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North Carolina, Duke, Wake Lead ACC Charge

By JOHN MARKON

Word has been spreading around
the southeast that this could be a
vintage year for ACC football. For
once, pre-season enthusiasm has
been borne out by early results and,
with the possible exception of
Raleigh and Charlottesville, almost
everyone's excited.

Surprise team of the year has
been the Duke Blue Devils. New
coach Mike McGee took over a 6-5
team shorn of its record-setting
passing combination of Leo Hart
and Wes Chesson and has found
himself with a Top Twenty
contender. The Dukes stunned
highly-regarded Florida in their
opener and turned back
19th-ranked South Carolina
Saturday, 28-12.

Outstripped in almost all
statistical departments, the Devils
relied on the powerful running of
fullback Steve Jones and the return
artistry of cornerback Ernie
Jackson to win.

Jones scored twice on short runs
while Jackson converted both a
Gamecock punt and a mis-directed
pass into Devil touchdowns.
Ex-conference member South
Carolina used three quarterbacks in
their futile effort to pull the game
out. It was all to little avail as the
Cocks moved the ball well between
the twenties but lacked scoring
punch.

North Carolina and Wake
Forest, co-favorites for the ACC
title, both had impressive outings.
UNC evened the league's record
against the Big Ten with a 27-0
thumping of Illinois, while Wake
spoiled the beginning of Virginia
Tech's "New Era" in football, 20-7.

Leading the Tar Heels were
running back Ike Oglesby, who
slashed through the Illini defense
for 175 total yards, and southpaw
quarterback Paul Miller, who scored
one touchdown on a plunge and
connected with Oglesby for a
58-yard six-point pass play.

The game was almost a complete
reversal of the Virginia-Michigan
debacle, even to the point of
Carolina scoring a gift-touchdown
when an unwary Illini punt returner
allowed a Tar Heel punt to glance
off his back setting up the Heels'
initial score.

Wake Forest spoiled what was
to have been a big day in
Blacksburg. Playing their first game
for new coach Charley Coffee and,
as they say, nattily attired in their
new orange uniforms, the Hokies
nevertheless succumbed to Wake's
efficient triple-option offense and
stubborn defense. Deacon
quarterback Larry Russell threw
only five passes but led the Wake
attack masterfully.

Maryland Coach Roy Lester was
so distraught over his team's poor
showing against Villanova that he
closeted himself in his office for
three days working up new plans to
use against N. C. State. Included
was a start for sophomore
quarterback Al Neville and a new defensive alignment.

It all worked out for the best as
Neville scrambled the Wolfpack to
distraction on offense while the
defenders coughed up only one
touchdown. The final score was a
most unusual 35-7, Maryland.

Clemson, perhaps figuring on an
opening day loss to Kentucky,
scheduled Saturday as an open
date.

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