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SECTION 1 WJ i i "i I V- I I I 7' SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1978 "1 v-j 'J r' v- (' Vj 4' sV Jr 28 PAGES o't-sk S' 16-12 Rthted story on 2C By KEITH DRUM Assistant fonts Editor Victory wasn't exactly a snap for Duke Saturday In fact a snap almost paused Duke to lose But the Blue Devils snapped beck when they bad to beat South Carolina 15-12 and look towards next week's game against mighty Michigan with a 2-0 record and well fading rather snappy about their chances Tortoise And O'Hare Stowe Atkins Hangs Onto A Tar Heel Gets By Three Others For A First Atkins By Land O'Hare By Down Air CHAPEL Maryland's football team goes on to 7 win the ACC championship the theme of the season may be Tortoise and Big burly Terrapin linemen combined with cool quarterback TlmOHare and a supporting cast of skilled player Saturday aa Maryland took a big step toward reclaim-ing tbe ACC title it lost to UNC list season 4 1 The game really as dose ne the 21-20 score although the defending champion Tar Hods might have actually won had it not been for one Mown assignment on defense and three blown whistles on timeouts they could have desperately need in the waning seconds Maryland is almost fundamentally perfect team that doesn't try to do much beyood Its capabilities On defense the Terps spread out with virtually eight men across the line of scrimmage and by taking away the wide game dare you to run at their gut Awaiting there is bend of hardy beefeaters led by aptly-named tackle Bruce Palmer (who had Xir Heels In the palms of hie hands all day) On offense they bludgeon you with power blocking and tailback Steve Atkins who ran over through and around UNCL And oh yea they also have Tim He doesn't lode like a quarterback perhaps because he been one officially since high school O'Hare is a fifth-year senior who rarely played his first four seasons while drawing more attention as a drama major at Mary- land Hie coolness under fire may come from having per- formed many times (without helmet) in front of live audiences ia the most composed scrambler this side of Roger Stanbach ducking away from tackier to 'find targets for his wobbly southpaw passes He heaved Just such floating dart to reserve split end Gary EUis one of Maryland's many unknown athletes who took tbe ball over the shoulder to keep ibe winning drive alive "Tret pass completion shouldn't have said an obviously piqued Carolina coach Dick Crum Barden was out of there on that nlay" know the ball was in the air until it wee too i said comerback Jay Faulkner who wet replacing the injured Barden hurts your pride I cant help but fed I lost the game for In all O'Hara completed of 24 throws and again avoided bis first collegiate interception Despite Atkins' 1S7 yards and two touchdowns and Ed three field goals O'Hare held Maryland together like fiiia kind of pressure and said' O'Hare whose curly loom and pointed nose are more suited to a Shakespearean character than quarterback waited a long time for Indeed If Maryland should play in a postseason bowl O'Hare will be S3 years old when he takes tbe field Most college students are graduated by the time they reach 22 hope any questions about are answered now" he added it for the unsettled quarterback posi- tion we might have been picked to win the AOC be tough to stop This was a pivotal game for us" For Cardins it was a case of looking bettor in defeat than the Tar Heels did in victory over East Carolina They celebrated the grand opening of their veer offense throwing as many passes in the first half es they tried totally last week But once again confusion on tbe sideline killed them Carolina took three seoood-half time-outs In tbe silliest places nd needed any or all of them when facing a clicking dock and half the gridiron to get in position for tbe winning field goal with lees then a minute to play One came when quarterback Matt Kupec tore his tearaway Jersey and the other two occurred on two-point conversion atton attempts when only 10 Tar Hods were on the 'fi It was fitting finale for the oft-injured senior whose 181 yards rushing in the first quarter sent Maryland to a lead Including his own SOyard run for a eoore Atkins finished with 182 yards rushing mostly around Ms own right end Maryland dominated foe first half Ed Loncar offset some good defensive work by the Tar Heels on third-down plays with field goals of 47 14 and 28 yards Carolina scored its lone first-half T9) on a fourtbdowa-and-one foot in the first quarter Fullback Billy Johnson running out of the etraigitT burst through the drawn up line and raced untouched for 24 yards on bis second carry of the season The Heels trailed is-7 atvthe break Carolina went 67 yards on plays as Terence Burtadl sewed to narrow the Terp lead to 15-U before a two-point conversion pass Med after Carolina timeout Reserve tah-bKk Ken Mack led ntoh lng with 57 yards in three cor-' rice including one 38-yard run was intended for tight end Bob Loomis Maryland's Lloyd Burras deflected the bell which floated over the head of Terp bask Darnell Dailey and into the anna of Cknmna flanker Wayne Dicker in foe end zone capping a six-play 55-ysrd drive with 12:11 left to give foe Ter 19-15 leal Alter some confosfon freshman Jcfi Hayes kicked his second estra point "We have a