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Page Six Tyrone Daily Herald, Monday, September 29,1980 NFL Roundup: PENN STATE FULLBACK Booker Moore pounds out some of his 35 yards rushing (on just six carries) in Saturday's Penn State-Nebraska game at Beaver Stadium. The effort moved the Flint, Mich, senior into seventh-place on the Lions' career rushing chart, passing Fran Rogel (1,501 yards). In four seasons Moore has rushed for 1,520 yards. Third-ranked Nebraska won the ballgame, 21-7, with a bone-jarring defense and an overpowering offense led by heralded Jarvis Redwine, who scored two TDs and rushed for 189 yards on 34 carries, third-highest game total by a running back against a Joe Paterno-coached Penn State team. Record Crowd And National TV Audience Witness: 3rd-Ranked Nebraska Smacks State, 21-7 By JOE JUL1ANO UPI Sports Writer UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.

(UPI) The spotlight followed Nebraska when it left Crenshaw, Watson Victorious By JOESARG1S UPI Sports Writer NAPA, Calif. (UPI) Tom Watson and Ben Crenshaw, two of the PGA Tour's more glamorous stars, are finished for the 1980 season, one in which both achieved goals they once thought about only in their dreams. While Crenshaw snapped a nearly two-year slump to win the $300,000 Busch Classic at Silverado Sunday, Watson shot a final round 68 that won him $17,400 but better still enabled him to finish the year with a 69.95 Vardon Trophy stroke average. The victory, a neat 16- under-par 272, won Crenshaw $54,000. It was his eighth career triump and pushed his 1980 earnings to $237,727, fifth among all pros, and his career earnings to $1,171,129.

He has come all the way from an aborted collegiate adventure to the top of the list and in only seven years. Now, the 28-year-old Crenshaw is going to take the rest of the year off, but it won't be all vacation. "1 plan to work on my game during the off-season," said Crenshaw in the wake of his victory here, the first for him since he took the rain- shortened Phoenix Open in January 1979. "1 never thought I wouldn't win again," said Crenshaw, "but for a while there it looked as if I might not. Now that I have won again, though, I can't believe it.

I've been so patient the last couple of years." Crenshaw went into the final round with a five-stroke lead and won by four over Jack Renner, who finished at 12- under-par 276, an effort worth $32,400 and clinched an exempt spot for the young Californian in 1981. Watson and young Gary Hallberg were next at 278 with Lon Hinkle at 279 and Mike Reid, Tom Weiskopf and J. C. Sneadat280. Watson was as happy with his closing 68 as Crenshaw was with finally winning a tournament title.

"I played both good and bad this week," said Watson, who finishes his year with a record $530,808 in earnings, "but the important thing is I finished under 70 for the Vardon Trophy. That gave me a measure of satisfaction on which to end my year." Beaver Stadium Saturday evening but Penn State had to leave by searchlight. The third-ranked Corn- huskers found the bone- jarring defense it needed to complement its high-octane offense Saturday. The unit forced seven turnovers and recorded nine sacks in a convincing 21-7 victory over the llth-rated Nittany Lions. Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne probably felt secure knowing that he and a national television audience had just seen the type of big league defense needed to challenge for the top ranking in the polls.

"We got good pressure on the passer," he said. "We had quite a few sacks and hurried the passer a few times. We looked better defensively than we have at any time this year. To be a good football team, you have to have a good defense." For Penn State Coach Joe Paterno, however, it was time again to search for a consistent offense for tough road games at Missouri and Maryland the next two weeks. The Nittany Lions, 2-1, managed just one touchdown Curt Warner's 3-yard run in the second quarter and 156 yards in total offense.

Their quarterback situation looked even more muddled as sophomore Jeff Hosteller and freshman Todd Blackledge had sub-par games. Hosteller, who started and played about half of the game, only completed l-of-4 passes for 12 yards. Blackledge led Penn State to its only score but was just 6-of-17 for 111 yards with three interceptions. Paterno didn't reveal any plans for the upcoming week, but he gave a lot of credit to theCornhuskers. "We don't have enough offense to play with them," he said.

