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CCI 1ST SECTION, ZONE: SPORTS, FINAL 23:2:33 THE NEWS OBSERVER SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 13CCollege Football VIRGINIA 24, NO. 12 GEORGIA TECH 21 Georgia Tech 0 14 7 0 21 Virginia 14 10 0 0 24 FIRST QUARTER 6 run (Randolph kick), 9:07. UVa- 37 pass from Rocco (Randolph kick), 6:40. SECOND QUARTER 7 run (Ju.Moore kick), 10:02. 32 interception return (Ju.Moore kick), 8:24.

22 run (Randolph kick), 4:00. Randolph 36, :14. THIRD QUARTER 1 run (Scully kick), 5:29. (at Virginia). GaT UVa First downs 17 21 Rushes-yards 53-272 47-272 Passing 24 135 Comp-Att-Int 2-8-2 9-19-1 Return Yards 48 13 Punts Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 5-40 4-25 Time of Possession 29:59 30:01 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Tech, Washington 26-115, Peeples 4-37, Sims 11-35, Jones 4-28, S.Hill 1-24, O.Smith 5-24, Lyons 1-5, Melton 1-4.

Virginia, P.Jones 18-149, Parks 17-86, Richardson 5-32, Watford 2-15, Rocco 2-(minus 5), Team 3-(minus 5). Tech, Washington 2-8-2-24. Virginia, Rocco 8-14-1-118, Watford 1-5-0-17. Tech, O.Smith 1-21, Mel- ton 1-3. Virginia, P.Jones 3-37, Ti.Smith 2-45, Mi- lien 2-20, Burd 1-30, Freedman 1-3.

NO. 19 VIRGINIA TECH 38, WAKE FOREST 17 Virginia Tech 0 21 7 10 38 Wake Forest 10 0 7 0 17 FIRST QUARTER Newman 28, 11:19. 79 pass from Price (Newman kick), 6:47. SECOND QUARTER 1 run (Journell kick), 8:43. 20 pass from Thomas (Journell kick), 4:43.

3 run (Journell kick), :04. THIRD QUARTER 7 run (Journell kick), 12:36. Wa- 4 pass from Price (Newman kick), 2:04. FOURTH QUARTER 30 pass from Thomas (Journell kick), 10:49. Journell 24, 2:22.

(at Wake Forest). VT Wake First downs 19 17 Rushes-yards 40-193 31-59 Passing 280 261 Comp-Att-Int 17-32-0 20-36-1 Return Yards 25 1 Punts Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-28 2-15 Time of Possession 32:30 27:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Tech, D.Wilson 17-136, Thomas 11-30, Oglesby 12-27. Wake Forest, Pen- dergrass 21-80, Stachitas 2-7, Knott 1-5, Price 7-(minus 33). Tech, Thomas 17-32-0-280. Wake Forest, Price 19-33-1-254, Stachitas 1-2-0-7, Givens 0-1-0-0.

Tech, Boykin 7-149, Coale 4-30, M.Davis 2-39, Drager 2-37, Coles 1-13, D.Wil- son 1-12. Wake Forest, Givens 7-140, Campanaro 5-37, Dembry 3-41, Davis 2-23, Pendergrass 1-10, Bohanon 1-6, C.Ford 1-4. NO. 8 CLEMSON 56, MARYLAND 45 Clemson 10 7 18 21 56 Maryland 14 14 10 7 45 FIRST QUARTER Catanzaro 18, 8:25. 9 run (Ferrara kick), 4:58.

46 intercep- tion return (Ferrara kick), 2:23. 3 run (Catanzaro kick), 1:00. SECOND QUARTER 7 pass from C.Brown (Ferrara kick), 13:54. 21 run (Ferrara kick), 8:38. 6 pass from Boyd (Catan- zaro kick), 5:28.

THIRD QUARTER 22 pass from C.Brown (Ferrara kick), 13:06. 13 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 10:46. Ferrara 27, 7:27. Catanzaro 23, 6:15. 15 pass from Boyd (Allen pass from Boyd), 3:25.

FOURTH QUARTER 12 pass from Boyd (Catanzaro kick), 11:26. 32 pass from C.Brown (Ferrara kick), 7:35. 89 kickoff return (Catanzaro kick), 7:24. lington 44 run (Catanzaro kick), 3:55. (at Maryland).

