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THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday October 22 1 995 9G College Football Tar Heels victory groraided the basics Johnson runs over Wake in a romp -i to touch it 30 times and like him to cany it 25 (of those) The Tar Heels completed just nine of 23 passes with three interceptions against Wake Forest Wide receiver Octavus Barnes coming off four straight 100-yard receiving games did not catch a pass Saturday North Carolina need him with its defense smothering the overmatched Deacons (1-7 0-5) Any hope the Deacons had of hanging with the Tar Heels ended midway through the second quarter Trailing 17-7 Wake Forest was given a gift when North Marcus Wall dubiously tried to field a punt backpedaling near the Tar Heel goal line The Deacons recovered inside the 1 but the opportunity backfired you get a half-yard on four plays a tough pill to said Wake Forest coach Jim Caldwell whose ACC record slipped to 2-19 A pair of quarterback sneaks by Rusty LaRue went nowhere then two attempts by running back John Lewis to find a crease in the interior were stopped abruptly goal-line stand) was amazing A 6-inch goal-line stand I think ever seen that It was unbelievable" Brown said It was also symbolic Wake Forest managed just 9 yards rushing against North defense and the Deacons lost starting quarterback LaRue to a head injury late in the first half that has haunted them this season and put the ball in hands getting back to the tailback-oriented style that has been a North Carolina tradition Johnson who rushed for 100 yards in a game this season got 25 carries had 102 yards at halftime and spent the brisk afternoon plowing through the defense saw green a whole lot said Johnson who entered the game with 413 yards rushing in six games numbers had been down because of the Tar increased reliance on the passing game Against Georgia Tech last week Johnson mshed for just 58 yards on 16 carries but had 10 receptions for 45 yards But the North Carolina staff was concerned about the inconsistency of the Tar passing game Brown pointed to the loss at Georgia Tech last week when North Carolina completed seven of its first 10 passes then had just four completions in their next 14 attempts with two interceptions It also helped that Johnson who scored on a 6-yard run and was knocked out-of-bounds at the 1 after running 33 yards has improved his stamina since early in the season was the Leon of Brown said got to carry it more the last four games of the season We rely on the pass like we have earlier like him i Jr I a is! A i GRANT HALVERSONAssociated Press Tailback Leon Johnson (12) rekindled the Tar career-high 167 rushing yards in North slumbering ground game piling up a romp over Wake Forest Saturday Kanell Seminoles rout Tech about how our offense was carrying Seminoles linebacker Daryl Bush said were determined to establish our own personality out Chris Leone had put Georgia Tech on the scoreboard first with a 24-yard field goal after the Yellow Jackets marched 62 yards in 16 plays after the opening kickoff It was the first time the Seminoles have trailed in a game this season Georgia Tech Florida St 3 7 0 0-10 7 21 0 14-42 GT-FG Leone 24 Dunn 8 run (Bentley kick) Cooper 3 pass from Kanell (Bentley kick) Middleton 21 pass from Davis (Leone kick) Green 3 pass from Kanell (Bentley kick) Preston 1 run (Bentley kick) Green 5 pass from Kanell (Bentley kick) Cooper 3 pass from Kanell (Bentley kick) By RON GREEN Jr Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL North 31-7 ACC football victory over Wake Forest Saturday in Kenan Stadium could be reduced to two essential elements: North Carolina tailback Leon Johnson rekindling the Tar slumbering ground game ran where he pleased on the brisk afternoon piling up a career-high 167 rushing yards And the woeful Deacons score in four tries from inside the North Carolina 1-yard line The workmanlike victory the cure-all for the hit-and-miss Tar Heels who made four more turnovers running their season total to 24 But for a North Carolina (4-3 2-2) team that has been more underwhelming than overwhelming it had enough hints of the good times to be encouraging tried to make a statement that we need to be more physical" North Carolina coach Mack Brown said That hard to do against the Deacons The Tar Heels with an obvious physical advantage got away from the pass-heavy offensive scheme Texas nips Cavaliers on late FG By CHIP BROWN Associated Press AUSTIN Texas One week after