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VMI Halfback Tom Rhodes (25) Goes Airborne for Yardage To Set Up a Keydet Touchdown gf of THE TIMES Sunday November 14 1965 1 'WMaMM wJMp' By BObK BBBI '7: OBL t7zJ rP lk' "1MBBI 8BdyB V77' 77 'l a Jm 1BKKBBMUy 'MtriHUkx Jr i WiB Bfc i Br W1 X' xw' Ila'A 'saww i B' 'c' II ii JB a i rBr 3if 'BrB 7 7 v'v 'I jBbBiHRl jg WBB 3 ir aIWJIBbMB if WBMwB' A am a 5 jBBB MBB i '4 JBBBBBIigM A uwBB' A IBBBMB0 ''MMBMBBfcMteMBMh imSO iB vbbbhmbv bb wHf IMI i a 7t ww? WMfc BaBW' jftHHBBBBBHHr alBLsW vrf 1 JI WMMB IBBHB WBki Hv 1 HH Jibat BwMBMy wBB BBIBBBB 1 "BwyB W'' jgaj vJKt BHr a jaaafo vmHf 'MilBHHV bHRHIMhHHbVV 7 xi If I 1 ffVki aBwww Wm iOtwwfe' (Times Photo by Jack Gaklno) Georgia Tech Wallops UVa By BILL BRILL Times Sports Editor ATLANTA Ga Quarter backs Kim King and Bob Davis staged the greatest offensive show ever seen in Old Grant ield but King had far more help Saturday from his team mates and led Georgia Tech to a 42 19 win over Virginia that sent the Yellow Jackets surging into the Gator Bowl King sparkling left handed sophomore shattered pass defense mostly on third down plays and wrote his name four times into the school record book It was also a moment of reincarnation for Davis the quarterback who was back at his old post after six games as a halfback With Tommy Hodges hobbled by a shoulder and ankle injury Davis took the helm and Im mediately regained the Atlantic Coast Conference total offense record that he lost just last week to Tommy Ray Davis stripped the porous Tech defense for 376 yards most of it (277) in the second Spotlight alls On Bob Davis half when he led the Cavaliers to three touchdowns and within inches of a fourth It was just a fantastic offen sive spree for the delighted crowd' of 40094 as Tech sent Coach Bobby Dodd a bowling for the 12th time in his 21 distinguished years here By BILL BRILL Times Sports Editor ATLANTA Ga This has not been a joyous football season for Bob Davis The sophomore sensation of 1964 at Virginia has been miss ing from the headlines since early season And the Septem The outcome was never in ber banners read for the mostidoubt as Tech whipped 78 yards part errors hurt Cava twice the first two times it got the ball for touchdowns The After losing two games UVaiYellow Jackets then converted Coach George Blackbum dc itwo disputed plays a fumbled cided he would rather switch pass and an intentional pass (Continued on Page 4) I (Continued on Page 4) EX VMI Thumps Citadel unbeaten Year Past Villanova On 48 0 Win VMI WJS8S Scoreboard Look Inside or (Continued on Page 3) A shooting straight np th field and then angling to the left sideline behind the crisp block ing of his interference He finally ran out of gas at The Citadel 20 pulled down from behind The 64 yard jaunt eclipsed by one yard Kenny 63 yard carry back against Marshall in 1961 The scoring heaves both went to favorite pass and catch mate end Carl Rhodes Rhodes had four receptions for the day after hauling in eight Ellett Immediately threw 15 yards across the middle to fullback Tommy Slater Then after an offsides penalty against the Keydets the left handed pitcher connected to the big end Rhodes cutting across the Bulldog secondary and it was a (Continued on Page 7) Notre Dame 17 Carolina 0 NC State 3 lorida State 0 Duke 40 Wake orest 7 Boston College 30 17 Syracuse 41 West Va 19 Missouri 30 Oklahoma 0 Nebraska 21 Okla State 17 Pick Winner Ballot By BOB ADAMS Times Sports Writer ERRUM errum com pleted the first undefeated and untied season in the junior history Saturday with a spectacular 48 0 victory over the University of Richmond reshmen An overflow and noisy Par Day crowd of 2200 watched the Panthers win their ninth game and fatten their chances for a post season bowl bid errum ranked third nation ally by the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Associa tion) one of three teams under consideration for the National Championship Playoff Bowl in Savannah Ga Nov 26 The Panthers are also being considered for the Junior Rose Bowl in Pasadena Calif Dec 21 errum officials are sitting tight waiting on a possible invitation to the National Play off Bowl The invitation if it comes is expected Sunday eve ning errum president Dr Ralph Arthur noted that errum would accept the bid for the national playoff game in Geor gia instead of the Rose Bowl bid if both were offered because the Georgia victor is recognized as the national champion If the Georgia bid come the Panthers will anxiously wait to see if a Junior Rose Bowl bid comes their way However the Rose Bowl officials make their decision for over a week errum which outscored the opposition 244 19 this season posted two touchdowns in each quarter while