Clem Md First downs 28 25 Rushes-yards 42-306 48-291 Passing 270 177 Comp-Att-Int 26-38-1 17-35-1 Return Yards 29 82 Punts Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 4-40 4-40 Time of Possession 31:12 28:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Ellington 24-212, Boyd 11-37, Watkins 1-33, Howard 2-12, Bellamy 4-12. Maryland, C.Brown 22-162, Meggett 16-69, Pick- ett 5-31, McCree 2-24, Tyler 1-5, Boykins 1-1, Team 1-(minus 1). Boyd 26-38-1-270. Mary- land, C.Brown 17-35-1-177. Watkins 8-105, Allen 5-41, Ja.Brown 4-35, Hopkins 4-22, Humphries 2-20, Cooper 1-18, Bryant 1-16, Peake 1-13.

Mary- land, Furstenburg 5-104, Boykins 4-30, Leak 2-10, Pickett 1-11, Dorsey 1-9, Meggett 1-7, Tyler 1-6, McCree 1-2, Logan 1-(minus 2). ACC STANDINGS ATLANTIC Conf. All Clemson 4 0 7 0 Wake Forest 3 1 4 2 Florida St. 1 2 3 3 Maryland 1 2 2 4 N.C. State 0 2 3 3 Boston College 0 3 1 5 COASTAL Conf.

All Georgia Tech 3 1 6 1 Virginia Tech 2 1 6 1 Duke 1 1 3 3 Miami 1 2 3 3 North Carolina 1 2 5 2 Virginia 1 1 4 2 Games Miami 30, North Carolina 24 Florida St. 41, Duke 16 Virginia 24, Georgia Tech 21 Virginia Tech 38, Wake Forest 17 Clemson 56, Maryland 45 Saturday, Oct. 22 North Carolina at Clemson, TBA Wake Forest at Duke, TBA Georgia Tech at Miami, TBA NC State at Virginia, TBA Maryland at Florida TBA Boston College at Virginia Tech, 3 ACC SUMMARIES MIAMI 30, NORTH CAROLINA 24 Miami 17 10 0 3 30 N. Carolina 0 10 0 14 24 FIRST QUARTER 4 pass from Harris (Wieclaw kick), 9:05. 27 pass from Harris (Wie- claw kick), 8:51.

Wieclaw 41, 1:41. SECOND QUARTER Moore 20, 12:25. Wieclaw 43, 9:51. 30 pass from Harris (Wie- claw kick), 5:17. 4 pass from Renner (Moore kick), :08.

FOURTH QUARTER 3 run (Moore kick), 8:19. Wieclaw 28, 2:19. 20 pass from Ren- ner (Moore kick), :46. (at NorthCarolina). Mia NC First downs 15 25 Rushes-yards 27-44 42-141 Passing 267 288 Comp-Att-Int 20-30-0 29-38-0 Return Yards (-7) 13 Punts Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 3-19 2-25 Time of Possession 26:28 33:32 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Miller 16-29, Benjamin 3-13, James 3-9, Clements 1-3, Team 1-(minus 1), Harris 3-(minus 9).

North Carolina, Bernard 27-110, Houston 5-22, Highsmith 2-16, Renner 8-(minus 7). Harris 20-30-0-267. North Carolina, Renner 29-37-0-288, Team 0-1-0-0. Benjamin 8-99, Streeter 4-89, Hurns 2-47, Miller 2-16, Walford 2-4, Dorsett 1-8, James 1-4. North Carolina, D.Jones 9-82, Ber- nard 9-72, Highsmith 5-74, Wilkins 2-22, Boyd 1-22, Ebron 1-7, Byrd 1-6, N.Hurst 1-3.

FLORIDA ST. 41, DUKE 16 Florida St. 17 10 7 7 41 Duke 3 0 0 13 16 FIRST QUARTER Hopkins 27, 11:00. Snyder- wine 38, 8:24. 1 run (Hopkins kick), 7:50.

50 pass from Manuel (Hop- kins kick), 3:01. SECOND QUARTER 10 run (Hopkins kick), 13:48. Hopkins 48, :00. THIRD QUARTER 3 pass from Manuel (Hopkins kick), 8:26. FOURTH QUARTER 1 run (Snyderwine kick), 14:23.

5 pass from Renfree (pass failed), 12:38. 6 run (Hopkins kick), 9:49. (at Duke). FSU Duke First downs 19 15 Rushes-yards 45-242 27-63 Passing 239 226 Comp-Att-Int 9-14-0 26-43-1 Return Yards 40 0 Punts Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-1 Penalties-Yards 5-59 3-24 Time of Possession 28:41 31:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Freeman 19-109, Manuel 11-62, Thomas 4-28, Pryor 4-16, Wilder 3-13, Green 2-11, Commack 1-3, T.Jones 1-0. Duke, D.Scott 10-66, Hollingsworth 4-21, Thompson 6-1, Renfree 7-(minus 25).

