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U5>CC By R Gami Running back George Rogers team escaped with a 21-14 vi before a sellout crowd of 56,407 gave the Gamecocks a 5-1 recor Ole Miss, behind quarterbacl racked up 422 yards of total off< The Rebels committed four cri never make up a 21-0 deficit est< "WE SEEM TO bring out the .Jim Onrlnn cniH 44 uumi t UU1 Ld best we've faced this year. T1 pretty good, but our defense car "I thought the turnovers wer four and we didn't have any," C THE VISITING Rebels took Gamecock seven yard line. Hoppy Langley attempted a fiel Carolina took over possession line and promptly drove 80 ya T-Iorrvnr nn Aiui pvi ovv/i tu Ull d11 upuuil pi Rogers gained 42 yards in the d the right sideline. Mississippi was unable to mo had to punt. It was to be their oni ball and drove down the field ru The drive started on their own < tailback Spencer Clark scoring 1 13:50 remaining in the second qu OLE MISS marched down to tl possession, free safety Robert P< fumble to halt the drive. The Rel line the next time they had th Sinclair pouncing on the football USC failed to generate any off returner Michael Harmon at tl junior A1 Stevens hit Harmon jus fumble. Chuck Finney recovere end zone five plays later for a 21Ole Miss got on the scoreboar third quarter. Fourcade droppe and then rolled down the right si THE REBELS scored agaii Fourcade raced into the end zoi one final chance to tie the game minutes remaining, Fourcade ; coming out off the backfield, bi strong safety Pat Bowen inter< run out the clock for their fifth c The triumph marked the fin games in one season since 1928. "George Rogers had another expect that from him. He's an A superlatives I can on him," Carl "We have got to play better," to get. We still have five tough g; STEVE SLOAN, head coach type of ballgame it was. "I gu( Carolina football game. They all "We have got the toughest fii up as a headcoach," Carlen sa five teams that we face is 26-6." USC will travel to Notre Dam at 1:30 p.m. It will be a test. I tF5 5 tfowi rt By Steve Rkldell Assistant Sports Edit ex They walked around the pre and handed out little stickers t games on them. It may seem to be thinking about a bowl bi are already out looking for pi to invite to their bowls. TEAM SELECTION commit Peach, Tangerine, Holiday an 1|(A?*ik oil ?n ^ llfl wcit an in aiicnuaii^c ai Hi Saturday night and they all sai look good to them right now. "We look for a lot of thing team for our boMd," Holiday John Ackerman stf d. "One of t team's following,?- he said, coaching staff, t?^ strength of of the alumni organizations are "I'M IMPRESSED* with Uh community," hev&fd. "The ( Gamecock Club With all its < porters make Carina a strong Carolina has a ffecord that Carolina also has strong suppoi handle the travel litoblems witl to play in our bowQ>, Robert Fennel 1/proctor of t which is played irf Etirminghan for a team with a mixture of sti good record. Carolina has an ou the enthusiasm of the coaches turns me on the most." ! "WE HAVE established our Roge eats fumb ichard Meyers scock Staff Writer ; galloped for 158 yards as USC's football ctory over Mississippi Saturday night at Williams-Brice Stadium. The triumph d at the halfway mark of the season, k John Fourcade's short passing game, ense, compared to only 304 for Carolina, icial turnovers in the contest and could iblished in the first half. best in people," USC head football coach de is an excellent quarterback. He's the lev wharkpH 11c r*n fho fhr-i-niflwr* ^? - -^ v-u v?i uiv UUUW1115 ^auit' 1 play better than that." e the difference in the game. They had arlen added. the opening kickoff and drove to the Jew Ellentown, South Carolina native d goal of 25 yards, but it sailed wide, of the football on their own twenty yard rds in nine plays. Quarterback Garry av frnm Kun mif fn?< n n n Inn/1 *?. viii v?? v j ml uo vut LKJk CK I ~\J xudu * rive, including a 37-yard scamper down ve the ball on their next possession and ly punt of the evening. USC then took the nning the ball on ten consecutive plays, ll-yard line and culminated with senior lis second touchdown of the season with arter. Gamecocks 11-yard line on their next erlotte recovered fullback Leon Perry's bels advanced to the Gamecock 14-yard e ball, but again fumbled, with Fred tnis time. 