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It has been accepted for inclusion in Football Programs by an authorized administrator of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact [email protected]. $2.00 September 10, 1988 Clemson Football *88 i \i\ii<sin Clemson vs. Furman Memorial Stadium Bullish Blockers MANGE YOU WORTHY OF THE BEST? Batson is the exclusive U.S. agent for textile equipment from the leading textile manufacturers worldwide. Experienced people back up our sales with complete service, spare parts, technical assistance, training and follow-up. DREF 3 FRICTION SPINNING MACHINE delivers yarn to 330 ypm. i FEHRER K-21 RANDOM CARDING MACHINE has weight range ^ 2 10-200 g/m , production speedy | m/min. rttfjfm 1 — •• fj := * V' " VAN DE WIELE PLUSH WEAVING MACHINES weave apparel, DORNIER RAPIER WEAVING MACHINES are upholstery, carpet. versatile enough to weave any fabric. KNOTEX WARP TYING MACHINE has speeds up to 600 knots per minute. HACOBA WARPERS/BEAMERS guarantee high quality warps. 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South- been an integral part of the Clemson commu- erner Annabelle Vaughan files this report. nity for many years. 7 Ty Granger 87 Furman-Clemson Series No one in ACC history has ever been a Furman and Clemson both used the same strength, academic and on-field All-American in uniform pants over 20 years ago, on the same the same season, but Ty Granger has a chance day to defeat two different teams from the state of Virginia. Sam Blackman reveals some other to pull off the triple. Sheri West profiles the interesting facts about this series on page 87 senior tackle from Easley. 49 Campus Life 116 Tiger Soccer Clemson returned to the top of the college Clemson has one of the finest campuses in soccer world last year with its stunning run the country. Here is a scenic tour of Clemson through the NCAAs. Sam Blackman summa- University. rizes Clemson's chances for a repeat per- 54 Another Banner Year formance. Clemson s sports program once again 119 University Feature ranked among the best in the nation last year. A Clemson business class marketed a Clem- From a national championship soccer team to son football board game last year. Sandy four spring sports in tournaments. NCAA Woodward takes us through a semester proj- 1987-88 filled with individual was team and ac- ect that sounds like fun. complishments. Annabelle Vaughan reviews the year. 120 The Last Word Bob Bradley takes us back to some interest- 57 Jeff Bak ing Furman-Clemson stories, including one Senior center Jeff Bak is on his way to a contest that featured a snow storm. record breaking season. Sam Blackman takes a look at the native of Danen. CT. On the Cover: Offensive linemen Ty Granger. Jeff Bak and Jeff Nunamacher are the 81 Chamber of Commerce mainstays of Clemson s veteran line. Jim Mor- There is more to the city of Clemson than iarty of Southern Pines, NC photographed all football games in the fall, as Bob Ellis relates. three during games last season. The Departments Players and Coaches ACC Schedule ." 36 Alphabetical Roster. Clemson 58 Alma Mater 49 Alphabetical Roster, Opponent 63 Assistant Coaches 112 Athletic Director 13 Danny Ford 15 41 Athletic Staff Graduate Asst. Coaches 39 Band Program 65 Lineups. Starting 60 Bengal Babes 113 Medical Staff 74 Bowl Lineup 73 Meet the Tigers 33 49 Car Dealers 42 Numerical Roster, Clemson 60 Numerical Roster, Opponent 61 Cheerleaders 108 Opponent Players 82 Coaches. All-Sports 25 Strength Coaches 75 • Emergency Information 23 Tiger Rookies 39 Fall Sports Schedule 92 Future Football Schedules 29 Clemson Football Program IPTAY 107 Committee: IPTAY Officers 46 Chairman: Len Gough Managers 84 Editor and Designer: Tim Bourret Memorial Stadium 79 Advertising Director: Sheri West Official's Signals 19 Program Staff: Bob Bradley. Hazel Modica. Sam Blackman, Picture of the Week 62 Annabelle Vaughan. Foster Senn, Sandy Woodward, Ashley Single Game Records 115 Johnson. James