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Furman ties Tech Page 4 SC State rolls Page 4 Books Page 11 Sports Eokies end Tigers' rule of Virginia 20-14 By EARL GAULT oKild sports writer CLEMSON The Clemson Univenity football team waited an day for much needed ihot of adrenaline to spark 1U Saturday performance in "Death Valley" However it turned out that Virginia Tech had the hypodermic ai the Hokies took a 20-14 win spoiling the 1986 season debut of head coach Danny Ford's Tigers In front of a crowd of 78000 fans Clemson had won 34 straight football games against teams from the state of Virginia dating back to 1954 The Tigers had beaten Virginia Tech nine straight times and has never lost to the University of Virginia in 25 The win by Virginia Tech was A-S i '-fys- T-w rv W- p--r r-K Vv 1 -NtSLi(iimJmiil the Hokiea' first since an 13-7 win herein 1954 "We have to give a lot of credit to Virginia Tech" said Ford after the game which was carried on Atlantic Coast Conference TV "We told our people for two years now that they come in and try to knock our heads off We've been lucky enough to win the football game in the past two years This year they came in and did the same thing "We kept waiting for something bad to happen to Virginia Tech instead of making something good happen for us" said Ford a one-time assistant coach at the Blacksburg Va institution "They played a very good football game and deserved to win the game They were very well-coached and out-coached and out-played our football team There's no doubt about that It was easy to see" The Tigers dug themselves an early hole when quarterback Rodney Williams' pitchout hit an official fell to the turf and was recovered by Virginia Tech's Victor Jones at the Holds) 44-yard line Tech quarterback Erik Chapman drove the Hokies to the Clemson 9-yard line when the visitors had a first-and-goaL But the Tiger defense rose up and turned VPI back The Hokies picked up I yards on first down but failed to- score on three cracks from the 1-yard line James Earle smothered Tech's Eddie Hunter shy of the goal line on fourth down and the Tigers took over But Joy quickly turned to sadness On fourth-end-flve from the 6-yard line Clemaon's Bill Spiers a Tiger baseball player turned football punter dropped HmM pJM fey Anif SwriM VIRGINIA TECH'S EDDIE HUNTER LEAPS INTO CLEMSON DEFENSE Tiger dofondors Jamas Earl Donnoll Woolford and Kovln Brady (2) stop Hoklo on fourth-down attompt off and drove 80 yards for its second touchdown of the day The 13-play drive consumed five minutes and 27 seconds of the clock Tailback Kenny Flowers a preseason Heisman Trophy candidate scored from the 1-yard Una with 4:09 left in the third period TreadweU's kick pulled Clemson to within three points 17-14 Flowers' touchdown moved him into ninth place on the Clemson all-time scoring list Flowers See HOKIES page SB lead held up and the Hokies carried the advantage into halftlme But on Its first possession in the second half Tech marched 49 yards in six plays to score on a 5-yard pass from Chapman to tight end Steve Johnson Chapman made a fine fake and then flipped the aerial to Johnson who was all alone Inzer tacked on the conversion for a 17-7 VPI lead with 9:36 left in the third quarter Clemson took the ensuing kick- his way into the end zone from 13 yards out with 14:22 left in the first half David TreadweU's PAT tied the game at 7-7 Virginia Tech came roaring back The Hokies drove from their own 37-yard line to the Clemson 21 A 34-yard pass play from Chapman to wing back David Everett keyed the march When the drive stalled Kinser came on to kick a 36-yard field goal to give VPI a 10-7 lead with 12:13 left in the opening half The three-point Virginia Tech into his own end tone to kick VPI got a rush and Jones blocked Spiers' kick The ball bounced into the hands of Hokle Mitch Dove for a VPI touchdown with 4: 19 left in the first quarter Chris Knizer added the conversion for a 7-0 Hokle lead "They told me to get it off as quick as I could" Spiers said of the punt "I caught the