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Sports mw Section Sunday, December 4,1 1983 Outdoors 8D Dolphins can clinch division The streaking Miami Dolphins, 9 4. can clinch the American Conference East Division on the road today by beating the lowly Houston Oilers, winners ol only one game all season. In other National Football League action, the Tampa Bay Bucs play at San Francisco, but the home field may not be an advantage for the 49ers. NFL Roundup, 70. Jeff Rude TODAY Sports Editor Gators ask what if GAINESVILLE The game was state college football's version of Larry Holmes versus Marvls Frazier The difference is that this annihilation was surprising.

Florida's domination of Florida State was as thorough as the 53 score Indicates. What a record Florida Field crowd of 74,113 saw was perhaps the best University of Florida football team one that hasn't shown it enough since the school began playing the sport in 1906. Florida's 1983 team Is experienced, has a superb offense defense balance and is talented. To boot, its kicking game is among college football's best. On a gorgeous, sunny December afternoon, all that is good about the Florida team meshed Thus, a regular season that began under the cloud of NCAA inspection ended with a flawless performance against an archrival and a glossy 8 2 1 record.

If the Gators give a repeat performance against the University of Iowa in the Dec. 30 Gator Bowl Classic, Florida surely will win. A plucking of the Hawkeyes would give Florida Its first nine vicfory season since 1975 and only its second since 1969. It also would ensure the Gators a top 10 ranking at the end of a season for the first time. UF currently Scores I JLagfJaaBBEfl (Standings BBBHKsnLfiPvfsN IHhK flSSSSSsHSSSSSSSSSSSSLBSSSSSSfi it lSSSSSSSSSSSSSss? National Football League pHnJLHbrrLHim XsssssB TODAY f(Mt bv Mlchovl trftwn "Never hds our whole team clicked like this before." said UF cornerback Bruce Vaughan, who intercept ed one pass and broke up two others.

The numbers support Vaughan. The Gators, three point favorites, gained 509 yards and allowed only 257 to an offense that was ranked No. 4 nationally. Until the final minutes, Florida had no turnovers and Florida Stale had six. The Gators scored more than 40 points for the first time this season, and the Seminoles had a season low output.

I Another 'great' victory Characteristically, Charley Pelt, the Florida coach, described the thrashing as "one of the great victories" in Gator history. Pell has used those words" before and, barring unforeseen circumstances, most likely will again. As he does after every victory. Pell used a form of the word "pride" numerous times. He was proud of the offense, the defense, the seniors, the kickers, the assistant coaches, the game plan, the commitment, the execution.

You name it, he was proud of It. He was Charley Pride. Anyone singing praises about Florida should point to the overcoming of a blunder on the game's first series. The Gators scored no points after reaching the FSU 1 yard line because quarterback Wayne Peace collided with UF lineman John Hunt and stumbled to a 3 yard loss on a third down, and holder Ray Cnswell was tackled immediately on a fake field goal on fourth down. In the past, such mistakes sometimes would destroy Florida.

This lime, the Gators scored nine of the next 10 times they had the ball. "They whipped us in every way possible," FSU coach Bobby Bowden said. "We were awful. I'm embarrassed I just can't believe we were this bad This football team bewilders me. I didn't think we were capable of getting beat that bad." Bowden called it his "worst loss" since he luwed at FSU in 1976 Jlowever embarrassing the game was for FSU andwijoyable for Florida, it was extremely telling.

TfJot considering that the NCAA has its eye on Florida, the two programs appear toTWgolngTn opposite directions. In 1979, Pell's first year at Florida. FSU was 11 0 and UF was 0 10 1, They were at oppusite ends, and the Seminoles were in the process of beating the Gators four seasons in a row. But Florida has won the last three games, two times by rout. Since FSU's streak ended, the Gators have outscored the Seminoles 101 27.

