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lofenft ill or nin Section SUNDAY OCTOBER 29 1978 1 Sports Covering the World of Sports for 50 Years Tigers Rout Pack 33 10 By GLENN STEPHENS Associated Press Writer RALEIGH NC (AP) Lester Brown ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns and Rx Varn returned a pass interception 94 yards for another score Saturday to spark 20th ranked Clem son to a 33 10 Atlantic Coast Conference victory over North Carolina State 2 The rugged defense kept the NC State attack bottl ed up most of the afternoon as scouts from the Gator Liberty Peach Tangerine and Hall of ame bowls watched the Regionally televised game Lester Brown a 175 pound junior tallied on runs of one yard in the second period and 11 yards in the third quarter With Clemson leading 23 3 in the final period Varn picked of a pass by Wolfpack quarterback Scott Smith at the Clemson six and raced 94 yards down the right sideline to score The victory raised Clemson's record to 6 1 overall and 3 0 the ACC leaving the Tigers a half game behind Maryland which is 4 0 in the conference The Wolfpack is 5 2 overall and 2 2 in the ACC Clemson dominated the first half allowing the Wolfpack only one first down in the opening period The Tigers scored on their first possession marching from their 47 to the NC State 10 before bogging down Obed Arin hit a 27 yard field goal to make the score 3 0 less than five minutes into the game 1 Clemson threatened two more times in the first quarter but NC Ronnie Lee intercepted a pass by quarterback Steve uller at the Wolfpack 34 and Ray Harris blocked a 45yard field goal attempt by Ariri The Tigers then put together a 65 yard drive for the first touchdown uller completed passes of 10 yards toDwight Clark and 15 yards to Jerry Butler before Lester Brown broke a 24 yard gainer to the one then dived over for the score See CLEMSON Page 5C (AP) irk Ww sfe 'W i tM iSto atei Ijf CLEMSON STRONGMAN RICHTUTEN (51) MAKESTACKLE On Ted Brown Who Gained Just 70 Yards LESTER BUBBA MAKE ANS ORGET ORANGE Tigers Turning Brown? By JIM MCLAURIN Morning News Sports Writer RALEIGH NC Next to orange Clem son University coach Charlie favorite color has to be brown Brown for Clemson tailback Lester Brown who rushed for 117 yards in 26 carries and two touchdowns and Brown for Tiger linebacker Bubba Brown who spearheaded a super Clemson defensive effort with 17 unassisted tackles These two players who added a brownish tinge to the Tiger Orange were well reward ed for their output with the Chevrolet Offen sive and Defensive Players of the Game awards and a 33 10 victory for Clemson in the regionally televised contest at Carter Stadium Pell was quick to point out that in spite of the great Brown effort the victory belonged to the team: is the greatest team effort I've ever been associated with since I first put on a football uniform back in 1958 and that covers a lot of great games and some great the Clemson mentor said in a post game interview players prepared hard all week for this game and this afternoon we mashed together for 60 Clemson indeed put it all together as they rushed for 147 yards and passed for 118 while holding NC State to a net total of 206 yards and shutting down the volatile Heisman Trophy candidate Ted Brown to a net 70 yards for his work own Heisman nominee senior quarterback Steve uller had a little better time of it completing 10 of 20 passes for 118 yards rushing for 17 yards in 7 carries and directing the Tiger attack to the win Praising performance Pell said: played this afternoon with only one practice (A minor ankle injury against last opponent Duke kept uller from going full speed during the week) What you saw out there this afternoon was talent not Commenting on the team effort: saw our offensive line come off the ball they ran the ball on a strong State defense The offense kept coming up with the big play The defense did a great job on Ted Brown a great back and it took a great effort to stop him were a lot of great plays today big plays and to single out any one or two players be fair because it was all team today They talked about playing together all week and I think it all came together today at 1:50 were several big turning points in the game but I think that Rex in terception (Yarn intercepted a Scotth Smith pass at the Clemson six and raced 94 yards for a Tiger touchdown as the fourth quarter got under way) really mailed the coffin lid down we happened to catch State after their emotional victory last week (34 7 over rival North