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Clemson Tops Wake State Whips Buffalo 1 Michigan Nips Duke SC Downs Carolina Gore Rips Deacs Tigs Win 23 6 BY SMITH BARRIER Executive Sports Editor CLEMSON STADIUM Clem son SC The Clemson Tigers deprived of their spiritual leader after the first four minutes and forced to adjust simply Gored 'the Wake orest Deacons to foot ball death here Saturday Coach rank Tigers defending the ACC champion ship watched in horror as Jim my Addison hobbled to the bench on the second series of plays He is the No 1 quarterback and straight A student But the Tigers overcame this sudden shock went into power runs which clobbered the Dea cons 23 6 before 36000 fans in perfect sunny weather The goring came from Buddy Gore who had been the confer rushing leader a year ago He was well on theway to a re peat claim as the Tigers opened i the 1967 season and Gore ran over through and between the Deacon tacklers Saturday There 1 was no stopping him So intense was the Gore performance with his constant flow of second ef forts that Deacon tacklers had to keep coming at him and thus they drew two piling on penalties which set up the 10 0 halftime score 1 Sophomore Charley Waters be came the relief quarterback and his performance was quite a re lief for Coach Howard and all Tigers His direction was able he carried the offense all on his own He passed only enough to confuse the Deacons (7 for 9 93 yards) Instead Wa ters kept sending Gore Jacky Jackson and Bo Ruffner into the outplayed Wake orest defense The Tigers rushed for 228 yards 122 of them by Gore on 22 car ries Gore scored twice Jackson once and sophomore Steedley Chandler kicked a 32 yard field goal Xi THE OPENING shock of los Ing Addison with an injured right knee (not supposed to be serious according to first post game re ports) gave the Deacons an early advantage but they were unable to capitalize They were down only 10 0 at halftime penalties being key plays in both scores Then on the fifth play of the Ste IT 1 St WlQgg JjSlp A 1 ksi I wKw wfeXs joddrecSml WiS WwKWwWw JU i v' I lit I Bh 't jy 'i 9r 'i 3 aift WwMO1 wKH aig'JteM gll Nc State 21 4 Buffalo Staff Photo By John Page Leon Mason Drags Buffalo Defenders On Way To Good Yardage Defenders Pace Pack To 24 6 BY BILL BODE Staff Sporti Writer CARTER STADIUM Raleigh BC is a headache remedy but it can also stand for a couple of Wolfpack defensive stalwarts (Dennis) Byrd and (Mark) Capu ano who gave Buffalo plenty of pain here Saturday The Wolfpack defenders proved to be a potent offensive weapon again and helped set up two of four scores in leading NC State past Buffalo 24 6 be fore 20200 fans here on this sun ny autumnfootball 'afternoon This was also the second straight win for the Wolfpack who beat Carolina 13 7 in the opener last week defense led by Byrd with assists from Capuano and the rest of the unit picked off four interceptions and recovered 1 two fumbles Byrd was magnificent for the State fans and this 6 4 260 pound All American defensive tackle could have blended in as the fifth member of the offensive backfield if it for his red and white duds Dennis seemed to sparkle most when Buffalo appeared ready to threaten on the scoreboard Byrd made a number of individual stops and pounced on the Buffalo backs like a big cat Six times he made individual tackles behind the line costing the Bulls 33 yards He also batted down sev eral passes LAST two scores coming in the second and third quarters were set up by the defense Reserve safety red Combs in terceped a Murtha pass at the (See Wolfpack: 6 Cd 4) Byrd Soars irst downs Rushing yardagg Passing yardage Passes Return yardage Punts umbles lost Yards penalized Buffalo6 224 155 14 25 4 122 6 36 2 50 Buffalo NC State Dannau 47 MS1 'rom (Warren kick) Wnrren 25 Barchuk 6 run (Wnrren Eafclk 6 rVn (Warren kick) Hall 28 run (Warren kick) MS1 from Mason (kick failed) Attendance 20200 second half Jim Johnson explod ed right up the middle broke into the open got a life saving block from Butch Henry coasted in for a 62 yard touchdown that astounded the home fans THIS MADE the score only 10 7 but Waters had matters in his own hands He directed an 80 yard drive from the kickoff then moved the Tigers 47 yards in the final quarter Gore scoring both Last 16 Seconds ield Goal Downs Duke 10 7 TD rm lally 'Such was the dominance of the (See Tigers: 4 Col 1) Deacs Gored irst downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Posses Punts umbles lost Yards penalized Wake orest Clemson 13 19 98 228 123 93 112 60 11 18 0 7 9 0 6 39 5 27 1 0 28 35 Wake orest 0 0 6 Clemson 0 10 7 Candler 32 Jackson 3 run (Candler kick) Johnson 62 run (kick failed) Gore 4 run (Candler kick) Gore 7 run (kick