Manuel 9-14-0-239. Duke, Renfree 26-43-1-226. R.Smith 2-61, Shaw 2-58, Dent 2-48, Green 1-59, Freeman 1-10, ary 1-3. Duke, Vernon 6-88, Helfet 6-50, Braxton 3-24, Hollingsworth 3-18, T.Watkins 2-16, D.Scott 2-2, Thompson 1-14, Holliday 1-9, Varner 1-6, Crowder 1-(minus 1). Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.

Perry Jones ran for 149 of Vir- 272 yards on the ground and the Cavaliers beat No. 12 Georgia Tech at its own game, 24-21, on Sat- urday night. The Cavaliers (4-2, 1-1) sealed the victory by holding onto the ball for the final 6 minutes, making five first downs to get inside the Yel- low 5. But they need to score, and when quarterback Michael Rocco took a knee for a 3-yard loss on the final play, thousands of fans surged onto the field at Scott Stadium. Georgia Tech (6-1, 3-1), off to its best start since 1966, came in with one of the na- top offenses, but was held to only two pass comple- tions and a season-low 296 yards by a Virginia defense that made the most of an ex- tra week to prepare for the tricky triple option.

Kevin Parks ran for one touchdown for Virginia, Roc- i Ti i a 37-yarder and Clifton Rich- ardson had a 22-yard run, all in the first half, as Virginia built a 24-14 lead. The Yellow Jackets erased a 14-0 deficit with two touch- downs in 98 seconds in the second quarter. Washington capped an 80-yard drive with a 7-yard touchdown run, and Rod Sweeting intercepted a Roc- co pass three plays later and returned it 32 yards for the tying touchdown. Georgia Tech struck quick- ly to start the second half, with Tevin Washington run- ning 85 yards on the first play from scrimmage, but the play was called back by a penalty. The Jackets did it the hard way, using 19 plays and con- verting two fourth-and-1 plays and a fourth-and-5 be- fore Washington scored on a 1-yard run.

The teams traded punts the rest of the way until Virginia took over at its 23 with just under 6 minutes left. Jones started with runs of 11 and eight yards, caught an 18-yard pass from Rocco to convert a third-and-6 from the Virginia 49. Virginia gained 407 yards against former coach Al 3-4 defense. Washington finished with 115 yards on 26 carries, but was 2-for-8 passing for 24 yards. Freshman quarterback Da- vid Watford came on for Vir- ginia, and led a 72-yard scor- ing drive with a big assist from Richardson, also a fresh- man.

He bulled his way for a first down on third-and-1, and carried it the last 22 yards for the go-ahead touch- down. When Chase Minnifield in- tercepted a deep pass by Washington on the ensuing series, Rocco came back and led them 41 yards in eight plays to Robert 36-yard field goal. VIRGINIA 24, GEORGIA TECH 21 Cavs upset Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech held to two pass completions and season-low 296 yards. Virginia running back Kevin Parks (25) celebrates a touchdown with teammates during the first half after running it from the 6. STEVE HELBER ASSOCIATED PRESS By Rick Bonnell COLLEGE PARK, MD.

Fresh- man Sammy Watkins re- turned a kickoff 89 yards in the fourth quarter to high- light a 56-45 Clemson come- back against Maryland Satur- day night at Byrd Stadium. The victory made the Ti- gers the last undefeated team in the ACC, at 7-0. Earlier in the day Georgia Tech fell at Virginia. Watkins set sin- gle-game all-purpose yardage record at 335. The record was held by C.J.

Spiller (312 yards). The defense backed up big return when de- fensive back Coty Sensa- baugh knocked down a pass on 4 th and -9 fo rc ing a change of possession with 5 minutes, 47 seconds left. Running back Andre Elling- ton (212 rushing yards) did the rest with a 44-yard touch- down run with just under four minutes left. Trailing by 18 early in the second half, Clemson took back the lead for the first time since early in the game, as- sembling an 80-yard, 12-play touchdown drive. Quarter- back Tajh Boyd rolled out to his right and found wide re- ceiver Jaron Brown in the back of the end zone, for a 12-yard touchdown pass.

That, plus the extra point, gave the Tigers a 42-38 lead with minutes left. The Tigers had trailed 35-17 early in the second half, after Maryland quarterback C.J Brown hit tight end Matt Furstenburg with a 22-yard scoring pass. But Maryland done. With 7:30 left, Brown took back the lead, finding Fur- stenburg with a 32-yard touchdown completion for a three-point lead. Clemson trailed 28-17 at halftime, having fallen be- hind by as much as 18, their biggest deficit of the season.

