College Football : Southeast Roundup : Clemson Beats Georgia Again With Late Kick

For David Treadwell, it was a remembrance of last year. For Clemson Coach Danny Ford, it was just relief.

Treadwell kicked a 21-yard field goal with two seconds left at Clemson, S.C., Saturday to lift the eighth-ranked Tigers to a 21-20 victory over 18th-ranked Georgia.

“I didn’t see the clock running down. I didn’t know it was inside 10 seconds,” Treadwell said.

“It’s an incredible feeling. I’ll never get used to it.”

It’s the second straight year Treadwell has beaten Georgia with a last-second field goal. Last year, he kicked a 46-yarder with no time left to lift Clemson past the Bulldogs, 31-28.

Ford said he was just happy to have beaten the Bulldogs--no matter what the score.

“I don’t know what the final score was,” Ford said. “But we found a way to win, whether it was by one point or a half point.

“We had a feeling it would go down late, late, late,” he said. “I don’t want many more like this. It gets pretty tough on me.”

The game was typical of what is to be expected between the two Southern powers that are located about 80 miles apart. Eight of the last 10 meetings have been won by a touchdown or less, and two of the last three have been decided by a field goal in the last 10 seconds.

Treadwell’s kick, which was his fourth field goal of the game, a career high, came after Georgia quarterback James Jackson was tackled in the end zone for a safety with 5:38 left.

After the ensuing free kick by Georgia, the Tigers drove from their 42-yard line to the Bulldog 5 and then called on Treadwell, who was swarmed by his teammates after the kick.

The victory is the first time since 1905-06 that the Tigers have beaten Georgia two straight seasons. Clemson is 3-0, and Georgia falls to 2-1.

Tailback Terry Allen rushed for 97 yards to lead Clemson, which amassed 337 yards total offense, 261 on the ground.

Louisiana St. 49, Rice 16--Harvey Williams streaked 60 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage and scored 3 touchdowns in a 196-yard rushing effort for the fourth-ranked Tigers at Baton Rouge, La.

Quarterback Tom Hodson threw for 228 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown play to Sam Martin in the first quarter and a 15-yard scoring toss to third-string tailback Eddie Fuller in the third quarter.

Williams’ yardage, which came in 10 carries, one of them a 56-yard third-quarter burst that set up his 23-yard touchdown run, was fifth among all-time single-game performances at LSU. His 60-yard scoring run was the longest for an LSU player since Dalton Hilliard went 66 yards for a touchdown against Notre Dame in 1984.

Martin, who shares playing time with Williams at tailback, had 71 yards rushing in 6 carries, and Fuller had 92 yards in 12 attempts.

Hodson completed 13 of 19 passing attempts.

LSU’s top receiver, Wendell Davis, and Todd Jones, Rice’s leading rusher, were both knocked out of the game. But X-rays showed neither had broken anything.

The victory gave LSU a 3-0 record going into its meeting with fifth-ranked Ohio State next weekend. Rice is 1-2.

Mississippi 47, Arkansas St. 10--Tailback Willie Goodloe and flanker J.R. Ambrose each scored two touchdowns, including a 62-yard punt return by Goodloe, as the Rebels routed the Indians at Oxford, Miss.

Goodloe’s first touchdown, a one-yard run with 6:54 left in the first quarter, came after a key fumble recovery by linebacker Robert Smith. It was the first turnover by an Ole Miss opponent in three games, and the Rebels (1-2) avoided the mistakes that figured in opening losses to Memphis State and Arkansas.

The independent NCAA Division I-AA Indians fell to 1-2 with the loss.

Mississippi St. 14, Louisiana Tech 13--Backup quarterback Mike Davis threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Fred Hadley in the fourth quarter to rally Mississippi State past upset-minded Louisiana Tech in game at Starkville, Miss.

Mississippi State (2-1) was trailing, 13-7, when Davis, a former walk-on, came in and, in his second series, drove State 53 yards for the winning score.

Louisiana Tech, a Division I-AA school that fell to 0-3, used David McKinney’s passing and 51- and 40-yard field goals by Matt Stover to forge its lead.

McKinney, a transfer from the University of Mississippi, completed 21 of 39 passes for 233 yards and had State on the ropes until the final quarter.

Duke 35, Vanderbilt 31--Although Steve Slayden threw four touchdown passes, it was Stanley Monk’s two-yard scoring dive with 3:45 remaining that gave the unbeaten Blue Devils (3-0) the victory at Durham, N.C.

Monk’s touchdown capped a 66-yard, 4-minute drive that came after Vanderbilt took a 31-28 lead on Eric Jones’ 12-yard touchdown pass to Carl Parker with 7:42 left.

After Monk’s score, Vanderbilt (1-1) went from its 20 to the Duke 26, but Jones’ pass for Parker was intercepted in the end zone by Dewayne Terry, his second interception against the Commodores.

Slayden completed 19 of 29 passes for 297 yards and was intercepted once. Jones was 21 of 32 for 342 yards, including the 2 interceptions by Terry.