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Sports OCTOBER 3 1976 Over Richmond lab Tom Rozantz Directs Missouri Hands UNC irst Loss Past VPI 27 15 again from over into Ga Tech Routs Hapless Virginia 35 14 Richards came after Steve At 1 7 14 5 52 erguson Newell Brothers irst Win or Kdets following a bad Maryland cen ter snap on a punt and then went ahead 9 6 on a one yard run by Serge after defensive end Phil DiGiacomo intercepted goal Then the next time VM1 got the ball Gibson broke through the middle and out raced the Paladin secondary on an 85 yard touchdown run urman dominated the first COLUMBIA Mo (AP) Curtis Brown shook loose from a pair of tacklers at the line of scrimmage bolted into the sec ondary and raced 52 yards for a Missouri touchdown Satur day sparking the Tigers to a 24 3 victory over North Caro lina Missouri ranked 12th in the nation throughly dominated the 14th ranked and previously un beaten Tar Heels rolling up more than 500 yards Substituting liberally as the temperature climbed into the 90s Missouri 3 1 clinched the decision with a 27 yard field goal by Tim Gibbons with three minutes and 50 seconds left for a 36 yard field goal from Andy Goss near the end of the first half The Paladins have now lost two in a row after win ning their first three games Prior to the fourth quarter VMI had only one scoring op portunity when Clark raced 33 yards to the urman 33 ear ly in the first period But the Keydets twice failed to pick up the one yard they needed for a first down and turned the ball over at the urman 24 rom that point until the fi nal two plays of the third quar ter the Keydets advanced no further than the urman 49 Before Goss put urman on the scoreboard with 1:38 re Art Gore With Dorsett bottled up Pitt stumbled around until late in the first period when Cav anaugh lobbbed a 66 yard bomb to Willie Tavlor tving the score 7 7 3970 2 4 0 8 37 4 2 541 irst downs Rushes vards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost PenaHies yards irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost Peneltiesyards Cavanaugh Cavanaugh Cavanaugh Cavanaugh irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost Penaltiesyards 13 43216 64 36 5 12 1 8 48 4 1 1(T86 MORGANTOWN WVa (AP) Bill McKenzie kicked a 45 yard field goal with just five seconds remaining Saturday afternoon to pull West Vir lethargic Mountaineers to a 96 college football victory over underdog Spi ders The game seemed destined for a 64 standoff after Rich Johnny Jones kicked two second half field goals to rally the Spiders to a tie But with 1:42 to go West Vir ginia defender Johnny Schell picked off a Larry Shaw pass and returned it to the Rich mond 42 to set up game winning kick On a crucial third down and ten play at the Richmond 42 West Virginia quarterhack Dan Kendra hooked up with tailback David Riley on a 15 yard com pletion to the 27 and three plays later McKenzie kicked his game winning field goal The 2 2 Mountaineers domi nated the game from all statis tical aspects but threw away nearly every scoring opportun ATLANTA (AP) Record breaking David Sims powered Georgia Tech's rediscovered ground attack by scoring a pair of touchdowns in a 35 14 college football victory over hapless Virginia Saturday night Sims rushed for 96 yards and scored on runs of six and 14 yards Eddie Lee Ivery slashed for 123 yards and a one yard scoring run and Bucky Sham burger added 64 yards in cluding a five yard TD run as Tech won its first game of the season Sophomore Reggie Jackson closed out Tech's scor ing with a 69 yard scamper with 4:21 left to play before Bridgewater scored in the final period on a one yard run by Tony Davenport The Tigers had 131 yards passing and 101 rushing as they handed Bridgewater its third straight defeat ANN ARBOR Mich (AP) ullback Rob Lytle scored two touchdowns and passed Tom Harmon on the