"We don't have enough finesse. I said we would have to score in the 20s to win. They put a lot of pressure on our quarterbacks. "Blackledge showed a lot of potential, but he also made some key mistakes. 1 thought about starting him in the second half, but I didn't think it was fair to Jeff." If questions abound about the offense, the Penn State defense looks solid.

The unit allowed only one long TD drive by Nebraska, who came into the game averaging 618.5 yards in total offense, with the other two scores directly resulting from turnovers. The Huskers, 3-0, did manage 445 total yards, 189 coming from tailback Jarvis Redwine in 34 carries. Redwine, the nation's leading rusher, scored on runs of 3 and 1 yard and quarterback Jeff Quinn added a third TD on a one-foot sneak. Still, Osborne wasn't entirely pleased with the play of his offense. "They prepared for us pretty well," he said.

"We got some turnovers or else it would have been a tough football game. The thing I'm disappointed with is the penalties (10 for 141 yards). We didn't have many turnovers, but we have to be a lot sharper." A fumble recovery by defensive end Derrie Nelson in the opening quarter and Sammy Sims' interception in the second led to the first two Nebraska touchdowns. The Lions then came alive on Warner's TD run, set up by a 40-yard pass from Blackledge to freshman Kenny Jackson. But Nebraska put the Lions away with the help of a 74- yard drive in the third quarter, climaxing in Redwine's second TD.

Penn State lost the ball on turnovers three times after that. "At halftime, we thought we could win because we played so poorly in the first quarter and Nebraska played almost perfectly in the first half," Paterno said. "They didn't wear us down. We just kept giving them the ball." -STATISTICS- PSU Neb 1st downs rush 7 16 1st downs pass 4 8 1st downs pen 2 0 Tot. 1st downs 13 24 Yds.

rush 150 330 Yds. lost rush 117 43 Net yds. rush 33 287 Rushing .40 69 Passes att 21 17 Passes comp 7 12 Net yds. pass 123 158 Intcpt. by 0 3 Total offense 156 445 Tot.

off. plays 61 86 3 -SCORING- Nebraska 7 7 7 0-21 Penn State 0 700-7 Nebraska TD's Quinn (1), 1-yd. run; Redwine (2), 3-yd, run, 1-yd. run. Nebraska PAT's Seibel (2), kick; Neil (1), kick.

Penn State TD's Warner run. Penn State PAT's -HOW THEY RAN- Penn State yg yl ng tc Warner 90 10 80 16 Moore 35 0 35 6 Williams 10 0 10 2 Jackson. 0 14 -14 1 Hosteller 0 42 -42 7 Blackledge 16 52 -36 8 Nebraska Redwine 204 15 189 34 Johnson 43 0 43 8 Franklin 34 2 32 10 McCracy 7 0 7 1 Kotera 2 021 Craig 0 1 Steels 0 l-ll Quinn 35 21 14 13 -PASSING CHART- Penn State att cmp yds int Hosteller 4 1 12 1 Blackledge 17 6111 3 Nebraska Quinn 17 12 158 0 Eagles Gunned Down By Fired-Up Cardinals ByJOECARNICELLI UPI Executive Sports Editor The Philadelphia Eagles soared into St. Louis and found a band of Cardinals waiting with their claws poised to attack. The Eagles, who have been talking Super Bowl for the first month of the season after clobbering their first three opponents, were sent plum- Bradshaw Riddles NFL's Leading Pass Defense: Steelers Thrash Bears, 38 To 3 BySKIPWACHTER PITTSBURGH (UPI) Terry Bradshaw threw four touchdown passes and Jim Smith caught three of them, but the real men of the hour were the likes of Ray Pinney, Mike Webster, Steve Courson, Ted Petersen and Larry Brown.

