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i 11 I II Touah Bounce, Ton iova erase opnomore US reciit 1P a a a Heartbreaking Loss INNLSOTA'S 2-21 LOSS to tne rccorus one 01 me the Gophers have lost in recent Mr v. Puraue i LAFAYETTE, Ind (UPI) An untried sophomore quarterback, Rob Griese of Evansville, did all the scoring Saturday as Purdue romped over Ohio University 17-0. f.YOT: Purdue at tre "'V A(7in(Atf Griese, perhaps the biggest auestionmark in the Boiler maker backfield this year, kept the ball on the ground Idurins the first period when a light drizzle soaked tne field. But as the drizzle let up, he began heaving short gain passes that effectively i "vuirt opened up uie wmu uuc iw Purdue runners. Purdue mounted a drive in the closing seconds of the first period, setting up the LOWDOWN ON SPORTS By Charles Johnson i A- JETER- 4 Kfi lis.

Lincoln a deserved win in the Memorial Stadium opener for 1964. It was a heartbreaking loss for the Gophers because on Nebraska's winning touchdown drive with less than three minutes to play, Mike Reid barely missed what appeared to be a certain interception. Instead of an interception, the ball deflected off the fullback's hands to halfback Kent McCloughan who fell into the end zone to end one of the wildest see-saw battles this Stadium has had in some years. Don't blame Reid. He had this winning pass play pegged perfectly, but missed by a matter of inches.

Still, Nebraska's errorless play through most of the four quarters made the difference. The Cornhuskers' passing game, led by a great pitcher in Fred Duda at quarterback, made the difference. This able back not only passed for 13 completions out of 25 for 188 yards, but his faking on op-1 Buckeyes Rip SMU With Alert Defense I Nebraska must go down in inuum'si hcji iuimhi'is uwi years. tint in tne final analysis, Nebraska's refusal to quit with the score against them at 21 -12 and 21-19 gave the invaders from because of a lack of rush. There is plenty of work to be done bv the coachine staff to work out the manv weak- loss, but the situation isn hopeless.

Duke Thumps Virginia 30-0 DURHAM, N.C. W) Quarterback Scotty Glacken threw two touchdown passes as Duke exploded for 21 points in the second period and rolled to a 30-0 Atlantic Coast Conference football victory over Virginia Saturday. (XEXT: Duke at Tulane; Virginia Tech at Virginia.) Gophers i i ti6n plays that developed into iwhen he caught the Huskers pitchouts was outstanding, by surprise with a run in-through the four quarters. of a pass j0hn raced It was Duda's refusal to32 yards to show the team's settle for anything but a vie-; increased speed on offense, tory that turned the tide or At times there was sorne his team. Trailing 21 to 12, blocking for the Gopher threw a perfect strike i to iball carriers, with Jim Ful-Frank Sohch, who got behind distinguishing himself the Gopher defender for a 45- more than one occasion.

yard scoring play. Brian Callahan, defensive Four minutes later, Duda guard, also made a fine start found himself with fourth as a sophomore, down and 13 on the Minne-j The Gophers' secondary de-sota 47-yard line. He against passes was far for it and it was a 14-yard elow normal. To make mat-pass completion to Freeman Iters worse, the Warmath White to put the ball on the iboys gave Duda plenty of home team's 33. Then in opt hi nacp COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI); Ohio State's alert Buckeyes combined expert kicking and exciting broken-field running Saturday to defeat Southern Methodist 27-8.

