North Carolina State 3rd Straight for the Pack VERSUS University of December 23, 1974 1974 Astra-Bluebonnet Bowl Match-Up NORTH CAROLINA STATE vs. U. of HOUSTON A Capsule Comparison 1974 RESULTS N. C. STATE HOUSTON NCS (9-2) HOUSTON (8-3) OPP. 33 Wake Forest 9 Arizona State 30 35 Duke 21 Rice 0 31 Clemson 3 Miami (Fla.) 20 28 Syracuse 49 Virginia Tech 12 24 East Carolina 24 South Carolina 14 22 Virginia 35 Villanova 0 14 UNC-Chapel Hill 27 Cincinnati 6 10 Maryland 31 Georgia 24 42 South Carolina 13 Memphis State 10 12 Penn State 23 Florida State 8 _3_5_ Arizona State 14 Tulsa fl 286 249 154 TEAM STATISTICS NCS HOUSTON OPP. 242 Total First Downs 230 Total First Downs 146 156 First Downs Rushing 180 First Downs Rushing 78 80 First Downs Passing 41 First Downs Passing 62 6 First Downs Penalty 9 First Down Penalty 6 2713 Rushing Yards 3448 Rushing Yards 1456 1754 Passing Yards 1010 Passing Yards 1323 4467 Total Offense 4458 Total Offense 2779 32 Fumbles 61 Fumbles 29 19 Fumbles Lost 32 Fumbles Lost 17 64 No. of Penalties 68 No. of Penalties 60 536 Yards Penalized 610 Yards Penalized 529 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS N. C. STATE HOUSTON Player Att. Net Rushing Player Att. Net Avg. Fritts 245 1169 Housman 192 988 5.1 Hooks 136 850 M. Johnson 144 ' 845 5.9 Evans 45 227 Cherry 106 587 5.5 London 40 157 MCG raw 77 456 5.9 Da. Buckey 100 135 McGallion 90 362 4.0 Player Att. Comps. Passing Player Att. Comps. Yards Da. Buckey 162 105 Housmann 90 38 524 Evans 23 9 McGallion 44 17 318 Fritts 8 5 M. Johnson 4 2 88 Player Cgt. Yards Receiving Player Cgt. \Yards TDs Don Buckey 26 452 Lavergne 13 184 0 Hooks 20 246 Foster 12 163 1 Hovance 19 259 Scalise 11 251 2 Hardy 13 218 Bass 8 198 3 Marshall 11 181 Willingham 6 53 O Gargano 10 138 Bassler 5 54 0 Player TDs PATs Pts. Scoring Player TDs PATs FG Pts. Hooks 13 4 82 Housman 8 0 0 48 Fritts 12 O 72 Coplin 0 29-32 4-8 41 Huff 0 23-25 32 M.Johnson 6 0 O 36 Da. Buckey 2 1-2 14 Cherry 5 0 0 30 COVER: Fullback Stan Fritts, the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leading rusher with a season’s total of 1,169 yards, powers for yardage against Wake Forest. Coach Holtz Makes Decision, Sends Play In With TE Ricky Knowles four receivers with over 30 yards in catches, led passing only once in its three last-half scoring by Don Buckey with four for 108 yards and marches. WINSTON—SALEMiN. C. State opened two touchdowns. 3 O 1 10 the season with its 11th straight Atlantic Coast N.ClemsonC. State 27 7 0O I6 7 31 Conference victory, using four second half Duke 0 0 7 14 21 N. C. State 7 7 l4 7 — 35 C—Fellers 15 run (Burgess kick) end zone touchdowns to post a 33-15 win over Wake NCS——Hooks 12 run (Sherrill kick) NCS~Safety, ball centered out of (Sherrill kick) Forest at Groves Stadium. NCS—Don Buckey 67 pass from Dave Buckey (Sherrill kick) C—BurgessNCS-Hooks3063FGpass from Dave Buckey Quarterback Dave Buckey completed nine NCS—~Fritts 1 run (kick failed) NCS—Fritts 1 run (pass failed) NCSiDonDaveBuckeyBuckey)24 pass from Fritts (Hovance pass from NCS—Fritts 2 run (Hooks run) of 13 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns DJMartinez 5 run (Malechek kick) NCS—Fritts 10 run (Dave Buckey run) and ran for another score. Fullback Stan Fritts NCS—Marshall 43 pass from Evans (Sherrill kick) Ag38,800 led all rushers with 82 yards in 20 carries. DiMartinezDeMartinez 21 runpass(passfromfailed)Corbett (pass failed) N. C. State 3 0 16 14 A 33 D~Safety, Stringer tackled in end zone Wake Forest 0 0 7 8 — 15 A742,200 24 FG NcsiDaveNCSIHuff Buckey 5 run (Huff kick) RALEIGH—N. C. State rang up its fourth NCS—Lyttle 10 pass from Dave Buckey (kick failed) straight win of the season as Roland Hooks WFU!Fehring 67 pass from McGlamry (Bunch kick) scored three times and Stan Fritts eclipsed the NCSMSherrill 22 FG RALEIGHiA fired-up offensive line led ACC scoring record and tied the league touch— NCsiEvans 9 run (Huff kick) McGlamry) the way for the running tandem of Stan Fritts WFU—Harsh314 runpass(Zeglinskyfrom DavepassBuckeyfrom(Sherrill kick) down mark with the 35th score of his career. NCS—HardyA—22,500 and Roland Hooks through the Tiger defense The Wolfpack went from a 14-7 deficit to a as N. C. State rolled up its third ACC win of 28-14 advantage on the strength of Hooks’ the year and 13th in a row, beating Clemson, three scores and a ground game which netted 31-10, in Carter Stadium. 