all time Mich igan rushing list Saturday as the top ranked Wolverines blanked stubborn Wake orest 316 in intercollegiate football Lytle scored on a nine yard run in the second quarter and on a 25 yard burst in the final period as Michigan won its fourth game without a loss and dropped Wake orest to 2 3 be fore a crowd of Lytle rushed for 110 yards in 14 carries to give the senior 2 187 for his career to move him into fifth place ahead of fabled Harmon's 2134 The other Michigan touch BLACKSBURG Va (AP) Sophomore quarterhack Tom Rozantz picked Virginia Tech's defense apart and fullback Keith imian scored three touchdowns Saturday in Wil liam Mary's 27 15 college football victory over the Gob blers 'ff A partisan crowd of 35000 watched in awe as Rozantz ripped the highly regarded Tech defense on two scoring drives and took advantage of a fumble for another I reshman kicker Steve Li bassi added field goals of 34 Appalachian State Beats Carolina BOONE NC (AP) Milton Clark bolted up the middle for the last yard to conclude an 80 yard drive for a decisive fourth quarter touchdown on Satur day providing Appalachian State with a 24 17 victory over mountain rival Western Caro lina Clark's burst on second down and goal sent Appalachian State's record to 4 1 Western Carolina swallowed its second defeat in five games Western Carolina missed a chance to tie when it' Inst a fumble on the Appalachian 30 with 53 seconds to play West ern Carolina had driven from its own 16 after blocking a field goal: 37200 irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost Penalties yards 196567 Tech marched 80 yards in 18 plavs with the opening kickoff Quarterback Pete Woods who engineered Missouri's 22 21 upset of Ohio State in his first college game last week marched the Tigers 71 yards in 10 plays for a 76 lead in the first period Slotback Joe Stew art covered the final 11 yards on a reverse North Carolina recovered a Missouri fumble at the Tiger 16 moments later but had to be satisfied with Tom 23 yard field goal Missouri took a 14 3 halftime lead when Leo Lewis dashed 40 yards to the Tar Heel one with a punt and Woods dashed the end zone from there To Victims 22 3 GREENVILLE NC (AP) Mike Weaver gained 103 yards in 26 tries and scored two touchdowns to lead ssnbeaten East Carolina to a 22 3 victory over The Citadel in a Southern Conference football game Saturday night Weaver's play scarcely over shadowed Gerald Hall in the ECU defensive backfield He in tercepted two passes and re turned them a total of 61 yards returned two punts 68 yards and set up two ECU scores The Citadel scored first after TN rone Roper returned the opening kickoff 69 yards to the ECU 26 When the drive fal tered Paul Tanquay kicked a 37 yard field goal and 41 yards for the third triumph and a 3 1 record Virginia Tech is 2 2 The Indians who have only four seniors among their 22 starters scored midway the opening period when linebacker Jeff Hosmer recovered a Mitch Barnes fumble on the Tech 31 Seven plays later imian scored his first touchdown on a one yard blast off left tackle Lihassi kicked his first of three extra points The next score came in the second period when ia rnian drove Pittsburgh went on to win 44 31 (Photo by Bill Setliff) LEXINGTON Va: Tailback Andre Gibson scored Virginia first touch downs in 12 quarters and Craig Jones kicked a 38 yard field goal as the Kevdets exploded in the fourth quarter to upset ur three quarters but had to settle man University 17 3 in a ram soaked Southern Conference game Saturday The stunning outburst within a span of 5:26 gave VMI its first victory of the season after three losses bson broke the touchdown drought when he slanted three yards over left tackle with 1:26 gone in the fi nal period Hie score was set up a 32 yard pass from quarter back Robbie Clark to tailback Johnny Garnett who made a lunging catch