The Cavalier daily :: Wednesday, September 23 :: University of Virginia Library

Virginia, after a fine first
half effort, watched a 17-10
lead dissolve in the sweltering,
95-degree heat of Clemson's
Death Valley last Saturday, as
the Cavaliers dropped their
twelfth straight to the Tigers,
27-17.

Clemson's superior depth
was a major factor in the win,
as Clemson used their reserve
strength throughout the
afternoon to spell the regulars.
The Wahoos, on the other
hand, had to go with the first unit
all day, and ran out of gas in the
final half.

A poor third quarter stymied
the Cavaliers in their effort to beat
Clemson for the first time in Wahoo
history, after it looked for a half as
if they might pull off their second
upset in as many games.

For a laugh, the Wahoos
outplayed the Tigers as they rolled
for 209 yards and 11 first downs on
offense, but they were held to
minus nine yards rushing in the
second half, and get only five first
downs. In the disastrous third
quarter, the Wahoos failed to get a
first down, and were never out of
their own territory.

After Clemson opened the
scoring in the first quarter on a
24-yard field goal by Eddie Siegler,
the Wahoo's came right back to go
ahead 7-3. Randy Lestyk jumped
on a fumble on the 25 to give the
Cavaliers good field position, and
the offense took the ball in on two
plays, a 16-yard run by Dave
Sullivan, and a nine-yard run for
the score by Jimmy Lacey.

Mid-way through the second
quarter the Wahoos drove from
their own 42 to Clemson's 10, but
there the offense stalled, and Jim
Carrington booted a field goal from
27 yards to make it 10-3.

Clemson quarterback Tommy
Kendrick then sparked a 64-yard
Clemson drive to knot the score at
10-10, and on the ensuing kickoff,
Sullivan appeared to have gone 96
yards for a score, but stepped out
of bounds on his own 46. The
Cavaliers drove from there to the
Clemson goal in four plays, the
capper coming on a 21-yard pass
from Larry Albert to Bob Bischoff,
and went ahead at the half, 17-10.

That touchdown was the last
bright point of the day for the
Wahoos, as Kendrick and fullback
Ray Yauger led the attack which
finally broke down the weary
Cavalier defense in the second half.
Kendrick threw two touchdown
passes and Seigler kicked a
44-yarder, set up by Yauger's run,
for Clemson's scores, as the Tigers,
now 2-0, won going away.

Coach George Blackburn, in his
postgame comments, refused to
make excuses about the heat or
other factors. "Clemson team
completely outplayed the Wahoo's
in the second half, and justifiably
won the game," he commented.
"They made the big plays that we
made the week before at VPI and
came out the winner."

Blackburn felt that Kendrick's
second touchdown pass, which put
the Tigers ahead 27-17, was the
play which clinched the win.
Kendrick was well rushed and,
according to Mr. Blackburn,
"meant to throw the ball away."
However, he was hit as he threw,
and his pass wont high and short,
and was picked off by Pete Galuske
for the score. Before this the
Wahoos were down by only three
points and had a chance to come
back. Blackburn had nothing but
praise for Kendrick, who completed
13 or 26 passes for 156 yards.

Albert and Lacey again led the
Cavalier offence. Albert completed
13 of 26 tosses for 136 yards, and
Lacey picked up 48 yards in ten
carries.

The Cavaliers now get ready to
face Duke, who beat Maryland
13-12 Saturday on a 45-yard field
goal with one second left in the
game.

Wahoos Travel to Durham Saturday to Make Blue Devils Second Victim

Cavaliers Hope for Better Luck This Weekend in Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium