Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"We wanted to score a touchdowi the ball," said junior offensive r ueuei. mars wnai we wani 10 c course, but we didn't do it against Western Michigan." THE CAROLINA DEFENSE for< after holding the Blue Devils to ei| first possession.The Gamecocks he three plays however, as Duke left I pounced on a USC fumble at the I line. It was the first of four Carolin game. Duke drove the football to the U! in seven plays. After three cracks i ball rested on the one-yard line, terback Stanley Driskell rolled to h toward the goal line on fourth dowi an inch short bv Carolina's Tim Sin The Gamecock's second score > defense late in the first quarter. Willie Tight em By Frank Verde Gamacock Staff Writer The Gamecocks had been shut out in their opening day loss. They were trailing 7-3 at half time aginst ?? i?Mir WfHitprn Minhionn SniiaH " I""" '' Something had to be done about a team which could manage but 3 points in its first six quarters of football. The answer came in a 455 lb. package. Tight ends Ben Cornett and Willie Srntt were insertf?d at the same time into the lineup to start off the second half in that game and a fluent running attack was the result. Carolina scored on its first three possessions in the second half to defeat Western Michigan & A && MM fjf- mi ,gj 1^ ksdomin< t Blue Dev remaining in the < i Rhett was hit by le yard gain and fui ered for 161 yards USC at the Duke : offensive line as Dorsey sliced in t< Devils Saturday for the second Gan ry gave USC a 2-1 Carolina had th< quarter, but an i linated the game, midfield stripe kil jffense and scored offense was stifh ) only 142 yards of defense, gaining se, which has shut possessions of the 1 quarters of action. *ning kickoff and "WE SHOULD 1 a 7-0 lead. Rogers in the first half. It n the drive, with coach Jim Carlin. on a four-yard run much total offense two touchdowns at i as soon as we got Rogers hurdled i -? o* ' i&uL guai u oicve one yara line lor a lo every game, of quarter. He set up North Carolina or on a second down z yard line. :ed Duke to punt With some of th ght yards on their from the sidelii Id the ball for only Gamecocks score< :ackle Dan Yellott the period. Roger Jlue Devil 45 yard quarterback Gord a turnovers in the the right side for 1 Percy Reeves sea 5C three yard line his first collegiatc it the end zone the score with 8:55 r< Blue Devil quar- margin. lis left and headed ROGERS' PERF< i, but was stopped 92-yard effort ai gleton. cumulted 65 yards vas set up by the ; yard run to set up 1 With 13 seconds Scott and Ben C< is open m and then literally ran Duke into the ground on Saturday "THE TWO" tightends give us the advantage in what we do best," Coach Carlen remarked after the tfame. "and that is run the hall " The ground attack netted a total of 397 yards against Duke and was led by George Rogers 161 yards on 28 attempts which lifted him into sixth place on the all-time career rushing list at Carolina. "The difference between this ballclub and the ballclub of the past two games is that last week's club waited for something to nappett and this ciud is maKing things happen," commented Willie Scott. "Coach Carlen switched to ils 35-0 quater, Duke running back Greg ft tackle Neal Timmons after a five mbled. Scott Wade recovered for 36-yard line. Six plays later Steve i the end zone from two vards out lecock touchdown. 3 football three more times in the nterception and a fumble at the led two promising drives. Duke's jd by the aggressive Gamecock only 21 yards in their last four lalf. IAVE had more points on the board t ticked me off," stated USC head Parnlina hnri almnst thrpp ac as the Blue Devils, but led by only the half. over the center of the line from the 21-0 lead with 8:55 left in the third the touchdown with a 23-yard run in/4 1 1 citnf inn fVtn o r*/-\l inn OO . U1U X L 011U 11V_/11 11 v/lll IUC VyUl Wlllia le home team's starters watching les in the final quarter, the 1 on their first two possessions in s took a handoff from freshman on Beckham and carried around lis second touchdown of the night, oted in from the two yard line for ; touchdown and the game's final >maining to account for the final )MANCE overshadowed Dorsey's nd one touchdown. Reeves aci in only eight carries including a 42 the final score. See USC, page 14, >rnett 7 offense the two tight end offense because it moves the ball., When we move the ball we win," he added. Moving the ball means having possession ot tne Dan and the clock. Carolina did both running 90 offensive plays to the Blue Devil's 50 and holding on to the ball for over 41 minutes compared to Duke's 19 minutes of control. "I'M VERY excited about our offense, Carlen said. They won the football game for us." Duke Coach nea wuson saia, "Kogers is one 01 the finest backs anywhere. They got the momentum going and we couldn't stop them." Steve Dorsey gained 92 yards on 17 carries and sophomore walk-on Percy Reeves rushed for 65 yards in just eight carries including a 42yard scamper and a touchdown to supplement the running of Rogers. 4,It was unbelievable but I was relaxed," Reeves said. "The JV game against Tennessee helped the young guys a lot." In that 34-6 rout over the Volunteers Reeves was the leading rusher with 238 yareds on just 16 carries. "It was a little easier than I thought it would be tonight,"Reeves said PART OF THE reason why it was easy for Reeves and the rest of the running backs was the great rtlflV r?f a c(rAnc< f-m-iJ V* M OM Vllg vjroiiiuvv/cii Vi" fensive line. "The Bulldogs are going to be tough. They' 11 be ready for us after coming off two losses and they'll be out to avenge our victory over them last year. The team which is more ready will win," senior offensive lineman Fred David said. t<U? n ? i nc uuiueeucKs rusnea on Hi 01 the 90 plays they ran from scrimmage for 397 yards and will have their work cut out for them to J t i A - A? * A implicate inai penormance against Georgia. "We'll have a war on our hands every weekend from here on out." Carlen said.