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CCI 1ST SECTION, ZONE: SPORTS, STATE 21:31:43 THE NEWS OBSERVER SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011 A 13CCollege Football STANDINGS ATLANTIC Conf. All Clemson 5 0 8 0 Wake Forest 4 1 5 2 Florida St. 2 2 4 3 N.C. State 1 2 4 3 Maryland 1 3 2 5 Boston College 0 4 1 6 COASTAL Conf. All Virginia Tech 3 1 7 1 Georgia Tech 3 2 6 2 Miami 2 2 4 3 Duke 1 2 3 4 Virginia 1 2 4 3 North Carolina 1 3 5 3 Results Clemson 59, North Carolina 38 Wake Forest 24, Duke 23 Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 14 Miami 24, Georgia Tech 7 N.C.

State 28, Virginia 14 Florida St. 41, Maryland 16 Game Virginia at Miami, 8 Saturday, Oct. 29 N.C. State at Florida Noon Virginia Tech at Duke, 12:30 Boston College at Maryland, 3 Wake Forest at N. Carolina, 3:30 Clemson at Georgia Tech, 8 SUMMARIES NO.

8 CLEMSON 59, NORTH CAROLINA 38 North Carolina 7 10 7 14 38 Clemson 10 14 35 0 59 FIRST QUARTER Catanzaro 39, 10:14. 33 pass from Renner (Moore kick), 7:17. Clem- 25 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 1:12. SECOND QUARTER Moore 32, 10:18. 29 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 7:46.

20 interception return (Catanzaro kick), 4:45. 58 pass from Renner (Moore kick), 3:27. THIRD QUARTER 1 run (Catanzaro kick), 10:02. 12 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 9:47. 100 kickoff return (Moore kick), 9:35.

42 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 7:11. 9 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 1:42. 26 fumble return (Catanzaro kick), :14. FOURTH QUARTER 2 run (Moore kick), 7:38. 12 run (Moore kick), 2:19.

(at Clemson). NC Clem First downs 19 26 Rushes-yards 28-102 36-77 Passing 316 373 Comp-Att-Int 20-35-3 28-48-0 Return Yards 9 45 Punts Fumbles-Lost 4-3 2-1 Penalties-Yards 9-62 3-32 Time of Possession 29:02 30:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Carolina, Houston 12-63, Ber- nard 11-44, Boyd 1-1, Team 1-(minus 1), Renner 3-(minus 5). Clemson, Howard 7-25, Bellamy 6-20, McDowell 3-17, Boyd 11-8, Ellington 7-5, Hum- phries 1-3, Watkins 1-(minus 1). Carolina, Renner 19-33-3-264, Hanson 1-2-0-52. Clemson, Boyd 27-46-0-367, Stoudt 1-2-0-6.

Carolina, Highsmith 7-62, Boyd 3-95, Ebron 3-32, Wilkins 2-31, Bernard 2-28, D.Jones 2-16, Thorpe 1-52. Clemson, Hopkins 9-157, Watkins 8-91, Allen 6-51, Bryant 2-54, Ford 1-12, M.Jones 1-6, Ellington 1-2. NO. 16 VIRGINIA TECH 30, BOSTON COLLEGE 14 Boston College 7 0 0 7 14 Virginia Tech 3 3 14 10 30 FIRST QUARTER 2 run (Freese kick), 12:01. Journell 26, 6:32.

SECOND QUARTER Journell 36, :00. THIRD QUARTER 42 run (Journell kick), 12:14. 20 pass from Thomas (Journell kick), 4:22. FOURTH QUARTER 1 run (Journell kick), 13:42. 7 pass from Rettig (Freese kick), 9:08.

Journell 24, 3:43. (at VirginiaTech). BC VT First downs 15 24 Rushes-yards 29-91 40-214 Passing 181 268 Comp-Att-Int 13-30-1 22-36-0 Return Yards 0 31 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 1-15 3-13 Time of Possession 26:27 33:33 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS College, Finch 18-92, A.Wil- liams 5-8, Rettig 6-(minus 9). Virginia Tech, D.Wil- son 17-134, Thomas 16-60, Gregory 4-18, Oglesby 2-3, Team 1-(minus 1). College, Rettig 13-30-1-181.

