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CCI 1ST SECTION, ZONE: SPORTS, STATE 21:19:20 THE NEWS OBSERVER10C A SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011College Football ATLANTIC Conf. All Clemson 5 0 8 0 Wake Forest 4 2 5 3 Florida St. 4 2 6 3 N.C. State 2 3 5 4 Boston College 1 5 2 7 Maryland 1 5 2 7 COASTAL Virginia Tech 4 1 8 1 Georgia Tech 3 2 6 2 Virginia 3 2 6 3 Miami 3 3 5 4 North Carolina 2 4 6 4 Duke 1 4 3 6 Game Florida State 38, Boston College 7 Games N.C. State 13, North Carolina 0 Virginia 31, Maryland 13 Miami 49, Duke 14 Notre Dame at Wake Forest, late Thursday, Nov.

10 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech, 8 Saturday, Nov. 12 N.C. State at Boston College, 12:30 Duke at Virginia, 3 Maryland vs. Notre Dame, 7:30 Miami at Florida State, TBA Wake Forest at Clemson, TBA SUMMARIES N.C. STATE 13, NORTH CAROLINA 0 N.

Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 N.C. State 7 3 3 0 13 FIRST QUARTER 12 pass from Glennon (Sade kick), 8:23. SECOND QUARTER Sade 26, 5:48. THIRD QUARTER Sade 24, 7:29. (at N.C.

State). NC NCS First downs 13 16 Rushes-yards 28-3 41-126 Passing 162 164 Comp-Att-Int 16-30-3 16-33-1 Return Yards 3 31 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 7-51 3-23 Time of Possession 26:11 33:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Carolina, Bernard 18-47, Houston 2-3, Blue 1-2, Hanson 2-0, Boyd 1-(minus 2), Renner 4-(minus 47). NC State, Washington 27-110, Creecy 10-23, Glennon 4-(minus 7). Carolina, Renner 9-17-2-76, Hanson 7-13-1-86. NC State, Glennon 16-33-1-164.

Carolina, D.Jones 9-72, Wil- son 2-29, Bernard 2-26, Highsmith 2-26, N.Hurst 1-9. NC State, Palmer 5-94, J.Smith 4-18, Howard 2-18, B.Underwood 2-12, Graham 1-12, Bryan 1-8, Creecy 1-2. MIAMI 49, DUKE 14 Duke 0 7 7 0 14 Miami 14 14 7 14 49 FIRST QUARTER 1 pass from Harris (Wieclaw kick), 12:36. 1 run (Wieclaw kick), 6:30. SECOND QUARTER 2 pass from Harris (Wieclaw kick), 12:43.

4 pass from Renfree (Sny- derwine kick), 6:09. 2 pass from Harris (Wieclaw kick), :42. THIRD QUARTER 6 run (Snyderwine kick), 12:07. 3 run (Wieclaw kick), 9:10. FOURTH QUARTER 22 run (Wieclaw kick), 8:56.

Mia- 6 run (Wieclaw kick), 5:31. (at Miami). Duke Mia First downs 18 24 Rushes-yards 33-148 39-265 Passing 194 202 Comp-Att-Int 22-32-1 14-21-0 Return Yards 0 3 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-30 5-36 Time of Possession 29:57 30:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS D.Scott 12-52, Boone 8-32, Thompson 7-28, Hollingsworth 4-24, Renfree 1-6, Varner 1-6. Miami, Miller 20-147, James 7-58, Clements 5-30, Harris 4-22, Hagens 1-4, Morris 2-4. Renfree 19-25-1-181, Boone 3-7-0-13.

Miami, Harris 14-20-0-202, Morris 0-1-0-0. Vernon 5-43, Varner 4-54, Helfet 3-27, D.Scott 3-27, Braxton 3-17, Deaver 2-18, T.Watkins 1-8, Thompson 1-0. Miami, Stree- ter 4-62, James 2-43, Benjamin 2-42, Dorsett 2-18, Thompkins 1-14, Walford 1-13, Byrd 1-9, Ford 1-1. VIRGINIA 31, MARYLAND 13 Virginia 7 7 14 3 31 Maryland 3 10 0 0 13 FIRST QUARTER 47 run (Randolph kick), 14:40. Ferrara 24, :45.

SECOND QUARTER 13 pass from C.Brown (Ferrara kick), 10:48. Ferrara 20, 2:49. 35 pass from Rocco (Randolph kick), 1:34. THIRD QUARTER 1 run (Randolph kick), 7:21. lien 17 pass from Rocco (Randolph kick), 3:06.

