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Section SUNDAY OCTOBER 5 1980 1 Sports ink 'a js Covering the World of Sports for 50 Years Tigers Stop Virginia Tech CLEMSON SC (AP) The Clemson defense played a big role in 13 10 homecoming victory over Virginia Tech but Gobbler Coach Bill Dooley thinks the of ficials helped Clemson a little bit too Tech Clem irst downs 18 Rushes yards 44 116 55 184 Passing yards 208 760 Return yards 47 65 Passes 23 40 1 14 27 1 Punts umbles lost 6 3 Penalties yards 6 61 8 84 officiating certainly left something to be Dooley said just not football that call that went against us on the goal I've had that happen to me before down here and just not Dooley was referring to a fourth quarter goal line stand by Clemson which resulted in a 23 yard field goal by Dennis Laury He thought Virginia Tech was cheated out of a chance to score a touchdown and take a 14 13 lead With a little more than 10 minutes in the game Virginia Tech bad a second down and goal on the Clemson 1 yard line A quarterback sneak by Steve Casey went nowhere and Clemson fans roared for their defense to hold again on third down 'Because of the crowd noise Casey repeatedly stepped away from his center before trying another quarterback sneak for no gain The noise was deafening as Virginia Tech elected to go for a touchdown on fourth down It was so noisy that one Gobbler lineman stood up expecting the officials to call time out In stead Virginia Tech was penalized for illegal procedure and moved back to the 5 The Gobblers had to settle for the field goal Clemson Coach Danny ord agreed with the illegal pro cedure call think they (Virginia Tech) took advantage of the crowd he said referring to repeated pleas for quiet Clemson now 3 1 maintained its winning margin in the fourth quarter by stopping Virginia Tech three times inside their own 10 yard line The Gobblers 4 1 passed up a possible game tying field goal with 2:21 re maining and were stopped at the 8 by an incomplete pass winning 26 yard field goal capped a 60 yard Clemson drive during which quarterback Mike Gasque completed three of four passes for 45 yards Ariri also kicked a 34 yard first quarter field goal that was set up by a 55 yard halfback pass from Ike Williams to Perry Tuttle on the second play of the game Clemson made it 10 0 at halftime as starting quarter back Homer Jordan engineered a 70yard touchdown drive late in the second period Brendon Crite ran three yards for the score following a 19 yard pass from Jordan to Tuttle Virginia Tech closed to within 10 7 in the third period on a 7yard touchdown pass from Steve Casey to Rob Purdham That touchdown was set up when Clemson roughed kicker Dennis Uiury on an unsuc cessful 30 yard field goal attempt After Ariri had given Clem son a 13 7 lead with his second field goal Iury kicked a 23yarder on the opening play of the fourth quarter for the final points of the game Virginia Tech 0 0 7 Clemson 3 I 3 Clem Ariri 34 Clem Crite 3 run (Ariri kick) Tech Purdham 7 pass from Casey (Laury kick) Clem Ariri 26 Tech Laury 23 A 6 2 0 0 0 College Scores By The Associated Press EAST Albright 26 Lebanon Vai 14 BrdgwaterMass 10 New Haven 7 Buffalo 9 Rochester 7 Dickinson 7 Swarthmore 0 Glenville St 44 west Liberty 20 Hobart 13 St Lawrence 12 Lycoming 46 Susquehanna 3 Mass Maritime 20 Curry 13 Middlebury 30 Amherst 5 Millersville St 14 Chester St 13 Upsala 19 Wilkes 14 Yaie 17 Air orce 16 SOUTH Auburn 55 Richmond 16 Hampden Sydney 35 BrdgwaterVa 6 Maryville 13 Emory Henry 6 Murray St 30 Morehead St 6 Carolina St 33 Alcorn St 0 Virginia St 4) Livingstone 0 Winston Salem 17 Norfolk St 13 MIDWEST Adrian 31 Alma 3 Alabama St 39 Cent St Ohio 27 Cent Michigan 14 Toledo 10 See SCORES Page 5B ry iHmK Sr Vwl! j' Sa? Im: ATIPOTHE JACKSON HAT Shot Brdke Tie In 5th a WiSISSftfilKSp IS 1 Ifi BRENDON CRITE STUMBLES IN OR ONLY TOUCHDOWN Obed Ariri Kicked a Pair of ield Goals in 13 10 Victory Stumps VMI 28 0 By MARK MAYER Morning News Sports Writer CHARLESTON Mitchell setting new records with each run gained 173 yards and two touchdowns including a 75 yard spectacular to help power The Citadel to a 2M Southern Conference football win over VMI Saturday night Mitchell a 5 9 188 pound senior from St Ga got 137 of his yards in the second half in becoming the first man in Bulldog history to rush for over 3000 yards in a career Mitchell who now has 3150 yards moved past Larry Robinson and Don Garrick into fifth place on the all time rushing list for the state of South Carolina George Rogers of USC is the leader with 3854 prior to the NC State game The Bulldog star also passed Andrew Johnson for most career touchdowns at The Citadel when he scored from a yard out in the final period to give him career marks of 23 touchdowns and 140 points heroics came in the second half however What did the Keydets in were three devastating long gainers that turned a close game statistical ly into a one sided outcome on the scoreboard It began early when Eric Manson returned the opening kickoff 53 yards to the VMI 43 Highlighted by two pass com pletions from quarterback