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The News and Observer SPORTS Sunday, October 28, 1979, section Il Raleigh N.C. Pack finds life in Death Valley The Associated Press Pack defenders Dann Lute and Robert Abraham close in on Chuck McSwain The Associated Press Clemson's Bubba Brown rides Scott Smith (11) to Death Valley turf the half, dominated possession Hayes boomed his kick long and straight to earn of the ball in the second half. the tie. The Tigers scored once on "I thought we showed a lot of character to come Obed Ariri's 38-yard field goal back on that last drive like we did," said Tar Heel and tied it 13-13 on a 68-yard head coach Dick Crum. But, he added, "Nobody drive capped by Chuck likes a tie.

I don't like it and I'm sure East Caroli- McSwain's 18-yard run on an na doesn't like it." option pitch. East Carolina started its comeback midway the Ritter's winning, 25-yard third period after Willie Holley's pass intercep- field goal was set up by a 54- tion at the Buc 11-yard line. The Pirates went 89 yard punt return by Woodrow yards in 12 plays, with quarterback Leander Wilson straight up the middle. Green sprinting 12 yards, then passing to Vern It carried to the 20 and the Davenport for 12 yards and Billy Ray Washington Pack made one first down befor 13 yards to key the drive. fore stalling.

See HEELS, page 6 See DEFENSE, page 8 Smoocher! Heels, Bucs tie one on By TOM HARRIS Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL A tie, Frank Howard once said, is like kissing your sister. If that's true, North Carolina's 15th-ranked Tar Heels should have given their siblings a big smack Saturday after Jeff Hayes' 47-yard field goal with 13 seconds left salvaged a 24-24 tie with the East Carolina Pirates. Only Hayes' talented toe and the aerial heroics of senior quarterback Matt Kupec saved the Tar Heels after the Pirates bided their time and took advantage of the scoring opportunities presented them. Kupec, brilliant in the first half, connected on 18 of 32 passes for 265 yards and threw for all three UNC touchdowns. The three TD passes gave him 28 for his career and moved the Syosset, N.Y, senior past Charlie Justice and into first place on the Carolina all-time list.

Still, Kupec's passes and: a 151-yard rushing performance by Doug Paschal weren't enough to subdue the Bucs, who countered with 259 yards on the ground and added 124 through the air. East Carolina trailed 14-3 in the first quarter and 21-10 at the half, but marched 89 and 92 yards for second-half TDs to take a 24-21 lead with less than 8 minutes remaining. The Tar Heels came back, with Kupec directing a march to the ECU 31 in the closing seconds, and dazzlin' comeback Auburn, 42-38 comeback 42-38 By GRADY ELMORE Special Correspondent WINSTON-SALEM Wake Forest's amazing Deacons attracted a record crowd of 35,550 spectators to Groves Stadium Saturday and then didn't let them sit down. Those Deacs made an astounding comeback in the second half, from a 38- 20 deficit against high-powered, higherregarded Auburn, to accomplish an incredible 42-38 triumph. Hall of Fame Bowl representatives came to watch, and Wake performers such as quarterback Jay Venuto, tailback James McDougald and split end Wayne Baumgardner responded with a record-breaking show worthy of the Hall.

Perhaps the most unbelievable feat of the afternoon was by the Wake Forest defensive team, however, in shutting off Auburn's point-making the entire second half. McDougald scored all three secondhalf touchdowns, four for the day, while carrying for 147 yards, as the 18th ranked Deacons wiped out the big lead and overcame the 13th ranked Tigers. Venuto shattered passing records again, completing 23 of 43 throws for 358 yards and one touchdown. The 358 yards pushed his season's total to 2,000, which eclipsed the Wake Forest single-season mark of 1,676 set by Norm Snead in 1960. He also got the first rushing touchdown of his eight-game career on a 1-yard plunge.

Baumgardner bettered Wake receiving marks with 159 yards on six receptions. The shortest catch, a two-point conversion toss that pulled Wake within 38-28 early in the third quarter, made: a big difference eventually because Auburn couldn't use its superb field goal weapon in the final minutes it had to have a touchdown with the Deacons up by four points. See VENUTO, page, 9 By JOE TIEDE Sports Editor CLEMSON, S.C. N.C. State's defense bent seemingly to the breaking point Saturday, but it refused to let go.

As a result, the Wolfpack survived a perilous afternoon in Death Valley, skinning past Clemson's Tigers 16-13 on Nathan Ritter's field goal with 9:06 remaining. This was a day in which the Pack could mount very little offensive thrust against a defense coach Bo Rein called the best he's seen in four years as a head coach. So, the outcome boiled down to whether State could hold on in the second half against a Clemson offense urged on by 61,722 howling spectators. Twice in the closing minutes the Tigers rolled goalward. They were stopped once with three minutes left about three inches from the goal.

Then, with just 58 seconds showing, a Billy Lott sideline pass was intercepted by safety Mike Nall at the 15. Nall was just about buried by teammates after his catch, which moved the Wolfpack into undisputed possession of first place with a 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference record. "The fans saw two great teams going at each other," Rein commented after the exciting victory. "We had a vivid picture all week of how the game had to go. We needed turnovers and points and we needed to show them we could get a touchdown." All those things transpired in the first half.

Ritter kicked a field goal after an interception by Donnie LeGrande and another after a fumble recovery by outside linebacker Rick Etheridge. The Pack also drove 80 yards for a touchdown, its only sustained march of the day. But Clemson, down 13-3 at Deacs' conquers The Associated Press Kenny Duckett (1) beats Auburn's James McKinney to catch 12:00 Auto Racing: Cardinal 500 (WAKS-1460, WETC-540) 1:00 Football: New Orleans at WashIngton (WYNA-1550, WNCT-Ch. 9) 1:00 Football: Dallas at Pittsburgh (WWAY-Ch. 3, WTVD-Ch.

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