North Carolina State Liberty Bowl Extra 1963 Season In Review COLLEGE PARK, MD., Sept. 22—SCOring the first three times with the ball, North Carolina State handed Maryland its first opening game loss under Tom Nugent, 34-14. Quarterback Jim Rossi, hitting on passes when they were needed to supplement a rushing attack that gained 246 yards, completed eight-of-ten passes for 94 yards and a touchdown While scoring on an 11-yard bootleg. An alert defense was headed by ends Don Montgomery and Ray Barlow, and tackle Bert Wilder. Dick Shiner ran and passed for Maryland’s two scores. “The big difference between the teams was the play of N. C. State’s ends,” said Nugent. First Yards Yards Passes Had Fumbles Penalties Downs Rush Pass Att/Comp Int. Fum/Lnst Pen/Lost N. C. STATE ....20 246 94 11-8 0 1-1 2-10 Maryland 16 43 189 30-17 1 2—1 6—36 NCS l4 8 7 7—36 Md. O 8 0 6-——l4 Scoring: NCS—Koszarsky, 6, run (AndreWS kick) N,CS—C|ark 3, run (Andrews kick) NCS—Rossi, ll, run (Guin pass from Rossi) Md.— Martin, 13 pass from Shiner (Shiner run) NCS—Scorpati, 6, Md.—-Shiner, 6, runrun(Run(Andrewsfailed)kick) NCS—Faircloth, 4, pass from Rossi (Andrews kick) HATTIESBURG, MISS., Sept. 28—North Carolina State parlayed the passing of quarterback Jim Rossi and some sto-ut line play into an impressive 14-0 football victory over Southern Mississippi. State got its scores on the pin-point passing of Rossi, who connected on 13-of-15 attempts for 131 yards. Rossi hit on four straight passes to beat the first-half clock with Ray Barlow taking a four-yard pass for the score with 13 seconds left in the half. The Pack’s final touchdown came in the fourth quarter on an 84-yard drive, with Rossi connecting on six-of-seven passes. End Bob Faircloth caught the four-yard score. ”Our line did the job for us,” said State coach Earle Edwards. “It gave Rossi protection and stopped Southern when we had to.” First Yards Yards Passes Had Fumbles Penalties Downs Rush Pass Att/Comp lnt. Fum/Lost Pen/Lost N. C. STATE ....10 64 131 15—13 1 1-0 7-5] Sou. Miss. ..........14 205 42 12-5 1 3—0 7—57 NCS ...... O 7 0 7—14 USM ...... 0 O 0 0—0 Scoring: NCS—Barlow, 4 pass from Rossi (AndreWS kick) NCS—Faircloth, 3 pass from Rossi (AndreWS kick) CLEMSON, S. C., Oct. 5—A 77-yard touchdown pass from Jim Rossi to end Ray Barlow with 1:41 to go in the half gave North Carolina State a 7-3 advantage, which its defense made stand up to defeat Clemson in a key Atlantic Coast Conference ame. g Barlow, named Sports Illustrated “Lineman of the Week” for his play, recovered a fumble at the State 19' to halt one Tiger drive. A goal-line stand, after Clemson had picked up a first down at the two, saved the victory. Guard Bennett Williams made the key stop there. “That goal-line stand helped us,” said Earle Edwards. “They had us backed up badly most of the game. Maybe we did every- thing wrong, except losing.” First Yards Yards Passes Had Fumbles Penalties Downs Rush Pass Att/Comp lnt. Fum/Lost Pen/Lost STATE 7 50 144 24-9 1 1—0 3—21 ClemsonN. C. ............15 168 102 21—12 0 5—1 2-20 NCS 0 7 0 0—7 Clem ...... O 3 0 0—3 Scoring: Clem,—Peorce, FG, 22 NCS—Barlow, 77 pass from Rossi (AndreWS kick) COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 12—North Carolina State won its fourth straight road game, defeating South Carolina in the rain, 18-6. Again the Wolfpack got strong defensive play, with end Don Montgomery getting State’s second score as he took a punt right off the foot of the Gamecock punter and ran 19 yards into the end zone. Jim Rossi’s 21-yard pass to Tony Koszarsky got the first score, while the Wolfpack’s final touchdown came on a 90-yard drive highlighted by Rossi’s 48-yard run and his 18- yard pass to Jimmy Guin which carried to the one from where fullback Pete Falzarano- took it over. South Carolina intercepted a pass and scored against the reserves for its score. First Yards Yards Passes Hadx Fumbles Penalties Downs Rush Pass Att/Comp Int. Fum/Lost Pen/Lost N. C. STATE ...... 