The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina • 67

Observer Section Sunday, September 5, 1982, Raleigh, N.C. Wolfpack surge downs Paladins ins By JOE TIEDE McIntosh carried over in three cracks, taking it the Sports Editor last three yards on a power sweep to the right. Two recoveries and an impressive passing A conversion by Mike Cofer made the fumble score 19-9 performance by Tol Avery shifted a sluggish North with 26 seconds left in the third period. offense into high gear Saturday night. State drove 55 yards for its final touchdown.

McInCarolina State After a scoreless first half, the Wolfpack jumped all tosh travelled the last 32 on a fourth-and-10 play on over defending Southern Conference champion Furwhich he broke over right tackle and cut back across man to post a 26-0 opening-game victory before 41,300 the middle. at Stadium. Afterwards, coach Monte Kiffin praised Avery, the fans Carter-Finley Avery, the senior quarterback who had to beat out blocking and State's defense. pass three candidates to retain his starting job, fired two "The defense played very well and we had a good touchdown passes to ignite the Wolfpack offense. passing game," Kiffin said.

"I knew the running But he had to share credit with Furman turnovers game was behind. We haven't been able to work toon kicking plays that handed the ball to State at the gether and it hurt us. 13- 22-yard "I'm excited about our passing game. That's the visitors' and lines. Avery completed 13 of 25 passes for 174 yards, with finest protection we've had since I've been here.

pass split end Ricky Wall from Raleigh Broughton catch- "Avery is a better than he was last passer year. ing six of them for 99 yards. You really have to admire him. He has worked hard Defensively, the Wolfpack mauled Furman's run- and made himself a better player." ning game the entire evening. The Paladins crossed Furman coach Dick Sheridan said he couldn't fault midfield only twice.

his team's effort, but "we put too much pressure on State had trouble running the ball consistently, even our defense." though tailback Joe McIntosh finished with 130 yards "I said before the we would have to play ergame and two touchdowns in 24 carries. rorless football and we didn't," Sheridan said. "We A fumble at the Furman 5, a missed field goal and gave them good field position numerous times. We penalties kept the Pack off the scoreboard in the first couldn't sustain anything on half. Furman managed only nine first downs and 205 Then in the third quarter, State was unable to move yards total offense.

State overshifted its defense toon its first two possessions. wards the wide side of the field, and Furman spent the But it got a big break when Furman's Chas Fox first half running into the teeth of the defense without fumbled a punt and Dee Dee Hoggard recovered for success. State at the Paladin 13. Then quarterback David Charpia went out with an Avery wasted little time. On second down from the ankle injury and the passing seemed to suffer.

game 11, he whipped a perfect pass to freshman David Furman's defense bothered State with stunts and Davis in the end zone. Davis, a flanker to the right, blitzes on key downs. The Wolfpack managed only six cut across the middle and made the catch with 7:27 first downs and 51 yards rushing in the first half. left in the quarter. Sideline passes to the short side of the field from The extra-point try was blocked.

Avery to Wall were the most consistent gainers for From then on, it was a different game. State drove the Wolfpack in the second half. 75 yards for a touchdown on its next possession as Furman probably deserved a better fate than 26-0. Avery fired two passes to Wall and a 28-yarder down But those two fumbles put the Paladins into too deep the middle to tight end Tim Foster. of a hole.

Avery capped the drive with a 23-yard strike to Wall The Wolfpack was unable to take advantage of a in the left corner of the end zone with 2:10 remaining total territorial domination of the first quarter. in the quarter. On its first possession, State marched from its 49 to Furman gave the ball right back when Fox fumbled the Furman 8-yard line. On second-and-5 from there, the kickoff return and Jeff Byrd recovered at the 22. McIntosh fumbled when hit at the 5 and Furman's Gib After passes were dropped in the end zone by Wall and Davis, Avery ran a bootleg 14 yards to the 8.

See WOLFPACK, page 4B Duke surprises Tennessee, 25-24 By LU ANGEL Staff Writer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -A capacity crowd of 95,223 gathered in Neyland Stadium Saturday night, expecting to see the beginning of a banner Tennessee football season. Instead, the Volunteer faithful were stunned to witness a 25-24 upset victory by the resourceful and dogged Duke Blue Devils. The World's Fair fireworks that filled the sky after the game couldn't compare with the entertaining show put on by the Blue Devils. Duke scored on a school-record 88-yard pass from Ben Bennett to Chris Castor and later got a 100-yard kickoff return by Greg Boone.

"This was one of the greatest victories Duke has had in modern day football," said Duke coach Red Wilson, "maybe, since the mid-1960's. What made it so ultra-special was the way we came back to win it. "I think we will definitely have a respectable football team. Those who stuck with us can be proud, because they see we are for real. This is just one game, and one game does not a season make, but this might be the catalyst we need to take us to great heights the rest of the year." Down 24-12 midway through the third quarter, Duke struck for two touchdowns the first on Boone's dazzling return and then put together an impressive, time-consuming drive in the last five minutes that ran out the clock.

The winning score came on a 13-yard run by Joel Blunk with 10:31 remaining in the game. Blunk's TD tied the score at 24-24, and punter John Tolish, inserted into the game after the two previous Duke extra points were blocked, booted the winning PAT. The Blue Devil defense then blanketed Tennessee and forced the Vols to punt. Duke took over on its own one yard line with lots of time exactly 5:35 to play. But Tennessee never got the ball back.

