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The State Sports Southeast's Finest Section Columbia. S.C.. Sunday, September 18, 1977 Inside Sports Alabama Michigan Tops Duke. Rebels Shock 4-D PC Wins First. Mounties Upset Terps.6-D Oklahoma Penn State Ohio State Triumphs.

In Final Seconds, Rallying Bulldogs Go For And Fail 1 2 3 Georgia QB Jeff Pyburn (7) Eludes Clemson's Ronnie Smith (1), Prepares To Pass Over Jim Stuckey Murray Stretch For High Toss Tigers Withstand Last-Second Rally, Shock Georgia, 7-6 Furious USC Assault Bombs Miami, 42-19 By BOB SPEAR State Sports Writer South Carolina's Gamecocks unleashed a furious offensive assault and most convincingly ended their frustrations against Miami, Ohio, 42-19, in Williams-Brice Stadium Saturday night. Carolina, which had been soundly whipped in its three previous encounters with the Mid-American Conference club, stormed into command in the second period and racked up its third straight victory in an impressive manner. And the score could have been worse, much worse, had USC coach Jim Carlen not chosen to employ his reserves throughout most of the final half. Miami, now 1-1, simply could not cope with the Gamecocks' first offensive unit. Ron Bass' pin-point passes completely confounded the Redskins' defenders and Carolina's regulars scored almost at will.

touchdowns came on the Ron Bass All of the Gamecocks' ground, but the air attack opened the flood gates. Bass, riding a rocking chair behind fine offensive line work, found the mark on 12 of 17 passes for 161 yards and flanker Zion McKinney got into the act with a 76-yard bomb off MIAMI USC First Downs 20 30 a fake reverse. Yardage 48-135 56-248 Passing 203 249 For the evening, USC rolled up 248 yards rushing and Return Yardage 10 8 Passes 30-17-1 22-14-1 249 through the air. Thirteen backs carried the ball at least Pnts Fumbles- Lost 2-0 2-1 once for the Gamecocks. Penalties- Yards 8-834-36 Miami 0 12 -19 South Carolina NO 21 -42 "South Carolina has a super football team," Miami SC Cater 1 run (Parrish kick) Warth 29 pass from Fortner coach Dick Crum said afterwards.

"They are a powerful (Johnson sC Bass 5 run (Parrish kick) club that plays with poise. Their passing game goes well SC Rogers 13 run (Parrish kick) Dorsey 3 run (Parrish with their running game and we just could not anchor in." SC Clark 14 run (Parrish kick) Holman 1 run (pass failed) Holman 1 run (pass failed) SC Dorsey 8 run (Parrish kick) Carlen liked the performance of his regulars USC A 46,234. owned a 413-184 edge in yardage with its first units in (See LOGAN, 5-D, Col. 8) Page One 1 sured that fact moments earlier by withstanding a frantic Bulldog rally in the closing seconds to claim a 7-6 upset victory the first for new Tiger coach Charley Pell and Staff Photos By Maxie Roberts (2), Kevin McLee And Jesse By RANDY LANEY State Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. Vince Dooley, author of 99 triumphs in 14 seasons as Georgia's head football coach, predicted late Saturday afternoon that "I'm gonna be around here a few more years, and I'm gonna win 100 Not for at least another week, however.

Clemson's Tigers had as- perhaps Clemson's first ever in Sanford Stadium. A rain-soaked crowd estimated at 55,100 saw Clemson take a 7-0 lead on Lester Brown's three-yard plunge and Jimmy Russell's conversion kick with 6:24 left in the third quarter. But, after failing to cash five scoring opportunities against a tenacious Tiger defense, Georgia came within a whisker of completing a miraculous comeback. Jeff Pyburn's seven-yard touchdown pass to Ulysses Norris capped a furious, 59-yard, three-play blitz and pulled the Bulldogs within a point with six seconds remaining in the game. Forsaking an almost-certain extra point kick to tie the score, Georgia prepared to attempt a two-point conversion but was penalized five yards to the Clemson eight for delaying the game.

