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Cavaliers Corral Buffalo's Bulls;
Arnette Ties Conference Mark

By Jack Glenn

Quarterback Gene Arnette Shot Around the Ends, Barged Up the Middle To Haunt Buffalo All Saturday

Virginia's Star Signal-Caller Tied Bob Davis' Old Conference Record For Most Touchdowns Responsible.

Like its namesake of a century
ago, Buffalo was almost eliminated
from the scene Saturday when the
Cavaliers built up a 28-0 halftime
lead against the Bulls on the Scott
Stadium turf. The Wahoos went
on to inflict a 35-12 defeat on the
outmanned Bulls.

Along the way the offensive unit
blossomed into a formidable and
coordinated unit. Quarterback
Gene Arnette had a field day
galloping around the ends and
sneaking up the middle for touchdown
runs of 21, 15, 3, and 46
yards.

Serino Scores

Little Bob Serino, the spring
game's surprise, jolted the Bulls
for the remaining touchdown just
before the half on a 17-yard flip
from Arnette.

That pass plus his own jaunts
gave Arnette a tie with predecessor
Bob Davis for the conference mark
of "most touchdowns responsible"
(5) in a single game.

The defense, however, was not
to be forgotten. It was this unit
that held the opposition in check
while the offense seemingly was
getting itself settled in the opening
minutes. In fact the defense shone
throughout the whole afternoon:
it murdered Quarterback Mick
Murtha and his receivers, and
stopped the running backs for most
of the afternoon.

Almost from the start things
seemed to go well for the Cavaliers.
On his first encounter with
Murtha, Pete Schmidt picked off
an interception to give the Wahoos
the ball on their own 43.

After a trading of downs as a
result of Virginia's fumbling—a
plague which was to strike the
Cavaliers six times with fortunately
little damage—Virginia got the ball
on its own 29. Shortly thereafter
quarterback Arnette circled right
end to race 21 yards for the first
of many six-pointers. Hill's kick
for the extra point split the goal
posts just as the rest were to do
all afternoon.

The quarter ended with Virginia
ahead 7-0.

More To Come

Virginia stormed back for more.
With Quayle breaking tackles like
kids breaking toys the offense
marched 86 yards for the score
with Arnette skirting the right
end again for a 15-yard touchdown.
The lead increased to 14-0.

It was Charlottesville's favorite
QB again with 5:48 left in the half
as the former Lane star plunged
over the goal line from the three.

Serino's tally came with 26
seconds left in the half. With
Hill's help the margin thus was
28-0 at the break.

The defense had been great. Lee
Jones, who scored 16 TD's last
year, never got close to the goal
in the first half. Furthermore QB
Murtha had trouble even launching
his aerials, but when he did get
them off, they were as likely as
not to fall into Cavalier hands.
His record at the half stood: one
complete; one intercepted, in eight
tries.

Even sub Dennis Mason tried to
throw once only to find captain
Mal MacGregor waiting for it;
thus the Cavaliers snapped up more
Buffalo tosses in the first half than
Bull receivers themselves!

Buffalo therefore was down, but
not out as the teams came back
on the field. The third quarter belonged
to Buffalo as the Cavaliers
seemingly let up on their efforts
to trounce their opponents.

Buffalo Scores

Lee Jones thus cracked into
the end zone twice, his last effort
coming in the initial moments of
the fourth quarter. Murtha's
passes, though, fell incomplete on
both two-point attempts, so the
score stood 28-12.

Buffalo momentum waned in the
fourth quarter. Arnett's "sneak"
of 46 yards surprised the crowd
and finished off the Bulls—if Bob
Paczkoski's interception had not
already done so. Boyd Page snared
another wayward pass before the
game came to a close with Virginia
in the fore, 35-12.