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V1" 1 CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday September 121993 9D COLLEGE FOOTBALL Late field goal gives Rutgers the victory over Duke came into the game Rutgers which had committed five second half turnovers came to life After a 38-yard kickoff return Willis broke loose on a 51 -yard run to the 1 Two plays later he dove in from the 1 to make it 38-30 with 8:20 to play On the second play after Rutgers kicked off Jamil Jackson recovered a fumble at the Blue 31 Two plays later Fortay fired a 36-yard scoring strike to Chris Brantley It was third touchdown catch of the game giving him 15 for his career a Rutgers record But the Scarlet Knights still trailed 38-36 with 7:41 remaining when Fortay was stopped short trying to run for the two-point conversion Duke came right back marching to the Rutgers 28 But on fourth-and-five with 3:45 to play Spence hurried pass fell incomplete and Rutgers took over on downs Rutgers sensing victory rolled up the field as Willis carried three times for 23 yards and caught a swing pass from Fortay and raced for another 23 With just 1:01 remaining Benestad completed the comeback by splitting the uprights from 38-yards Duke scored on three of its four first half possessions but still left the field at the intermission trailing 22-17 The Blue Devils took a 3-0 lead on a 24-yard field goal by Tom Cochran The Scarlet Knights took the ensuing kickoff and marched 80 yards in 10 plays scoring on a 24 -yard halfback option pass from Presley to Brantley Duke made it 10-7 just 1:20 into the second quarter when quarterback Spence Fischer threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to tight end Bill Khayat Rutgers took the kickoff and moving 71 yards in 8 plays to score with an 18-yard pass from Lucas to Brantley A two-point conversion run by Bryan Fortay following a high snap made it 15-10 second half and completed three of four passes for 56 yards and a touchdown Willis replaced Bruce Presley who suffered a concussion in the third quarter and ran for 76 yards in the fourth quarter caught a pass for another 23 and scored on a 1-yard run Duke which lost its season opener 45-7 last week to top-ranked Florida State seemed to be on the way to victory after taking their lead A 23-yard fumble return by Sean Thomas and touchdown runs of 1 and 43 yards by Lowman had wiped out a 22-17 halftime deficit for the Blue Devils But when Fortay and Willis 1 1 Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD NJ John Benestad kicked a 38-yard field goal with just over a minute to play Saturday to cap a 17-point fourth quarter rally and lift Rutgers to a 39-38 victory over Duke The Blue Devils who had led 38-22 after a 43-yard touchdown run by David Lowman with 10:20 to play missed an opportunity to win when Tom 43-yard field goal attempt with four seconds remaining sailed wide left Quarterback Brian Fortay and tailback Terrell Willis a redshirt freshman sparked the Rutgers comeback Fortay came off the bench after starter Ray Lucas threw three interceptions in the Tech rid of color purple Observer News Services ATLANTA Georgia Purple Paladin malady was finally healed Saturday Striking with long scoring plays the Yellow Jackets manhandled Furman a Division I-AA team with a recent history of giving Tech problems 37-3 Jimy 75-yard scoring run and Marcus 32-yard fumble return for another touchdown helped the Yellow Jackets build a 30-0 first-half lead in their season opener Furman is 1-1 Tech also scored on an 80-yard pass from Donnie Davis to freshman Derrick Steagall who made the catch between two defenders on the Furman 38 and sprinted to the end zone showed his real leadership Tech coach Bill Lewis said "I thought he did a tremendous job running our football team" Davis a redshirt sophomore from Burlington was making his first start after serving as the backup last year to four-year starter Shawn Jones felt a little nervous at first but after I threw the ball a couple of times and ran a few times I loosened Davis said hope we don't play anybody else that good because going to get Furman coach Jimmy Satterfield said played great We had him defended and he scrambled around to make the big Davis engineered scoring drives on four of Georgia first five possessions including 90 yards on the first in which Dorsey Levens had runs of 21 and 20 yards and Davis had a 17-yard