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Michigan upset MADISON Wis (AP) The crit ics said offense was too plodding and unimaginative for thq Badgers to have a chance against top ranked Michigan Saturday but sopho more quarterback Jess Cole proved them wrong knew all along we had a good team Our offense did a tremendous job and all the guys played a really physical said Cole who passed for touchdowns on plays covering 17 yards to Marvin Neal and 71 to John Williams as Wisconsin upset Michigan 21 14 in Big Ten college football Coach Dave McClain opened up the Wisconsin offense frequently using a shotgun formation Cole passed for 182 yards and added another 41 on op tion runs as the Badgers rolled up 439 yards against a defense that had al lowed no touchdowns and only three field goals in Michigan's final SW games last season lot of people think we could beat the No 1 team in the coun McClain said before the game I told the players that they were the only guys in this (locker) room who believed we could win got to believe said we were too con servative but in my first few years here we just have the he said we made one mistake then it was six points we wanted mainly to do was keep Michigan deep in its territo he said they were going to score we wanted them to go 80 or 90 Please see Michigan Page 7 A 1 fev a yy JSxX XSm Michigan coach Bo Schembechler (left) congratulates Dave McClain the Wisconsin coach So is Alabama BIRMINGHAM Ala (AP) win in the Super Bowl is no comparison to this said Coach Bill Curry af ter his lightly regarded Georgia Tech football team stunned second ranked Alabama 24 21 Saturday night The second year Tech coach who played on two professional football championship teams and in three Super Bowls said have a bunch of skin ny necked youngsters who refused to be beaten and we are going to work Alabama coach Bear Bryant slowed by the loss in his drive to be come the winningest coach of all time said the Tech decision was fluke or upset They whipped us Bryant whose record is 307 80 16 is chasing Amos Alonzo mark of 314 victories record as a college coach is 2 9 1 His only other victory was over Memphis State in 1980 Tech tailback Robert Lavette went under proud defensive line for 2 yards to give Tech a 24 point underdog its first opening game victo ry in 11 seasons Alabama led 21 17 when Tech started the winning drive from its 20 Two runs gained only 2 yards but Mike Kelley connected with Ken Whisenhunt on a 54 yard play to the Alabama 24 Kelley passed to Glenn Etheridge to put the ball on the 12 Kelley scram bled to the 5 and two plays later Lay ette took it in on first down Alabama got the ball twice after that but Tech held the first time and a Please see Alabama Page 7 Sports Roanoke Times World News Outdoors Sunday September 13 1981 Staff photo by DON PETERSEN WCU's Melvin Dorsey is sandwiched by Mike Eden (left) and Melvin Rucker 73 air7' life I Jfr XX4f if wMW I iUSMfr I jr 7 Be 5 IM Bl Keydets slam door on WCU By RANDY KING Spocfs writer LEXINGTON Melvin Dorsey ran all over the VMI defense Saturday afternoon at Alumni Stadium Except when he needed to most Dorsey who earlier broke loose for touch down runs of 60 and 69 yards was stopped short by the Keydet defense on a critical fourth and two play at the VMI 4 yard line The late fourth quarter play preserved 21 14 victory over Western Carolina told the guys in the huddle that this was the said VMI linebacker Ray Rushton knew we had to come up with a big play We didn't stop him too many times but we sure stopped him when we had Please see VMI Page 10 Carolina 0 0 7 7 14 VMI 1 1 1 0 21 Allen 1 run (Wlmblsh kick) VMI chowAitor CA nx from pAhAr (Wimhish kirk 1 WCU 60 run (Blasuccl kick) Allen 3 run (Wimbish kick) Dorsey 69 run (Blasuccl kick) 5200 irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Sacks by Punts umbles losf Penalties yards Time of Possession WCU VMI 11 i 17 37 232 60 222 79 150 0 29 9 18 1 9 19 0 1 8 0 0 6 36 8 34 4 3 3 2 4 20 8 67 36 48 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing WCU Dorsey 12 159 VML Allen 44 164 Passing WCU Mixon 9 18 1 79 VMI Raber 9 19 0 150 Receiving WCU Dorsey 4 37 Dean 2 24 VMI Johnston 