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BY JIM HERSH
Asst. Sports Editor
If Jeff Grantz was the Sports
Illustrated Back of the Week
and on the UPI Backfield of the
Week for running for 102 yards
and passing for 79 more
against Georgia Tech, he
should be getting awards all
this week for his offensive
show against Ohio University
Saturday night.
In addition to breaking the
school. rushing record by
gaining 260 yards on the
ground, Grantz ran back a
kickoff 85 yards to putCarolina
in the lead early in the third
quarter. And Ohio's defense
spent most of the rest of the
game chasing him, usually
without success.
In the second half Grantz ran
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just 11 times but gained 176
yards and scored two touch
downs, excluding the kickoff
return. Grantz ran for 84 yards
on 13 carries in the first half
when USC had a hard time
scoring on Ohio's defense.
"I don't think we were up for
the game," offensive guard
Jerry Witherspoon, who helped
open the Ohio defense for
Grantz' runs, said. "It's hard to
get up for every game.
"Grantz' long kickoff return
really started the momentum
for us," Witherspoon said.
Offensive tackle Junior Cash
said he thought the Gamecocks
moved the ball well in the first
half, too. "We only had the ball
five times and we scored
twice," Cash said. "We made a
few adjustments at the
beginning of the game and
didn't have much trouble
after that.
"Jeff has got to read the
defense and go from there,"
Cash said. "When he reads it
well the plays work. Tonight
he did everything."
Center Darrell Austin said
USC's game plan called for
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BY FRED KIERNER
Sports Writer
Jeff Grantz, the sophomore
quarterback from Bel Air, Md., led
Carolina to a 38-22 victory over
Ohio University at Williams-Brice
Stadium Saturday night as he set a
new school record by rushing for
260 yards.
Grantz ran for 176 yards in the
second half alone to break open a
tight game and give the
Gamecocks the win in front of a
sparse Homecoming crowd of
39,021.
The 260 rushing yards eclipsed
Steve Wadiak's 256-yard per
formance against Clemson in 1950.
Grantz' heroics started when he
returned a kickoff 85 yards for a
touchdown early in the second half
after Ohio had taken a 14-10 lead.
Grantz ran for two other touch
downs in the second half, one from
35 yards out and another from five
yards.
In the first half, which ended
with the Gamecocks leading 10-7,
the ball seemed to be hard to handle
as the Gamecocks fumbled four
times but lost the ball only once.
Ohio took advantage of a second
half USC fumble on the first play
from scrimmage by halfback
Randy Chastain. After Chastain
fumbled on the USC 33, Ohio
tailback Dave Houseton-who had
108 yards in the game-ran three
times, the final one for 16 yards and
a touchdown to give Ohio a 14-10
lead.
However, Grantz' kickoff return
got USC back in the lead to stay.
Grantz made quite a few long
runs from scrimmage, the longest
being 45 yards in the third quarter.
"They had their ends keyed on the
pitch man, the tackles on the dive
play and the linebackers on me,"
Grantz said after the game.
Grantz passed only four times,
completing one for 25 yards.
"The offensive line did a super
job blocking with second and third
efforts downfield," Grantz said.
"And the defense did a good job
giving us great field position
throughout the game."
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