Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' ' V T State coi G By GEORGE MOREI Asst. Sports Editor RALEIGH, N C.~ football game could heartbreaker, if that cliche means anything well be applied to Car loss to North Carolina With 1:29 left in the tight end Brian Nem< the State end zone witt lifted high above his h< just caught a Jeff Grar two-point conversion Gamecocks ahead 2 \ North Carolina Sta quarterback Da1 Buckey completed Of 24 passes for 2 yards to lead tl Wolfpack to the second half comeba< victory. Injurie in loss RALEIGH, N.C.?"3 about injuries; wc banged up," said Caro coach Jim Carlen the the USC-North Can game, and his worr realities 24-hours latei Carolina's defense, defensive starters, before State's offense i half. The Wolfpac* points and gained 334 out a come-from-beh 28-21. "This is one of the h; for me to take," Car! felt we played a g< game, but we're begin problems with injurie "I thought our def well, but we had to go part without three sta Adamski (cornerbi make the trip; Kerry (defensive tackle) hur the first quarter and anymore and G; r;viv . neback d amec S victory, i( Carolina. n..A 4U^ 1 ?>Ui UIC ' had moved o the game, If ever a mtje time be called a Buckeypa much-used Ted BroWB at all, it can up g olina s 28-21 seconds le i State. record, it Johnson m game, USC touchdown eth stood in That see t the football Gamecock sad. He had had assur itz pass for a For the tea to put the USC fans 11-20. The televisioi mar V? .. *Mfcu ?|? 1H Gamecock s hampi to N.C. I'm worried (linebacke >'re pretty and didn't lina football half/' he ( night before It was a olina State last year: ies became the press r. unlike las minus three played a collapsed problems, n the second The mos 1 T, 1 ? Mott wh0 yards to pull , of md victory, ?r(;adcast ardestlosses },?ustra5ed e" sa('d,K . tackles, b * football ggnj-g had ning to have s. "We g ensc played linebacker for the most they hurt trters- Jacyn drive with ick) didn't power pla DePasquale Of course t an ankle in fense, but didn't play those stai arry Mott was suspc * -v X _____ owns USC jocks lo ; seemed, belonged to which be sunshine Wolfpack, whose offense thedarkr t the ball well throughout made good use of the iTlie. ,( remaining. Two Dave Carolina sses and a 21 yard run by Mississi j i to the USC one yard line Teams h touchdown with nine the good, ft in the game. For the bad any was halfback Timmy Jim Carl /ho scored the winning L This i >re erased the results of a J?.Ke' ^ [ effort that seemingly ;;,e J ed an exciting victory, I v am, the several thousand coin now in attendance and the Carolii i audience, the game running , USC didn half, inst Ir?H ?je.?rour ; uraniz weren't t I inside. I to pass t B running GBHH got to go What i A MM first half Like so Jji H season, 5 m against thp 9ft V9I consider* only the State wa 9BJ Caroli defense, Staff Phot* fry BufwS Wiiburn er USC State r) pulled a hamstring play much of the second >aid. i scene much like those a Carolina coach telling .1 a ' . anoui injuries. mit t year the Gamecocks good game despite the ;t notable injury was to was selected defensive the game by American inc Company. His worth defensive unit was not only by his 12 ut by the effect his ab [ot stripped out at V Carlen said, "and us in the last winning a curl pass, draw and a y-all in the same area. , they've got a good of we can't take out three of rters when the defense ?t to start with." / ..v v.V - ' s.JS - _r; x. ' f . ?,' / O- '^1 *C v ' .- - v ; >se heai !gan in the brightness of and expectation ended in less of evening and defeat. p||W >ss was reminiscent of giRl i's 35-29 victory over jjlp pi two weeks earlier. , ave to take the bad with IVl , but that didn't make the easier for Carolina coach L w len to take. is certainly a hard loss to JSg arlen said. "We won at f? in the last minute so I wfcfe* e been on both sides of the SB u? upcucu IIIC gallic BjMI and did so successfully. i't throw a pass in the first ead gaining 207 yards on id. Kevin Long gained 142 tackles played outside nld go inside," Long said. iddle guard would stunt >uld go where he left." j^Hj i just reading the veer," said. "Their tackles aking the dive so we went didn't really think we had >ecause we got 200 yards H in the first half. You've i with what's working." WMM was also working in the was Carolina's defense. use many teams have this State moved the ball well the Gamecocks between *d lines, but found scoring ibly more difficult. For second time this year Wolfp s shutout after the first 13bef rolina led 1(H). touch* : :?; ; , j aneai na s injury crippled however, could not con- Sco Wolfpack in the second Bowl: ave Buckey's passes and but ( running resulted in large about i - . - /: ;v- ' ;. . j' .gkjg HF8 Kin iiim TjffKBW HBBBwB?SM.tk ' 8BT ''J H9r . *r ^ WraraHBflni >] Hw ' ; 3$ >' hmBV ? I ' v ':wiw\ %dtr'' rtbrea .jMHB -- Kevin Long lea . . . Long gi ack took leads of 13-10 and 20ore Carolina began their final down drive that put them l--for a while. Ills fmm (hp Hafnr nnH Paank * UII? iliw MUiUI U1IU M. ^u^ll ?watched from the press box, Jarlen said he didn't worry the game's effect on USC's . j - agHHBHHm tff', ;.. V;-:' " .- :- . V V. "1 ' ! ' M- ? -11? s S^Mfe, .3 ' Owwrnh Staff FlMto hy a?Hr SI ker Gamecock Staff Pi ps over Toi lined 160 yards aj "I don't wc games, that's foi fans," Carlen sa game is Appala I'll be glad to be at home. With a little might just have U^Jiake in Dec mmSm V"ivi.i ttH an lhr?e HHWM all or pi I WHfewn jorts ) smHXT g&BHSBgnSE ^ m Higgins gainst N.C. State. ?rry about bowl r sportswrilers and id. "My next bowl tchian State. And going back to play luck, though, he ' anoiner roaci trip ember. i j i i ? i I < taa defensive | I e Kerry i guale suffered le injury early Irst quarter and Able to return to game. luale was one of ? defensive ft who missed ?rt of the game.