The Cavalier daily :: Monday, November 20, 1972 :: University of Virginia Library

The lucky recipients were
league titlist North Carolina,
which clinched a Sun Bowl bid
with a 14-0 win over arch-rival
Duke, and N.C. State, which
finished its surprising season
with a 42-17 shellacking of
Clemson and a Peach Bowl
invite.

UNC will take on Southwest
Conference power Texas
Tech(8-2) in the Sun Bowl in
El Paso on Dec. 30, while State
will travel to Atlanta to tangle
with West Virginia(8-3) on Dec.
29.

State racked up a 7-3-1
record and a 4-1-1 conference
mark, losing a 34-33 shootout
to UNC and tying Maryland in
the season opener. The Tar
Heels have been stopped only
by Ohio State in their nine
games with East Carolina and
Florida to come.

Duke Proves Tough

Carolina's ticket to El
Paso was not obtained easily as
Duke, which succeeded in
blowing its chances for a tie for
the title by falling to Wake
Forest put up a considerable
struggle.

For over three periods the
combatants labored in futility
before a Chapel Hill crowd of
47,000. It was not until five
minutes were gone in the final
period that the Tar Heels
managed to take advantage of
one of six interceptions of
Devil quarterback Mark
Johnson and tallied on a
23-yard pass from Nick
Vidnovic to end Ken Taylor.

In an instant replay the
Heels dispelled the Blue Devils'
last hopes two minutes later by
grabbing off another errant
Johnson aerial and scoring on a
Vidnovic to Taylor pass.

Tigers Toothless

High-powered N.C. State
had an easier time with
Clemson's toothless Tigers on
their Raleigh stomping ground.
In their 42-17 humiliation of
the Bengals, the Wolfpack not
only nailed down a trip to
Atlanta but set three new
conference records. ACC
season marks for total offense,
scoring, and first downs fell to
the Pack.