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ilormcr illorniiuj Sports Section Covering the World of Sports for 50 Years SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 24 1978 1 1 Bulldogs Shutout Tigers 8 I fumbles in the 3 Pyhurn (Pass Duke Stuns Carolina South Carolina A 33195 Burke Sparks PC South Carolina State Beats Howard Vandy Tops urman ML capped a seven play Vanderbilt drive after teammate Barry 0 10 0 0 10 I Malcolm Montgomery of South Carolina State on his own 40 late in the final quarter but Ron Burke picked off a pass by Ray Gray ofthe losers on the next play for what would have been the first down but fumbled and Gor don Terry recovered for Georgia Thirteen plays later Robinson added his second field goal this time from 39 yards out and Georgia improved their lead to 6 0 which the Bulldogs went to the dressing room with substained drive and scored to start the second half dispelled any hope of a Tiger comeback as the Yard continued to stifle the Clemson offense which last week rolled up 58 points against a Bulldog team from Charleston In the fourth quarter Clemson had a drive halted at the Bulldog 28 when uller scampered nine yards only to fumble and Steve Kelly was there to recover for the Bulldogs But Georgia move By BILL GILBERT Morning News Sports Editor ATHENS Ga The Georgia Bulldogs capitalized on four Clemson fumbles and two pass interceptions to pull off a mild 12 0 upset victory over the Tigers Saturday before 60000 fans at Sanford Stadium I 16 52 180 151 54 19 9 1 5 155 20 3 25 irst downs Rushesyards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbles lost Penalties yards Georgia 16 56 82 48 8 170 4 37 2 1 667 GLEMSON ULLBACK MARVIN SIMS (31) MAKES OUR YARD GAIN BEHIND HAROLD GOGGINS BLOCK Georgia Defenders Robert Goodwin (99) and Jimmy Payne (87) Helped Make the Saturday Afternoon Stop The victory was the fourth of the season for the Bulldogs and their third in the league while winless Howard suffered its second defeat both in the conference Rivers combined with Charlie Brown on a 56 yard TD pass 40 seconds into the third period Jackie Reed carred twice for a total of 22 yards during the 4play drive that covered 83 yards Brown caught pass on EAST RUTHERORD NJ AP) Nate Rivers carried for two touchdowns and passed for another to lead undefeated South Carolina State to a 27 0 victory over Howard University Saturday in Mid Estern Con ference college football game at Giants Stadium Rivers a junior accounted for total offense of 205 yards He carried 18 times for 106 and collected 99 in the air on only 3 of 11 the ball and Clemson regained possession when the Bulldogs fumbled at their 32 yard line giving the Tigers another scor ing opportunity However as had been the case all afternoon a uller to Jerry Butler pass was taken out of the hands of the Tiger All American by Woerner at the Bulldog 14 and returned to the Clemson 41 to erase the threat Tiger coach Charley Pell said just gave a good solid football team an op portunity to beat us I think we as a coaching staff had our players prepared as well as we should If we had we have given them so many op Clemson Georgia Robinson 29 Ga Robinson 39 Prince II pass from failed) 60000 15 54 201 52 88 03 11 1 5 36 2 1 735 Blue CLINTON SC (AP) Presbyterian running back Clayto Burke ran for 133 yards and a touchdown to lead the Blue Hose to a 14 7 South Atlan tic Conference victory Saturday Clemson 16 42 156 137 20 10 22 2 441 4 4 4 20 night over Lenoir Rhyne Both teams seemed unable to score in the first half with Presbyterian driving to the 4 only to lose the ball on downs Leopard also missed a 36yard field goal try early in the second half and teammate Britt Parrish was short on a 45 yard try in the fourth quarter Duke took over at its own 28yard line following the miss by Parrish and Kelly snapped the ball over the head of Brum mitt into the end zone four plays later to send South Carolina in front 12 10 Dunn then directed Duke's drive for the winning touchdown on the Blue next possession His run for a twopoint conversion was stop ped short South Carolina moved to the Duke 44 in the final minutes of the game but quarterback Garry Harper fumbled and linebacker Carl McGee recovered for Duke and the Blue Devils ran out the clock