The Atlanta Journal from Atlanta, Georgia • 63

Atlanta fatmwl AND CONSTITUTION SUNDAY OCTOBER 2 1988 0 Syracuse Has Terps Under Control 20 9 HONDA Md Syr Sloppy Win 7 West Virginia The Associated Press PLUS TAX TAG TITLE Appalachian St Takes the Money And Runs Gamecocks Win 35 9 The Associated Press Carolina I I I LGSiasrfiitH Chevrolet SPECIAL: a a our most popular value wiin mis aci leg 249 95 NOW $1 9995 i i i plays later on third and nine from the Maryland 14 completed a 13 yard pass to tight end Pat Davis Plocki added a 45 yard field goal with no time left in the second quarter after Syracuse punter Coo per Gardiner kicked his second con secutive 17 yard punt The teams traded field goals in the third quarter with Greene hit ting a 32 yarder with 7:50 left and Plocki kicking another 27 yarder freshman Robert Brooks and a 19 yarder to Carl Platt The Mountaineers were not nearly as successful offensively They lost the ball on a fumble on their first play and were penalized for illegal motion on their second play On their sixth play pass bounced off Reggie Spruill and into safety Dale hands Campbell starting in his first game ran 37 yards for a touchdown to give the Gamecocks a 14 0 lead South Carolina went up 21 0 on second TD with 5:24 left in the half The score was set by Ste phane recovery of a fum ble by Nate Young at the Game 38 yard line Appalachian only first Presidential Paint Service Our most popular value with this ad West Virginia quarterback Major Harris is pursued by Virginia Tech linebacker Darwin Herdman dur ing the 22 10 victory ANNOUNCING DEMO SELL AT GOLDSMITH CHEVROLET THRU OCT 10 1988 OVER 30 DEMONSTRATORS MUST BE SOLD Drummond 1 run (Greene kick) Plocki 27 Owens 1 run (Greene kick) Plocki 45 Greene 32 Plocki 27 Greene 45 45197 RUSHING West Virginia Brown 23 191 Harris 14 55 Taylor 8 35 Johnson 9 29 Tyler 2 8 Rembert 1 (minus 5) Virginia Tech RaBrown 19 73 LSmith 3 17 Blacken 4 10 urrer 9 10 Bryant 3 0 Young 1 (minus 3) West Virginia Harris 12 21 2 205 Virginia Tech urrer 5 21 1 39 Roberts 1 1 5O Young 1 1 0 (minus 2) West Virginia LeMon 4 51 Rem bert 2 50 Phillips 2 24 Bell 1 31 Mitchell 1 27 Brawn 1 11 Winn 1 11 Virginia Tech LSmith 2 2 Richardson 1 50 Barefoot 1 13 McCall 1 11 Cullen 1 Blacken 1 3 1 Appalachian St Dawson 9 33 Mel chor 7 21 South Carolina Green 18 78 Bing 3 15 Appalachian St uller 16 33 1 168 Redding 3 7 2 39 South Carolina Ellis 19 34 3 205 DeMasi 1 1 0 6 Appalachian St Young 6 52 At kins 4 52 Wesley 3 56 South Carolina Platt 4 62 Brooks 4 48 Green 4 15 drive of their own on the next se ries and on the first play of the sec ond quarter Plocki kicked a 27 yard field goal to make the score 7 3 On the second scoring drive Owens ran in from the 1 yard line on fourth down after the Maryland defense had stopped first three running plays from the 1 Todd Philcox passed to Moore for a 52 vard gain on third and 13 from the Syracuse 33 and three with 3:28 left in the third quarter The Mountaineers closed within 21 9 with 7:02 left in the third peri od on 14 yard pass to a recovered it in the end zone That wide open Sam Wesley Nittmo missed the extra point But fumbled snap on the next possession ended an impres sive drive Dingle allowed Gamecocks fans to breathe easier when he scored with 6:56 left following a 32 yard punt return by Platt sec ond score with 4:45 to go came after Marty Dye recovered a uller fum ble at the 1 yard line In all the Mountaineers turned the ball over six times South Caro lina had four turnovers including three interceptions of Ellis who suffered his first interception of the year last week Ellis completed 19 of 34 passes for 205 yards while uller only a sophomore hit 16 of 33 passes for 168 yards and one TD Green led all runners with 78 yards South Carolina had 310 yards in total offense all but 99 through the air The Mountaineers managed just 33 yards rushing finishing with 240 yards offensively 1384 SOUTHLAKE PARKWAY 968 3100 last chance to get back into the game late in the final quarter ended when Syracuse line backer Terry Wooden intercepted Neil pass near midfield with just more than four minutes to go in the game The Syracuse de fense has not allowed a touchdown in 10 quarters Greene then sealed the victory with a 45 yard field goal with just under a minute left WVa Taylor 8 run (kick failed) Baumann 19 Baumann 37 Kinzer 28 Baumann 29 Jones recovers blocked punt in end zone (Kinzer kick) Brown 5 run (Baumann kick) 50231 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS yards as the Gamecocks raced to a 21 3 halftime lead en route to their 13th consecutive victory at Wil liams Brice Stadium Appalachian State had its prob lems offensively in the first half turning the ball over four times But no miscue was bigger than a fumble by quarterback Bobby uller in the fourth quarter Trailing 21 9 the Mountaineers drove from their 20 yard line to the 6 But uller fumbled the snap with 12:55 left on fourth and one to end the drive and his chances we had been able to score it would have boosted uller said think the final score is It was Dingle scored twice in the last seven