at the urman seven Moments later Eric Red second fumble recovery of the day set up field VMI Quarterback Robbie Clark Dulpbus Carter (No 63) dove over line to stop the (No 11) could get only one yard as he tried run run (AP Wirephoto) around right end of line urman 18 52 155 0 14 22 3 5 35 0 0 541 52 202 339 19 14 170 243 43 634 26 30 239 20 13 26 2 549 the one to cap an 80 yard 12 play drive William Mary 7 7 10 Virginia Tech 0 7 0 imian 1 run (Libassi kick) imian 1 run (Libassi kick) oster 35 pass from Barnes (Engle kick) Libassi 34 imian 14 pass from Rozantz (Libassi kick) Libassi 41 Heath 4 run (Coles run) 35000 DORSETT ON THE MOVE back Panthers star to onlv 45 yards in the first half 'Tony Dorsett rushes tor a small gain in 'game against Duke defense held the Va Tech 21 59 197 111 103 9170 6 47 1 0 327 12 43 58 92 10 28 2 11 36 Wins 7 3 Against LEXINGTON Va (AP) Ted Hissey's five yard pass to Bill rear with 17 seconds left in the half Saturday gave Washington and Generals a 7 3 victory over Randolph Macon vellow Jackets in an Old Dominion Athletic Confer ence football game in a pouring rain The touchdown came one play after Jeff Slath coff recovered a fumbled punt at the Randolph Macon five Hissey then hit his tight end for the game's only touchdown Randolph Macon which had two scoring threats thrown hack in the second half at the 10 and 27 took advantage of a fumble for a 29 yard field goal by Bruce Kirk in the first period But the Yellow Jackets suf fering their third straight feat couldn't score again evefr though they ran off 47 plays in the second half to just 15 for the Generals now 1 2 Mike Woolfolk ran 36 times for 117 yards for the Yellow Jackets Hissey hit six of 14 passes for the Generals with Richard Wiles grabbing four for 46 yards 23 S6 235 156 169 10 24 3 643 4 4 555 pass from pass from 1 run (ass Dunn to 10 43 128 98 105 7 23 2 1043 2 I 335 22 63 222 61 18 2 5 1 235 2 2 555 Pitt 7 Duke 0 14 31 oore 4 run (usco kick) Taylor 66 pass from Cavanaughh (Long kick) Safety blocked punt out of en dzone Taylor 10 pass from (Long kick Corbett 27 pass from (Long kick) Jones 37 (long kick) Jones 24 (Long kick) Barney Dor anniH I i gi i i Dorsett 4 run (long kick) Wilhamson pass from Dunn tn the Maryland eight The Wildcats now 1 3" needed fourplays to score from there Villanova '9 0 0 Maryland 6 0 14 Richards 6 run (kick failed) Vi Safety Sochko tackled in end zone Serge 1 run (ernandez kick) Wilson 13 run (Sochko kick) White 48 pass from Manges (Sochko kick) 38131 Villanova Maryland 3 47 64 18 17 2 3 0 8 36 3 2 5 55 downs were scored by quarter back Rick Leach on a two yard run in the first quarter a 13 yarder by tailback Harlan Huckleby in the third and a 23 yard field goal by Bob Wood in the second period Michigan favored by as many as 40 points led only 176 at halftime and high pow ered offense never really got untracked The Demon Deacons intercepted three Leach passes including one by cornerback Don Smading in the fourth quarter Wake best scoring opportunity came in the first quarter when the Deacons had reached the Wolverine 30 only to have fullback Mark Cregar lose a fumble to Jerry Zuver The Wolverines then drove 70 yards in nine plays to get the TO run from Leach Wake orest Michigan 7 10 7 7 31 Leach 2 run (Wood kick) Lytle 9 run (Wood kick) Mich Wood 23 Huckleby 13 run (Wood kick) Lytle 25 run (Wood kick) 103241 Wakeorest Michigan iz 59 340 32 131 3 143 5 38 3 21 15 Conaty kicked the first of three field goals to tie the score and go ahead 9 3 with 4:08 left in the half The win 'gave ECU a 46 record overall and 26 in the conference The Citadel' is 2 2 West Virginia Wins Bout SETS IT TO William Mary quarterback with Virginia Tech Wilham Mary beat the Tom Rozantz (14) goes 5 yards to set up another Hokies 27 (AP Wirephoto) TO The Indians scored on the next play in game Keith imian Stars