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Boyd Defensive QB

Boyd Page will be calling the defensive
signals for the Wahoos and
will be manning a linebacker position.
Paul Reid and Ed Kihm will
join Page with the crucial line-backing
responsibility. Chuck
Blandford and Jim Blackburn will
be ready to support this trio when
needed.

1967 saw the Cavaliers rank
No.1 in pass defense in the ACC
and second in team defense. Last
season, the Wahoos had the best,
run defense and again finished up
second in overall team defense. This
fall Coach Don Lawrence hopes to
put it all together with a passing
and a run defense that will put
Virginia on the top of the list. Mr.
Lawrence comments, "Last year
every offensive record was shattered.
The majority of college
coaches believed that 1968 was only
a stepping stone to what will
happen in 1969. With this type of
forecast, it appears that defensive
football teams will have a long,
hard year. We hope the Wahoos' defense
will prove the exception."

Of six ACC games facing the
Cavaliers, five will be played in
friendly Scott Stadium. Frank
Howard and group drop by September
20, with the Duke Blue
Devils arriving in town the next Saturday.
On October 4 the Wahoos
roll to Williamsburg to battle the
Indians. The following week
Virginia visits Richmond and the
Tobacco Bowl Festival to play
VMI. N.C. State comes to Scott
Stadium October 18 before the
Wahoos travel to Annapolis to
tackle the sailors. Two more home
appearances on November 1 and 8
bring UNC and Wake Forest to
town. On November 15 the
Cavaliers fly to New Orleans and
the Sugar Bowl for a final meeting
with the Green Wave of Tulane.
Virginia closes her season with ACC
foe Maryland in College Park.

To Coach George Blackburn on
the ACC this season - "Clemson
and N.C. State will continue as perennial
powers in the conference
with South Carolina, North
Carolina, and Duke ready to explode.
Wake Forest and Maryland,
under new coaching staffs, should
have improved teams. As for
Virginia - in spite of our great graduation
losses, Virginia will continue
its ambitious goal of winning
the ACC championship."