Oklahoma Vs Clemson (1/2/1989)

Oklahoma Vs Clemson (1/2/1989)

Clemson University TigerPrints Football Programs Programs 1989 Oklahoma vs Clemson (1/2/1989) Clemson University Follow this and additional works at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_prgms Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. code). Use of these materials beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. For additional rights information, please contact Kirstin O'Keefe (kokeefe [at] clemson [dot] edu) For additional information about the collections, please contact the Special Collections and Archives by phone at 864.656.3031 or via email at cuscl [at] clemson [dot] edu Recommended Citation University, Clemson, "Oklahoma vs Clemson (1/2/1989)" (1989). Football Programs. 200. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_prgms/200 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Programs at TigerPrints. It has been accepted for inclusion in Football Programs by an authorized administrator of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Tiger Tidbits Did you know . Terry Allen was not a highly-recruited player. 1 988 opponents; Virginia Tech, North Carolina, he is not playing football or delivering the mail Already Clemson's number-11 ranked rusher and Wake Forest, since his father coached at all (see James Lott). as a sophomore, Danny Ford and Running three schools. Harper has also spent time at James Lott worked in the Clemson Univer- back Coach Chuck Reedy never saw him play Oklahoma State and Iowa State. sity post office last summer, along with team- in high school. Most coaches felt he would be a Jesse Hatcher has reported late to pre- mates Tracy Johnson and Donnell Woolford. defensive back in college. But Allen has been season practice both years since he came to The three sorted and delivered mail, and also an AII-ACC tailback as a freshman and a soph- Clemson from Taft Junior College. The reason? gave an occasional autograph to excited young omore and is already over 2,000 yards rushing. Hatcher has been a member of the Army Na- campers. Quite a politician, Lott was student Jeff Bak loves old, classic cars. He has a tional Guard and ROTC since he was in 11th council president at A. L. Brown High School in 1 969 green GTO convertible (front license plate grade and spends his summers on guard duty. Kannapolis, NC when he was a senior. Clemson 60), but the rest of his family refuses At least once a month during football season, Richard "Jake" McCullough was raised on a to drive it. "It doesn't seem to drive well for he leaves for duty as soon as Saturday's foot- farm in Loris, SC. When he was a child, he anyone else but me," he says. ball game is over, arriving back on campus in would spend his summers getting up in the Gene Beasley, the leading tackier in Clem- time for Monday morning classes. He may be middle of the night to crop tobacco. "I was so son's defensive secondary was born with polio the only bandit-third-lieutenant in the history of little, I could barely mash the clutch in on the and had to wear leg braces until he was six- Clemson football. tractor, " he remembers. years-old. The summer before his senior year Joe Henderson is not the only famous per- Jeff "Nuny" Nunamacher likes to hunt and in high school, he was injured in an automobile son to come from Freehold, NJ. It is also the started at an early age. When he was in the accident and broke both his legs and his collar- home of rock star Bruce Springsteen. Nev- fourth grade, he snuck out of the house with a bone and fractured his knee. ertheless, Henderson promises to have his fair .22 single shot rifle and weni hunting by him- Henry Carter began this season as a student share of "Glory Days " before his Clemson ca- self. He did not bag any game that day, but he coach after lettering as a linebacker for the past reer is over. has bagged AII-ACC honors for the past two two years. This season, when fullback Chris Ricardo Hooper is the only post-graduate on years. Lancaster's playing career ended with a neck this year's squad. A former walk-on who was The Clemson Offensive Line was voted the injury, the Clemson coaches asked Carter to the Tigers' second leading receiver this sea- CarQuest Player-of-the-Game for the Tigers' rejoin the team —as a fullback —the position he son, he earned a degree in Political Science in win against Duke this season. Hard workers on played as a freshman. Carter may hold the May of 1988 and is currently working on his the field, great relaxers off the field, a group of Clemson record for career surgeries; he has