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Sunday September 10 1989 2 Etorijm morning Htrolfr 201 Rushing Yards Lift Duke Over Northwestern By WARD CLAYTON Herald sports writer at the Duke goal line with 1:27 left finally allowed the Blue Devils to take a deep breath Northwestern dominated time of possession and field position in the first half The Wildcats ran twice as many plays (48 to 24) and kept the ball 21:47 to Duke's 8:13 However Northwestern came up with only two field goals in five trips into Duke territory Meanwhile passing game was near perfect Ray hit 10 of 13 passes for 161 yards and one touchdown After Northwestern missed a field goal on its first possession the Blue Devils took only 1:42 to go 70 yards for the score Ray hit three of three passes for 61 yards the last a 16-yarder to Hines with 9:03 left in the first period Freshman Randy Gardner pushed the extra-point kick right his second gameopening miss this season and Duke led Ml Northwestern drove to the Duke 4 on the ensuing possession However scrambling on a third and goal play was caught from behind by Duke defensive lineman Tom Corpus and fumbled at the 1-yard line Linebacker Mark Allen recovered for Duke See Dute3C coach Steve Spurrier said "He most deservingly got the game ball" The two teams combined for L013 yards of total offe nse Duke leading the way with 512 Billy Ray the Duke quarterback threw for 295 yards and four touch- downs Duke wide receiver Walter Jones had two TDs and 97 yards in receptions Tim O'Brien the Northwestern QB passed for 330 yards and one TD His tailback Bob Christian rushed for 139 yards and wide receiver Richard Buchanan had 175 yards receiving Many of the big plays came after missed tackles "The offense bailed us out Duke defensive end John McDonald said "I know if we relaxed or Duke have the victory salted away until the final minute Leading 34-31 the Blue Devils faced a fourth-and-9 at the Northwestern 25yard line with 3:50 to play Ray hit wide receiver Clark-ston Hines in the right flat for the first down Fullback Chris Brown scored from 1 yard out with 3:25 left to complete the sewing Rodney interception of O'Brien career rushing 1 Duke Saturday night at i Wallace Wade Stadium Boone a Woot-8 165 pound senior tailback rushed for 201 -178 in half scored the Blue Devils held off Northwestern 41-31 before fans The victory pushed Duke to 1-L Northwestern is 0-1 Boone became the first Duke back to rush for over 200 yards in a game since Steve Jones ran for 201 against Wake Forest in 1972 Boone also caught three passes pushing his consecutive games reception streak to 24 games fortunate Roger Boone had a night to remember" Duke Pack Swats Jackets Runs Record To 2-0 By LEE MONTGOMERY Herald sports writer Durham Morning HaraMDan Cftartaon CHARGING CAT: Duke QB Billy Ray (L) attempts to elude David Sanderson Tar Heels Crack VMI 49-7 By KIP COONS Herald sports writer RALEIGH Those people expecting a defensive struggle between State and Georgia Tech Saturday at Carter-Flnley Stadium left disappointed The WoMpack matched die Yellow Jackets point for point In the second half and came away with an exciting 38-28 ACC football victory State 20 overall and in the conference is In search of its first ACC title in 10 years Tech fell to 0-L The game was in stark contrast to last week's 106 struggle over Maryland State and Tecncombined for 11 turnovers and 11 penalties Last i had two Saturday the CHAPEL HILL The second time around for Mack Brown as a Tar Heel got off on the right foot North Carolina overpowered out-manned Virginia Military Institute 49-7 Saturday in its season opener before a sellout crowd of 501400 in Kenan Stadium already won as many as we did last year so it's a good said Brown who had to wait until the seventh game of the 1968 season to get a victory This is the kind of game we needed to open im" players saw their first i don but they are talented at least by standards UNC ran up 533 yards of offense including 318 on the ground with an offense that included just two players with starting experience at their current positions Defensively the Tar Heels were Just as overpowering VML 0-2 managed 14 first downs but seven of them came in the fourth quarter against the UNC reserves The Keydets crossed midfield just twice before the final period While satisfying the win doesn't bring many long-range projections for the Tar Heels Brown admitted think it's obvious we had better players than VML" he said "That's something we need to understand because we have so many young guys out there But we are See UNC3C Durham Morning HtrtHBamarS Thomas TAR HEEL TD: Fullback Mika Faulkerson celebrates one of UNCs seven touchdowns this one being a 38-yard pass play Tough Defense Carries Eagles To Win Over Morris Brown overs and six i was errorless "I do think we had as much energy last week as we had this week? State head coach Dick Sheridan said "We threw the ball more and threw the ball on earlier downs That was one thing that made us more patient than we were aweekaga" 1 Wolfpack senior quarterback Shane Montgomery threw for 268 yards and three touchdowns completing 25 of 40 passes Ana Yellow Jacket freshman QB Shawn Jones bad an impressive debut passing for 172 yards and running for another 4L But in the end it was State's defense that stung the Jackets Georgia Tech had the ball on its 13-yard line for a thirdandeight play midway the fourth quarter Jones threw a 19-yard pass to split end David Stigall apparently good enough for a first down But Wolf-pack senior comerback Barry Anderson nailed Stigall to force a fumble Anderson then came off the tackle to recover the balL "I reminded our squad right there that if we got a pass completion and a first down and got a real strong legitimate chance to win the Tech head coach Bobby Ross said 31-28 and that we fumbled the ball deep in our own territory and of course State capitalized on Last week Anderson was the hero against the Terps breaking up a pass in the end zone late in the game The role is new to Anderson going to have to get used to Anderson