The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 102

'g THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday September 13 1987 I 7D Appalachian Stops James Madison 6014 Ross's 1st Win A 'out The Dukes dominated the second-half statistics For the game James Madison outgained Appalachian 359-332 Appalachian moved for 73 yards in the second half Janne Madison 0 0 3 7 Appalachian St ----14 3 0 0 13 run itetbno Mak) 1 RIM (Pettma kica) Wino 211 Garrey 36 1 nm (Unity kkat) Att (at AP9Machian State) By MIKE SMITH Special CorrBOONE Two touchdowns in the game's first five minutes propelled Appalachian State to a 17-10 victory over James Madison Saturday in Boone The Mountaineers had to hold off a late James Madison charge The Dukes scored their only touchdown with three minutes 16 seconds remaining in the contest on an Eric Green 1-yard quarterback sneak That capped a 13- play 84-yard drive After the kickoff the Mountaineers ran out the clock keyed by a Todd Payton to Wardell Jefferson pass on third-and-S "Payton made what I thought was the play of the game with the third-down completion" James Madison coach Joe Purzycld said "He showed a great deal of poise It didn't look spectacular for the fans but he's a heck of a player" Appalachian jumped on the Dukes early On the Mountaineers' first play from scrimmage Payton connected with Jefferson for a 55-yard gain to the Duke 21 yard line Running back Tim Sanders covered the 21 yards on two carries to put the Mountaineers ahead 7-0 one minute into the game After holding James Madison on three plays the Mountaineers' Keith Collins partially blocked a John Druiett punt setting up Appalachian at the Duke 35 It took the Mountaineers five plays all on the ground to push it In Melchor punched it over from a yard out for the score giving Appalachian a 14-0 cushion 412 minutes into the contest The Mountaineers completed their scoring with a 12-play drive that consumed more than six minutes of the second quarter and ended with a 29-yard Bjorn Nittmo field goal 11 4 1 ''k A 1 L7: 1 1 Lehigh Spoils Davidson's Debut a that Georgia Tech's Alphanzo Thomas (7) is brought down after a short gain Saturday In Atlanta by The Citadel's defense including Lance Thompson (92) Ambled Pram ATLANTA Bobby Ross opened his Georgia Tech coaching career Saturday with a 51-12 vic tory over The Citadel using an expected strong passing game "It was obvious we had the better football team" Ross 41 said after If watching Rick Strom pass for 10 317 yards and itt A three touch downs to spark the victory "I thought Rick did a good A' job" Ross said "Even on the Strm Incompletions we had he had a couple of passes dropped" Ross who coached for five years at The Citadel and another five at Maryland became Georgia Tech's eighth coach in January when Bill Curry left to coach at Alabama Strom who completed 11 of 18 passes sat out the rest of the game after giving Tech a 37-6 lead with 11 minutes 10 seconds left in the third quarter on a 48-yard pass to Robert Massey "The passing game is Just about where I thought it was" Ross said Coach Charlie Taaffe of the Bulldogs was disappointed with his team "We did not execute on offense and we gave up too many big plays on defense" he said "You can't do those self-defeating things against a team like Georgia Tech and expect to do well much less win" Strom's other touchdown passes covered 49 yards to running back Malcolm King and 34 yards to Greg Lester Tech never trailed taking the lead on its second offensive play of as As 19 16 Rushes-yards 51-252 39-170 Passing yards 107 162 Return yards 17 8 Passes 14-26-0 9-22-1 Punts 6-36 7-39 Fumbles-lost 3-2 2-0 Penalties-ywds 3-20 5-30 Time ot possession 29:51 30:09 14-26-0 6-22-1 6-36 7-39 3-2 2-0 3-20 5-30 29:51 30:09 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Madison: Melchor 16-66 Appalachian St: Grady 1643 Madison: Green 6-22-0107 Appalachian St: Payton 14-26-1-162 PECEIVING--James Madison: Wilkinson 4-59 Appalachian St: Beaty 5-46 Jefferson 4-94 But Davidson lost