failed) Attendance 36000 BY DON DEVORE Staff Sports Writer MICHIGAN STADIUM Ann Arbor Mich A gallant and enterprising Duke defense ruined five genuine scoring bids by the Michigan Wolverines here Satur day but it cope with a sixth Controlling the tempo through out much of the second half Mi chigan finally drove in range for a 27 yard field goal with only 16 seconds to play and pulled out an image saving 10 7 victory Duke scored the second time it had the ball but its early superi ority on offense weakened steadi ly after that Michigan following quarter back Dick' excellent passing stormed for the tying touchdown in the third quarter and squandered two more scor ing chances before the last min ute breakthrough Andy Beath stopped two Michigan threats intercept ing one pass in the end zone and another on the Duke one 'The Blue Devil line squashed the other three coming close to pull ysSw '4'? 1 1 rl llaeuin XafeTorcsstf 6 AP Phot Buddy Gore inds Gaping Hole In Deacon Line ing off what would have been a highly satisfying' with the fa vored Wolverines rank Titas kicked the win ning field goal from the Michi gan 17 after a Vidmer to halfback Ron Johnson pass fooled wide defenders and gained 23 yards from the 33 putting the ball on the 10 RANK RYAN Duke's run ning star spoiled the early game pageantry for the 79492 gathered on a brilliant afternoon by run ning four yards around end for the Duke touchdown late in the first quarter Ryan carried five of the six (See Wolverines: 4 Col 2) By A Toe Duke Michigan irst dawns 15 20 Rushing yardage 133 136 Passing yardage 84 174 Return yardage 111 102 Passes 6 16 1 13 27 2 Punts 6 33 4 35 umbles lost 3 1 Yards penalized 30 Duke 7 0 0 0 7 Michigan 0 0 7 Rvon 6 run (Rlesenfleid kick) ch Sharpe 7 run (Titas kick) Mich Titas 27 Attendance 79492 Guilford 7 7 7 Elon 0 7 7 Story on Page 3 Georgia 7 6 0 17 30 Miss Stale 0 0 0 0 Story Page 5 Not Dame 7 17 10 7 11 California 0 0 0 8 8 Story Page 6 Houston 3 7 7 Mich State 0 7 0 7 Story Page 6 Va Tech 3 7 0 0 0 0 Story Page 6 Today Barrier Column Pag 2 Golf (DeVore) Page 9 Hockey (DeVore) Page II Motorsports (Einstein) Page 8 Outdoors (McDowell) page 0 Pro ootball (Warren) Page 9 Preps (Northington) Page 7 BIWfflllllIBWnilW Pennant Race At A Glance I iiWBMilMlMIIMI GAMES TODAY Detroit at Washington Chicago at Cleveland SCHEDULE At home (4) California 4 Sept 28 29 30 Oct 1 Away (3) Washington 1 Sept 24 New York 2 Sept 25 26 At home (4) New York 1 Sept 24 California 3 Sep 25 26 27 Away (2) Boston 2 Sept 30 Oct 1 (See Stories Page 2) New York at Minnesota I Boston at Baltimore REMAINING At home (3) Washington 3 Sept 29 30 Oct 1 Away (3) Cleveland 1 Sept 24 Kansas City 2 Sept 26 27 At home (4) Cleveland 2 Sept 26 27 Minnesota 2 Sent 30 Oct 1 Away (1) Baltimore Sept 24 New York 6 Minnesota 2 Baltimore 7 Boston 5 Chicago 8 Cleveland 0 Detroit No Game Won Lost Pct Behind To Play Minnesota 67 571 6 Detroit 88 67 568 7 Boston 89 68 567 '2 5 Chicago 88 68 564 1 6 4 RESULTS 16 10 ACC Win in ZLL Gamecocks Rally To Edge Tar Heels BY EARLE HELLEN Staff Sports Writer CAROLINA STADIUM Colum bia SC South Gamecocks led by a slashing fullback from Massachusetts Warren Muir and a sparkling homegrown quarterback Mike air of Greenville roared from a 7 3 half time deficit to take It was the largest non Clemson game crowd in the history of Carolina Stadium The triumph also was the first in ACC competition for the Gamecocks while Coach Bill Tar Heels suffered their second straight loop loss Once again it was a second half letdown that left the Tar Heels the end zone from four yards out with 10:40 to go in the period The six pointer put South Caro lina ahead 9 7 Ben Garnto got the second (See Gamecocks: 3 Col 4) On The Heels command in the third quarter as Coach Paul Birds de molished Tar Heels 16 10 It was the second straight home victory for the Game cocks who won only once in 1966 first season as head coach and a home crowd of 39135 roared its approval at the finish on the losing side They led NC State 7 3 a week ago but lost 13 7 in the final half Muir running like a wild horse from the Western plains ripped off 164 yards in 35 curries and scored the go ahead touchdown early in the third quarter The sophomore transfer from West Point carried three straight times from the 21 bouncing into I Caro Car irst downs 23 14 Rushing yardage 215 201 Passing yardage 155 73 Return yardage 86 122 Passing 11 21 2 8 13 0 Punts 3 384 3 344 umbles lost 1 3 Yards penalized 10 51 Carolina 0 3 13 0 16 Carolina 7 0 3 0 10 Dempsey 21 run (Martig kick) Poole 37 ru 1 Muir 3 run (kick failed) Garnto 1 run (Poole kick) Hartlg 24 Attendance 39135 iff III lAr I lOOtt 'ik 7 ktxi AP Photo Tar Tommy Dempsey Charges Into Line so.