During the past three seasons, FSU has been more flashy and explosive than its state nval, bur Florida has been more fundamentally sound. The Gator lines and defense have been clearly superior to the Where is FSU going? Since consecutive Orange Bowl performances, FSU has sandwiched 6 5 seasons around last year's 9 3 record, which was stained by two lopsided losses, to Pittsburgh and Louisiana State, Understandably, Bowden was dumbfounded after Saturday's loss. "I've got to go back and take a long look at us our style, our program, our everything. And I've got to look at me." But things could be worse for Bowden. He could be at LSU.

his boss' name could be Brodhead and his own head could be rolling somewhere in the Bayou. At FSU, he remains secure and loved. Now he just needs to recruit better and bigger athletes, especially linemen. Meanwhile. Florida, despite Saturday's success, still feels a lingering pain.

It's understandable that after an awesome display Florida players would wonder "what might have been." In a sense, only 23 seconds of mistakes kept the Gators from an undefeated, untied season. "I think we'all look' back and say, 'If we would have done Vaughan said. "A couple of plays and a few seconds kept us from being undefeated." What if: (I) UF had not" foolishly allowed Southern Cal to tie 1949 with no time left; (2) Nea) Anderson hadn't fumbled the ball and momentum away to Auburn, whose Bo Jackson streaked 80 yards on the next play en route to a 28 21 victory; (3) the Gators hadn't blown several scoring chances during a 104 loss to Georgia. "I think or the rest of our careers as long as we hold football gear close to our hearts those eight points are going to haunt us," Gator linebacker Mark Korf said, "We can always go back to tht big Ifs. But we can't do anything about it." 'fc Florida's John L.

Williams breaks through Florida State defense Saturday at Florida Field Unexpected rout Florida rips rival Florida State, 53 14 American Conference East Miami 9 4 Buffalo 7 6 Baltimore 6 7 New England 6 7 N.Y Jets 6 7 Central Pittsburgh 9 4 Cleveland 8 5 Cincinnati 5 8 Houston 1 12 West Raiders II 3 0 .785 Denver 7 6 0 538 Seattle 7 6 0 .538 Kansas City 5 8 0 .385 San Diego 5 9 0 .357 National Conference East Dallas. ll 2 Mfi Washington 11 2 0 .846 St. Louis 5 7 I .423 Philadelphia 4 9 0 .308 N.Y Giants 3 9 1 .269 Central Detroit 7 6 0 .538 By PETER KERASOTIS TODAY Sports wriltr GAINESVILLE What was touted as an evenly matched neighborhood game turned into an ugly bullying no one expected. Florida State, with its proud, nationally fourth ranked offense, couldn't have expected it. Florida, geared for a down to the wire nail biter, couldn't have expected it.

And CBS TV, which decided in April this game was worthy of national exposure, couldn't have expected it. In his succinct way, Florida coach Charley Pell summed his Gators' 53 14 victory against intrastate nval FSU. "It was surprising," he said, his team now the mythical state champs in light of their season opening victory against Miami. Florida won so thoroughly, so convincingly, that Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, now in his eighth garnet and gold year, moaned that it was one of the worst Seminole losses since arrived in Tallahassee. "I've had 'em worse in my time," Bowden said, looking befuddled.

"But this ranks right up there with some of the worst. "I'm embarrassed." The Seminole offense stormed into Gainesville averaging 463 yards and 33 9 points per game. But Saturday afternoon, before 74.113 at Florida Field (the largest crowd ever) and before a national television audience, Florida disarmed every weapon in the Seminole oitens Florida State finished with 257 aSst ViVV i jfllftslSBIftV'SsSMBSMBSSSSS tLtSlSBT "BbBS)t'' VftfttftVSS BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBte.pBn BSSBBBs SSBBBBS KSSSsP' VV VtBBBBrV aBBBSavy iok' aasnr aVxI "t'V LaasflBBBPLBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBtjBBBBBl TODAY AP UF COACH CHARLEY PELL ENJOYS VICTORY RIDE Pell, Gators finish regular season with 8 2 1 record yards (150 rushing and 107 passing) and 14 points (eight against second and third learners). The Seminoles couldn't manage a first down until the waning seconds of the first quarter. They fumbled three times (lost two) and had "Vtho would have expected It?" Gator linebacker Fred Mc Calhster, from Palm.