minutes on a pair of 1 yard runs to seal the victory The Gamecocks went up 7 0 on their first possession driving 80 yards in 12 plays Todd Ellis com pleted five of six passes for 62 No 7 ranking pity the teams that are eighth ninth and 10th if we played like seventh Nehlen said we still won the game down here and down here not easy Not too many teams can play like we did and win so that says The Mountaineers went 5 0 as Craig Taylor and Anthony Brown ran for touchdowns and Charlie Baumann kicked three field goals in Lane Stadium Virginia Tech coach rank Beamer was pleased his Hokies (1 4) stayed so close defense really left it out there on the Beamer said was a magnificent effort We im proved as a football West Virginia lost the ball on Major two interceptions and four fumbles The Hokies whose lone turnover was an inter ception thrown by Will urrer were unable to capitalize on their oppo miscues urrer also suffered a groin injury in the 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period Bau mann added field goals of 19 and 37 yards as the Mountaineers built a 12 0 lead in the second quarter Baumann also kicked a 29 yard field goal in the third period West Virginia gave up two of its fumbles and Harris threw his two interceptions in the first half But Virginia Tech was able to capitalize only once with Chris 28 yard field goal that made the score 12 3 with 7:05 to play in the half A field trip can be a great learning experience and a whole lot of fun Especially on a Honda 70 easy to operate with features like a reliable 72cc four stroke engine with automatic clutch Sure stopping front and rear drum brakes And a throttle limiter so parents can adjust the speed to rider ability The our Trax 70 one field trip your youngster will want to take again and again reg998 mma $7QQ OUR 70 INkVV i'he Associated Press SYRACUSE NY Running backs Robert Drummond and Mi chael Owens each scored on 1 yard and Kevin Greene added two field goals as Syracuse beat Mary land 20 9 Saturday Greene also extended college longest streak of consecu tive conversion kicks making his only two attempts and pushing the string to 234 successful kicks The Orangemen (3 1) used a well executed ball control offense and made several key third down conversions throughout the college football game to keep drives going Dan Plocki kicked three field goals for the Terrapins (2 2) Syracuse put together two long scoring drives in the first half to take a 14 6 lead Tailback Drummond leaped from the 1 yard line with 5:08 left in the first quarter to complete an 81 yard 10 play drive that included a21 yard catch by Rob Moore on (thi rd and eight from the Orangemen 40 The Terrapins managed a long SC Green 3 run (Mackie kick) SC Campbell 37 interception return (Mackie kick) Green 5 ran (Mackie kick) Nittmo 44 Wesley 1 4 pass from uller (kick failed) Dingle 1 ran (Mackie kick) Dingle 1 run (Mackie kick) A 71380 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NORTH METRO MARIETTA 1350 Marietta Pky 421 1631 MEJ 3143 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with fumbles and inter offensive lineman Jay Killen said able to get the offense 1 Part of the reason for that was yards including a 21 yarder to the Gamecocks defense which has now given up just 29 points in five games coaches sure how the defense would come out and play free safety Ron Rabune said played well but I think a lot of room for Coach Joe Morrison could not agree more Morrison said his team did not live up to the expectations 5t set by beating then No 6 Georgia 23 10 a week ago 1 will need to learn from the films and we will need to do a bet ter job of meeting the standards and expectations that we have set for our football Morrison said a good win and take Running back Harold Green half points came on a 44 yard field scored two first half touchdowns goal by Bjorn Nittmo with 1:10 left in the second quarter Is it fc Jww jl' Illi ACC STANDINGS: Team All ACC Saturday Next Week Duke 5 0 1 0 Beat Vanderbilt 17 15 Qff Clemson 3 1 1 0 Did not play at Virginia Maryland 2 2 1 0 Lost to Syracuse 20 9 vs Georgia Tech NC State 3 1 2 1 Beat Georgia Tech 14 6 vs Tenn State Virginia 2 2 1 1 Did not play vs Clemson Carolina 0 4 0 0 Lost to Auburn 47 21 at Wake orest Wake orest 2 2 0 1 Did not play vs North Carolina Georgia Tech 1 3 0 3 Lost to NC State 14 6 at Maryland irst downs 16 21 Rushes yards 35 128 47 165 Passing 136 176 Return Yards 08 44 Comp Att Int 16 29 2 13 22 0 Punts 5 43 4 34 umbles Lost 0 0 3 0 Penalties Yards 6 49 2 10 Time of Possession 27:59 32:01 Maryland 0 6 3 Syracuse 7 7 3 WVa VaT irst downs 22 8 Rushes yards 57 313 39 107 Passing yards 205 87 Return yards 30 29 Passes 12 21 2 7 23 1 Punts 4 26 10 38 umbles lost 4 4 5 0 Penalties yards 13 107 5 39 Time of Possession 33:33 26:27 Virginia 9 3 3 7 22 Virginia Tech 0 3 7 App SC irst downs 17 16 Rushes yards 35 33 34 99 Passing yards 207 211 Return yards 61 125 Passes 19 40 3 20 35 3 Punts 8 39 7 38 umbles lost 7 3 1 1 Penalties yards 5 23 7 53 Time of Possession 31:46 28:14 Appalachian St 0 3 6 0 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