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Wahoos Combine Forces, Walloping North Carolina

Team Effort Leads Attack;
Defense Stops Tar Heels

By Ted McKean
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Quarterback Gene Arnette Rolls Out Against North Carolina, Looking To Pitch To Either Jeff Anderson Or Frank Quayle: Cavaliers Won, 41-6 In Romp Effort

Virginia Put Forth Top Effort In Defeating Carolina, As Quayle, Arnette, Anderson Sparked Offense, Brand, Patton Led Defense: Wahoos Should Be Ready For Tulane

Following the South Carolina
romp of the Cavaliers, things
frankly looked bleak in respect to
Virginia football fortunes. The
vaunted defense had collapsed; the
vaunted offense sputtered.
Saturday, however, the Cavaliers
put it all together, and manhandled
the North Carolina Tar Heels by the
lopsided score of 41-6.

An excuse following a loss is
usually that the score "was not
indicative of the performance put
forth." This parable might well be
applied to Saturday's victory:
Virginia could have easily run the
score over 50, which would have
provided a more accurate
representation of what actually
occurred.

The Cavaliers ground out 350
yards rushing to a mere product of
48 by the Heels. Frank Quayle
returned to form, romping 145
yards in 18 carries for two TD's.
Gene Arnette again found the
range, connecting for one scoring
pass, and completing seven of 15
attempts.

In all, it was a real field day for
the visiting Virginians. If the rain
did not spoil the Tar Heel
Homecoming, Virginia's total
dominance must have.

After North Carolina lost the
toss, and the Cavaliers elected to
receive, it took only four plays
before the Wahoos had put the
scoreboard operator to work.
Fullback Jeff Anderson circled left
end for 15 yards and the score, and
down went the six point button, far
from the last time it was to be
pressed through the afternoon.

Actually, Arnette set up the
score by Anderson, dashing 47
yards off right end on the second
play from scrimmage. Jim
Carrington added the point after
placement, and the Cavaliers owned
a 7-0 lead with only a minute and a
half gone in the game.

The ball changed hands several
times throughout the quarter before
Virginia once again got on the
scoreboard with 1:42 remaining.
After Chip Stone punted to the
Virginia 13, the Cavaliers embarked
on an 88 yard drive of seven plays
before Quayle went in from 10
yards out for the score.

The drive was highlighted by
two dazzling runs by Quayle on
quick openers for 31 and 28 yards.
On both occasions, the stocky
tailback came close to breaking
away, warding off tacklers with his
vicious stiff-arm.

Carrington again added the
placement to make it 14-0, Pete
Schmidt kicked off, the defense
held, and Carolina punted again.
After two exchanges of the ball,
cornerback Andy Minton picked
off an errant pass by Tar Heel QB
Ricky Lanier, and returned it to the
Carolina 31, putting his team in
excellent field position.

Arnette Passes

The Cavaliers capitalized on this
break, and used six plays to go the
31 yards for the score. On this
occasion, Arnette resorted to the
airways, completing two key passes
to Anderson and Jeff Calamos to
set up the score which was tallied
by Quayle on a burst around left
end. With Carrington's successful
conversion, the clock showed 3:55
remaining in the second period, the
score read 21-0.

A Carolina drive toward the
Virginia goal was thwarted by a
Bob Rannigan interception, and
both teams trooped off to the
dressing room as Virginia ran out
the clock, content with their
comfortable 21 point lead.

The Cavaliers certainly showed
what remained of the crowd that
they were not finished with the
task of scoring for the day, for on
the fifth play of the new half,
Arnette had crossed the line for
another six Virginia points.

The score had been set up by a
fumble by Carolina's Gayle Bomar
on the first play from scrimmage
following Schmidt's kick off. Tom
Patton, a frequent visitor in the Tar
Heel backfield all day, fell on the
ball alertly, to put the Cavaliers on
the already well- worn scoring path.
Arnette took the ball in from 10
yards away, with 12:45 left in the
third quarter.

Carrington Converts

Carrington's kick made it 28-0,
and the game was all but iced for
the Cavaliers. Carolina ran one play
after Schmidt's kick off, Bomar
blew a pitch out to his fullback,
Dick Wesolowski, and again, Patton
was there to cover the Heel fumble.

Arnette's passes brought about
the score which made it 35-0. He
hit Rick Moschel and Joe Hoppe
with two important passes to put
the ball on the Carolina five. There
he sighted Anderson in the end
zone, and hit him with a strike;
Carrington's PAT was again good.

Carolina got its sole score as the
result of a blocked Hunter Richards
punt. Lanier's attempt for the two
point conversion failed.

Heyward Scores

With the score standing 35-6,
Danny Fassio entered the game at
QB for Virginia. After several
exchanges of the ball, he got several
outstanding runs from Clinch
Heyward, and in the waning
minutes of the game, Heyward
broke into the Heel end zone for the
game's final score. Carrington
missed the placement attempt, but
the game belonged to Virginia,
41-6.

Tailback Frank Quayle: He Led Cavaliers Saturday

Quayle Rushed For 145 Yards, Scored Two Touchdowns