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0 mime 140 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday November 15 1987 1-11 College Football Today: The Carolinas Gardner-Webb Clinches Title uoliege Football Tod: 7 -Touchdown Comeback 4 1 i ith Southern 1--Varano 49 pass from McGowan (Beattie kick) Att-4330 (at Bucknali) 172 25-10-2 7-31 2-1 4-31 Return yards 84 Posses 23-09-0 Punts 2-31 Fumbles-lost 3-3 Penalties-yards 12-131 18 23 34-131 42-180 202 249 100 40 1745-2 24-34-1 5-207 5-191 3-1 0-0 875 5-35 29 34 30 26 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Time of Possession Florida 19 Central Florida 14 The Rattlers turned in a strong defensive performance and won their final home game port News (8-2) the lead for good by scoring on a 1-yard run with 4:25 left Quarterback David Riddle added an insurance touchdown on a 47-yard run with 2:05 left Wingate is 4-5 Newport News 7 0 7 14-28 Wingate 0 14 6 0-20 1 run (Se Ife kick) 4 pass from Jacobs (kick failed) 3 run (Campbell pass from Jacobs) 1 run (kick failed) Brown 10 pass from Riddle (Se Ifs lack) 1 run (Selfe kick) 47 run (Se Ile kick) Colonial 3 run (Smith kick) 1 run (Smith kick) 32 pass from Junior (Smith kick) 3 run (kick blocked) Virginia Union 47 Elizabeth City State 14 Freshman fullback Orlando Hawkins ran for four touchdowns as the Panthers won at Virginia Union Hawkins who gained 75 yards on 11 carries scored on runs of 1 21 10 and 3 yards The Panthers improved to 4-3 and 7-3 while the Vikings dropped to 2-7 3-8 Elizabeth City St --------I 8 0 0-14 Virginia Union 26 7 0-47 33 pass from Jones (Todd kick) 66 run (kick failed) 1 run (Todd kick) 21 run (Todd kick) 76 kickoff return (Brown pass from Epps) 10 run (kick failed) 3 run (Todd kick) 2 run (kick failed) 14 run (Todd kick) Att-338 (at Virginia Union) California (Pa) 34 Bowie State 0 Freshman quarterback Sam Mannery ran for two touchdowns and set up two more scores to lead California (6-5) in the Jiffy Lube Classic at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore Bowie State is 4-6-1 MEAC Virginia Military 20 East Ten nessee State 13 Reserve tailback Joe France rushed for 84 yards and one touchdown to spark the Keydets at Virginia Military The win broke a four-game VMI losing streak and improved the Keydetst record to 2-3 and 4-6 The Buccaneers slipped to 2-5 5-5 ETennessoo St---10 0 0 3-13 3 10 7 0-20 27 pass from Morgan (Shoun kick) Hawkins 39 Shoun 36 Hawkins 22 4 run (Hawkins kick) 6 pass from Brown (Hawkins kick) Shoun 39 Att-4800 (at Virginia Military) ETS First downs 19 20 Rushes-yards 40-138 55-163 Passing yards 180 173 Return yards 27 53 Passes 16-28-4 12-19-1 Punts 0-0 2-29 Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-yards 5-57 7-55 Time of possession 27:46 3214 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING East Tennessee State: Morgan 17-59 Harm 6-24 Burt 8-28 Way 4-13 Searcy 5-15 VW France 22-84 Mabrey 13-36 Bunn 5-21 Wright 6-22 Parrott 1-1 Brown 1-minus 1 PASSING East Tennessee State: Morgan 16-28-4 180 VMI: Brown 10-15-0 111 Bunn 2-4-1 62 RECEIVING East Tennessee State: Sotomon 5-81 Brown 3-22 Rebber 3-11 Burt 1-27 Middleton 1-10 Way 1-25 Fritts 1-21 Searcy 1-3 VMI: Wright 5-92 France 3-35 Williams 2-26 Kimberly 1-10 Mears 1-10 Army 49 Lafayette 37 Sean Jordan caught an 89-yard touchdown pass from Tory Crawford the longest in Army history to break a 14-14 second-quarter tie and lead the Cadets to victory at Army Lafayette-- 7 10 ft 14-37 Army 14 14 14-49 I run (Hodson kick) 4 run (Ramhusch kick) I run (Hodson kick) IT run (Rambusch kick) 89 pass from Crawford (Rambusch kick) Hodson 21 3 run (Rambusch kick) I run (Rambusch kick) 1 run (two point conversion run failed) I run (Rambusch kick) 2 pass from Baur (two point COnVOISIOn run by Ng) 4 run (Rambusch kick) 27 pass from Baur 2-point conversion (run failed) Att (at Army) 11 Holy Cross 40 William Mary 7 At Holy Cross quarterback Jeff Wiley and all-purpose halfback Gordie Lockbaum teamed up to lead the unbeaten (10-0) and top ranked (NCAA Division 1-AA) Crusaders Wiley completed 29 passes in 41 attempts for 255 yards and one touchdown breaking his own school single-game completion record of 28 Lockbaum gained 212 total yards 58 on 12 rushes 80 on 10 catches and 54 on three punt returns Lehigh 21 Bucknell 21 Le-high's Mark McGowan threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Rob Varano late in the third