Carolina 7 3 0 7 Duke 0 0 6 16 SC 39 run (Leopard kick) Rhett 18 run McKinney kick) SC Leopard 36 DUKE McKinney 22 SC Brummitt tackled in end lone DUKE Rbett 26 run (run failed) Two of the I first and second quarter set up I 29 and 39 yard field goals by Rex Robinson for a 6 0 halftime lead and a bone crushing Georgia defense held the dog i bitten Tigers at bay in the final i two periods for its second win of the season The Bulldogs used three Robinson field goals last week to upset Baylor 16 14 between the hedges Coupled with Robinson's field goals Saturday though was an eight minute 80 yard drive which was capped by a 13 yard scoring pass from quarterback Jeff Pyburn to lanken Carmon Prince which started the second half That was the turning point ac cording to Georgia head coach Vince Dooley who improved his record to 11 2 against Clemson teams come out in the third quarter and go 80 yards and eat up eight minutes of the clock is good football" Dooley said "That was the turning point of the Dooley had nothing but praise for his Bulldog defense which prevented the otherwise potent Tiger offense from getting within their 25 yard line during 60 minutes of football We forced a lot of turnovers today we call them takeovers if we're on Dooley said "We a lot of turnovers Just aggressive hitting where getting the football comes as abonus I think they (the turnovers) were necessarily miscues on part but rather the results of hard hit he added Senior runningback Willie McClendon provided the Bulldogs with all the muscle they needed as the 6 1 200 pounder grounded out 120 yards on 24 carries Without the turnovers the Tigers might have pulled the win out as both teams collected 36 first downs and Clemson has a 293 287 total offense lead Quarterback Steve uller led irst downs Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts umbies lost Penalties yards Dunn who season opening victory over Georgia Tech engineered an 80 yard touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter Saturday and tailback Gregg Rhett scored his second touchcdown of the game to give Duke a 16 12 victory Dunn carried 13 times for 56 yards and completed two of eight passes for 45 yards Dunn is not in the form that he will be at Michigan as far as his throwing but I feel confident he will have 100 percent recovery from the thumb McGee said after Duke ran its record to 2 0 are pleased at comeback the fourth quarter he and Gregg Rhett had tremendous McGee added being a former of fensive lineman I must say that there were nine other men out there opening those South Carolina Coach Jim Carlen also praised Dunn as a football player and a great young man a credit to Carlen said the Gamecocks were hurt by their inconsisten cy inside the Duke 30 yard line and blamed high grass at Wallace Wade Stadium for the problems of placekicker Eddie Leopard who missed three field goal attempts the 13 beating Bison defensive back Jackie King and raced into the end zone for the initial score Angelo King sophomore linebacker for the Bulldogs recovered a fumble by Leonard Gray of Howard on the 19 at 1 15 of the final period Rivers a 6 foot 185 pounder rushed over from the 8 on a broken play one minute later Howard blocked a punt by lynn regained a Vanderbilt punt which dropped untouched between two would be urman receivers Roger Alsup had punted from his 37yard line but two receivers let the ball fall after calling for a fair catch allowing Vanderbilt to recover In the next two minutes ur man quarterback David Henderson completed two the Tiger ground attack with 77 yards on 17 rushes and hit on 10 of 22 passes for 137 yards But the Tiger turnovers took their toll On the initial posses sion of the game they moved from their own 18 yard line out to the 48 where they were faced with a third down and one yard situation Warren Ratchford took the handoff from uller and was met head on by Scott Woerner who knocked the football out of hands and recovered for the Bulldogs Six plays later Robinson booted a field goal from 29 yards out and the Bulldogs held a 3 0 lead Clemson started a drive in the early stages of the second quarter and moved from its 29 down to the Bulldog 28 where aced with a second and five Tracy Perry ripped off tackle Rhett scored on an 18 yard run