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Smith Techo By Brett Friedlander A.a? (nnria CHIW ATLANTA ? Georgia Tech's questionable "I" formation offense, led by tailback Eddie Lee Ivery, passed a severe test at Grant Field against USC Saturday. However, it was 5-7 170-pound Johnny Smith who turned out to be the hero. Thp Vollnur ??1-- ?1 iv ? viiun uavnci pidCCMCKCr booted a 34 yard field goal with 57 seconds left in the game to give his team a 6-3 win over the Gamecocks. Smith earlier missed a field goal from 44 yards out and connected on a 35 yarder. EDDIE LEOPARD scored Carolina's only points with a 27 yard kick in the third quarter. "I just concentrated and looked at the tee," Smith said. "There was a lot of pressure on me, but there wouldn't have been any had I made the first one I tried." With the score tied at 3-3 and time runnine out. Tech cot the ball at their own 30 yard line after nine successive running plays in which Ivery and Yellow Jacket fullback Rodney Lee rolled up 53 yards. Smith then kicked the game winner. THE FINAL play of the drive was a sweep to the right of the field on a third and six situation. Tech fnafh Ppnnor Rndrlorc avnlain<ul A *?V^V?V1 U VApiUllI^U that while he would have liked to have had the first down, he was intent upon setting up the field goal. Tech's secondary was impre , Ivery ver L.a "We tried running the swee right because Johnny Smith kick from right to left," he said. "W wanted to set the ball up on th wirfVtf pi/l/x 5 - i tgiii aiuc juai ill ease uc puiieu 1 That way we would still have chance to make it." Smith, a sophomore who came Tech as a walk-on, did not pull i The kick was high and straight ar cleared the cross bar by a co siderable distance. ANOTHER TECH hero w? I very. The senior All-Americ candidate rushed for 159 yards c 29 carries even though he had bee suffering from a hip pointer and pulled groin muscle since Tech last game against The Citadel. "My hip didn't bother me at < today," he said. "But midwf through the second quarter, n groin started bothering me a littl At halftime though, I worked it o enough to be able to continue." Ivery, who gained many of h ?i -M?* yai ua un uiui viuucii eiiuil, gave u credit for his fine performance the Tech offensive line. "Those guys up front were th difference today," Ivery said "They're getting used to th blocking patterns of the "I" an doing a good job. I'm fortunate t have such talented people in fron of me; that's all a good bac: needs." Ivery, who credits his gre? success to his great strength an balance, was praised by his coacl "I don't know know much aboi who is good or bad around th countrey, but there aren't man better than Eddie Ivery." SailT H ?S? ? ^3jQg??pP f|J Ba^BB^y'^jmeBHMMBy---- -' T^f/^IHfHgflr'"T^Mir - ^v*tfv$ ssive. Here, Don Bessillieu guide !i Lrcjuiia ANOTHER FACTOR in the ,g game was Tech's stingy defense. re After two difficult games in a row, the Yellow Jackets have played t nine consecutive quarters without ^ giving up a touchdown. Although USC's George Rogers i. was ahlp fn anniimnloto 1/tQ ito?/)o jg .. w Mvvw?tut??v ini jramvio rushing, Georgia Tech's Pepper ?d Rodgers was not discouraged, n- "Our defense is not geared to stopping individuals. It's designed to stop opposing teams. And that's ts what we did today." Tech defenders held the Gamecocks to mere nine yards 511 passing and sacked quarterback ,a Garry Harper three times. In the victorious Tech lockerroom after the game, the Yellow Jackets sand "Happy jy Birthday" to their coach. Pepper iy Rodgers turned 47-yeard-old on e. Sunday and his players presented Ut him with thfi hpst hirfhriav tfiff hp could have possibly asked for. ' Tech'si e s stops U< o ~ It It By Mike Hunt Sports Editor Atlanta is a contradiction. Even though it is situated in the heart of d Georgia, the city is by no means a part of the South. Atlanta is dynamic. Droizressive. ie filled with variety, fast-paced, y Atlanta offers culture and vice, opportunity and failure. I' ft * OAMBCOCK brings down George Rogers. Hfc ->N; : : -? 9K . W jj^BSBg^ ^f^SBSBSismS^S^ Carolina players mourn i 3 win. From left, George Si McKinney and Fred David, itinaina t SC passi Grant Field is a contradiction Even though it is situated in thi heart of Atlanta and surrounded b] ultra mnrif?rn skvsoranprs it is nn ? ^ ? ? * "v part of the city. UNLIKE ATLANTA, Gran Field is old and dying. People flocl to Atlanta. People, however, n< longer fill Grant Field. Grant Fiel< is the home the Georgia Tecl Yellow Jackets. Tech's opposition Saturday is ? contradiction. The Gamecock! have talent, a certain amount o depth, a reputable coaching staff The Gamecocks, dashing ont< the field in their garnet jerseys an< white shoes flanked by the colorfu skyline of Atlanta, were flash; looking to say the least. But whei the Gamecocks took the field, al fl?Q/*nC Af n fl r?KiM/\Cio u avv/O ui iiaoiiiutoo uc^iai ICU. Tied (0-0) with Tech at the end o the half, Carolina passed the bal twice. One fell incomplete, thi other was intercepted late in thi game with Tech ahead 6-3. In total, USC quarterback Garr; Harper completed two of sevei passes for nine yards. Thi Gamecocks relied on a "thre yards and a cloud of polyester' attack and lost. "We were not getting ou receivers open in the first half an* Garry was getting frustrated After we got our receivers covere* and our young quarterbacl frustrated, I said we were no rf Al M rf fA /l/V ** TTf1i 5?'"6 uu niui aiijfiuuif, U3( head coach Jim Carlen said. TECH'S DEFENSIVE secon dary stuck to the Carolin receivers like no other secondar had done all season. Harper sai after the game that no other facc ^^w' ii -3^ -. ia^HBBB?nL^ rlli8?il^Kh^^iii^^ i' ': ' : st?pll*n McCormack ? OAMECOCK in closing seconds of Tech's 6chechterly, Ben Cornett, Zion . Max Runager is at top. defense n/T rr/Tim/> . of the Yellow Jacket defense was s as tough as their backs. / So instead of trying Tech's t defensive backs with the pass, Carlen went to one of the t Gamecocks greatest strengths, the c running game. 3 Grant Field's announcer must j have sounded like a military man 1 taking orders. 4,Wright, Rogers, ii 11 ii vnigiit, rvu^eis. j George Rogers and Johnnie s Wright, USC's dynamic sophomore f runningbacks, collected 215 yards between them on the ground, j Rogers, who gained 148, picked j up over 100 yards for the third ] game in a row. The loss to Tech y was especially hard for Rogers to n take, for onlv 2ft mi1p? Hnu/n tho 1 road from Atlanta lies Deluth, Ga., his hometown. f "The whole town was here today. 1 Everybody I know was here. I e especially wanted to beat Tech e because this is my area," Rogers said. DESPITE THE excellent play of n Wright and Rogers, USC could not Hn mil/>h Affnnciimln e -w ?..V..0.YU J. A i.e.. uiuy e score came early in the fourth t quarter when Eddie Leopard kicked a 7-yard field goal. "I wouldn't trade Rogers for ^ Ivery (Eddie Lee, Tech's AllI America candidate who himself j had 157 yards rushing)," Carlen ^ said. . The Gamecocks out-rushed and r, got more first downs than Tech. The Gamecocks did not fumble the ball. Yet two mistakes, a holding l" penalty deep in Tech territory and a an interception late in the game, X killed potential scoring drives for . the Gamecocks. 51 See USC, page 13