failing to try to break a tie against Oklahoma with a field goal on fourth down late in the game Texas coach John Mackovic had no choice against Virginia Phil Dawson kicked a 50-yard field goal into a stiff wind as time expired Saturday giving the 16th-ranked Longhorns a 17-16 victory over the 14 th-ranked Cavaliers guess I learned my lesson I kicked the field said Mackovic who had to answer questions all week about why he opted for an unsuccessful option play on fourth-and-1 instead of kicking a 28-yard field goal with nine minutes left and the game tied 24-24 against the Sooners Virginia took a timeout with three seconds remaining in an attempt to shake Dawson a sophomore who had missed attempts of 52 and 57 yards earlier in the game He confidently clapped his hands just before blasting the ball straight through the-uprights told coach Mackovic before the game that my range was 40 yards going into the south end because of 20 mph wind Dawson said were trying to get the ball to the 25-yard line but we get it that far I asked coach Mackovic to send me in there and see what 1 could do Thanks to the Lord I made it Instead of blocking out the pressure I took the noise from the crowd the emotion from my teammates and put it into my right Texas (5-1-1) earned its 700th victory and the first against a ranked team this year It was also the second last-play loss for Virginia (6-3) The Cavaliers who were playing their ninth straight game without a week off opened the season with i North Carolina 31 Wake Forest 7 The star: North Carolina tailback Leon Johnson gained 167 yards on 25 carries the biggest rushing day in his UNC career It was his first 100-yard rushing game this season He also had one reception for 34 yards The turning point: Trailing 1 7-7 in the second quarter Wake Forest recovered a fumble at the North Carolina 1 The Deacons failed to score on four running plays from the 1 Worth mentioning: Octavus Barnes' 53-yard second-quarter punt return was the longest of his career next: Wake Forest plays at Duke North Carolina next plays Nov 4 at Clemson Ron Green Jr Wake Forest 7 0 0 NCarolina 7 10 14 0- 7 0-31 Stevens 48 pass from Thomas (Capa-relli kick) Ballou 9 pass from LaRue (Hollows kick) UNC-FG Caparelll 22 UiJC LJohnson 6 run (Caparelll kick) McGregor 1 run (Caparelll kick) Montoro 34 pass from Thomas (Capa-relli kick) 51000 (at NCarolina) First downs 10 Rushes-yards 29-S Passing yards 193 Return Yards -133 Comp-Att-Int 17-37-3 Punts 8-44 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-73 Time of Possession 26:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Wake Forest Cerchio 4-25 Lewis 13-6 Shaw 1-1 Lewis 5-(minus 1) LaRue 6-(minus 22) Carolina Johnson 25-167 Geter 13-33 Watson 6-32 Linton 5-11 Ashford 1-7 McGregor 1-1 Davenport 8-(minus 11) Wake Forest LaRue 11-18-0-135 Cerchio 6-19-3-58 Carolina Thomas 6-16-2-166 Davenport 3-7-1-26 Wake Forest Braswell 5-48 Estes 4-75 Ballou 4-28 Davis 2-29 WCIark 1-14 JLewis 1(-1) Carolina Ashford 2-39 Geter 2-11 Stevens 1-48 Montoro 1-34 Johnson 1-34 Wall 1-15 Brown 1-11 Jl the other an 18-17 loss to Michigan think he could make a 50-yarder into the Virginia coach George Welsh said must have summoned something extra from Cavaliers defensive back Percy Ellsworth said the loss brought back painful memories of the Michigan game are a good bunch of guys You would think it would be in your favor one of these Ellsworth said much was going through my head during the kick I just believe it happened kick which matched his career best capped a wild fourth quarter that saw the lead change three times in the final 5:03 Virginia Texaa 0 13 0 3-16 7 0 0 10-17 Tex-Clayton 30 pass from Brown (Dawson kick) Vir-FQ Garcia 27 Derey 1 pass from Grok (Garcia kick) FG Garcia 45 Williams 1 run (Dawson kick) FG Garcia 56 FG Dawson 50 70427 (at Texas) Vir First downs 19 Tex 23 43-249 197 2 17-34-1 4-39 0-0 7-48 29:49 Rusfies-yards 40-158 Passing 253 Return Yards 00 Comp-Att-Int Punts 16-32-0 6-41 2-1 Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards 8-57 Time of Possession 30: 1 1 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Virginia TBarber 27-123 Brooks 7-15 Grab 6-20 Texas Mitchell 18-63 Williams 14-139 Brown 6-39 Clayton 2-4 McGarity 2-4 Adams 1-0 Virginia Groh 15-31-0-226 Brice 1-1-0-27 Texas Brown 17-33-1-197 McLemore 0-1-0-0 Virginia Jeffers 7-87 Allen 3-102 Derey 2-11 McKiver 1-27 Crowell 1-13 TBarber 1-7 Medley 1-6 Texas Adams 6-65 Fitzgerald 3-40 Clayton 2-33 Williams 2-30 McGarity 2-11 Davis 1-13 