keeper and a 2-yard scoring run with 10 minutes 24 seconds left in the opening period He completed 14 of 19 passes for 191 yards The stars: Wolfpack quarterbacks Geoff Bender (159 yards passing) and Terry Harvey (187) both had splendid games The turning point: With 1 1 seconds left in the first half NC State wide receiver Eddie Goines was open down the right sideline and Bender hit him for a 55-yard touchdown The key stat: Goines set a school record for yards receiving with 207 yards on five catches Quote: "I just told my girlfriend how I just wanted to have 100 yards in a game" Goines said "But 200 yards I can't believe that" Worth mentioning: Harvey went in the game for good after Bender sustained a minor shoulder injury in the third quarter What's next: NC State has an open date next Saturday and plays North Carolina Nov 25 Wake Forest plays Appalachian State Lynn Zinser NC State 7 17 10 Wake Forest 0 0 0 NCS Griffis 1 2-yard pass from Bender (Videtich kick) Drive: 8 plays 81 yards 410 Key play On the Wolfpack first offensive play Bender hit Goines on a 48-yard pass NCS Videtich 22-yard field goal Dnve: 10 plays 95 yards 5 26 Key play: Harvey In his first play at quarterback threw out of his and zona and connected with Gnffis 44 yards downfield Downs 8-yard run (Videtich kick) Drive: 7 plays 80 yards 2 02 Kay play: On tirst-and-10 from the Wake 13 George fumbled the ball but it rolled forward 5 yards to teammate Taylor NCS Goines 55-yard pass from Bender (Videtich kick) Dnve: 1 play 55 yards 09 Key play: The touchdown NCS Videtich 37-yard field goal Drive: 13 plays 45 yards 6 49 Key play: The Wolfpack lined up in punt formation but snapped the ball to up back Gregg Giannamore who ran 10 yards for the first down NCS Goines 75-yard pass from Harvey (Videtich kick) Drive: 2 plays 75 yards '15 Key play: Harvey found Goines for the touchdown WF Dixon 7-yard pass from Kemp (Kemp run) Drive: 3 plays 37 yards :58 Key play: A pass interference call on State gave Wake a first down on the 2 and after a penalty Wake scored from the 7 WF Dixon 49-yard pass from Kemp (Estes pass from Kemp) Drive: 1 play 49 yards 14 Key play: Wake recovered an onsides kick after its first Stretching it out: State quarterback Geoff Bender goes for bring him down during Saturday extra yardage as Wake Richard Goodpasture tries to Bender helped the Wolfpack to a Pack falls for coach rolls Associated Press game in Winston-Salem 34-16 victory Wake making progress but we still slipped a little The Wolfpack was much more efficient gaining 328 yards and scoring on four of six first-half drive? Wake Forest made the score respectable by tacking on two late touchdowns First receiver Todd Dixon caught a 7-yard scoring pass from quarterback Jim Kemp Then one play after Wake recovered an on-sides kick Dixon turned a short pass into a 49-yard touchdown play Two two-point conversions made for all of scoring left the field grousing about Wake late letdown but the first three quarters left a good taste in Wolfpack mouths Sheridan he may have been conservative but look at his backup quarterback Terry Harvey said "Coach he surprise us kind of like that He was a quarterback once NC favorite deep target His five catches for 207 yards set a school record for receiving yards in a game He had touchdown catches of 75 and 55 yards and his first reception on the first play from scrimmage was a 48-yarder "Going for it on fourth down throwing deep I wanted to let our players know that when we line up we play to win the football said who took over for former coach Dick Sheridan who resigned this summer play not to lose" NC State ran away with its ACC opener and climbed to 2-0 debut last Saturday was bogged down by rain so his high-wire act waited until this matchup The game was also new Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell's ACC debut but the view was considerably more dim from his sideline After giving up 431 yards to Vanderbilt last week most of them By LYNN ZINSER Raleigh Bureau WINSTON-SALEM Long pass plays on first down Going for it on fourth down Fake punts So this is why the NC State football players loved coach Mike so much when they first got a whiff of his offensive philosophy during preseason practice hesitated little in shattering NC conservative image in 34-16 rout of Wake Forest in front of 25142 at Groves Stadium called for his team to go for it on two fourth downs ran