4 40 Showalter 2 66 Brown 2 30 Virginia Tech gets a big kick out of first win By JACK BOGACZYK Sportswriter BLACKSBURG The kicking game that oft overlooked facet of foot ball for which the sport is ironically named was the difference as Virginia Tech opened the football season suc cessfully Saturday sun baked wind blown Lane Stadium crowd of 30200 saw the Hok ies outgained offensively by visiting Richmond but Coach Bill team put its best feet forward in roll ing past the Spiders 28 12 Punter Bill Renner and place kicker Don Wade heretofore un knowns in ever deepening program allowed Tech to overcome a sluggish first half and withstand an other phenomenal rushing perfor mance by Spiders senior Barry Redden Redden who rushed for 233 yards in 18 7 upset of the Hokies at rainy City Stadium in Richmond last October got 223 yards on 32 carries Saturday in his final game against WVU beats Virginia Richmond 0 6 0 6 12 Virginia Toch 0 7 7 Shaw 31 pass from Casey (Wade kick) Scherer 31 pass from Krainock (kick failed) VT Lawrence6run (Wade kick) Casey 3 run (Wade kick) Lawrence 1 run (Wade kick) Redden 10 run (pass failed) A 30200 UR VT irst downs 22 17 Rushes yards 42 245 65 282 Passing yards 156 64 Return yards 20 8 Passes 10 28 1 4 11 0 Sacks by 3 28 Punts 7 28 7 42 umbles lost 1 1 1J Penalties yards 6 63 3 30 Time of Possession 2526 3434 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing Richmond Redden 32223 Kraln ock 9 19 Virginia Tech Lawrence 36 169 Jones 10 41 1 Passing Richmond Krainock 1028 1 156 Virginia Tech Casey 4 11 044 Receiving Richmond Scherer 4 94 Redden 2 17 Jackson 2 21 Virginia Tech Shaw 2 52 Tech Bui he was the only weapon for Coach Dal team 0 2 Because football coaches con stantly hunt that elusive perfection fe Ij wwf 4K a 4 Z' ''z jl 'Wjr Mr i I Staff pbolo by GENE DALTON Virginia Tech's Cyrus Lawrence brushes aside Mike London of Richmond on a day when he rushed for 169 yards Dooley found three errors in his spe cialty performance Shealy as fortunate spent more time on our kicking game this fall than at any time since been said the second year coach prac tice this week we kicked as well as we ever have but it doesn't count in While the Richmond hooters were having problems pass receiv ers performed as if they were trying to catch Steve passes with their feet Krainock the senior who threw for 191 yards in last opening setback at North Carolina State completed only 10 of 28 throws against Tech although Dooley felt Please see Tech Page 10 Cavs grounded By DOUG DOUGHTY Sportswriter CHARLOTTESVILLE All it took was 30 seconds Saturday and Vir ginia had experienced its first crisis of the 1981 football season Having failed to connect on three straight passes the Cavaliers gave freshman Jeff Walker the unenviable task of attempting his first college punt from the goal line Walker got the kick away but his low liner was returned 42 yards by West Steve Newberry al lowing the Mountaineer offense to drive just 10 yards for the first touch down of a 32 18 near rout 1 By halftime it was 21 3 and the Cavaliers needed a touchdown and two point conversion with two seconds left in the game to gain some measure of respectability would hope this would be the worst game we play all said Vir ginia coach Dick Bestwick say this was expected would be quite to the The reasons for the loss were apparent: They could not stop the combination of Oliver Luck to Darrell Miller and the UVa passing attack was largely ineffective In one of the worst statistical per formances of his career starting Vir ginia quarterback Todd Kirtley completed just 8 of 26 passes Reserve Gordie Whitehead was 7 for 10 on last touchdown drive but by then West Virginia was substituting freely One bright spot was the play of pre season All ACC tight end Kevin Riccio who caught two touchdown passes making a sensational lunging grab for first TD The two touch down passes were only one less than UVa threw all of the 1980 season but that was little consolation Asked to evaluate his play Kirtley said very good I hide the facts Mainly we get the ball in the end zone Please see UVa Page 10 West Virginia 14 7 6 32 Virginia 3 0 7 1 WVU Beck 3 run (Tercan kick) Morrison 