Carolina) and I think that helped us They have a great football About his Tigers' performance Pell said: "If I could describe a reason they played so well this afternoon they just did The game plan devised by our coaches was just out of sight The players worked extremely hard to get their assignments down getting their keys and everything it took and they ex ecuted well I can't imagine a victory being more important to Clemson football than the one that occured this The win along with a 27 0 victory for See BROWN Page 5C LATE RALLY ALLS SHORT USC 24 22 10 hit (AP) See GAMECOCKS Page 5C I i on the first play of the second quarter The next two scor ing bombs went to teetch and covered 13 and 14 yards respectively record St won the game 44 0 as Macalester fans chanted Number (AP) TAR BOB LOOMIS GRABS PASS Loomis Caught 2 TD Passes in Game 13 00 218 079 137 10 03 1 A RECORD LOSS Macalester College coach Clint Ewald joined some players on the bench as he watch ed his team lose its 40th consecutive game an NCAA 14 39 165 155 5 19 9 3 6 4 00 2 19 irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yards PassesPunts umbles lost Penalties yards 7 14 0 3 246 0 0 16 22 from Sharpe Harper tkick Sharpe (Hayes Sharpe (Hayes pass from from from (run kick) from kick) ped first drive and took over on its 33 Mar shall then drove to the ur man 29 where on the first down tailback Tim Campbell smashed into the line and fumbled urman recovered and drove for the touedown with tailback Mark Stowers scor ing from the five The long play on the drive was a 24 yard pass from Henderson to split end Greg Laetch Hendrson then passed for touchdowns on next three possessions He hit tight end Brette HUNTINGTON 'WVa' (AP) Quarterback David Henderson passed for three touchdowns here Saturday as urman whipped Mar shall 42 12 in a Southern Con fercnce football game and handed the Herd its seventh straight defeat urman Wallops Marshall 42 12 urman 721707 42 Marshall 12 Mark Stowers 5 yd run (Keith Pot ter kick) Brette Simmons 14 yd pass from David Henderson (Potter Kick) Greg Laetsch 64 yd pass from Da vid Henderson (Potter kick) Greg Laetsch 14 yd pass from Da via Henderson (roner kick) MU Damy Wright yd run falted) Jimmy Kiser 2 yd run (Potter MU Todd Ellwood 29 yd pass Danny Wright (run faded) ru KiLLy neu a yu tun irvnvi irst downs Rushes yards Passing yards Return yaras Passes Punts umbles lost Penatlies yards A junior Ga Henderson repeatedly threatened the Marshall Simmons with an 18 yarder secondary He finished the afternoon with 15 comple tions in 20 attempts good for 276 yards At one stage he completed 12 in a row a urman record The victory was the fifth against losses with a 2 1 conference mark Marshall which fell to 1 7 on the season and 0 5 in the conference was in the game only for the first four minutes i ne i nunaering Herd slop Sharpe a 6 0 185 pounder from Burlington NC tighthend Bob Loomis for a pair and running back Doug Paschal for another as the underdog Tarheels built an early lead only to have to hold off a Gamecock charge engineered by quarterback Skip Ramsey Trailing 24 6 with 13:32 to play in the game Ramsey came off of the bench and found flanker Tim Gillespie with a 52 yard touchdown pass Ramsey then hit tightend Willie Scott for the two point con version pass and suddenly the Gamecocks were back in the game at 24 14 The Gamecocks stopped the Tarheels on four plays on the following kickoff and North Carolina was forced to punt Steve Streater punted for the Tarheels and Horace Smith called for a fair catch at the Gamecock 35 North Carolina was called for a personal fotil on the catch and Carolina had the ball at the midfield stripe After runningback Johnnie Wright who had 112 yards rushing on 20 attempts carried into a pile of Tarheel defenders Ramsey dropped back and hurled a perfect toss to Smith down the sidelines for a 49 yard touchdown romp Ramsey hit Zion McKinney for the two point conversion to Carolina Carolina NC Paschal (Haves kick) Scott 7 pass faded) NC Loomis 8 pass kick) NC Loomis 1 pass kick) NC Haves 24 Gillespie 52 pass from Ramsey (Scott pass from Ramsey) Smith 49 pass from Ramsey (McKinney pass from Ramsey) 55104 put the Gamecocks very much back in the game with 8:18 re maining The Gamecocks obviously had the momentum and when they again stopped the Tarheels Streater punted 49 yards to Smith who returned the kick five yards to the Gamecock 25 Wright the leading rusher with 721 yards on 143 carries carried 15 yards on a pitchout from Ramsey to the 40 and Ramsey followed