yardage and ended up with a 42-yard missed field goal In the second quarter Davidson recovered another Lehigh fumble at the Engineer 36 but had to give the ball up after sacks and penalties THREADED tUT HEAT ANO IMO TO ANY sa at stmot kit REPAIRING ALL TYPES MACHINERY IS SIZES LENGTHS DIAMETERS 24" 36" 72" Ws 632" ear' 316" 516" 716" 4 4 4 14 (4 Moo is aseepSetely era repair oW costavotan material lir applications 11161-60S-71 hes literally hundreds ow cut to size as straight bolts or boot to various at alter heating with blow fords or stove Hama tok-lott cold drawn 20 cow Ord ler CAROLINA BOLT I BUT CO 211414 Graham St 333-8471 Chariot NC I 1' I THREADED STEEL RODS tilt HEAT AND MEM TO MO' sa at stun I iot if mn of sttisTri 10 10t1 141 LEN( MAME 9 1 24" 36" 632" 632'' a Ws" 516" r3244-1 Rdsrs-Lds ft' is mid di Ike le complottly ize and that hurt a lot In general we just made too many offensive and defensive mistakes We couldn't control their running game and that was mainly because of the difference in play at the line of scrimmage They were just big ger and more experienced" Davidson had the ball twice in Lehigh territory both the result of fumble recoveries Blum fumbled on Lehigh's first series of the game and David Weaver recovered for Davidson at the Engineer 18 Davidsor 0 0 0 Labigh 26 7 7-47 Varano 14 pass from McGowan (Beattie kick) I Blum 4 run (kick blocked) Blum 11 run (run tailed) Blum 3 run (Beattie kick) I Hickman 15 run (Beattie kick) I Watson 23 pass from Harris (Beattie kick) Watson 1 I pass from Harris (Beattie kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Davidson: Wagner 6-16 Hughes 9- -43 'semis -1: Kelly 3-0 Robinson 9-23 Lehigh: Blum 15-143 Curtis 2-6 Hickman- 8-52 Simms 9-39 Costello 4-1 McGowan 2-9 Harris 1-10 Grossman 2-22 PASSING Davidson: Hughes 017-0 80 Skoc2ynski 1-2-0 10 Lehigh: McGowan 11-17-0 128 Harris 7-9-0 105 Brunner 2-2-0 18 RECEIVING Davidson: Skinner 3-40 Bowman 2-24: Sickles 1-20 Winborne 14 Lehigh: Marron 3-44 Varano 447 Curtis 1-8 Blum 2-16 Gorman 3-48 Watson 348 Cassell 2-24 Costello 1-9 Getirig 1-7 4a Li I t29 A0 keeper in the third quarter Citadel 0 1 I 0-12 Georgia Tech le 10 20 1-51 2 run (Palmer kid) 1 run (Palmer kick) 70 pass from Burriss (pass feed) 49 pass from Strom (Pittner kick) Palmer 37 34 pass from Strom (kick tailed) 48 pass from Strom (Palmer kick) Burriss 5 run (pass tailed) 10 rtm (Palmer kick) 10 run (Painter kick) Att-31211 (at Georgia Tech) -C OT 19 39-144 373 47 14-22-1 4-37 0-0 3-25 25:45 Passing 219 Return Yards 29 Comp-Att-int 11-21-0 Punts 0-39 Penes-Yards 14-121 Time of possession 34:15 INDIVIDUAL STA1IIMCI1 Witherspoon 11-48 Burdes 17-26 Frooman 5-11 Georgia Tech: Edwards 440 King 5-29 Hills 9-26 Thomas 9-25 Bunts 10-20-0-201 Georgia Tech: Strom 11-10-1417 Stephens 7-159 Jones 1-24 Georgia Tech: Kkig 3-87 Davenport 247 Lester 2-56 1 SEE r11 Lts'''''L icii' A' IP431 AffoPOgl Itol--v r'q'' 0420lx-- 11 "I Nvoe1 '1 1 041 4 '''l 4 S''t 4 2 -1 ''''''-11 i 1 'i 3 a '--s fi-o: 4't --i -1 1e ii'4'ii-4r 11tif 4 7- 1 11 X40P' 4Pr: liii'k 1 i IF i le It Itt 4' lio 0y 714: 1 ii -4ititt t) iis11' ti it i )-4 :1: '''''t 4'''t 1 i 1 10: 4: 17 0 1 sio 1:: From StoN Romrts BETHLEHEM Pa Lehigh rolled up 531 yards of total offense as two quarterbacks passed for more than 100 each and the Engineers limited Davidson to 85 yards in a 47-0 rout Saturday afternoon The game was the season opener for Lehigh and the Colonial League debut for Davidson (0-2) The Wildcats have lost 13 straight dating to the 1985 season The Engineers took a 7-0 first-quarter lead and poured on 26 points in the second including three touchdowns in less than four minutes to bury the Wildcats Tailback Lee Blum rushed for 143 yards and three touchdowns in the first half then sat out the second Lehigh quarterback Mark McGowan passed for 128 yards and a touchdown before giving way to backup Jim Harris who added 105 aerial yards and two more touchdowns The quarterbacks completed 20 of 28 passes "We were not competitive after the first