rolling to the easy victory errum took the lead with 12:13 to play when halfback rank Sorrells raced 44 yards around right end for the first (Continued on Page ll) who played very very good football game took the snap and rolled out to his right behind a wave of blockers It looked like he might go in but right at the goal two men hit Sands Woody and Mike Saunders Connell went down his helmet touching the bright I ran clock getting a big (Times Photo by Jack Gaklnq) Tom Rhodes (25) of VMI Misses Touchdown by umbling on One boost from a 42 yard scamper down the right sidelines by Bobby Owens Owens had a big day one of his best He ran for 83 yards and completed 10 of 13 passes for 96 more The senior star was on target almost every time The tipoff on this one came (Continued on Page 4) Page 2 Page 2 Pafp 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 6Page 6Page 7 state Georsla Tech Virginia It VMI 21 Citadel 1 Boston College 30 William Mary 17 VPI 21 Vlllanova errum 43 Richmond rosh 0 Va Wesleyan 41 Bridgewater 14 jHampden Sydney 14 Centre 7 R3ndoipnAt8con 30 vaiiB'jnti Wash Lee Southwestern 11 Morgan St 33 Norfolk St NC AiT 11 Virginia St By SCOTTIE HELT Times Sports Writer LEXINGTON The record book took another beat ing here Saturday and so did The Citadel The Keydets made quick work of the Bulldogs scoring 14 points the first two times they had possession and coasted in for a 21 7 victory Eddie Willis legged out the longest punt return in the history a 64 yarder the very first time the red and yellow got its eager hands on the football And with all time throwingest quarterback Hill Ellett of Roa noke perfectly on target for almost a half the Keydets had this one tucked away before Citadel could regroup its de fenses Ellett completed his first five passes the sixth was inter cepted then he bounced back on tareet for eicht completions in 11 tries for the half two for touchdowns The 11 attempts in two quar ters gave him 170 for the year good enough to break Howard old mark of 168 set in 1960 Content to hold onto the football and unable to gain the favorable field position he had most of the first half Ellett tried but three more aerials the i second half hitting one to raise i his record total tries to 173 1L SS Tech Squeaks (Times Pholo by Howard Hammersley) Joe Greco (44) Intercepts a Tech Pass here against Richmond last week for a school long return of Kroghle punt had VMI off and running before many of the 4127 spectators had reached their seats It came on Just the fourth play the little senior halfback from Lignum gather ing the ball in at his own 16 and By LARRY CHEEK Times Sports Writer BLACKSBURG Nothing Is for sure in the wacky world of college football Heavy favorite Virginia Tech discovered the truth of that axiom here Saturday afternoon struggling all the way before finally vanquishing Villanova 21 19 Tech won literally by inches when a Wildcat try for two points in the fourth quarter that would have tied the game was stopped dead on the goal line Villanova was supposed to be bad A 1 6 record including consecutive losses to Xavier (35 0) and the Quantico Marines (32 7) seemed to indicate as much But somehow or other the script got a little muddled Tech stop the varied Wildcat offense and must have felt lucky to win even by the most unimpressive two point margin Each team had 20 first downs Villanova had 246 yards rushing to 200 for Tech while the Gobblers won the passing duel 96 63 It was a very uninspiring performance by defense the same defense that played so admirably against Vanderbilt anc lorida State Perhaps injuries were respon sible perhaps there was simply a letdown after four straight punishing demanding football games Probably it was a combination of both just stop them said Tech coach Jerry Clai borne know the reason It might have happened because so many of our defensive nlavers were hobbled know until I see the defense did a superla tive job in at least one vital phase of the the point after touchdown department After Tech had gone ahead 14 at halftimA Villannva scored on its first possession of the Jiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllinilllllllllllilllllllinninilllinnillllllini third quarter to maxe it 14 ij Halfback Jimniy Richards broke through to block the try for point giving Tech the advantage that forced Villanoya to go for two the next time it scored That happened with only 2:35 left in the game on a perfect fourth down pass from quarter back Gerry Bellotti to end Tom landera The play covered nine yards Behind 21 19 Villanova elected to try a running play for the two points Quarterback Dave Connell yellow goal line stripe Tech took the kickoff and out the Xw 1 Jr ij IB Wlw fc oajbHSI MMb 1 Wilail BlB0 Jl.