map took one step kicked it and they (the rushing Hokies) were there There was nothing I could do because they were on top of us" Clemsoa shook off the blocked punt and then got a break from the Virginia Tech kicking game later in the quarter Spiers' 47-yard punt pushed the Hokiea back to their own 9-yard line On fourth down Tech punter Eddie Neel managed only a 29-yard boot and the Tigers took over on the Hokle 32-yard line Williams hit Terrance Roulhac with a 17-yard pass to the VPI 15-yard line After a 2-yard gain by fullback Chris Lancaster tailback Terrence Flagler weaved Gamecocks batter Western Carolina 45-24 TVsports TODAY fiST 14 4iW piofeaAttoitta art Sw Anthony Smith 's running helps USC win first of 86 (TBS) I Ja-Mile Teeth World Series HtfnHahH (Channel 10) with 5:39 on the clock e-Teaes AAM at LSU(ESPN Si36 mm Peraiaa football (Channel 7) 19 stab-NX State foefbaH (Chan-' Ml 18) ISiSS am-USC football (Channel is) llili eNk-NFL Preview (CNN) 11tl9 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a 17-14 lead Just before intermission the Gamecocks scored for a 21-17 lead After that it was all South Carolina Gamecock receiver Sterling Sharpe scored three times in the game tying USC record The first half was one of long sustained and usually successful drives The Gamecocks didnt punt in the first 30 minutes They had five possessions and scored on three of them The other two ended in a fumble and an interception Western Carolina had a mild drive with the opening kickoff but it stalled at midfleld The Gamecocks took over on their nine following a punt The Gamecocks under the direction of redshirt freshman quarterback Todd Ellis proceeded to roll the distance of the field The workhorse in the drive was running back Anthony Smith who carried the ball seven times for 48 yards Ellis had completions of 14 yards to Ryan Betbea and 21 yards to Danny Smith The touchdown came on an S-yard reverse by Kevin White a native of Charlotte It was White's first career touchdown Scott Hagler added the conversion and the Gamecocks led 7-0 (ESPN) South Carolina took over on thelr 46 following another WC punt and this time they covered the distance in only five plays The big play In the drive was a 49-yard pass over the middle from Ellis to freshman Harold Green That carried to the Western Carolina I and two plays later Ellis found Sharpe with a scoring pass Hagler's boot made it 14-0 with 2:26 left in the first period Western Carolina took to the air and riddled the USC secondary Quarterback Willie Perkins hit Alamo Carmichael with a 37-yard strike to the USC 43 Charmichael is a native of Lake View SC Perkins then found Otis Washington with a 20-yarder to the USC 21 Two plays later Perkins hit Carmichael for the score Kirk Roach booted the PAT and it was 14-7 with 36 ticks left in the period The Gamecocks drove to the Western Carolina 27 but Green's fumble ended the drive From there Western took advantage of that mistake and went on an 72-yard drive that took 12 plays The touchdown came on a 12-yard pass from Perkins to Washington Roach was true on the kick and It was a 14-14 game with 7:52 left in the half Ellis bad a pass picked off by Charles Harrison at the USC 39 That led to a 51-yard field goal by Roach and gave Western the lead for the first time 17-14 with 6:32 left in the half The Gamecocks then went on a workmanlike 14-play drive that started from their own 20 Again Antohny Smith did a lot of the leg-work that carried USC to the Western 15 White faked a run around the left side pulled up and passed to Sharpe for the touchdown Hagler's kick gave USC a 21-17 lead at intermission The Gamecocks put some light in the score on their first two possessions of the third period They took the kickoff at their 23 and went on a 77-yard touchdown drive 9 mm Spaadweeh (ESrN) 9i3S ejaAwta Badnf (ESPN) eVl'1 'tfys SiiaHbS ka (ESPN) n- -j- 11 em-Wrestling (Channel 18) 1 aa-Toanltt World Ceuples CheaateHfhlp Irani Hilton Head SC (ESPN) 3 aek-Aata Sarinet WlntteM 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