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football Championship ?
season. (Photo by Steve i
Nation's leadii
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By Mark Gilliam
St.iff Writer
"I feel mvsell that I am
the best running back in the
nation." the nation's leading
rusher said.
No. this week it's not
George Rogers, but instead
The Citadel's outspoken
Lyvonia "Stump" Mitchell.
The 5-9, 188 senior comes to
Columbia for Saturday's
i_uni.es i againsi tne
nationally ranked
Gamecocks, with 1,264 yards
and an average of 158 yards
per game.
"A couple of weeks ago,
<iil Brandt (vice president of
the Dallas Cowboys) said the
only difference between
Mitchell and Rogers is about,
lour inches and 40 pounds,"
Citadel's coach. Art Baker
said.
"Well, the difference
between the whole Citadel
team and Carolina is about
that per man," he joked.
"Mitchell is a tremendous
running back, USC Coach
.Jim Carlen said. "You can
bank on them (Citadel)
coming to play. Being a
military institution, they'll
get after you from start to
finish."
"Our players can't help
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NCAA RUSHIK
Mitchell-The Citadel
Roqers South Carolina 1
Allen Southern Cal
McNeil UCLA
Red wine Nebraska
Walker Georgia
Brooks Auburn
Lawrence Va. Tech 1
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scampers for yardage in Ti
game. KA defeated SAE 1
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ng rusher coma
tadel's ?
but get excited when you
have the nation's number
one rusher," Baker said.
"It's something everyone
can have great pride in and
something that gives the
school recognition it might
not always get. But we can't
let it effect our play selection,
because we must also
realize that we have an
opportunity to have one of
the best years a Citadel team
has ever had, and that must
be our top priority ."
T 11 K BULLDOG'S
KEC'OIU) is identical to
Carolina's ? six wins, two
losses, and no ties. Citadel
has a five game winning
siruiiK auer losing 10 Appalachian
State and Wake
Forest earlier.
"I'm not at all concerned
with the teams we play. I'm
more concerned with our
guys emotions," Carlen said
in relation to the Georgia
loss.
"This is an unusual group.
So I told them that we'd
grieve until Wednesdav. and
then we'd put the Georgia
game behind us and start
getting ready to play
Citadel," he added.
Last week the USCJG
LEADERS
yards avy av(J- Per game
1264 6.0 158 0
257 6.2 157.1
1080 43 154.3
867 5.6 144 5
859 7.5 143.2
1096 5.9 137.0
1050 5.4 131.2
024 4.8 128 0
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P"i y
hursday night's Intramural
2-0 to cap an unbeaten
s to use
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Georgia game was called
"the battle of the running
backs,'' between Herschel
Walker and George Rogers.
The two fellow Georgians
both played excellent
games.
This week, Rogers faces
another fellow Georgian who
also runs the ball ? Stump
Mitchell. The game,
however, will probably alter
statistics in the NCAA
rushing category. Rogers
has 1,257 yards and is
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Wednesday at "The Gi
Gamecocks' fifth straight i
chances for an NCAA p/a
Langendorf)
KAcc
over 6
By Jim Corbett
Staff Writer
Kappa Alpha scored twc
touchdowns to defeat Sigma
12-0 Thursday night to ca
tramural Flag Football cham
Quarterback Keaver Pri(
Iialph Roe with an eight yard
midway through the third qi
KA the lead. KA added anotht
the fourth period on an ele\
from Prickett to wide receive
clinch the victory.
SAE, the Cinderella team
playoffs which was unranked ;
action began, started off the
ball control running attack. S,
AL ?- At? J i
jusi mree passes in ine iirsi i
never get rolling against tl
defense, which shut down
threat QB Adger Rice.
KA moved the ball sporadic*
half, but put points on the bi
termission. Prickett comple
passes, with eight second hall
Bevan Funderburk caught i
tosses including a 24 yard co
kept the second scoring drive a
The cold, damp evening 1
teams, and several catchabl
dropped. Tough defense by Si
the high scoring KA passin)
didn't stop KA from scorin
downs, a feat they suc<
complished in each game this<
KA's Hpf^n<;p nn th*? nthor
[iichell:
averaging 157.1 yards per
game. Carolina's defense,
more than ever, ean assist
Rogers. By containing
Mitchell, Rogers could
statistically become the
nation's leader.
ROGERS, THE
SCHOOL'S leading career
rusher, has accumulated
4,567 career yards. He ranks
eighth on the all-time NCAA
r* o tpUi M/t
v.ai tti i uaiilllg Llldl I, UI1U
should end his collegiate
f '
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8 ^defeated
Hart wick 2 0
raveyard." ft was the
iptl
5A1
) second half
Alpha Epsilon
pture the Inpionship.
