Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Defem big U, over T IT By DOUG WILLIAMS Sports Editor Perhaps one of these days. Carolina will get mixed up in an exciting offensive struggle. reminiscient of last year's high scoring loss to Georgia. or the 43-7 rout of Wake Forest. But until then, the same unyielding defense that throttled Memphis State. 7-3. on Saturday night. will have to suffice. 'One of the major factors in the win was the way the defense went in and closed them out." said an elated Paul Dietzel after the game. "But . of course. they've been doing the same thing all season. It was one tough battle." A 70-vard scoring drive to open the third quarter produced the only touchdown of the game. USC drove the distance behind the running of Carlton Haywood and .Tommv Simmons. with Simmons plunging over from a yard out. erasing a 3-0 State lead. During the series. Dietzel ad mitted that he made a rather foolish move. With a third and ten situation at the Carolina 30. Glenn Morris was unable to find an open receiver and scrambled for nine yards. However. he was slightly shaken up while driving for the first down. So the Carolina mentor brought in sophomore Robbie "Snake" Davis. On a fourth and one from USC's 39. Davis sneaked for two yards and the first down. 'When Glenn got hurt. what followed was one of the dumbest things I've ever done as a coach." Dietzel said. "From our :39. I went for the first down on a fourth and one with a brand new quarterback. "But it turned out all right. Robbie D)avis came in and played like a trouper." The defense. behind fine per formances by an aggressive line TWO FOR Buy one Jr. C French Fries and l\ GET OF brazier COUPON MUST BE PRESENTED AT TIME OF PURCHASE (Offer Expires Nov. 1st 1971) )e keys IC Win W* igers and linebackers complemented by a tough pass defense, effectively shut off the vaunted speed attack of the Tigers. Memphis State backs gained only 103 yards. while completing 6-19 passes for 99 yards. However. Gamecock passers hit on 8-19 for 96 yards and had three intercepted, as the runners ground out 158 more yards. Haywood gained 49 in 15 tries, followed by Simmons and Billy Ray Rice with :7 and 36. respectively. I didn't think they were ex ceptionally fast." said defensive back Jimmy Nash. "They weren't running real deep patterns. They ran a short curl mostly. but flared right a couple of times for good gains." Nash cited the play of the line as a big factor in the win. "The key to our pass defense is the rush from the line. When I was a sophomore and a Junior. the backs would lead the team in tackles. ''But now we're way back. The rush is great this year. So is the pursuit. We can play back and work on pass defense. Now. the only other thing we have to worry about is the option pass." Tiger coach Spook Murphy said that he knew USC's defense was good. but felt his team was hurt by knocking Morris out of the game, paving the way for Davis to enter. ''We were sincere about the game.' Davis said. "We needed to be up before we could move and we were. We had to win on the road. -Their defense was good. especially that middle guard Dave Pawlick). He was in on just about everything. But their secondary is probably their strongest point. It seemed that every time I looked downfield, the receivers were covered." Once again, the backfield was somewhat lacking in depth. Rice hurt his leg in the first quarter and didn't play the remainder of the (('ontinued on Page 7) ONE !! heeseburger. 1ed. Coke EFR EE OFFER Good Mon.-Thurs. Only At NlN Stact Carolina's defense holds the Tiger rushing game as John LeHeup (67) and Greg Crabb (47) plug the hole. USC's Gaa4 - Charge $1 BRIT Subs - Corne Coup 10/ nowr Large or small Must all be rui Shrimp -- HotlD Inoucing station for people who thir saving a tree is im; Earthnotes is 100% recycled quality stationery. from waste material. Trash. Using recycled paper saves trees, reduces pollt down on waste. But recycling only works when there is a demar1 And this demand is created only when people b By buying Earthnotes, and other recycled papel a market for recycled paper. And help to save rn Each box contains 50 Monarch size sheets, 30 envelopes and 30 "Save- a-Tree" stickers so you can spread the buy recycling message. It's available in white or pastel "earth colors". E and hE Andrew. / Nelu New York, I LodUP-Uou Holladay edaup-Lt defense has proved to be the key to the Gamecock's success all year. * ock ' Account - 00 fmit) 'TON'S d Beef, Roast Beef m on Good for off any order - bring a group f 1g up together i ogs -- Hamburgers -- Ham & Cheese ery ortant. It's made entirely tion, and cuts d for waste material. .Jy recycled products. products, you create ore trees. natching,, dip save-a-tree 7 Lalght StreetN low York 10013 .......C...c... O4 v s.on 4.