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Sunday. November 9, 1997 The Greenville News 5C Without Tigers stay conservative CP iC been, he put it into perspective. "My junior year at Daniel (High), we beat Wren 10-8 for the Upstate championship with a 26-yarder from the left hash. I rember it like it was yesterday. That was the greatest We went on to win the state." Was Saturday greater? "This is a huge win for us," he said.

"This kick was huge. I did what I had to do." West was just as proud of Richardson's extra point which put the game into overtime, considering that he had missed two extra points last week. Coming into the game, Richardson was 7-for-10 on extra points but 8-for-8 on field goals. His streak of 10 consecutive field goals over two seasons ended when Duke's Tawambi Settles blocked a 47-yarder in the third quarter. Richardson said he was too busy to feel nervous about Saturday's kicks.

And while he may have been a little off with his first field goal, the game-winner was straight out of his dreams. "I drilled it," he said. "I hit it plained. "We have all the confidence in the world in the coaches' decisions." As for the shaky victory? "In golf," West said, "they don't ask you: How? They ask you: How many? I've hit balls off trees before that ended up back in the fairways, and I counted it" Without Priester West said he expected to play Priester until pregame warmups Saturday, when he thought it was obvious that last week's sprained ankle was still bothering him. "I thought he was pretty close," West said.

"During warmups, I thought he ran off his heel. I wasn't going to put him out there in a game unless he's full-speed. He felt like he could play. He wanted to play. But I didn't feel like he was ready to play.

If he had been 95 percent, I might have given him a shot. But I didn't think he was that." By resting Saturday, Priester has a better chance of being full-speed for next week's showdown with North Carolina. "We've got to have Raymond back next week," receiver Tony Horne said. It was the first time Priester has missed a game because of injury. He had started Clemson's last 30 games, and his 39 career starts are the most ever for a Clemson running back.

By Tom Layton Staff Writer CLEMSON 4- Golfers take "gimmes" on putts longer than the yardage Clemson needed on two fourth-down plays against Duke. But Clemson was playing Saturday without its putter, Raymond Pries-ter. In the golf parlance that Tommy West favors, that might describe why he decided to settle for first-half field goals decisions that brought boos from the fans and may have even disappointed some of his players. "I didn't have time to poll everybody," West joked. "I made that decision because I wanted to come away with points.

Those six points turned up pretty big there at the end." If tailback Priester had not been hurt, West admitted, he might have tried for the four or five feet that separated Clemson from the end zone. "You can't sneak it," he said, "because it's over a yard. We don't have anybody to go over the top." It crossed West's mind that Georgia Tech had missed a chance to beat North Carolina by passing up a similar field goal in a game that turned out 16-13, and that he might have missed a chance to beat Tech when Clemson failed on a fourth-and-one sneak and eventually lost 23-20. i "That didn't enter into it," West said. "I was going to take the points.

Once they said, 'It's just over a that pretty much made my decision." Some players' gestures made it obvious they wanted to try. "We'd want to go for it if it was fourth-and-25," guard Glenn Rountree ex- games in 1978. That was more than he ever expected: "Being a receiver at Clemson," he said, "you don't think you're going to get that many balls." Horne also broke Priester's record for all-purpose yardage in a season: He had 229 against Duke and has 1,553 in nine games. He became the first Clemson player to have three games of more than 200 all-purpose yards, which includes rushing, receiving and punt and kickoff returns. Greene had 309 yards total offense (passing plus rushing) and became the first Clemson player to have three such games in a season.

He has 2,207 yards total offense in nine games, breaking the record of 2,164 in 12 games by Steve Fuller in 1978. Overtime routine Clemson never practices overtime situations, which receiver Brian Wofford said made Saturday "kind of scary." Rahim Abdullah admitted, "I didn't know the rules." But as far as the players are concerned, West said, there is almost no difference. That's why Clemson's overtime preparations have been strictly coaches' business. "We practice in the red-zone every day, and that's all there is to it," he said. Coaches consider the red zone the final 20 yards on the field.

In overtime, each team gets a turn from the 25. Wren revisited? As important as David Richardson's overtime field goal may have i ALAN HA WES. Staff Flying first down: Duke running back Lay Marshall leaps over the line of scrimmage to earn a Blue Devil first down Saturday. Seven turnovers prove too costly for Paladins Records galore Home caught four passes totaling 119 yards and has 61 catches in nine games, breaking Jerry Butler's school record of 58 in 12 CreenviUe Asphclt Pcving HOT ASPHALT DRIVES 1 per sq. ft.

