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The untold story behind Steve Taneyhill’s iconic South Carolina-Clemson photo

Steve Taneyhill knows he has a copy of it somewhere because, as the former South Carolina quarterback tells it, “There was like five old ladies from Columbia that sent my mom every picture, every article all four years I was here.”

The Nov. 22, 1992, edition of The State newspaper was a keeper for Gamecock fans because it told the story of how a brash Taneyhill and his teammates ended a four-game losing streak to Clemson with a 24-13 win in Death Valley. The game was chronicled in photos by The State’s Tim Dominick.

Dominick, on staff since 1983, still has the film sleeve from the afternoon Taneyhill threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns.