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OKLAHOMA:
"I think we'll pass the ball on them,' says Carolina
sophomore wide receiver Victor Harrison, who caught
third in the country in total offense at 475 yards a game, two touchdown passes against N.C. State. "I think we'll pass
second in rushing offense at 371 yards a game. more because the man-to-man coverage is easy to beat in some
fourth in scoring at, 35. 8 points a contest. ways."
NORTH CAROLINA: Oklahoma's defense has something in common with the
fourth in the nation in total defense, allowing just 216 Sooners' offense: lots of points. The 4-2 Sooners have allowed
yards a game.
third in rushing defense, giving up only 77 yards a game.
first in scoring defense, with opponents averaging just 5.6
points a game.
Or do they?
21 points a game, including 42 against Colorado. In that game,
though, the offense almost doubled the score with 82 of its
own.
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Last week against Iowa State, the Sooner defense yielded
only a touchdown in a 42-7 OU victory. Senior defensive end
Richard Turner, who earned All-Big Eight honors for his play,
made 20 tackles, 15 of those unassisted. -
Sooner defensive back Byron Paul says, "They have real
good people. Their quarterback is good. They probably will
: ; r ; "' try to pass on us because he is so good. Right now, we are
While the statistics indicate that Saturday's Oklahoma- playing better than we have all year. It would help us a lot if we
rortn Carolina game is a test ot a great offense against a great could win. We need to knock them off."
defense which it is the other units of the Sooners and the
Tar Heels might decide the outcome. Carolina enters the game a six-point underdog, with the
For North Carolina, it is an offense averaging 25 points a 75,000 spectators in Norman's Memorial Stadium worth
game mat could . be averaging six and still would be someming iu me owner.
J: w, ' . . . . . , , '. Someone once called Atlantic Coast Conference football
The.Tar Heels, with sophomore quarterback Rod Elkins nothing more than a filler between basketball seasons. That
improving every game, have proven they can score points but who is probably mixing cement today, could say the
in ail except the Texas Tech game (a 9-3 Carolina win) the same a5out the Big Eight or Oklahoma. Just flip-flop the
defense has stopped the opposition so well the offense could sports
have sputtered and UNC still would have won.
Elkins, who has connected on 53 percent of his passes and . The football maniaof the Sooner state will be hard to miss
thrown 11 touchdown passes, says he believes the offense Saturday afternoon. So will the defense of North Carolina and
would be able to rally if Oklahoma took an early lead. If the offense of Oklahoma.
Carolina does fall behind, it will be a new experience for The outcome of the game-, though, might rest with those
everyone on the offense. other 22 players. Don't be surprised if it does.
Ey NOrJ.IAN CAN NAD A
Staff Writer
North Carolina's rise to national prominence in football this
year has fans and the news media hinting at the possibility of a
major bowl bid for the Tar Heels for the first time in many
yes. But is hasn't been that long ao that the Tar Ikcls were
consistently considered for the big bowl games.
"We went to the Sugar Bowl twice and the Cotton Bowl
ence while I was playing," said Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice,
who played with UNC from 1945-1949. "And the other year,
we had an invitation to the Orange Bowl and turned it down."
Justice, an All-America tailback in 1943 and 1949, recalled
the 1943 Tar Heel team vividly. .
"We beat Texas early in the year and were No. 1 in the
country for most of the season. Then we tied William & Mary
late in the season and went down a little in the rankings."
The Tar Heels ended the 1943 regular season 9-0-1 and could
have had a legitimate claim to the national title had they
beaten Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. The Sooners defeated the
Heels 14-6, however, and UNC had to settle for a third-place
national finish.
"We really should have won because we outplayed them the
whole game," Justice said. "1 made some mistakes and they
intercepted a bad pass."
In addition to the 1948 bowl appearance, the Tar Heels went
to the Sugar Bowl in 1945 and the Cotton Bowl in 1949. But
Justice, said, the best Carolina football team during those
years was the 1947 team the one that didn't go to a bowl
game.
"We got beat two times early in the season, but w: came on
and won the rest of our games," Justice said. We had an
invitation to the Orange Bowl, but we had also been invited to
play Notre Dame in a war bonds game cn Dec. 9. The
University wouldn't let us go to the war bonds game because it
interfered with exams, so wc turned down the Orange Bowl,
too."
After the 1949 season, the Carolina football program
skidded swiftly downhill.
"I don't really understand what hcrpencd," ju-:iee said. "I
know that the coaches didn't look to the future. Maybe they
were just too content with what they had."
