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CCI 1ST SECTION, ZONE: SPORTS, FINAL 22:45:43 THE NEWS OBSERVER10C SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011College Football STANDINGS Conf. All ATLANTIC Clemson 1 0 4 0 Wake Forest 1 0 2 1 Maryland 1 0 1 2 Florida St. 0 1 2 2 N.C. State 0 1 2 2 Boston College 0 1 1 3 COASTAL Georgia Tech 1 0 4 0 Duke 1 0 2 2 North Carolina 1 1 3 1 Virginia Tech 0 0 4 0 Virginia 0 1 2 1 Miami 0 1 1 2 Game Cincinnati 44, N.C. State 14 Games Georgia Tech 35, N.

Carolina 28 Temple 38, Maryland 7 Boston College 45, Massachusetts 17 Kansas St. 28, Miami 24 Duke 48, Tulane 27 Clemson 35, Florida St. 30 Virginia Tech 30, Marshall 10 Southern Miss. 30, Virginia 24 Saturday, Oct. 1 Wake Forest at Boston College, 12:30 Bethune-Cookman at Miami, 3:30 Towson at Maryland, 3:30 Idaho at Virginia, 3:30 Georgia Tech at NC State, 3:30 Clemson at Virginia Tech, 6 Duke at Florida International, 7 North Carolina at East Carolina, 8 SUMMARIES NO.

21 CLEMSON 35, NO. 11 FLORIDA ST. 30 Florida St. 10 0 7 13 30 Clemson 14 7 7 7 35 FIRST QUARTER Hopkins 32, 10:23. 24 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 7:47.

1 run (Catanzaro kick), 1:54. 57 pass from Trickett (Hopkins kick), :14. SECOND QUARTER 12 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 11:31. THIRD QUARTER 25 interception return (Hopkins kick), 13:40. 1 run (Catanza- ro kick), 3:03.

FOURTH QUARTER 30 pass from Trickett (pass failed), 14:55. 62 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 13:06. 9 pass from Trickett (Hopkins kick), 7:21. (at Clemson). FSU Clem First downs 19 26 Rushes-yards 15-29 49-111 Passing 336 344 Comp-Att-Int 24-38-1 23-37-1 Return Yards 25 33 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 11-124 5-50 Time of Possession 24:30 35:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS C.Thompson 11-36, Trickett 4-(minus 7).

Clemson, Ellington 23-71, Boyd 15-31, Watkins 3-13, McDowell 2-6, Bella- my 2-(minus 1), Team 4-(minus 9). Trickett 24-38-1-336. Clemson, Boyd 23-37-1-344. Greene 8-98, Green 7-77, R.Smith 4-118, 3-23, Shaw 2-20. Clemson, Watkins 8-141, Hopkins 5-78, Allen 4-67, Ellington 2-7, Bryant 1-33, Ja.Brown 1-13, Humphries 1-6, B.Thomas 1-(minus 1).

NO. 25 GEORGIA TECH 35, NORTH CAROLINA 28 N. Carolina 7 0 7 14 28 Georgia Tech 3 14 11 7 35 FIRST QUARTER 4 run (Moore kick), 11:26. Ju.Moore 40, 6:13. SECOND QUARTER 59 pass from Washington (Ju.Moore kick), 7:57.

2 run (Ju.Moore kick), :11. THIRD QUARTER Ju.Moore 36, 9:47. 6 pass from Renner (Moore kick), 7:37. GaT- 1 run (Sims run), 1:26. FOURTH QUARTER 20 pass from Renner (Moore kick), 14:53.

55 run (Moore kick), 7:22. 5 run (Ju.Moore kick), 5:20. (at GeorgiaTech). NC GaT First downs 15 21 Rushes-yards 27-128 58-312 Passing 204 184 Comp-Att-Int 17-25-2 10-14-1 Return Yards 20 5 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-40 3-23 Time of Possession 23:53 36:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Carolina, Bernard 17-155, Houston 1-2, Renner 9-(minus 29). Georgia Tech, O.Smith 7-79, Washington 25-74, Sims 13-71, Jones 7-59, Peeples 5-27, Perkins 1-2.

