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sports Orange By Johnny Boggs CLEMSON ? There must pants. For the sixth time, the Ck orange pants, and for the sixt as Coach Danny Ford's 10th USC 24-6 Saturday afternoon i The Tigers first wore the < the Gamecocks, and pulled a donned orange when they ups 21-7 for the ACC chamDionshi win the National Championsh Earlier this year, the Tige North Carolina 16-13. "I THINK WE REPRESE1N Ford said of Saturday's garr terbacks played well, our b? blocked well, and the defense "I thought we measured uj added. "We got better up the and so did the quick screen in up in the second. "The screen has been such put it in ourselves this week,' the opportunity to call it." USC took a 3-0 lead late ii Fleetwood booted a 30-yard 1 took the ensuing kickoff and 2:38 to score. SENIOR TAILBACK CLIF yards out, and Bob Paulling Clemson a 7-3 lead with 3:08 le The touchdown was set up lAx^nn n *t-CC CI trui uan IU a wiuc-upcu ?JCU Oil their own 40 to the USC nine-y. "I saw him open," Jordan s was open, but I knew he was back come up. "The play was called for th; up, I go deep, and if he goes d He came up and I just threw Jordan said. Clemson added another tow the half, when Chuck McSwi Paulling added the PAT, and half time. THE GAMECOCKS DROVI for a first-and-goal situatio period, but the Tiger defense s Thomas Dendy swept aroui pickup, but was nailed for a < USC quarterback Bill Brack third down and was nailed by T \ &&&?? * : : ,%/ '; > ^ ^ I South Carolina running bad All-American froa safety Terr Foutain Inn, S.C., gained 106 *> ranked seventh in the nation i-clad Tige be something to those orange ||p|r^ imson Tigers came out clad in jgjjji | h time, Clemson was victorious ? -ranked football squad downed fWr" ^ it Death Valley. fjj/F* ^ p! >range britches in 1980 against ^ 27-6 upset. Last year, Clemson >vi vjeurgia 13-3, ueai Maryiana f MSgp p and downed Nebraska 22-15 to L? iPp y ip. rs came out in orange to beat | jjgf ITED our university very well,'' 8Bl|j? le against USC. "All our quaricks ran the ball well, the line ) well in the second half," Ford jttjfl' j middle. The reverses hurt us, ^ Ji the first half, but we measured | ^ i_~ a good play against us that we i - ' ' Ford said. "But we never had ; i the first quarter when Mark leld goal. However, the Tigers BHKp marched downfield 66 yards in 'F AUSTIN scored from nine- IL." added the point after to give : ! ft in the quarter. by a 51-yard pass from Homer USC's wkstill,moving the Tigers from , 3rd line. yaras on aid. "I couldn't tell how far he li-yard lc open when I saw the defensive Fleetw* field goal at. If the defensive back comes Eddie Le< leep, then I throw a short pass. USC He ' the ball as hard as I could," had some to have s< chdown with 2:07 remaining in Coach Fo ain scored on a one-yard run. the Tigers took a 14-3 lead at THE T final quai added th< 2 to the Clemson three-yard line field goal n midway through the third itiffpnwl n x-assuij id the right end for a two-yard USC qi >ne-yard loss on his next carry. 22 passes ?haw dropped back to pass on Clemsc defensive end Joe Glenn for an terceptio M ' ? "^^teKii^ * p jJ k Thomas Dendy is brought to the ground b1 y Kinard in Saturday's football game. The fr yards on 22 carries against the Tigers, a ti against the rush going into the game. srs blitz I : B. " il^PB^ .jw "xMm' ?V. , M... Chris Wade is surrounded by Clemsi the reception, but Carolina fell 24 6 >ss, and Carolina had to settle for a fi sod's 30-yarder tied a school recoi s in a career at 27. Fleetwood shares [>pard, who kicked 27 field goals fron sad Football Coach Richard Bell sai< ! momentum going on the drive. I v even points instead of three, but yc rd and his team credit for stopping t IflTCRS AnnF.n n tnnr>hHmi?n or?/4 t VI WUVA1VIV TT A* UIAU j rter. Austin scored from two-yards < ; PAT early in the period.Paulling 1 at the 7:37 mark to round out the sc< g turned out to be a key in the ballga larterbacks Bradshaw and Gordon , completing 12 for 83 yards and one m completed only nine of 15 pass n, but picked up 161 yards in the air. ? vHBnran ttavia i^ai o W * & The'defea :::j;m 14 games, a m fans. to smi Ipy what is qui performanc man gained the Tigers, nation agair jlft IN 10 GAr play agains . 