Tracey Shrader and a fourth and inches first down run by Wilford Austin Austin put the Bulldogs ahead 7 0 with a one yard run Oliver James appeared to br ing VMI back when he took a Mike Knox punt on the dead run and raced 50 yards for a score that was taken away because of an offside penalty The penalty gave the Bulldogs a first down at their 30 and on the next play Shrader rambled 64 yards to the VMI 6 on a brilliant individual effort Shrader eased in from the 5 two plays later to make it 14 0 with John Thompson's second conversion at the 2:30 mark of the first period The 14 0 margin stood firm at halftime as VMI shuffling bet ween Dan ritz and rank Brown at quarterback crossed Bulldog territory just once to The Citadel 39 VMI spent a great deal of time in Bulldog territory in the second half but were denied by a Stalwart defense which recorded its first shutout in two years The Keydets behind the runn ing of last leading Southern Conference rusher loyd Allen drove to the Bulldog 19 with the second half kickoff But quarterback Brown was jarred loose from the ball al the 17 and Bulldog tackle Sedrick Brown recovered in mid air rambling to the 25 It took Mitchell one play a magnificent 75 yard TD jaunt breaking numerous tackles on his way to giving his team a 21 0 lead with 9:28 left in the third quarter Mitchell's second TD with 6:30 left in the game was mere See CITADEL Page 5B Yanks Clinch AL East NEW YORK (AP) Reggie Jackson crashed his third home run in as many games this month a tiebreaking three run shot in the fifth to power the New York Yankees to the American League East Division title with a 5 2 victory over the Detroit Tigers in the opener of doubleheader 41st homer of the season and 110th of his career capped a four run rally that wiped out a 2 1 Detroit lead and eliminated the second place Baltimore Orioles who played a twi night doubleheader against Cleveland It was the fourth division title in five years for the Yankees who saw a 9 game lead in mid July dwindle to one half game by late August They pulled away again by winning 21 of 28 in September and their first three in October irst Game DETROIT NEWYORK ab bi abrhbi Peters cf 3 12 0 Rndlph 2b 3 2 2 0 LJones cf 10 10 Murcer dh 3 0 2 1 Tramml ss 4 0 11 Gamb If 2 10 0 Kemp If 4 0 0 0 ReJcksn rf 3 113 Wcknfs lb 4 0 0 0 Watson lb 4 0 10 Brokns 3b 4 110 Cerone 4 0 10 Cowens rf 4 0 10 Dent ss 4 0 10 Dyer 3 0 10 Rodrigz 3b 3 0 0 0 Corcrn ph 0 0 0 0 Brown cf 3 110 Lentine dh 3 0 11 Sumrs ph 10 0 0 Whitakr 2b 3 0 0 0 Hebner ph 10 0 0 Total 35282 Total 29 594 Detroit Ml 100 New York 100 040 00X 5 Dent DP Detroit 1 LOB Detroit 7 New York 5 Trammell 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The Tide started sluggishly but errupted for three quick fourth quarter touchdowns that turned the game into a rout getting a boost from star freshman Linnie Patrick who set up two second half scores on runs of 60 and 38 yards The 300th victory left Bryant only 14 shy of the all time record held by Amos Alonzo Stagg The only other member of the 300 victory club is Glen (Pop) Warner with 313 Coach ran Curci of Kentucky extended congratulations to Bryant for the milestone victory a phenom just to be able to survive this Curci said is just a super team All of teams play hard he has more talent than most people Curci added 1 anything he tried to hold the score down Bryant said he did not think his players were interested in 300 victories are interested in Several players however talked about participating in their milestone victory am glad to be a part of it and it is a very special said defensive tackle Byron Braggs the greatest coach in America and I know how anyone could doubt think great because Coach is very deserving of said running back Major Ogilvie feel very fortunate to play in this game and to be a part of It also was 25th straight victory in conference competition since dropping a 21 0 decision to Georgia in 1976 last regular season setback came at the hands of Southern California 24 14 in 1978 The Alabama defense produced six turnovers in the game recovering three fumbles and grabbing three passes in cluding two by Harris Rogers Led Gamecocks Thrash NC State 30 10 By PHIL PURVIS Morning News Sports Writer COLUMBIA George Rogers rushed lor 193 yards in 26 attempts Saturday night at Williams Brice Stadium and scored three of South Carolina's four touchdowns as the 18th ranked (Associated Press Gamecocks crushed the North Carolina State Wolfpack 30 10 The Gamecocks dominated every phase of the game large ly on the ability of Rogers to give third and fourth efforts Carolina rushed for 332 yards on 62 attempts against the number six team in the nation against the rush Entering the contest State allowed only 677 yards per game on the ground The Gamecocks ranked 12th nationally in team rushing had a 2725 yards per game average Carolina fell short of its 350 scoring average that was tied for ninth prior to the clash whipped North Carolina said USC head football coach Jim Carlen were fired up and are not a bad foot ball team thought the big difference in the game was (Garry) Harper's passing They were zeroing in on George no question it was a big factor you beat a team like State 30 10 and people say you need to score more points Then you know you are a better team than you were three or four years One of the reasons is Rogers Carlen admitted the 6 2 220 pound senior from Deluth Ga out in the status field It is easy foir the fans to cheer The Gamecocks were hampered by 11 infractions for 112 yards 81 coming in the first half after nine errors The 23 7 halftime lead was something short of a miracle considering at tempts to keep the 43rd meeting of the two teams close through penalties and miscues both of fensively and defensively USC leads the series 20 19 4 Three Harper passes were almost picked off by the Wolfpack one of which would have been a certain six pointer Three defensive pass in terference calls hurt USC with one leading to Tol one yard plunge to tie the game at 7 7 with 5:29 left in the first quarter The other two came just before the half giving the Wolfpack a first and goal at the USC 7 Only Ed goal line interception prevented another touchdown The Gamecocks scored on the running of Rogers and the huge holes opened by the offensive line that allowed the Hiesmon Trophy candidate to walk into the endzone untouched for two while rushing for 140 of 176 first half yards on the ground The offensive line gave Harper plenty of protection allowing him to complete nine of 13 attempts for 120 yards for a total first half output of 296 yards The Wolfpack rushed the ball 14 times in the first half com pared with 30 for USC for 82 yards and Avery passed for another 81 completing six of nine attempts with one in terception The Gamecocks took the opening kickoff and marched 70 yards in eight plays highlighted by a Harper to Horace Smith pass of 35 yards See GAMECOCKS Page 5B 1' 4 'k I i S' 5 si Phillies Win NL East GEORGE ROGERS SETS OR A HIT ON NC RICKY ETHERIDGE Rogers Who Later Broke a 55 Yard Touchdown Run Had 193 Yards Rushing I By RALPH BERNSTEIN AP Sports Writer MONTREAL (AP) Mike two run llth inning homer gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 6 4 victory over the Montreal Expos Saturday and the National League East Divi sion championship Pete Rose opened the Philadelphia 11th with his third single of the game and after Bake McBride fouled out Schmidt lined his home run over the left field fence to snap a 4 4 tie It was the 48th of the season for the major league home run leader and boosted his National League RBI lead to 121 The victory sends Philadelphia against the winner of the West Division either Houston or Los Angeles in the bestof five series starting in Philadelphia Tuesday night Tug McGraw 5 4 stopped the Expos cold riday night and came on in the ninth and did it again Saturday In the two games in which he appeared McGraw allowed only one hit while facing 16 batters Stan Bahnsen 7 6 took the loss in relief The Phillies tied the game 4 4 in the top of the ninth on Bob Boone's RBI single off reliever Woodie ryman The single sent home Bake McBride who had reached first on a forceout grounder and taken second on a slow roller by Mike Schmidt The Expos had gone ahead 4 3 with a two run rally in the seventh helped along by a pair of Philadelphia errors Chris Speier hit a routine pop fly with one out that second baseman Manny Trillo dropped for an er ror Ron Lelore who has been sidelined with a broken wrist ran for Speier and stole his 95th base continuing onto third when catcher Keith Moreland threw the ball into center field Jerry White whose two run homer in the third had given Montreal a 24) lead off Larry Christenson hit a sacrifice fly to score Ilore for 3 3 Rodney Scott capped the rally with an RBI double Trailing 2 1 the Phillies went ahead in the seventh on four consecutive singles including a two run hit by Greg Luzinski The start was delayed three hours and 10 minutes by rain LA Holds Off Astros 2 1 LOS ANGELES AP) Steve Garvey had three hits in cluding his 26th home run and Jerry Reuss scattered seven hits as Los Angeles edged Houston 2 1 preventing the Astros from clinching the Na tional League West Division for the second game in a row Should the Dodgers defeat Houston a third straight game Sunday they would conclude the regular season in a tie and force a playoff game here for the championship on Monday homer to lead off the fourth inning broke a 1 1 tie In the second Garvey led off with a bloop single and scored the first run on a two out single by Derrel Thomas The Astros tied the score in the fourth when Jose Cruz singl ed stole second and came home on Art two out single to center Reuss 18 6 matched his career high in victories with his eighth win in 10 decisions The Los Angeles left hander walked one and struck out a seasonhigh seven 1 Nolan Ryan 11 10 took the loss his eighth in nine career decisions against Los Angelis Ryan has not defeated the Dodgers since 1968 when he was with the New York Mets Ryan did not walk a batter and strupk out nine giving him 200 for the season three hits gave him 199 for the season the most in the National League I.