with a 12 yard pass to McKinney to move into Tarheel territory On a first down at North 45 Ramsey carried for seven yards and Wright followed suit with a seven yard run to the Tarheel 31 With just two minutes to play Wright bulled his way for a yard and on second down Ramsey dropped back to pass but was'dropped for a nine yard loss by defensive tackle Donnell Thompson A The big play by Thomson a 6 4 260 pound sophomore from Lumberton NC turned out to be the biggest play of the day for the Tarheels as it stopped the potential winning drive Ramsey passed to Wright over the middle on the next play for eight yards but it was short of the first down and the Gamecocks had to go field goal Eddie Leopard came in to attempt a 48 yard try but (Leopard's longest field goal this year had been a 38 yarder against Ohio) the try was poorly hit and short as the Gamecocks fell for the first time this year at Williams Brice Stadium the quarterback South Carolina coach Jim Carlen said following the game felt we had gotten good pass protection and we were going to throw the ball But one of our young linemen as it turned out missed his man and Ramsey got North Carolina coach Dick Crum said that Thompson's sack of Ramsey was the big play of the game but knew South Carolina had the ability to comeback after last week Even more important for them they knew they had the ability But we just hung tough Sharpe hit Paschal for a 10 yard scoring strike and Jeff NCarolina SCarolina 22 63 225 169 25 18 12 0 6 38 2 1 7 55 UNCNips By BILL GILBERT Morning News Sports Editor COLUMBIA University of North Carolina freshman quarterback Chuck Sharpe threw three touchdown passes and the Tarheels held off a final stanza South Carolina rally to down the Gamecocks 24 22 Saturday in a non conference foot ball game at Williams Bnce Stadium urman Marshall 22 0150 316 038 20 15 0 4 32 00 6 30 from Atlanta wBWWB' rt WII Jib vJT Lx a MfflnMg wmI IkI a ME TWl 25! mOIcW 1134 1 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'A' 'I i 2 TOM CICCONE BREAKS THROUGH But Citadel Won the War 21 14 Blocked Kick Lifts Citadel CHARLESTON SC (AP) Defensive end Mike Adams returned a blocked Delaware field goal attempt 71 yards for a touchdown Saturday to give The Citadel a 21 14 intersectional college football victory over the Blue Hens Oel Cit irst downs 23 13 Rushes yards 53 239 41 196 Passing yards 218 74 Return yards 0 177 Passes 32 15 1 14 7 0 Punts 4 34 6 38 umbles lost si 2 2 Penalties yards 4 30 9 as Adams grabbed the ball in midair after defensive end Mike Cunningham smashed through to block a kick by Delaware's Brandt Kennedy from 39 yards out with 72 minutes left in the game The return broke a 14 14 deadlock and evened The record at 4 4 Delaware NCAA Division II offensive leader fell to 5 3 The Bulldogs used an 81 yard pass interception return by Joe Harvey to take a 14 7 halftime lead The first score came off a 51 yard run by tailback Stump Mitchell Despite rainy weather Delaware quarterback Jeff Komlo sparked the offense throwing touchdown passes of 14 and 8 yards to Pete Bistrian and Lou Mariani reception with 2:20 left in the third quarter brought the Blue Hens into a 14 14 tie Six minutes earlier the Bulldogs had denied Delaware a score stopping the visitors on four downs in side the 5 yard line Elated with the victory Citadel Coach Art Baker ad mitted the Bulldogs did not play great game but we played a hard intelligent game We had to beat Delaware to have a chance at a winning sough the game our defense was capable of making something Baker said Delaware Coach Tubby Raymond said his Blue Hens played well enough to win just had the bad fortune of those two big plays in the interception and blocked field goal We just overcome Raymond said he never felt The Citadel dominated the game noting that the Bulldogs did not mount any successful long drives Delaware 0 7 7 Citadel 0 14 0 Bistrian 14 pass from Komlo (Ken nedy kick) Mitchel! 51 run (Chavez kick) Cit Harvey 84 pass interception (Cha vez Kick) Mariani fl pass from Komlo (Ken nedy kick) Adams 71 blocked roeturn (Chavez kick) 13155 State Wins ORANGEBURG SC (AP) Tailback Chris Ragland carried the ball 40 times for 177 yards and scored a crucial third quarter touchdown to lead South Carolina State to a 17 15 MidEastern Athletic Con ference victory over North Carolina Central Saturday SC State is now 7 1 1 overall and 4 0 1 in MEAC competition NC Central dropped to 2 5 overall and 2 2 in the conference The Bulldogs spotted the Eagles a 9 0 lead early in the second quarter.