Virginia Tech, Thomas 22-36-0-268. College, Larmond 4-69, Finch 3-53, Pantale 2-26, Amidon 1-13, Anderson 1-9, Elliott 1-7, Coleman 1-4. Virginia Tech, Coale 8-118, Boykin 5-46, M.Davis 3-49, D.Wilson 3-16, Oglesby 2-11, Coles 1-28. MIAMI 24, NO. 20 GEORGIA TECH 7 Georgia Tech 0 7 0 0 7 Miami 7 14 0 3 24 FIRST QUARTER 2 run (Wieclaw kick), 8:17.

SECOND QUARTER recovered fumble in end zone (Wieclaw kick), 10:17. 1 run (Ju.Moore kick), 1:02. 14 run (Wie- claw kick), :25. FOURTH QUARTER Wieclaw 39, 13:55. (at Miami).

GaT Mia First downs 14 14 Rushes-yards 48-134 41-122 Passing 77 140 Comp-Att-Int 7-14-1 8-23-1 Return Yards (-4) (-2) Punts Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 2-10 1-5 Time of Possession 29:24 30:36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Tech, Washington 20-36, Sims 10-29, O.Smith 5-28, Jones 3-16, Peeples 4-14, Lyons 2-9, Thomas 1-2, Days 2-1, Team 1-(minus 1). Miami, Miller 27-93, James 8-24, Har- ris 4-7, Team 2-(minus 2). Tech, Washington 6-12-1-63, Days 1-2-0-14. Miami, Harris 8-23-1-140. Tech, O.Smith 3-26, Pee- ples 1-16, Melton 1-14, Sims 1-12, S.Hill 1-9.

Mi- ami, Streeter 3-96, Dorsett 2-32, Benjamin 2-4, Clements 1-8. N.C. STATE 28, VIRGINIA 14 N.C. State 0 14 7 7 28 Virginia 0 7 7 0 14 SECOND QUARTER 6 pass from Rocco (Randolph kick), 10:37. 5 pass from Glennon (Sade kick), 5:20.

33 pass from Glennon (Sade kick), 4:27. THIRD QUARTER 79 pass from Glennon (Sade kick), 2:26. 60 pass from Watford (Randolph kick), 2:19. FOURTH QUARTER 12 interception return (Sade kick), 6:08. (at Virginia).

NCSt UVa First downs 14 12 Rushes-yards 38-114 33-124 Passing 231 125 Comp-Att-Int 20-36-2 11-35-3 Return Yards 29 10 Punts Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 Penalties-Yards 3-30 4-30 Time of Possession 32:13 27:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS State, Washington 25-82, Creecy 9-28, Glennon 1-11, Team 2-(minus 2), Graham 1-(minus 5). Virginia, P.Jones 15-62, Richardson 5-19, Parks 7-18, Rocco 2-12, Watford 3-12, Jen- nings 1-1. State, Glennon 20-36-2-231. Vir- ginia, Rocco 7-19-0-36, Watford 4-16-3-89. State, Creecy 7-42, J.Smith 4-41, B.Underwood 3-125, Graham 2-8, Howard 2-3, Payton 1-6, Washington 1-6.

Virginia, Burd 3-44, Ti.Smith 2-66, Parks 2-9, Richardson 1-6, Jennings 1-1, Milien 1-0, D.Terrell 1-(minus 1). WAKE FOREST 24, DUKE 23 Wake Forest 7 10 0 7 24 Duke 0 3 10 10 23 FIRST QUARTER 26 pass from Price (Newman kick), 4:37. SECOND QUARTER Newman 38, 13:23. grass 2 run (Newman kick), 4:01. Sny- derwine 26, :04.

THIRD QUARTER Snyderwine 38, 9:30. 1 run (Snyderwine kick), 2:16. FOURTH QUARTER 2 run (Snyderwine kick), 11:35. Snyderwine 19, 7:14. 66 pass from Price (Newman kick), 6:52.

(at Duke). Wake Duke First downs 13 25 Rushes-yards 26-90 44-148 Passing 215 224 Comp-Att-Int 15-25-0 29-47-1 Return Yards 35 25 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-47 6-50 Time of Possession 21:53 38:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Forest, Pendergrass 15-43, Price 9-29, Givens 1-13, Campanaro 1-5. Duke, Thompson 11-62, D.Scott 10-49, Boone 11-19, Hol- lingsworth 5-15, Renfree 7-3. Forest, Price 15-25-0-215. Duke, Renfree 28-45-1-213, Boone 1-2-0-11.

