Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-18
STATISTICS

Yards penalized 20 30
was called on Joe Hrezo, who
blotted out Elmo Lam on the
Tiger 80, and the play was
called back. 1t was question
able whether Lam would have
had a chance to make the
tackle anyway.
Despite the penalty, Mary
land got a first down on the
play, but soon found itself in
fourth-and-four situation.
The Terps gambled again but
lost when Hrezo was nailed at
the line of scrimmage with a
screen pass.
Penalty Precedes Goal
The Tigers took over on their
40 with six minutes left and
didn't stop until Rogers had
booted the game-winning field
goal. Jim Parker twice fired
key compilations to End Johnny
Case for 20 and 16 yards to
keep the foray going. The last
gave Clemson a first down on
the Terp seven.
I Three cracks into the Mary
land line made it fourth down
e on the one. The Tigers sur
! prisingly spurned the field goal
possibility and lined up in run
ming formation to go for broke.
S They never had the chance.
: Grain, the fullback, broke be-
5, fore the snap and the flags
d fluttered. The Tigers were
e penalized for backfield in mo-
: ton and set back to the six.
s This time Howard sent in Rog-
It ers for the field goal try and
= the senior from Mullins, S. c.,
l. booted it directly through the
If uprights from the 13-yard line.
l. The game was as close as
r, the scoreboard indicated, with
Clemson having a 14-13 edge
os in first downs and 263 to
lie 230 advantage in total yard
es age. AS usual with Maryland
n. this season, the Terps had
to their chances but couldn't
IN. capitalize on them.
81 guess" Nugent said after
ward, "it was Frank Towards
turn to win a close one"
in The Tigers deserved thei
nth victory. They bent at times
nd but they never buckled, ever
Ter when they trailed, 14-0, mid
its way in the second quarter.
ck 1t was all Maryland in the
a. early going. but the Terps
bv didn't hit the scoreboard until
81 the second period. They wasted
hu drives to Clemson's 90 and 80
,s yard lines, then finally cranked
he up and went II yards in II
u plays. The big-gainer was a
: 37-yard pass from Sinner to
!, Brown, which put the ball on
the Tigers 2 Chiaverini
-, cracked over from there.
70 Moments later, AriZzi inter-
~ cepted one of Parker's passes
70 and went So yards behind block
= ing that could be heard a mile
- away. Hannigan supplied his
second extra point and Mary
!, land whooped it up, leading,
e 14-0. with 6:08 left in the half.
% Clemson was still to be
heard from. After 81 minutes
of play the Tigers finally picked
up their initial first down,
which went for naught. Then
with only about three minutes
left in the half, Lam intercepted
a pass at midfield, churned
his way to the 24-yard line and
the Tigers were ready to
launch their comback.
- Grain Cracks Over
v The interrogation was the
seventh against Sinner in the
last three games and it was a
big one, since the Tigers made
it pay off with SO seconds left
in the half.
Parker, who hit his passes
B. when they counted, pitched IL
yards on fourth down to Lou
Fogle on the Maryland 7. Three
straight cracks by Grain pro-
duced the touchdown. Rogers
added the conversion and it
was 14-7 at the half.
e. Neither team could work up
a good threat in the third quar-
;. ter, but on the first play of the
" fourth, Hal Davis sped IS yards
to Maryland's 80 and Clemson
- was in position to tie.
Clemson again made a key
fourth-down play. Dumas need
ed 2 yards on the Terp IL and
made 4. Three plays later Du-
mas slammed over from the l.
Rogers placement tied it with
11:Os left.
That set up Maryland's
fourth-doWn CANDLES, the tt
gers win-the-game drive and
Rogers field goal.
7, In the desperate, final min
ute, Maryland tried to pull it
st out with four passes, but the
1e Tigers defended well. At the
We end, Clemson not only had the
10 victory but the ball on Mary
X lands II after another Terp
to fourth-down gamble had failed,
If Sinner, who entered the game
tied for the national lead In
pass competitions, hit Is of "a
. passes. but they were mostly
= short ones for a paltry 81 yards.
ia Chiaverini, the ACES rushing
~ leader, was checked with only
a SO yards in II carries. Davis
E and Grain, with SO and 81
yards, led the Tigers, who now
ir are Al in the ACC.
N The Terps are 4-2 and this
Id made it final They no longer
6 have a title chance.
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