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a 0 0 000 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 The 2 State Sunday, October 17, 1982 Erupts, Ambushes Gamecocks 28-23 Furman Erupts, Ambushes Maxie The State High-stepping into the' secondary Furman's Stanford Jennings gets block from fullback John Drye (30) and races for yardage. Austin's 260 Yards Set Record, Power Clemson Past Duke Related story, 15-C 17. By BOB COLE Assistant Sports Editor CLEMSON A hog wallowing in slop couldn't have been any more at home Saturday than Cliff Austin was against Duke's defense. On a brisk fall afternoon that was weather-perfect for football, Austin made the Blue Devils' defense look like it had missed the bus to Frank Howard Field, running through them at will and into the Clemson record book. Austin's 260 yards on the ground broke the school record of 234 achieved by Anderson's Don King 30 years ago in a 12-12 deadlock against Fordham.

This time, Tiger fans had more to cheer about, however, as Clemson, with Austin's heroics leading the way, battered Duke 49-14 and proved coach Red Wilson wasn't just blowing smoke when he said he was worried about his defense. have been very candid about our defense; I was afraid it was suspect and today didn't do anything to change my thinking." said the fourthyear Duke mentor. THE TIGERS, COUNTED out as a national contender after losing to Georgia and being tied by Boston College in their first two games, picked up were they left off last week in a 48-0 rout of Virginia. They controlled the line of scrimmage on offense and held the potent Duke attack at bay despite a 20-for-34 passing performance by Ben Bennett that netted 217 yards. And they did it without quarterback Homer Jordan and some other old stand-bys Dan Benish, Ray Brown, Joe Glenn, Danny Triplett, Kevin Mack and a couple of lesser-known names, all of whom were injured and did not play.

But as Wilson pointed out, they didn't need Jordan and the rest of the Red Cross crew. Not with Austin leading a cavalry charge that netted 393 yards on the ground and kept Bennett and the dangerous Duke offense on the sidelines for long periods of time. "Clemson has one whale of a football team," said Wilson. "When I said Clemson was better than they were last year, no one believed me. Men, they have the great, great backs.

"You take the great backs and a line with not much experience, and your great backs will make that football team good." IN RECORDING ITS fourth straight victory since the early setbacks, 17th-ranked Clemson spotted the Blue Devils an early 7-0 lead when Bennett fired to Chris Castor, who beat cornerback Randy Learn on a Section Section 28-23 Related, story, 14-C By HERMAN HELMS Executive Sports Editor This is not a typographical error in your morning newspaper. Furman beat South Carolina in football Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium. Honest. The score was 28-23, and it was no fluke, folks. Furman opened up a 21-3 lead.

Then after Carolina rallied to close it to 21-16 with over five minutes to play, the Paladins did what winners are supposed to do. They took the football and drove it 80 yards in just six plays, all of them on the ground, to the touchdown that assured them of one of the greatest upset victories in the history of the Palmetto state. Furman, the small school, will remember it only forever. On the other hand, it will take Carolina, the big school, a while to get over the shock and embarrassment. A long.

long while. FURMAN DID IT with a sturdy defense that was hardnosed in the clutch and an opportunistic offense that didn't let its chances go by. Junior quarterback David Charpia passed for a pair of Paladin touchdowns, both from close range. He connected with tight end Steve Coppenger on a three-yarder in the second quarter and dropped a twoyarder into the hands of Jack Borders, another tight end, for a third-period tally. Tailback Robbie Gardner ran four yards for the TD which wrapped it up for the Southern Conference club with 2:37 to play.

That accounts for all of the Furman touchdowns except one which the defense supplied, a blocked punt by junior cornerback Ernest Gibson just before the half which Fur SC First downs 18 20 Rushes-yards 26-194 52-231 Passing yards 133 161 Return yards 32 65 Passes 10-23-2 16-28-0 Punts Fumbles-lost 3-3 5-3 Penalties-yards 6-57 9-64 Time of possession 27:12 32:48 Furman 0 14 7 7- 28 South Carolina 3 0 0 20 23 SC -FG Fleetwood 21 Fur -Coppenger 3 pass from Charpia (Tanguay kick) Fur -Gibson 22. blocked punt return (Tanguay kick) -Borders 2 pass from Charpia (Tanguay kick) SC -Beckham 1 run (Fleetwood kick) -West 17 pass from Beckham (run failed) -Gardner 3 run (Tanguay kick) SC -Bishop 11 pass from Beckham (Fleetwood kick) A probably decided the game. Gibson took Chris Norman's punt in his chest, then chased the ball down in the end zone and smothered it for the TD that gave Furman a 14-3 cushion. Carolina, now 3-3 and looking at the heavy end of its schedule, could get only a 21-yard field goal by Mark Fleetwood out of a lot of early opportunities. The game was growing old and Carolina partisans in a crowd of 56.244 were about to run out of hope when the tough Furman defense finally gave up a touchdown to the Gamecocks.