Top Ranked Michigan Blanks Deacons 31 0 SPARKED BLIE Mike Barney 33 14 Jeff Delaney Pitt monsterman Bameyscored around end for Duke yardage Saturday No two of Duke's IDs (Photos by Bill Setliff) Pi tt Struggles Past Duke 44 31 Kentucky Upends Penn State 22 6 LEXINGTON Kv (AP) Derrick Ramsey scored two SilTls pperf the drive with his touchdowns one on a 61 yard dash as Kentucky held 2fth ranked Penn State to oniy 61 yards rushing and upended the Nittany Lions 226 Saturday The defeat marked the first time since 1964 that Penn State had lost three games in a row Kentucky drove 59 yards in 13 plays following a fumble re covery by Rick Hayden for the Wildcats' first score: in the first period with Chris Hill carrying the final three yards umblitis hit Penn State in the third period giving Ken tucky a touchdown and a 33 vard field goal in a span of THE DANVILLE REGISTER ity with their own mistakes The Mountaineers gave up four fumbles and Kendra unable to find his receivers all afternoon had four passes intercepted West Virginia which had lost its last two games after defeat ing Villanova got on the score board first when they first got their hands on the ball McKenzie capped a 12 plav scoring series after the opening kickoff with a 26 yard field goal that made it 36 with 10:19 to go in the first quarter This field goal the first of three kicked by McKenzie stood up until the half as West Virginia dominated the play but had four first half turnovers which killed any scoring oppor tunities West Virginia 3 0 0 Richmond 0 0 6 WVU Mc Kenzie 26 Rich Jones 45 Rich Jones 27 WVU McKenzie 36 WVU McKenzie 45 A 30437 irst downs Pushesyards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles Lost Penalties yards Hampden Sydney 14 7 7 Bridgewater 0 0 0 erguson 5 run (Garner kick) erguson 21 run (Garner kick) HSC Ben Newell 48 pass from Bill Newell (Garner kick) Ben Newell 15 pass from Bill Newell (Garner kick) Br Davenport 1 run (pass failed) 300 Unbeaten ECU DURHAM NC (AP) With his powerful running game bog ged down by a determined iDuke Pittsburgh quar terback Matt Cavanaugh took Jto the air as the Panthers (struggled past Duke 44 31 in an lintersectional football game (Saturday afternoon star halfback Tony IDorsett was held to just 45 fyards rushing in the first half iand one touchdown in the throwing five touchdown uten the ball rolled Through (passes four of them in the sec en zone a ond and third periods Cavanaugh struck again on a I Dike opened the game with a 10 yard touchdown pass to Tay vard touchdown drive cap lor despite being tackled at tire ped by a four yard scamper bv time VMI Upsets urman 17 3 maining in the firsrhalf the Paladins were denied three scoring opportunities Goss had a 38 yard field goal try blocked in the first quarter quarter hack David Whitehurst had a pass intercepted early in the second period and tailback Har ry King fumbled the ball away at the VMI 3 After intermission urman turned the ball over on a bad pitchout in the third quarter and lost possession twice again on fumbles the last time at the VMI one yard line with 1:24 re maining in the game urman 0 3 0 Va Military 0 0 0 GOSS 36 Gibson 3 run (Jones kick) Jones 38 Gibson 85 run (Jones irtck) 3100 urman vmi 16 6 65 219 50 198 48 65 5 10 1 6 39 6 4 6 63 irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost Penalties yards INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Wake orest ZegtinsW 10 19 Evm 5 19 Cregar 6 14 McDougald 10 13 Michigan Lytle 14 110 Huckleby 15 89 Leach 13 52 Johnson 4 31 RECE IVLNG Wake orest Young 5 SO 39 Mdlner 2 33 Michigan Lytle 2 21 Smith 1 11 Wake orest McGlamry 10 26 2 92 yards McManus 0 20 0 Mich (gen Leach 314 1 32 six yard touchdown run Virginia fumbled three times deep in its own territory in the opening half but Tech coujd only capitalize once when line backer Lawton Hydrick recov ered a