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The only exception was Texas-El Paso, which the Tigers led 12-0 at the start and 12-7 at halftime. Clemson's streak of seven quarters without a turnover ended when Antwan Edwards fumbled a kickoff in the second quarter. Duke has lost 16 straight ACC games. Enpy tomorrow. BatleJe up faJav W7 Ualuu CaraJ SC By Abe Hardesty Staff Writer STATESBORO, Ga.

In Saturday's 30-13 loss to llth-ranked Georgia Southern, Furman saw a picture of its season flash before its collective, frustrated eyes. It saw some rock-solid defense, which held the Eagles (8-2) to 256 yards on 65 plays, and on three successive second-quarter series pushed Georgia Southern backward. It also saw seven turnovers, which crushed all hopes of earning a share of the Southern Conference championship andor postseason consideration. "We didn't take care of the football well enough. You'll not win any football game when you turn the ball over as much as we did," said Furman -coach Bobby Johnson, whose team entered the game with legitimate postseason hopes but fell out of contention at 5-4, and only 3-3 in conference play.

"They're too good a team to help," said Johnson. But Furman helped the enemy three times in the first half, losing fumbles on consecutive series after forging a 7-7 tie midway through the second half. It was worse in the second half, when Furman had the ball for only five possessions but gave it away on four of them. The only time it didn't have a turnover in the half, Furman drove 80 yards on a 10-play touchdown drive. Despite the turnovers, Furman still had a chance with 9:11 to play.

Senior end Jody Wade had just capped the 80-yard drive with his second touchdown catch of the cool afternoon, a 16-yard strike from freshman Justin Hill. But Furman, 0-3 at Paulson Stadium, was unable to make a two-point conversion. And after forcing a Georgia Southern punt with 5:04 to play, the Paladins fumbled away their comeback hopes on the next snap. "The turnovers were the story. I can't say anything more about them," said Furman's Johnson, whose team has been guilty of 16 turnovers in its three conference defeats.

"I was proud of the way our defense played, but you've got to play the whole game, kicking and everything else, and we didn't," said Johnson. Furman's toughest defensive task was containing the quick, slippery feet of sophomore quarterback Greg Hill. He kept 29 times for 151 yards 76 of those on a first-quarter touchdown run. "He's a good player. We thought coming in he'd be hard to tackle, and he was.

A couple times, our guy was there at the point of attack and he made them miss," said Johnson. "But in the first half, his long run was about all they got, and that's pretty good against this offense. I think we defended them as well as anybody has." The 256 yards, which included only eight in the air, was easily the lowest total of the season for Georgia Southern. That was no consolation for Furman's defenders, who gave up a 15-play, 74-yard touchdown drive at the outset of the second half. Just four plays later, Hal Carter picked off a Brent Rickman pass and returned it 62 yards for a touchdown that put Furman down 20-7.

"We played good at times," said senior end Bryan Dailer, who led Furman defensively with an unofficial count of 10 tackles, three of them quarterback sacks. "But we gave up too many long drives. "We knew their offense was pretty good. They did a couple things they hadn't done before (in earlier games), but we defended those well. We knew Hill likes to run, and he's a good runner," said Dailer.

Georgia Southern, which got a 47-yard field goal to go up 23-7 after Furman's fifth turnover, scored its final touchdown with just 19 seconds left. Hill's 1-yard run rubbed salt in a fresh wound, and added to a then-festive setting. A homecoming crowd of 18,269, largest in six years, filled the stadium. "He's gotten better every week, and he did a great job today," said Georgia Southern coach Paul Johnson of Greg Hill, who became the starting quarterback when Kenny Robinson went out with a broken hand four games ago. "He played within the system, and he didn't try to force things," said GSU's Johnson, an offensive coordinator at the school when the Eagles played Furman in two I-AA championship games a decade ago.

"We didn't play as well as we would have liked in the first half," said Johnson, whose team has out-scored its foes 77-3 in the first quarter. "Part of that was my fault; we got a little too cute." Georgia Southern 30, Furman 13 Furman 0 7 0 6 13 Georgia 7 0 13 10 30 FIRST QUARTER CSU Greg Hill keeps on an option right and runs 76 yards. Meng kick. 8:58 remaining. Drive: 1 play, 76 yards.

GSU 7, FURMAN 0. SECOND QUARTER FURMAN Brent Rickman fires 11 -yard pass to Jody Wade slanting across the middle. Jason Wells kick. 11:10 remaining. Drive: 79 yards, 9 plays.

3:33 elapsed. Keys: Moore catches screen pass at Furman 22 and runs 41 yards: Rickman completes 3 of 5 passes in the drive for 65 yards GSU 7, FURMAN 7. THIRD QUARTER CSU Roderick Russell runs 15 yards through the middle. Meng kick. 7:44 remaining.