Alternate quarterback Gordon Beckham scored it on a oneyard sneak with 13:07 left in the final quarter. With 5:05 showing on the clock. Beckham and fullback Carl West combined on a 17-yard pass play good for the second USC TD. West made a nifty run into the end zone, but Quinton Lewis was stopped short on an attempted run for a two-point conversion Donna State Record-breaking Tiger at work Clemson's Cliff Austin prepares to meet Duke's Harold Winstead in gaining part of his 260 yards. Big-Play Tips Coatney 'Calls' For Blocked Punt; Risher 'Sees' Avenue For Long Pass By ERNIE TRUBIANO coaches) that the Paladin defense could block a USC State Sports Writer punt.

No wonder Eau Claire High School has fallen on But let defensive standout Ernest Gibson, blocker hard times! of that crucial punt tell about it. The coaching masterminds of the one-time state "Buck told the coaches that we could block it." champions have turned their talents to the college explained Gibson, both the Southern Conference and game at Furman University while the Shamrocks have state player of the week for his game a week ago suffered through 41 straight losses in recent years. against Western Carolina. "So, the block was on and But no matter how brilliant a game plan Furman's I came behind Billy Hall through a big hole and just staff conceived for Saturday's 28-23 upset victory over blew right in. the University of South Carolina, one-time Eau Claire "The ball hit me on the chest and when I recovered coaches Dick Sheridan, Steve Robertson and Jimmy my balance I saw the ball while I was in a crouch like Satterfield picked up a few coaching tips from Paladin I use while running track," said the member of players to make their return to Columbia a triumphant Furman's 440-yard state champion relay team.

one. "I took the ball from my track position and just Two key plays both setting up Furman ran it (being credited with a 22-yard return for a touchdowns were aided by "player-coaches" Buck touchdown). Sure, the blocked punt (which gave Coatney and Billy Risher. Furman a 14-3 lead just before the half) was a IT SEEMS THAT linebacker Coatney, who had 11 confidence booster, but we knew we could beat South Carolina before we ever stepped on the field." tackles on the field, tipped off Furman kicking coach "We knew if we executed we could win," said the Bobby Johnson (a former Eau Claire player now serving as a college assistant to his former prep (See JENNINGS, 14-C, Col. 2) Beckham fired an 11-yard pass to Terry Bishop for the final TD with one second left and the stadium a ghost town of empty seats.

"IT WAS A tremendous effort and a great win," beamed Furman's much-respected coach Dick Sheridan. It took Sheridan much longer to reach the Paladin dressing room through swarms of celebrating fans than it did for his team to punch over the decisive touchdown. "This was the best our offensive line has played all year," reflected Sheridan, noting that his men in the trenches spotted the Gamecocks a lot of weight. "We had to have that last drive and the execution on it was the best of the day. That was very pleasing." Sheridan, who has rated this year's defense the best during his five years as head coach at the Greenville school, praised that unit for "an outstanding game." Sheridan said he never mentioned the fact to his players that Carolina did not attempt to recruit any of them, adding that "I'm sure they know that.

Our players wanted this game very badly, and I give them all the credit in the world." "THEY OUT-TACKLED us, outplayed us and beat us, stated Carolina coach Richard Bell, who now knows what it's like to lose to a heavy underdog. "I'm not going to make excuses," said Bell, "We got beat by a team that simply out-played us. Furman was able to take advantage of our mistakes, while overcoming any that they made. "Don't put the loss on an open date. We played a fired-up Furman (See MISSED.