"Before the game 1 told them, 'Hey, my ribs hurt. Don't let them get near Bradshaw quipped about the Pittsburgh Steelers' offensive line. "They didn't." With all that protection, Bradshaw riddled the leading pass defense in the NFL for 217 aerial yards in less than three quarters Sunday then sat back to rest his bruised ribs and watch as the Steelers completed a 38-3 thrashing of the Chicago Bears. "One thing they did very well was protect their quarterback," said Bears coach Neill Armstrong. "When you give Bradshaw that much time, he's going to find someone open." He got no argument from Steelers coach Chuck Noll.

"If you noticed, the Bears had 15 sacks in the past three games," Noll said. "We knew coming into this game that we would have to protect Terry before we could make our passing game go. The offensive line did a very good job of that." The Steelers spotted the Bears a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on a 28-yard field goal by Bob Thomas at the end of their first drive, then toughened up their defense, too, as that offensive line and Bradshaw also went to work. First there was a 21-yard TD strike to wide receiver Smith, then a 20-yard field goal by Matt Bahr. Then Bradshaw found Smith open two more times in the end zone, from 29 and 23 yards, to lift the Steelers to a 24-3 hall'time lead.

Smith wound up with 106 of his 131 reception yards in the first two quarters and looked NFL Scoreboard like he was trying to make the Steelers forget the injured John Stallworth. "1 would really have preferred to do this in Chicago because I'm from that area," he said. "But there wasn't a whole lot of sentimentality involved. I'm getting a chance to play and do some things I know I can do. 1 just want to help us win." Before exiting for a rest with 2:14 left in the third quarter, Bradshaw hit Bennie Cunningham with a 2-yard scoring toss to make it 31-3.

Enter Cliff Stoudt, playing in the first regular-season game of his four-year career. He promptly drove the Steelers 80 yards for their final touchdown, coming on a 9-yard pass to Franco Harris. Stoudt wound up with 70 yards through the air. The game was the Steelers' first with five touchdown passes since 1952, when Jim Finks passed for four TDs and Gary Kerkorian for in a 63-7 romp over the New York Giants. Ironically, Finks is now the Bears genera) manager.

Pittsburgh held Chicago star running back Walter Payton to 60 yards, marking the 24th straight home game in which the opponent has failed to have an individual 100-yard rusher. "Words don't come too easily when you're beaten that badly," Armstrong said. "I don't have to tell anybody how good Pittsburgh is. We knew we had to make the big plays against them and obviously we didn't make them." But the Steelers made them on defense, too. Chicago turned the ball over seven times, three times by fumbles and four by interceptions.

Three of the interceptions were by safety Mike Wagner and the final one was by cornerback J.T. Thomas. It was the first time a Steeler had three interceptions since Wagner did it himself in 1973. The Steelers sacked Mike Phipps, one of two quarterbacks used by Chicago, three times for 31 yards. "We had two costly fumbles in the first half," Armstrong noted.

"But when we did give ourselves some hope, we couldn't put ourselves back in the ballgame. It would have been a lot better going in (halftime) down 17-10 instead of 24-3. "After that, we could never get anything going." College Grid Roundup: Redwine Guns Huskers' High-Powered Offense American Conference East Pet. Buffalo 400 1.000 Miami 3 1 0 .750 New England 2 1 0 .667 Baltimo 220 .500 NY Jets 040 .000 Central Pet. Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 Houston 3 1 0 .750 Cleveland 220 .500 Cincinnati 1 3 0 .250 West Pet.

San Diego 400 1.000 Oakland 220 .500 Seattle 220 .500 Denver 1 2 0 .333 K.C. 040 .000 National Conference East Pet. Phila. 3 1 0 .750 Dallas 3 0 .750 St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 NY Giants 1 3 0 .250 Washington 1 3 0 .250 Central Pet.

Detroit 400 1.000 Minnesot 220 .500 Tampa Bay 220 .500 Green Bay 3 0 .250 Chicago 3 0 .250 West Pet. San Fran 3 1 0 .750 Los Ang 220 .500 Atlanta 220 .500 New Orleans 040 .000 Sunday, September 28 Pitts 38, Chi 3 Clev 34, Tamp Bay 27 Houston 13, Cin. 10 L3S Angls 28, N.Y. Giants 7 Detroit 27, Minn. 7 Uliami 21, New Orl.

