Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 37

I to to' -m- m' 'FW Pl t-riVv wwwrvw'wreR ni im wswRiwytW' ii a -f r1 V'V SECTION MORE SPORTS sternum SUNDAY NOVMBER 10 1996 Clemson contains IXVa Tech tramples on ECU Cold weather imtaproblem JbrhotHokies BY STOP WOOD Times-Dispatch Staff whites Running game is the difference against Cavaliers BY JERRY UNPQUI5T Times-Dispatch Staff Write CHARLOTTESVILLE ClemSOIl which used to own Virginia gave up possession only temporarily it seems The Tigers 16-point underdogs upset 15th-ranked UVa 24-16 yesterday be deceived by the final sane This one was ugly way we were today we going to win that football game That's as bad as been on both sides of the ball since said Cavaliers coach George Welsh remember getting beat like that up front I have no explanation for it I imagine we respect Clemson claimed the first 29 games of this series but once Virginia finally won in 1990 the Cavaliers won three of the past six games tying one They came into this me with a two-game winning streak over the Death Valley Tigers But Clemson turned three first-half fumbles into 17 points then pounded it out against a team that was ninth in the nation in rushing defense Between them reserve fullback Kelton Dunnican and tailback Raymond Pries ter accounted for 245 at the-Tigers' 263 yank on the ground Dunnican had 123 replacing Emmy Smith who tried but go because of a bruised shoulder Virginia quarterback Tim Sherman tied a school record by throwing for 346 yards but he coughed up the ball three times losing it twice He was sacked eight times Playing as a graduate student the 6-1 207-pounder PLEASE SEE VIRGBIIA PAGE C7 ta STATE SCORES Ctemgon 24 No 15 UVa 16 No 25 Va Tech 35 ECU 14 W5M 30 Massachusetts 6 VMI 20 Richmond 7 Bridgewater 31 Randolph-Macon 7 JC Smith 38 Va Union 25 James Madison 14 Connecticut 6 Hampton 38 Bethune-Cootenan 24 Liberty 27 IMngtone 17 Vtrgnla State 24 EHabeth City 20 Winston-Salem 13 Norfolk State 7 Details Pagee C2 C3 CLEARED FOR LANDING NC Tremayae Stephens sale Into the end ions In i 22 win i MWtawACC SCORES NC State 44 Duke 22 No 3 Ra State 44 Wato Forest 7 No 8 Carolina 28 Louisville 10 ACC roundup Page C7 BIG EAST SCORES No 24 Syracuse 31 Ttilane 7 WestVIrgnia 55 Rutgers 14 No 17 Notre Dame 48 BC 21 Big East roundup Page C6 4 OTHER TOP 25 SCORES No 1 Florida 28 Vanderbilt 21 No 2 Ohio State 48 IlllnolsO No 4 Ariz State 35 California 7 No 5 Nebraska 51 Missouri 7 Memphis 21 No 6 Tennessee 17 No 7 Colorado 49 Iowa State 42 Purdue 9 No 9 Michigan 3 No 10 Alabama 26 No 11 LSU 0 No 12 Btlgiam Young 49 Rice 0 No 13 Kansas State 38 Kansas 12 No 18 NVwtm 40 No 23 Iowa 13 No 19 Wash 42 Oregon St 3 Houston 56 No 20 Miss 49 No 22 Auburn 28 NE Louisiana 24 Complete scone Page C4 Top 25 roundup Paga C5 as UPSET OF THE DAY Chris Powers caught a 3-yard touchdown pass from Qadry Anderson with 34 seconds to play in the game gving Memphis a 21-17 win over No 6 Tennessee The Tigers who entered the game as 26-point underdogs won tor the first time in 16 games against the Vols PLAYER OF THE DAYj a Freshman Ron Dayne rushed 50 times for 297 yards and three touchdowns In Wisconsin's 45-28 win over Minnesota Dayne a 260-pound tailback who has rushed for 541 yards in his past two games i Hopirilds Paga C4 NEXT SATURDAY VA TECH: at Miami 3:30 pm I UVAJ VS North Carolina Scott Sta dium ChartotteavHte 3:30 pm RICHMOND: vs William and Maty at UR Stadium 1 pm NATION: No 14 Penn State at No 9 Michigan noon C4 MARK OORMUOTMESDISMTCH for Brian Wofford GETTING A LEG UP Virginia defender Itondn Barber breaks up a peas The Tlgara emit on to claim a 24-16 ACC victory ever the No 15 When leaves begin to fall expect UVa to do the same Questions Questions So many questions How would Virginia football team fore minus seven suspended players? How would the Ho- kies fore against the first truly legitimate outfit met in weeks? How would they perform in the snowy bone-chilling cold? Quite well indeed was the firm answer put up by Tech in the form of a 35-H win last night over East Carolina inside frigid Lane Stadium The Hokies (7-1) had 591 yards 31-6 three weeks earlier in the Orange Bowl scared two touchdowns when they absolutely had to in the fourth quarter and ran off the field feeling great about themselves Frank first postgame words to his team came easily and forcefully "I don't know if ever been more proud to be in the same room with a bunch of people" Beamer said a weeks like this that make you appreciate your assistant He also surely appreciated for one quarterback Jim Druckenmiller who completed 15 of 23 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns There also was tailback Marcus Plarker who ran for 117 yards and fellow TB Ken Oxendine who had 99 It all left ECU coach Steve Logan quite bummed