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6C Independent-Daily Mail Sun Oct 6 1974 Wofford Survives Numerous Errors In Win Over PC (AP Wirephofo) JUST HANGING ON Gil Kyle ('lings To Joe Sroba (Stan nnoro oy lerry uiCKson) KEN MILTON BOUNCES PASS OFF HIS HES 1 Wofford Socked The Blue Hose 17-12 Nicholson at the Blue Hose 25-yard line with only 1 :27 gone in the first period Behind the passing of quarterback Carter Davis and Randy Berry the Terriers ran the ball down throat They marched to the goal line in 13 plays with Davis going around the left side of the line to give Wofford a 6-0 lead at the 9:13 mark in the first period A1 conversion attempt was good and Wofford took the lead which it never relinquished Another pass interception by Wofford's John Douglas led to the second score Wofford took four plays to make it 13-0 with Ricky Satterfield diving over the middle of the PC line point after made it 14-0 and it was just the beginning of a long fight for PC Salmon took over Alcorn Hands Bulldogs First Loss Late Flourish Pulls G-Tech Over Virginia By STEVE CRICK Staff Writer SPARTANBURG Wofford and Presbyterian met here Saturday night for the fifty-eighth time and both teams apparently decided before game time who could make the most mistakes and still win Presbyterian took top honors in the mistake column with four pass interceptions and one fumble stopping several scoring drives Wofford had two fumbles one leading to the Blue only touchdown of the game but no pass interceptions The Terriers won in the penalty category title with 90 yards assessed against them in the game All the mistakes miscues and mishaps resulted in a 17-12 Wofford win before approximately 5000 fans at Snyder Field Terrier head coach Steve Satterfield who saw his team up its record to 2 and 1 credited his defense for the win had super defense Satterfield said of his secondary which caused the numerous Blue Hose turnovers played a dejected Presbyterian coach Cally Gault said as his team prepared to leave Spartanburg far the poorest game played this year we just move the ball Gault concluded as he herded his players on the chartered bus to take them back to Clemson first mistake W'hich undoubtedly gave Wofford the game-winning momentum was a Jody Salmon pass picked off by George directing the Hose from their own 20 after the ensuing kickoff to the Terrier end zone Salmon had help from Wofford as Bee Carlton recovered a PC punt on the Wofford 10 The Blue Hose quarterback went over from the 6 Buddy point after was good and it was 14-7 Wofford In the second period a snap from the center went over Wofford's Lewis head giving PC a safety and the Hose narrowed the gap to 14-9 A 25-yard field goal by Gaddy at the 6:30 mark in the third period made it 14-12 The field goal came after PC moved the ball only 24 yards in six plays from the Wofford 38 to the 15 Late in the third period fumbleitis struck the Hose again with Larry Massey scooping up another fumble at the PC 32 Clark faked a field goal in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter on a fourth down and four yards to go situation but he make the yardage However on the next play Oral Chester fumbled the ball at the PC 19 Consequently in four seconds in the fourth quarter from the 12:20 to the 12:26 mark the ball changed hands twice Davis then took his team to the PC 10 with a Terrier drive stalled Clark booted an 18-yard field goal at the 10:48 point for the final score Wofford led 17-12 Satterfield admitted after the game his team their edge after we got the early But the game ended for Presbyterian pretty much as it began: by mistake Grady this time from 17 yards out Holloway was true on his second extra-point attempt The drive was also set up by a lost Bulldog fumble at the 'Dogs own 49 The Bulldog offense which has been struggling all season failed to put together a sustained drive in the contest However they did threaten on several occasions only to lose the ball on a miscue Coach Jeffries said that although he was disappointed with the loss he felt that if his squad had been going against any other team they would have won played a big tough football team today and they deserved to he said was happy with the effort of our team and think we would have won if we had been playing any other team