McLemore 1-5 Clemson kept that streak alive Saturday by holding Maryland to 171 yards in total offense an excellent football team" Clemson coach Tommy West said think we came up here and did something pretty They also resuscitated a season that appeared on life support The victory pushed the Tigers above 500 at 4-3 (3-2 ACC) and means they need three victories in their final four games to qualify for a bowl with six Division 1-A wins But even with Carquest Bowl officials circulating the Tigers resisted the chance to talk about the postseason They had plenty of other things to discuss Like a rushing attack that produced a season-high 320 yards on 64 car offensive line gave him plenty of time to pick apart the Yellow Jackets "With the rush they were getting which was nonexistent we could have really thrown the ball virtually every center Clay Shiver said Andre Cooper and EG Green each caught two of scoring passes as Florida State (7-0 5-0) improved its record since joining the ACC to 29-0 Georgia Tech (4-3 3-2) came into the homecoming game allowing only 615 rushing yards a game The Yellow Jackets gave up 113 but many of those came after the game was decided beat FSU see if let you use 13 players and get a pass Georgia Tech coach George said one you win against teams like The Seminoles broke open what had been a close contest with two touchdowns in the final six minutes of the first half before both defenses stiffened for a scoreless third It was Florida first quarter without a score this year The Seminoles also kept Georgia Tech off the scoreboard in the fourth quarter and limited ACC rushing leader CJ Williams to 31 yards for the game on 1 1 carries Williams had been averaging 1367 yards a game think we got tired of hearing interception thought we were going to win in the Duke coach Fred Goldsmith said work on what we call everyday with that same situation 1:20 on the clock one timeout six to win three to For awhile it looked as if NC State literally would run away with the game Backs Tremayne Stephens and Rod Brown charged through the Blue Devils at will starting with the opening drive The Wolfpack finished with 274 yards rushing with Stephens picking up a game-high 122 Harvey had thrown 12 times for 138 yards and two touchdowns before being slammed head-first into the soft turf by Duke tackle Mike Stallmeyer Harvey left the field on a golf cart was taken in for rays which came back negative and said he expects to be ready for the game in two weeks against Maryland Meanwhile Duke threatened to number in the life out of a crowd of 43603 at Byrd Stadium and all but killed the Terrapins (5-2 3-2) In the second half Solomon presided over the ball-control attack and helped keep Maryland off the field He completed three of five passes for 47 yards and rushed 1 1 times for 43 yards Louis go West said mean every year you try to put him on the shelf and he go away" Of course old Louis had some help from some younger folks Namely sophomore tailback Raymond Priester Priester rushed for a career-high 163 yards and one touchdown on 22 carries while junior fullback Emory Smith racked up a season-high 98 yards on 18 carries By BILL KACZOR Associated Press TALLAHASSEE Fla Georgia Tech shut down half of Florida offense but the other half was more than enough Saturday Danny Kanell threw for four touchdowns and broke his own school record for completions as the top-ranked Seminoles stymied by the best run defense rode the pass to a 42-10 victory over the Yellow Jackets Tech held Warrick Dunn to 60 yards on 14 carries Dunn had gone into the game averaging 103 yards per carry and had rushed for 100 yards in six consecutive games wanted Dunn to get 100 but they simply were not going to let him have Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said were really wasting our time handing him the The Seminoles wasted no time getting airborne Kanell was 41 of 51 for 302 yards with two interceptions He had set the completion mark last year with 40 in 53 attempts in the 31-31 tie with Florida Wolfpaolc Offenses run wild in NC State win Continued from page 1G game make our season but it gets that are you going to win off your NC State coach Mike said The Wolfpack is 2-5 overall with a bye next week Duke (2-6 0-5 in ACC) which has lost five straight games made a close game of it after trailing by 1 7 points The Blue Devils worked 20 seconds off the clock in driving 46 yards to NC 24 With 48 seconds left Fischer threw an incomplete pass that stopped the clock The next play Fischer