Fleming. Dave Mullaney. Mickey Plyler. Rita Stadium Information 21 Pruitt. Stadium Records 45 Printing: The R L Bryan Co. of Columbia, SC Statistics. Individual 3 Stats and Stuff 67 Cover Photos by Jim Moriarty and Scott Harke Inside Photos Strength All-Americans 75 by the Clemson Communications Center, Jim Monarty, Rob Biggerstaft. Bob Waldrop. Lance McKmney. Scott Harke. Dave The Last Word 120 Lewis, Jim Wilson. Mark Houde. and Tom Shockley. Today's Game 2 84 Trainers Additional Copies Tiger Life 107 Extra copies of this program are available at S3 00 apiece. University Officials 17 Send checks (payable to Clemson Athletic Department) to: University Feature 119 Sports Information Office University President 11 Box 632. Clemson. SC 29633 116 1 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CENTENNIAI 18SH9tW Today's Game Third- Ranked Tigers Meet Oldest Gridiron Foe By the way, if you are watching an Iowa two touchdowns. Daugherty (5-9, 181, By Tim Bourret State game this year, you might do a dou- So.), cousin of Brad Daugherty of the ble take, or think that Joe is moonlighting. Cleveland Cavaliers, was playing in Johnson Leads Tiger Defense NBA s Incredible as it might seem, the Cyclones his first game since midseason 1986, Sophomore defensive end John John- also have a 5-9 tailback who wears num- when he suffered a knee injury. son was a major reason Virginia Tech ber-33 named Joe Henderson. I bet that The Furman offense centers around averaged only 2.46 yards per play last makes the NCAA statistics computer fullback Kennet Goldsmith (6-2, 208, Sr.). Saturday. The native of Georgia had eight smoke on Saturday nights. Goldsmith, billed as the Southern Con- tackles, including two quarterback sacks ference's premier blocker, has now and another tackle for loss. For his efforts Furman Update rushed for 1,212 yards in his three-year Johnson was named ACC Defensive Play- After losing 31 seniors and 16 starters career with the Paladins, including 85 er-of-the-Week. off last year's 7-4 squad, the young Fur- yards and one touchdown last week. It is ironic that Johnson had this stellar man Paladins got off to a good start last The Paladin defense is led by strong- performance against Virginia Tech be- week against South Carolina State, de- side linebacker Jeff Blankenship (6-2, cause the Gobblers were the victim of his feating the Bulldogs 38-0. It was the first 225, Sr.), a second-team All-Southern best game last year. Johnson had a ca- opening game shutout for the Division I- Conference pick in 1987. Blankenship re- reer-high nine stops and 1 .5 sacks at Vir- AA school in 22 years. Seven offensive corded 144 tackles in 1987 and had 15 ginia Tech last year. Thus, Johnson's top players started for the first time against tackles in last week's opener and re- two tackle efforts in his short career have S.C. State, while all five players on the covered a fumble. With over 350 career come against the Gobblers. Frank Beam- Paladin defensive front were first-time tackles, Blankenship is well on his way to er can see how Johnson rated first-team starters. setting an all-time Furman mark in that USA Today All-America status in high Over the past eight seasons, Furman category. Kevin Kendrick (6-0, 209, So.), school. has relied heavily on its ground attack, another first-time starter, will handle the averaging 263.0 yards per game on the linebacking duties on the weak side and Ford Moves Up to Fifth ground since 1980. Against the Bulldogs, had 14 stops a week ago. Clemson Coach Danny Ford moved up the Paladins ran for 310 yards behind tail- Against South Carolina State, left cor- to fifth place on the winningest active back Bobby Daugherty's 103 yards and nerback Julius Dixon (5-10, 168, Sr.) lived coaches list last week. With his team's up to his second-team all-conference 40-7 win over Virginia Tech and BYU's standing. Dixon blocked two Bulldog loss to Wyoming, Ford is now 77-25-4 for punts and had an interception in the end- a .745 winning percentage.