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Western Carolina Catamounts |
South Carolina Gamecocks © |
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Played October 21, 1989 at Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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| Western Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina © | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Western Carolina |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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South Carolina |
0 |
7 |
14 |
3 |
24 |
First-year coach Dale Strahm brought the Division 1-AA, 3-2-1 Western Carolina Catamounts to Columbia to meet the 24th ranked, 4-1-1 South Carolina Gamecocks of coach Sparky Woods. No Division 1-AA team had ever won The Belt & the Catamounts hoped to make history. The Gamecocks did not succumb as RB Harold Green rushed for 150 yards with a touchdown & RB Mike Dingle scored 2 touchdowns in a 24-3 South Carolina win to retain The Belt. The game was close throughout the 1st half with the only points coming in the 2nd quarter when Dingle scored on a 1-yard touchdown run giving the Gamecocks a 7-0 lead. Western Carolina opened the 3rd quarter with a 22-yard field goal by PK Clay Cox. South Carolina took control the rest of the way with Green scoring on a 5-yard touchdown run & Dingle scoring on a 3-yard touchdown run as the Gamecocks took a 21-3 lead to the 4th quarter. The only points of the final quarter came on a 33-yard field goal by South Carolina's PK Collin Mackie. South Carolina's QB Todd Ellis finished with 119 yards passing with an interception while Western Carolina's QB Todd Cottrell threw for 94 yards with an interception in the loss. South Carolina finished the season 6-4-1 while the Catamounts finished 3-7-1. Western Carolina has not played for The Belt again.