said going to keep coining at me until they realize as good as Jesse Campbell or Snake Femandus Vinson a big compliment if I can play as well as they nave I'll be the target and I accept the challenge" State's offense then took over and drove the remaining 31 yards on six plays Montgomery hit senior flanker Mike Kavulic on a four-yard crossing pattern for the touchdown with 3:48 to play Damon Hartman hit the point after and the game was locked up were playing man-toman" Kavulic said decided to By ED PRICE Herald sports writer he had to Including a 22-yard scoring strike on thiid-and-10 with 5:24 to go in the third quarter He found Parish Brown cutting right to left at the 4 and Brown scampered in That with the PAT made it 143 Witcher was lOof-20 for 147 yards but had just one pass intercepted told him earlier the Lattimore said not perfect yet but Rick's good and going to get much better Tonight be was more of a takecharge Witcher said extra practice time Friday with tight end Anthony Cooley and former Eagle QB great Earl See Eagles 3C running style and won over the fans The Eagles ire 1-1 and lead the all-time series with Morris Brown 83 The Wolverines are also 1-1 Defensive tackle Willie Holmes led the defense with four sacks for a total loss of 41 yards worried about what Morris Brown would do" he said "We just worried about our mistakes We felt going into the season that our defense would make or break us" The secondary which allowed 295 passing yards to Noth Carolina last week shut down the Wolverine aerial attack and intercepted four passes Two Brown quarter backs combined to complete just five of 28 attempts for 25 yards "We concentrated all week on Just getting ourselves said safety Harry Fuller who had three interceptions The defensive line got to give them a hand They put pressure on the quarterback That made him lob the bail and gave the defensive backs a Meanwhile the Eagle line pith vided time when Witcher wanted to pass and then helped the rushers ground out the yardage and ice the game Of the last 20 NCCU plays 17 were running calls Witcher completed passes when "I know they played a heck of a Lattimore said when in-1 of his accomplishment Just difficult for people to beat you if they dont score" Lattimore then walked into his locker room and told his men: been coaching this game a long time and this is the first time seen this for the whole ball game they had negative A loud cheer followed Lattimore got something else he probably never had before a quarterback controversy Starter Rick Witcher was erratic but effective enough while freshman Brewington displayed his fearless Hank North Carolina Central teams are known for putting up big offensive numbers throwing the ball at every opportunity Saturday the Eagles showed that defensive coordinator John Outlaw can get his troops to put up sane impressive statistics NC Central held Morris Brown of Atlanta to minus-13 yards in a 144) win for the home opener at Stadium Graf Whips Navratilova For Third Slam Title Of ASSOCtcuBQ rTeSS above 100 degrees on the court came less than 24 hours after Graf suffered leg cramps at the end of her semifinal match with Gabriela SabatinL But as usual Graf was relentless Saturday showing no signs of any lingering health problems knew it was not going to be that she said was feeling very confident after winning the second set I gave it everything and I said if I get cramps at the end it matter I thought I was going to lose it I played so Graf said didn't see any way out of it" Nor did it appear there were many ways out when Navratilova surged into the lead really had it all going for Graf said of Navratilova such a tough match yesterday 1 Just hung in and gave it all 1 It was enough and Graf celebrated a ncar-Slam Navratilova failed to win a major for the second straight year The 32-ycar-old No 2 seed was trying to be-See Gra12C father and several others She also signaled to a group of fans high in the stadium that had beat chanting her name throughout the 1 hour 50 minute match Graf has won seven of the last eight the third woman to do so and first since Margaret Smith Court in while Navratilova hasn't won one since the 1987 Open when she beat Graf for the title was really Just a matter of a couple of points here and said Navratilova who received an enormous ovation from the crowd at the trophy presentation keep trying until those points go my way "A half-inch can change a game it can change a she added half an inch and Boris Becker would be out of this tournament lie's in the final and can go on and win the tournament But a halfinch the other way and he loses in the second The 20-yearold Graf has wot each of the Grand Slam titles twice The comeback victory in temperatures NEW YORK It wasn't a Grand Slam but it felt Just as good Steffi Graf won her third major tournament of the year Saturday beating the heat and Martina Navratilova 36 7-5 6-1 in the US Open final The only blemish cm the top seed's record in Slam events this year was a final-round lass to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario In the French Open very difficult to play in the four tournaments and do the best you said Graf who held a 53 lead in the third set erf the final at Paris very happy I won another three That's incredible: There was nothing I could do about the French I was sick at the end of the tournament and I lost too much energy At 53 In the third set my cramps were so bad I couldn't do anything about The match Saturday ended with an ace on a second serve by Graf who then sprinted to the courtside boxes to hug her couldn't really run a full pattern" The Pack then held Tech on downs and ran out the dock Georgia Tech led early on a Stefan Section twoyard run Like several scores the TD was set up by a turnover State tailback Anthony Barbour was hit by Willie Burks and fumbled State reded off 17 straight points to lead 17-7 at halftime Hartman booted a 45-yard field goal Montgomery scored on a neat four-yard option keeper and hit fullback See Wolfpack3C I Aiaowaiad Ni OPEN CHAMP: Graf won US Open In 3 sets.