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"We dldnt. We had our chances, but couldnt put our drives together." "Give Stanford credit," he said. "They played best at the end. Plunkett's a great passer." Plunkett completed 20 of 30 passing attempts for 265 yards. The Indians added another 143 on the ground for 408.

Ohio State actually out-gained the Indians in total yards, with quarterback Rex Kern picking up 101 yards rushing and passing for an additional 40 yards on four completions in 13 attempts. Kern, however, suffered a Charley horse and was shuffled in and out before being replaced by Ron Maclejowskl in the second half. Cincinnatis Mike Sensi-baugh, who was in his final game for the Buckeyes and was one of 16 Buckeye seniors who lost only twoi games In three seasons, played well and came up with several key defensive tackles, but Sensibaugh and the rest of the Buckeye secondary couldnt stopj Plunkett and his sure-handed receivers. Stanford stunned Ohio by scoring first on a four yard run by Brown after a 59 yard yard push in the first period. Then Horowitz booted a 37 yard field goal in the first period to build the Indians lead to 10-0.

Ohio state came back on a 65 yard drive with Brocklngton going in from the one to make it 10-7 and By BILL ANZER Enquirer Sports Reporter PASADENA, The flea bit the elephant and the mammoth went sprawling and stumbling to his -knees in one of the biggest upsets in Rose Bowl history Friday. The flea was Stanford; the giant was Ohio State, which was out not only to preserve an undefeated regular season but saw a golden opportunity to take ovSf as the nation's No. 1 team after an earlier upset In the day in which Notre Dame beat Texas in the Cotton Bowl. In the end, the Buckeyes and it was iieis- man Trophy winner Jim Plunkett who personally di rected the victory before a partisan West Coast crowd of 103,839 that rocked the huge- Rose Bowl stadium with its cheers. Plunkett, who many said couldn't perform his passing against a tough Ohio State defense, threw for only one score, a 10-yarder to Randy Vata- ha in the final period, but Ihls arrow shots riddled Che Buckeye defense and set 'tmiszmmmmmmmmm Plunkett8 Junket OHIO STAT! STANFORD First Downs 12 11 Rushing Yardage 364 143 Passing Yardage) 7S lit turn ferriage 4 0 Passee 7-M-1 JO-31-1 Punt Fumbles lest 0 1 Yirdl Peneliiet 44 46 mmmmmmmmmmmmm uo lust about everv Stan- ford scoring opportunity.

Constantly harassed by the Buckeyes' blitz, he kept his cool, either running the option or tossing great passes to his receivers, and kept) the Bucks on the seats of their defensive pants all day. Stanford's two other touchdowns were scored "Ilk. i'. a rJt? '-iJf Jackie Brown Scores Teammates Dan 30-Game Win Streak Ends Texas 0 -7 Stanford's First (No 18) move to block Ohio's Anderson. Up one of Its late-game miracles winked out when Phillips was knocked senseless just after completing a 41-yard pass to the Notre Dame 26 with nine minutes to play.

Reserve Don-nie Wlginton replaced him and could get his team no nearer than the Irish nine. The crafty Phillips gave his team a brief 3-0 lead early in the game. He burst through the Irish defense on Texas' first scrimmage play and ran 63 yards to the Notre Dame 10 before Ralph stepaniak overhauled him. Notre Dame's dominance of the scrimmage line then showed. Texas gained but four yards in three plays and settled for James (Happy) Feller's field goal from the 13.

That launched the Irish blitzkrieg. It was 80 yards in 10 plays and only 3:39 used on the clock, Theismann to Gatewood for the score. It was on fourth down, as noted, but Notre Dame was In no mood for the halfway gesture of a field goal. Texas fumbled the ensuing kickoff, Tom Eaton of Lancaster, Ohio, recovering at the Longhorn 10. Six plays later, including another fourth down situation made good, Theismann slipped through the Texas left side to score with 5.11 left in the first period.

Scott Hempel kicked it up to 14-3. a fifth? 'I Llghtfoot and Randel Vataha and Tim Trip Siceet Revenge N0TRI DAM! TEXAS Flnt Dowm Rushing Tardive Pasting Yardage Return Yardage Passat Punts Pumblei lest Yards Penaliied) It 20 144 213 0 IIM -457 1 SI 214 210 lb 1 0-27-1 33 the Irish middle, and he lost three fumbles to damage his team's try at a second-half comeback. Not only did Notre Dame stop Worster, it also stopped Texas' wide pitchout-sweeps off the triple option. That left quarterback Eddie Phillips to keep and run or pass. The Irish gambled he couldn't do enough to beat them, and they were right.

Phillips ran for 164 yards and passed for 199. That left his team exactly 14 points shy of enough to make it 31 straight wins, though breaking the Cotton Bowl total offense record of 279 set last year by Theismann In a 21-17 loss to Texas. Moreover, Notre Dame won It almost without Tommy Gatewood, its great pass receiver. Gatewood pulled a thigh muscle scoring his team's first touchdown on a fourth-down, 26-yard pass from Theismann. returned from time to time but didnt catch another pass and wasnt effective.

