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Call sports editor Allen Johnson at 373 7062 Dan Marino has 12 TD passes on 92 for 1 52 passing Sunday October 2 1994 San rancisco receiver Jerry Rice has 28 catches for 457 yards and 5 touchdowns Atlanta QB Jeff George has completed 109 passes in 155 attempts for 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions Indianapolis rookie Marshall aulk has rushed for 369 yards on 78 carries and has scored 4 TDs BUALO AT CHICAGO The Bills have a lot of niggling injuries Ex NC State QB Erik Kramer is questionable for the Bears Buffalo has a tough time against NC teams (re the last four Super Bowls) but this is one of those games where 80 zillion people watching Detroit RB Barry Sanders has rushed 97 times for 461 yards and 2 touchdowns MIAMI AT CINCINNATI Miami had a runnina aame at the beginning of the season i erry Kirby went down last week Now the Dolphins have QB Dan Marino and that should be enouqh aoainst Don team ATLANTA AT LA RAMS The alcons whipped the Redskins the 7 point spread notwithstanding LA was flukish against Kansas City Right now with Jeff George Atlanta looks like an upwardly mobile football team Schedule News Record flicks in boldsrs Last week 7 5: Season: 33 21 Dallas at Washington 1 pm Detroit at Tampa Bay 1 pm Green Bay at New England 1 NY Jets at Cleveland 1 Seattle at Indianapolis 1 Atlanta at LA Rams 4 pm Buffalo at Chicago 4 pm Minnesota at Arizona 4 pm NY Giants at New Orleans 4 om Philadelphia at San rancisco 4 pm Miami at Cincinnati 8 pm Denver Kansas City LA Raiders San Diego Monday Game Houston at Pittsburgh 9 pm Television Games 1 pm Dallas at Washington ox 4 pm Buffalo at Chicago 10 12 28 4 pm Philadelphia at San rancisco ox 8 pm Miami at Cincinnati TNT 8pm Chicago at NY Jets TNT Monday 9 pm Denver at Buffalo 8 1 1 INSIDE: State could crown eight high school football champions in 1995C8 MARQUEE MATCHUPS DALLAS AT WASHINGTON i Of course these teams always split their season series they? If you have a nice house bet it on the Redskins The Cowboys will try to make themselves believe that farce against the Lions happen Heath Shuler gets his first start in vvasnmgion SUNDAY'S TIPO ift 1 Bi VANTAGE LEADER BOARD Jim Dent Isao Aoki j67lMlol WANT TO GO? Tee times for today's second round of the Vantage Championship run from 10:05 am to 2:15 pm today Admission is $16 Gilbert Dent set Vantage pace Jim Dent leads the Vantage Champi onship heading into the final round but hopes to improve on past finishes By Helen Ross Staff Writer CLEMMONS Jim goal in final round of the Vantage Championship is simple just want to shoot one stroke less than everybody else and be he said But happiness has been an elusive emotion for Dent where the Vantage is concerned He has finished second twice and third once in the three tournaments played at Tanglewood Dent put himself in position to improve his Sunday disposition though with a second round 66 that left him tied for the lead at 12 under par 132 He and Larry Gilbert have a two shot advantage on a tightly bunched field A total of nine players will start action within four very makeable shots of the lead Championship course was at its most docile again Saturday yielding 306 birdies 11 eagles and an average score of 70744 Ray loyd made the biggest move shooting a 64 that included a double bogey to vault into a tie with five others at 10 under par Also at 134 are Mike Hill Bob Charles Dave Eichelberger and Isao Aoki winner of the last two Senior PGA Tour events loyd and Charles would have made an in credible best ball team Saturday Charles shot a 29 on the front side en route to a 65 while loyd closed with a 30 Jimmy Powell was alone at 9 under par after a 66 while Tom Wargo JC Snead and Bob Murphy were tied at 136 Dave Stockton the Please see VANTAGE Page C9 Vantage notebookC9 List of scoresClO Jim Dent watches a chip shot go in for par Saturday in Clemmons Chuck BurtonThe Associated Press 7 i I AT ONE POINT 26 CONSECUTIVE RUSHES Wolfpack runs down ackets By Gary McCann Staff Writer RALEIGH NC football team learned a lot about itself Sat urday but fortunately the experi ence ended with a 21 13 Atlantic Coast Conference win over Georgia Tech The 18th ranked Wolfpack 2 0 in the ACC 4 0 overall found out what would happen if they start the game on the right foot They found what would happen if starting quarterback Tim Harvey play while wearing a protective shield to cover a broken cheek bone They found what they could do if they simply played power football and ran ran ran Most of all they found how the defense would react in the clutch And on the other side of the field the Yellow Jackets (0 2 1 3) learned once again that turn overs are deadly glad this one is behind Mike said was scared to death (of Tech) They showed what kind of potential they have our defense played well Our running backs ran hard and held on to the football We knew we had to control the ball and keep it out of hands They are very But once again explosion resulted in its offense and chances of winning going up in smoke Tech which has lost nine fumbles and thrown five interceptions for the season lost a key fumble and an interception to start the second half and saw their chances of perhaps tying the game late in the fourth period get gobbled up by State cornerback William Strong With State ahead 21 13 Tech got the ball at its