PA I a i a 17-25-2-204. Georgia Tech, Washington 10-14-1-184. Carolina, D.Jones 7-85, Bernard 5-47, Ebron 2-44, Thorpe 1-18, N.Hurst 1-6, Boyd 1-4. Georgia Tech, S.Hill 6-151, Melton 2-12, O.Smith 1-21, Jones 1-0. NO.

13 VIRGINIA TECH 30, MARSHALL 10 Virginia Tech 13 10 0 7 30 Marshall 0 10 0 0 10 FIRST QUARTER 5 run (Journell kick), 7:00. 3 run (kick blocked), 2:21. SECOND QUARTER Warner 45, 14:48. 4 run (Journell kick), 10:31. Journell 41, 1:10.

29 pass from Cato (Warner kick), :32. FOURTH QUARTER 5 run (Journell kick), 13:52. (at Marshall). VT Mar First downs 21 12 Rushes-yards 41-215 24-6 Passing 229 245 Comp-Att-Int 22-33-1 17-33-1 Return Yards 69 (-7) Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-41 4-33 Time of Possession 35:58 24:02 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Tech, D.Wilson 26-132, Oglesby 12-75, Thomas 3-8. Marshall, Martinez 7-10, Van 9-8, Cato 8-(minus 12).

PA I i i i a Te a 22-33-1-229. Marshall, Cato 17-33-1-245. Tech, Coles 8-66, Coale 7-107, D.Wilson 2-11, Martin 1-15, Drager 1-11, Oglesby 1-8, C.Fuller 1-7, M.Davis 1-4. Marshall, Dobson 5-103, A.Wilson 3-72, Martinez 3-16, Kelson 2-26, Hoskins 2-14, Van 2-14. DUKE 48, TULANE 27 Tulane 7 3 3 14 27 Duke 21 10 14 3 48 FIRST QUARTER 1 run (Snyderwine kick), 11:25.

23 interception return (San- tos kick), 8:22. 20 run (Sny- derwine kick), 7:27. recovered fumble in end zone (Snyderwine kick), 2:45. SECOND QUARTER Santos 20, 14:24. Snyder- wine 40, 11:23.

2 run (Snyder- wine kick), 1:33. THIRD QUARTER 3 run (Ijjas kick), 10:22. Santos 49, 8:17. 7 run (Ijjas kick), 1:57. FOURTH QUARTER Ijjas 26, 13:19.

2 pass from Griffin (Santos kick), 10:37. Tul- 7 run (Santos kick), 2:09. (at Duke). Tul Duke First downs 16 27 Rushes-yards 22-55 43-151 Passing 263 333 Comp-Att-Int 18-37-1 24-36-1 Return Yards 23 53 Punts Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 Penalties-Yards 3-45 4-37 Time of Possession 23:48 36:12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS LeBeau 1-26, Kelley 5-22, A.Williams 4-14, Darkwa 9-10, Griffin 3-(minus 17). Duke, Thompson 14-69, Hollingsworth 6-30, Kurunwune 10-25, Boone 6-19, Varner 1-6, Crowder 2-5, DeLuca 1-1, Renfree 3-(minus 4).

Griffin 14-29-1-188, Pon- der 4-7-0-75, Darkwa 0-1-0-0. Duke, Renfree 21-30-1-278, Boone 3-5-0-55, Crowder 0-1-0-0. Shackleford 3-59, Kemp 3-26, Kelley 2-47, Barnett 2-25, Darkwa 2-22, Suchy 1-25, Ca.Wilson 1-24, Van Hooser 1-23, A.Williams 1-11, Sanders 1-2, LeBeau 1-(minus 1). Duke, Vernon 6-96, Varner 4-72, Braxton 4-41, Crowder 3-37, Thompson 3-24, Hollings- worth 2-46, Holliday 1-10, Deaver 1-7. BOSTON COLLEGE 45, MASSACHUSETTS 17 Massachusetts 0 7 3 7 17 Boston College 10 14 14 7 45 FIRST QUARTER 1 pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 9:10.