(XEXT: Indiana at Ohio State; Arlington State at Southern Methodist.) Bob Funk kicked two field goals and thtee conversions to lead the scoring, while Tom Barrington and Will Sanders kept the 80,737 football fans on their toes with explosive running. Ohio State's alert defensive back, Arnie Chonko, intercepted one of Danny Thomas' passes early in the first period to set up Funk's first field goal, from 39 yards out. He grabbed another in the third period to set up Kraig Lofquisl belts Minneapolis Tribune Photo Tony Jeter, juggled pass goes incomplete Idaho Bid in Second Half IOWA CITY, Iowa IT) Stunned by a 21-point Idaho outburst in the first half, highly-favored Iowa rallied inj th fnnrth nnartPr SatnrHav l. i i ii 1 Denmu ine passing ui uai.v 'Snook for a 34-24 intersec tional football victory. 6V A' A Washington at Ioua; Idaho at Utah.) Sophomore halfback Dal-ton Kimble scored three times for the Flawkeyes in their 1964 opener, but Iowa had to come from behind on three ocasions to stop upset-minded Idaho.

Idaho quarterback Mike Monahan tossed two touchdown passes and set up another Vandal score before Snook, the Iowa quarterback took charge and drove the Hawkeyes to a pair of quick touchdowns in the first nine minutes of the last period. Idaho 7 14 074 Iowa 14 0 7 1334 Ida Itydt 25 Ban from Monahan Campbell kick). Iowa Kimble run fSimpion kick) Iowa Kimble IS run fSimpion kick). Ida Chapman 10 pail from Monahan (Campbell kick). Ida Slaughter 1 run (Campbell kick).

Iowa Ryan 3 run (Simpson kick). Ida FC lavem 37. Iowa Kimble 4 run ISimpion kick). Iowa kyon 1 run (kick (ailed). Attendance 43,300.

STATISTICS Idaho Flrtt Downi 16 lushing Yardage 1 39 Passing Yardage 119 Passes 9-22 Passes Intercepted by 0 Punts 7-42 Fumblei Lost 2 Yards Penalised 7 Iowa I OA i 136; 4 40 Tar Heels Slide By Spartans CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (JP) North Carolina sophomore Danny Talbot sneaked for two touchdowns and master- fully directed a third scoring drive and the Tar Heels hung on lor a zl-lo win over Michigan State in an intersectional football game Saturday. (NEXT: So. California at Michigan Stale; Wake Forest at North Carolina.) Talbot, who ran and passed for 129 yards to plague the Spartans throughout the afternoon, led North Carolina on drives of 61, 69 and 54 yards for a 21-0 lead before Michigan State came to life. Outplayed decisively for three periods, the Spartans struck for two touchdowns in a five minute span in the fourth quarter and twice more were halted by pass interceptions deep in North Carolina territory.

Clint Jones raced 42 yards for the first Michigan State score and they added two points when Harry Ammon passed to Dick Gordon. Less than four minutes later, the Spartans scored again, this time blasting 53 yards in four plays. North Carolina 0 7 7 721 Michigan Stale 0 0 0 IS IS UNC Talbett 3 run (Braine kick) UNC Willard 2 run fBraine kick) UNC Talbatt 1 run (Brain kick) MSU Jones 42 run (Gordon pass from Ammon) MSU Washington 11 pais from Juday (Balich kickl A 40,000 STATISTICS NC MSU First downs 14 11 Rushing yardage 132 118 Passing yardage 86 116 Posses 9-15 10-20 Passes Intercepted by 3 1 Punts 0 0 Fumbles lost 0 0 Yards penalised 35 55 lowed Reid near interception that was turned into the winning touchdown. Pretty hard to argue that Illinois Survives Late Cal Challenge 20-14 the Cornhuskers didn't pulLnesses shown in this opening to i second period sronni Griese plunged across in first 35 seconds for a touchdown. When Ohio failed to penetrate midfield, Purdue began another drive, sparked by a 24-yard pass from Griese to Gordon Teter.

The drive ended with Griese again plunging for the score. Griese, who garnered 119 1c dd two extra pnint'kjck; and a field goal in the final period. Purdue 0 14 0 3 17 Ohio 0 0 0 Pur- GriMe. 1 run IGriese kick). Pur Griei.

