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MBr' 9 gra^E^iiy w n ^ HIk^ ;jHT y <| Duke tailback Mike Grayson a in the fourth quarter. I A. mierce By Johnny Boggs * USC Head Football Coach Ric team that'makes the fewest i team that wins. Saturday night, the Duke Uni fewest mistakes and took a riomDnAnlrc of Williomc-Rrino Q ViaillV^UVI\0 UV TV tAAAUAAAU JL/1 1VV W "We did hurt ourselves," Bel at it from a positive point of vi have to learn from those mistak "You have to give credit fir plosive offense, good backs an knew (Duke quarterback Ben f o lnnf nnrl Vto pn nHn f ho Kict nloi: uii^iit, auu lit inauv; ui^ U15 piaj Bennett, who has started at t freshman year, hit on 15 of 24 touchdowns. The junior from Sunnyvale, Devils in 1980 when the Gamec again last season. But this year the 6-2, 190 p< jumped out to an early 7-0 lead After holding the Gamecoc r\. _1 ! A- nr. 1 1 * uuKe iook over on lis ju yaru 111 The Blue Devils drove to th found a wide-open Chris Caste for the score with 9:47 left in converted on the extra point, pi Neither team could manage took over on the Duke 34-yard USC's Chris Norman with just the period. Bennett then began to pick tl HEbE IPBWm ^ jpr Duke quarterback Ben Benne fcinnm tackle Frank Wright. mmmmmmtimKmammmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmB voids USC inside linebacker Jomes Seawright as he carries ption keys De with completions to <Jarl ^hard Bell has always said the Militello for 25 yards, nistakes will usually be the After an incomplete pa throws for 6- and 12-yar< versity Blue Devils made the respectively. That put Du 30-17 upset win over the after a two-yard run by tadium. complete pass to Blunk, B< 11 said. "But you have to look touchdown. ew heading into practice. We Harper's PAT was good, nvpr thp finmpoorks with a st to Duke. Duke has an ex- Duke Coach Red Wilsoi d a good passing attack. We ahead early. "By getting < i) Bennett was an excellent momenteum and somethi 's." course, there was a big pi he quarterback spot since his we shouldn't have. That kil passes for 177 yards and two The fumbled punt came Militello mishandled Norr Calif., started for the Blue BryantGilliardrecovered ocks defeated Duke 20-12, and Later, on a third-andsophomore signal-caller B mnder eot revenee. as Duke and with eood orotectior D - O J ? * in the first quarter. native detected his receiv :ks on their first possession, for a 21 yard gain, le. That put USC on the Dul e Carolina 35, where Bennett a nine-yard run on the nex >r on the sidelines and hit him plunged in from the one, c the quarter. Kenneth Harper remaining in the half, jtting Duke ahead 7-0. The Gamecocks got on t a drive until the Blue Devils when Mark Fleetwood b< I line after an 11-yard punt by seconds left in the half. under four minutes to play in In the second^ half, the drove down USC's throat < lie Gamecock secondary apart quarter. MmMz.mm jly /.... . -, - ' j''?Phetoby Ck% tt manages to narrowly escape the rush of USC ;<'t9:t. ' ' ' \ ' wsmmmmmmammmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmmammammmmKmrnammmmmi mmm -r t 'the USC star,i ? ??uarterb? touchdown in the secom is11^ rfe^cfl1 wild paoi uaim franks tor 15 yards and Mark Bennett's completion counted for most of the ss to Castor, Bennett completed on a trick play and a gul i gains to Franks and Militello, On a fourth-and-one ike on the USC 10-yard line, and pitched right to Graysc tailback Joel Blunk and an in- the score. Harper's PA' mnett hit Castor again for another surprising 21-10 lead wi In the final quarter, 5 and Duke nad a commanding lead ot tne contesi. nly 34 seconds left in the quarter. A 22-yard completion n said the game plan was to get Gamecocks on the Duk )ff to a good start, it gave us some the next play and then ,ng to work from," he said. "Of the game. ay when we fumbled the punt and The point after was g lied our momenteum." But that was all the early in the second quarter, when mistake gave the Blue 1 nan's punt at midfield and USC's On third down with back and quickly thro 17 situation at the 39-yard line, scrimmage. Berry ne1 ill Bradshaw rolled out to his right, picked off by Brick J< i fiuin his line, the Spartanburg score. er and rifled a shot to Ira Hillary Harper's PAT was n 9:27 left in the game, ce 18-yard line. Thomas Dendy had The play, Bell said, > t play. Four plays later, Bradshaw option to hit Berry or g :utting the deficit to 14-7 with 11:13 "My eyes were upfic he (Johnstone) was rui he board again late in the quarter, Duke added a field { >oted a 30-yard field goal with 59 then the outcome was < f a innrnocn Hnbn'o loo/ IV IIIV.A. VaOV/ L/lUVl/ o IVyUV Blue Devils came out strong and The attendance of 66 )n their first possession in the third game in the state, bre; when Clemson played ?> . ' : ^ - '' : ' ' '"_-l--X-:^H#:i;;W^;^:;;-;:?:^ :'---:'V; -^'- v : .. .;.; ' >: *. :' ;% ? . : : ;. ' : ' . ' ' \ . ' ': ' ' L?w*M Duke linebacker Ralph Alderman stops USC running a key fourth and one situation midway through the thi rnoio oy unip Lowell ick Bill Bradshaw plunges for a i quarter to close Duke's lead to 14-7. ecocks s to Militello and Mike Grayson acyardage on the drive, but Duke relied tsy call to get on the board. at the Carolina 11-yard line, Bennett >n. Grayson then threw to Franks for r was good, and the Blue Devils had a th 10:28 to go in the period. U/\ff fVM f/\ A lr/> O ftOtYtA >uuui v>aiuuua ucgaii tu inaiv^ a gaint to Todd Berry from Bradshaw put the e eight. Berry picked up five yards on found the end zone with 16:13 to go in ood, and Duke had only a 21-17 lead. Gamecocks could muster, as a costly Devils another touchdown. four vards to eo. Bradshaw droooed n to Berry, running behind the line of ver turned around, and the ball was )hnstone, who raced 33 yards for the o good, but Duke had a 27-17 lead with ,vas an "83 fly out." Bradshaw had the 0 deep. ild," Bell said. "When I turned around rining the other way.'' *oal with 3:26 left in the game, but by certain. John Tolish kicked a 37-yarder 1 to 30-17. non *U? 1^? r^knll wds Luc idi gcai iu duciiu a luuiudii iking the old record of 64,558 set in 1980 Virginia Tech. ^ &*> 0$ .-.*_ ,-..i * -_V;; - W Photo by Capei* Hammond back Todd Berry for no gain in ird quartur.