The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 08, 1980, Page Page 13, Image 13
Isports
Rogers
jusc wl
By Mike Chibbaro
i| Sports Editor
I Midway through the first
; !?alf of Saturday night's USC>.
pacific football game, 56,211
' fans appeared to have been
i'lulled to sleep by a rather
[.Sheventful first quarter of
football.
Then, with all of the
Abruptness of an Army
' >ugler blowing taps at the
jj| irack of dawn, USC's
jjjjj George Rogers woke
p& iverybodyup. "Big George"
f-9 dectrified the sellout crowd
>y breaking loose for a 44rard
touchdown run with
1 ,1:07 to play in the half. It
V vas one of two explosive
uns made in the game by
| he bonafide Heisman
)N Trophy candidate.
i These ruas along with
.< iaima pfit^rfvr /Inf Anniit/\
euHic auuf$y uciciiaivc jJiay
^cowered the Gamecocks to
l^lheir first win of the 1980
Reason, a 37-0 romp over
Hfracific.
|| DESPITE THE VIC^
TORY, USC head coach Jim
j&i Carien was not overly
{pleased with his team's play.
i aian t tninx we played
jP'real well," Carlen said. "We
JJvere pleased with the win,
FjBut we turned the ball over
jfffjtoo often. With our mature
Offense, that worries me."
h } riugers, who rusnea ior iw
Towards on 13 carries, while
^ playing only about a half,
f (unleashed another specM
tacular run in the opening
jk minutes of the second half. It
JLwas the kind of run that
'W brought one thing into
everybody's mind: Heisman
^ Trophy. On second down and
I two yards to go on the USC
28-yard line, Rogers took a
handoff from quarterback
Garry Harper and headed
toward the right side of the
Fuchs, Mousa
Socc
31
wakes c
hirvc Par
line. r
The USC offensive line had a
opened up a huge hole, and \[
that was all she wrote. The 62
220-pound Rogers spotted C(
the opening and utilized his t)
4.45 speed to outleg all of his q
mirsners enronte to an ex
r- ? c
citing 72-yard touchdown
run. c
THE ALWAYS MODEST jj!
Rogers was perhaps a little b
to humble in describing the c
72-yard jaunt. A
"The offensive line did a
great job. Ben Cornett threw p
a good block on the long run. f<
Johnnie Wright did a super ?
job blocking," Rogers said. s
"It was just good blocking n
that made that run 0
possible." o
Rogers' second TD run n
gave the Gamecocks a c
commanding 23-0 lead with M
14:13 to play in the third ^
quarter.
The USC offense rolled up
an impressive 418 yards on s
offense, while the Gamecock v
ijafnnoo nn> nn1.> oK..t thn 7
u^i^iiou uuv uiujr ouuv uiu p
Tigers out, but also held s
them to a minus 39 yards i
rushing. 0
"I think our defense fj
responded well tonight,"
Carlen noted. "I think i
Pacific was well prepared, f(
but we physically wore them
out." d
SPARKING THE ?
GAMECOCK defensive n
surge was reserve defensive j,
Unl C O *
ciiu, nai ncuuciouu. inc o-xi v,
220-pound Charleston native ^
almost single-handedly
halted a pair of Tiger scoring j
drives. c
In the closing seconds of i
the third quarter, Henderson t
ended Pacific's most serious r
scoring threat by dumping j
Tiger quarterback Grayson (
w lead balanced
er team <
^llt ^ flf
! wfsy.
V.--^::" > '. v
'' :-:-.-:v.'. :JS^8
HHi TttmI
rom dribbles by a Western C
neks won the contest 11-0.
rowd;
ft
II1C
Logers for a seven-yard loss
t the Carolina eleven-yard
ne.
USC's initial touchdown
ame with 2:35 remaining in
le first quarter, when
rarry Harper dove into the
ndzone from a yard out.
Harper scored again in the
losing minutes of the third
uarter on a two-yard
eeper. The score was set up
y a pair of twenty-yard pass
ompletions from Harper to
II... O 141
dimci nuiacc omiui.
Harper, however, was not
leased with the perjrmance
of the USC offense.
Our passing game really
tunk," Harper said. "The
lost disappointing thing is
ur fumbles. We have a good
ffensive ballclub, but we
ecu tu worn. oil our conentration.
We can't do what
te did tonight and expect to
eat other teams."
use ADDED ITS final
core of the game on an 84ard
run by reserve running
ack Carl West with :29
econd to go. Eddie
<eopard's fifth extra-point
f the night provided the
inal 37-0 margin.
Pacific head coach Bob
'oledo expressed his
eelings on the rout. "I'm
lisappointed, but not
Liscouraged," Toledo said.
'The weather and big crowd
nade our young team a little
lervous, but the game really
ust came down to people.
k>uth Carolina wore us
lown."
Toledo nraisprf I ISP's
logers. "George Rogers has
ertainly got to be one of the
op three or four players in
he country," Toledo
emarked. "He has size like
licky Bell (former Southern
2al running back) but looks
[ attack
destro\
Carolina player in Satur(Photo
by Dan Langen
j'!r^^-yA3:^xi?-^'^SH^4,.m % aJ'/'" -ffi
*
c .