1 run (Griese kick). Pur FG Griese 36. A 45,321 STATISTICS Purdue 70 Ohio 5 57 36 A-14 0 S-31 7 0 33 Firl, down, Rushing vardoae 707 Passing yardage 150 Passes "-'J Passes intercepted by 0 Punts 4 34 2 Fumbles lost 3 Yards penalned another Funk field goal, this one from 28 yards. That alertness paid off again on the first play of the second half when Buckeye end Bill Spahr grabbed a fumble and scampered 31 yards for a touchdown. Ohio did not show the traditional grind -it -out offensive of Coach Woody Hayes, who began his 14th season yesterday.

Ohio State 10 3 7 777 SMU 0 0 0 8 8 OSU Funk FG 39. OSU Barrington 37 run (Funk kick). OSU Funk FG 28. OSU Spahr 31 run with fumble (Funk kick) OSU Sanders 43 run (Funk kltkl SMU Taylor 10 pass from Oefinger (Oetinaer runl. Attendance 80,737.

STATISTICS Ohio Stat First Downs '3 Rushing Yardaa 212 Passing Yardage 75 Posses -12 Passes Intercepted by 3 Punts 5-36 2 Fumbles Lost 1 Yards Penalized 33 SMU 17 79 1 35 14-23 0 7-40 1 7-40 1 29 Czarnota with a four-yard pass. AIR FORCE fumbled four times, all in the first half, and Michigan defenders recovered three of them. Each time the recoveries came after Air Force had driven inside the Michigan 20 yard line. Another Falcon threat was halted when Rick Volk intercepted a Murphy pass in the end zone. Air Force 0 7 Michigan 7 10 Mich Timberlake 1 run kickl.

0 77 7 024 ITimberlake Mich Anthony 4 run (Timberlake kickl. AF Crarnola .4 (Holiday kickl. Mich FG Timberlake 26. Mich. Detwiler 10 run (Timberlake kickl.

Attendance 69,888. STATISTICS Mich. FirU Downi 22 Rushiny Yardage 3H A 17 77 2 30 Poising Yardage 91 Posies 7-1 23-40 fasces Intercepted by 2 Fumbles lost 2 3 Punts 3-43 3-44 Yards Penalised 5-56 6-44 Texas Slams Tech in Bid for 3rd Title LUBBOCK, Tex. (defending national champion Texas crushed Texas Tech 23-0 Saturday night for its 13th straight victory in its search for a record third straight Southwest Conference football title. (NEXT: Texas Tech at Texas A Army al Texas.) The last half was played in a driving rain as a record 47,100 huddled in the stands.

Turning to the forward pass, with quarterbacks Jim Hudson and Marvin Kristy-nik at the throttle, Texas rolled easily over the hopeful Red Raiders, while a leathery defense held Tech to two first downs. Michigan Storms Air Force 24-7 By JIM KLOBUCHAR Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer BERKELEY, Calif. Rose Bowl champion Illinois averted disaster by six yards and one sweep of the second hand Saturday and defeated California 20-14 in a hair-raising intersectional football game. (XEXT: Illinois at North-western; Minnesota at California.) The powerful right arm of 6-foot-4 Crage Morton dis- seemed to have pulled the Bears even with 53 seconds left. But officials ruled that Jerry Bradley's cleat hit the chalk mark as he came down in the end zone with a 32- yard pass that set the Me morial Stadium crowd of some 45,000 howling.

WITH THE goal 32 yards away and with his timeouts exhausted. Morton kept fir- ing. With time running out um mc uu.a A crowd of 20,000 saw mantled the III ini pass de-Duke turn two intercepted ifense in the final minutes and passes into second period for one tumultuous moment ANN ARBOR, Mich. UP) Michigan capitalized on an early fumble recovery, thwarted Air Force three times in the first quarter and went on to score a 24-7 season-opening football victory Saturday. (NEXT: Nary at Michigan; Colorado State at Air Force.) Two of the Michigan touchdown drives were for 80 yards as quarterback Bob Timberlake mixed in passing plays with a hard-running ground game paced by Mel Anthony and Jim Detwiler.