quarter to force a tie at Bucknell Lehigh 0 7 14 0-21 BucknlI 10 3 8 0-21 1 run (Bonmo kick) Borimo 25 1 run (Beattie kick) Bonmo 30 1 run (Beattie kick) 8 run (Kutz pass from Given) Howard 62 Morgan State 0 Harvey Reed rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Bison to a rout at Morgan State (1-9) The victory sets up a matchup for the MEAC title Saturday as Howard (8-1) takes on Delaware State in Dover Del The winner gets a bid to the Division 1-AA playoffs Howard 14 7 21 20-82 Morgan State 0 0 0 0 14 pass from DeBose (Hama kick) 2 run (Harvell kick) 8 pass from DeBose (Hama kick) 64 run tHarvell kick) 6 run (Harvell kick) 14 run (Harrell kick) 14 pass from DeBose (Harvell kick) 14 run (kick failed) 45 run (Harvell kick) Att-5100 (at Morgan State) MS First downs 25 08 Rushes-yards 53-381 26(-)7 Passing yards 180 72 First downs Pushes-yards Passing yards Other NAIA Newport News 28 Wingate 20 The Shipbuilders scored two touchdowns in the last five minutes to win on the Bulldogs' home field Walter Bickett Stadium in Monroe James Clouse gave New Colgate 38 Boston University 0 At Colgate Kenny Gamble rushed for 206 yards on 31 carries to become the all-time NCAA leader in all-purpose yards with 7623 CIAA From Associated Press and Staff Reverts MARS HILL Gardner-Webb clinched the South Atlantic Conference college football title and a berth in the NAIA playoffs Saturday but had to struggle to do it in a 38-27 win over Mars Hill The Bulldogs (6-1 9-1) were down 27-14 with eight minutes 39 seconds left in the third quarter and scored four straight times to beat the Lions (1-5 3-7) Jeff Parker had a field goal and five extra points to break the Gardner-Webb career scoring record as a sophomore Gardner-Webb 14 0 14 10-38 Mars 7 12 8 0-27 Sims 18 run (Tony Gibson kick) James 6 run (Jeff Parker kick) Poston 8 run (Parker kick) BiVirIS 20 pass from Gary Lackey (kick failed) 9 run (run failed) 27 pass from Lackey (Reggie Taylor run) 27 pass from James (Parker kick) Wray 31 run (Parker kick) 18 run (Parker kick) FG 31 Att-2000 (at Mars Hill) Presbyterian 28 Carson Newman 8 Scotty Mozingo threw two touchdown passes to Lavern Reddick including one for 68 yards to lead the Blue Hose over the sixth-ranked Eagles at Presbyterian The Blue Hose (7-3) are No 13 and have a shot at an at-large berth in the NAIA playoffs if they defeat Newberry on Saturday Mozingo's 68-yard bomb to Reddick in the second quarter opened the scoring and the Blue Hose made it 14-0 later in the quarter on a 1-yard run by Stevie Riggins Lenoir-Rhyne 35 Newberry 19 At Lenoir-Rhyne James Crawford rushed for three touchdowns helping assure the Bears their first winning season since 1982 Newberry (2-4 3-7) scored first on a 2-yard pass from Jerold Bell to Mark Drummond But Lenoir-Rhyne (2-4 6-4) scored three straight touchdowns after that and never trailed again Newberry 7 0 10 2-19 Lenoir-Rhyne 0 21 7 7-35 2 pass from Bell (Penn kick) 9 pass from Bryson (kick failed) 19 run (Halley pass from Bryson) 10 run (Queen kick) 29 run (Penn kick) Hiller 46 3 run (Queen kick) Bryson sacked in end zone 8 run (Queen kick) A11-6000 (at Lenoir-Rhyne) Eion 56 Guilford 13 George Dixon ran for three touchdowns and Craig Taylor passed for 242 yards and another score to lead the Christians (5-4) at Guilford (2-8) Taylor completed 12 of 15 passes including a 14-yard touchdown to Chuck Ward that opened the scoring in the first quarter Dixon scored on runs of 22 1 and 14 yards El0f1 7 28 21 0-58 Guilford 3 3 0 7-13 14 pass from Taylor (Mullen kick) Herring 25 22 run (Mullen kick) Herring 44 28 run (Mullen kick) 17 run (Mullen kick) 1 run (Mullen kick) 14 run (Mullen kick) 10 pass from Wadsworth (Mullen kick) 14 pass from Wadsworth (McCann kick) 5 run (Herring kick) Att-300 (at Guilford) 0 ETU 41111V9M( Ata( EMI 01 UM1 A ALall' NC Central 38 NC ASET 19 Earl Harvey passed for 333 yards and four touchdowns leading the Eagles (6-5) at NC MET Harvey a junior moved into fourth place in NCAA Division II career passing yardage with 8252 NC MET fell to 3-7 with its fifth straight loss KC Central --7 14 10 7-38 NC AtiT 0 6 7-19 15 pass from Harvey (Stinson kick) 7 run (kick failed) 7 pass from Harvey (Stinson kick) 2 pass from Harvey (Stinson kick) Stinson 43 1 run (kick blocked) NCC--Burt 16 run (Stinson kick) 6 pass from Hooker (Gatson kick) 7 pass Harvey (Stinson kick) Att-20000 (at NC AST) NCC AST First downs 24 25 