Bay, said gleefully. "What is their offense, third in the nation? How do you prepare for that? thought we could hold them, but we didn't think it would hn ihlfi Of tQi HlLJod i i wmm Gator cornerback Bruce Vaughan, his locker next to Mc Callister's, added, "We kept hearing about their offense, their offense "We've got a lot of pride, too. We wanted to shut them down and show a national television audience what we could do They did, and their offensive teammates complemented their efforts with a plethora of yardage and points. The Gators, 8 2 1, stacked 509 total yards (297 rushing and 212 passing) and 24 first downs. They turned the ball over just once when the contest was moot.

And, for the first time this year, they were penalized less than their opponent. The 53 points we're the most Florida scored this year and the most' it has ever scored against the Seminoles. And not since a 49 0 UF victory in 1973 have the Gators won by such a lopsided score in the 25 year history of this series. The Gators sweetened their victory with a few personal records. Place kicker Bobby Raymond's six field goals tied an NCAA and Southeastern Conference record and set a UF record.

He also finished with 20 field goals this year, another Gator record. Quarterback Wayne Peace completed 14 of 20 passes for 190 yards, setting a Florida and SEC record for completions with 610 (passing former UF quarterback John He left in the fourth quarter and was replaced See GATORS, 5D Minnesota 7 6 0 .538 Green Bay 6 7 0 .462 Chicago 6 7 0 .462 Tampa Bay 2 II 0 .154 West L.A. Rams 8 5 0 615 San Francisco 7 6 0 .538 New Orleans 7 6 0 538 Atlanta 6 7 0 .462 clinched division title Thursday's result A Raiders 42, San Diego 10 Today's games Buffalo at KC, I pm. Chi at Green Bay, 1pm. Miami at Houston, 1pm.

N.O at New England, I Cincinnati at Pgh Atlanta at I m. L.A. Rams at I m. St Louis at NY Giants, I m. Dallas at Seattle, 4 m.

Tampa at San Fran 4 ra. Cleveland at Denver, 4 m. N.Y. Jets at 4 pm. Monday's game Minnesota at Detroit, 9pm.

BASKETB AJJ Sm Rozier dedicates Heisman to mom Voting, previous winners, 2D NEW YORK (AP) Mike Rozier of the University of Nebraska, the second running back in JMCAA history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, won the Heisman Trophy Saturday night, then dedicated it to his mother. "She helped me through alt this," Rozier, a senior, said of his mother, Bea. "When things were going bad, she just told to keep my head up and work hard." The hard work paid off as Rozier became the 33rd running back to win the trophy, awarded annually since 1935 by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York to the "outstanding college football player in the United States Rozier said he felt lucky not only to win the award, but even to have finished high school and gone on to college. never thought I'd come this far," Rozier said. "I was happy to graduate from high school and go on to Coffeyville (junior college in Kansas), then Nebraska.

I wasn't a 'I'm happy to win the award, but I still want to win a national championship. That would make my season Mike Rozier, Heisman winner great student, but I had tutors and other ppople.lo help me out." Rozier, however, developed into a great running back. He rushed for 2.148 yards this season in leading Nebraska to a No. 1 ranking, a I2A record, a berth in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 2 against Miami, and a possible national championship.

"I'm happy to win the award, but I still want to win a national championship," Rozier said. "That would make my season complete." Rozier, a modest, soft spoken young man from Camden, credited much of his success to an offensive line. "If I had a chamsaw, I'd cut my heart out and give it to them," Rozier said Rozier was asked if the'absence of two other college players Herschel Walker, who won the Heisman last year as a junior, then left Georgia to play in the United States Football League, and Marcus Dupree, who sat out much of this season after transferring from Oklahoma to Southern Mississippi had taken some of the sheen off his award. "I kind of wish they were still here to see how we would have matched up," Rozier said. In becoming the only Nebraska player to win the Heisman besides Johnny Rodgers in 1972, Rozier received 1.801 points and outpolled quarterbacks Steve Young of Bngham Young, who had 1,172, and former Melbourne resident Doug Flutie of Boston College, who finished with 253 points from the 1,050 voters in the six regions compnsing the Heisman Memorial 1 ropny committee.

