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Wave Rolls Over Wahoos, 31-0

Cavaliers' Mark Falls
To 3-6 For Season

NEW ORLEANS - Plagued by
an inability to produce the big play
and the passing of Tulane's
record-breaking sophomore
quarterback, Rusty
Virginia dropped its fifth in a row
on Saturday afternoon, 31-0.

The first quarter provided the
Cavaliers with some of the best
football all season as they took the
opening kickoff and marched to the
Tulane 18 yard line only to have to
settle for a field goal attempt by
Jim Carrington. Taking up nearly
seven minutes for the 15-play
offensive drive, the Wahoos, led by
quarterback Danny Fassio, went
with a wide open attack calling on
Helman and Lacey off tackle,
Bischoff and Mooser on the sideline
pattern, and Fassio himself to mix
it up with an occasional
quarterback draw.

After Carrington's field goal
attempt was deflected off to the
left, the Green Wave's offensive
unit took over on their own 20
yard line, and on the second play
from scrimmage Rusty Lachausse
dropped back to pass but must not
have seen Andy Minton as the
Virginia cornerback intercepted the
first Tulane aerial of the afternoon.
Minutes later Carrington had
another chance but the kick was
wide to the right.

Controlling the ball for twelve
of the first quarter's fifteen
minutes, the Cavaliers did
everything right until they got
inside the ten yard line. Not only
did the offense perform, but the
defense was no less than devastating
as Randy Lestyk and Andy
Selfridge at the tackles and Paul
Reid at linebacker stopped the
Greenies cold in the first quarter
not allowing them a single first
down.

By the second quarter the thus
far penetrable Tulane defense
started to key off fullback Gary
Helman and read the Virginia
blocking assignments. As a result
the two adversaries settled down to
a punting duel with Hal Trentham
providing Virginia with its
ammunition.

After Fassio's offensive corps
failed to take full advantage of a 15
yard penalty which pushed the
Cavaliers into Tulane territory, the
big play that no one had seen all
afternoon finally happened.
Greenie fullback Bob Marshall
broke through into the Virginia
secondary on a draw over center
and rambled for 43 yards before
being dragged down from behind

just short of the goal. From there it
took the Wave four plays to push
the ball past Lestyk, Selfridge, and
and take a slim 7-0 lead into
the locker room.

The second half was the half
that might have been different.
Chuck Mooser fumbled a punt in
the opening minutes to give Tulane
excellent field position, and a few
minutes later Rusty Lachausse
caught the Virginia linebackers
blitzing and connected on his first
pass of the day to Dave Paulson
over the middle for the second
touchdown. The PAT was good.

Following the kickoff the Green
Wave was right back in business as
the big play, this time a 52 yard
punt return by Joe Bullard, carried
them down to the eleven, and the
score was soon upped to 21-0.

The final quarter was the icing
on the cake as Coach Blackburn
resorted to everything he had
Mike Cubbage (with a dislocated
elbow), third string quarterback
Brian Kitchen, and a razzle dazzle
double reverse. While the Cavaliers
made mistakes, the Greenies took
advantage tallying one more
touchdown on a long pass and a
final field goal.