a 31-yard pass from Sally to Cedric Jones who caught five for 97 yards McKinney also kicked a 32-yard field goal and he connected from 22 yards in the final period giving him seven straight field goals after missing his first two tries this season Boone a junior was happy with his standout role noting my first 100-yard game since been at He was restricted to just 17 yards in the second half but that didn't bother him made adjustments in their defense in the second half and we had to change the things we were doing" he said "No it doesn't bother me that we are known as a passing team A good back has to be able to block run and catch passes That's the way I look at Sally also mind having some of the pressure removed from him although he completed 15 of 23 passes for 223 yards "East Carolina may have been overcompensating for the pass early and if they give us the run going to take it" he said Sally was starting for the third straight game after regular starter Ben Bennett injured his right shoulder in the Blue opener against Ohio State Bennett's return according to Wilson could come at any time A 1-yard Sally sneak in the third-quarter culminated a 54-yard Duke score for a 21-0 lead Significantly Sally threw only one pass an 11-yard completion in the drive I' i A 30-24 Victory State Ends Comeback i 1 i 1 ti Nelson 11-53 Wiley 5-22 Blue 5-32 Lawson 5-10 Walden 9-49 Ingram 4-minus 2 Cobb 3-1 Nelson 6-24-0 81 yards Ingram 1-2-0 22 Walden 0-M 0 Vann 4-47 Blue 2-43 Nichols 1-13 DUKE Grayson 17-57 Boone 21-115 Blunk 411 Sally 9-20 Atkinson 3-9 Franks 1-25 Sally 15-23-0 223 yards Frederick 0-M 0 Jones $-97 Frederick 3-40 Grayson 3-40 Milileiio 220 Franks 2-16 five plays Quarterback Gordie Whitehead rifled the ball to tight end Kevin Riccio for a 6-yard touchdown strike Wayne kick made it 30-24 Virginia appeared headed for the revival of the year when it gained possession at its 32 following a State punt The Cavs began driving with five minutes left and gained two first downs one a fourth-down pass from Whitehead to tailback Derek Jenkins Jenkins fuitibled on the next play and Dann Lute covered for the Pack ending the threat can look at the two turnovers (which led to Virginia touchdowns) by Avery but he was the key to our success today" said Kiffin worked all week on his passing Nine-of-12 no interceptions a touchdown "We simplified the passing and it paid off But we just about blew the game with mistakes The punt block should never happen We might work all week on protecting our It was a game of unpredictable plays One developed after a shanked punt by Warren in the third period The ball carried only 1 8 yards to the Virginia 44 Virginia break? Not at all Wolfpack break The ball hit Virginia cornerback Howard Lewis on the helmet and was recovered by Nate Brown Thus instead of Virginia having the ball in comfortable position State was on emotional edge and scored in two plays Virginia travels to Clemson next Saturday NC State is idle next week then is host to archrival North Carolina on Oct 17 Virginia 3 0 7 14-34 NC Stata 4 10 14 0-M FG Morrison 29 Quick 28 pass from Avery (kick failed) FG Aulen 26 Avery 4 run (Auten kick) Riccio 4 pass from Whitehead (Morrison kick) Evans 16 run (Auten kick) Evans 17 run (Auten kick) Callinder 9 run with blocked punt (Morrison KICK) Riccio 6 pass from Whitehead (Morrison kick) 42200 Smith running back Darrel Wesley darts through a hole in defense A fresh-man Wesley rushed for 145 yards Smith Loses To In Final Minute By BOB QUINCY Obltrvtr Staff Wriftr RALEIGH NC State held off a final-period Virginia comeback effort and defeated the Cavaliers 30-24 Saturday in an ACC football game that featured a bit of everything It was fourth victory fourth setback without a triumph this year Shaking off last lethargic loss to Maryland the Wolfpack uncovered a well-engineered passing attack and a new running star Tol 9-for-12 passing was good for 176 yards and included a 28-yard scoring pass to split end Mike Quick his first touchdown of the year The new star was third-string tailback Vince Evans a freshman from Fayetteville who broke away for a pair of 17-yard touchdown runs He gained 93 yards on 18 rushes said Evans "Getting to play a good part of the game was a thrill Larmount (Lawson) and I knew have to carry the load Joe (McIntosh) practice all week so it was up to us" Evans who had gained only 19 yards in three previous games performed so ably that McIntosh recovering from a severely bruised thigh will have to come back fast to retain his starting status Lawson was also in the spotlight with a game-high 112 yards rushing including a 35-yard sprint in second touchdown drive Winning was especially sweet to the Wolfpack whose performance against Maryland was severely criticized "We got off the deck came back like true shouted coach Monte Kiffin a different dressing room this week The players earned this win "I care what the score is whether 30-24 or 3-2 take it 1-0 Talk about a happy guy State built a 30-10 cushion on second scoring run a tackle-breaking burst up the middle in the third quarter But two critical