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Wahoos Drop Third Straight;
Tar Heels Take Keg, 12-0

By Gordy Rawles
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

The hard-nosed efforts of
second-year quarterback Mike
Cubbage and, as usual, a tough
Virginia defense were not quite
enough to clear the ominously
gray skies above Scott Stadium
on Saturday afternoon as the
Cavaliers dropped their third
straight this season to a
determined North Carolina
squad, 12-0.

The Tar Heel victory ran
the visitors' record to 3-4
overall and 2-2 in the
conference compared to
Virginia's mark of 3-4, 1-3, and
ended a five-year losing streak for
UNC against the Cavaliers.

Depending upon a couple of
game-breaking plays and the strong
running of halfback Don McCauley,
a high school running mate of
Virginia's all-time great Frank
Quayle, the Tar Heels punched out
302 yards on the ground and
managed to slip in two touchdowns
against a tough Wahoo defense.

Offensive cheers from the
Virginia stands were few and far
between. Following in the trend of
the rest of the season, the defensive
unit, led by Boyd Page and Pete
Schmidt, continually choked up the
ball for their teammates, but the
offense couldn't find the winning

combination as they extended their
scoreless streak to three games.

Robbie Gustafson provided the
Cavaliers with their first break of
the game when he cut in front of
Johnny Swofford's intended
receiver on a down-and-out pattern
and picked off the first of three
Virginia interceptions. On the
ensuing play quarterback Cubbage
ran the option to the right for a
gain of 20 yards, and it looked as if
the Carolina defense might have a
weakness. If it did, we never found
it as the Cavaliers relinquished the
ball after one set of downs.

The only two offensive series
with any semblance of a sustained
drive came during the closing
minutes of each half. Jimmy Lacey
broke through the Tar Heel line,
cut to the left, and raced 23 yards
on the last play of the half only to
be hauled down just short of the
goal line. Third-year tight end Bob
Bischoff took the spotlight in the
fourth quarter as the offensive unit
struggled to avoid the
embarrassment of their third
shutout. Continually shaking the
coverage by the UNC secondary on
the sideline pattern, Bischoff
provided Danny Fassio (Cubbage
had sustained an elbow injury) with
a target again and again only to be
overthrown on a bomb as the
buzzer sounded.

Carolina's first score came late
in the second quarter when Johnny
Swofford called the second reverse
in a row, handed off to wingback
Lewis Jolley around the right end,
and watched him pick up two key
blocks, cut cross field, and ramble
40 yards for the touchdown. The
PAT was wide to the left.

The second touchdown came in
the third period when McCauley
raced 36 yards into the end zone.

Although second-year ace
Cubbage did shine at times,
completing 10 of 19 passes and
running the option well, the Tar
Heel linemen spoiled his debut as a
starter by dropping the Cavalier
signal caller several times. The
Carolina defense was, on the whole,
outstanding as they harassed
Cubbage all afternoon and held
fullback Gary Helman, the ACC's
leading rusher, to a total of 28
yards.

The Cavalier defense was tough,
but they couldn't win the game.
Coming up with the big plays to
hold UNC to 12 points, the defense
gave their offensive counterparts
every chance, but the string of
scoreless periods was extended to
14. Pete Schmidt blocked a field
goal attempt by Don Hartig in the
second quarter, and Rannigan,
Gustafson, and Minton each came
up with an interception — all to no
avail.