NBA Saturday's results Port. 128, NJ 122 (OT) New York 117, Houston 101 Wash. 103. Philadelphia 98 Detroit 117. Indiana 99 Atlanta 102, Cleveland 91 Dallas 110, Chicago 100 Kansas City at Utah Seattle at Denver Friday's late results Cleveland 108, Indiana 99 San Antonio 123, Chicago 94 Milwaukee 122, NJ 107 Utah 116, Phoenix 113 San Diego 109.

Golden St 108 Dallas 133, Los Angeles 1 18 Eastern Conference Atlantic Division LPcL GB Philadelphia 13 4 .765 Boston 13 5 .722 VS" New York 13 6 .684 New Jersey 8 9 .471 Washington 7 11 .389 6'4 Central Division Milwaukee 12 6 .667 Auburn wins undisputed SEC titl Detroit Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Indiana 10 9 .526 9 9 .500 5 II J1J 6 13 .316 4 14 .222 3 V5 BIRMINGHAM. Ala. (AP) Bo Jackson rambled for 256 yards. Including touchdown sprints of 69 and 71 yards, as third ranked Auburn completed its Southeastern Conference campaign unbeaten with a 23 20 victory Saturday over. 19th ranked Alabama.

Jackson's 71 yard dash down the left sideline with 2.03 left in the third quarter came on the first play after Alabama's Ricky Moore had given the Crimson Tide a 2046 lead with 57 yard scoring run. It was the ninth victory in a row for Auburn, which heads into the Sugar Bowl with a 10 1 overall frO In the SEC. It gives Auburn its second outright conference title in the 51 year history of the SEC. "I think Bo (Jackson) tonight put his name in the record book at Auburn and established himself as a genuine candidate for the Heisman Trophy for the next two years," Auburn coach Pat Dye said. Countered Jackson: "I don't consider myself a candidate.

I think you should be talking to the offensive lute, because if I do become a candidate, it will be because of them." Jackson's go ahead run came just before an expected torrential rain arrived in Birmingham at the start of the final period, adding sheets of water to an artificial surface already drenched by an 7 inch downpour overnight. Al Del Greco accounted for the remainder of Auburn's points lith field goals of 29, 28 and 34 ards, but was foiled on two other tempts when Mike Mann failed andle the snaps cleanly. Alabama, an underdog in the trudge match for the first 'time since 1970, had carried the fight to the Tigers behind the running of freshman Kerry Goode and the passing of Walter Lewis. Goode rushed lor 142 yards on 17 carries and Lewis threw a pair of touchdown strikes 2Q yards to Joey Jones and three yards to Joe Carter, The loss left Alabama, bound for the Sun Bowl, al 7 4 overall and 4 2 in the SEC Jackson's 256 yards came on 20 carries and lifted his season total to 1.213 yards, most in the SEC. His 110 2 yard per game average was just short of rushing champion Johnnie Jones, who had a 1 1 1 6 average in 10 ft ft ft 4 ft II ftl AUft JtftiaA rwiHOIOcftcftMcA AL A Jotm mn ti la I tMM fck UI fGMGnalf ALA Carter) MM feat LM(TIMfclcAt UI AUftFGDfttGrftCftM ALA MMf, ft? rwM lau lotM! Auft JOCAMA 71 1 ot Caoft fcldil A n.a it I Western Conference Midwest Division Dallas 13 4 .765 Denver 9 .329 Utah 10 9.528 Kansas City 8 9 ,471 Houston 7 II J89 San Antonio 7 12 .368 Pacific Dhidoo Los Angeles 12 JOB Portland 12 7 Seattle 9 9 .500 Golden State 10 .474 San Diego 6 13 J16 Phoenix 3 13 .278 4 4 5 1 'r "ft" 1.fTW4BlPt4MM III Oil INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING AlobanvB, Good 14 Moor 12 1W Auburn.

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