Freese 26, 2:25. SECOND QUARTER 3 run (Freese kick), 9:31. Mass- 100 kickoff return (Levengood kick), 9:18. 36 pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 5:12. THIRD QUARTER Levengood 38, 4:33.

mond 37 pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 1:36. 16 fumble return (Freese kick), 1:17. FOURTH QUARTER 96 fumble return (Freese kick), 12:28. 6 run (Leven- good kick), 10:15. (at BostonCollege).

Mass BC First downs 19 22 Rushes-yards 30-118 49-193 Passing 195 196 Comp-Att-Int 18-37-2 14-22-0 Return Yards 0 11 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-58 2-20 Time of Possession 23:28 36:32 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Hernandez 22-80, Broad- nax 4-24, Pagel 2-10, J.Smith 2-4. Boston Col- lege, A.Williams 20-95, Finch 11-58, Harris 9-27, Kimble 5-17, Davenport 1-0, Rettig 3-(minus 4). Pagel 18-37-2-195. Boston College, Rettig 14-22-0-196. Hernandez 5-38, Gilson 4-58, Igwenagu 4-39, Talley 3-37, Julmiste 1-14, Michel 1-9.

Boston College, Larmond 6-114, Swigert 3-21, Coleman 1-24, Amidon 1-16, Har- ris 1-16, Pantale 1-4, Anderson 1-1. TEMPLE 38, MARYLAND 7 Temple 21 10 0 7 38 Maryland 0 0 0 7 7 FIRST QUARTER 1 run (McManus kick), 12:18. 9 run (McManus kick), 7:45. 4 run (McManus kick), 4:38. SECOND QUARTER 44 run (McManus kick), 9:54.

McManus 41, :00. FOURTH QUARTER 13 run (McManus kick), 10:00. 18 pass from C.Brown (Ferrara kick), 4:31. (at Maryland). Tem Md First downs 21 14 Rushes-yards 62-285 23-45 Passing 140 195 Comp-Att-Int 9-9-0 21-37-1 Return Yards 49 0 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 4-40 Time of Possession 41:01 18:59 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Be.Pierce 32-149, Ma- 12-75, Stewart 9-43, Harper 7-21, Team 2-(minus 3).

Maryland, C.Brown 2-29, Meggett 9-20, Pickett 2-7, Wilson 1-4, Adams 3-0, 6-(minus 15). Stewart 9-9-0-140. Mary- land, 17-33-1-153, C.Brown 4-4-0-42. Rodriguez 5-96, Strea- ter 2-25, Miller 1-12, J.Jones 1-7. Maryland, Boy- kins 8-76, Dorsey 5-61, Logan 3-23, Leak 2-14, Campbell 1-18, Pickett 1-4, Furstenburg 1-(minus 1).

KANSAS ST. 28, MIAMI 24 Kansas St. 7 7 7 7 28 Miami 3 0 14 7 24 FIRST QUARTER Wieclaw 39, 11:12. 2 run (A.Cantele kick), 5:57. SECOND QUARTER 20 pass from C.Klein (A.Cantele kick), 13:28.

THIRD QUARTER 4 pass from Harris (Wieclaw kick), 7:38. 3 pass from C.Klein (A.Cantele kick), 3:40. 59 run (Wieclaw kick), 2:52. FOURTH QUARTER 34 pass from Harris (Wieclaw kick), 14:17. 2 run (A.Cantele kick), 10:00.

(at Miami). KSt Mia First downs 16 18 Rushes-yards 44-265 27-139 Passing 133 272 Comp-Att-Int 12-18-0 21-31-1 Return Yards 11 17 Punts Fumbles-Lost 4-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-51 4-30 Time of Possession 33:23 26:37 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Hubert 18-166, C.Klein 22-93, Rose 3-5, Lockett 1-1. Miami, Miller 18-106, Harris 4-14, James 4-10, Benja- min 1-9. C.Klein 12-18-0-133. Miami, Harris 21-31-1-272.

S.Smith 4-27, Harp- er 3-23, B.Smith 2-26, McDonald 1-34, Lockett 1-20, Tannahill 1-3. Miami, Benjamin 6-91, Streeter 4-31, Dorsett 2-41, Hurns 2-36, Miller 2-11, Ford 1-33, Hagens 1-13, Byrd 1-9, James 1-5, Scott 1-2. SOUTHERN MISS. 30, VIRGINIA 24 Southern Miss. 7 14 3 6 30 Virginia 13 0 3 8 24 FIRST QUARTER 32 pass from Davis (Hrapmann kick), 11:55.