quarter" Davidson coach Vic Gatto said "We had an early scoring chance and did not capital i Arl fril 4 Ira Paigi I -V the day a 2-yard run by King that came after Strom and Steve Davenport accounted for 79 yards on a pass Davenport made the catch at the Tech 30 and bounced off defender Terrance Young into the clear He was chased down at the 2 by Anthony Jenkins King also scored on a 1-yard run later in the first quarter Reserves accounted for Tech's last two touchdowns 10-yard runs by Richard Hills and Stefen Scotto!) Thomas Palmer kicked a 37-yard field goal in the third quarter The Bulldogs (I-1) scored in the second quarter on a 70-yard pass from Tommy Burriss to John Stephens who caught a tipped ball behind defender Cedric Stallworth at the Tech 25 and outran the other defenders to the flag Buniss also scored on a 5-yard Garnica and Oklahoma linebacker Richard Dillon recovered at the 21 The Sooners rushed three times and punted and the Tar Heels drove quickly from their 36 to a first down at the Oklahoma 11 Maye completed three straight passes the third a 36-yarder to Eric Lewis on a crossing pattern from right to left Lewis was chased out of bounds at the sideline by safety Rickey Dixon But a sweep and a draw by tailback Eric Starr lost a yard and on third down Maye overthrew Starr at the 5 near the left sideline Then Kenny Miller lined up for a 28-yard field-goal attempt but the snap was high and freshman holder Eric Wetherington had to stand up to catch it He rolled right and flipped a pass to Miller who was tackled at the 20 for an 8- yard loss How long can you hold down Holieway and the Sooners' offense? Oklahoma had one first down and 32 yards on its first two possessions and on Saturday that was about the limit NCarolins 0 0 0 Oklahoma --A 21 7 0-20 3 run (Lasher kick) 4 run (Lasher kick) 1 run (Lasher kick) 1 run (Lasher kick) Att-75004 (at Oklahoma) NC 0 First downs 14 22 Rushes-yards 37-29 72-405 Passing 174 57 Return Yards 37 76 Comp-Att-IM 18-38-1 3-8-1 Punts 7-39 5-37 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 8-70 19-125 Time of possession 27:45 32:15 1 Associa tftd Press North Carolina wide receiver Eric Lewis looks for running room after catcking a pass against No 1 Oklahoma Saturday The Sooners skut out the Tar Heels 28-0 in Norman Okla Holieway Oklahoma 1 Blank North Carolina I 7 a tf4 116: 1 i I St? A b11ES EE Continued From Page ID Without more support than that quarterback Mark Maye's passing also was largely ineffective He hit 16 of 35 for 168 yards and one Interception was pressured constantly and sacked twice And the Tar Heels' offense sustained little after missing scoring 'Opportunities on Its first two possessions Midway through the fourth quarter Maye threw an apparent 5-yard touchdown pass to Eric Lewis But the play was nullified because North Carolina did not have the required seven men on the line of scrimmage after multiple shifts But penalties hurt Oklahoma more In a performance that was sloppy except for the three-touchdown burst It had a team-record 19 (for 125 yards) "I think if they (Sooners) could've gotten 60 (points) they would've" said Crum "so I feel pretty good about how we hung in there defensively" With Just under seven minutes left in the first half the mass exodus had begun across the street to O'Connell's Irish Pub and Grille The 21-0 halftime score sits on a fine line of holding Sooner fans' interest They've been there before countless times and the Tar Heels had not done much to scare them That had started early when North Carolina messed up key plays when they had two chances to get early scores The first was when Oklahoma welcomed the Tar Heels with a first-play fumble by fullback Lydell Carr Free safety Dan Voo letich recovered at the Sooners' 23 But on first down Maye fumMed the center snap from Jeff Don't miss golf's greats as they swing into action to win the $1000000 Vantage Championship and their share of the richest purse in Senior PGA TOUR history! 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