a fake punt on another and continually told his strong-armed quarterbacks that bombs-away was a completely acceptable first-down play had a sense of it in practice but you never really know until you get into a said receiver Eddie Goines fake punt that surprised me" Goines was the major benefactor of this change by becoming 38 21 Liberty QB spoil home Furman GaorgiaTach 0 0 14 16 3- 3 Oevls 2 run (Jarretl kick) Coleman 32 fumble return (Jarrett kick) Bel 1 run (Jarrett kick) Lincoln 75 run (kick tailed) FG Jarrett 39 Steagall 80 pass from Davis (Jarrett kick) FG Rlctiter 29 43200 (at Georgia Tech) GT First downs 16 23 Rushee-Yards 42-93 49-347 Passing 138 214 Return yards 34 32 Comp-Att-Int 15-24-0 17-24-0 Punts 7-47 3-39 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-42 10-88 Time of possession 32 09 2751 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Furman: Jones 10-21 Lynch 8-20 Strappy 3-15 McClarty 6-14 Georgia Tech: Lincoln 11-114 Levens 12-112 Bell 9-38 Davis 7-26 Furman: Jones 6-9-0-47 Bonaventure 9-15-0-91 Georgia Tech Davis 14-19-0-191 Stroman 3-3-0-23 Furman: Bradley 5-79 Harrison 5-31 Georgia Tech: Steagall 3-102 Papushak 3-38 Bell 2-19 Virginia 38 Navy 0 Symmion Willis threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and defense held Navy to 66 yards rushing in Charlottesville Va Willis a redshirt sophomore completed 10 of 20 passes for 205 yards and one interception He also gained 68 yards on six carries Virginia (2-0) had 222 yards rushing and 205 yards passing and Navy (0-1) had 216 yards total offense and converted two of 14 third downs Return yards Comp-Atl-Int Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yardt Time of possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NC State Downs 17-87 Cotton 3-23 Wake Forest Leach 8-56 Moultrie 5-29 NC State Bender 6-9-0-159 Harvey 7-11-0-187 Wake Forest LaRue 11-16-1-125 Kemp 17-34-3-215 State Goines 5-207 Griffis 3-69 Wake Forest Pettus 6-89 Rasby 4-47 Dixon 3-62 opener Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession 9-317 1-0 6-61 35 56 2-48 1-1 3-10 24D4 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Murray St Mosby 11-30 Cox 5-26 Me-'' Gowan 9-20 Scarbrough 5-19 McCann 3-13 Bland 3-8 Ross 1-2 Turner 2-minus 3 Rodney 4-mlnua 22 Marshall Parker 12-160 Pedro 16-33 Thomas 3-20 Donnan 5-19 Colquitt 1-11 Chapman 1-3 Gross 1-1 1-mmus 9 Murray St Mosby 7-18-62-0 Rodney 0-3-0-0 Marshall Donnan 12-24-109-0 0 Shea 0-0-0-0 Murray St Shepherd 3-32 Hall 2-12 1 Bland 1-1 Cox 1-7 Marshall Carter 5-47 Marlin 3-34 Pedro 1-9 Parker 1-5 Hill 1-9 Brown 1-5 East Tennessee State 24 Mars Hill 0 At Johnson City Tenn Gabe Berry passed for three touchdowns and 236 yards as the Divi- sion 1-AA Buccaneers (2-0) beat the Division II Lions (1-1) Mara Hill Tennessee 81 0 0 0 7 10 0 ETS Boll 2 pass from Berry (Crust kick) ETS-FG Crust 28 Johnson 14 pass from Berry (Crust kick) Anderson 38 pass from Berry (Crust kick) Att 660 (at Tennessee St rushing Wake (0-2) this time was pummeled through the air for 346 yards Worst of all that yardage came on only 13 completions an average of 266 yards each went in at halftime and told them that there were five big plays that really hurt Caldwell said those plays it would have been a different NC State dominated the first half to take a 24-0 lead The Wolfpack drove the ball almost at will and stopped Wake Forest on the crucial plays Wake Forest gained 1 99 yards in the half and moved the ball effectively in the middle of the field but always stalled after penetrating NC State territory Deacons drives went to the NC State 42 30 34 and 25 only to be stopped by a punt missed field goal punt and an interception in the end zone pleased with the way our kids tried to respond but we made too many mistakes" Caldwell said struggled in the red zone Ware and Shelton Lewis -tackled Burkett at the Mountaineer 4 Two plays later Flame tailback Adrian Cherry (30 carries 111 yards) leaped in from the 1 making it a 14-12 game with 6:22 left in the third quarter snap hit in the worst place it could be right at (Burkett's) feet" Appalachian State coach Jerry Moore said Appalachian next plays Saturday at Wake Forest Liberty is at Southwest Texas State Liberty Appalachian St 3 3 6 8-20 0 14 0 0-14 L-FG Whitehead 41 Hooks 39 run (Ferguson kick) Smith 17 run (Ferguson kick) L-FG Whitehead 23 Cherry 1 run (pass failed) McKnight 50 pass from Wilemon (Carswell pass from Wilemon) Att 12867 (at Appalachian St AS First downs 16 16 Rushes-yards 35-110 40-199 Passing 256 101 Return Yards -3 23 Comp-Att-Int 2 1-38-0 8-19-0 Punts 7-41 9-29 Fumbles-Lost 10 3-0 Penalties-Yards 8-55 1-5 Time of Possession 32 18 27 42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Liberty Cherry 30-119 Council 4-3 Wile mon 1-0 Appalachian St Hooks 16-107 Abraham 6-24 Smith 6-75 Yaudes 10-24 Liberty Wilemon 12-24-0-147 Chiles 9-14-0-109 Appalachian S( Yaudes 6-19-0-101 Liberty Carswell 5-40 Cook 4-62 McKnight 4-76 Cherry 4-18 Jones 3-58 Council 1-2 Appalachian St Gama 5-66 Blue 2-26 Smith 1-7 Georgia Southern 16 Citadel 6 At Statesboro Ga Reed Haley hit three first-half field goals and the Bulldogs (0-2 0-1) were held without a first down until midway through the third quarter as the Eagles (2-0 1-0) won their first By DAVID COULSON Special Correspondent BOONE Quarterback Travis Wilemon received a second chance Saturday afternoon and took advantage of it to lead Liberty to a 20-14 victory over Appalachian State before a home-opening crowd of 12867 at Kidd Brewer Stadium Wilemon a senior starting only his second college game misfired on a 38-yard pass to wide receiver James McKnight late in the first quarter that would have given the Flames (2-0) a 10-0 lead But when McKnight got behind Appalachian cornerback Will Robinson in the fourth period Wilemon (12 for 24 147 yards) was on the mark for a 50-yard touchdown strike that gave Liberty an 18-14 lead Wilemon then hit tight end Dwayne Carswell with a two-point conversion pass and defense made the six-point lead stand over the final 14 minutes 33 seconds think be able to go deep on them" Wilemon said "James has so much speed he just blew by his man and I threw it with enough air under it that he could catch it" The Mountaineers (0-2) made the most of errant throw on the next possession marching 80 yards in nine plays to take the lead on tailback Chip Hooks' 39-yard scoring burst A block from fullback James Smith helped Hooks turn the corner and race untouched into the end zone with 10:40 left in the second Note: VMI and Carolina did not play quarter Appalachian scored again the next time it had the ball with Smith doing the running instead of the blocking A junior Smith capped a 70-yard four-play drive with a 17-yard touchdown run giving the Mountaineers a 14-3 lead with 5: 1 1 left in the half Appalachian quarterback Jason Yaudes connected with flanker Ray Gama for 40 yards and Hooks (16 carries 101 yards) darted 13 yards to set up Smith's score A 23-yard Dan Whitehead field goal cut the lead to 14-6 at the half But the offense disappeared the rest of the afternoon and a crucial special teams mistake let Liberty back in the game in the third period Appalachian State punter Will Burkett fumbled a low snap from Lance Th Citadel' Walker 22-40 Sands 10-26 Haynes 7-16 Rivers 5-10 Jervey 3-5 Mltchem 2-4 Little 3-1 Georgia Southern Williams 10-66 Dupree 21-53 Stephens 9-42 Fraley 1-8 Wright 4-7 Lester 1-1 The Citadel Walker 0-4-2-0 Georgia Southern Dupree 2-10-0-13 The Citadel none Georgia Southern Willis 1-9 Wnght 1-4 Marshall 29 Murray State 3 At Huntington WVa Chris Parker rushed for 151 yards and two second-half touchdowns as the Thundering Herd (2-0) pulled away from the stubborn but mistake-prone Racers (0-2) Murray St 3 0 0 Marahall 0 10 6 MS-FG Dill 26 Pedro 12 run (Merrick kick) M-FG Merrick 35 Pedro 3 run (kick failed) Parker 32 run (run failed) Parker 21 run (Merrick kick) Att (at Marshall) First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return Yards Comp-Att-Int 2-7 Abernathy 7-minus 15 Barker 1-11 William 4-79 Bowers 1-2 McMillan 1-3 Tennessee St Bell 17-58 Berry 4-11 Johnson 1-1 Wagner 9-7 Rogers 10-40 Abny 5-13 Dickson 8-33 Mars Hilt Abernathy 10-17-48 SharpO-1-0 Grant 0-1-1 McMillan 1-5-12 Tennessee St Berry 16-27-1-236 Mars Hill Barker 1-9 Sharp 4-15 Grant 2-6 Lee 2-15 Goodson 2-15 Tennessee St Wagner 2-20 Bell 2-41 Johnson 4-66 Anderson 2-55 Beattv 3-25 Grant 3-29 Navy Van Matre 3-42 James 3-14 Smith 7-13 Slramanak 2-8 Kubiak 5-mmus 9 Virginia: Washington 17-71 Willis 6-68 Brooks 10-39 Way 6-24 Barber 5-18 Medley 2-2 Navy- Kubiak 23-41-2-150 Virginia Willis 10-20-1-205 Navy- Dixon 10-63 Hickman 4-32 Mill 2-20 Smith 2-0 Van Matre 1-12 Stramanak 1-7 Screen 1-6 Jefferson 1-6 James 1-4 Virginia Jeffers 4-124 Davis 3-39 Mundy 1-19 Neely 1-12 Holmes 1-11.