but quite impressed as welL is the beat team we've played in the last two said PLEASE SEE TECH PAGE C6 By making key showed he can The stay of the Virginia Tech Hokies fa the week was about damage control and a comer-back named Anthony Midget who was playing high school football in the backwater BOB town of Clewiston Upper Fla a year ago These weren't mutually exclusive items Fact is they became intertwined as all get-out last night Four days ago Tech officials were reading not acts and suspending players by the van load in the wake of uxnctments handed down against effort was good we played hard but Thomas Haskins beat us along with the VMI offensive Tie line which includes three redahirt freshmen gave Haskins just enough space to run through aim tackles and drag Spiders on the way to the eighth game of 200 a more rushing yards in his career Haskins yesterday became the first VMI back to pick up 1000 a more yards in each of three seasons got the heart of a VMI coach Bill Stewart said of Haskins a 5-8 175-pounder who was named to the 1995 Division I-AA All-America team One game from last season Haskins spent the summer replaying was the 51-28 loss at UR Stadium where he ran only 12 times fa CHARLOTTESVILLE nothing like a meat-locker November twilight to remind you that kite autumn is the time of year when things die University of Virginia football seasons for example JOHN Markon The Cavaliers dragged themselves off the turf at Scott Stadium last night with a bad case of the outs They'd just been outplayed outhustled and outscored 24-16 by Clemson and one more loss away from being out of the Top 25 and out of the bowl pic- --V plays come up big eight squad members fa a couple of summertime incidents of alleged mayhem That was embarrassing enough fa Hokies constituents A loss last night to East Carolina only compounded their discomfort It happen One week removed from a major Big East teat at Miami the Hokies handled ECU 35-14 They did so because they piled up 591 yards total offense had possession of the ball fa more than 37 minutes got a splendid performance from quarterback Jim Druckenmiller ami punished the Pirates with their huge offensive line and stable of running backs And because Anthony Midget per- PLEASE SEE UPPER PAGE C6 29 yards his lowest output of the past two years Arthroscopic surgery was performed on his right knee in June of 95 and Haskins 100 percent fit for the Spiders last September Still Haskins felt he had let down his teammates had a different mind-set determination and desire than usual he said trying to get revenge but I did remember 12 for The Keydets (2-7) were outgained by UR (2-8) The Spiders moved the chains more often and controlled the ball for longer But Haskins the big-play spark Richm without VMI turned the ball over only once an inconsequential fum- PLEASE SEE VMI PAGE C2 tore Seen this one before? Thought so UVa coach George Welsh whose postgame press conference reached peaks of enthusiasm not seen since Bob Dole on Tuesday night sounded as if watched the milk go sour once too often "We're not anywhere near as good as we were three weeks said Welsh a team you get worse a you get better getting worse not tackling not controlling the line of scrimmage and not The Cava certainly detected doing any of those things yester- PLEASE SEE MARKON PAGE C7 Memphis stuns No 6 Tennessee The Memphis Tigers shocked sixth-ranked Tennessee 21-17 ending an 0-for-15 lifetime of futility against the Big Orange cousins from the other end of the state not to mention from the other end of the college football spectrum The Tigers (4-6) 26-point underdogs who ended a four-game losing streak managed only one Offensive drive all evening but it was timely Quarterback Qadry 3-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chris Powers with 34 seconds to play was the game winner Kevin Cobbs was one of the heroes with a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown DataRs Pacs C4 I 1 i I 1 Haskins runs for 210 yards atones for performance in 95 HEAT IS ON Virginia Tony Dm Gonzalez The 35-14 I 'VS -WM- -i BY JOHN Times-Dispatch Staff Writer IEXHMT0N waited more than a year for redemption and Thomas Haskins got it yesterday VMTs All-America tailback limited to 29 1UI 9fl yards by Richmond last season gained 210 yards in the Keydets' 20-7 victory over UR before 4911 at Alumni Memorial Field The senior from Highland Springs High scored on a 34-yard run set up a VMI field goal with a 34-yard punt return and a 21-yard gain then got the Keydets into position fa their final TD with a 50-yard run Haskins dominated us said UR coach Jim Reid DEAN NOWWHMlMESOtSRAICM TOGETHERNESS Richmond's Jasper Pendergrass Is squeezed by VMI Ferebee Qeft) and Tom Curran defenders EMlDGrYATEn A 31-7 LOSS C3 iteeysdMRi kite A A.