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First Quarter Wahoos Succumb To Turnovers

By Tom Bell
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Jim Lacey Carried Ball 17 Times To Pick Up 71 Of Team's 101 Yards Rushing In 30-15 Loss

Troup Completed 15 of 33 Passes For 198 Yards, Two Touchdowns

Photos By Howard Weinberg

The Cavaliers ended their
third trip to Carolina this
season the same way as the
first two, as they faded in the
face of a strong comeback by
North Carolina in the second
half to lose 30-15 at Chapel
Hill Saturday, after taking a
15-0 early lead.

In what seemed like a haunting
repeat of earlier losses on the road
to Duke and Clemson, the Wahoos
dominated the first half of play and
appeared to be on the verge of an
upset, but blew the lead after
intermission, and suffered another
costly ACC setback.

Don McCauley showed Virginia
why he is the ACC's leading rusher,
as he led the Tar Heel attack in the
second half, gaining 94 yards in 19
carries and scoring two
touchdowns, to spark the Tar Heel
comeback. He repeatedly picked up
crucial yardage as his totals for the
entire afternoon showed 145 yards
on 33 carries.

Cavalier quarterback Bill Troup
found early success in the air, and,
although he had trouble in the
second half, when he completed
only five of 13 and had three
intercepted, he finished the
afternoon with 15 completions in
33 tries for 198 yards and two
touchdowns.

Three interceptions and two lost
fumbles in the second half spelled
doom for the Cavaliers, as both
fumbles and one of the
interceptions led to three of the
four Carolina scores, and another
interception ended the Cavaliers'
most serious second half scoring
threat.

The first half, however, was all
Virginia, as the Wahoos dominated
play before the 32,500 screaming
Tar Heels at Kenan Stadium for
Carolina's Homecoming Game.

For the second week in a row,
the Cavaliers struck on their first
offensive play, as Bill Troup threw
a 30-yard touchdown pass to split
end Bob Bischoff on a post pattern.
Bischoff grabbed the ball at the five
and sped into the end zone to put
the Wahoos ahead 6-0 with only 50
seconds gone in the game.

The score was set up when Russ
Bauda intercepted a deflected pass
by Tar Heel quarterback Paul Miller
at the 40, and returned it ten yards.
Jim Carrington's extra point try
was blocked by Bill Richardson.

Lacey, Apparently Recovered From Hamstring Injury, Shows Fine Form During First Quarter When Wahoos Were Routing UNC 15-0

After the kickoff and an
exchange of punts which left the
Tar Heels deep in their own
territory, the Cavaliers got the ball
back on the Carolina 38, after
Bobby McGrall's nine yard punt
return. From there, it took only
three plays for the Cavaliers to
reach the end zone.

On first down, Jimmy Lacey
broke off his left end for 25 yards,
before being hauled down at the
13. After Gary Helman gained four
more yards around left end. Troup
threw his second touchdown pass
of the day, as Flanker Dave Sullivan
broke across the middle from the
right side to take the perfectly
thrown pass at the goal line in front
of safety Lou Angelo. A fake kick
for the extra point failed, as
Sullivan was run out of bounds at
the two after a pass from holder
Larry Albert, and the Wahoos led
12-0.

The Cavaliers got what was to be
their last score with 1:33 remaining
in the first quarter. Two passes to
Bischoff sparked the drive, one for
14 yards, and the other, on a pass
to the left flat and a fine run down
the sideline, for 43 yards. The drive
stalled at the 15-yard line, and from
there Carrington kicked a 32-yard
field goal to make it 15-0.

The Tar Heels came back to
score on the first play after the
kickoff, as Miller threw a 62-yard
pass to Lewis Jolley, who caught
the ball in the middle of the field
and eluded Cavalier defenders to
get to the sideline, and ran in from
the Virginia 45. A two point
conversion try failed.

The Carolina score marked the
end of the scoring in the first half,
as neither team could penetrate the
other's 40-yard line in the second
quarter.

A clipping penalty on the
second half kickoff put the Wahoos
in a hole at the start. McGrail
recovered a fumble early in the
quarter at the Cavalier 25 to stop a
Carolina threat, but Troup's fumble
two plays later while trying to pass
set up Carolina's first second half
score. The Tar Heel drive faltered at
the four, and Ken Craven came in
for a 20-yard field goal to make it
15-9.

The Tar Heels took the lead for
the first time in the game a short
time later, after Sullivan fumbled
on the first play after the kickoff.
On Carolina's first play, Miller again
threw to Jolley for 20 yards and a
touchdown to tie the score at
15-15. Craven's extra point put the
Tar Heels ahead for good, 16-15.

Virginia mounted its only drive
of the second half after the kickoff,
as Troup and Lacey led a march
from the Virginia 23 to the
Carolina 29. With a first down on
the 29, Troup threw long to
Sullivan in the right corner of the
end zone, but the pass was short,
and Angelo intercepted in the end
zone for a touchback to stop the
threat.

Carolina added to their margin
with an 82 yard drive on 13 plays
that put them ahead by eight
points, and ate up much of the time
remaining. McCauley and reserve
running back Ike Oglesby did the
majority of the running, as all 13
plays were on the ground.
McCauley scored from the one to
cap the drive with 7:13 left.

The final score for the Tar Heels
came with 4:33 left, after Troup,
throwing a short pass across the
middle, had it intercepted by
linebacker John Bunting, who
returned it to the one. McCauley
plunged in over his left tackle on
the next play, to put the game out
of reach for the Wahoos, who now
sink to 0-4 in ACC play and 4-4
overall.

The Cavaliers make their final
swing into North Carolina next
Saturday as they take on N.C. State
in Raleigh.

Bob Bischoff Set Record With Six Receptions For 114 Yards

Don McCauley Scores Second Touchdown On Way To 145 Yards, 94 In Second Half Alone

Sullivan's Defender Makes One Of Three Bill Troup Interceptions

Tar Heels Made Goat Of Old Rival Virginia's One Quarter Offense