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SECTION LAST WEEK'S STARS Zapped Duke bedevils believing Cavs 2 Please see DUKE Page C2 Mid air collision KO PRO SUNDAY NEWS RECORD A TOP 25 MOORER GOES DOWN HORNETSJBLOW GAME OPEN IN SECOND HAL t4" Eric Hill LB for Arizona had eight solo tackles and an assist ing Virginia would be as difficult perhaps more so than trying to beat lorida State because the Cavaliers had dominated the Dev ils for more than 10 years Head coach red Goldsmith said he had to do a hard sell on the team to make them believe they could win Do you have a suggestion? Call sports editor Allen Johnson at 373 7062 Duke's Bernard Holsey has his jersey pulled by a UVa lineman as Holsey pressures QB Mike Groh By Gary McCann Staff Writer I DURHAM Duke silenced a bunch of I critics and im pressed a handful of bowl scouts Saturday in soldout Wallace Wade Stadium but perhaps the group the Blue Devils most impressed wore Virginia blue and white The Blue Devils passed off as some kind of fall fantasy by some folks north of the North Carolina border beat the 13th ranked team 28 25 ending a 5 game losing streak to the Cava liers With scouts from the iesta Hall of ame Independence and Peach bowls looking on the Dev ils punched their postseason ticket But with games against NC State and North Carolina remain ing the Blue Devils 5 1 in the ACC and 8 1 overall can now seri ously think about higher stakes like a second place finish in the ACC and a major bowl bid win says finally it should come as no surprise Some had suggested that beat GWe wanted to get one dimen sionalWe had to stop Sunday Nov 6 1994 In San 35 15 victory over Seattle MLB Junior Seau had six solo tackles and three 1 assists Aggies must heal before facing SCStteC2 Scott HoffmannNeus Record Duke lineman Chad Melita raises his arms to the heavens after Duke scores a touchdown on its way to a 28 25 victory over Virginia Saturday in Durham Les Herrin Clraucnn LB Bryce Paup had two interceptions for 37 yards and forced a fumble in Green easy Monday victory over Chicago The implications of the win had not yet hit quarterback Spence ischer who was the leader of what Goldsmith called great est been associated with Goldsmith called effort finest because it ischer hit 18 of 35 passes for 234 yards and one TD and ran for two other scores Most of all he kept his poise and he said the team from start to hit me ischer said it will tonight when I hit the bed The worst we can do is go to a bowl Saturday the Blue Devils fought off a shaky start came back from a 17 7 deficit and worked offen sive magic against one of the best defenses in the nation Duke scored on drives of 70 60 90 and 56 yards And the defense slapped down every challenge once Duke had the lead The game began looking a lot like last drubbing at lor ida State first three pos sessions were three downs and Buffalo LB Danyl Talley had eight tackles DE Bruce Smith four tackles a sack against KC Clemson 1 28 Carolina 17 SAN RAN AT WASHINGTON The 49ers are 6 2 and on a roll and looking ahead to their showdown next Sunday against Dallas That should be enough for the Redskins to make iOr about A tartar Thle cnrt of pro team does not look that far ahead Washington is unpredictable but naaaahhh By Larry Keech Staff Writer In the closing seconds before in termission Del State marched 77 yards on 11 plays before halfback abian Thorne scored on' a five yard run thought that was great be cause what it did was give us some Del State coach Bill Collick said got us out of some of that The Hornets took a 14 10 lead on their first possession of the sec ond half when senior split end Curtis Thomas pulled in a 62 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Dennis Jones On the previous play was flagged for a 15 yard face mask penalty after stuffing Del State on a third and long running play whole momentum Hayes said never slowed them down after NY GIANTS AT DALLAS To really make next date with San rancisco interesting the Cowboys have to shoot down the Giants and keep QB Troy head from oettino dinned anain Hey no problem here Jerry worford ivews Record Paul Alt (left) and Brad Kellum tangle In the Big South final won by UNCGC7 1 INSIDE Cleveland without Daugherty beats Charlotte without MoumingClO a North fans can can cel their holiday reservations in Atlanta There will be no Heritage Bowl Did tor the Aggies Delaware State saw to that Sat urday afternoon by rallying from a 10 point second quarter deficit to capture a 31 10 victory over in front of 3641 at Alumni Stadium The Aggies (6 4 3 2) needed a win to set up an all or nothing showdown against South Carolina State for the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference championship But the loss coupled with SC win over Howard left with nothing but What if the Aggies been wwvaxva MMMA stncken with so many injuries to a 10 0 lead went into the week looking But the bottom quickly fell out 1 Nebraska 45 Kansas 17 2 Penn State 35 Indiana 29 3 Auburn 38 East Carolina 21 4 lorida 55 Southern Mississippi 17 5 Miami 27 Syracuse 6 6 Alabama 35 LSU 17 7 Colorado 17 Oklahoma State 3 8 lorida State 41 Georgia Tech 10 9 Utah 21 New Mexico 23 11 Texas 34 Texas 10 12 Washington 28 Stanford 46 14 Colorado St Wyoming late 15 Kansas St 38 Iowa State 20 16 Washington St 10 No 22 USC 23 18 Arizona California late 20 Michigan 45 Purdue 23 21 Oregon 34 Arizona State 10 24 Mississippi St 17 Arkansas 7 25 Brigham Young 