was sacked for a five-yard loss Duke called timeout and the play that followed wound up being ries A defense that recorded a season-high five sacks And the heroics of backup quarterback Louis Solomon Solomon a fifth-year senior has spent most of the season in a figurative glass case with the sign on the outside that reads only in case of emergency" The Tigers finally broke it late in the first half when Clemson quarterback Nealon Greene hobbled off with a sprained ankle Solomon entered the game and finished off an 88-yard scoring drive in dramatic fashion On the Maryland 32 with two seconds left in the half Solomon lobbed a pass that split end Tony Home tipped to Antwuan Wyatt in the end zone The play gave Clemson a 14-0 lead at the intermission drained Georgia Tech Wiley 11-38 CJ Williams 11-31 Rogers 11-31 Daws 7-24 Bowers 4-8 Gubba 1-1 Stallworth Hminus 2) Florida St Dunn 14-60 Riley 2-25 Abdullah 1-13 Feaster 3-8 Green 1-6 Preston 2-5 Williams 3-3 Green 1-(minus 7) Georgia Tech Davis 9-22-107-1 Stallworth 2-4-18-0 Florida State Kanell 41-51-302-4 Georgia Tech Steagall 3-42 Middleton 3-41 Zackery 2-17 Daniels 1-12 Rogers 1-7 Gubba 1-6 Florida State Cooper 10-103 Green 9-83 Dunn 9-54 Riley 5-34 Preston 3-0 Dely 1-8 Pearsall 1-14 Dugans 1-11 Feaster 1-(minus 2) Kanell 1-(minus 3) cut the 27-17 halftime lead The Blue Devils got down to NC 32 but Laymarr Marshall fumbled and cornerback Hassan Shamsid-Deen took the loose ball 68 yards to a score and a 34-17 Wolfpack lead Duke quit and got a helping hand from the Wolfpack in the comeback effort After return NC State booted a short kickoff that was returned 27 yards and stretched 15 yards further by a personal foul The Blue Devils had first down at the Wolfpack 35 and scored a touchdown in eight plays They cut the lead to 34-31 with 8:02 remaining on 23-yard touchdown pass to Cory Flemming was listening to the game on the radio waiting for them to ray Harvey said wanted them to hurry up because it was getting close and I wanted back Harvey come back but neither did Duke ACC win Clemson Maryland 7 7 3 0-17 0 0 0 0-0 Priester 4 run (Sauve kick) Wyatt 32 pass from Solomon (Sauve kick) FG Sauve 36 43603 (al Maryland) Clem Md First downs 2 1 10 Rusbes-yards 64-320 30-36 Passing 75 135 Return yards 25 30 Comp-Att-Int 6-12-0 15-35-1 Punts 5-41 6-40 Fumbles-Lost 4-3 3-1 3-31 3-29 33:49 26:11 Penalties-Yards Time of Possession MOIVIOUAL STATISTICS Clemson Priester 22-163 Smith 18-98 Solomon 11-43 Greene 10-9 Pegues 3-7 Maryland Rodgers 7-24 Gilliam 1-8 Underwood 5-7 Lewis 1-5 Clemson Greene 3-7-0-28 Solomon 3-5-0-47 Maryland Cummings 15-35-1-135 Clemson Wyatt 3-47 Maryland Rodgers 6-31 Lewis 4-63 Simon 3-21 The star NC State's Tremayne Stephens had 121 yards and a TD The turning point: Duke trailed 27-17 in the third quarter and was inside NC State's 35 when running back Laymarr Marshall fumbled NC State cornerback Hassan Shamsid-Deen recovered and ran 68 yards for a touchdown putting the Wolfpack ahead by three scores What's next: Duke plays host to Wake Forest NC State next plays Nov 4 at home against Maryland Sam Adams NC State 7 20 7 Duke 7 10 7 Stephens 10 pass from Harvey (Pri-manti kick) London 1 run (Cochran kick) RBrown 17 run (Pnmanti kick) DSmith 2 pass from Harvey (Primantl kick) Marshall 7 run (Cochran kick) Harvey 1 run (kick failed) FG Cochran 39 Shamsid-Deen 68 fumble return (Pri- manti kick) Marshall 1 run (Cochran kick) Flemming 23 pass from Fischer (Cochran kick) King 28 run (Prlmanti kick) Fischer 1 run (Cochran kick) 24117 (at Duke) Clemson defense has iy JOSH PETER lie Columbia State COLLEGE PARK Md An ngry Maryland player in his face ilemson linebacker Andye IcCrorey resisted the urge to talk ash in the final minutes of the 17-0 victory Saturday Instead he pointed to the score-oard and the Terrapins ear to look guess we got their number Ilemson safety Leomont Evans aid In this case that number is zero Bullet-proof against jn-and-shoot offense the Tigers osted their third straight shutout ver the Terrapins and have held laryland scoreless for 187 min-tes and 18 seconds And counting INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NC St Stephens 15-121 Brown 16-71 King 4-45 Harvey 4-27 Laureano 5-20 Duke Marsha 19-82 London 16-73 Pitcher 7-26 NC St Harvey 12-17-0-138 Laureano 1-4-1-15 Duke Fischer 31-46-3-347 NC St Gutfie 2-53 Stephens 2-23 Addis 2-26 King 2-14 Smith 2-10 Duke Marshall 6-61 Hodrick 5-70 Owens 5-59 Thomas 4-30 Wilson 3-21 Flemming 2-28 Ford 2-46 London 2-19 Opalenick M3.