Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina • 6

Winston Salem Journal IRST EDITION MAKE OVER SECTION ilj Sports Sunday November 14 1982 Columns Scores Standings Newspaper Says Jordan Cleared CLEMSON SC (AP) The NCAA has cleared No 1 quarterback Homer Jordan of any wrongdoing in its investigation into recruiting violations and related matters at the school according to an Anderson SC newspaper The Anderson Independent Mail reported yesterday that sources close to the investigation also say the National Collegiate Athletic Association has ruled Jordan eligible to play for the remainder of the season Clemson President Bill Atchley had suspended the senior quarterback for one game earlier this season for what Atchley believed was a technical violation of NCAA rules The Greenville SC News said yesterday that an uniden tified source says Clemson will soon announce that it will be prevented from going to a postseason bowl game this year The source said the bowl hopes were eliminated by probation conditions reportedly imposed by the Atlantic Coast Conference Bowl bids cannot be made formally until Nov 20 although several bowls are reportedly interested in the llth ranked and defending national chajnpion figers 1 Atchley declined comment about the NCAA or the ACL findings or whether Clemson would be eligible to go to a bowl game this season However he did tell the Anderson newspaper that he has had several meetings wuh ACC officials (Hiring the few Maryland alls Short 24 22 Clinch Tie for ACC Title KINARD a Hatcher punted into a 25 mphwind hit it Hatcher said the wind turned the tip of the ball The result: A 4 yard punt that gave Mary land a first down at the Clemson 21 easy field goal range The fourth largest crowd (51750) whooped and danced Some fans threw or anges on the turf an overture to the Orange Bowl scout present But three plays later trying to recover ground lost on a holding penalty Maryland quarterback Boomer Esiason threw his 11th completion to tight end John Tice who grasped the ball momentarily before Clemson safety Terry Kinard stripped it from his hands tackled Kinard said when I brought my hands down I think he had i Cornerback Reggie Pleasant recovered the ball for the Tigers with 3:48 left Deflated turnovers There were some very critical plays that stifled us when we had the opportu nity to win All we have to do is hold on to the football and we have a shot at it The wind was a factor in the game but it was the same for both Clemson though used the wind to greater advantage The Tigers won the coin flip and chose to put the breeze at their backs rather than receive the opening kickoff first two punts against the wind traveled 36 and 22 yards and Clemson turned good field position into two touchdowns and an early 14 0 advantage Once the Terrapins got the wind Esiason and Willie Joyner carried them to their first touchdown scored by freshman Rick Badan jek on a fourth down run midway through the second quarter The score stood 14 7 at half time The Terps mangled two third quarter See Clemson Page D3 sion that the pass should have been ruled incomplete Said Tice: know if I held the ball or The Terps got one last chance from 60 yards away with 45 seconds left but Esiason was intercepted again thought they would ease up on us said Clemson coach Danny ord they never did When it was 24 7 1 thought we were in pretty good shape It was' the fourth quarter and I thought our defense was good enough to not give up that many points All of a sudden the momentum and the wind Clemson which blends a conservative of fense with a usually impeccable defense sur vived because it made few mistakes The Ti gers did not give up the ball on a fumble or pass interception Esiason was in tercepted twice and the Terps lost three fum bles Maryland coach Bobby Ross declared that the difference be said in one word By Lenox Rawlings Staff Reporter COLLEGE PARK Md On a blustery day of 4 yard punts and blown opportunities Clem son held on Maryland and clinched a tie for the ACC championship The Tigers winners of 11 straight league games will capture the title if they whip Wake orest in Japan Nov 27 or if Virginia upsets Maryland next week Marvland outpained Clem sonby 111 yards yesterday and stormed back from a 24 7 defi jss? cit in the fourth quarter' but the Terns could not push across the winning score despite a golden opportunity in the late going U7Uk klc loom nrflfontinff 9199 load and VT 1111 111O tvaill UlWVVWUg 1 less than five minutes to play Dale Maryland argued that Tice never had posses 7 7 1 1 Jackets Demolish litiil RABER Staff Photo by Tom Rogers Georgia Jim Bob Taylor lies in the Wake orest end zone as referee signals touchdown Winning Season Insured Wolfpack Storms Past Duke 21 16 non rnllin State 20 in the first half yet the Blue Devils after recovering an Avery fumble at the State UPI Telephoto NC Joe