Forest, Givens 6-147, Cam- panaro 4-46, C.Ford 2-13, Pendergrass 2-(minus 2), Davis 1-11. Duke, Vernon 7-59, D.Scott 5-33, Helfet 4-46, Varner 4-44, T.Watkins 4-25, Hollings- worth 2-11, Thompson 1-4, Braxton 1-3, Crowder 1-(minus 1). FLORIDA ST. 41, MARYLAND 16 Maryland 0 3 7 6 16 Florida St. 14 3 7 17 41 FIRST QUARTER 7 run (Hopkins kick), 12:12.

26 pass from Manuel (Hopkins kick), 4:45. SECOND QUARTER Hopkins 38, 2:35. Ferrara 23, :00. THIRD QUARTER 35 run (Hopkins kick), 7:40. 5 run (Ferrara kick), 3:31.

FOURTH QUARTER Hopkins 24, 10:16. 41 run (Hopkins kick), 5:57. 1 run (Hopkins kick), :47. 15 pass from (kick failed), :05. (at Md FSU First downs 18 25 Rushes-yards 37-59 44-218 Passing 272 264 Comp-Att-Int 20-38-0 18-26-1 Return Yards 13 8 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-59 8-54 Time of Possession 27:41 32:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Meggett 11-44, Pickett 8-28, McCree 3-10, C.Brown 10-0, 5-(minus 23).

Florida Freeman 11-100, Thomas 9-86, Wilder 6-28, Smiley 3-8, Pryor 1-3, Manuel 12-0, Team 2-(minus 7). C.Brown 11-19-0-92, 9-18-0-180, Team 0-1-0-0. Florida Ma- nuel 18-26-1-264. McCree 9-177, Leak 8-61, Furstenburg 1-21, Tyler 1-9, Meggett 1-4. Florida Shaw 6-65, Reed 5-76, R.Smith 3-64, Green 2-30, Thomas 1-25, Freeman 1-4.

ACC quarterback Danny is pressured by Florida Telvin Smith in the third quarter of their game Saturday. was called for grounding. Flori- da State won 41-16 in Tallahassee, Fla. STEVE CANNON AP By Hank Kurz Jr. Associated Press BLACKSBURG, Va.

David Wilson even wait to get to the locker room at halftime before finding running backs coach Shane Beamer and giv- ing him a simple message. need to run the ball Wilson said he told the head son. The coaches agreed. When Wilson gave the Hokies the lead with a 42-yard touch- down run on their first pos- session of the second half, No. 16 Virginia Tech had fi- nally found its offensive rhythm and was on its way to a 30-14 victory against sur- prisingly stubborn Boston College.

was like, run the said Wilson, who had just six carries for 21 yards in the first half but finished with 17 for 134. felt like we were getting away from what we Logan Thomas took over after long run gave the Hokies a 13-7 lead. He hit Marcus Davis for a 20-yard touchdown and then ran in from the 1, giving the Hokies a 27-7 lead. Thomas said getting back to what the Hokies do helped jump-start the offense. softened up the defense.

They had to honor the run a lot he said. drop back for a pass, give David the ball and let him do his thing. kind of hand in The Hokies (7-1, 3-1 ACC) won their third in a row, all games in which Thomas has scored at least one touch- down on the ground and through the air. Linebacker and leading tackler Bruce Taylor left the game in the third quarter with a foot injury, and line- backer Alonzo Tweedy was sidelined with an ankle inju- ry. And that was after defen- sive end Jaymes Gayle, who returned from an ankle injury but tweaked it again early in the first quarter.

The status of Taylor and Tweedy was not known. The injuries made the Ho- defensive performance all the more impressive. The first touchdown drive covered just 35 yards on their i i a a shanked punt, and their last 72 yards in 11 plays came in the fourth quarter with the Hokies leading 27-7. we got inside the 50, we Eagles quarter- back Chase Rettig said. He accounted for both scores, running two yards for the first and hitting Chris Pan- tale for a 7-yard TD.