Any hope Texas had for Still the Irish flurry wasn't done. An Interception stopped Notre Dame's next thrust, but a poor Texas punt set up Theis-mann's gang at the Longhorn 49. It took just five plays, Theismann tight roping the sidelines for the final 15 yards and a 21-3 lead with 13:28 left In the half. After Worster's first fumble stopped Texas at the Irish 24, Jim Yoder got away a 74-yard quick kick-helped by the flag-cracking 17-mile wind. From there, Texas drove for its touchdown.

Phillips running or throwing for 72 of the 84 yards, then passing to Danny Lester for a two-point conversion. Just under two minutes remained, and Notre Dame was able to scramble down-field for Hempel to kick a 36-yard field goal that ended the day's scoring. Theismann injured two fingers on his throwing hand during the drive, and sub Jim Bulger came in to pass 37 yards to Clarence Ellis on the big gainer. Pat Steenberge finished up the march for Theismann and couldn't get the Irish across from the Texas 26. NOTRE DAME 14 10 0 024 TEXAS 3 8 0 0 II Texas Field Goal Feller 23.

Notre Dame-Geewood 26 pest from Ttieismenn (Hemoel kick). Notre Demi Theismann 3 run (Hemoel kick). Notre Dame Theismann IS run (Hempel kirk). Texas Bertelsen 2 run (Lester, past from Phillips). Notre Dame Field Goal Hemoel 36.

Attendance 72.000. "Isn't he something," he expounded. "We felt that Ohio State had the No. 1 team. This was a tremendous win for us." "I'm proud of all my kids," said Ralston, whose team, champs of the Pacific Eight Conference, were only ranked 13th in the nation.

But they pulled off one of the big jobs ever in Rose history. "It really feels great to go out a winner, especially against Ohio State," said Plunkett, who rarely cracked a smile during his post game interview and had to be coaxed into a smile for a picture after being named the game's MVP. Plunkett said he was calling audlbiles at the line of scrimmage in almost half of Stanford's plays. His quick change at the line caught the Bucks napping many times. Ohio State Coach Woody Hayes kept his locker room closed to the press for 25 minutes after the game, and forbid post-game interviews with his players.

"You have to play 60 minutes of football," ex- -AP Wlrephota tmmmmmmsmm 'Tennessee Waltz AIR FORCE TENNESSEE First Downs Rushing Yereagg Passing Yardaqe Return Yardage Passei Punts Fumbles tost Yards Penalise: 15 24 -12 239 14 23-46-4 2 0 86 306 95 24-46-2 3 74 teer quarterback Bob Scott, easily winning his duel with the heralded Bob Parker of the Academy, hurled 40, completing 22 for 288 yards. One of Scott's throws, a 10-yarder to tight end Gary Theller, meant six points. Scott was an overwhelming choice as the most valuable player. His teammate, McLeary, scored two touchdowns and another Orange-clan brother, George Hunt, kicked field goals of 33 and 30 yards. But so penetrating was the Vols' attack that Hunt was close enough to try three other field goals.

All were long enough, but wide to the right. It was the 11th victory In 12 games for the Vols, who running back Jackie arown, a scooter, on runs of four yards in the first period and one yard In the fourth period. Plunkett added another chunk of hardware to his collection when he was named the most valuable player of the game. Stanford's kicking x-pert, Steve Horowitz, also played a key role in the Indians upset by booting a 37-yard field goal in the first period and a Rose Bowl record field goal of 48 yards in the third period. Ohio State, which missed several scoring drives when stymied by the Indians' defense, had matters in hand, 14-10, at the end of the first half on a pair of one-yard touchdown Plunges by fullback John A 32-yard field goal by OSU's Fred Schram later in the third period was all the Bucks could get against the determined Indians.

Coach John Ralston of the upset winning Stanford team couldn't say enough about Plunkett: the ball, et cetera, et cet- era, et, cetera. And tne third time and the fourth time. Get the Idea of this laughter. It was 24-0 and the first quarter still had three minutes to Its name. The game wasn't exactly a bummer for the near capacity crowd of 78,685.

But the folks would have en-Joyed the time better by touring the honky tonks on Bourbon Street. So dull and onesided was it that the best play of the game wasn't even executed by one of the combatants. A mongrel dog got loose after Tennessee had the game won still with three quarters to play and held up the Air Force licking for seven minutes. From one end zone to another the frightened pup fled with cheer leaders in pursuit. Then as the dog hit either goal line, spectators gleefully flung their arms In the air, in the mock signal of a score.

The two teams combined for a record 92 passes 46 on each side and Volun- to Irish By JIM MONTGOMERY Assistant Sports Editor DALLAS The nation's No. 1 team was a distant second In the Cotton Bowl Friday as the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame emphatically put the torch to the top ranking and 30-game win streak of Texas University, 24-11. Little Joe Thelsmann, the Irish quarterback who said he wanted this victory and then went out and directed it, ran for two touchdowns and passed for the other in accounting for all the Notre Dame scores and most of the offense. But this game, unmistakably, was won by the Irish defense. Theismann gunned the Irish to three touchdowns in a nine minute, 10 second span during the first and second quarters.