McIntosh finds his way around the end of defensive line 1 A I 71 ip on in the first half vet the Blue Devils could manage only a 10 0 halftime lead Place kicker John Tolish botched two field goal tries from 24 and 21 yards away and the field goal he did make came after the Blue Devils failed to convert a third and 2 at the Wolfpack 20 37 yard boot gave Duke a 3 0 lead and the Blue Devils later marche 83 yards to score on Greg 1 yard scamper around left end But considering that it had lost two fumbles and been outgained 246 yards to 163 State had to feel good about trailing by only 10 Alwin r4 iniarmiccinn nkanU We re a good enougn team umv wv mwiuu have won the ball said Chris Castor the Duke wide receiver played a lot better than we did in the second half but we take advantage of our opportunities in the first half what lost the ball The loss was a bitter one for Duke quarter back Ben Bennett who spent the day piling up a slew of ACC records The junior established five standards including most yards passing in a career (6255) and most yards passing in a season (2760) But the beginning of the end for Duke came early in the third quarter just when the Blue Devils appeared ready put the game away I 7 By Tucker Mitchell Staff Reporter CHAPEL HILL North Carolina shook off a bad case of late season depression and de feated Virginia 27 14 yesterday in Kenan Sta dium The Tar Heels were heavily favored over rebuilding Virginia a traditional ACC patsy But Carolina reeling from close losses to Maryland and Clemson the past two weeks pull away from the now 2 7 Cavaliers until the final quarter The longest field goal of Brooks career a 42 yarder three minutes into the fourth quarter pushed11 margin to 20 14 North defense which played a fine second half helped settle the issue on next possession Senior linebacker Chris Ward intercepted a Virginia pass giving UNC the ball on the Cavalier 28 Kelvin Bryant carried it four of five plays then scored on a 1 yard plunge to give Carolina a 27 14 lead Virginia never threatened after that as North Carolina grabbed its sixth victory in nine games hopes alive 16 7 Going for broke on first down Gary reder ick took a pitch from Bennett pulled up and heaved a halfback pass across the field toward Boone in the end zone Boone appeared open but the pass clear State defensive back Ken Loney who picked it off and ended the threat So instead of falling behind 17 0 State sud denly had the ball at the 20 trailing only 10 0 "If that play had worked it would have looked like a million said Duke coach Red Wilson "But the worst thing that could have happened happened "I had just turned around to (offensive co ordinator) Steve Spurrier and told him I hoped inforront Mavbe I have said anything Maybe I jinxed my own play nUv nmvod to hcthe snrlneboard for cArnndhnif mmeback rom the 20 the WnWnnrlr marrhnd R0 vards in 11 DlaVS for Andre 3 yard touchdown run The Wolfnack was twice faced with fourth nn thp drive at its 29 and at IIIJ UI1U OllUUVlVU HnVo it hut hnth times the State line UIG vunv 14) WM See Pack Page D2 ft Tar Heels Escape With 27 14 Victory and kept its post season bowl think anybody was particularly excited or very good out said UVa Coach George Welsh echoing a sentiment embodied by a mellow crowd said to be more than 49000 strong they were better than we we played about' the way we thought we said North Dick Crum "We knew coming off the two losses it would be difficult to get the team going and we as intense as we had hoped be We played well enough to win and about North defense spurred by Ward and William uller gets much of the cred it for the victory The Tar Heel defenders limited a respectable Virgin ia offense to just 171 total yards and allowed the Cava liers just one drive that con sumed more than four min utes Down the stretch when the Cavaliers might have sneaked past the mentally weary Tar Heels for an upset the UNC defense was unbending Vir ginia went 43 yards for its second touchdown on its first possession of the second half but after that North Carolina held the Cavaliers to one first down and minus 12 yards total offense the offense really moving that well so it got down to said Ward who had 15 tackles yesterday they score they Virginia added to its own misery by fumbling four snaps from center and falling down at crucial times made too many offensive mis said Welsh fum See Tar Heels Page D2 Key dets Blast Mountaineers Deacons By Mike Mulhern Staff Reporter A lot of things have happened since the last time Wake orest played Georgia Tech in football the Stock Market Crash of the Great Depression World War II But yester day the Yellow Jackets picked up right where their ancestors left off in 1921 clobbering the Deacons 45 7 The loss was Wake fifth in a row The victory gave Tech its first winning sea son since 1978 and probably ensured Coach Bill Curry another season at the helm