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Big Drive

The Cavayearlings drew first
blood, marching 80 yards in 13
plays, all of them on the ground.
The big play was quarterback Bill
Kettunen's pitch to Heyward who
rolled for 39 yards around left
end to the VMI 8. Three plays
later Kettunen kept around the
same end to score from 3 yards
out. Jim Carrington converted.

With the score 7-0 against him,
Rat QB Murphy Sprinkle took to
the air and moved his team down
to the Virginia 27. At this point
the Yearlings' left linebacker Ed
Kihm anticipated a pass, dropped
back into the flat, and picked off
Sprinkle's next pass at the 18.
He returned it 82 yards for the
TD with 12:25 left in the second
quarter. Carrington again converted
and the score was 14-0.

The Rats quickly proved that
they were still in the game. They
took the ensuing kickoff and
marched to the Virginia 35 where
they were denied a first down by
just a half-yard, but when their
aroused defense forced the Wahoos'
Hunter Richards to punt,
they were not to be denied again.