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Oct. 16, 1999
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Head coach George Welsh
TB Thomas Jones
QB Dan Ellis
WR Billy McMullen
WR Ahmad Hawkins
LB Yubrenal Isabelle
OL Noel LaMontagne
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By TOM FOREMAN Jr.
AP Sports Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. – Thomas Jones set an Atlantic Coast Conference recordwith his fourth 200-yard game, gaining 221 yards and scoring three TDs asVirginia beat North Carolina State 47-26 Saturday.
Jones’ 200-yard mark broke a record held by four players. He also set theVirginia record for career rushing touchdowns with 32, topping the mark held byTiki Barber. His 35 touchdowns overall has tied Barber and Frank Quayle formost career touchdowns by a modern-day Cavalier.
The Cavaliers (4-3, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) snapped a two-game losingstreak and beat N.C. State (4-3, 1-3 ACC) in Raleigh for the first time in fourgames.
Virginia parlayed three N.C. State turnovers into 30 points in the thirdquarter. A Rahshon Spikes fumble led to Jones’ 1-yard run with 8:25 left in theperiod. Yubrenal Isabelle caught a deflected pass for an interception to set upJones’ 6-yard dash for a score one minute later.
After N.C. State was stopped, Dan Ellis hit Billy McMullen for an 11-yardscore with 3:59 left in the quarter. The final turnover, a Jamie Barnettefumble, led to Ellis’ 12-yard scoring pass to Ahmad Hawkins with 1:37 left fora 40-19 edge.
Barnette scrambled for a 4-yard touchdown with 14:55 to play for N.C. State.But Jones then ended his day with a 3-yard touchdown run with 2:36 left.
Jones beat the Wolfpack defense for 103 yards in the first half, but theCavaliers had relatively little to show for his work. He gained 39 of his yardson Virginia’s first possession, but the Cavaliers didn’t even cross midfield.
Jones did gain 21 yards on Virginia’s second possession to set up Ellis’34-yard scoring pass to McMullen at 6:47, but the Wolfpack retaliated with a77-yard drive capped by Spikes’ 8-yard scoring run 2 1/2 minutes later.
Todd Braverman’s 26-yard field goal put Virginia on top early in the secondquarter before the Wolfpack offense got hot, regaining the lead on Barnette’s16-yard touchdown pass to Tremayne Simmons, the first scoring catch of hiscareer.
Lloyd Harrison’s interception at the Virginia 21 set the stage for a 79-yardmarch ending on Barnette’s 49-yard scoring play to Bryan Peterson with 50seconds left before the half.