problem with the kicking said Cram "because it nine on the field before we can tell them if we con go for two We wanted to go for two on -our last score but get the kicking team off the field in The other big catch wee by the Ellis must have turned around 830 said a rarely rattled O'Hare of lie well-coveted receiver who looked over both shoulders before making a diving catch that gave foe Terps a first down by Atkina nn a "student body sweep" from foe 4-yard line for foe aooro behind three Mockers MarylMS Caraiha Ml re r-ss FO Loncsr ManMUitlM ran (kick fcllad) UNC-joftniM 4 ran (Hayss kick) Marr-FS Linear FO Loncar S) Bumll 1 ran IfaM failed Tuckar I tram ChrMlanaan ft- ItffiTft Flnf down KmhMyfdfi pMtlnf yards datum yards run (Pms MM) Mary UNe 21 17 542 SM H4 19 td 1MJ-1 if Ml 44f Fsasttlss ysrds thing every time you play end we foamed some things in this game I thought we made good improvements this wade and ft we continue to improve we'll be aH The game turned around twice in the fourth quarter on foectaculor pass plays The Tar Heels trailing from the outset took tbe lead for the first time on a peas for reserve quarter-back Clyde Christensen that "We wanted to win this one we esuid go up there DO and in great said Duka quarterback Mika Dunn baick to the spotlight and apparently recovered from a sprained thumb that kept him out of tha opening game with Georgia Tech "Maybe wa can emprise some teems already etrprieed There was little surprising ebaut strategy in the decisive fourth quarter against Sralh Carolina The Blue Devito fell behind 12-10 on a safety gladly taken by punter Ricky Bnimmitt after be duwed into the end ions for the football that had ben snapped fer over his bead by teammate Keven Kelly If South Carolina had recovered foe bail it would have been tourixfomb After stopping foe Gamecocks on the next series Duke got the football with 5:48 remaining ip the game It was near doordi time Dunn with considerable hety from Greg Rhett and the offensive line moved the Blue Devito 88 yards in only six plays to the winning score Dunn carried three times for 41 yards and Rhett ran twice for Si including the final 28 yards for hie second TO of the game On the last one Rhett leaped a pile at tbe line of acrhnmafe shook one tackier and beat another to the corner of foe god fine redly were Just wanting to nova the bed art uo the dock and get at feast a field goal to win Dy eat" Dunn arid just made a great run" Dunn made throe nifty ones himself earlier to give the drive Impetus and awaken a nodding crowd of 2385 to Waitoce Wade Stadium "Coach (Mike McGee) had told me to run when I saiw tha explained Dunn "The Hne felt right the hotel were good and everything just Duke which failed on a two-point conversion try almost -scored too soon as the Gamecocks had throe minutes remaining They made the most of two plays gaining 83 yard and reaching Duke territory On the next ptey as officials' flags fell to signal sn obvious legal motion penalty on the Gamecocks South Carolina quarterback Gary Harper fumbled and Cari MeGea recovered for Dube "It to somewhat ironic that our defensive coordinator John Gutekunst always teaches the players to tackle the ball when there to an obvious aid Coach McGee "Actually on that play Harper juggled (he bail a little before he was hit and then Duka ran out the docfc-iiteraHy On fourth down and with but 12 seoonds left Stanley DriskeU purposely scrambled before being caught with one second to play A motion penalty nullified the ptey and DriskeU just fell on the bsU to MU the final second The lose left South Carolina (1-1-1) frustrated by missed opportunities The Gamecocks had dominated the first half everywhere but on foe scoreboard and missed four field goal trie "We missed some scoring chances end that tout said Gamecock coach Jim Chrlen grace was too high and that gave Eddie Leopard problem kicking soccer style He couldn't get his foot into tbe Duke's defense adjusted-and perhaps the gra grow thanks to the moisture from a intermittent drizzle Anyway South Carolina's chance were fer fewer in the second half wo had soma problems but they worked out in the end said MeGee reduced our stunts In the eeoond half and went to more bask: defense "My play calling ns poor today We tried some snaz things early but when we finally went at them to the fourth qum ter we had our mort By then it was a snap A CWUM Dufcu SC Rootb 99 ran (laopand DUKB--3eKlniity a TO £C-Saft1y annum Itt tacklsd aiiett nm (ran fall CSrallM-DuM 14-301 is 2 MS MS field Maryland put Carolina in the twilight zone by taking 41k off the clock on its last drive which covered so yards of hard-nosed football without benefit of a pass eompteUoa It was the only time all day tbe tortoise was ahead of victory Maryland ranked No 18 remains undefeated with a 8-P record while UNC falls to 1-L The Tory defense which keyed Maryland's three straight AOC titles prior to the dethroning by Carolina lart season smothered tbe Tar Heels' final two drives that started inside their own 20 without benefit of any timeouts In between the Maryland offense used almost five minutes on its last possession mostly behind the running of Alvin Maddox The Terps finally lost the baH on downs at the UNC 15 and 58 seconds left was a great victory be-eeuse-of the way it said Maryland coach Jerry Claiborne made a