other than State now stands 3-1 on the year and is 2-0 in the Mid-Eastern Atheltic Conference Alcorn upped its record to 4-0 Senior quarterback William Wooley of Alcorn University connected with split end Barry Grady for two touchdowns as the Braves downed South Carolina State 14-0 here Saturday The defeat was the first of the season for coach Willie Jeffries squad and their first shutout loss since the third game of the 1972 season when Howard University downed the Bulldogs 10-0 After a scoreless first period Wooley began to connect with his receivers splitting the zone coverage At the 4:38 mark of the second period he hit Grady in the corner of the end zone for the Braves first score Chris Holloway was good on the extra point The pass capped a 60 yard drive that took eight plays following a fumble by SC State quarterback Elias The half ended 7-0 with Alcorn in front second score came in the fourth period when Wooley again connected with Citadel Bid Falls Short WILLIAMSBURG Va Quarterback Bill Deery rallied William Mary for two third period touchdowns Saturday and the Indians hung on for a 16-12 Southern Conference football victory over The Citadel that spoiled a brilliant individual effort by the Andrew Johnson Johnson a 188-pound junior carried 47 times for 241 yards his sixth straight 100-yard game but twice in the final quarter he was halted inches short of a first down in William Mary territory as the Bulldogs tried to come from Furman Upsets Richmond 24-14 ua DroKe a 7-7 tie 4:07 into the third period on a six-yard run following a 50-yard pass play from quarterback Charles El-vington to flanker Ken Brown Robinson who carried the ball 26 times for 105 yards made it 21-7 seven minutes later on a one-yard run two touchdowns came on a 10-yard run by George Crossman and a nine-yard pass from quarterback Harry Knight to flanker Dinky Jones RICHMOND Va Sophomore tailback Larry Robinson ripped for two third period touchdowns and sparked Furman to a 24-14 Southern Conference football victory over Richmond Saturday night The defeat was the first for the Spiders 3-1 while the Paladins improved their record to 3-1 Robinson a 5-foot-10 180 pounder from Hogansville Midway through the third period Tech went on top with a 40-yard drive in 9 plays capped by Jimmy one-yard plunge over the right side The offensive scoring cavalcade got underway in the last period Gardner scored two touchdowns in the wild period and Virginia appeared secure with a 24-21 lead and 4:17 left But Rudy Allen who replaced Danny Myers in the second half engineered an 80-yard drive The home run coming with just 37 seconds left saw Jim Robinson making a diving catch of pass for the margin of victory As one cheerleader muttered coming off the field weren't the best teams but it was still interesting" Sonny Randle in his first year at Virginia after leaving the head coaching spot at East Carolina suffered his third setback in four games kids played their hearts out and why we win is beyond Randle said after the game of the time 1 thought we played about as well as we could For the flamboyant Rogers also in his first year it was win number two with three losses "I was happy for the kids 1 was happy for the coaches and I was happy for me too we win any more we at least won two" less than tenacious defense didn't baffle Pepper "You change defenses We have a sound defensive scheme Other people are winning with it can change defenses but you change the personnel can move people around but we hide Rogers wasn't surprised to hear that Clemson had defeated Georgia by the same score that his team had recorded "1 surprised The only people who are surprised are you guys (the writers' I told you guys Clemson was good Hell been playing them down here for two hundred years and its hard to beat them up there Tech will play North Carolina next week in Atlanta while Virginia will host North Carolina State By PHILLIP BATSON Georgia Sports Editor ATLANTA Pepper Rogers came bouncing into the Georgia Tech field house with a big grin and said we killed we? Really socked it to any It was the Yellow Jackets wray of making light of a serious situation Pepper likes to make fun in tight spots spots But actually it was all he could do Georgia Tech had to come from behind three times in the final half to subdue