Undaunted, the Bulldogs again went for two points by repeating the play that produced their touchdown. But this time Norris was blanketed by Clemson defenders, and Pyburn under heavy pressure from Clemson's line fired a desperation pass that sailed out of bounds beyond the outstretched arms of his diving target. That Georgia scored at all near the finish was incredible. When the Bulldogs gained possession for the last time, they were 59 yards from paydirt with only 29 seconds to play. But Norris stepped behind the line of scrimmage, took a lateral pass from Pyburn and heaved the soaked pigskin with all his strength.

The ball was up for grabs, but Jesse Murray outleaped three Tiger defenders for a miraculous catch that preserved Georgia's hopes at Clemson's seven-yard line. That set the stage for the Georgia TD two plays later after Clemson defensive end Mark Heniford swatted a Pyburn pass to the soggy turf. Although records prior to 1926 are inconclusive, officials of both schools thought that the win was Clemson's first at Athens in a series which Georgia leads 31-12-3. The Tigers' 28-24 win at Clemson in 1974 was their only previous triumph over a Dooley-coached Clem Geo First downs 14 14 Rushes- 57-179 50-161 Passing 57 120 Return yards Passes 4-11-0 7-12-2 Punts Fumbles -lost 4-1 5--2 Penalties-yards 3-25 7-50 Clemson 0070-7 Georgia 000 6-6 Clem- Brown 3 run (Russell kick) Geo--Norris 6 pass from Pyburn (pass failed) team in 11 contests. The victory also evened Clemson's 1977 record at 1-1 following a 21-14 season-opening setback to Maryland's defending Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

Georgia's reigning Southeastern Conference kings won their opener against Oregon, 27-16. On its second possession, Clemson drove 50 yards to Georgia's 27 before Bulldog linebacker Ben Zambiasi dropped Steve Fuller for a 10- yard loss. That forced Obed Ariri to attempt a 54-yard field goal which fell a few feet short. Interceptions by Eddie Geathers and Randy Scott foiled Georgia bids early in the second period and sent Pyburn to the bench for the remainder of the first half. Rick Wyatt recovered a fumbled punt by Georgia's Billy Woods to set up Clemson's scoring drive with 10:23 on the third-quarter clock.

Sparked by Fuller passes of 16 yards to Dwight Clark and 15 to Jerry Butler, the Tigers moved 4 49 yards in 10 plays to score on Brown's three-yard dive and Russell's conversion kick. A Georgia 1 threat died at the (See GEORGIA, 5-D, Col. 3) Staff Photo By Maxie Roberts Comes Up Empty-Handed GEORGIA TIE VISITORS 5 Staff Photo By Maxie Roberts Clock Tells Sad Tale For Bulldogs. Pell Proves Clairvoyant; Tigers Make Key Plays By RANDY LANEY up. Clemson's only scoring deive.

A quarterback sack State Sports Writer forced a futile Georgia field goal attempt in the shadow of the Tigers' goal. ATHENS. Ga. Maybe Charley Pell missed his But the biggest of the big plays came with just six calling. Perhaps the -year coach of the Clemson seconds to play when a furious rush forced an incomplete University football team should be a prophet, a fortune- pass on a two-point conversion try that would have teller, a clairvoyant.

salvaged victory for the Bulldogs. week, when plays in Maryland's favor "I've been in football a pretty good while, in Last crucial some helped the Terps beat Clemson 21-14, Pell predicted that big ones like the Orange Bowl and a national his Tigers would become winners when they learned to championship," said Pell, reflecting on his playing days force the big plays to go their way. at Alabama, "but I've never been around a group of men Indeed, it was their success on pivotal plays which who worked harder than our guys did for what we got enabled the Tigers to upset Georgia 7-6 here Saturday today. afternoon at Sanford Stadium. "They did it the hard way against a great football team, and it wasn't a fluke.

Some big plays went our way, Two pass interceptions and a fumble recovery killed and I told this team that we were going to be a winner promising Georgia scoring threats. A fumble recovery set (See RATCHFORD, 5-D, Col. 4).