Eagles linebacker Luke Kuechly, who had 19 tackles to stay on pace for an NCAA record, said the attention to getting Wilson involved after halftime highlighted his po- tential. a player. what you have to Kuechly said, scoffing at people who last year described Wilson as a backup to Ryan Williams and Darren Evans, both now in the NFL. a time bomb and only a matter of time before going to hit he said. Thomas also ran 16 times for 60 yards.

NO. 16 VIRGINIA TECH 30, BOSTON COLLEGE 14 Running game sparks Virginia Tech past BC Wilson, Thomas team up to lead Hokies to third straight win Virginia Tech receiver Danny Cole (19) makes a catch as Boston Steele Divitto defends during the 30-14 win on Saturday in Blacksburg, Va. DON PETERSEN AP MIAMI JoJo Nicholas re- covered a fumbled punt for a touchdown and added an in- terception, Lamar Miller ran for 93 yards and a score and banged-up defense was dominant as the Hurri- canes topped No. 20 Georgia Tech 24-7 on Saturday. Mike James also had a touchdown run for Miami (4-3, 2-2 ACC), which won consecutive games for the first time this season and has now beaten Georgia Tech three straight times.

Georgia Tech (6-2, 3-2) came into Saturday averag- ing 517 yards of offense. The Yellow Jackets got only 211 on Saturday, their lowest to- tal since a loss to Iowa in the Orange Bowl after the 2009 season. Since the start of the 2009 season, Georgia Tech has rushed for less than 200 yards only three times all of them at Sun Life Stadium. The Yel- low Jackets got 95 yards on the ground when they visited Miami in 2009, ran for 143 at the end of that season in the Orange Bowl, and then man- aged 134 against the Hurri- canes on Saturday. Jacory Harris threw for 140 yards on only 8-of-23 passing for Miami.

The Hurricanes won easily anyway. Georgia Tech quarterback Tevin Washington threw the ball right to Nicholas on the Yellow first offensive snap of the game, a mistake that set Miami up at the Geor- gia Tech 46. It was doubly costly for the Yellow Jackets, with center Jay Finch going down with what appeared to be a knee injury and eventu- ally getting carted off the sideline for evaluation. The Hurricanes needed 12 plays to score from there, Harris extending the drive with a 13-yard pass to Phillip Dorsett on fourth-and-3 from the 39, and James later cap- ping it with a 2-yard run for a 7-0 Miami lead. In the first half alone, Geor- gia Tech failed on a fake-punt attempt, had an interception to help create one Miami touchdown and then the blown punt return to give the Hurr i canes seven more points.

Nonetheless, with 1:02 left in the half, the Yel- low Jackets were within 14-7. Florida State 41, Maryland 16: EJ Manuel passed for 264 yards and a touchdown, and freshman Devonta Freeman ran for 100 yards a second straight week as Florida State routed Maryland. Jermaine Thomas chipped in with 86 yards and a 35-yard TD run for the Seminoles (4-3, 2-2 ACC.) Dustin Hopkins added a pair of field goals for the winners, but had his consecutive streak stopped at 17 when his first at- tempt narrowly missed. Maryland (2-5, 1-3) got its only touchdown on Danny 5-yard run in the third quarter. re- placed starting quarterback C.J.

Brown, who left the game four minutes into the second half after a vicious helmet-to-helmet collision. Florida State had 484 yards to 331. Florida State built its larg- est lead at 41-10 on Debrale 1-yard TD run with 47 seconds left in the game. 41-yard TD with 5:57 left had put the Semi- noles into a 34-10 lead. The Seminoles, who have had a tough time getting a ground game on track all sea- son, finished with 218 rush- ing yards Saturday.

Freeman had 100 yards on the nose on 11 carries while Thomas, who has been working his way into a more prominent role the past couple of weeks, added 86 more yards on 9 car- ries and caught a pass for 25 yards. Florida State climbed over the .500 with its second straight win following three straight losses that endan- gered its ACC title hopes. Coincidentally, it was Flor- ida second consecu- tive win by a 41-16 score, fol- lowing consecutive losses by the identical 35-30 margins. Florida four victo- ries this season have come against teams with losing re- cords. Miami handles Georgia Tech defense smothers No.

20 Yellow rushing attack Miami running back Lamar Miller (6) runs for yardage during the 24-7 win. WILFREDO LEE AP.