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TTTTTTTTrrTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTYTTTT 4 (r i rZ TV Sports Today Pro Football: AFC RagtnMi Game at 1 pm on CIl 4 Pro Football: Salnta vs Cowboys at 1 pm on Ch 7 Pro Baseball: Braves vs 17 Pro Football: Falcons vs 4Sers atpm onCh7 Vs Sports Anderson IniepmtetrtlM Sun Sept 25 1H3 1C Georgia Routs South Carolina A By Tim Ellerbee Sports Editor Related Story Page 8-C 0 By Charles Bennett ATHENS Georgia defensive back Terry Hoage attributed the Bulldogs 31-13 victory over South Carolina Saturday to intensity in the secondhalf Georgia Coach Vince Dooley said the Bulldogs played like a Georgia team ia supposed to play" Whatever the reason the Bulldogs came out and scored three second half touchdowns to turn a 10-10 tie at halftime into a 31-13 blowout Saturday at Sanford Stadium Todd Williams started the game at quarterback for the Bulldogs but John La stinger came in after Williams was injured to put the game away Lastinger engineered all three second half touchdowns scoring oue himself on a 37-yard run and passing for another Sandwiched between Lastinger pass and run waa a one-yard dive over the top by running back Keith Montgomery that cqiped a 60-yard drive On the day Lastinger rushed for 51 yards on three carries and accounted or 108 additional yards on 10of-14 passing have never been prouder of one individual than I waa of John" Dooley said was put In a tough situation but he kept his spirit up had a great week of practice and went in and did a great job of leading this Georgia football coaches just did a great job of telling us what waa Lastinger said told me the short passes would be there against their defense and they It was the rushing performance of the two Bulldog quarterbacks that Gamecock Coach Joe Morrison said hurt his team the most containment killed us Morrison said kids were so concerned on putting pressure on the quarterback that they lost Williams and Lastinger combined for 111 yards rushing on a day that See Georgia Page 0C Knox Culpepper (48) competes with South Allen Mitchell (11) and Quinton Lewis (9) for a fumble Furman Thunders Past Marshall 31-7 By Cobb Oxford 3038 yards The Summerville native Is now 948 yards away from the Southern Conference career rushing record of 4082 yards held by former The Citadel naming back Stump Mitchell hard to get into holding the record with so many conference games to Jennings said want to win eight more and make the playoffs Breaking the record waa overshadowed by us winning It think we had everyone playing Jennings broke the record midway through the first quarter on a 11-yard pitch play That was the end of the game's suspense Marshall won the opening toes but elected to kick off to Furman The Herd never got a chance to bold the Paladins and get good field See Furman Page 6-C Charpia completed seven of 11 passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns rushed for 81 yards and ran a turnover-hoe option attack The only turnover suffered by the Paladins was an interception of a halfback pass in the middle of the second quarter felt real good to be back and those two weeks felt like a long Charpia said thumb is about 90 percent ana it bother me because I didn't take a solid lick on it all Charpia injured the thumb on his throwing hand in loss to South Carolina State and missed the Furman wins over Carson-Newman and Georgia Tech Jennings rushed for 109 yards on 25 carries in the game and scored one touchdown while breaking the Furman career rushing mark of defeat earlier this season the type of consistency we need to Furman now 3-1 1-0 racked up 444 yards in total offense and 20 first downs while limiting Marshall to 109 total yards and nine firm downs The Paladins ran 92 offensive plays compared with 45 by Marshall 1-3 0-1 kept the ball away from us and their strong suit" Marshall Coach Sonny Randle said rWe thought we had a pretty good football team but our people quite believe it If you believe in younelfthen you play the best The game marked the return of the top quarterback senior David Charpia to the lineup and the further smashing of records by senior tailback Stanford Jennings GREENVILLE Marshall had never beaten Furman in seven previous meetings entering Saturday afternoon's game at Paladin Stadium Make that eight meetings Furman Jumped out to a 17-0 halftime lead and hardy a word was heard from the Thundering Herd as the Paladins opened the defense of their Southern Conference title with their third consecutive victory a convincing 31-7 thrashing of the Herd main thing about this game is that a conference Furman Coach Dick Sheridan said players showed that they could play well after a satisfying victory Just like they played well after a disappointing Lavette Feels Losing Pains CLEMSON On another day the accomplishment might have meant something Robert Lavette became Georgia second all-time leading ground-gainer Saturday but he didn't care He stood in the Georgia Tech dressing room at Clemson Memorial Stadium exhibiting a pained expression one that has become common (or the CartenvQle Ga native since stepping on the Tech campus before the 1981 football season At 1 pm Saturday walked onto Frank Howard Field needing a mere 38 yards to push ahead of David Sims who gained L274 yards for Tech during the 1974-76 seasons Lavette walked off the Held with 2J85 yards 1232 yards away from another Tech great Eddie Lee I very Barring injury he'll catch I very too But more importantly Lavette left defeated an experience faced 18 times since joining the Tech program And although an experience he despises it has been a learning process better prepared to accept losing now than I was as a said Lavette It's still rough It's tough" It was during his freshman season that Lavette considered transferring from Georgia Tech He began that 1981 season by sewing two touchdowns and leading the Jackets to a stunning upset of Alabama Then Tech started a 10-game losing streak In the midst of that streak Lavette commented that he'd had enough Looking back he says it was typical freshman talk But after coming from a successful Cartersville High program losing was hard to stomach Still is tan about football unless you said Lavette go out and you practice hard all week then lose every weekend It makes you feel like all that hard work been through has been a waste of time Saturday afternoon Lavette wore those words come out of high school as one of the most heavily recruited backs in the South Clemson who destroyed the Jackets 41-14 also I came calling Any regrets? I regret the choice I said Lavette has 1 given me the opportunity to play against some of