6 run (pass failed), 6:24. 9 run (Randolph kick), 2:04. SECOND QUARTER 20 pass from Davis (Hrap- mann kick), 12:05. 3 pass from Davis (Hrapmann kick), 4:34. THIRD QUARTER Randolph 21, 7:31.

Hrap- mann 43, 3:58. FOURTH QUARTER Hrapmann 35, 8:54. 1 pass from Watford (Burd pass from Watford), 5:18. Hrapmann 27, 1:31. (at Virginia).

USM UVa First downs 17 24 Rushes-yards 35-61 40-153 Passing 313 221 Comp-Att-Int 27-42-0 26-44-3 Return Yards 24 8 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-80 4-40 Time of Possession 29:31 30:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Hardy 12-33, Hrapmann 1-31, Duhon 0-4, Sims 1-2, Davis 10-2, Woodyard 5-(minus 1), Lampley 3-(minus 4), Team 3-(minus 6). Virginia, P.Jones 17-82, Parks 9-33, Watford 5-22, Richardson 5-13, Roc- co 2-11, Milien 1-(minus 1), Jennings 1-(minus 7). PA I i a i 27-41-0-313, Pierce 0-1-0-0. Virginia, Rocco 16-24-3-140, Watford 10-20-0-81. Bolden 7-66, Lampley 5-100, Balentine 5-68, Pierce 4-29, Llanos 2-9, Triplett 1-15, Sullivan 1-9, Woodyard 1-9, Spight 1-8.

Virginia, Burd 9-88, P.Jones 6-47, M.Snyder 5-39, Jennings 2-23, Ti.Smith 1-18, Freedman 1-4, Mathis 1-1, Milien 1-1. ACC Andrew Swasey stops Sheldon Smith during Kansas narrow victory. PAT CARTER AP outpouring against Virginia last November. this offense is really clicking, hard to ju- nior receiver Conner Vernon said. clicking and not beating ourselves, hard to Last week, the Devils needed Boston College to miss a late field-goal attempt to collect their first win of the season.

This time, though, they left nothing to chance, jumping to a 33-10 lead late in the third quarter. Players relished the mo- ment. just a great feeling being up by as much as we senior receiver Dono- van Varner said. shows us a tough team and that we can compete with anybody. a huge sense of defense held the Green Wave, a member of Con- ference USA, to 318 total yards, including 55 on the ground gradually applying pressure up front.

The Devils yield a touchdown until the fourth quarter. They harassed, hurried and twice sacked quarterback Ryan Griffin, who completed 14 of 29 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown. He never managed to get his team on track or in position to come close to their season average of 33 points per game. Late in the third quarter, sa- fety August Campbell inter- cepted a tipped pass that was delivered off-balance by Grif- fin, who again came under du- ress from the pass rush. And when the Devils held possession, they found ways to score instead of finding ways to keep themselves out of the end zone.

They punted for the first time with 6 minutes, 31 sec- onds remaining. The Devils, who have struggled in the red zone, converted 7-for-7 touch- down opportunities inside their 20-yard line. In what was the longest drive of the season, the Devils capped an 18-play, 75-yard drive with a 2-yard run by red- shirt junior quarterback Sean Renfree. They possessed the ball for 8:12, chewing up clock late in the second quarter with tough runs by sophomore Ju- wan Thompson. Thompson, a bruising run- ner at 5 foot-11 and 215 pounds, rushed 14 times for 69 yards, twice scoring on the ground in the first half.

He busted upfield for a 20-yard touchdown in the first quarter a career long. He became the first Duke back to score two rushing touchdowns in a game since Clifford Harris against James Madison on Aug. 30, 2008. Duke sustained its 18-play, second-quarter drive with gut- sy calls by coach David Cut- cliffe on fourth-and-1 from its 45-yard line and 4. Both times the Devils pounded for the first down.

