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Heels Score First

The game itself was played
under perfect weather conditions
and went scoreless until, with six
seconds left in the first quarter,
UNC's Ken Craven kicked the first
of his three field goals, a 27-yarder
that gave the Tar Heels a lead they
never relinquished.

Ten straight Carolina running
plays comprised the scoring drive
and the Heels were led in that
march, as in most of their other
ones, by Lewis Jolley. Jolley reeled
off 36 big ones in five carries there
and finished the game with 167
yards in 32 attempts. Lawrence
described the senior wingback as
"out of sight" and called him "the only real difference between the
two teams."

The Wahoos got the ball back on
the ensuing kickoff but didn't have
it long. Larry Albert's third down
pass was intercepted by North
Carolina's Lou Angelo deep in
Cavalier territory and, three plays
later, Jolley swept his own left end
for eight yards and a score. Craven's
kick made it 10-0.

Again the Cavs failed to move
the ball and, after a short Billy
Maxwell punt, saw Tar Heel QB
Paul Miller, not reputed to be a
thrower, get 43 yards through the
air and set up another Craven field
goal. Davis then took over for
Virginia and took the Wahoos down
to the UNC 20 where his drive
stalled and Maxwell was summoned
to try a 37 yard field goal which, to
the surprise of a few, he made.

A Miller fumble recovered by
defensive end Billy Williams opened
the next Virginia field goal drive
shortly before halftime. A 48 yard
reception and run by Bill Davis put
the Wahoos on the UNC seven but a
run by John Rainey, an incomplete

pass to Davis (on which many thought they saw interference) and
a backfield collision by Davis and
Greg Dickerhoof lost seven yards
and led to another Maxwell
three-pointer.

Right after intermission the 'Hoos
went into another one of their bad
periods. Center Tom Viar's fourth
down snap went almost as far as
many Wahoo punts as it soared over
Maxwell's head and didn't stop
until it rolled through the end zone
for a safety that gave Carolina a
15-6 lead.

Stanley Land's recovery of a
Billy Hite fumble led to the first of
Sullivan's touchdown grabs but
Carolina put the game back into
equilibrium by storming 54 yards
for a score. Miller got the score on a
three yard pass to end Ken Taylor,
with Cavalier defender Chris Brown
not a factor.

Angelo's second interception,
this time of a Davis pass, set up a
47-yard Carven field goal, a
distance he had previously achieved
only in his dreams. That came with
19 seconds left in the third quarter
and made it 25-13.