FOURTH QUARTER Randolph 28, 13:38. (at Maryland). First downs 24 16 Rushes-yards 45-220 22-84 Passing 307 269 Comp-Att-Int 23-36-1 20-43-3 Return Yards 15 0 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-2 Penalties-Yards 5-40 4-25 Time of Possession 34:10 25:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS P.Jones 22-139, Parks 14-67, Rocco 1-16, Richardson 3-4, Shepherd 1-1, Watford 4-(minus 7). Maryland, Meggett 9-52, C.Brown 2-24, Pickett 6-13, Wilson 1-4, Cierski 1-1, Team 1-(minus 4), 2-(minus 6). Rocco 23-35-0-307, Watford 0-1-1-0.

Maryland, 16-36-2-241, C.Brown 4-7-1-28. Burd 9-112, Ti.Smith 5-101, Milien 2-24, Freedman 2-18, Jennings 2-(minus 1), Parks 1-35, P.Jones 1-10, Phillips 1-8. Maryland, McCree 7-117, Boykins 6-101, Dorsey 2-22, Tyler 2-10, Campbell 1-13, Furstenburg 1-3, Wilson 1-3. ACC By David Ginsburg Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. Now that Virginia has finally won during November and be- come bowl eligible, the Cava- liers have no intention of coasting.

Perry Jones ran for 139 yards and two touchdowns, Michael Rocco threw for two scores, and Virginia beat Maryland 31-13 Saturday to qualify for a bowl bid for the first time in four years. It also was the first November win in 14 tries since Nov. 10, 2007. extremely humbled be- cause of where the program was, the progress trying to make, and the ups and downs you have with your second-year coach Mike London said. grati- fying to make something sig- nificant out of this season.

The bowl eligible part of it is good, a nice thing, but in the business of develop- ing players, their attitudes and how they respond to adversi- Playing on the road against their border rivals, the Cava- liers (6-3, 3-2 ACC) trailed 13-7 in the second quarter. In- stead of wilting, they scored the final 24 points. nice for our seniors to know we finally clinched it, but that change our mentality at Rocco said. coming out next week with a mentality and going to get after Maryland (2-7, 1-5) com- mitted five turnovers in its fifth straight loss. First-year coach Randy Ed- sall started Danny at quarterback.

went 16-for-36 for 241 yards and two interceptions; C.J. Brown was 4-for-7 for 28 and an inter- ception. VIRGINIA 31, MARYLAND 13 Virginia rolls as Terps lose game in row Maryland running back Justus Pickett is tackled by a pack of Virginia defenders on Saturday. PATRICK SEMANSKY AP By Chris Perkins Correspondent MIAMI Duke knew its final three games at Virginia, against No. 23 Georgia Tech and at North Carolina were going to be tough.

But it might not have anticipated the full weight of their impor- tance. The Blue Devils (3-6, 1-4 ACC) lost at the University of Miami, 49-14, Saturday. That means they have to win their final three games to reach six victories and earn a berth to their first bowl game since the 1994 season. a competitor a good situation to be quar- terback Sean Renfree said. nose to the grindstone Certainly I know the guys playing with are up for that situation, ready to do Duke, which is on a four- game losing streak, had a chance to make UM (5-4, 3-3) very uncomfortable in the third quarter Saturday.

The Blue Devils closed to within 28-14 after Renfree (19-for-25 pass ing, 181 yards one touchdown, one intercep- tion) scored on a 6-yard touchdown run. On the ensuing kickoff coach David Cutcliffe called an onside kick that Andrew Swasey recovered at 45-yard line. From there Miami went the dis- tance in six plays running back Lamar Miller (20 car- ries, 147 yards, two touch- downs) scored on a 3-yard run to take a commanding 35-14 lead that basically end- ed the competitive part of the game. Cutcliffe, who used kicker Will Snyderwine for the on- side kick instead of Zack Asack, said make the same call again. worked that a cou- ple of weeks now and he just missed the Cutcliffe said.

have an 85 percent or better chance of getting we exe Duke started off sloppily. It get a first down in six first-quarter plays. Worse, it committed four penalties for 24 yards in the first quarter. Those mistakes, combined with Miami scoring on its first three possessions, led to the 21-0 lead. The Blue Devils seemed to hit their stride in the second quarter.

Wide receiver Con- ner Vernon, who attended Miami Gu i ve Prep caught a 4-yard touchdown pass to cut the deficit to 21-7. Vernon was forced out of bounds in the end zone by JoJo Nicholas. The key is Vernon knew the rules. He knew if he was forced out he could be the first offensive player to touch the ball. knew I was able to come back he said.

only thing I was wondering is if I had landed inbounds when I came back in and according to the replay, I Despite a few positive signs from the Blue Devils, mistakes were their calling card Saturday. There was a 36-yard punt, a defensive holding call in the end zone and a pass interference call in the end zone. Miami pounded out 265 yards rushing among its 468 yards of offense; Duke rushed for a respectable 148 yards (4.5 yards per carry) but some early-game penalties and a good showing by Mi- defense stymied any upset hopes. I thought we had a good plan and stopped ourselves with penalties the first two Cut- cliffe said. get behind a team like that and things start So, now the Blue Devils have three games three tough games to try to qual- ify for that elusive bowl.

MIAMI 49, DUKE 14 Mistakes against Miami drop Blue Devils to 3-6 Duke running back Juwan Thompson (23) is brought down by Miami defensive back Vaughn Telemaque (7) in the first quarter during loss in Miami on Saturday. LYNNE SLADKY AP Sloppy start leads to 21-0 potential threat in 3rd quarter fails MORE ONLINE See photos from the game at newsobserver.com/dukepics Miami running back Mike James (5) celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown against Duke. LYNNE SLADKY AP Associated Press DOVER, Del. Andre Clark ran for two touchdowns in the second half as N.C. Cen- tral won its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game 14-7 over Delaware State on Saturday in its irst ful MEAC season.

The Eag les (2 -7 1 -5) amassed 366 total yards, in- cluding 166 yards rushing by Idreis Augustus. Clark fin- ished with 34 yards on the ground on 12 carries. N.C. Central has won five of the past six games in the series. N.C.

defense kept the Hornets in check most of the game. The Eagles sacked Delaware State quarterback Nick Elko seven times and picked off two of his passes. Also, Delaware State convert- ed only 3 of 13 third-down at- tempts and held possession five minutes less than the Ea- gles. Elko passed for 244 yards and the only touchdown for the Hornets (2-7, 0-6), who have lost seven in a row. ELSEWHERE Campbel 41, Morehead State 31: Jordan Cramer ran for four touchdowns as Campbell defeated Morehead State in Buies Creek touchdown runs of 9 and 15 yards in the first half helped stake the Camels to a 20-3 halftime lead.

Cram- er, who had 170 yards rush- ing, scored on runs of 16 and 63 yards in the second half as the Eagles could get no closer than 10 points over the final two quarters. Also, Branden Smith threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score for Campbell. The Camels (6-3, 5-2 Pio- neer Football League), won their fifth game in a row de- spite being outgained by Morehead State 523-415 in total yards. Zach Lewis passed for 400 yards and four touchdowns for Morehead State (2-7, 1-5), which has lost four games in a row. Furman 20, Appalachian State 10: Chris Forcier re- corded 288 all-purpose yards to lead host Furman over Ap- palachian State.

Furman (6-3, 4-2 Southern Conference) opened the scor- ing with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Forcier to Ryan Cul- breath. second score came on a 79-yard bomb to Se- derrik Cunningham to give Furman a 20-0 lead. Forcier finished with 224 yards on 9 of 16 passing and added 64 yards on 11 carries. Appalachian State (6-3, 5 -2) ou tga ined Furman 399-365 and held possession for 36:15 compared to just 23:45 for Furman. But penal- ties and turnovers marred the offense.

Appalachian State commit- ted seven penalties, lost two fumbles, and Jamel Jackson threw interceptions on the first two pos- sessions. Butler 17, Davidson 7: Wade Markley threw two touchdown passes to help Butler beat Da- vidson in Indianapolis. Markley found Stuart Har- vey for a 6-yard score in the sec- ond quarter and Matt Jenson for a 24-yard touchdown in the third quarter for the Bulldogs (6-4, 4-3 Pioneer League). Davidson (2-7, 0-6) domi- nated the statistics, with a 26-12 edge in first downs. Jonathan Carkhuff threw for 303 yards, completing 37 of 47 attempts, and Chris Gor- man gained 112 yards in 20 Johnson C.

Smith 31, Living- stone 0: The Golden Bulls had little trouble with Living- stone in a CIAA matchup at Memorial Stadium in Char- lotte. J.C. Smith (5-5, 4-3 CIAA) held Livingstone (1-9, 0-7) to 102 yards of total offense. Elizabeth City State 39, Lin- coln 14: Elizabeth City State scored the first 25 points to cruise to a win over visiting Lincoln in a CIAA game. Daronte McNeill finished with 38 rushing attempts for 186 yards and two touchdowns for the Vikings (8-2, 6-1CIAA).

Lincoln (2-8, 2-5) was held to minus-34 yards rushing. Winston-Salem State 34, UNC Pembroke 7: Winston-Sa- lem State remained unbeaten with a decisive victory over UNC Pembroke. The Rams (10-0) held the ball for more than 42 min- utes, with Nicholas Cooper rushing for 146 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries. Ka- meron Smith was 20-of-27 passing for 157 yards and three touchdowns. Travis Daniels led the Braves (7-3) with 130 yards rushing on 20 carries.

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