COLLEGE FOOTBALL : ATLANTIC COAST ROUNDUP : Yes, Wake Forest There Is Yet Another Loss to Virginia

Except for a short stretch midway through the second half Saturday, 11th-ranked Virginia’s game with Wake Forest followed a familiar script. The outcome was equally predictable.

With a 35-17 victory at Charlottesville, Va., the Cavaliers beat the Demon Deacons for the 12th-consecutive time.

During its streak, Virginia, 5-1 overall and 4-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, has beaten Wake Forest (1-4, 0-2) by an average of 19 points.

The Deacons seemed on the verge on changing recent history when they got within a touchdown of Virginia early in the fourth quarter. But the Cavaliers scored two quick touchdowns to improve their series edge to 26-11.

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North Carolina 62, Ohio 0--Octavus Barnes had 211 receiving yards on eight catches and tied the Tar Heel record with three touchdown receptions as North Carolina broke out of its scoring slump at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Barnes had scoring catches of 42, 56 and 23 yards as North Carolina (2-2) built a 35-point halftime lead.

It was the worst loss for the Bobcats (1-3-1) since a 72-0 drubbing to Syracuse in 1916.

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Clemson 43, North Carolina State 22--Nealon Greene answered his coach’s call for mistake-free football, throwing two touchdown passes and leading the Tigers to a victory over the Wolfpack at Raleigh, N.C.

Greene was eight for 11 for 152 yards and had a pair of touchdown passes to Tony Horne. The Tigers (3-2, 2-2) also got two scoring runs from Raymond Priester.

N.C. State (1-4, 0-3) is off to its worst start since a 1-4 mark to open the 1971 season.

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Navy 30, Duke 9--Quarterback Chris McCoy rushed for 144 yards and a touchdown and ran the Midshipmen’s option offense to near perfection at Durham, N.C., snapping the Blue Devils’ 20-game nonconference home winning streak.

Navy (2-2) held Duke (2-3) to minus-one yard rushing on 24 carries through three quarters.

Navy was coming off a six-turnover, 30-7 loss to Wake Forest.

McCoy, who had 22 carries, scored on an 11-yard run and also had a 56-yard run.