SOUTH ROUNDUP : No. 6 Florida State Rallies to Win, Clinch Tie for ACC Title, 29-24

Bobby Bowden set a trap and Georgia Tech fell into it.

Charlie Ward threw a 17-yard pass to Kez McCorvey with 1:48 left to give sixth-ranked Florida State a 29-24 victory over the No. 16 Yellow Jackets Saturday at Atlanta.

The victory guaranteed the Seminoles at least a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference title in their first year in the league.

“We were going to fake an inside move and back out, hoping they blitz,” Bowden said. “If they weren’t in a blitz, we were going to call timeout and change the play.”

Georgia Tech blitzed, leaving McCorvey with only single coverage to beat for the touchdown that made Florida State 6-1 overall and 6-0 in the ACC.

Florida State, which has ACC games remaining against Virginia and Maryland, has a two-game lead over Virginia, Georgia Tech, Clemson, North Carolina State and North Carolina, all with two losses.

The Seminoles trailed, 21-7, in the fourth quarter before Ward, who had two passes intercepted by Marlon Williams in the third quarter, got untracked.

Ward passed to McCorvey for 29 yards and kept for 15 in an 11-play, 80-yard scoring drive that ended with William Floyd’s one-yard scoring run.

Florida State recovered an onside kick before driving to the winning score.

The Seminoles then caught Shawn Jones of Georgia Tech (4-2, 3-2) for a safety.

Scott Sisson kicked field goals of 47, 51, 20 and 25 yards for the Yellow Jackets.

North Carolina 27, No. 17 Virginia 7--Natrone Means rushed for 216 yards in 31 carries at Chapel Hill, N.C., as the Tar Heels pulled off the biggest upset of the Mack Brown coaching era.

It was North Carolina’s first victory in 10 years against a ranked team, going back to a 26-10 defeat of Texas in the 1982 Sun Bowl.

The Tar Heels (5-2, 2-2) are 11-0 when Means rushes for 100 yards. The Tar Heels broke a five-game losing streak against the Cavaliers, who were held to 263 yards, 200 below their average.

Virginia (5-2, 4-2) played without ACC rushing leader Terry Kirby, who fractured his shoulder blade last week. “I don’t see how anything would be different if Kirby had been out there,” Virginia Coach George Welsh said. “There weren’t any holes.”

The Cavaliers, who came into the game second in the nation in scoring at 41.7 points per game and 11th in total offense at 461.5 yards, were shut down much after scoring on their first possession. Bobby Goodman, the nation’s leader in passing efficiency, was held to a season-low 102 yards passing with two interceptions.

No. 19 Clemson 21, Duke 6--Quarterback Louis Solomon, making his first collegiate start, rushed for 104 yards a touchdown and the Tigers tied a school record with 10 sacks in an ACC victory over the Blue Devils at Clemson, S.C.

Solomon, a 5-foot-10, 168-pound redshirt freshman, scored on a 20-yard run on the Tigers’ first possession, and guided Clemson (4-2, 2-2) to Ronald Williams’ 10-yard clinching touchdown with 8:09 left in the game.

Solomon was carried off the field on a cart after injuring his right knee when he was sacked with 4:34 left in the fourth period. The extent of the injury wasn’t known immediately.

Clemson held Duke (2-4, 0-3) to two field goals and sacked Spence Fischer 10 times for 56 yards, tying the school record set in 1979 against Maryland.

Solomon led the Tigers on an 89-yard scoring drive, their longest of the year, in the first quarter. His 55-yard run on the option set up his 20-yard scoring run two plays later.

Wake Forest 30, Maryland 23--Keith West passed for a career-high 331 yards and the winning touchdown as the Deacons rallied from a nine-point deficit to beat the Terrapins in an ACC game at College Park, Md.

West also ran for a score as Wake Forest (3-3, 1-3) beat Maryland (1-6, 0-4) for only the third time in the last 13 games.

Wake Forest defensive ends Willie Hall and Gleen Hart were hospitalized after colliding in the third quarter. Their conditions were not immediately known.

No. 21 North Carolina State 13, Virginia Tech 13--After missing his two previous kicks, Steve Videtich kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired and the Wolfpack salvaged a tie with the Hokies at Blacksburg, Va.

Virginia Tech (2-3-1) took a 13-10 lead on Ryan Williams’ 30-yard field goal with 1:21 left.

But Terry Jordan, who completed 24 of 38 passes for 259 yards, drove N.C. State (5-2-1) downfield with short pass completions after a 32-yard kickoff return by Ricky Turner.

Louisville 32, Tulsa 27--Ralph Dawkins passed for one touchdown and ran for two more as the Cardinals (3-4) got past the Golden Hurricane (2-5) at Louisville.

Dawkins, a junior running back, threw a 23-yard scoring pass to Greg Brohm on an option play, giving Louisville a 14-3 lead with 8:56 left in the second quarter.

Dawkins scored on a 12-yard run with 3:20 left in the half to give Louisville a 20-6 lead. His final touchdown came with 10:27 left in the third quarter from four yards out to make it 26-6.

Memphis State 37, Arkansas State 7--Joe Allison kicked three field goals and Larry Porter ran for a touchdown as the Tigers (3-3) won a fight-marred game at Memphis, Tenn.

Memphis State’s Russell Copeland, who caught a pass at the Arkansas State three when the fight broke out midway through the fourth quarter, was hurt during the fight and lay on the field for several minutes before being led off. Three players from each team were ejected.

Arkansas State dropped to 1-6.

East Carolina 42, Cincinnati 21--Michael Anderson made up for two interceptions by throwing three touchdown passes in the second half and the Pirates (3-3) beat the Bearcats (1-5) at Greenville, N.C.