291 yards on 58 attempts. RALEIGH—N. C. State’s offense struck The Wolfpack overcame a 10-9 halftime 0 14 14 0 — 28 suddenly against a supposedly staunch Duke deficit with 69, 84 and 67 yard scoring drives. SyracuseN. C. State 0 14 0 8 — 22 defense for a 28-0 third quarter lead and main— Fullback Stan Fritts posted all three second- S—Kinsey 2 run (kick failed) tained the advantage for a 35-21 Atlantic Coast half scores and 164 yards for the evening, NCS—FrittsS—Donoghue47runrun(Huff(Kinseykick)run) Conference win in Carter Stadium. while running mate Roland Hooks amassed NCS—Hooks 2 pass from Dave Buckey (Huff kick) The Wolfpack, with more passing yards 120 more and a touchdown. NCS#Hooks 1 run (Huff kick) against the Blue Devils in this game, 278, than State clung firmly to the ground to rip NCS—HooksSiKinsey 3 run6 run(Magee(Huffrun)kick) in the two previous meetings combined, had apart the Tiger defense in the second half, A—~l7,997 Season In Review (Continued) STATE 24, East Carolina 20 RALEIGHiN. C. State dominated the second half to win a regionally-televised game with East Carolina, 24—20, in Carter Stadium. In the third quarter, Stan Fritts scored his 36th career touchdown, an ACC record, to bring the Pack to a 14-14 tie after trailing 14-0 in the first half. Two Roland Hooks scores provided the winning edge as the Wolfpack raised its record to 5-0. Fritts led the Wolfpack rushers with 114 yards. 7 7 0 6 — 20 N.EastC.CarolinaState 0 7 7 10 — 24 ECU—Strayhorn I run(Woody(Woodykick)kick) NCS—HooksECU—Weaver616passrunfrom Dave Buckey (Huff kick) NCS—Fritts 12 run (Huff kick) NCSVHooksNCS—Huff 279FGrun (Huff kick) A—42,800ECU—Myrick 5 run (pass failed) Roland Hooks Makes Sharp Cut To Avoid Clemson Defender STATE 22, Virginia 21 RALEIGH—Junior quarterback Dave Buckey was named Associated Press national Maryland 20, STATE 10 STATE 12, Penn State 7 back of the week for his performance in N. C. COLLEGE PARK, Md.—N. C. State scored RALEIGHiN. C. State played one of its State’s 22-21 come-from—behind win at Vir— first on John Huff‘s 23—yard field goal, but greatest defensive games ever and punished ginia with a record-setting effort. Maryland gave the Wolfpack its second top-ranked Penn State’s defense with hard The slender signal caller completed a straight ACC loss for the first time since 1971, inside running to post a 12—7 win in Carter school record-tying 23 of 30 passes for 306 20—10, in a hard-fought struggle in Byrd Stadium, enabling the State seniors to com— yards and ran for 8 more yards to net 314 Stadium. plete their careers without a loss at home. yards in total offense, both NCSU records, The Wolfpack rolled 80 yards in nine Fullback Stan Fritts ran for one score and for the afternoon. plays with the second—half kickoff to knot the passed to tight end Pat Hovance for another Buckey marched the Wolfpack to scores score, 10-10. as the Astro—Bluebonnet Bowl—bound Wolfpack from 76, 80, and 84 yards away after trailing Roland Hooks with 81 yards and Stan bounced the Cotton Bowl-bound Nittany 21—0. Fritts with 71 yards led the Wolfpack rushers. Lions for the first time in 11 tries. Stan Fritts led the Wolfpack on the Fritts netted 112 yards for the afternoon, ground with 111 yards, and six receivers had N.MarylandC. State 03 10o 73 07 7 2010 much of it coming on the Wolfpack’s 80 and 32 yards or more with Don Buckey snaring 5 73 yard scoring drives. The aggressive Pack M—AvelliniNCS—Huff 2330FGrun (Mike-Mayer kick) passes for 71 yards. MiMike—Mayer 22 FG defense, sparked by middle guard Tom Hig- N. C. State 0 0 6 16 — 22 NCsiLyttleM—Mike-MayerI pass44 fromFG Dave Buckey (Huff kick) gins, linebacker Mike Daley and safety Bob Virginia 7 7 7 0 7 21 M—Carter 6 run (Mike-Mayer kick) Divens, came within 43 seconds of blanking V—Colleran 11 pass from Gardner (Jenkins kick) A749,674 the powerful Nittany Lions. V*SheltonV—Dowe 3 45runpass(Jenkinsfrom kick)Gardner (Jenkins kick) Penn State 0 0 0 777 NCS—Fritts 2 run (run failed) N. C. State 0 6 6 0‘12 NCsiHooksDave Buckey)36 pass from Dave Buckey (Hovance pass from NCsiFritts 4 run (kick failed) NCsiDave Buckey 2 run (Hooks run) NCsiHovance 22 pass from Fritts (run failed) A—27,100 STATE 42, South Carolina 27 A47,700PSUiEaise 13 pass from Shuman (J.