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State Smashes Wahoos To Remain Unbeaten

By John Marshall

Earle Edwards' powerhouse
North Carolina State Wolfpack,
the highest ranking team ever to
grace the Scott Stadium turf, overwhelmed
the upset-minded Wahoos
Saturday, 30-8, and convinced
16,000 Cavalierites that the
two national polls do not exaggerate
the strength of the
juggernaut from Raleigh.

It was definitely, however, not
as though the Wolves were handed
their victory on a silver platter.
They had to fight, and fight hard,
to put points on the scoreboard
before the valiant first-half efforts
of the underdog home team.

Gerald Warren, State's record-breaking
field goal professional,
split the uprights for the first time
in the afternoon with 3:25 to play
in the first quarter. Eleven minutes
of exchanged punts and inspired
defenses then passed.

With 7:28 to go before the half-time
intermission would see a
splendid performance by the U.S.
Marine Drum and Bugle Corps,
Braxton Hill arched a high spiral
punt to the State 15. The Cavalier
troops stormed downfield
covering the kick well. Twice,
speedster Fred Combs seemed
about to be hit by sets of two
Virginians but not a single hand
touched him as he rocketed 85
yards down the sidelines for the
score that was surely the turning
point of the contest.

The Wahoos tried vainly to fight
back with their next drive but a
botched hand off, a smothered
quarterback, and a dropped pass
stalled the efforts at the State
26. Left-footed Peter Schmidt's
abortive field goal attempt
handed the ball back to -
tors.

Midway through the third quarter,
the Wolfpack marched 72 yards
in only five plays—with Harry
Martell scampering into the end
zone with a Jim Donnan pass for
the score on a beautifully-executed
stop and go pattern that
faked out several Virginia defenders—to
go ahead by a 17-0
margin.

Oddly enough, the Cavaliers'
first points were set up by a
Wolfpack interception. Art McMahon
out wrestled Stan Kemp for
possession of a Gene Arnette aerial
on the State one yard-line. Two
plays later, red-dogging captain
Mal MacGregor burst into the
State backfield and bulled quarterback
Donnan to the ground before
he had a chance to make his
planned handoff. With 2:53 in
the third period to go, the score
stood at 17-2.

A 24 yard runback by Frank
Quayle gave the Cavaliers good
field position to start their next
drive from their own 42. The first
play of the "drive" saw State's
right end Mark Capuano throw the
scrambling Arnette for a nine-yard
loss. The second play of the
"drive" saw State's Ron Carpenter
throw Arnette another
big loss—this time 11 yards. The
third play of the "drive" saw Braxton
Hill come in to punt accompanied
by a loud chorus of
boos from Cavalier fans who
wanted to see their team go for
the first down in the third-and
thirty situation.

Four plays later, State was on
the scoreboard again. A 49 yard
pass from Doanan to wingback
Bobby Hall did most of the
damage. Warren's automatic extra
point gave the Wolfpack a 24-2
advantage with only 10 seconds
remaining in the third quarter.

The only opportunity for the
Wahoo partisans to cheer in the
final period, aside from when
"Dixie" was played, came when
Gene Arnette lateraled to Stan
Kemp who hit left and Joe Hoppe
deep in the end zone with a twenty-yard
loss for the only Virginia
touchdown of the afternoon.

Two fourth quarter field goals
by Gerald Warren, accounted for
State's final six points.

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