Wolfpack mistakes in the fourth period led to two Virginia touchdowns and gave the Cavaliers an emotional transfusion Early in the quarter Calvin Warren attempted a punt from his 19 Linebacker Ricky Callinder broke through blocked the ball and chased it down in the end zone for a touchdown Four minutes later Callinder sacked Avery who lost the ball at the State 27 Virginia recovered The hyped Cavaliers scored in A Chance For the game Marino was 24-for-39 for 346 yards 220 in the first half The Gamecocks won't forget that part Pittsburgh South Carolina 14 14 14 0-42 0 0 21 7-28 Brown 20 pass from Marino (Everett kick) Brown 12 pass from Marino (Everett kick) Dawkins 53 pass from Marino (Everett kick) Compton 6 pass from Marino (Everett kick) Dawkins 30 pass from Marino (Everett kick) Aubin 24 pass from Beckham (Fleetwood kick) Brown 8 pass from Marino (Everetf kick) Berry 1 run (Fleetwood kick) Hillary 56 pass from Beckham (Fleetwood kick) Smith 9 pass from Beckham (Fleetwood kick) By DAVID SCOTT Observer Staff Writer GREENSBORO There are close losses in football Then there are close losses There are heart-breaking losses in football Then there are heart-breaking losses Johnson Smith suffered both kinds of defeat Saturday losing 19-18 to NC before 12500 fans Losing a game like that one where ahead the whole way until the final 29 seconds also can bring out different emotions Smith coach Wylie Harris after Brian Macon caught an 18-yard scoring pass from Steven Lynn with 29 seconds to play still found time to joke and smile with family and fans after the game The Golden Bull locker room on the other hand was a deathly quiet scene players were absorbing a loss almost too painful to bear The Bulls an NCAA Division II team in the C1AA had dominated the NCAA I-AA Aggies of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for 59 12 minutes Smith had moved the ball on the bigger faster Aggies for the entire first half Then it looked as if the Bulls would hold onto the ball long enough in the fourth quarter to keep out of the end zone That would have been enough for Smith against any other team But this was big bad There's a lot at work in this rivalry mostly from side Harris is also an graduate and former assistant coach showed that our kids are intelligent enough to keep their heads in this game or any game like Harris said Looks Down The Line ing on a 1-yard run by Steele Anthony Wicker missed the extra point a costly miss in the long run The Bulls (2-3) went up 12-0 early in the second quarter on a 6-yard run by freshman Darrel Wesley the leading rusher last week who had 145 yards against Then started catching up and not just on the scoreboard were tired at the said Harris "It became a matter of The Aggies got their first touchdown near the end of the half of an 11-yard run by Charlie Sutton The score was 12-6 at halftime In the second half kept pushing But the Aggies also kept fumbling how the Bulls got their third touchdown and an 18-6 lead with 4:40 left in the third quarter Waymon Pitts after gaining 7 yards was stripped of the ball by Abernathy Abernathy a South Mecklenburg High graduate never broke stride scoring from 18 yards was carrying it said Abernathy just dove right in there and snatched two-point conversion run failed Pitts quickly redeemed himself by scoring from 8 yards at the start of the final quarter making it 18-13 After that Aggie drives stalled were fumbled away or intercepted Until that is got it back with 5:25 left and on its 23 Eight plays later the Aggies were on the Smith 18 and had just called their last time out The clock showed 35 seconds Lynn found Macon in the left side of the end zone a step ahead of Smith cornerback Don Sellers had them until the last 35 said Abernathy "I think this game showed us how good we are The MEAC is supposed to be more powerful than the JC Smith 4 0- NC AT 0 4 0 13-17 Steele 1 run (kick failed) Wesley 6 run (kick failed) Sulton 1-vard run (kick failed) Abernathy 10 run fumble recovery (kick failed) Pitts 8 run (Herring kick) Macon 18 pass from Lynn (kick failed) Alt-12500 JC Smith NC First downs Rushes-vards Passing yards Passes Puns-avg Fumbles-lost Penaiiies-vards 11 52-225 108 9-27-0 10-33 2-1 7-74 22 59-320 93 7-21-2 5-30 8-5 5-50 JC SMITH Steele 21-54 Wesley 23-132 Thomas 5-14 Gross 1-2 Gunsford 1-minus 8 Thomas 9-26-0 108 yards Glaze 0-1-0 0 McOowell 5-43 White 3-55 Weslev 110 NC Pitts 15-8) Sutlon 25-110 Lynn 12-53 Thomas 7-45 Lvnn 7-19-1 93 Ptlts 0-2-1 0 Ruffin 2-16 Mocon 4-63 Penny M4 we took one of the best defenses in the nation and stuck it to And they kept their starters in finally saw we can play with a good team I think it's a little confidence shot we The Gamecocks might want to send cans of first half film to some impoverished Third World nation to be used for defense The stuff in there is lethal Beckham warmed up for his second half show by going two-for-six for 10 yards and the Gamecocks at the half had minus-7 yards offense South Carolina's offensive line reacted to the pass rush with the excitement of a guy hearing an alarm clock at 3 am Beckham was sacked 