the best teams in the nation given me a chance to prove to myself that I can play 1 came to Tech because I thought Coach (Bill) Curry you know he's a fine man would be able to get the quality players that we would need to win I looked at it as a chance to play early and to establish myself And I got that chance I got a lot of publicity and stuff like that But trade it all if we could win They could keep all that publicity Winning is why I play'' Lavette said he thought the Tech program had turned the corner last season While the Jackets were easing toward six victories Lavette was totaling 1208 yards enough to lead the Atlantic Coast Conference Without' swing it Lavette knows he is facing his biggest challenge as a runner this year His offensive line is young Saturday Clemson dominated it And Lavette who totaled 49 yards saw precious little running room 1 lost three offensive -lineman but I felt like the guys we have now would have a chance to be said Lavette guess they Just come together This start be says has been a massive surmise Tech is now 0-3 the first time since 1900 and the upcoming schedule is demanding 2 were very optimistic about this said Lavette we just done 'anything But you give up You Just have to keen working hard every week ana hope the team Improves" aervMlnditorSiSrmight not happen In short the Jackets were miserable dug our own hole and we know it" said Lavette of- UonsUclay1 mistakes and we are not the type of team that can recover from And those mistakes that eat at Lavette Saturday evening after surpassing one of the best running backs in Georgia Tech history Lavette should have been a very happy 29-yeamkL He wasn't been too tough out there to care much about records" said Lavette put so much Into it and lose every Saturday Sometimes it makes you fad like not worth i Tigers Post 41-14 Win Clemson Rolls Past Tech I) A By Rawfy Coleman CLEMSON Ten years ago a debacle of this type would have been unthinkable But Saturday afternoon the Clemson Tigers beat the daylights out of the Georgia Tech Yefiow Jackets 41-14 The Tigers whipped Tech convincingly and they did so in feont of more than 73000 at Death Valley a place to which Tech even go only a few years For half a century Tech avoided going to Clemson because there was just no reason to do so Clemson was always willing to visit Tech's Grant Field and pick up a quality paycheck though the Tigers usually lost to the Yellow Jackets But during the past few years with the aeries on hold Clemson's football program got better and Tech's got worse Never was that more in evidence than Saturday A couple thousand quiet Georgia Tech supporters sat quietly the north side of the stadium and watched Clemson Jump out to a big lead then fall asleep briefly near the end of the first half But the Tigers smashed any life that was left in the Yellow Jackets with two third-quarter touchdown drives The Tigers dominated each line of scrimmage and Tech's only truly successful play of the day was a 66-yard quarterback draw for a touchdown that pulled the young team I think they have but seven or eight seniors" The first of the turnovers came on the third play of the game when Tech quarterback Stu pass was intercepted by Clemson's Reggie Pleasants giving the Tigers a first down at the Tech 39 On second play from scrimmage freshman tailback Kenny Flowers took a handoff and scampered 33 yards to the 1-yard-line Two plays later quarterback Mike Eppley sneaked over for the touchdown Flowers would repeat the act early in the second half He shook off several tackles ana set up fourth touchdown of the game with a 49-yard Jaunt that carried to the Georgia Tech 1 Flowers finished the game with 19 carries and 124 yards two runs were the same Flowers said were supposed to be inside plays right off the tackle But I Just ran through and popped to the outside waa great blocking on both of them especially from the fullbacks" Kevin Mack was the fullback on the first Flowers run Braxton Williams on the second A Jeff uttle interception set up Clemson's second touchdown of the first half Suttle picked oft the ball at the 30-yard-line and carried to the Tech 13 The touchdown came on an 11-yard scoring strike from Eppley to Terrance Roulhac with 14:23 left in the half and including Bob Paulling's extra point put fliminfi ihMtl 17-Q Two plays after the kickoff Tech fullback Ronnie Cone fumbled at the line of scrimmage and Ctemson took over again deep in Jacket territory at the 16 Three plays later Clemson's charmed life continued when quarterback Anthony Parete starting from the 4 rolled around left end and headed for the Tech end sone He dropped the ball at the 3-yard-line only to have the ball bounce directly back Into his hands In the end sone for another touchdown stop there Rogers had to leave the game on third possession with a nrained knee when he was hit at midfield by a group of Ctemson defenders The Yellow Jackets also received 88 yards in penalties during fee first half think they were a little frustrated I think their quarterback eaSyiSSnt help them Any time you lose a player that has practiced moat of the time at a position going to demoon defensive tackle Ray Brown agreed that the Yellow Jackets were frustrated during the game wasn't all that rough in Brown said were Just getting whipped real bad up front and they See Ctemson Page 8-C thin IS points late In the second quarter eat whipped by a very good football te Bill Curry said within Bill Curry i Jacket! "We Just Tech Coach think Clemson is the best team we've played Certainly they were today They are such dominating people on defense and they come at you so many ways on offense that we Just Mop them or sustain anything all day" Georgia Teen's All-ACC tailback Robert Lavette who gained a mere 49 yards tor the afternoon said to that has a very good Lavette said would say they kind or stuffed us today It was only the 12th time In history that the Tlgen had beaten Georgia Tech in 48 meetings The victory lifted the record to 2-1-1 while it dropped Tech to 0-3 It is the first time since 1900 a Georgia TCch team has tost its first three games And it was never close Clemson capitalised on three turnovers in the first half and spotted itself a comfortable 244) lead in the second quarter Though reserve quarterback John Dewberry went 96 yards far a touchdown on a quarterback sneak with 6:43 left in the second quarter the Tigers never were seriously threatened defensive team played very good today and gave our offensive team some rood turnovers with good field Clemson Coach Danny Ford said Tech played hard but they have a very Kenny Flowers (48) dives over Georgia Mike Travis for a touchdown.