Duke, with the sure-handed Blunk carrying the ball on almost every down, marched to the Vols' two yard line as time ran out. But the Devils also flirted with danger twice during the final drive. Once, Blunk fumbled on his own 40, but the ball rolled out of bounds before the Vols could gain control. Three plays later, Tennessee defensive end Ricky Holt got his hands on a Bennett pass in the flats only to drop the ball. Blunk, who didn't play in the first half, finished with 101 yards on 13 carries.

And Bennett, a stalwart leader in the final minutes, completed 19 of 29 passes for 288 yards. Tennessee quarterback Alan Cockrell answered with 20 of 25 passes for 239 yards, but it wasn't enough. "It was one of the most difficult ballgames to explain," said Tennessee coach Johnny Majors. "It was one of the craziest games, and I have never seen anything quite like it. "It was a game of big plays, particularly for Duke in hitting the post pattern (to Castor) for the TD and then later coming back with the (Boone) kickoff return.

But when it came down to the real tough part of the game, Duke made the plays." It was a wild and woolly third quarter as each team scored a pair of touchdowns. The quarter opened with the Vols driving deep into Duke territory, but the Devils made their second successful goal line stand of the game, stopping the Vols at the one foot line. Less than a minute later, Duke took the lead for the first time on the long TD pass from Bennett to Castor with 9:47 left in the quarter. Castor caught the ball just over midfield and outraced the Vols to the goal See BLUE DEVILS, page 4B Staff photo by Greg Gibson State quarterback Tol Avery (12) passes as Jerrod Smith applies pressure for Furman Duke Duke United Press International Duke fullback Greg Boone with aid of blocker Robert Oxendine picks up long yardage Boston College routs Aggies COLLEGE STATION, Texas (UPI) with two quick touchdowns. Doug Flutie wrecked the -priced Sherrill Texas coaching debut of was subject one 1:35 Baseball: Atlanta at Montreal the of of colSherrill Saturday night, throwing three lege football's top stories during the off- (WTBS-Ch.

17) touchdown stunning the Ag- season leaving the University of Pitts- 2:15 Baseball: New York Yankees passes burgh to take a reported at Kansas and gies with an 8-yard bootleg scoring run to job offer with the Aggies. 3:00 Tennis: U.S. City (WPTF-680) Open (WNCTsend Boston College romping to a 38-16 Ch. 9, WTVD-Ch. 11) upset of the 20th-ranked Aggies.

The victory ranked among the tops 4:00 Boxing: Middleweights Flutie led the Eagles to scores on four ever for Boston College, which was un- James Kinchen vs. Odell straight possessions in the first half to able to beat a Jackie Sherrill coached Hadley (WECT-Ch. 6, WITNhelp Boston College open a 24-6 lead after Pittsburgh team in five tries. It also Ch. 7, WPTF-Ch.

28) two periods and after the Aggies cut that marked the second straight year the Ea- 7:30 Baseball: Carolina League championship series Aldeficit to eight points in the third quarter, gles upset the Aggies, having downed exandria at Durham, if necFlutie brought his teant roaring back them 13-12 in Boston last year. essary (WENC-620) Deacs get 31-10 win over WCU By GRADY ELMORE Special Correspondent WINSTON-SALEM Wake For- est combined the accurate passing of Gary Schofield with an effective running game and an alert defense to post a 31-10 season-opening victory Saturday night over Western Carolina. Schofield, passing for 243 yards and a pair of touchdowns, paced the Deacons to 460 yards in total offense. Fullback Dan Dougherty scored twice and freshman Topper Clemons added another TD as the Deacs battled past the Catamounts before 24,500 at Groves Stadium. Western Carolina, which grabbed a brief 3-0 lead early in the game, remained in contention until the final quarter.

In fact, the determined Catamounts trailed just 17-10 late in the contest. Wake punched across two touchdowns on the ground in the fourth quarter for the final, decisive margin with marches of 56 and 51 yards. A 40-yard return by Tommy Gregg helped fuel the Deacs' final drive, which ended with a one yard TD dive from Dougherty. Western Carolina scored the game's first points, taking a 3-0 lead on its first possession after a fumble recovery by Bernard Jones at the Wake 29. On fourth-and-six at the 25, the Cats' Dean Biasucci drilled a 42-yard field goal.

Wake rebounded with a 76-yard drive in 14 plays, with the Deacs piling up 17 points before the half. The passing of Schofield including a 12-yarder to Tim Ryan and a nine-yard, fourth-down throw to Gregg and the running of freshmen Michael Ramseur and Clemons sparked the first Deacon drive. Schofield threw to Dougherty for the 12-yard score, and Phil Denfeld's PAT pushed Wake in front 7- 3. The Deacs threatened once again on their next possession, moving to the Catamount 8 on passes covering 11 and 25 yards and a 17-yard run by Dougherty. Denfeld attempted a 25-yard field goal from an angle, but it was wide right and no good.

Early in the second quarter, Wake again moved from midfield. Gregg made a sparkling, oneSee DEACS, page 4B.