16 Buff. 24, Oakland 7 Dallas 28, Green Bay 7 St. Louis 24, Phil. 14 Atlanta 20, San Fran 17 San Diego 24, Kansas City 7 Ball! 35, N.Y. Jets 21 Seattle 14, Wash.

0 Monday, September 29 (All Times EDT) Denver at New 9 p.m Sunday, October Bait, at Miami, 1 p.m. Denv. at Cleve, p.m. Detroit at p.m. New Eng.

at N.Y. Jets, p.m. Pitts at Minn. 1 p.m. St.

Louis at New Orl, Seattle at Houston, p.m Wash, at 1 p.m. Cin. at Green Bay, 2 p.m N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4 pm Buff, at San Diego, 4 p.m Kansas City at Oakland, 4 p.m. San Fran, at L.A., 4 p.m Monday, October 6 Tampa Bay at Chi.

9 p. By MARK FRIEDMAN UPI Sports Writer Everybody knows what goes best with a thick and juicy steak from the plains of Nebraska a glass of vintage Redwine. Gov. Charles Thone of Nebraska and Pennsylvania Gov. Richard Thornburgh made a good-natured wager on the outcome of Saturday's clash between the No.

2 Cornhuskers of Nebraska and Penn State's Nittany Lions, ranked No. 11. Thone offered the finest steak dinner his state had to offer and Thornburgh was offering some fine chocolates, a little wine and some mushrooms. Thone, undoubtedly, would like that wine to.be red after the Cornhuskers, 3-0, posted a 21-7 victory Saturday in a nationally televised battle with the Lions. Running back Jarvis Redwine displayed the speed and versatility that has made him an early favorite for Heisman Trophy honors, picking up 189 yards on 34 carries while scoring a pair of touchdowns.

They're awfully good," Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. "We don't have enough offense to play with them. We didn't have enough finesse. They put a lot of pressure on our quarterbacks. They came awfully strong at us." Nebraska's high-powered offense entered the contest averaging an incredible 618.5 yards per game and 6.9 yards per play and although those numbers dropped a bit, the Huskers did manage 445 yards total offense and played some opportunistic defense to collect seven turnovers two which led directly to touchdowns.

"We got good pressure on the passer," Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. "We had quite a few sacks and hurried the passer a few times. We looked better defensively than we have at any time this year. To be a good football team, you have to have a good defense." Defensive ends Derrie Nelson and Jimmy Williams led a charge on Penn State quarterbacks Jeff Hosteller and Todd Blackledge that resulted in nine sacks for 89 yards in losses. The Nebraska defense claimed four fumbles and three interceptions from the Lions, 2-1, and held their relatively young offense to 156 tolal yards.

Elsewhere in Ihe Top 20, No. 1 Alabama rouled Vanderbilt 41-0, No. 2 Ohio State beat No. 18 Arizona State 38-21, Stanford upset No. 4 Oklahoma 3114, No.

5 Southern California beat Minnesota 24-7, No. 6 Texas stopped Oregon State 35-0, No. 8 Pitlsburgh Irounced Temple 36-2, No. 10 Georgia routed Texas Christian 34-3, No. 12 Missouri defealed San Diego Slate 31-7, No.

14 UCLA blanked Wisconsin 35-0, No. 15 Norlh Carolina downed Maryland 17-3 and No. 20 Baylor defealed Texas Tech 11-3. Reserve Ben Orcull ran for Iwo TDs and Jeremiah Caslille relumed blocked punl 43 yards for a score lo lead Ihe Crimson Tide to their 24th consecutive victory, the longest winning slreak in Ihe nalion. Arl Schlichler fired Ihree TD passes, Iwo lo Doug Donley, to spark Ohio State, which led 24-0 at the half.

meting to reality Sunday by the inspired Cardinals, who had not won a game. Carl Allen returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown and Ottis Anderson rushed for 151 yards, including scoring runs of 14 and 37 yards, to lead Ihe Cardinals lo a 24-14 upset of the Eagles and present SI. Louis Coach Jim Hanifan wilh his first NFL viclory. The Eagles led the league in offense and defense entering the game and Ron Jaworski was rated the lop passer in Ihe league. But the lired-up Cardinals pressured Jaworski all day, holding him to just 16 completions in 36 attempts for 231 yards and intercepting three passes.