was a very special game for us be cause we needed it to make a winning said Curry 2 19 1 in his first two years in Atlanta but now 6 4 and on a roll heading into the finale against top ranked Georgia I gave a game ball to Robert Lavette (his ace running back) and one to his offensive line and then the guys gave a game ball to me then Al (Groh coach) came over and gave me a game ball too got a lot of The loss was seventh of the year Unless the Deacs can upset Clemson two weeks from now in Tokyo team will finish the season 3 8 a step back from last 4 7 record just play said Groh whose defense has surrendered 25 touchdowns in the last four games Lavette ran for two touchdowns setting a school scoring record and rushed for 139 yards breaking the 1000 yard mark this year attack plowed for over 300 yards and Jim Bob Taylor bombed for another 200 yards as the Yellow Jackets controlled the game from start to finish Tech ran 30 more offen sive plays than the Deacons and held the ball for almost 40 of the 60 minutes on our way back to respectability and this game was for Coach Curry He has believed in us when things been like they are said Lavette whose perform ance was more a tribute to his offensive line than to his own power or moves had two good recruiting years back to back and I think going to be competitive with ev coaching staff had every play called Taylor declared our plays were working and Wake never had any good angles on us The downfield blocking was great and we just let Robert Tech which lost to Duke by 17 points two weeks ago and which barely beat Virginia last Saturday put more points on its half of the scoreboard yesterday than any Tech team has since 1966 In fact if tailback Lavette dropped an easy catch in the end zone near the end of the first half the Jackets would have' See Jackets Page D2 By Dan vonius Stall Reporter RALEIGH Storming back from a 10 0 halftime deficit that could have been much worse North Carolina State insured itself a winning season yesterday with an emotional 21 16 victory over Duke Wolfpack quarterback Tol Avery directed two long touchdown marches and the Wolf pack took advantage of a Blue Devil fumble to overtake the visitors in the second half The Pack now 6 4 with Miami (la) left to i A1J Uaia krton nlnvirw for the WinniRS season or it could have been playing for the pointe at job of embattled neaa coacn Asked about the latter possibility Kif fin said he hoped that the team had played only for itself haven't even said anything to the team about all said Kiffin referring to the rumors that his job was in jeopardy I hope they go out and win it for me I hope they won it for their or Duke now 5 5 with North Carolina left to play the game was a microcosm of the season The Blue Devils had their chances to pull off something big but squandered far too many opportunities our times Duke had the ball inside the 5 1 77 7 By Mary Garber Stall Reporter LEXINGTON Va Quarterback Kelly Raber scored two innnhdnwns and nassed for another to lead VMI to a 31 14 Southern Conference victory over Appalachian State yester dav The Keydets dominated the first half both offensively and defensively They led 21 0 at halftime They had 237 yards in total offense and held Appalachian State to 42 yards in total offense closest penetration in the first half was the VMI 34 just as tne nan enaeu The Mountaineers got their offense going in the second half to outscore the Keydets 14 10 but the margin was too big to overcome make a halftime said Coach Mike Working of Appalachian state let anv of the coach 1 es talk When the officials came to tell us it was time I told the players it you want to play go If you stay The Keydets combined a sound of fensive game directed by Raber who mixed his passing and running games well VMI had 149 vards passing and 183 yards rushing Raber had 148 yards passing and a touchdown He RMiohari fnr 9ft varrk and scored twice He used four running backs who were effective enough to gain 155 yards between them and lost only 8 yards The Keydets played an aggressive defense putting pressure on ASU quarterback Stan Goodson and blitzing frequently It was this aggression that helped Appalachian State to get its offense going in the second half Goodson took advantage of the charging defenders to use Alvin Parker on the draw and to throw sprint out passes Parker was the bright spot for the Apps He earned the ball 21 times for 114 yards surprised us with their defense said Parker We expected them to use a 52 which is what they have been using But they played an 84 It took us awhile to know what to do We See Keydets Page D2 'A5p7: v' 777 i 7' 7 5 y( If A '77777 7 1 '7 77:7 1 W' 7 777 A A Av 77 a 5 a 7 4 U' i' A 7 if i 4 i KU JI 11 Av Bl 4 BA Ik A A tMll Illi lllM i 7 4' IV san omk ma Kt A Ax Aaw WMVMMK 4 ffiKUUMUAOMfr 3Z8no8Kl2flB88SM8c8omP' lAss4tflWwwwnboooWly 'Mi i 7 vt I nJ 7 I 7 1 i A 1 WAR 1.