14-C. Col. 1) Brewers Overhaul Cardinals Duke Clem First downs 24 26 Rushes-yards 25-58 63-393 Passing yards 294 127 Return yards 47 73 Passes 27-44-3 6-9-1 Punts Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-1 yards 12-132 14-152 Time of possession 26:56 33:04 Duke 7 70 0-14 Clemson 7 21 7 14-49 Duke- -Castor 42 pass from Bennett (Tolish kick) Clem -Austin 1 run (Paulling kick) Clem -Austin 47 run (Paulling kick) Clem- -Rembert 43 interception return (Paulling kick) Duke- -Blunk 1 (Tolish kick) Clem -McCall 1 run (Paulling kick) Clem -Austin 4 run (Paulling kick) Clem -Dunn 6 pass from Parete (Paulling kick) Clem -Magwood 42 pass from Parete (Paulling kick) A 42-yard post pattern less than five minutes into the game. The Tigers got it back a few minutes later when Austin climaxed an 80-yard march with a one-yard dive, and then took the lead for good when Austin, facing a stacked defense on a fourth-and-inches situation at the Duke 47, took a pitch and broke clear to easily step the remaining distance. An interception and 43-yard return by linebacker Johnny Rembert who had picked off a Bennett aerial a minute and a half earlier only to fumble it back to the Blue Devils on the return put the Tigers out front 21-14.

But Duke's Brick Johnstone picked off a cross-field pass by Mike Eppley and returned it 45 yards down the sideline to the Clemson 15 to set up a one-yard scoring dive by Joel Blunk six plays later. Clemson then went to work on offense, using 11 official plays there were four penalties in the drive, one of them a 31-yarder when Duke's Harold Winstead was guilty of interference in the end zone and 5:47 of the clock to move on top 28-14 with two minutes left in the first half. Duke's John Tolish missed a pair of field goals that could have cut into the margin a 38-yarder as time expired in the first half and a 39- yarder on the Blue Devils' first possession of the second half. CLEMSON THEN settled the issue on its second possession of the second half, moving 68 yards in six plays with Austin accounting for all but two of the total. Two of the runs covered 27 and 34 yards, the latter to inside the Duke one.

Anthony Parete relieved Eppley at quarterback the next time Clemson got the ball and guided the Tigers on a 56-yard scoring march, hitting K.D. Dunn on a six-yard rollout. All that remained was for Austin, a senior from Scottdale, to slip past King in the record book, and he did it in spectacular fashion. (See AUSTIN, 15-C, Col. 1) Related stories.

16-C By JAYSON STARK Knight-Ridder Newspapers MILWAUKEE Sooner or later. they are going to be stretched out on the canvas, the count is going to get to nine, and the Milwaukee Brewers are not going to be able to get up. Sooner or later, they are going to be lying on their death beds. Dr Welby is going to be shaking his head. and they are not going to find the miracle cure.

Sooner or later, they are going to be digging their way into the mine shaft, the earth is going to give and somebody is not going to find the hidden tunnel back to daylight. Sooner or later. the Brewers are going to have to play this game right. But how come it seems so tough to convince them of that? They had no business winning the 7-5 game they won against the Cardinals Saturday. They had no business finding themselves even in contention in this World Series, which is now tied at two games apiece.

They had no business scoring six runs in the seventh inning Saturday all with two out, the first four without hitting a ball hard. But they are 25 guys whose specialty seems to be doing things they have no business doing. So why not? THEY SAY THEY do not defy the odds by design. "I believe," Ben Oglivie said, "that it's good to get leads sometimes!" But, apparently, they would like to work on getting them some other time, some other year. For now, for this year, they are just happy they've got a pulse rate.

They rolled into the seventh inning (See BREWERS, 16-C, Col. 1) Game ST. LOUIS ab bi Herr 2b 4002 Oberkfell 3b 2210 Tenace ph 10 0 Hernandz 1b 4000 Hendrick rf 4011 Porter 3 0 1 0 LSmith If 4110 lorg dh 2 1 Green pr 0 000 0 McGee cf 4110 OSmith SS 3110 Totals 33 5 8 4 4 MILWAUKEE abr bi Molitor 3b 4100 Yount ss 4122 Cooper 1b 4 1 21 Simmons 2000 Thomas cf 4 0 1 2 Oglivie If 3110 Money dh 4220 Moore rf 4010 Gantner 2b 4111 Totals 33 7 10 6 St. Louis 130 001 000- 5 Milwaukee 000 010 60x 7 Yount, Gantner. DP -St.

Louis 2, Milwaukee 2. LOB -St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 6. 28-Oberkfell, L. Smith, lorg, Money, Gantner.

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