master's degree. offensive linemen used to go out in the woods had his knees operated on five times. Keith Jennings had the most receptions by a surrounding Clemson on Thursday nights and Raymond Chavous is the cousin of former Tiger in last year's Citrus Bowl. His 7 catches build a bonfire. The linemen would talk and Denver Broncos defensive end, Barney for 1 1 yards were the most since Perry Tuttle relax and still make it back to the football dorm Chavous. Chavous spent 13 years with the had 10 grabs in 1981 against Wake Forest. in time for curfew. Broncos and was his cousin's role model. Ray- Keith is the brother of Stanford Jennings, for- Hank Phillips spends time in the offseason mond grew up in the same hometown as mer Furman University star and a current mem- raising Christmas trees in his hometown of ") William ( "The Refrigerator Perry and they ber of the Cincinnati Bengals. Spruce Pine, NC. He and his brother, former played on the same rec league basketball team. Tracy Johnson, Clemson's bruising fullback, Clemson offensive guard and All-American James Coley has the largest feet of any likes to cook, play chess, and raise plants when John Phillips, have both been raising trees Clemson athlete — a size 17. How does Coley since they were saplings themselves. feel about it? "It is one of the largest feats in Richard Smith is not the only Clemson ath- college football," he says. He is also the only lete to ever come from Hancock Central High player to wear three pairs of socks during School in Sparta, GA. Horace Grant, a former games, and is the reason he needs size 17. Ail-American basketball player at Clemson and Rusty Charpia is also the starting shortstop now a starter with the Chicago Bulls, also sings on the Clemson baseball team. Last spring, the ole' Hancock Central Alma Mater. Against Charpia ended the longest game in the history Kentucky in 1985, when the coaches called of the NCAA tournament, doubling in the win- Smith into the game for the first time in his ning run in the 19th inning of the Tigers' game collegiate career, he ran out on the field without with Fordham. his helmet. Luckily, another player reminded Frank Deluliis may be the only player of Ital- him to go back and get it before the play started. ian descent on the team. His father came to the Pat Williams spends his time off the field as a United States from Italy when he was 1 8-years- volunteer in many areas. He has worked in a old, settling in Pittsburgh where Frank was food bank, helped register voters, and taught born and raised. Frank celebrated his 23rd Bible school to three- and four-year-olds in birthday with a win over South Carolina in his recent years. Williams also enjoys collecting final home game. postcards from interesting places. If you ever Cameron "Cam" Gibson, a reserve running go anywhere interesting, drop him a line. back for the Tigers, graduated this month after Rodney Williams is now the winningest start- only three and a half years at Clemson. ing quarterback in Clemson and ACC history. Ty "Grady" Granger has a career grade When he was 13-years-old, he was in the point average of 3.21 in accounting. Granger stands at the 1 978 Gator Bowl, wearing orange earned a perfect 4.0 last spring and could be- of course, watching the Tigers defeat the Ohio come the first Clemson football player to make State Buckeyes. The quarterback that day was Academic AII-ACC for three years since Steve Williams' idol Steve Fuller, whose passing Fuller. Granger was also a strength Ail-Ameri- yardage record Williams surpassed this can in 1986-87. season. Vance Hammond, at 6'7", is the tallest player Donnell Woolford received a letter from on the Clemson football squad. His father is a Clemson before any other schools when he state highway patrolman and patrols the side- was in high school. "I probably came to Clem- lines at Clemson home games. son because they sent me that first letter," he J. C. Harper is the son of defensive line and Rodney Williams, the winningest starting said. Last summer, Woolford received many assistant head coach Tom Harper. Growing up, quarterback In AGO history, has been a Clem- letters from Clemson as he worked in the uni- J. C. wore the colors of three of Clemson's son fan for many years. versity post office. ACC Football Review Honors & Awards 49 Rosters. Alphabetical 48 ACC Standings 1988 26 Notes on 1988 Tigers 2 Statistics, 1988 Statistics, 1988 46 Oklahoma Series 77 Game-By-Game, Individual 42 AII-ACC Team 5i Player Biographies 16 Game by Game, Team 43 Assistant Coaches.

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