The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 04, 1964, Page Page Six, Image 6
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The sun cast long shadows across the playing surface
of Death Valley as the last Carolina football player pushed
his way through the milling crowd to the locker room.
There was a touch of sadness on his face as he passed by
happy Gamecock fans. Several times he stopped to sign
autographs and exchange words. The man, who for three
years had led the Gamecocks into battle, was the last one
to leave the field where he had bowed out from a brilliant
football career in the shadows of frustration.
Deacon Dan Reeves had
stood on the sidelines and
watched the man who had
played behind him for two
years move his team down
the field ninety -three
yards, going the last twelve
on his own for the winning
touchdown. What Dan had
failed to do another man
had done. The Deacon had
given all he could, despite
his foot injury, but his last
play in collegiate football
had been a fumble, some
thing which had snatched
the chance for heroism
from him. His last play had
"GoMI-hy., Deacon Da." been a mark of his career,
frustration.
When Dan came to Carolina in the fall of 1961, he was
six feet tall and weighed one hundred and seventy-five
pounds. Iis freshman year proved him to be an excellent
running quarterback, but coaches considered his passing a
just adequate. An injury kept him out of spring practice, a
but it did not prevent Dan from winning the job as the
Gamecocks' number one quarterback starting the 1962 sea
sonl.
That year was to be Carolina's year. There was a i
fellow named Gambrell, now with the St. Louis Cardi- J
nal's, who gave S. C. a great running and pass-catching g
threat, but the heroics of Bouncin' Billy were not far il
superior to those of young Dan Reeves who rushed for a
471 yards, an ACC record for quarterbacks, and passed n
for another 930 yards. It was a brilliant beginning for g
the youngest quarterback in the country.
Fans will never forget the performance Dan gave against c
the University of Detroit when he carried the ball on the r
second play of the game forty-four yards for a touchdown. t
He scored one other on a three-yard run and passed to Larry 9
Gill and end John Caskey for two other scores. All total, f
Deacon [)an rolled up 253 yards. The people, who had come r
to see All-American Jerry Gross stood and cheered the 0
youngster as he left the game. Despite the Gambrell-Reeves b
combination, Carolina finished with a 4-5-1 record. 0
The 1963 season was to be a great one for the sea
soned Carolina quarterback, but. brilliance turned to
frustration when Dan injured his knee in spring prac
tice and then reinjured it playing basketball. He under
went surgery that was expected to make him as good as
new, but 1963 was a nightmare for Reeves. He suffered
an eye injury against Maryland, the second game of the
season, and from that time on, the Dandy Deacon was1
beset with the frustration of fumbles and inability to
show the running fonm of the 1962 season. I
Dan began to return to form late in the season, his best
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By JOHN LAYffICIi
Sports Writer
A courageous bunch of Caro
ina Gamecocks, fighting back
vhen almost everyone else in the
tadium had counted them out,
iicked themselves up off the floor,
epulsed a Clemson thrust at the
ne-foot line, and then roared
3 yards for the touchdown that
ehipped Cousin Frank Howard
nd his Tigers, 7-3, 13 afternoons
go in Death Valley.
Heroes were many for Marvin
lass' Gamecocks and also for
[oward's team, but linebacker
'ete DiVenere and Quarterback
im Rogers, both of USC, must be
iven credit as the two outstand
ig players on the field. DiVenere,
senior from New Canaan, Con
ecticut, made his last college
ame one to remember.
While his proud parents looked
n, he prowled all over the place,
iaking eight unassisted tackles,
elping out on eight others, and
enerally making life miserable
or the Clemson ball-carriers. DiVe
ere's fine game overshadowed
ther great defensive performances
y Butch Robbins and Ted Bunton
f Clemson, and Dan Legat, Doug
enter, Ed Hertwig, and Joe
,omoroski of the Gamecocks.
Re*e Departs
As far as offense is concerned,
togers, subbing for the injured
)an Reeves, made the difference.
Vhile the Deacon, who saw only
imited action, watched from the
idelines, his understudy directed
he Gamococks to their lone touch
lown. He set it up by tossing a
5-yard strike to end J. R. Wil
>urn, then scored it himself two
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igers ended when tackle Joe Komore
ks at the Gamecock forward wall. 'IM
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plays later, on a 12-yard scamper
around left end. His pass to Wil
burn was thrown directly into the
teeth of a fifteen mile an hour
wind, and as Coach Bass put it
later, "It couldn't have been
bhrown better."
The Tigers got outstanding of
fensive efforts from seniors Pat
Crain and Hal Davis and sopho
more Bob Baldwin, who continually
punished the Gamecock line for
Ag yardage but couldn't get the
>all into the end zone. Crain,
;howing for the first time this
eason the caliber of football of
Arhich he is capable, racked up 69
rards to lead the Clemson ground
Lttack.
The highlight of the game was,
)f course, Carolina's incredible
.ourth-quarter goal-line stand, in
Arhich they withstood the line-blast
ng of Crain and Jimmy Bell for
rour downs inside the three-yard
ine. On the last two downs, Crain
!arried from about a foot away
nd got nothing. On fourth down,
ie fumbled, the ball rolled back
> the seven, and Komoroski
)ounced on it to set the stage for
JSC's climactic touchdown drive.
Tigers Control
Up to that point, Clemson was
n virtually complete control of the
rame. The Tigers scored in the
~irst quarter on a 15-yard field
coal by Frank Pearce. The score
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ki pounced on a Pat Crain fumble
is was the beginning of the end.
7-3
inish
was set up by Don Barfield's high,
spiraling punt, which Ted Bunton
downed inside the Gamecock one.
This gave Clemson excellent field
position when they got the ball
next, and they capitalized on it
*or the field goal which held up
until 3:19 remained in the game.
It was at that point that Rogers
shook loose from a tackler far
behind the line of scrimmage,
skirted his own left side, ran over
two men at the one, and crashed
into the end zone. Jack McCathern
iced the cake with his perfect
placement, and the 'Cocks then
braced themselves for a Clemson
aerial assault.
On the second play from scrim
mage, Tiger end Charlie Meadow
croft fumbled Thomas Ray's pass,
and Bobby Bryant alertly fell on
it for USC. This was a big break
for the Gamecocks as it kept the
ball away from the Tigers until
less than a minute was left. Then,
three Clemson passes fell incom
plete, and the Gamecocks had their
first win over Frank Howard's
men since 1961.
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The Carolina Gamecocks used
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and thrashed previously unbeaten
Erskine College 76-59 to open the
1964 season. It was a fine begin
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Guire who had some doubts as to
how his young team would fare
in their first game before a
packed house.
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long jump shots from the top of
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all. It was a fine beginning for
the transfer student from West
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Sophomores Gary Gregor and
Al Salvadori showed some of the
form that they exhibited as fresh- :
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bounds with Erskine players
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