'ense in three downs and punted to kick le Mississippi 39-yard line. Gamecock it as he caught the ball, cuasing another d for Carolina. Rogers skipped into the -Olead. d with just 48 seconds remaining in the d back to throw from the five yard line, de for a touchdown. i the next time they had the ball as le from the 19-yard line. Mississippi had i during their last possession. With three attempted to hit fullback Kinny Hooper it Perlotte managed to tip the pass, and :epted it. The Gamecocks proceeded to onsecutive victory. st time Carolina has won five straight outstanding game. I guess I've come to 11-American. I've used just about all the en said. Zion McKinney said. "It was a nice win ames to go." of Mississippi wasn't surprised at the iss it was just a typical Ole Miss-South I seem to be close like this one." /e football games I've ever had coming id. "The combined records of the next e to meet the fighting Irish on Saturday ?nc in/*^n i jyo U/UI't/II 1 r we could take two sss box with big smiles said. "An8-3reco hat had names of bowl J. Vernon HinL too early in the season committee said tl d, but representatives "very interested ospective competitors record we would 1 not write Carolina tee members from the a 7.4 mark." d Hall of Fame bowls "The last bowl ( illiams-Brice stadium in 1975)? Hi id that the Gamecocks them back. The> have an overpow s urhpn rAnciHarintf o - ? disciplined and i . Bowl representative pressed with theii he key ingredients is a "The attitude of the ??Tr. e the band, and the size also important." ot ^ J1"1*1 5 total support of the wjn.a8 a W*F\ Jf >ntury aub and the cteUroanArtGrj contributors and sup- w? don t care abo I candidate for a bowl. n ,.am we like in support. ^a'J0J|na? Grego rt in the community to ? L i^[S ?b h coming to San Diego J^Tt yem^ he Hall of Fame bowl "CAROLINA R 1, Ala., said, "We look ^?tlon when it co ong fan support and a the community " itstanding offense, but 9"e and the fans is what th?S?"U^a8{ ^f While it might f selves nationally, but a^?ut b?wls, it s r rs 158 yards lead le prone ]\ pllii wmmm BppPiw Bg^^^jjaB ws . USC tai/bac in Carolina's 1 Habersham (5 Carolina southern teams this year," Fennell rd is the magic number." ey of the Tangerine Bowl selection Hat the Orlando, Fla., based bowl is in Carolina." He said, "With an 8-3 3e extremely interested and I would 1 off if thev finishpH oonenn with ^ wvMferVPftA TT A VII ;ame that Carolina went to was ours nley said. "We would love to have ' are a classy football team, they ering ground game, they are wellthey are well-coached. I am im fan support too." presentatives did not seem to mind )cks offense sputtered in the second victory over Ole Miss. "We view a ach Bowl team selection committee sgory said. "As long as a team wins, ut the score." amiliar with the fan support at ry said. "I'm originally from Aiken invoivea wnen ujxj piayea in me ; in 1969. Carolina sold 20.000 tickets ANKS as one of the top teams in the mes to fan support and backing in Gregory said, "We would like to get is region and the other from outside articipate in our bowl." teem early for people to be thinking lice to know that someone is looking. attack Mississippi |^nHn| k George Rogers cuts upfield and s 11-14 win on Saturday (top). Linei 4) pursues on defense (above). New worrit By Tammy KHpatrick Gamccock Staff Writer Women's Intramurals is offering four sports to round out the program sponsored this semester. Volleyball, Ping Pong, badminton and swimming intramurals will be held during October and November. farAl i vhi vi v/Qi tcr | director of I Women's Intra murals, said the I purpose of the division is to offer I women recreation and physical I activity. "It gives everybody an I opportunity to play. It's not just i I whenther you happen to be good at I it," she said. I There are four divisions of inI tramurals, including those for I sororities, residence halls, offI campus students and licensed I student organizations. | All divisions of the intramurals I compete against each other in I tournaments. i | Carter said the biggest turnout * j so far has been for softball, which I had 35 teams competing in a j I tournament. $he also said flag \ I football, one-on-one and tug-of-war < J have been added this year. \ i, 21-14 Eflljffr * :Y'r - : I ^Xjj^y^yV : ." . ^^^^^RumjHI^BC^^AMECOCK ijtff 1 ' | ,. I flM^^:;:'::i9H|j^^^^D|xflHHH|B Britt Andrew - GAMECOCK lips a tackle lacker Jerry ? >n's sports The flag football program was successful in attracting new teams, according to Carter. "There were 10 teams entered, which was fairly good. It should be bigger next year," she said. The level of competition in flag football has increased over the season, said Carter. "The quality of play improved. It took them longer to get used to it, since it hasn't been organized for three or four years," she said. Hie championship game for flag football will be Wednesday, Oct. 24 at7D.m.on FIaIHi* Each individual team has an intramural manager, and interested players should contact that person. Those in the offcampus students league or those who want to form a team should contact the intramural office. Carter said that corecreational sports have become very popular in recent years. "We've gotten a lot more women Involved in co-rec sports that usually don't participate in more competitive women's intramurals," she said.