Art Weiner, an All-America wide receiver for the Tar
Heels at the same time as Justice, had different ideas about the
decline in the program.
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"That was around the time that the sir.-Ic-wi
going cut and the spIit-T formation was ccmir
"I just don't think the personnel was there to make the
Weiner and Justice both said they have watched the progress
of UNC football throughout the years and have noticed many
differences between the 1943 team and the ISC0 squad.
"By comparison, 111 bet every man on this team would
outweigh every man cn our team by 30-40 pounds,'.' Justice
said. "And even the big guys are fast. You have guys running
the 40 in 4.7 seconds. I couldn't have run one in half an
hour. We weren't fast, but then, nobody else was either.
Today you need that speed."
Weiner said there was one major similarity between the 1943
and 19S0 UNC squads.
"We were a very close-knit group and I think this team is
very close too," he said. "You have to almost be like a family
and play for each other, before you can be successful."
Both former players predicted a Tar Heel victory when
Carolina takes on 16th-ranked Oklahoma in Norman,
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"They're physical enough to play with anybody and that
includes Oklahoma," Weiner said." I think (UNC
quarterback Rod) Elkins is the key to the team. He started out
slow, but since he's gained more experience, it's made the
whole team better."
Justice said he saw the Carolina defense as the key in the
Saturday game.
"This is the best team that I've seen at Chapel Hill since I
graduated," he said. "The defense is stronger than any other
team in the past, even the team that had that great defense a
few years ago. The defense is bigger and quickcr and they play
so well together."
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Sun Writer
Though this year's field is stronger,
members of the North Carolina
women's golf team believe they have an
excellent chance to defend their title in
the Lady Tar Heel Invitational which
begins Saturday.
The 54-hole tournament will be played
at Finley Golf Course and runs through
Monday.
"Last year we won with a (54-hole
total of) 961," said coach Dot Gunnells.
"This year it will take a 930 to win it."
Gunnells believes her players are up to
that task.
Gunnells has repeatedly called this her
best team at UNC. The team has set
several team and individual scoring
records in tournaments this year,
including Jill Nesbitt's 69 at Finley
earlier this year, which set a new
women's course record.
The stiff competition between
. teammates has caused positive results in.
tournaments as the team is probably off
to its best start ever.
The Tar Heels won their . first
tournament of the year, the Perm State
Invitational, and had a second-place
finish in the Blue Ridse Mountain
Invitational in Boone. The Tar Heels
also took a fifth-place finish in the
Georgii Invitational. Several individuals
also have recorded top 10 finishes, with
Cathy Reynolds winning the individual
title at Perm State.
"We're playing very well this
year-r-by far the best golf of any other
Carolina team since I've been here,"
Gunnells said. She said there was very
little d: f ference in the abilities of her top
four golfers (Reynolds, Carla Daniel,
Nesbitr and Linda Mcscan) and that
any or e of them could start play in the
No. 1 spot any given week.
"I could throw the top four or five
player;;' names in a hat and draw their
positic ns from that hat and still come up
with a very strong team," Gunnells said.
Gurxiells has picked Mcscan, Daniel
and Rijynolds along with freshman Lucy
Lofiarid and Kathy Ayers to play on
Carolina's No. 1 (or white) team. The
other five members will play on the blue
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The Heels will have to beat some top
flight competition if they are to
successfully defend their title. Five of
the 2S teams entered are nationally
ranked, with seven qualifying for the
national tournament last year. The field
includes perennial powers Georgia, Ohio
State and Furman as well as last year's
second- and third-place teams, Florida
International and Miami Day.
To win, Gunnells said her team would
have to "be sharp and keep the ball in
play we've got to stay out of the
rough."
Reynolds said that the players would
do all right if they just played the course
the same way they have all year in
practice. "I'm going to play the course
like I have ever since I got here the
only difference is I have to turn the score
in at the end of the round."
Reynolds said the team was very
excited about playing at homeT "This is
' the tournament we've been pointing
for," she said. "It's always special to.
play on your home course.
"We've got a good feeling we're not
uptight or nervous. We're just excited!"
Reynolds thinks the Lady Tar Heel
will be a good tournament. "The course
is in great shape and there should be
some low scores."
Gunnells also believes it will be a good
tournament. "This is the fifth Lady Tar
Heel and in the first one, we only had six
teams entered.
."I'm really pleased with the size and
quality of this year's field."
Gunnells and her players are
confident and are taking dead aim at the
930 goal Gunnells has set. Reynolds
believes the Tar Heels will do very well if
they reach that total.
"If we shoot 310 or under every day
for three days, we'll win it," she said.
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