Most of Jaworski's yardage came in the final period after the Cardinals had built a 24-7 lead. Jaworski's only TD pass was a 9-yarder to Keith Krepfle. Cardinals safety Roy Green set the tone early, blasting Wilbert Montgomery the Eagles' leading rusher on a pass play, and St. Louis didn't let up Ihe pressure unlil Ihe end. Montgomery had lo be helped from the field.

"That kind of set the momentum for the game," said Green. "The coaches talked all week about being aggressive. The Eagles are one of the most aggressive teams in our conference. But that's whal Ihe game is all aboul. It's a contacl sport.

That hit kind of set the tempo." Jim Hart hit on 11 of 21 passes for 108 yards for St. Louis. Anderson, who carried 27 times, got his second touchdown early in the final period to put St. Louis ahead 24-7. Hanifan had been fuming all week after some media speculation on how badly the Cardinals would be beaten.

Philadelphia had scored a league-high 104 points while allowing a league-low 16. Hanifan apparently transferred his anger to his team. The Eagles made no excuses. "A lot of people were telling us how easy it would be playing the Cardinals," said Jaworski. "But they're tough.

We weren't flat when we came here. We just got beat by a beller foolball learn." "They oulcoached us, oulplayed us and oulhil us," said Philadelphia Coach Dick Vermeil. "I was concerned about their desperation. 1 knew they were too good to keep losing." other games Sunday, it was Pitlsburgh 38, Chicago Cleveland 34, Tampa Bay 27; Houslon 13, Cincinnali 10; Los Angeles 28, the New York Giants Detroit 27, Minnesota Miami 21, New Orleans 16; Buffalo 24, Oakland Dallas 28, Green Bay Atlanla 20, San Francisco 17; San Diego 24, Kansas City Baltimore 35, the New York Jels 21; and Sealtle 14, Washington 0. Denver is al New England tonight.

NITTANY LION RUSHING LEADER Curt Warner streaks for an opening in the Nebraska defense Saturday afternoon in the Penn State-Nebraska game. The high-powered Cornhuskers offense rolled up 445 yards in total offense, compared to State's 156 yards, and toppled the Nittany Lions 21-7 before a Beaver Stadium record crowd of 84,585 and a National TV audience. Area Gridders Are Lycoming Standouts WILLIAMSPORT-A Tyrone resident and three brothers from Snow Shoe are members of the 1980 Lycoming College football team. Snow Shoe's Ron and Chuck Hoover, a senior linebacker and junior end, respectively, are mainstays on Ihe Warrior defense that ranks among Ihe nation's leaders. Sophomore Doug Schonewolf is off to a good start in his first season as a starting defensive tackle.

Sophomore Ken Hoover is a reserve defensive back. The Hoovers are graduates of Bald Eagle Area High School. Schonewolf is a product of Tyrone Area High School. Ron Hoover was named defensive player of the week by the Lycoming coaching staff for his performance in the Warriors' 45-3 rout of Albright last Saturday (Sept. 20).

Ron made nine solo tackles and assisted three others. He also intercepted a pass. Chuck Hoover contributed three tackles, one assisted tackle and a quarterback sack. Schonewolf won defensive player of the week honors in the Warriors' 15-7 opening-day victory over Lock Haven State, the defending Pennsylvania Conference champions. The 6-1, 227-pounder made six solo tackles, including one that went for a safety.

Lycoming (3-0) is in pursuit of its third consecutive Middle Atlantic Conference-North championship..