Jgt;
jBT '
Heisman Trophy candidal
1 USC's 37-0 win over Pad
to be faster."
THE GAMECOCKS
COMPLETED their
preseason practices this
year without incurring any
serious injuries to any
starting players. But
Saturday night's contest, the
Gamecocks were plagued by
a rash of injuries.
On the first play of the
/d v^aLai
By Richard Meyer
Assistant Sports Ed
After losing his top tftqp p*
from last year's "team,* Ca
fcoach Mark Berson admitted
?have to rely on a more bal
attack this season for his sq
cessful. Berson got his wist
nine players scored in an 11-0
Western Carolina Catamc
Gamecock's season opener.
"The thing that pleases me i
game is it was a complete U
us," Berson said. "We had go
midfield and adequate play
rru.t. l-i u i 1
nut i cuuiu iwvc ueeu expi
wasn't."
THE BACK LINE could h
day off and probably not hav
because the Gamecock
dominated the action througl
USC goalies Glen Thomps
miedeke, and Gary Durkin w<
make only three saves the wh
Sophomore Art Kramer s<
goal of the year for the t
Catamount trnalie Jim Ralr
right side with 29:51 remain
half. Boo Westin headed in
minutes later to give the Ga
lead.
Three minutes later, junior
Nitardy beat Baldwin from Ui
another USC goal. It was Nita
in three seasons as a Gameeo*
Senior strike Eddie Fuchs <
game, but came in mid-wa
period to score goals number
Fuchs sat out the 1979 season
a thigh injury, but he's hopn
his 1978 form in which he total
"Eddie is a goal scorer,'
"That's the thing he does Ilk
spirational player. I think Ec
provide us a spark in the ballf
'Si
. \,> 's ^ | ' . j I ', '
mi# *9 I
0 ?Jj
1 IjViJ
jflG
*?. *- j| .. - x
*+* ,.j| -: K?gfl|. ..
gf*
* ' V" ?
. . J. _ . .. - . :j%
to George Rogers breaks U
fic Saturday night. (Photo t
game, linebacker J. D.
Fuller dislocated his elbow
and will be out of action for
at least two weeks. Tight end
Willie Scott suffered a hyperextended
elbow in the first
quarter, but returned later
in the game.
Defensive end Phil Ellis
sprained an ankle and will be
out of action for at least two
weeks. Karey Johnson, also
mounts
* "He's not th
go for the full i
>int producers for a spark. It
(folina soccer the game, it r
I that he would game. If he h
anced scoring can come in at
uad to be sue- Mike Morn
. I??i 1 :
i cwiuiuay ?a luiuctieu in a r
romp over the USC advantag
?unts in the
THE CATA
nost about the from the 92 de;
jam effort for took advantag
od play in the in the second s
in the back, shots on goal
loited, but it Catamounts 1
auring uie lasi
lave taken the Mousaw res
e been missed the Gamecocl
midfielders goal of the j
lout the game. Murphy made
on, Joel Sch- junior Victor 1
ere required to the beleaguen
ole afternoon. Sophomore
:ored the first forward Tom
earn. He beat goalsofthega
Iwin from the "I was very
- -v*
ing in me tirsi "? w? iusi ye
i a goal three assessed. "W<
mecocks a 2-0 over the field
that are leade
defender John dedicated to i
le right side for our style.''
rdy's first goal
ck. The(Jatam<
?*4 A A- A n ? /v^/v i
aion i sian me v-z in iskju.
y through the Western Caro
four and five, them by sur{
after suffering dicative of wh
rig to return to Thursday
led 23 points. Gamecocks <
' Berson said. The game
'St. lie's an in- "Graveyard"
idie is going to field located
jame. streets.
lose for some yardage in
> y John Parnell)
a defensive ena, suiierea
strained ligaments in his
knee and will be out for three
to four weeks.
Back-up fullback Jeff
Kendziorski obtained the
most serious injury of the
game for the Gamecocks
when he suffered a severe
hamstring pull. He will be
out for six weeks.
11-0
r kind of nlnv#*r that's (miner tn
ninety minutes. So we use him
: might be at the beginning of
night be at a low point of the
appens to be on the bench, he
id give us a lift."
saw, a junior midfielder,
ebound off of Baldwin for a 6-0
;e to end the first half scoring.
MOUNTS SEEMED drained
gree heat, and the Gamecocks
;e of that by scoring five goals
itanza. South Carolina fired 21
in the final half, while the
ailed to register any shots
: 45 minutes of play.
turned the scoring parade for
cs when he tallied his second
game with 23:23 left. John
?it 8-0 five minutes later and
Wikstrom headed in a shot by
Rnlriwin for annthpr scnro
midfielder Larry Corite and
Reilly scored the last two
me.
pleased with the performance
ar players out there," Berson
; are about 50 percent new all
i. we ve goi sopnomores now
rs. We've got players that are
i team oriented game. That's
Hints, 6-9 last year, dropped to
The heat definitely affected
lina," Berson said. "It caught
>rise. I don't think this is inat
they can do."
afternoon at 4 p.m., the
will meet USC-Spartanburg,
will be played at the
, the South Carolina soccer
at Heyward and Sumter