Drive: 15 plays. 74 yards. 7:07 elapsed. Keys: GSU conversts three third-down plays and one fourth-down play, rushing on 14 of the 15 plays. GSU 14.

FURMAN GSU Hal Carter intercepts Rickman's pass and returns it 62 yards. Kick failed. 6:15 remaining. GSU 20, FURMAN 7. FOURTH QUARTER CSU Meng kicks 47-yard field goal against a crosswind.

13:26 remaining. Drive: 4 plays. 4 yards, 1:45 elapsed. Keys: Reeves recovers Kitchmgs fumble at the Furman 34. GSU 23.

FURMAN 7. FURMAN Hill throws 16-yard pass to Wade, wide open in the right corner of the end zone. Conver-1 sion pass failed. 9:11 remaining. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 4:17 elapsed.

Keys: Hill keeps on fourth- and-2 from the 20 and gams 3. GSU 23, FURMAN 13. CSU Hill runs 1 yard. Meng kick. 0:19 left.

Drive: 9 plays, 235 yards, 4:45 elapsed. GSU 30, FURMAN 13. Furman Georgia Southern First downs 15 14 Rushing 9 14 Passing 6 0 Penalty 0 0 Rushes-yards 37-160 56-277 Yards lost 38 29 Net yards rushing 122 248 Net yards passing 107 8 Complete-Attempts 9 21 3-9 Interceptions 1 0 Offensive plays 58 65 Average gam 3.9 3.9 Return yards 9 65 Fumbies-lost 66 3-1 i Penalties-yards 1-10 5-26 Punts-avg. 4-350 Int. -yards 0 0 1-62 Punt '2-9 2-3 Kick rel -yards 5-64 3-31 Time of Possession 26:04 33:56 Third downs 4 of 11 8 of 18 Sacks by 4-21 0 0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Furman: Russell 10-79.

Crosby 14-33, Hill 6-21, Moore 3-16, Perkins 1-(-6). Rickman 3(-21). Georgia Southern: Hill 29-151. Russell 22-94, Stever-. son 1-4, Joyner 2 0, Johnson 2(-1).

Passing Furman: Ricman 5-16-1 74. Hill 4-5-0 33. Georgia Southern: Hill 3-9-0 8. Receiving Furman: Moore 4-46, Wade 3-40, Crosby 1-13. etchings 1-8.

Georgia Southern: Joyner 1-8, Cunningham 1-4, Russell H-4). Kick returns Furman: Moore 2-31. Kitchmgs 2-33, Hubbard 1-0. Georgia Southern: Banks 2-31. Chestnut 1-0.

Punt returns Furman: Smerdzinski 2-9. i Georgia Southern: Tutt 2-3. Tackles Furman. Dailer 10. Thier 9.

Scott 8. Osborne 7, Ruff 5, Davies-Venn 5. Conner 4, Warren 4. Keith 4, Kup-chinsky 1, Martin 1, Davis 1, Williams 1, Stroman 1, Kmgl. Georgia Southern: Morrell 10, Nighbert 9, Tanner 4, Harris 4, Dickerson 4.

Allen 3, Carter 3, Rainey 3, Reeves 3, Moreland 2, Davis 2, Phillips 1. Freeman 1, Austin 1, Small 1, Roberts 1, Hadden 1. Attendance: 18.269. Coaches show Bobby Johnson Show, today, 7 p.m., Intermedia 15, Ch. 41.

Next opponent 1:30 Saturday vs. Wofford. -r Clemson 29, Duke 20 Duke 6 7 0 7 020 3 10 7 929 FIRST QUARTER CLEMSON David Richardson 19-yard field goal, 7:33 remaining: Drive: 9 plays, 47 yards, 4:26 elapsed. Key plays: Brian Wofford's 32-yard gain on an inside screen pass from Nealon Greene put Clemson just out-; side the Duke Ifl-yard line. Three runs by Terry Wither-.

spoon left Clemson with a fourth-and-one at Duke's two. Tigers, 3-0. I DUKE Sims lenhardt 35-yard field goal, 2 52 remaining. Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards, 4:41 elapsed. Key plays: Scottie Montgomery took a short pass from Spencer Romine 52 yards to Clemson's seven, but sacks by Mono1 Wilson and Anthony Simmons forced Duke to settle tor the field goal.