9 177 65 14-6 2 2—1 5-40 South Carolina 10 55 82 24—8 3 -2-1 6—50 NCS O 12 6 0—18 USC 0 0 0 6—6 NCS—Koszorsky, 21 pass from Rossi (Poss foiled) Scoring: NCS—Montgomery, 19, run with blocked punt (Kick failed) NCS—Falzorano, 1, run (Poss failed) USC—Reeves, 4, run (Poss foiled) CHAPEL HILL, N. C., Oct. 19—North Carolina knocked North Carolina State from the unbeaten ranks, as the Tar Heels pulled from a 10-10 halftime tie to defeat the Wolfpack 31-10, with three second-half touchdowns. Tony Koszarsky’s 74-yard runback with a pass interception with just 15 seconds left in the half had gotten State its half- time tie. But Carolina, before a record Kenan Stadium crowd of 45,500, took the second half kickoff in for a score and then recovered a Pack fumble on the first play succeeding their touchdown and scored again. “Carolina didn’t need the help we gave them. It was their day,” said Wolfpack coach Earle Edwards. First Yards Yards Passes Had Fumbles Penalties Downs Rush Pass Att/Comn Int. Fum/Lost Pen/Lost STATE ...... 6 26 80 l7—1l 1 1-1 4-35 NorthN. C. Carolina 26 304 167 18-10 3 0-0 3-45 ...... O 10 0 0—10 UNCNCS ...... 3 7 14 7—31 Scoring: UNC—Braine, FG, 21 NCS—Andrews, FG, 25 UNC—Tuthill, 15 pass from Black (Braine kick) NCS—Koszorsky, 74 pass interception return (Andrews kick) UNC—Willard, 6, run (Braine kick) UNC—-——Robinson, 22 pass from Edge (Braine kick) UNC—Robinson, 5, pass from Edge (Braine kick) 3 RALEIGH, N. C., Oct. 26—Playing at home for the first time in six games, North Carolina State scored its first victory over Duke since 1946, handing the Blue Devils their first loss of the season, 21-7. Except for one long scoring pass, the State defense held the high scoring Duke attack under complete control. State built up a 14-0 halftime lead and then the defense arose to the situation With three interceptions, when it looked as if Duke might threaten. End Don Montgomery went in from 11 yards out with the second interception for the touchdown that wrapped it up. Bert Wilder, a terror all day on defense, was named Associated Press “Lineman of the Week” for his tremen— dous effort. State’s first score was set up by Mike Clark’s 55—yard run, with Tony Koszarsky scoring from six yards out; while Jim Rossi’s 55-yard twisting run and his 39-yard scoring pass to Joe Scarpati got a touchdown with 31 seconds left in the half. First Yards Yards Passes Had Fumbles Penalties Downs Rush Pass Att/Comp lnt. Fum/Lost Pen/Lost N. STATE 9 250 63 13—2 2 3-1 5-35 Duke 10 65 123 34-14 2 4—3 1—15 Duke 0 0 0 7—7 NCS 0 l4 0 7—21 Scoring: NCS—Koszorsky, 6, run (AndreWS kick) NCS-—Scorpoti, 39 pass from Rossi (Andrews kick) Duke—Wilkinson, 37 pass from Glocken (Curtis kick) NCS—Montgomery, ll, intercepted later-cl (AndreWS kick) NORFOLK, VA., Nov. 2—Two blocked punts and a high pass from center on a Virginia punt formation gave North Carolina State a 15-9 victory, after State had fallen behind at the half (7-2) for the first time during the season. Ends Bob Faircloth and Don Montgomery blocked the punts for State. One resulted in a safety and the other set up Mike Clark’s four-yard touchdown. The bad pass from center set up the second touchdown, scored by fullback Pete Falzarano from one yard out. After their first-period touchdown, the Cavaliers went 40 minutes without a first down. First Yards Yards Passes Had Fumbles Penalties Downs Rush Pass Att/Comp Int. Fum/Lost Pen/Lost 125 56 21—10 2 0-0 3-25 VirginiaN. c. STATE............is9 93 44 11-4 0 4—1 4-38 UVA 7 o o 2—9 NCS o 2 7 6—15 Scoring: UVA—Christhilf, 10 pass from Hodges (Shumon kick) NCS—Safety (Shumon recovers blocked punt in end zone) NCS—~Clork, 4, run (AndreWS kick) NCS—Falzarano, i, run (Kick foiled) UVA—Safety (Houtz unable to get off punt) RALEIGH, N. C‘., Nov. 9—North Carolina State’s Home- coming was a success, with the VVolfpack ending Virginia Tech’s six-game winning streak, 13-7, and stretching its seasonal mark to seven wins in eight games. Joe Scarpati took in a 16-yard touchdown pass from quarter- back ]im Rossi in the first quarter and then halfback Tony Ko-szarsky recovered a fumbled punt in the end zone for State’s 13 points. The Wolfpack held Tech quarterback Bob Schweickert in con- trol until he broke loose in the fourth quarter for a 59-yard run 4 which set up the touchdown he scored on a one-yard sweep.