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E- ee. AIR coach "I 15. in a 2131. at 20 got Clemson 82, Wake 24: It wasn't Deacs' day By TOM HARRIS Staff Writer CLEMSON, S.C. Danny Ford, coach of the nationally thirdranked Clemson Tigers, was gracious.

But what could he say? "I feel bad for those Wake Forest youngsters," Ford said quietly his Tigers had dismantled the Demon Deacons 82-24 in a record-shattering ACC victory at Tiger Stadium. "They brought 20 freshmen down here. They've got a lot of people hurt." But Ford's condolences didn't alter the fact that the Tigers literally pounded the Deacs into submission. The 82 points the most ever scored an Atlantic Coast Conference team, eclipsing the record set by Maryland i in a 74-13 win over Missouri on Nov. 25, 1954 only scratched the surface.

The Tigers, now 8-0 overall and 4-0 in the conference, scored the first seven times they had the ball, rolling up a 49-14 halftime lead. They scored on their first possession of the second half, on a 75- yard pass play, and on four of their next five possessions. They rolled up a school-record 536 net rushing yards and 756 yards in total offense, another Clemson mark and just 46 yards short of the all-time ACC record held by Maryland. They had a Clemson record 35 first downs, 27 of rushing for another mark. And, the Tigers did not punt, tying league and school marks.

The Deacons were helpless. IN 3 "One of the last things I told one of our coaches coming into the game was that I was concerned whether we would ever be able to stop them," said Wake coach Al Groh, whose Deacs slipped to 1-4 in the ACC, 3-6 overall. "I guess I was correct in that prediction." Playing before a Parents' Day crowd of 61,500, Clemson established itself early. Wake had the first opportunity, but quarterback Gary Schofield fumbled on third- United Press International UNC freshman Ethan Horton motors down the field in the Tar Heels' 17-10 victory over Maryland bumbling By A.J. CARR Staff Writer South Carolina escaped the spooky spells that besieged N.C.

State and scored a 20-12 comefrom-behind victory Saturday in a zany, regionally televised game of breaks and mistakes at WilliamsBrice Stadium. Bewildered and behind 12-3 at one juncture, the Gamecocks strutted 82 yards for a go-ahead touchdown late in the third quar- ter, then sealed the triumph on Chuck Finney's 55-yard interception return with 38 seconds remaining. If the Gamecocks were bewildered at times, however, the Wolfpack was bewitched. State fumbled nine times -six on center-to-quarterback exchanges had an extra-point kick blocked, failed on a two-point conversion attempt, missed field goals from 21 and 30 yards and had No. 1 Penn State upstaged MIAMI (AP) Quarterback nated the 6-1 Nittany Lions until Jim Kelly connected with Larry faltering in the fourth quarter, Brodsky on an 80-yard touch- when Penn State rallied from a down pass play and Danny Mil- 17-0 deficit.

ler kicked three field goals Sat- The Lions cut their deficit to urday as the University of Mi- 17-14 with 6:53 remaining on ami toppled top-ranked Penn Todd Blackledge's second State 17-14 in a nationally tele- touchdown pass, but suffered vised college football game. two costly turnovers a fumThe 5-2 Hurricanes, unranked ble at the Miami 25, and an inafter narrow road losses to TexSee HURRICANES, page 3 as and Mississippi State, domi- The Associated Press Tech's Ken Whisenhunt pulls in pass against Duke and-21 at the Tiger 35 and it was all over. Clemson drove 50 yards in seven plays, with junior running back Cliff Austin scoring from the 4. Bob Pauling kicked the first of his seven extra points Tigers had 10 PATs for the day, another ACC record -and it was 7-0. But that was only the beginning.

Clemson's defense, among the best in the nation, backed the Deacons deep, and the Tigers got the ball again at Wake's 49. Eight plays later, Austin scored from the 3. Schofield, who completed 20 of 35 passes for 229 yards, kept Wake in it briefly. He took the Deacs 76 yards, passing 17 yards to Kenny Duckett for the TD that pulled Wake Forest within seven, 14-7, with 3:06 left in the first quarter. It was never that close again.

Perry Tuttle's 35-yard kickoff return set the Tigers up again, See TIGERS, page 10 airs sun. rier. US eds or m- nd eal 95 T- n- ng 0- 95 AE fm eS, tilt 95 toer- 395 Imand on)95 ed, -fm and eal 195 ON Heels rally for victory COLLEGE PARK, Md. North Carolina's football team found out Saturday how the ancient Isrealites felt when they discovered manna from heaven. The Tar Heels had all but clinched a tie with Maryland when Terp safety Mike Lewis gave them an unexpected gift.

Lewis, a junior from Rocky Mount, N.C., fumbled a punt on his 20 with 1:20 to go and Carolina scored on the next play for a 17-10 Atlantic Coast Conference win. The -breaker was a throwback pass from quarterback Scott Stankavage to tailback Tyrone Anthony that set up a major confrontation next week with unbeaten Clemson. Maryland, down 7-0 at the half, rallied to take a 10-7 lead. After a 35-yard field goal by UNC's Brooks Barwick tied the count with 5:45 left, it appeared the game would end that way. But the fumbled punt touched off a thrilling final minute that also four passes intercepted.

