South Carolina at Clemson

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 25, 1962, page 89

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  Late Field Goal Carries TIGERS Over Gomecocks CLEMSON. S. c., Nov. “a AP).-Rodney Rogers kicked the second Of two 24-yard field goals with 1:42 left today to give Clemson q hard-won 20–⁠17 Atlantic Coast Conference foot ball victory over archrival South Carolina. Clemson had forged a 17–⁠17 tie late in the third period on Q 14-yard run by halfback Elmo Lam. who took in a pitch out from quarterback Jim Parker. The outmanned Gamecocks, playing their first unit most Of the way in the 60th game of one Of the South’s oldest rival ries, had a chance to play for a tie with time running out in the fourth, but elected to 60 for the victory. With the ball on the Clemson 20, four straight passes failed, two barely missing in the end zone. The Gamecocks were victims Of Clemson’s crunching ground attack, run equally effective by first and second units. Tigers Take Lead Fullback Charlie Dumas put Clemson in front with a 2-yard touchdown plunge early in the first period after the Came cocks allowed q free kick to roll to their Al. where Glenn sons Don Bunton picked it up and rambled to the 16. The Tigers put it across in five plays. South Carolina tied it up lat er in the period, moving “a yards and scoring on Quarter back Dan Reeves 45-yard pass to Halfback Sam Anderson. The Tigers regained the lead as time ran out in the period when Rogers kicked the first Of his 24-yarders to cap a IT. yard march, almost all of it on the sround. Dean Findley matched this for South Carolima early in the second quarter, kicking true from 36 yards away. South Carolina, relying mainly on Reeves third down pass competitions, storm d ahead late in the second pc riod. The Gamecocks marched II yards, Reeves scoring on a 6-yard scamper UP the mid die. GamecOcks Fight Back The 17–⁠10 margin held until late In the third quarter, when Clemson tied 1t up on Parker’s payoff pitchout to Lam, setting the stage for Rogers tie-breaking field goal near the end.

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Officially, Clemson leads 74–⁠44–⁠4; as played, 70–⁠43–⁠4 in the 117 games on file; the official count covers all 122 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.