College Football : South Roundup : In Flash, Clemson Wins 3rd Straight ACC Title

Clemson won its third straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship and a berth in the Florida Citrus Bowl in a flash.

Terry Allen scored 2 touchdowns and Gary Cooper added the second of his 2 touchdowns in a 2-minute, 40-second span as the 16th-ranked Tigers overcame a 14-10 first-half deficit and beat Maryland, 49-25, Saturday at College Park, Md.

Allen finished with 110 yards in 19 carries, giving him 1,066 yards for the season and 2,039 for his career, making him the first sophomore in Clemson history to surpass the 2,000-yard mark.

Clemson’s scoring spree was a culmination of an unstoppable offense and a defensive spurt that forced a pair of turnovers.

Clemson, 8-2 overall and 5-1 in the ACC, probably will face the winner of next week’s Oklahoma-Nebraska game in the Citrus Bowl.

Maryland is 5-5 and 4-2.

Virginia 27, N. Carolina 24-- Mark Inderlied kicked a 28-yard field goal with 6:11 left as the Cavaliers beat the Tar Heels in an ACC game at Chapel Hill.

The victory broke Virginia’s 20-year dry spell in Chapel Hill and gave the Cavaliers a 6-4 overall mark, 4-2 in the league. North Carolina fell to 1-9 and 1-5--the first 9-loss season in school history.

Wake Forest 28, Georgia Tech 24--Quarterback Mike Elkins passed for 174 yards and 3 touchdowns as Wake Forest beat Georgia Tech in an ACC game at Winston-Salem, N.C.

Wake Forest (6-4, 4-3) handed the Yellow Jackets (3-7, 0-7) their 14th straight ACC loss.

Duke 43, N.C. State 43--Damon Hartman kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired as North Carolina State came back to tie Duke at Raleigh, N.C.

Duke had taken a 43-40 lead when quarterback Anthony Dilweg, who passed for 357 yards, hit Clarkston Hines with an 8-yard TD pass with 57 seconds left.

But quarterback Shane Montgomery, who tied a Wolfpack record with 3 touchdown passes, moved N.C. State from its 21 to the Duke 20. The game-tying drive was aided by 2 penalties and a 19-yard pass play.

Duke and North Carolina State are both 6-3-1 overall and 4-2-1 in the ACC.

South Carolina 19, Navy 8--Freshman Antonio Walker scored on a blocked punt and Collin Mackie hit four field goals as South Carolina defeated Navy in a non-conference game at Columbia, S.C.

The victory probably assures the Gamecocks (8-2) of a bid to the Liberty Bowl against Indiana. Navy dropped to 3-7.

Florida St. 41, Virginia Tech 14--Dexter Carter rushed for 119 yards and Sammie Smith scored 2 touchdowns as the 5th-ranked Seminoles won a Tallahassee, Fla.

The Seminoles’ bowl outlook depends on next week’s UCLA-USC game. If the Bruins win, Florida State goes to the Cotton Bowl. A Trojan victory would send the Seminoles to the Sugar Bowl.

Florida State (9-1) broke open a close game with 20 third-quarter points as Chip Ferguson and Peter Tom Willis threw touchdown passes and Marion Butts scored on a 1-yard run. Virginia Tech is 2-8.

Louisville 35, W. Kentucky 17--Louisville quarterback Jay Gruden threw for 200 yards and Deon Booker rushed for 104 yards and 2 touchdowns the Cardinals won their sixth straight game by beating Western Kentucky in a non-conference game at Louisville, Ky.

Louisville is 8-3 and Western Kentucky, a Division I-AA school, is 7-3.

Memphis State 26, Tulsa 20--Memphis State cornerback Glenn Rogers Jr. intercepted two passes to set up fourth quarter scores as the Tigers edged Tulsa in a non-conference game at Memphis, Tenn.