Timberlake scored the first touchdown from the one after Michigan had recovered a fumble on the Air Force 32 yard line on the third play of the game. ANTHONY scored from four yards out in the second quarter and Detwiler bulled his way in from the 10 in the third for the other Michigan touchdown. Timberlake booted a 26-yard field goal as the first half came to a close to give the Wolverines a 17-7 lead. Air Force, meeting Michigan for the first time in history, scored its only touchdown in the second quarter when Tim Murphy hit Dick touchdowns after a scoreless first quarter. Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 Duk 0 31 1 730 Duk Scot! 65 pan fiom Glaclctn Stwart ick I Dukt Drulii pan from Glackin IStewart kick).

Duk Simmon 1 pati Inltroplion Sltwnrt kick). Dukt Softty turd.lt. rcavrd blocktd punt. Duk Curtit 3 tun ICaldweli kick). Attendance 20.000.

Auburn Edges Tennessee 3-0 DlKlMllNun AM, Aia. UPI)-Reserve a I PU'ic: ramp nff ilback Don lcwis came on me Dencn r- witn live minutes remaining Saturday to kick a 42-yard field goal that gave heavily-favored Auburn a 3-0 win over fired-up Tennessee. Auburn was slowed by a shoulder injury to star quarterback Jimmy Sidle. Aubum 0 0 0 3 3 Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 PROUD OF HIS ILLINI (winged his utn pass ot cp. this one out on their merits, The Gophers came so close that there is no reason to write them off as a last-place team in the Big Ten.

Minnesota Errors MINNESOTA'S OWN mechanical errors proved quite costly. In fact, they set up three Nebraska touchdowns. The first one came when, with the Gophers leading 7-0 midway in the second quarter, sophomore Ray Whitlow tried to pick up a Nebraska punt while surrounded by the enemy. He just touched the ball, but the Huskers recovered on the Minnesota 17. In six plays, this was turned into a touchdown to make the score 7-6.

Just a few minutes later, the Gophers were passing deep in their own territory. One Hankinson pitch to Airdn Brown was complete, bwt he fumbled. Nebraska recovered 32 yards away from end zone. The visitors negotiated that distance in six plays. Nebraska's best running play Duda's option and a pitchout netted 10 yards for the touchdown.

In the fourth quarter, when Minnesota was leading Ol 1 0 ctronno L'irlrnff by Mike Reid only carried; to the Nebraska 40. Here a Gopher tried to catch his own kickoff on the fly contrary to the rules. That brought a 15 -yard penalty. Instead of being deep in its own territory, the Huskers vieie on Minnesota's 45. Then came Duda's 45 -yard pass play to Frank Solich that inspired the enemy's comeback that eventually brought victory.

Throw in four fumbles by the Murray Warmath hands, along with the mechanical errors mentioned above, and you have a good idea why this promising Minnesota squad lost a toughie. 1 Oh, yes, and this was a day ot.penalties and enough time outs to take care of a surplus of commercials on the national television show. The Getphers lost 95 yards on penalties to the opposition's 61, there were many more that were declined or were of an offsetting nature. Some Bright Spots IN MANY WAYS, there were many bright spots in Minnesota's defeat. The heralded speed of its midget backs was in evidence frequently, including an 80-yard return of a punt by Bill Crockett on which Reid made a key block.

Crockett also netted 57 yards on running plays. He and Whitlow, along wkh Farthing at fullback, offer plenty of offensive potential. "John Hankinson's passing also came up to expectations. He completed 12 out of 25 for 97 yards. The Edina lad also scored a touchdown It had raked the California defense with the fullback sledging of i Grabowski and the aerials and rollout runs of quarterback Fred Custardo, en route to a 20-6 lead.