Tie, 3-3. DUKE Lenhardt 30-yard held goal, 0:35 remaining. Driver 7 plays, 31 yards, 2:03 elapsed. Key plays? Lenhardt recovered Antwan Edwards' kick-return tumble at Duke's 43-yard line, and Romine hit two passes to reach Clemson's 15-yard line Blue Devils, 6-3. SECOND QUARTER CLEMSON David Richardson 18-yard field goal.

12:41 remaining. Drive: 6 plays! 78 yards, 12:41 elapsed. Key. plays: On successive plays, Greene scrambled 34 yards and then hit Tony Horne with a 46-yard pass. From the Duke 9, two runs and an incomplete pass left Clemson with another fourth-and-one, and fans booed the decision to settle for a field goal.

Tie. 6-6. CLEMSON Brian Wofford 49-yard pass from Nealon Greene (David Richardson kick), 11:16 remaining. Drive: 1 play. 49 yards.

0:09 elapsed. Key plays: Tony Home's punt return enabled Clemson to start in Duke terntory for the second time in three possessions. Wofford was back from a fnghtemng injury moments earlier, when he collided headfirst with a cart carrying the sideline TV camera. Tigers, 13-6. DUKE Darius Clark 5-yard return of fumble caused by Kevin Lewis' blmdside sack of Nealon Greene, 2:33 remaining.

Tie. 13-13. FOURTH QUARTER DUKE Laymarr Marshall 1 7-yard run untouched (Lenhardt kick), 14:46 elapsed. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 2:39 elapsed. Key plays: Corey Thomas had catches of 11 and 10 yards: Clemson was penalized for late hit out of bounds, giving Duke a first down at the 17.

Blue Devils. 20-13. CLEMSON Tony Horne 34-yard pass from Greene (Richardson kick), 6:12 remaining. Drive: 4 plays, 66 yards. 0:48 elapsed.

Key plays: Horne made leaping catch of 23-yard pass from Greene to convert second-and-15. and Greene followed with a 14-yarder to Wofford. Tie. 20-20. OVERTIME CLEMSON Richardson 36-yard field goal.

Drive: 4 plays. 6 yards. Tigers, 23-20. CLEMSON Rahim Abdullah 63-yard return of interception from Bobby Campbell (no extra-point attempt). Tigers, 29-20.

Duke Clemson First downs 16 13 Rushing .6 5 Passing 9 8 Penalty 1 0 Rushes-yards 39-135 36-133 Yards lost 50 22 Net yards rushing 85 111 Net yards passing 207 273 Complete-Attempts 18-40 12-21 Interceptions 1 1 0 Offensive plays 79 57 Average gain 37 67 Return yards 8 94 Fumbles-losf 2-0 5 4-3 -Penalties-yards 4-36 9-64 Punts-avg. Int -yards 0-0 1-63 Punt ret -yards 1-3 3-31 Kick 2-22 5-111 Time of Possession 32:58 27:02 Third downs 9 of 22 4 of 15 Sacks by 3-19 5-37 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing Duke: Campbell 5-13, Wilkes 7-40, Marshall 12-36, Romine 6-('6), Epperson 5-12, Rasheed 1-3, Morton 1-4, Montgomery 2-(-1). Clemson: Greene 10-36. Witherspoon 17-49. Zanders 5-9.

Hall 1-5, Austin 3-12. Passing Duke: Romine 8-15-0 108. Campbell 10-25-1 99. Clemson: Greene 12-21-0 273. i Receiving Duke: Montgomery 7-85, Dupree 1-6, Thomas 6-68, Epperson 3-45, Erdeljac 1-3 Clemson: Wofford 3-95, Home 4-119, Hall 3-11, Gardner 1-3.

Lawyer 1-43. Kick returns i Duke: Epperson 1-17, Erdeljac 1-5. Clemson: Home 4-79. Edwards 1-32. Punt returns Duke: Erdeljac 1-3 -Clemson: Horn 3-31.

i Tackles Duke: Stanmeyer 15, Egbuniwe 10, Jones 8. Lewis 8, Combs 5. Knight 5, Grant 3, Grant 3, Holley 3, Settles 2, Jenkins 2, Ruzic 2, Norkus 1, Roush 1, Scanlan 1, Steinbaugh 1 erdeljac 1 Liferidge 1, Pierce 1 Clemson: Simmons 14, Wilson 13, Abdullah 8, Car-swell 7, Fox 6, Edwards 5, Dingle 5, Bromell 5, Allen 3. Means 3. Jones 3, White 3, Crutchfield 2, Speck 1, McKenziel, Broomfieldl, Bench 1.

Attendance: 61 .500. Coaches show; Tommy West Show, today 11 30 NBC. Next opponent 3:30 p.m., Saturday vs. North Take your seats. The performance is about to begin.

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