great comeback end controlled the 1 game in the second half They did a good fob converting third down proud of our arid Carolina coach Dick Crum were down and we could have folded But we didn't We played wen enough to win in the second half Yon kern aome- yard penalty (too many men on foe field) against Weat Virginia at the Mountaineer S3 Brown went the final two yards and Smith hit Vickers with foe two-print convenkm for a 29-15 margin with 1:09 showing in the third quarter defense played an excellent second half" said Rein concerned with the Pack's lack of consistency "They vowed to hold West Virginia scoreless in foe same half and they did that Just aa average football team right now with a lot of good football players" added Rem just not consistent and until we get that way we'll just be an average teem Our goal before foe season woe to be 30 going into foe conference schedule and we hive accomplished Vlriliila CfirMhw it a -u 7 14 I Brawn 9 ran (Rlttw tick) WVV-FG Smcfair it WV Safety feilcfi fedtted Smith In Conwall ran (Sfndafr kids) Vlcfcart 1 ran jRltfer kick) NCS-rown I ran (Riftar kick) WVAr-FO Slndalr 97 Brown I ran (Smith pftM fe Motsrf story on 2C By JONATHAN INGRAM Herald Sports Writer "rf CHAPEL HHXi The rain may hive drizzled but the Maryland passing attack sillied Thus North opening-game defense of its Atlantic Coast Conference championship fizzled Satimday'U-ffl a fifth-year drama major who played only understudy prior to this year undid own dramatic comeback before a sellout crowd at Kenan Stadium He passed for 87 of bis 1C4 yards during gamewinning touchdown drive in the fourth quarter The former red-ehirt threw perfect 28-yard aTfeul to split end Gary Qtts on third-down-and-28 setting up taXbnck Steve score with 7:27 remdo-ing Behind 21-28 after the hid for etwnKpoint conversion failed the Ter Heels had too but did not reach goal tangs and paseffafie' West Virginia trailed 74 with 8:28 left to the first quarter -The Mountaineer then took advantage of the Wolfperife free kick to gain control of the ball at foe State 45-yard line Three plays later Dane Con well bunt through the line for 2 8-yard touchdown and the Mountaineer led 13-7 with 1:15 still showing in the quarter State came back to mount two massive drives of 78 and 19 yard before halftime The WoHjpack took a 14-13 lead after fellback Billy Bay Vickers toiled over from tbe 3 with 12:87 showing before the half and then Brown capped an 89-yard drive with an S-yard touchdown West Virginia added a 37-yard field goal by Sinclair and trailed only 21-13 at intermission played a hell of a game until we got down by two touchdown to the third said Mountaineer coach Rank ClgnetU whose team's record foil to 1-2 "We don't have a team that has the maturity it takes to play catch-up footbalL I fed like we took it to 'em pretty well but it just wasn't well On Brown who to now 13th on the NCAA career rushing ladder Ognctti hod nothing but praise "Ted Brown to an excellent running be said does so many things well and he can hurt you from so many areas he wasn't the only Iking that hurt us They arc pretty well balanced In complementing each other as State's final touchdown drive started at its own six-yard line end wee helped along by a u- "It was about the same story tonight as last week Everybody thinks we're Santa Claus because we wear red suits We gave 15 points in the first half We had five mistakes in the kicking game last week and only four tonight I guess that's some improvement" Tbe Pack's first mistake in the kicking game came after Brown had sooted from I yards out to give State a 7-0 lead after Nathan Bitter's extra point kick West Virginia foiled to move the bail and punted but Randy Phelps fumbled the kick and the Mountaineers had possession at tha Wolfpack 21-yard line West Virginia foiled to move the baH but Steve Sinclair's 31-yard Grid goal made it 7-3 with 4:48 left in the first quarter Next kicking mistake number two Buster Bay lidded the West Virginia kickoff fumbled and foe Wolftack was backed up to its own 7-yard line On a and-9 situation Slate back Scott Smith dropped back to pass from his end zone and was tackled by the Joe Jelich for a safety By' BON SWAM Ilerald Sports Writer RALEIGH State was supposed to get an easy victory over West Virginia Saturday night at Chrter Stadium But something happened on the way to the bank The Wolf pack got Its third win of tbe season S3-15 but fliers was nothing easy about it Tha Mountaineers blitzed by Oklahoma 52-10 last week stunned State with an early safety actually took a 13-7 lead late in the first quarter and made the Wdfpack work hard for its perfect SO record The one bright spot in an otherwise dreary evening fur State wee an offense that mounted touchdown drives of 78 75 89 and 04 yards And of course the running of Ted Brown who set career Atlantic Coast Conference record for scoring (270 points) and touchdowns (44) Brown scored three times ran for 158 yards 33 carries and threw 41-yard halfback pass "I made your Job easy Wdfpack coach Bo Rein said to the working press INDIVIDUAL LCADKRS RUSHING: NX Warn Brown 99-1 Smith 19-SI MtiLaan 9-1 Vickara Ml Ahama 3-9 WmI vkvinfe-Walkcr B7A Cornwall 17-7X Hoffman IMS Luck 1-4 Dbton 94-PASStNG: NX Stata-SMth 1S-1S-191 Brawn M-A Was! 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