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By MORRIE LYLES
Staff Writer
STARKVILLE, Miss. ? The
Mississippi State Bulldogs stunned
the Gamecocks 23-0 Saturday at
Scott Field.
The Gamecocks seemed lifeless
as the Bulldogs controlled the
game offensively and defensively.
USC was held to a subpar 222
yards on offense and gave up 308
yards on defensive, 269 of them
on the ground.
The Bulldogs struck first when
quarterback Todd Jordan ran six
yards on a third-and-goal for a
touchdown. The drive seemed to g
be a mirror image of how the
game would turn out. MSU converted
three times on third down
on the drive, and tailback Michael
Davis rushed for 45 yards on eight
carries. MSU added a 25-yard
field goal to take a 10-0 halftime
lead.
USC's defense came out ready
to play in the second half. After
the defense forced MSU to punt
late in the third quarter, Corey
Bridges fumbled the attempted
return. MSU recovered, and two
plays later, Davis ran for a oneyard
touchdown to increase the
score to 17-0. MSU added two
fourth quarter field goals after a
Taneyhill fumble and a turnover
on downs.
USC was ineffective in every
aspect of the game. The defense
couldn't stop MSU's running
attack of Davis and Carl
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Bulldogs' 269 rushing yards. ^
USC's loss of Norman Greene, the ?
team's starting free safety and second
leading tackier, because of a
concussion didn't help the situation.
The USC defense, which was
also without starter David
Tumipseed, was blown off the line
of scrimmage. This enabled MSU
to control the game. As for USC's
offense, it came into the game
limping and left hobbling. Tailback
Brandon Bennett, who was hampered
by a sprained knee, didn't
start for the first time since 1991.
Bennett saw limited action but was
ineffective, rushing for six yards on
seven carries.
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Quarterback Steve Taneyhill, shown here against Alabama, and
he rest of the Gamecock offense couldn't put any points on the
>oard Saturday against Mississippi State.
teddick, sat out the second half on the season. Backup quarterback
>ecause of a strained knee. The Blake Williamson was sacked
njury forced fullback Stanley once.
*ritchett to play tailback. USC had more rushing attempts
Believe it or not, Steve Taneyhill than rushing yardage, 29 attempts
eemed to be the only spark in the versus 28 yards. The offensive
JSC offense. He completed 16 of effort was a goose egg on the
16 pass attempts for 184 yards, 133 scoreboard
>f them in the second half. ' MSU's victory was only its secraneyhill
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USC ? The men's soci
team, ranked No. 19 by Soc
America magazine and No. 24
the Adidas/ISAA poll, scoret
tournament record four secoi
half goals to down South Flor
5-1 Saturday on a rain-slickei
field at the seventh anni
MetLife Classic at 1
Graveyard. In the first match
the day, Boston used two sect
half goals to get by Davidson
0.
The match between USC ;
Metro Conference rival So
Florida was a tale of two difl
ent halves. The first h
belonged to the Bulls, who t<
a 1-0 lead at 8:56 on a goal
Mike Meckleberg. The midfit
er took a pass from defen
Scott Watkins in the penalty a
and rocketed a shot past U
goalkeeper John Mills on
Bull's first shot of the game.
Then, USC forward Ch
Faklaris took over. Fakla
scored the first of his three g(
at 21:38 when he blasted a
yard shot that caromed off
crossbar and left post past go
Jeff Gopsil. Midfielder W
Haiauk was credited wun
cross-field assist. The ma
remained a draw through in
mission as South Florida hel
7-6 advantage in shots.
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Five minutes into the second
half, Haiduk knocked a pass
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cer give USC a 2-1 lead. The goal
, proved to be the game winnei
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score this season anc
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added two goals and Cedrie
aaj Marshall scored once to close
out the scoring.
? During Sunday's match, USC
?. needed only a tie to clinch the
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Boston.
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? At 71:11, the Gamecocks
: mobbed Smith following his
; fifth goal of the season. The
goal,1 which was assisted by
Brett Kurland and wound up
; deciding the tournament, slipped
4 just under the dive of Boston
goalkeeper Chris Vargo.
"I just put my head down and
hit it hard," Smith said.
Boston missed a chance to tie
> the "match when Tim Giatrakos
played a mishandled comer kick
over the goal, which was left
unprotected by Gamecock keep1
er John Mills. Seconds later,
- Peter Duitsman narrowly missed
j an insurance goal when his head
t of a Gamecock corner was
cleared by Terrier captain Steve
. Walker. The game ended with
I the score 2-1.
1 "We showed what kind of
! team we are and that we have
. national potential," Duitsman ,
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