"I couldn't be sicker," lamented Pack coach Monte Kiffin, whose team suffered its third straight loss and dropped to 4-4 overall. "It was unbelievable. I've never coached a game like this. It was the wierdest I've ever been around. It was Halloween." Kiffin couldn't have asked for more from his defense, which intercepted four passes (two by linebacker Robert Abraham), set up both touchdowns and all but defeathered the Gamecocks' attack by limiting South Carolina, now 6-3, to 124 yards total offense.

In the first period, State cornerback Donnie LeGrande, who also intercepted a pass, recovered a South Carolina fumble. Moments later, freshman tailback Joe McIntosh, who equaled South Carolina's offensive total by rushing for 124 yards, culminated a short drive with a 2-yard run to give State a 6-3 lead. Then, midway through the second period, freshman Frank Bush blocked a Gamecock punt and See GAMECOCKS, page 13 South Carolina's Hal Henderson spills N.C. State quarterback Tol Avery Rallying Duke wrecks Tech By MICKEY McCARTHY Executive Sports Editor ATLANTA Point-happy Duke enjoyed its most prolific scoring day under Red Wilson's three-year command Saturday, flattening struggling Georgia Tech with a strong second-half rush for a 38-24 victory at Grant Field. The Devils, 4-4 and setting their sights on the school's first winning season since 1974, wiggled out of a first-half jam to put the Jackets away.

For Tech, it was just another day stalled in the starting blocks. Since their season-opening shocker of Alabama, the Jackets have gone nowhere. And that theme played again Saturday as 30,000 turned out for the Ramblin' Wreck's Homecoming. But it was just another loss, seventh in a row, and Tech has a lot to look forward to next Saturday when it visits Notre Dame. The Devils' victory was not a distinguished offensive show.

They made some mistakes and fumbled away a couple of opportunities before nimbly recovering after intermission. Georgia Tech had stunned Duke By JOE TIEDE Sports Editor The fourth quarter passed quietly with Duke producing a field goal and Tech producing a fat zero. Scott McKinney got the three points with a 37 yarder. Duke, bouncing back after consecutive losses to Clemson and Maryland, scored first. Jeff Bowser claimed a fumble and seven plays later freshman tailback Mike Atkinson went 1 yard.

Tech pulled within four on a 19-yard field goal by Ron Rice to polish off the first quarter at 7-3. The teams then exchanged Radio TV 9:00 Football: North Carolina at Maryland, taped (ESPN) 12:00 Auto racing: American 500 (WAKS-1460) 12:00 Auto racing: Cardinal 500 1:00 Football: Atlanta at New Orleans (WNCT-Ch. 9, WTVDCh. 11) saw Maryland come close to getting a tying touchdown. Larry James, a freshman from Middletown, Ohio, made the key recovery for Carolina.

Stankavage immediately threw to Anthony in the left flat for the 20-yard touchdown. "There was nobody over there," explained Stankavage, who played the whole game in place of injured Rod Elkins. "It was a sprintout to the Tyrone was in the slot and he just slipped underneath. We got 'em in man coverage. He (Anthony) was my first After that sudden turn of events, Maryland quarterback Boomer Esiason went down with a neck injury that held up the game 15 minutes.

But Bob Milkovich made his first appearance of the game and passed the Terps right down the field. Hitting passes underneath Carolina's coverage to tight end John Tice and fullback Joe Brkovich (twice), Milkovich moved his See TAR HEELS, page 12 stops one 0 The Associated Press with a 21-point second quarter, good enough to give the Jackets a 24-21 lead at the break. Wilson's halftime lecture obviously worked, for the Devils came out and by their hand, plus numerous Tech mistakes, took control. Duke's 38 points were four more than the best single production in the Wilson years. Duke previously had scored 34 against Wake Forest and Richmond.

The Devils now have a chance to restore some luster to the sliding program, with shots at Wake, N.C. State and North Carolina. After an even exchange to start the third quarter, the Devils suddenly asserted themselves. Tackle Chip Anderson blew in to block a Jeff Pierce punt and Dennis Tabron ran down the loose ball for a touchdown. This gave Duke the lead, 28-24, and it was over for Tech.

For the clincher, the Devils put together a sparkling 77-yard drive in seven plays. The key plays were a 34-yard run by Greg Boone and a 23-yard pass from Ben Bennett to Ron Frederick. Boone went the 1 yard for the touchdown and it was scores to open the second period. Robert Labette scored from 1 yard out for Tech, but Duke got it back on a little razzle-dazzle wide receiver Cedric Jones passing 9 yards to Carl Franks for the score. Duke then went to sleep.

Mark Militello fumbled a punt and Tech scored two plays later with David Allen racing 21 yards. Moments later Robert Jaracz picked off a Ron Sally pass and ran 40 yards for another Tech score. See BLUE, page 13 1:00 Football: Cleveland at Buffalo (WECT-Ch. 6, WITN-Ch. 7, WPTF-Ch.

28) 4:00 Football: Dallas at Philadel-. phia (WNCT-Ch. 9, WTVDCh. 11) 7:30 Hockey: Calgary at New York Rangers (USA) College football summaries, page 7.