:kett hit end
scoring strike
uarter to give
?r score late in
'en yard pass
r Bill Duffy to
of this year's
as post-season
game with a
AE attempted
lalf and could
he tough KA
SAE's main
illy in the first
oard after inted
11 of 23
' completions,
five of those
mpletion that
tlive.
lindered both
le balls were
\E hampered
I attack, but
g two touch:essfully
ac>eason.
I m
career as the I
all-time rusher
As Carol in
leading scorer
rushed for ove
18 straight gan
29 career touch
USC sophon
Carl West (
significant
playing time ii
of the season. /
yards per car
scored touchdi
of 84, 58 and 39;
Soc
hoi
By winning
nesday's 2-0 i
College, Cam
running for the
"Beating H;
against a very
Mark Berson
h:?vi? tr\ >?(
iA/in and it increased their
yoff bid. (Photo by Dan
we can close w
Sophomore <
Wednesday 19
Keilly. The no;
TI1K CONTI
Wikstrom note
remaining to p
Freshman G
nets for the (
shutout was '1
seventh overal
The Warrioi
Carolina. ftacl
use NOW st
11-4-1.
"In my mine
years," Bersoi
the game and
number l(> teai
"Thompson
John Nitardy
back. Hut it wa
The Clamecf
Sunday with
Charleston at'
J J %
ires title
E, 12-0
allow SAE inside the twenty yard line, and
recorded their ninth shutout of the season.
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this year. A tape of the championship final
will be broadcast on Friday, November 14 at
5 p.m. in the Golden Spur.
KA advanced to the finals for the second
straight year by beating AFROTC 16-0.
Quarterback Keaver Prickett threw scoring
strikes of 15 and 19 yards to end Rob Roe,
who also caught both PAT tries in the
second quarter. A safety in the first quarter
had put KA up 2-0.
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for one TD and passed for two others, the
last a 7 yard toss to Tom Foster as Sigma
Alpha Epsilon defeated Moore Alumni 18-12
in overtime to gain the finals.
FINAL MEN'S POLL
Record Points
1) KAPPA ALPHA (7) 10-0 70
2) SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON 6-3 f>3
3) MOORE ALUMNI 7-1 51
4) AFRO 5-1 47
5) SIGMA Clll 5-1 42
G) AFROTC 5-3 35
7 1 ?k\inU/ni<"M M l/'lllMf r .?
, < m;?v ililil'/ >-?
8) SKOAL 5-2 25
9) PHI KAPPA SIGMA 1-2 14
10) SIGMA NU 5-2 ?
i the best'
sJCAA's fourth Baker, former assistant to
Carlen at Texas Tech,
ia's all-time respects Carlen and the
, Rogers has Gamecocks.
r 100 yards in "I've never gone into any
les and scored football game feeline we
idowns. couldn't win," Baker said,
nore fullback "South Carolina has perhaps
rould see a its best team ever, and that's
amount of a credit to the excellent job
1 the duration .Jim has done."
Averaging 13.1 "We're not going up there
ry, West has (Columbia) just to play well,
awns on runs We are going up there to
yards. win," he said.
:cer team
>es for bid
By Richaid Movers
Assistant Sports Editor
five consecutive games, including Wedlpset
victory over 12th ranked Hartwick
Una's soccer team has slipped into the
;ir second consecutive NCAA playoff bid.
artwick is a very convincing win lor us
powerful national team," Gamecock coach
said. "I think the NCAA committee would
t the fact that we've won five in a row and if
ith a win, that's going to be a factor."
Chris Heidelberger scored USC's first goal
:33 into the match off an assist from Torn
il was Heidelberger's fourth of the season.
:ST remained 1-0 until forward Victor
hed his eighth goal with less than 15 minutes
lay.
lenn Thompson played the entire game in the
iamecocks, and recorded four saves. The
Thompson's fourth in five games and his
1.
rs fired eight shots on goal to eight for
i team had three corner kicks.
ands at 11-5-2 while the Warriors dropped to
1, that's as well as we've played here in three
w said. "We controlled the field, the tempo of
i -i
i mum our piayers came out and dared tne
ri in the country to play on the field,
did another excellent job, and Boo Westin.
and Eric Ilawkes were tremendous in the
is just a great overall team effort."
>cks close out their regular season schedule
a 2:00 p.m. contest with the College of
'The Graveyard."