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Serino Scores

Little Bob Serino, the spring
game's surprise, jolted the Bulls
for the remaining touchdown just
before the half on a 17-yard flip
from Arnette.

That pass plus his own jaunts
gave Arnette a tie with predecessor
Bob Davis for the conference mark
of "most touchdowns responsible"
(5) in a single game.

The defense, however, was not
to be forgotten. It was this unit
that held the opposition in check
while the offense seemingly was
getting itself settled in the opening
minutes. In fact the defense shone
throughout the whole afternoon:
it murdered Quarterback Mick
Murtha and his receivers, and
stopped the running backs for most
of the afternoon.

Almost from the start things
seemed to go well for the Cavaliers.
On his first encounter with
Murtha, Pete Schmidt picked off
an interception to give the Wahoos
the ball on their own 43.

After a trading of downs as a
result of Virginia's fumbling—a
plague which was to strike the
Cavaliers six times with fortunately
little damage—Virginia got the ball
on its own 29. Shortly thereafter
quarterback Arnette circled right
end to race 21 yards for the first
of many six-pointers. Hill's kick
for the extra point split the goal
posts just as the rest were to do
all afternoon.

The quarter ended with Virginia
ahead 7-0.