fumble on the Cavaliers 22 Shamburger went over from the five yard line five plays lat er to give Tech a 146 halftime edge Virginia Georgia Tech Tech Sims 6 run (Smith kick) Shamburger 5 run (Smith kick) Sims 14 run (Smith kick) Ivery 1 run (Smith kick) Va adden 13 pass from Hitt (Jenkins kick) Jackson 69 run (Smith kick) Grier 30 pass from Hitt (Jenkins kick) A 38119 Virginia Georgia Tech irst downs Cf 86 432: 44 43 4 60 Spark 28 6 Victory BRIDGEWATER Va(AP) Jimmy erguson ran for two touchdowns and Bill Newell hit twin brother Ben on two scor ing passes Saturday as Ham pden unbeaten Tigers trounced Eagles 286 in a rain soaked Old Do minion Athletic Conference football game The Tigers now 56 this sea son and winners of 10 in a row over the last two years limited the Eagles to seven yards rush ing and just 62 yards in the air as the two teams fumbled 13 times The Eagles had seven ooooies me ngers six ajj TL 1 Bridgewater fumbled three AUaS 1 fie vJtfldel times on punting attempts los ing 40 yards and the ball in the process erguson had touchdown runs Quarterback ot and 21 yards and the New ell twins combined on scoring strikes of 48 and 15 yards as the Tigers ran up a 286 lead Auburn Upsets Mississippi 10 0 JACKSON Miss (AP) Quarterback Phil Gargis sprint ed five yards for a last minute touchdown Saturday as Auburn upset 16th ranked Mississippi 106 in a Southeastern Confer ence football battle The touchdown set tip by a Rebel fumble at the Ole Miss 9 was more symbolic than deci sive Kicking specialist Neil 44 yard field goal A few moments later Pete ror Auoum in me urst quarter had already settled it The Rebels who vaulted to prominence with an upset over Alabama suffered an afternoon of frustration They moved the ball well at the outset but were stymied by penalties and mis overall and 1 1 in the confer takes ence In the second period Pitt got its act together and took con trol of the hall game An at tempted punt bv Duke's Bob Grunn was blocked and the Panthers moved ahead 9 7 run (Barney run) Terps Claim 20 9 Win Over Wildcats COIJEGE PARK Md (AP) alive by a fourth down running Seventh ranked Maryland play at the 15 stymied by bad wather and its The other score a six own turnovers punched out a yard run by wingback Dean 20 9 tootbail victory over villa nova Saturday scoring the kins ran the opening kickoff clinching points in their fourth back 59 yards consecutive victory on a 48 But Villanova scored a safety yard touchdown pass by Mark Manges The reception by wingback Chuck White came on only the fourth nass attemnt of the rainy afternoon by Manges and a Manges pass and returned it enabled the Terps to shake off the Wildcats who make a first down until three minutes remained in the third period Two plays after the first down however Villanova full back Tony Serge fumbled and Maryland's larry Seder recov ered to set up the final score The unbeaten Terps who trailed 9 6 at halftime went ahead midway through the third quarter on a 13 yard run by fullback Tim Wilson cli maxing a 57 yard drive kept Virginia 04 failed to mount an offensive drive until the fi nal quarter in dropping its 13th consecutive game The Cav aliers under new coach Dick Bestwick and assistant coach at Georgia Tech for nine years gained only 41 yards and twofirst downs in the first half The Cavaliers scored both of their touchdowns in the final 10 minutes on passes of 13 and 30 yards by quarterback Andy Hitt The first was to Tom ad den and the other to Andre Grier Sims a 218 pound senior from Decatur Ga who now has 1 778 rushing yards in three sea sons shattered the former school career rushing mark of 1743 set by Lenny Snow in Ru5hes v3rds Passing yaras Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost Penalties yards xi 4 J1 'Ji1 ir" 4 i i '4 Xi a i a' 4 p4y IX ifca jag 4 tai "SU jap TffwiMnfMf I "iMK 1 7 7: 7: MU 77 7 M11 7 1.