11 times during the game Marino meanwhile was shooting his way through the Gamecock secondary like a kid mastering a space game He fired to tight end John Brown for two scores and receivers Julius Dawkins and Barry Compton also caughtitouchdown strikes Pittsburgh Only Gives Gamecocks Half VIRGINIA RUSHING-Jenkins 20-72 Goode 14-60 While-head 9-2 Tavior 1-minus 3 Fears 345 Whitehead 10-19-0 86 vards Jenkins 2-18 Taylor 1-6 Johnson 2-16 Riccio 4-43 Griggs 1-3 NC STATE Avery 4-minus 14 Sullivan 6-10 Lawson 24-112 Evans 18-93 Pelerson 4-43 Marks 1-4 PASSING-Avery 9-12-0 176 vards Quick 3-97 Lawson 1-5 Long-mire 1-5 Jenkins 2-57 Whitley 1-18 Evans 1 minus 6 errapins Syracuse Tie Associated Press COLLEGE PARK Md Dave Warner completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Willie SydnOr with 16 seconds remaining and then tossed a two-point conversion to Marty Chalk giving Syracuse a 17-17 tie with Maryland on Saturday The Orangemen (1-3-1) did not advance beyond midfield on their own until the fourth quarter but then scored twice in the last 6:25 to forge the tie Warner who completed 23 of 36 passes for 250 yards also tossed a 12-yard pass to Sydnor for the first Syracuse touchdown to complete a 90-yard drive After Jesse Atkinson missed a 47-yard field-goal attempt for the Terrapins (1-2-1) Warner led the Orangemen on their final drive Warner passed for 69 yards on the drive Boomer Esiason completed passes of 69 yards to Russell Davis and 9 yards to Mike Lewis for touchdowns Svracust 0 3 0 Maryland 3 6 FG Atkinson Davis 69 pass from Esiason (kick failed) FG Anderson 34 Lewis 9 pass from Esiason (Lewis pass from Esiason) Svdnor 12 pass from Warner (run failed) ()li Douglas Lunsford playing a different class of team in and we did well against Smith also was intelligent enough to take advantage of mistakes The Aggies (2-2) lost five fumbles and freshman quarterback Lynn threw two interceptions Most fumbles simply allowed Smith to waste more time fumbled twice and Smith's Alvarez Abernathy had an interception in the fourth quarter killing three Aggie drives first touchdown was the result of game plan running fullback Jeff Steele into the line then after gaining respect there throwing the ball Throwing and running the Bulls moved 41 yards on their second possession finally scor Yeah that would be a kind gesture Might even help motivate the Gamecocks (2-3) for the rest of the season But be one thing wrong with showing only the second half the game was decided long before that Despite South comeback Pittsburgh (3-0) did most of what it needed to before the bands took the field at halftime Marino a junior who already owns his record for career touchdown passes with 38 completed four scoring passes as the Panthers rolled up a 28-0 lead And by the 6:37 mark of the third quarter Marino had added Nos 5 and 6 and Pitt was sitting on a 42-7 cushion when things turned in South Carolina's favor The Gamecocks moved 69 yards with Todd Berry scoring from the 1 Chuck Finney intercepted a Marino pass and on the next play Beckham and freshman receiver Ira Hillary combined for a 52-yard touchdown pass to make it 42-21 By KEVIN QUIRK Observer Staff Writer COLUMBIA The South Carolina coaching staff has a chance to show some kindness Monday the day the Gamecocks will see films of 42-28 loss to fourth-ranked Pittsburgh If coach Jim Carlen and his staff want to be nice to their players show only films of the second half of the game It'd be a great show Quarterback Gordon Beckham clicks with his passes completing 15 of 28 for 225 yards to prove that Carlen made the right choice when he named him a starter last week Receivers make sparkling catches including three for touchdowns The defense keeps a strong rush on Panther quarterback Dan Marino and forces two important turnovers The home crowd gets fired up partly from a brief third-quarter fight that resulted in the ejection of a player from each side And the Gamecocks outscore Pittsburgh 28-14 A few plays later defensive end Phil Ellis pounced on a Pittsburgh fumble on the Panther 34 and the place was rocking "I felt like we were in the said Beckham really did We got a couple of scores We got things going our way We were At that point late in the third quarter folks at ABC-TV might have been squirming just a little They had cut away from the game to pick up another regional telecast Missouri against Mississippi State Routs are bad for ratings The Gamecocks score then but tacked on a final bit of respectability when Beckham hit flanker Horace Smith from the 9 with 2:31 left in the game It was a great half one far more memorable for the Gamecocks than the first half Something worth preserving we'll remember the second half said offensive tackle Chuck Slaughter "It was a good way to end the game The offense hs been struggling and (V Marino 24-39-2 346 yards Brown 7-85 Dawkins 6-155 DiBartoia 5-49 Thomas 3-30 Compton S-V SOUTH CAROLINA Wright 7-20 Hagood 2-11 Norman 1-11 Biasingame 5-9 Berry Beckham 17-minus 104) Beckham 17-34-2 235 yards Heoood 6-25 Smith 5-94 Hillary 3-85 AuMn 2-32 Biasingame 1-minus 1.