Notre Dame then relinquished Texas' only touchdown, a ponderous 18-play, 84-yard drive that cut the Longhorn deficit to 21-11. After that, Notre Dame's defense was In full control. Twice Texas threatened to claw back Into contention in the second half. The Irish stopped a fourth-and-one attempt at their own 35 in the third period, then wiped out the last desperate threat1 midway in the final period by recovering a fourth-down fumble at the Notre Dame 13. Mostly what the Irish did was command the line of scrimmage.

True, Texas mustered 426 yards in total offense 65 more than the victors but never could the Longhorns send their nattton-leadlng ground game through the Notre Dame line with consistency. Steve Worster would testify to that. The Texas all-America fullback got but 42 yards on 16 thrusts into pounced on a Scott fumble in the end zone. Later, when enthusiastic Vol fans chanted "We're No. 1" upon hearing what was happening In Texas, Parker slipped a scoring pass to Paul Bassa.

"They were a lot quicker than we anticipated," sighed Parker in the tomb-like quiet of the Air Force dressing room later. "They were the best pass defenders we've ever played against," said Ben Martin, the personable Academy coach. "I knew we were ready when we walked out of the locker room before the game," said the jubilant Battle. For what it's worth, that exactly is where the Air Force should have stayed. AIR FORCE 7 0 6 013 TENNESSEE 24 0 7 334 Tennessee Mcleery 5 run (Hunt kick).

Tennessee Field Goal Hunt 30. Tennessee McLearv 20 run (Hunt kick). Tennessee Theller 10 past from Scott (Hunt kick). I Air Force Haas recovered fumble In nd zone (Berry kick). Tennessee Majors) 67 punt return (Hunt kick).

Air Force Besss 27 pasi front Baker (kick failed). Tennessee field Go1 Hunt 33. Attendance 78.685. Brocklngton scored again in the second period, again from the one, hiking Ohio to a 14-10 halftone lead. Stanford's Horowitz narrowed the margin to 14-13 on his record 48 yard field goal.

But OSU came back on Fred Schram's 32 yard field goal and went further to top. 17-13, In the third period. In the fourth period the house fell in on the Bucks as Plunkett directed the Indians on an 80 yard drive, with Brown slamming In from the one to jump In front 20-17. A pass interception by Stanford's Jack Schultz, the Indians safety man, of a Kern pass on the Ohio 25 yard line spelled the final doom of the Buckeyes. Three plays later, Plunkett passed for a 10 yard touchdown to flanker Va-taha right over the middle in the end zone, hiking Stanford to Its final 27-17 margain.

It was the first Rose Bowl appearacne of the Indians from Palo Alto, since their loss to Illinois in 1952, 40-7, and their first victory here since they defeated Nebraska, 21-13, in 1941. Ohio State entered this 57th New Year's Day classic knowing that Notre Dame was about to knock off No. 1 rated Texas. Ohio State was No. 2 in the Associated Press poll at the end1 of the regular seasoa The mythical championship apparently Is up for grabs as the final poll will be taken following the weekend bowl games around the country.

OHIO STATE 7 7 3 017 STANFORD 10 0 3 1427 STANFORD J. Brown 4 run (Horowiti kick) STANFORD field goal Horowitz 37 OHIO STATE Brockinqfon 1 run (Schram kick) OHIO STATE Brockinqton I run (Schram kick) STANFORD Field goal Horowiti 48 OHIO STATE Field goal Schram 32 STANFORD J. Brown I run (Horowit: kick) STANFORD Watatx 10 pass from Plunkett (Horowitz kick) Attendant 103,839 had a national-ranking of fourth under 28-year-old Bill Battle In his first season heading up the show. They had tougher games on the practice field. The Air Force team got into the Sugar on a 9-2 record that included a victory over Rose-Bowler Stanford, plus a highly-regarded one-two punch of Parker and Brian Bream.

Parker had thrown for 21 touchdowns and 2789 yards In the season and Bream, a muscular 191-pound Junior, had run for 1276 yards. The Vols didn't give either a chance. They forced Parker into four interceptions and a vicious line tore apart Academy runners, forcing seven fumbles and throwing them for minus 26 yards. Bream had one gain for six yards. The other 15 times he carried he was wiping grass stains from his trousers.

He finished with a plus 18 yards for 16 trips. One Air Force touchdown was an outright gift. Linebacker a 1 Haas Tlicismann Scores On Three-Yard Burst Irish quarterback breaks tackle, avoids chase by Texas' Bill Atessls (No. 77). Gail 1 1 I What looks like a fiftli? handles like a fifth? stores like a fifth? Mismatch In Sugar Bold Tennessee Grounds Air Force, 34-13 pours like (and saves like crazy) CodNo.69-B $5.49 fifth Codi No.

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