24 NE La 10 THE LATEST NHL LABOR UPDATES CALL INOLINE: 574 1000 EXT 1043 coach more like a MASH unit than a football team missing six starters tn injuries Three mnre Irav DOVER Del serves wideout Marvin Bagley arniino i a i st am i iim a a tttm wMiuimu (OnUUlUCl) IJLllCUldll JUHI1 hams (broken leg) and quarter back Kenny Thornton (flu) make the trip thought if we could somehow get out of here with a win take a week off go home and regroup get some folk back and have a chance to win the champi coach Bill Hayes said it in the cards We just have enough fire or the first third of the game hung with the Hornets Tight end Carlos Baldwin caught a 10 yard touchdown pass from Maseo Bolin and freshman kicker Luther Leak booted a 20 yard field goal in the second quarter to stake CHAPEL HILL Les Herrin who once coached North defen sive line and now holds the same position at Clemson offered a simple explanation for the 28 17 upset of the Tar Heels Saturday wanted to get one Herrin said had to stop the run and make With the help of an early touchdown and five field goals by Nelson Welch the talented experienced Tiger defense did just that In the process it exposed Carolina as a football team that is not completely comfortable with its passing game and not an effec tive come from behind team The outcome left the Heels struggling for yet another secondary bowl berth with records of 6 3 overall and 3 3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play Clemson which entered the game as a 12 point underdog is adapting to the role of a late season spoiler with records of 4 5 overall and 3 4 in the ACC In winning the Tigers avenged a 24 0 shutout at Kenan Stadium last season and underscored their iden tity as perennial neme sis The Tar Heels have not beaten Clemson two years in a row since 1972 and have won only four of the last 21 renewals of the series Clemson seized the advantage on its very first possession after cor nerback Dexter inter ception of a Jason Stanicek nrnvided the Ticrprs with favnrahlp field position at its own 45 yard defensive line linn Tiirn ninon Iaam iiAiv live piayo idLCJL ldllbUIl shocked defense when re ceiver Marcus Hinton slipped behind the Tar Heel secondary along the sideline and caught a 42 yard pass from freshman quarterback Nealon Greene The pass play carried to the Carolina one and set up the first of two touchdowns by freshman tailback Lamont Pegues of Thomasville Pegues carried 20 times for 76 yards mostly between the tackles to lead a Clemson ground game that finished with 162 net yards on 59 rushes to 11 yards on just 30 carries The Tigers controlled the ball for 34:09 to Caroli 25:51 Welch connected on field goals of 3437 47 34 and 20 yards to break the school career scoring record of 288 points held by Obed Ariri since 1980 4 orced to pass to try and catch up Carolina lost Stanicek with a sprained ankle near the end of the first half Between them Thomas and Stanicek com pleted 18 of 35 passes for 247 yards but their two TDs were offset by a couple of costly interceptions Lamont Pegues comes home to lead ClemsonC2 HC Schedule News Record picks in bold Last week: 9 3: 69 43 Chicago at Tampa Bay 1 Detroit at Green Bay 1 Indianapolis at Miami 1pm New Orleans at Minnesota 1 pm Pittsburgh at Houston 1 San Diego at Atlanta 1 pm San rancisco at Washington 1 New England at Cleveland 4 pm Arizona at Philadelphia 4 pm Buffalo at New York Jets 4 pm Lzincinnaii at beanie 4 pm Denver at Los Angeles Rams 4 pm Los Angeles Raiders at Kansas City 8 pm Monday Game New York Giants at Dallas 9 pm Television Games 1 Indianapolis at Miami 10 12 28 1 San rancisco at Washington 45 48 4 Buffalo at NY Jets 10 12 4 New England at Cleveland 28 8 LA Raiders at Kansas City ESPN Monqay pm ureen Bav at Ch cann 8 11 one for the aged fc George oreman became the oldest heavy 'weight champion ever with a knockout of Mi chael Moorer By Robert Seltzer Knight Ridder News Service I LAS VEGAS Almost 30 minutes into a horrible Seating with his breath gone and his power about to follow George oreman landed what may become the famous combination in boxing history Two punches a left jab followed by a chopping right both of them short and sweet and punishing And both landing on the jaw of a man on the verge ofhis first successful title defense oreman knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10thround of a scheduled 12 round fight Saturday night at The MGM Grand becoming the oldest heavyweight Ichampion in boxing history The 45 year old did it to a guy 19 years younger a guy who had fought a smart fight for about 29 minutes Please see IGHT Page C6 Del State flattens Aggies By Charlie Atkinson Staff Writer SAN DIEGO AT ATLANTA This is exactly the sort of game the A I A A A A AMA A I 1 1 aiuuns cue nui supposed to win so the Chargers have some tough work aneaa it Atlanta is to make the be enougl playoffs it must win some games like it close fc uiis in me nexi rew weeKS Jen George and Company could make mis inieresiing BUALO AT NY JETS the Jets hand the Bills their helmets in the first week of the season? That figure to happen again Buffalo wants to stay within hailing distance of Miami in the AC East and should do it if Thurman Thomas lose his helmet 5 r'? I game plan cancels Heels 71? v5'' Ji I UU VI UM II I aII Ur IL 'if 'A' wW i 7 I a vva fc 22: 7'7'i i VAZ? I Uh jKLanfJi jSraSjir bewki i i 5 1 I I I i 1 1 I I I I i in II 'i Clemson 728 Carolina 17 TOP 25 i MOORER GOES DOWN 1.