the University of Virginia 28-24 here before a scant 26371 fans in Grant Field It had been scary Going into the game Virginia had one of the best passing offenses in the nation Junior quarterback Scott Gardner was fourth in the nation among passers and everyone expected the Cavaliers to throw against Tech Not so people see us on film they decide that they want to Rogers said actually stopped anybody all The Cavaliers did run Joe Sroba a diminutive sophomore running back for Virginia plundered through the Tech defense for 159 yards Gardner completed 13 of 22 pass attempts only salvation was the fact that defense was as bad as the Virginia rushed for 278 yards but Tech piled up 383 on the ground The game's outcome was a matter of who would have the ball last in the fourth quarter Between gulps of ham sandwich and soft drink Pepper said only people who throw are people who run 1 care if you are the Dolphins or Falcons When you make yards running nobody puts the ball in the air" The first half ended w'ith Virginia holding a 9-7 lead when Joe Jenkins booted a 27-yard field goal with 57 seconds left in the half Tech had opened the scoring in the first when Adrian Rucker who gained 141 overall ran 50 yards The Cavs came back with a 78 yard dive in the second quarter with Gardner going four yards fumbling into the end zone where Ken Shelton fell on it for a touchdown PAT attempt was wide (Staff Photo By Terry Dickson) GEORGIA BULLDOG RICHARD APPLEBY MAKES RECEPTION Jim Ness Of Clemson Pursues Opponent Kansas Upends Texas (AP Wirephotol MADISON SLAPS DOWN PASS Marshall Of State Waits Helplessly Michigan State in a non-conference college football game Lions Trip Army WEST' POINT NY (AP) Penn State withstood a couple of fumbles that yielded two early touchdowns took the lead just before halftime on Tom 18-yard scoring pass and went on to defeat surprisingly stubborn Army 21-14 Saturday Ohio State Rolls SEATTLE (AP) Archie Griffin rushed for 196 yards including a 75-yard touchdown gallop and the No l-ranked Oklahoma By 63 NORMAN Okla (AP) Halfback Joe Washington put on a dazzling display of open field running and quarterback Steve Davis hurled two touchdown passes helping second-ranked Oklahoma crush a young Wake Forest team 63-0 in an intersectional football game Saturday Irish Pull Through EAST LANSING Mich (AP) Wayne Bullock rushed for two short touchdowns and Dave Reeve notched a pair of field goals Saturday giving seventh-ranked Notre Dame s-14 victory over stubborn Ohio State Buckeyes crushed Washington State in a 42-7 intersectional college football victory Saturday Michigan ins STANFORD (AP) Quarterback Dennis Franklin ran for two touchdowns within a minute to bring the fourth-ranked unbeaten Michigan Wolverines a 27-16 triumph over Stanford Saturdav Trojans Rout Ioua LOS ANGELES (AP) Senior Southern Cal defensive back Charles Phillips scored his first college touchdowns Saturday returning two fumbles 83 and 98 yards in helping the Trojans overpower Iowa 41-3 LAWRENCE Kan (AP) -Sophomore Scott McMichael tossed a 61-yard touchdown bomb and later unloaded a nine-yard scoring pitch that lifted Kansas to a 28-10 victory over Texas Saturday and shattered the fifth-ranked dreams of an unbeaten season The big bomb coming in the dying seconds of the third quarter was grabbed by Emmett Edwards who was all alone at the Aggie 30 The fleet flanker then raced in for the score McMichael hit Robert Miller with the nine-yarder midway through the fourth period killing whatever hopes the Aggies had of salvaging the intersectional football battle La-verne Smith raced 53 yards with 26 seconds remaining for the third Kansas touchdown in the second half State Trims ECL RALEIGH C(AP-Roland Hooks scored two touchdowns Saturday as eighth-ranked State came from behind to nip determined East Carolina 24-20 ECU quarterback Mike Weaver led an aroused Pirate team to a 14-7 first half lead but the Wolfpack's depth proved too tough for the Southern Conference visitors in the second half State took the lead at 21-1 the fourth period when Hoo-skirted light end on a nire-y touchdown run Sa 100 By err-f Dobson JUST TO MAKE SURE Georgia's Abb Ansley Tackles Clemson's Sieve Gibbs As Ball Sails Bv iAP ANDREW JOHNSON BREAKS RUSHING RECORD Ran For 241 Yards In Loss To Wiliiam Mary.