in the second quarter and a 26 yard run with 3:07 left in the game to bring Duke from behind South Carolina took a 12 10 lead midway in the third quarter when Duke center Kevin Kelly snapped the ball over the head of punter Ricky Brummitt who recovered in the end zone Senior quarterback Mike Dunn making his first start following a pre season thumb injury then directed the Blue Devils on an 80 yard drive climaxed by 26 yard blast over the right side of the line for the decisive score Dunn keyed the drive with two 15yard runs around left end and a 14 yard keeper around right end South scoring came on a 39 yard by fullback George Rogers in the first period and Eddie 36 yard field goal in the second quarter Rhett led the Duke rushing attack on 23 carries for 122 yards Rogers a 200 pound sophomore was the leading rusher with 150 yards The Gamecocks marched 73 yards for a touchdown on their second possession with Rogers bursting through the right side of the line and cutting down the sidelines for a final 39 yards Duke stymied in the opening period tied the game on a three play 53 yard drive Dunn who sat out the Blue season opening victory over Georgia Tech passed 35 yards to flanker Derrick Lewis at the Gamecock 18 and Rhett took a pitchout around left end and dived into the corner of the end zone for the touchdown on the first play of the second quarter Leopard set South Carolina back in front on the next series and the Gamecocks moved to the Duke 13 before stalling 36 yard field goal came with 7 45 remaining in the half The Blue Devils were set up deep in South Carolina territory later in the quarter when nose Andy Schoenhoft recovered a fumble by Rogers at the Gamecock 19 Dunn passed to spilt end Jeff Comer for a first down at the 9 but the South Carolina defense stiffened and Duke had to settle for a 22 yard field goal by Scott McKinney South Carolina threatened once more before the half but a 53 yard field goal attempt by Leopard fell short in the end zone territory but Vanderbilt linebacker John Pointer in tercepted a Henderson pass at the five yard line to protect the victory before 25000 spectators The triumph in home opener evened the Com modore record at 1 1 urman slipped to 1 2 All the previous scoring oc cured in the first half Henderson combined with Glenn a tailback on a 31 yard pass play to obtain a 10 10 deadlock at halftime Heflin had given his team a 10 3 lead less than two minutes earlier by scoring from one yard out Mike Woodard and Keith Potter traded field goals earlier urman Vanderbilt Van Woodard 30 ue Potter 29 Van Heflin I Run (Woodard kicked) ur Glenn 31 pass from Henderson (Potter kicked) Van Heflin 1 Run (Woodard kikcked) 25000 DURHAM NC (API Duke Coach Mike McGee says senior quarterback Mike Dunn still fully recovered from a pre season thumb injury but have a difficult time con vincing the Gamecocks Carolina St Howard SCS Brown 56 (Montgomery kick) SCS Rivers 8 run Rivers 1 run Brown 24 (Montgomery kick) 17139 Carolina Duke 58 276 65 96 5 110 443 4 2 8 80 sat out the 0 0 7 270 0 0 0 0 pass from Rivers (Montgomery kick) (kick failed) pass from Phillips irst Downs Rushes Yards Passing Yards Return Yards Passes Punfs umbles Lost Penalties Yards second touchdown of the game with 2:32 remaining HARD MAN TO STOP Maryland tailback Steve Atkins (38) makes a first down before being stopped by North Carolina defenders Ken Sheets (89) rancis Winters middle and Ken Sheets right during second quarter action In Satur Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) game played In Kenan Stadium In Chapel Hill NC Details of North Carolina's 21 20 win are on Page 4D (AP) AP) JOHNNIE WRIGHT (36) UMBLES THE BALL IN IRST QUARTER George Gawdun (19) BUI King (31) and Jack Algor orced It NASHVILLE Tenn (AP) passes to Gregg Laetsch and Sophomore quarterback Van one Mike Glenn to draw the Heflin scored on a one yard dive Paladins deep into Vanderbilt following a crucial urman er ror in the closing minutes Satur day to give Vanderbilt a 17 10 victory over visiting urman in college football urman Vanderbilt 22 46 196 166 88 26 16 1 3 108 AP) DEENSIVE BACK RUSSELL GAMBRELL MAKES STOP Tailback Eddie Hood Gets Leg Pulled z'5 si iBBIBjkuBr 1' i AUK i jUL KMKKMw MMp z'C'x wb Wk it Bibbs nCSBK wTL i i I 'I MEM a.