South Roundup : Maryland Wins 15th Straight ACC Game, 28-10

Rick Badanjek scored three touchdowns as Maryland defeated North Carolina, 28-10, Saturday in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at College Park, Md.

It was the 15th straight ACC victory for the Terrapins and their fourth in a row over the Tar Heels.

The win raised Maryland’s record to 6-2 overall and 4-0 in the ACC. North Carolina fell to 4-4 and 2-2.

Badanjek has eight touchdowns in four games against the Tar Heels, all won by Maryland.

“He’s our bread and butter guy and he’s been that way for four years,” Maryland Coach Bobby Ross said of Badanjek, who has 46 career touchdowns in 44 games. “When you’ve got a guy like Rick around, you’d be foolish not to use him. He’s hard to stop down there (near the goal line).”

Badanjek rushed for 88 yards in 24 carries, with all of his touchdowns coming on two-yard runs. Alvin Blount added 78 rushing yards in 19 carries.

“When you look at the game, Maryland is just a better team than we are,” North Carolina Coach Dick Crum said. “We didn’t help ourselves in the first half.”

Maryland’s defense forced four turnovers, had five sacks and stopped North Carolina twice on fourth-down plays in the fourth quarter.

After a Badanjek touchdown late in the first quarter put Maryland ahead, 7-0, Terrapin linebacker Dave Kelly recovered a Brad Lopp fumble at the North Carolina 39 midway through the second quarter.

Seven plays later, Maryland quarterback Stan Gelbaugh hit tight end Chris Knight with a two-yard touchdown pass to put Maryland ahead, 14-0.

North Carolina took advantage of two third-quarter interceptions to get back into the game.

The Tar Heels drove 60 yards after a Larry Griffin interception to make the score 14-3 on Kenny Miller’s field goal.

On Maryland’s next possession, linebacker Carl Carr intercepted a Gelbaugh pass at the Terrapin 31. Three plays later, freshman Jonathan Hall hit Eric Streater for a 15-yard touchdown pass to make the score 14-10.

North Carolina State 21, South Carolina 17--Haywood Jeffires caught two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, including a spectacular 75-yard play, to lead the Wolfpack to an upset victory at Columbia, S.C.

With just 1:22 left, Jeffires took a pass from quarterback Erik Kramer, juggled the ball twice and then outran defenders to the goal for the 75-yard score.

A subsequent South Carolina drive fell short when Mike Hold’s fourth-down pass was batted away in the end zone with three seconds remaining.

The Wolfpack improved to 2-7, while dropping South Carolina to 4-4.

Clemson 26, Wake Forest 10--At Clemson, S.C., Clemson tailbacks Kenny Flowers and Stacey Driver led a rushing attack that gained 306 yards.

Flowers rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns, and Driver added 114 yards as the Tigers raised their record to 4-3 and 3-1 in the ACC, and Duke fell to 2-5 and 0-3.

Flowers’ touchdowns came on runs of one and 52 yards. Clemson also scored on a 22-yard pass from Rodney Williams to Terrance Roulhac, a safety and David Treadwell’s 41-yard field goal.

Wake Forest (3-6, 0-5) got its points on a two-yard run by Michael Ramseur and Doug Illing’s 31-yard field goal.

Clemson suffered a major setback on the first play of the game when senior defensive tackle Steve Berlin injured his right knee. Team officials said Berlin, who led all down linemen in the ACC in tackles entering the game, will miss the rest of the season.

Virginia 27, West Virginia 7--Barry Word rushed for 148 yards, while Don Majkowski passed for one touchdown and ran for another at Charlottesville, Va., enabling the Cavaliers to weather four second-half turnovers.

Majkowski’s ran 17 yards for a touchdown and Virginia (5-3) added a 4-yard scoring run by Kevin Morgan, a 1-yard touchdown run by Howard Petty and a 15-yard scoring pass from Majkowski to John Muha.

Majkowski’s pass to Muha clinched the victory. But the extra point was blocked, breaking Kenny Stadlin’s streak of 81 consecutive conversions.

West Virginia (4-3-1) was unable to mount any kind of offense after failing to complete its first 10 passes.

Virginia Tech 31, Memphis State 10--Quarterback Mark Cox, making his first start of the season, completed 11 of 24 passes for 155 yards at Blacksburg, Va., as Virginia Tech (4-5) romped over Memphis State.

The Hokies’ defense, meanwhile, held the Tigers (2-5-2) to minus-six yards rushing.

Cox, who scored on a seven-yard run, also completed a 47-yard “Hail Mary” touchdown pass to Terrence Howell on the last play of the first half.

Maurice Williams scored on a three-yard run for Tech and rushed for 92 yards in 18 carries.