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I - \ a ~ x "m 0 M? I - .rr: .'jBr * B " r^ Jfer ^ B USC running back Mike Dingie (6) fumbles aft ball pop loose and quickly pounces on it to give the Seminoles By BRANT LONG Staff writer The third-largest crowd in Gamecock history and a national television audience watched Saturday night as USC was soundly defeated by . No. 5 Florida State, 59-0. But only a handful of the 75,000 fans at Williams-Brice Stadium, mostly Seminole supporters, remained to see the slaughter in its entirety. The Seminoles were led by backup quarterback Peter Tom Willis, playing for the injured starter Chip Ferguson. Willis was 17 of 20 for i 271 yards and four touchdown passes, while the Gamecock defense. Dreviouslv ranked 7th in thp Talk about manual labor. The o thing more complicated than most processors is their instruction mai You can wade through hundred: pages of "user interfaces" and "ou fonts" or try something far simplei Smith Corona PWP 3 Personal Wo Processor. Using PWP 3 is truly an exerci: simplicity. Our easy-to-follow Tutc DataDisk teaches you that moving For more information on this product, write to Smith Corona (Canada Ltd.). nation in total defense, gave up 638 yards. "We played a great team out there," USC quarterback Todd Ellis said. "We could just never get it together against them." Ellis completed nine of 22 passes for 79 yards and threw two costly interceptions. ] The Seminoles wasted no time scoring their first points of the game. After Carolina's open- 1 ing drive ended in a fumble by Harold Green, i Peter Tom Willis hit Terry Anthony on a 44-yard touchdown pass with 12:26 left in the j first quarter. The FSU drive went 50 yards in ] just two plays. i The Gamecocks responded by driving to the FSU 35-yard line, only to be thwarted when i INTERESTED IN WO Word procei . . W ill Word process p?r- ]'*, w^f&M ~ 3 S| \ % -*? Jm !1K dESRJ^SH H|i ssgjg .&. 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Butler's interception set up a one-yard scoring nass from Willie to tioht end Dave Rohertc a for the Seminoles' third score of the first half. n The teams exchanged possessions, and after S place-kicker Richie Andrews of FSU missed a 37-yard field goal attempt, USC got the ball c back. But once again, the Gamecocks could not c move against the tough Seminole defense. d In the second quarter, USC committed yet s another turnover when Mike Dingle's halfback c pass was intercepted by Dedrick Dodge, who ran it back to the 25-yard line. Willis and t. fullback Marion Mutts, with a 44-yard scamper, C engineered a 75-yard drive, capped by a.,one-.,- -c RKING FOR THE GAfvlECC Call 777-7726 sing made slm & Asm '?%> ' mtSjTz <'* *""^1 ting made sinq <<?&. Zy'%%'2' &s%8fo '/ ' . s ' s mmmzgmmrnmrn^ ~~ ? -~~~~ J ; { f ' J ' f&Wi W& *f' I wb wS. "?.'nn n \ ^ ^ ^ I ^ j "--i-^ I nly of text is a snap, deleting words i: word cinch and inserting words is effor nuals. In fact, PWP 3 is so incredibly 5 of to use, you can pick it up in practi tput no time. r: The That way, you can spend more rd of your time writing. And less of your time reading about writing. iei" m SMITH nal = m CORONIV blocks TOMORROWS TGCHNOLOGY AT YOUR TOUCH ~ Smith Corona Corporation. 65 l/xust Avenue. New Canaan. CT 06840 or lOTapscott Road. Scarborough. Ont'ario. Canada M1B 1Y4 llis in Saturday night's game against Florida Stat f many for the Gamecocks, who lost 59-0. Gamecocl /ard touchdown plunge by Mutts. FSU defense held strong for yet another USC possession, and place-kicker Bill Mason con lectea irom 51 yaras out witn one second left in he half to give the Seminoles a 31-0 halftime ead. "We kept shooting ourselves in the foot," Morrison said, "We didn't give ourselves a :hance to get back in the game." The second half was controlled by the Seminoles as well. In the first two minutes of he third quarter, the Seminoles drove 67 yards n seven plays and, on a Willis-to-Lawrence 2-yard touchdown pass, made it 38-0 early in he second half. Willis and Dawsey would hook up again after . USC punt for a 37-yard touchdown pass to nake it a 45-point lead