'w between hir f # the USC fr "* week agaim t "* used * gSt Fountain Ir y damson's results wen V1 .imnM most of the eshman from and use his Bam that people, acc Coach Rich; * wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmammm Gamecocl ? O.I I ?_ . r% - nil uDituiutjis 111 ooiuruay s game ai ueai i. teld goal. - The Tigers, 8-1-1, rd for the most ground, netting 20S ; the record with rushing. 11977 to 1980. d, "I thought we CAROLINA FINIJ /ould have liked Bell said his No. 1 pr iu've got to give is." "We'll meet tomor he said. "We are al field goal in the down on mistakes, p )ut and Paulline WP nlavpfl uroc annir) ricked a 44-yard wing. The Tigers will cl Bowl in Tokoyo ag. me. ward to our trip to J Beckham threw to have much time t interception. entire week to get n es with one in- win the conference complish that." jy dandy, Ga leyers <| ? Long, sad faces, several i n sliding down their cheeks, 1 " JSC's football locker room after "f j cks lost to Clemson 24-6 at Death ? ? day. 001 t was Carolina's 10th in its last q$|| md there wasn't a lot for USC le about, with one notable exnomas Dendy. >-9,174-pound tailback, turned in ickly becoming his "average" e. The relatively small fresh- ?? 106 yards on 22 carries against ^aj, a team ranked seventh in the or ' ist the rush. Der VIES this season (Dendy did not t Georgia), he gained 848 yards out< ries. His 6.2 yards-per-carry mj(j better than George Rogers' 5.8- S0IT 1980, when the former USC w0l k won the Heisman Trophy. d he is aware some people have D ing the inevitable comparison imp nself and Rogers, the holder of bac eshman rushing record of 623 (jep I-- j xi i ? Ljf.nuy passed mai marK last last >t Navy. the o watch him," the soft-spoken Rjc] in, S.C., native said. "I thought res< jat ballplayer." C0H THOUGH Dendy and Rogers Si ved similar results, they used can ethods to get there. and ming styles contrast greatly," the! . "I try to avoid a lot of people. I first vhat you call a 'finesse' runner, 1 not going to run over anybody if H yan nes Dendy ran head-on into the Si ich defenders as 6-3, 310-pound Bel! rd William Perry and 6-3, 252- pGii t tackle Dan Benish, and the 2 less than productive. However, " time he was able to get outside bac small, speedy frame to outrun war wording to IJSC Head Football bet! ardBell. thrc cs, 24-6 i h Valley. Wade picked up 12 also outgained the Gamecocks on the i yards, while Carolina had 145 yards 3HES the season with a 4-7 record, and iority now is recruiting. row (Sunday) and then get on the road," so going to try to figure out how to cut I penalties. droDDed balls * * J ? * V* J but we helped them some.'' ose their season Saturday at the Mirage ainst Wake Forest. "We're looking forfapan now," Ford said. "We're not going o practice, and Wake Forest has had the i iady for us. But we're going over there to championship, and I hope we can ac1mpr.nr.k5 nnt >aaawwwa?w IW t. I try to avoid a lot of people, uess I'm what you call a nesse" runner, because I'm not ing to run over anybody if I i help it/ ? USC running back Thomas Dendy He has great acceleration, speed and inr'O " Rail eoirl :_1 /j in . uvit ouiu. X1C O (I 1UI qUlCKCI VH.4U 4.45 in the 40-yard dash, according to idy) than most people think." I KNEW WE were running pretty good >ide on them," Dendy said. "Up in the Idle they have a pretty good defense, but letimes when I got on the outside they ild miss a lot of tackles. } enay s accomplishments this season are tressive, considering he was listed as a kup wide receiver on the preseason th chart. Luckily for USC, that didn't long. A 90-yard rushing performance in SPPnnH Oamo rif ?1 ? Quiov v/i me acct&uii againsi hmond proved Dendy, then playing irve tailback, had a bright future in ege football. milar efforts followed against LSU (18 *ies for 97 yards), Furman (13 for 105) Navy (20 for 155), and Dendy finished season as the team's lpnriinc* 4 UOIICI , ttilVl : on the team in touchdowns with four, is recent performances have moved him P^AIlH in / 1 . in me uuiiuii among iresnmen in is-per-carry and total yards rushing. uch performances brought a smile to I's face after a season full of disapltments and mistakes. He's one of the real quality running ks in the country. He's unselfish, and he its to get better, and I think he'll get er every year. I hope we can recruit ;e or four more players just like him."