Rushes-yards 53-187 30-149 Passing 333 324 Return Yards 6 0 Comp-Att-Int 22-37-0 26-42-3 Punts 2-40 4-40 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 5-3 Penalties-Yards 7-56 18-178 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Central: Harvey 14-72 Burt 13-78 NC AST: Polite 11-66 Central: Harvey 22-37-0-333 NC MT: Hooker 26-42-3-324 Central: Leath 8-117 Hargrove 4-84 NC AST Best 9-148 Sowell 8-106 Winston-Salem State 30 Livingstone 6 The Rams scored 21 points in the second quarter and kept their conference record perfect with a victory at Livingstone The Bears hurt themselves by throwing five interceptions Two of Winston-Salem State's second-quarter touchdowns were by Broderick Graves of West Charlotte High Winston-Salem St 9 21 0 0-30 Livingstone 0 0 0 8 Phillips blocked punt out of end zone 16 pass from Maynor (Smith kick) 0 Jg (TRANSLATION: UP TO s1500 CASH BACK) Freshman QB Passes Appalachian To Win Appalachian Stale 7 7 7 8-27 The Citadel 0 0 3 14-17 18 pass from FUllef (Nittmo kick) FG Balboa 67 return (Nittmo kick) 5 run (Nittmo kick) Cook 40 FG 30 3 pass from Singleton (pass failed) FG 24 37 pass from Burns (Johnson run) Alt-17349 (at The Citadel) GI WAGON AUTOMATIC 1 07200 msRRitt it 1 50000 REBATEt eg72oo STARTING AS LOW AS INCEE2111 1 GI SEMI AUTOMATIC $10:77200 MSRP 150000 REBATE 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quarterback Bobby Fuller to a 27-17 Southern Conference college football victory over The Citadel Appalachian State clinched the Southern Conference title this fall behind the strength of its running attack and defense while averaging less than 100 yards passing Fuller a Miami freshman replaced three-year starter Todd Payton and surpassed the 100-yard passing in the second quarter as Appalachian State moved out to a 14-0 halftime lead Mountaineers coach Sparky Woods startled Appalachian State faithful by dusting the cobwebs off the passing game Before Saturday's game Woods called for rushing plays 67 of the time With Woods calling for an uncharacteristically open offense Fuller connected on 10 of 12 passes for 120 yards "We wanted to get Bobby in as early as we could" Woods said "They were playing an eight-man goal line defense so we had to throw the ball Bobby moved the ball so it seemed stupid to take him out" With Fuller taking over for Payton on their second offensive series the Mountaineers moved 87 yards on 11 plays for a 7-0 lead with one minute 22 seconds left in the first quarter Fuller was true on all six of his pass attempts in the drive for 82 yards The touchdown came when he found running back Ritchie Melchor crossing the middle for 18 yards The Citadel retaliated with a 12-play drive that stalled at the Mountaineers' 9 The Bulldogs settled for a chip shot 26-yard field goal attempt from Tim Cook but Appalachian State's Keith Collins broke through the left side to smother the kick The Mountaineers' Quincy Bethea scooped up the loose ball and scampered 69 yards for the touchdown and a 14-0 lead 9:59 from Intermission "We set it so that their end would have to block two people" Collins said "So either myself or Quincy had to get it Their end decided to take Quincy so I got through If I can get through and the ball is still in his (holder's) hands then my eyes get big" It was Collins's third blocked kick of the year the first two being punts Appalachian State has blocked seven kicks this year The Mountaineers took the second half kickoff and methodically marched 57 yards on 10 plays With the Bulldogs on their heels protecting against the pass the Mountaineers could return to their familiar pattern of grind-it-out rushing attack The Mountaineers took the second half kickoff and methodically marched 57 yards on 10 plays behind the running of Melchor and Doug Beaty Melchor slanted off left tackle from five yards out for the 21-0 lead 4:47 into the third quarter Cook got the Bulldogs on the board with a 40-yard field goal that culminated a 48-yard 11-play drive The Citadel wishbone had given the Mountaineers trouble throughout the game but only late In the game could the Bulldogs make the most of their opportunities Notes: Fuller's 164 yards passing is the most this season by an Appalachian State quarterback He finished 13 of 22 with a touchdown and an interception The Mountaineers' 87 yards rushing is a season-low total The Mountaineers 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