for the visiting ieminoles with 8:18 still left in the third period. Price, who punted eight times for an average ?f 34.3 yards during the game, was called on >nce again when USC couldn't gain a first town. Freshman quarterback Corey Weldon tepped in for FSU, and on his first snap from enter hit Bruce LaSane on a 53-yard pass play. The Seminoles failed to score, though, when hey fumbled at the Carolina three and Carolina's Patrick Hinton recovered. USC ould only get as far as its own 20-yard line. )CK? I????? pie. ? Help Child tier. diseas Raffle And a Support C and the I during Kap the NAV1 s a tless. r simple cally And Before KENT BROOME/The Gamecock te. FSU's Gerald Ostaszewski (75) notices the ls, 59-0 FSU head coach Bobby Bowden, known for his trick play calling, used a reverse on seconddown-and-ten from the FSU 44, and Lawrence Dawsey ran the ball for 25 yards to the USC 31. Weldon took it in himself from two yards out to make it 52-0. A series of turnovers followed as FSU's third quarterback of the night, freshman Brad Johnson, was picked off by USC's Dale Campbell. Ellis then fumbled at the USC nine-yard line. The fumble led to FSU's final score, a four-yard run by fullback Paul More. Final score: 59-0, the worst defeat ever at home in USC history. "We're totally shocked," said freshman wide receiver Robert Brooks, "We thought we were ready to play. The turnovers in the first quarter really got us down." The three FSU quarterbacks amassed 381 total passing yards, while LaSane, Anthony, and Dawsey all had 50-yard plus performances in the receiving category. "We made a lot of mental mistakes," said Brooks. "Everybody is hurting, but we're gonna bounce back." USC will try to do just that Saturday as it takes on Navy at Williams-Brice Stadium. Kickoff is at 1:30 p.m. The Gamecocks' final game is No"V. 21 at Clemson. ?T ^BcSioon f Grant a Last W with a life thr e by purchasing Ticket! Chance to Win 3 arolina Sunshine for k lose McGill Foundatic pa's Balloon Derby { r,lMF M I VI a.i.TAU 1 1 vr V V111LTV1 A TICKETS ON SAL Wednesday 11:00am - 3:00p Thursday 11:00am - 3:00pn Friday 11:00am - 3:00pm On Russell House Patio the Navy Game, Saturday, N SPORTS BRIEFS Women win; men finish 2nd The USC women's cross country team won the Metro Conference Championships Saturday in Hattiesburg, Miss, and the USC men's team finished second behind Virginia Tech. The USC women finished with 41 points in the 5-kilometer run, followed by Florida State with 46. Virginia Tech, Memphis State, Cincinnati, Louisville, and host Southern Mississippi finished third through seventh, respectively. Virginia Tech had not been beaten in the conference championships 1QQ< JX11VV X70J. The top runner for the Lady Gamecocks was Wilma DiPiore, who finished fourth with a time of 18:24. Other USC runners and their times were: Gwen Sherwood (7th), 18:51; Dana Purser (8th), 19:00; Shannon Wyont (9th), 19:08; Jill St. Peter (13th), 19:58; Nancy Cason (17th), 20:12; Alexis Fife (18th), 20:13. "We were thrilled to see the women come up winners," said head coach Larry Greene, who added he wasn't surprised by the results. "Everybody ran their best race," Greene said. The USC men were led by individual champion Gerdy Roose, who had a winning time of 25:25. Andy Foster finished fifth with a time of 25:57. USC had 83 points in the five-mile race, 50 points behind team champion Virginia Tech. The Gamecocks were followed in order by Florida State, Cincinnati,* Southern Mississippi, Louisville, and Memphis State. Other Gamecock finishers were Paul Laymon (14th), 26:27; Mike Hedgecock (31st), 27:40; and Jonathan Edwards (32nd), 27:47. Soccer team gets top seed The USC soccer team, ranked seventh nationally, will be the No. 1 seed in the South Region, the NCAA announced Monday. USC, coming off a win over No. 24 Air Force and a tie with No. 8 Indiana in the Metropolitan Life Classic this weekend, will have a first-round bye and will host the winner of this weekend's North Carolina-Wake Forest match on Nov. 20 at the Graveyard. ish to a eatening a $1.00 5700.00// .. Q ru Lids \ y l) 311 ,E m 1 lovember 12th!