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Georgia travels to South Carolina
The Red a..d Black, Friday, September 29, 1978
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By WARREN RARY
Assistant sports editor
The Georgia Bulldogs will place their 2-0
record and 19th national ranking on the line
when they travel to Columbia’s Williams-
Brice Stadium Saturday night to face the South
Carolina Gamecocks.
The Gamecocks sport a record of 1-1-1 but
“Could be 3-0 with just a few breaks here and
there" says Dogs' coach Vince Dooley.
Carolina defeated Furman in their season
opener and then tied Kentucky 14-14 before
bowing to Duke last week 16-14 when the Blue
Devils' Greg Rhett scored on a 26-yard
touchdown run with only three minutes left to
play.
Gamecocks' coach Jim Carlen laments.*
have to quit beating ourselves. We’ve lost three
fumbles and thrown two interceptions and our
defense has shown a tendency to allow long
runs late in the game.’’
"Georgia has another well-coached, typical
Vince Dooley football team and that’s what
worries me the most.’’ Carlen added.
Georgia, on the other hand, has done
absolutely nothing to give away any ballgames.
“We’ve played two emotional, technically
perfect football games,” Dooley said. “We’re
six for six receiving fumbles after the first
two games which might be some kind of NCAA
record."
South Carolina features a strong and very
well-balanced running game
“This will be the first time we’ve faced a
team with a quarterback who can run and that
has quality running backs as well," Dooley
said
"They have an excellent blocking offensive
line I know they're good because they blocked
Kentucky." Dooley added
The Gamecock quarterback is sophomore
Garry Harper Harper has hit on 54 percent of
his passes this season and has run for 65 yards.
He is being tutored by former Georgia All-SEC
quarterback and assistant coach Ray Goff
Carolina has been led in the backfield this
year by sophomore fullback George Rogers
from Duluth, Ga Rogers has averaged 4.9
yards per carry while running for 274 total
yards after gaining 649 yards his freshman
year Additionally, his kick return average of
31.4 places him 10th in the nation in that
department.
Rogers is not all the Dogs will have to
contend with when they meet the team Dooley
says “has the best group of backs
we’ll face all year with the
possible exception of Auburn. 4 *
Junior tailback Spencer Clark gained 777
yards in 1977 and is averaging 4.1 yards a
carry this season while sharing playing time
with sophomore Johnnie Wrignt, who has
rushed for 215 yards after three games.
The Dogs' defense has fared well thus far but
Dooley still condsiders it untested.
“Opponents have run the ball only 40 times
against us so far for an average of 4.1 yards a
snap Dooley said.
Carlen indicated his team might try to throw
against the Dogs when he said. “Georgia likes
to run an 8-3 defense which is very tough to
rush against.
It the Gamecocks decide to take to the air
they Have the people who can catch the
football 6’5”, 230 lb tight end Willie Scott has
caught eight passes this year for 86 yards while
junior speedster Zion McKinney has pulled in
five aerials.
When the Dogs have the ball they will be
running against “a wild, get after ’em style
defense that is extremely tough to score
against." according to Dooley
The Gamecocks have allowed an average of
only 151 yards a game on the ground and 86
yards per game via the air. They have also
intercepted six passes to match their total for
all of last season and have not been scored on
in either the first or third quarter of any of
their first three games.
Carolina is led on defense by left end John
Dantonio, middle guard Bill Janus, and left
cornerback Rick Sanford, the only three
seniors on the unit.
Georgia will call on the Underdog defense to
stop the Gamecocks. They have yielded a fair
amount of yardage this season but have given
up only 14 points after two games.
Carlen is concerned about the outstanding
play of cornerback Scott Woerner and
linebacker Ricky McBride but mainly the
Underdog s ability io make the big play
“They have a lot of guys on defense who can
play and, as their statistics indicate, are
especially good at coming up with the big play
such as a fumble recovery or an interception/’
he said.
The Dogs will be led on offense by. senior
tailback Willie McGendon who has already
gained 226 vards this season.
“I've thought McClendon was the best back
Georgia had the past two seasons and this year
he’s really proving himself," Carlen said.
Sophomores James Womach ar.d Ronnie
Stewart have combined to give the Dogs
excellent play at the fullback position.
Quarterback Jeff Pyburn poses a double threat
with his running and passing Pyburn passes a
double threat with his running and passing
Pyburn has completed 52 percent of his passes
this season for a total oi 142 yards.
The kicking games of both teams are very
sound. The Dogs’ placekicker, Rex Robinson,
has been perfect thus far in 1978, hitting on five
of five field goal attempts and converting his
only point after touchdown try. Punter Mike
Garrett is averaging 39.3 yards for each of his
seven kicks.
Eddie Leopard handles the placekicking
duties for Carolina after edging out senior Britt
Parrish, the Gamecocks leading scorer the past
two seasons, for the job. Punter Max Runager
is averaging almost 42 yards per kick after
topping that mark in 1977
Overall, Dooley sees a couple of factors
potentially working in favor of the Gamecocks.
“This is the first game away from home for
many of our kids,” Dooley said. “We’ll be
playing on artificial turf for the only time this
year, and at night when the crowd noise is
really amplified," he added
As young as this year’s Dogs’ squad is,
Carlen feels Georgia rates the edge in
experience.
“We’re starting a freshman and six
sophomores and have only five seniors in our
first 22,” Carlen said. "They’re starting 16
juniors and seniors on the first two units."
In the three years Carlen has been at South
Carolina, the Dogs’ have won by totals of eight,
six and two points The last time Georgia lost
to the Gamecocks was in 1958.
Georgia won last year, despite fumbling nine
times and losing six, on the strength of a
22-yard field goal by Rex Robinson in the
fourth quarter.
UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTH
CAROLINA
Sept. 30 in Columbia
LOCATION: Columbia. S.C.
ENROLLMENT: 23.<KX>
CONFERENCE: Independent
NICKNAME: Fighting Gamecocks
COLORS: Garnet and Black
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Jim Carlen
HEAD COACH: Jim Carlen
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COACHING RECORD AT S.C.:
(18-17-0)
OVERALL COACHING RECORD:
(80-50-5)
STADIUM AND CAPACITY:
Williams-Brice (54.406)
SID: Julian Gibbons
(Off: 803-777-5257)
(Home: 803-781-6305)
1977 OVERALL RECORD: 5-7-0
LETTERMEN LOST: 22
LETTERMEN RETURNING: 32
SERIES RECORD: 26 4-2. Georgia
BEST TIME TO CALL HEAD COACH:
Mqn.-Thurs., 12:00 to 1:00 p m.
STARTERS RETURNING
OFFENSE: FL Zion McKinney. RB Steve Dorsey. RB Spencer
Clark, OG Tony Penny. C Danny Clancy.
DEFENSE: DE John Dantonio. DT Steve Bernish, MG Bill Janus.
DB Rick Sanford. LB Tim Singleton.
KICKERS: PK Eddie Leopard. Britt Parrish, P Max Runager
Carter
1978 SCHEDULE
1977 RESULTS
Sept. 9
FURMAN
32
Appalachian St
17
Sept 16
KENTUCKY
17
Georgia Tech
0
Sept. 23
At Duke
42
Miami (Ohio)
19
Sept. 30
GEORGIA
13
Georgia
15
Oct. 7
At Georgia Tech
19
East Carolina
16
Oct. 14
OHIO
21
Duke
25
Oct. 21
OLE MISS
10
Ole Miss
17
Oct. 28
NORTH CAROLINA
0
North Carolina
17
Nov. 4
At N.C. State
3
N.C. State
7
Nov. 18
WAKE FOREST
24
Wake Forest
14
Nov. 25
At Clcmson
27
Clcmson
31
7
Hawaii
24
PAST SCORES
18*44
1900
1901
1903
1904
1908
1911 .
1919
1920
1924
GA.
Won.... 40-0
Won 5-0
Won 10-5
Lo»t.... 0-17
..Lost.... 0-2
Won... 29-6
Won 39-0
..Won. 14-0
Won 37-0
Won 18 0
1937 .
1938
1939
1940
1941
Won ... 13-7
Won... 7-6
Won ... 33-7
Won 33-2
Won.... 34-6
1958 ... Lost. .. 14-24
1959 ...Lost ...14-30
1960 Won 38-6
1961 Won .17-14
1962 Tie 7-7
1963 Won.... 27-7
1964
1966 ..
1967
1968 ..
1969
1970
1971
1974
1975
1976
1977 ..
...Tie.... 7-7
Woo... 7-0
Won 21-0
Won .21-20
Won 41-16
Won 52-34
Won.... 24-0
Won 52-14
Won 26-20
Won 20-12
Won. 15-13
Durham looking forward to upcoming season
By FRANK MALLOY
and NORM REILLY
Although the basketball sea
son is still over two months
away, first year coach Hugh
Durham is already looking
forward to taking on the
challenge of achieving respect
ability for the long suffering
Georgia nasketnau program.
Now that the University has
finally decided to make a total
commitment to basketball,
Durham is eager to "develop a
program we can take pride
in."
"There is no reason not to
have a strong basketball
program here," Durham said
Georgia's beautiful campus,
its spacious Coliseum, the
excellent conference the Dogs
are a member of. and the fact
that it is the State University
are some of the features that
should attract potential
players, according to the
coach.
Before accepting the Georgia
job. Durham spent 12 years as
a highly successful head coach
at Florida State, where he
compiled an impressive 230-95
record Last year, the Louis
ville Ky. native guided the
Seminoles to the regular
season Metro-seven title and
on to the NCAA’s where they
lost to eventual champion
Kentucky. For his efforts,
Durham was named 1978
Metro-seven Coach of the
Year. His most successful
season was 1971-72 when
Florida State advanced all the
way to the NCAA finals before
bowing to UCLA, 81-76.
Another reason for Durham’s
enthusiasm towards the up
coming season centers aro'.nd
the Georgia basketball radio
network WSB in Atlanta, one
of the most powerful stations
in the country, will be the
Dogs' flagship station with
WSB Sports Director Phil
Schaefer scheduled to do the
play-by-play
Durham believes that WSB’s
far-reaching signal will help
“expose the basketball pro
gram” to prospective players
and will serve as a positive
influence in the future
"It can help you get good
players," said Durham who
added that the new radio
network is part of the
University’s committment to
the basketball program, a
committment which played a
large part in influencing
Durham to accept the Georgia
job.
Durham has also arranged
for student seats to be put on
the floor in order to elevate the
home court advantage and
give the fans a closer view.
“We want all the positive
noise we can get,” he said.
“We need help from the
students to be successful.”
When Durham made the
move here from Florida State,
he brought along two assistant
coaches - Morris Mclione and
Larry Gay McHone has been
with Durham for eight years
and became his top assistant
at FSU four years ago Gay
played at FSU for four years,
then became an assistant in
1974
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had been at Gardner Webb,
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Banks' job will be mostly with
recruiting
Returning players for
Georgia include Walter
Daniels. Lucius Foster, and
Lavon Mercer Daniels led the
team in scoring last year with
a 16.4 average Foster was the
second leading scorer and
second leading rebounder
while Mercer set a school
record for blocked shots with
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from Georgia earlier this year,
has returned and will give
Georgia more experience
One notable absentee from
this year's team is Curtis
Jackson Jackson dropped out
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