38 Conwell 2 run (Tercan kick) Dixon 1 run (Tercan kick) Va Riccio 13 pass from Kirtley (Morrison kick) Tercan 31 Tercan 46 Safety Kirtley tackled In end zone by Murray Tercan 33 Riccio 3 pass from Whitehead (Sanford pass from Whitehead) 34007 irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Sacks by Punts umbles lost Penalties yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing West Virginia Beasley 12 73 Beck 2246 Virginia Goode 10 37 Walker 6 31 Passing West Virginia Luck 1326 0 211 Vlr glnla Kirtley 8 26 1 83 Whitehead 7 100 74 Receiving West Virginia Miller 8 141 Vir ginia Griggs 5 60 Riccio 3 41 Jenkins 3 1X Mer rick 2 28 wvu va 18 18 53 187 34120 211 157 65 33 13 27 0 15 36 1 3 12 04) 4 44 7 40 (M) 3 1 3 36 3 15 33:18 26:42 Austin wins women's title McEnroe Borg gain men's finals US Open) as an American But it didn't turn out that way Navratilova began the match as if she would crush Austin easily winning 10 of the first 11 points with her powerful serve and ac curate volleys thought she really had me after the first Austin said came on like gangbus ters She came out of the blocks really fast first set I was going really fast I was hitting extremely short I get a rhythm" But the teen ager from Rolling Hills Calif who said she was bothered by the wind and serve settled into her own rhythm and realized she was hitting short to backhand She fought back with her own game drill returned to the circuit in May But she skipped the rench Open the first of the Grand Slam tournament the following week before winning at Eastbourne England and reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon The McEnroe Gerulaitis match ended in controversy as winning cross court overhead landed on the sideline Gerulaitis dis agreed with the linesman and umpire and as McEnroe stood at the net ready to shake hands Gerulaitis was standing at the sideline pointing his racket to a spot just outside the court Gerulaitis then stormed the chair uttering profanities that were picked up by both the microphone and CBS micro phone which was broadcast nationally unfortunate to end a match like McEnroe said Please see Open tennis Page 9 ly passing Navratilova whenever the left hander ventured to the net Yet it came down to two tiebreakers a best of 12 points formula that would seem to favor the big server Austin made it her own territory captur ing the first 7 4 then sweeping to victory in the second 7 1 Navratilova double faulted on the final point you want something to happen so bad you freeze out Navratilova said I froze out there a couple points I tried so hard had a problem putting her away I guess I'm going to have to play better when victory was made sweeter since she had been sidelined for almost four months ing shot after shot from the baseline repeated earlier this year with a lower back injury She youngest singles champion in the history of premier tennis event think this means more io me than the first said Austin who received more than $60000 for the victory 16 everything came too fast I think I was too young to realize how important it The loss crushed the hopes of Navratilova who broke down and cried as she received a standing ovation at the awards ceremony im mediately following the match Navratilova who has won Wimbledon twice defected from her native Czechoslovakia following the 1975 US Operand became a na turalized US citizen earlier this year This was the first time she had reached the finals here tried too Navratilova said NEW YORK (AP) Tracy Austin over came swirling winds and Martina devastating serve and volley Saturday to win the US Open tennis championship She overcame all three with her patented baseline game to capture her second Open sin gles title 1 6 7 6 7 6 Defending champion John McEnroe the top seed outlasted No 15 Vitas Gerulaitis '5 7 6 3 6 2 4 6 6 3 and move into today final against second seeded Bjorn Borg of Sweden who beat No 4 Jimmy Connors 6 2 7 5 6 4 Borg appeared unbothered by a death threat According to an announcement from the press box at the National Tennis Center a man had telephoned the center threatening Borgs first title in 1979 made her the would have meant so much more to win it (the.