YET IT IS doubtful that Illinois could have survived one more play at the finish, the California resurgence was that inflamed. And it is with that kind of momentum with which the Golden Bears will confront Minnesota here next week. College football has few quarterbacks to match the gifts of Morton, and in the second half even the Illinois rush, one of the strongest in the land, could not control him. His final log showed 22 completions in 32 attempts for 23 yards and one touchdown. For Schraub, the 11 receptions represented a California school record.

THE ILLINI were comfortably situated with 4:52 remaining when Custardo iwuviiuv vil But Morton hit seven passes in a California recovery that carried b4 yards and was cli maxed by Morton's nine-yard scoring pitch to Bradley. rf-'t 4 a es mere was v.is lert now and Cal performed the obvi ous, and onside kick by Jim Hunt. Everyone in the stadium knew it was coming. Gophers' But it worked. IT WAS here where the big quarterback drilled to Bradley in the end zone.

The! flanker leaped for the ball, speared it and bolted out of the end zone. Until the final five minutes, Illinois while it was constantly troubled by Morton dominated with its muscle in the battling up front and with the mow-down running of Grabowski, who compiled 110 yards in 20 carries. Cal came at the 215-pound junior fullback in waves when he hit the secondary and invariably needed three or four men to stop him. It never did stop him on an 18-yard burst up the middle that produced Illinois' first touchdown midway in the second quarter after Illinois had driven 96 yards. Custardo's 28-yard rollout in Illinois territory was the critical play.

Illinois got its conventional strong line play from Dick Butkus, Minor, Ed Washington and Archie Sutton. But for all of Morton's excellence, Illinois contributed to its fourth quarter shakes with some eccentric play in the secondary. California 0 0 6 8 14 Illinois 0 7 7 6 20 III. Garbowski 18 run ICuslardo trick) 1 run (Custardo ktck) Blanchfield 1 run (kick failed) ustordo one run (kick failedl Cal. Bradley pass from (Schraub pass from Morton) A 45,000 STATISTICS Calif.

First downs 17 First down 17 Rushing yardage 41 Passing yardage 234 Passes 22-32 Passes intercepted 2 Punts 3-36 3 Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalised 5 Morton III. 17 17 226 99 10-14 0 0 50 Brian Callahan soars to Elliott Calls Co's Morton 'Tremendous' tut mnnlinn 6w aas- 6K uaJ lu 'uul high school sidekick, Schraub. But Illinois defensive back Dick Kee blocked-tackled the towering flanker at the six and spared the Illini a last-second upset in their opening challenge for a national title. Illinois had been supreme physically most of the way. been.

He scored on a pass from Morton with V2 minutes remaining to cut the Illinois lead to 20-14, and caught another pass in the end zone with 33 seconds remaining. This, however, was disallowed when officials ruled he nicked the end-zone chalk line with his rear foot coming down. "I thought I was in there," he said. "I'll admit the officials might have had a better view. I thought I was in." Observed California coach Ray Willsey: "I feel we played the dickens out of one of the best football teams in the country.

We did not have the sustained march that we had last week against Missouri, but we were playing a great team this week. The most gratifying thing to me was that we hung in there until the last. By Staff Writer BERKELEY, Calif. Illinois' Pete Elliott saluted California quarterback Craig Morton Saturday as "a tremendous football player I've never seen a fellow throw any better." But, despite his team's narrow escape (Illinois beat Cal 20-14 and was retreating at its own six in the final seconds), Elliott had this to say of his squad's performance: "I'm proud of our team. They played hard.

It was certainly Fred CustardoV best game." Elliott returned to the achievements of Cal's Morton, who connected on 22 of 32 passes and had Illinois reeling at the finish. "He's cool and has a lot of poise and wow! Can he throw the ball!" In the California dressing room, Jerry Bradley sat weeping over a might-have- SPORTS TODAY BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE P.m. TWINS ot lo, Angeles. STATE AMATEUR TITLE GAME 2:00 p.m. St.

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