own 43 with 3:31 left Tommy Luginbill passed 29 and 22 yards to Harvey Middleton to give Tech a first and goal at the State 3 before an illegal procedure call pushed the ball to the 8 secondary took turns beating back the TD Ed Gallon knocked down a corner pass in tended for Derrick Steagall Kenny Harris and Allen Johnson double teamed Cedric Zachery in the other corner Zachery caught the ball but landed out of bounds Tech then came back witfi the same play a fade pattern to Middleton but Strong intercepted in the end zone A split second late and Strong make the play can read the shoulders or eyes Please see STATE Page C6 Georgia Tech quarterback Donnie Davis disappointed but not finished yetC6 NC State 21 Ga Tech :13 Joseph RodriguezNews Record fr 4 I Wolf pack quarterback Geoff Bender (12) runs into the end zone on a draw play late in the second quarter to score a touchdown The score helped shift the momentum in favor of NC State WIN WITH 15 SECONDS LET NC victoiys a classic BY CHARLIE ATKINSON Staff Writer INDIANAPOLIS Boston College and Colorado have their Hail Mary plays North Carolina has Maseo Bolin and Cedric Combo The two hooked up on a 15 yard touchdown pass with 15 seconds left and Luther Leak added the extra point to give underdog an improbable 22 21 win over Southern University Saturday in what will be remem bered as the most exciting finish in the 11 year history of the Circle City Classic An RCA Dome crowd of 61863 turned out to see the clash between the No 1 ranked black college and a 2 2 team that was in danger of falling below500 for the first time since 1989 After battling to a 7 7 tie at intermission the lead changed hands three times in the final four minutes Bolin and company finally settled it in the final 1:15 when he engineered a six play 71 yard drive that ended when Combo a sophomore from Greensboro pulled in a frantic pass from Bolin at the goal line remember what play we had called but I saw Cedric pop Bolin said I almost get it Combo was immediately swarmed by happy team mates The winning TD was set up by a spectacular 25 yard reception by Brian Rodman at the 20 After ward Aggie coach Bill Hayes called it the most exciting win of his career is my 28th or 29th year of coaching and without a doubt (is) probably the best feeling ever Hayes said as Aggie alumnus Jesse Jackson looked on during the postgame press conference was rated so highly We had injuries our of my best players stayed at home and we really looked bleak Nobody thought we could win But I kept telling our players all week that we could win The guys showed a gallant effort and played with a whole lot of Heroes plentifulCG Game StatisticsClO NC 22 Southern 21 BLUE DEVILS GET BREAKS Duke rolls over Navy By Larry Keech Staff Writer ANNAPOLIS Md When hot hot And when not not That was as good an explanation as any for the ease with which unbeaten Duke dis patched a stubborn but winless Navy football team 47 14 on a cloudless Saturday afternoon of these games are tougher than they seem when said red Gold smith who became the first head coach ever to win his first five games at Duke kind of amazing to win by that kind of score But we got the breaks when we needed them and we took advantage of It was in other words the kind of game that recent Duke teams were not used to winning before arrival Although Navy had suffered lopsided de feats in its first three games the Midshipmen came prepared to slow running game and Robert Baldwin the Atlantic Coast Con leading rusher But with eight defenders near the line of scrimmage Navy left itself vulnerable to the passing of veteran Duke quarterback Spence ischer ischer proceeded to pick apart the Middies with 23 completions in 27 pass at tempts for 286 yards and two touchdowns Nonetheless the Blue Devils needed the help of some timely calls to take a 19 7 halftime lead that set the stage for a dominating performance by ischer Baldwin Co in the second half Three of four first half scoring drives were aided by costly penalties against Navy The Blue Devils dominated the second half as Baldwin and line wore down the tiring Middies He finished with 24 carries for 117 yards and four pass receptions for 38 more Duke QB shinesC5 Game StatisticsClO Duke 47 Navy 14 SCOREBOARD AREASTATE Carolina 31 Miss 10 NC Central 38 Elizabeth City 26 Guilford 34 Davidsoni4 Western Carolina 35 urman 24 ACC No 18 UNC 28 SMU 24 Wake 33 Army 27 Clemson 13 Maryland 0 Virginia 37 William Mary 3 TOP 25 1 lorida 38 Mississippi 1 4 2 Nebraska 42 Wyoming 32 3 lorida State idle 4 Penn State 48 Temple 21 5 Colorado 34 (16) Texas 31 6 Arizona ys Oregon State late 7 Michigan 29 Iowa 14 8 Notre Dame 34 Stanford 15 9 Auburn 41 Kentucky 14 (Th) 10 Texas 23 Texas Tech 17 11 Alabama 29 Georgia 28 12 Washington 37 UCLA 10 13 Miami 24 Rutgers 3 14 Virginia Tech 20 Syracuse 28 15 Wisconsin 10 Michigan St 2S 17 Wash St 9 Tennessee 17 1 9 Southern Cal 7 Oregon 22 20 Ohio State 1 7 Northwestern 1 21 Oklahoma 34 Iowa State 6 23 Kansas State idle 24 Colo St 38 New Mexico 31 25 Illinois 16 Purdue 22 COLLEGE SCORESHIGHLIGHTS C2 C6 rnf I it pl Sw' REBOUNDING ROM LOSS: Tar Heel quarterback Jason Stanicek (9) runs upfield for yardage against SMU Saturday No 9 UNC won 28 24 OR THE UIEST MOTOR SPORTS NEWS CALL 574 1000 ext 1031 i zX i 1 it WIN WITH 15 SECONDS LET NC State 21 Ga Tech :13 NC 22 Southern 21 SCOREBOARD Duke 47 Navy 14 Cl 1.