The deficit was primarily about turnovers and the de- inability to contain Brown, making his first col- lege start, after replacing Danny The Tigers gave up the ball twice in the first quarter, and both turnovers led to Mary- land touchdowns. First, Wat- kins attempted to field a punt that flew over his head. He bobbled the ball trying to cor- ral it and Austin Walker recoverd the ball at the nine-yard line. Two plays later, Terps run- ning back Davin Meggett ran it in for a 7-3 lead with about five minutes left in the quarter. Two minutes later, follow- ing an exchange of punts, Boyd threw a pass straight in- to the hands of Maryland de- i a a ro Chism, who returned it 46 yards for a 14-3 lead.

Watkins slowed the momentum temporarily, re- turning the ensuing kickoff 70 yards. That eventually led to 3-yard touch- down run, off a huge lead block by fullback Chad Diehl. But the Terps, losers of three of their previous four, done. A long drive culminated with Brown find- ing Meggett for a seven-yard touchdown complet ion. Maryland drove 70 yards in seven plays to stretch its lead to 21-10.

defense helped the Terps plenty on that drive: Sensabaugh dropped what should have been a sure interception, then corner- back Darius Robinson was called for pass-interference, setting up touch- down run. Boyd engineerd a 73-yard touchdown drive, with three minutes left before halftime. Bonnell: 704-358-5129 NO. 8 CLEMSON 56, MARYLAND 45 Maryland quarterback C.J. Brown, dives into the end zone for a touchdown past Corico Hawkins.

PATRICK SEMANSKY AP Tigers take down Terps Tech win its second straight overall and its fifth in a row in the series, and snap Wake For- es four-game winning streak. Tanner Price was 19 of 33 for 254 yards with touch- downs of 79 yards to Chris Givens and 4 yards to Camer- on Ford for the Deacons (4-2, 3-1). After knocking off then- No. 23 Florida State last week, they were denied the first con- secutive wins over Top 25 teams in school history. feel like last win went to our head a little bit, and we came out here think- ing we were going to win just because we beat lor ida Givens said.

this is what happens when you play in a league like the ACC and you come to play ev- ery single Wilson made it 28-10 with 12:36 left in the third with his touchdown run. After TD toss to Ford pulled Wake Forest within 11 late in that quarter, Thomas answered by moving the Hokies 96 yards in 14 plays and throwing his scoring pass to Davis to push the lead to 35-17 with 10:49 to play. answering the bell, and I think got some guys, Logan being one of them that want to step up and make a coach Frank Beamer said. After a punchless perfor- mance two weeks ago against Clemson, Thomas bounced back by accounting for nine touchdowns four rushing, five passing in two games. He threw for three TDs and ran for two more in last win over Miami.

The Deacons were humiliat- ed in last 52-21 loss in Blacksburg. They had plenty of early reasons to believe in the upset this time, needing a little over eight minutes to jump out to a 10-0 lead after their longest play of the year against a Virginia Tech de- fense that was starting two new faces along the defensive line. Givens finished with seven catches for 140 yards, and more than half of that total came when he slipped past Jayron Hosley while going deep down the middle. Price hit him in stride and he outran the Tech cornerback who appeared to clutch his hamstring while he chased the receiver to the end zone for Wake fourth scoring play of at least 40 yards this season. Beamer said ham- string had been tender all week.

Still, at that point, the Dea- cons outgained Virginia Tech 122-2. one panicked. Every- one kept doing their busi- Beamer said. play- ers kept playing hard. Our coaches kept coaching hard.

And we found a way to get it WAKE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C Think back to a week ago, when Tajh Boyd was clobbered in the third quarter, and initially get up under his own power. Who would have guessed back then that the real suspense would be who started for Maryland at quar- terback in this game. New Terps coach Randy Edsall left it a mystery all a or C.J. Brown would start Brown subbed for in the second half as Maryland tried to come back against Georgia Tech. Brown got the start and immediately moved the ball in the first possession.

Boyd demonstrated he was recovered from that hip strain on first drive, scrambling for 13 yards. Sammy Watkins makes so many huge plays, you al- most take them for granted. Late in the first quarter, with the Tigers down 14-3, Wat- kins returned a kickoff 70 yards, the fourth time this season that freshman Wat- kins advanced the ball 60 or more yards. RICK BONNELL Observations.