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CAVALIER DAILY
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Cavalier Offense, Defense Sparkle As VMI Falls 47-0
Wahoos Hold Keydets' Rush
To Amazing Minus 41 Yards
By Ted McKean
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
Photo By Gill
Speedy Chuck Mooser Receives VMI Punt (Left). Appears To Be Stopped By Keydet Defense, Receives Key Block From Patton (Right), Shakes Tacklers, Speeds 63 Yards To TD
Mooser, Others, Added Zest To Already Powerful Cavalier Offense, As Arnett, Quayle Destroyed Keydets Offensively; Brand, Sinesky, Patton, Paczkoski, & Co. Devoured VMI Threats
Photo By Gill
Amidst frequent refrains of
"The Good Old Song," Virginia's
1968 Cavaliers rolled up a shocking
47-0 barrage against the hapless
Keydets of VMI, Saturday.
Scocking? To VMI fans and team,
yes; to Virginia fans and team, not
really.
A keyed up Virginia squad
entered that game, seeking sweet
revenge, and more important,
coveted recognition as a top flight
football outfit. The objective was
aocomplished: VMI was
vanquished; last week's mighty fo,
Purdue, handled top ranked Notre
Dame (at Notre Dame) with nearly
as much ase as they did the
Cavaliers.
To say VMI was vanquished is
almost an understatement. The
Keydets rushed for -41 yards as a
final total, and gained only one
yard net in the first half. Their
quarterback, Murphy Sprinkle, was
dumped behind the line 15 times,
almost as if Rick Brand, Tom
Patton, and A Sinesky were
camping in his backfield
permanently. Sprinkle completed
only nine of 27 pass attempts, due
to a vastly improved defensive
backfield, as well as the pressure
applied by the mighty defensive
line and linebackers.
The Virginia side of the ledger is
far brighter. The Cavaliers amassed
410 yards of total offense, and
rolled up the highest score by a
Virginia team since the 1952
victory over George Washington of
50-0.
Quarterback Gene Arnette
showed the crowd of 24,000 roll
out and passing form reminiscent of
his record breaking performance
against Buffalo in last season's
home opener. He completed 10 of
19 passes for 101 yards, and three
touchdowns, as well as running the
option play with Frank Quay to
perfection, or frustation, depending
on whose side you were on.
Qualye and Arnette were not the
only bright faces for the home
team. The defensive line, primarily
Patton, Sinesky, and Brand,
controlled and contained the
Keydets with ease, and linebackers
Boyd Page, Bob Paczkoski, and
Paul Reid harassed VMI with their
blitzing tactis.
In addition, there were a
number of exciting new players
who emerged as starlts to the
pleasure of the Scott Stadium rew.
Chuck Mooser stands prominent
among the neophytes. Mooser
scored two touchdowns, played
from the slot back position for
injured Jeff Calamos for the first
time, and ran with the reckless
abandon of a Frank Quayle. Joe
Ferens, substituting at tight end for
Joe Hoppe, scred his first varsity
touchdown, as did linebacker Red,
who recovered a VMI fumble in the
end zone.
The Virginia offense started off
slowly, and then gained a
momentum which appeared to be
unstoppable. Arnette ran fullback
Jeff Anderson into the line,
alternating dive plays with his own
roll outs. The first score came on a
30 yard toss to Hoppe at 7:46 in
the first quarter.
Tailback Frank Quayle Gains Part Of His 175 Yard Total
Twenty-one points by the
Virginia side were the result of a
prolifi second quarter. Quayle ran
for 53 yards to the VMI 13, where
Arnette hit Ferens for the second
score. Jim Carrington added his
second extra point of the day.
Unable once again to move the
ball, the Keydets punted to the
previously unheralded Mooser, who
proceeded to return the boot 63
yards for his first touchdown as a
Cavalier. The three or four tackles
he broke along the way may have
astounded the fans even more than
the sinking Keydets.
With Virginia now in possession
of a 20-0 lead, Brand and Patton
applied a bone-crushing tackle to
VMI's Sprinkle, whose fumble in
the end zone was recovered by Reid
for a TD..Arnette ran over for the
conversion, and the Cavaliers took a
handsome 28-0 lead to the locker
room at halftime.
There was no mery accorded to
the visitors from Lxington in the
second half. Quayle found himself
loose after he turned the corner on
one of the first plays of the new
half, and ran 51 yards to push the
score up to 34-0.
As usual, the Keydets proved
unable to move the ball against the
omnipotent Cavalier defense. A
punt gave Virginia the ball, and the
Wahoos mounted another scoring
drive which was capped by a TD
pass from Arnette to Mooser.
In desperation, VMI began to
pass madly, but to no avail.
Cornerback Ed Kihm picked off a
Sprinkle pass, and lugged it back to
the Virginia 31. Danny Fassio,
Arnette's understudy, engineered a
scoring drive, and took the ball in
himself from the one.