Cutcliffe offered the calls as an example of how his team must play to win. They epito- mized the day with al- most everything working. believe the right play, right Cutcliffe said. going to win by being aggressive. I want to send a signal to our players that holding on to anything.

Or trying to be careful. way we started, we were a little cautious early this season. I want to do any- thing real cautious right now. just not in that kind of mod. going to be aggres- sive at every turn that we can or 919-829-4781 Duke receiver Conner Vernon fumbles in mid-air at the goal line as he dives over defensive back Renaldo Thomas.

CHUCK LIDDY chuck.liddy@newsobserver.com DUKE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C Duke defensive tackle Sydney Sarmiento (82) puts pressure on Tulane running back Orleans Darkwa (26). DURHAM If you thought that August earthquake in Vir- ginia was strange, college version of a tectonic plates collision occurred Sat- urday in Wallace Wade Stadi- um. Duke completely routed an opponent, subjecting Tulane to the sort of misery normally reserved only for the Blue Devils themselves, 48-27. More amazing, it was the straight win of the season for Duke. I a that the Dev- ils win one in a a a a a Florida Inter- national this week to take a 3-2 record into the middle of the season.

With just a touch better luck in a season-opening 23-21 loss to Richmond, the Blue Devils would be 3-1 today rather than 2-2 (1-0 in the ACC). What gives? Not a lot, prob- ably. Tulane (2-2) has an awful defense, even by Conference USA standards. Hidden in the Devilish de- tails of the victory were a cou- ple of injuries to important Duke defenders senior end Kenny Anunike and senior safety Lee Butler. Quarter- back Sean Renfree and stand- out receiver Connor Vernon absorbed a lot of punishment considering the one-sided competition.

When the china stops rat- tling, Duke will still probably be a slight underdog at FIU and then return home for three straight ACC games Florida State, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech that could set the table for a 2-10 or 3-9 final record. But on this wet homecom- ing afternoon before an ac- tive but embarrassingly small crowd Duke finally delivered the kind of hot show that Da- vid Cutcliffe thought would happen more often when he arrived in 2008. With Renfree overcoming an early pick-six to eventually throw for 278 yards, the of- fense was impressive through- out. Vernon (six receptions) was dazzling at times and running back Juwan Thompson aver- aged almost five yards on his 14 carries. The best part of all? not the best we can play, not at Cutcliffe said.

much im- The Green Wave passing at- tack had some moments. But in general, Cutcliffe has a point. defensive front snuffed out any chance of a Tulane running attack. playing the best de- fense seen us play since been said nose guard Charlie Hatcher, a red- shirt senior. Kenny Anunike would be devastat- ing if he get back.

But we finally have some younger guys in the program ready to step in and really help. not had that enough in the players were happy but quite as delirious as you might think. Boston College last week (20-19) did a lot for our Vernon said. went on the road and beat a good team in a conference game. That told us we were good enough to win again and a thought, huh? Duke football to the rescue for the ACC! At the end of a week in which Cincinnati blasted N.C.

State, Temple won a laugher at Maryland, Kansas State took out Miami and Southern Miss stopped Virginia, the Blue Devils made it look easy. caulton.tudor@newsobserver.com or 919-829-8946 look now, Blue Devils streaking Caulton Tudor Duke All-America kicker Will Snyderwine returned to the field after missing time with a right ankle injury. Snyderwine started the season 0-for-4 on field-goal at- tempts but made a 40-yard attempt in 48-27 victo- ry against Tulane. Duke quarterback Sean Renfree has thrown two inter- ceptions this season and now interceptions in back-to-back games. This time, with the Blue Devils at their 23 in the first quar- ter, the redshirt junior telegraphed his throw on a play in the flat to senior tight end Cooper Helfet.

Renfree locked on his intended target and cornerback Ryan Travis jumped the route, nabbed the ball out of the air and raced for a touchdown. Last season, Renfree finished with 17 intercep- tions and struggled with turnovers for a stretch midway through the year. Duke redshirt junior defensive end Kenny Anunike in- jured his left knee in the first half while making an open-field tackle. He walked off the field, but after trainers attended to his leg he was carted out of the stadium. badly mistaken, year is probably ov- Duke coach David Cutliffe said.

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