Photo By Gill
Defensive End Al Sinesky Crashes In On Keydet QB
Sinesky, Brand, Patton Lived In VMI Backfield Saturday
Rugby Opener
A, B Teams Top Richmond
By Jay Waldron
The Virginia Rugby Club
opened its guest for supremacy in
Eastern Rugby by trouncing
Richmond's "A" team 17 - 3, and
their "B" team 23 - 3 at Carr's Hill
Field on Sunday afternoon. The
victory avenged a loss to Richmond
last Spring, and was especially
satisfying since Richmond by dint
of summer practice, was in fine
physical shape - a condition
deemed obscene by most Virginia
players.
The "A" game was marked by
highly effective srum play by
Virginia and the fine running of
Courtney Hoopes who also
uncorked a dazzling 25 yd. drop
kick, much to everyone's surprise.
The Virginia fullback B.K. Mundy
held the opposition in check with
his accurate kicking coupled with
several long runs from deep in his
own territory. This helped Virginia
control the momentum of most of
the game.
Tries were scored by David
Pery, John Pearson, Alan
McAllister and Ross Gibson for
Virginia and Trip Clark for
Richmond. Hoopes added his drop
kick and the Scottish sensation who
teaches in his spare time, Alister
Duckworth added a kick after
MacAlister's try.
The "B" game was one of the
most exciting Rugby contests ever
seen at Virginia. There were
countless runs of forty yards or
better by several Virginia backs,
particularly shifty little A
Silverman. Mike Richwine was
outstanding in the srum and added
11 points via 4 kicks and one try.
Henry Dudley, David Kratavil,
younger brother of last year's
captain, and Dick Cross all ran
excellently. Tries were scored for
Virginia by Wick Williams,
Tickwine, Kratavil, David MacKay
and the growling Mike Roach.
Two British newcomers to the
Club, David Percy and Donald
MacKay added a bit of finesse and
style to the Virginia attack which
pounded Richmond all day.
Future Foes Tumble
While the Cavaliers were running
wild Saturday in Scott Stadium, all
but one of their remaining
opponents for the season were
being defeated in their respective
contests.
Davidson, next weekends
Homecomings opponent, was
trimmed Saturday night, 24-14, by
the Richmond Spiders at
Richmond.
The Wahoos will open their
ACC competition against Duke at
Durham on October 12. Duke was
handily defeated by Michigan, one
of the weaker teams in the Big Te,
31-14.
North Carolina State lost by a
two touchdown rgn to a strong
Oklahoma squad 8-24.
In a surprig
upset, Boston
College overwhelmed Navy, the
Cavaliers opponents on October 26,
49-15.
The only future Wahoo
opponent to pull out a victory,
South Carolina, defeated the
University of North Carolina 32-27
at Chape Hill.
The University of Maryland
continued in their losing ways,
dropping their fifteenth straght
contest to Syracuse.
Faculty Fitness
The Physical Fitness
Department is initiating a
Faculty-Staff fitness program.
Sessions will be held on Monday
and Wednesday from 1 to 2,
beginning October 7 at
Memorial Gym. The program
will be individually tailored to
the age and condition of ach
participant. For further
information call Ext. 3015.
Gobblers Defeated
By Cavayearlings
By Hugh Antrim
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
Somewhat of an improvement
has been made down at Lane
Stadium in Blacksburg. Tech,
seemingly eyeing the splendor of
the Astrodome, has installed a new
scoreboard. Word has it that there
is a giant Gobler on the scoreboard
that lights up after a Virginia Tech
touchdown.
Giant Gobler or not, the
Cavayearlings opened their season
in Blacksburg with a convincing
28-20 victory over the Goblets.
With regard to the scoreboard,
Coach Tom Flether said that it
"fired us up."
Jim Lacey, a 170-pound
halfback from Pittsburgh,
accounted for three of the four
Virginia touchdowns. In addition to
scoring runs of three, two, and two
yards, Lacey ran back a Tech
kickoff 81 yards to set up the first
of the Virginia scores.
Quarterback Larry Albert
passed 15 times and completed 9
for 161 yards. Albert hit Hal
Trentham with a nine yard pass for
the first Virginia score. Trentham
managed to snare six passes in all
Friday afternoon, while punting 8
times for an average of 41 yards a
kick.
Coach Tom Fletchr was quick
to point out that the Cavayearling
victory "was a total team victory."
The offense scored when it needed
to, and the defense proved to be a
strong point. The defensive squad,
led by Bill Gardner at an end
position, was able to cut off Tech
scoring threats three times within
the five yard stripe. Coach Fletcher
did comment to the effect that the
Cavayearling defense seemed to be
"lax" until the Goblets got within
scoring range.
Bill Davis, playing a defensive
safety, squlched two Virginia Tech
drives with timely interceptions.
225-pounder Tom Goss bolstered
the Wahoo attack, blocking well for
the 22 passes thrown from
Cavayearling quarterbacks.
One noticeable injury to the
first-year team was to Gary
Helman, a co-captain. Helman, a
linebacker from Youngwood,
Pennsylvania, has a possible torn
cartilage.
The next game the
Cavayearlings play will be against
the Baby Terps from Maryland,
Oct. 4 in Scott Stadium.
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