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The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 33

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mil 'erg Brittenum (A) 7 2 Dine on Pork he dimes 4 A Sunday, Jan. 2, 1966 Section Page 1 IP' By BILL McINTYRE Times Sports Editor DALLAS, Tex. It was hard to believe, even at 3:30 yesterday afternoon in the murky gloom that covered the 30th annual Cotton Bowl with a blanket of clouds. 4 1 r- I The lights were on all over! stood tall as the outstanding line Mizzou Withstands 4th Period Assault to Post Sugar Victory man. Jittery Joe beat out Screen, A 1 Maggiore (LSU) I "1 1 who bit on 7 of 10 passes for 82 yards, by a 41-10 count and Dave nosed out Porker end Bobby Crockett by 22-18 in the line bal By GERRY ROBICHAUX defenses never quite caught up Miller-Digby Award as the game's loting.

the stadium in mid-afternoon, and there on the scoreboard in the south end the bulbs spelled out the biggest upset of this New Year's Day: Louisiana State 14, Arkansas 7. The Bengals of the Bayou, the Fightin' Tigers from Baton Rouge, the two-touchdown underdog that was to take on one of the greatest University of Arkansas squads in history, a club that was to knock off 22 oppon- with shifty Charlie Brown and quarterback Gary Lane who helped the Show-Me Staters roll up 257 yards rushing. Missouri threw for 50 yards as well. r4 For the Florida partisans in the '1 CROCKETT SETS RECORD Perhaps if Arkansas had won, Crockett, a 195-pound senior from Dermott, would have emerged as the people's choice. Bobby pulled in 10 passes for 129 yards to set a new Cotton Bowl record, bettering by one reception the number of passes caught by Navy's Ed Orr in the 1964 loss to Texas.

It was Crockett, too, who crowd of 67,421, there was little to cheer about througn three pe outstanding player. Spurrier threw 45 times and completed 27, wiping out two records that belonged to TClTs Davey O'Brien. Glenn Griffing of Ole Miss was another that left the Sugar Bowl record annals under Spurrier's urgings. Steve had a total offense of 344 yards to better Griffing's marks. The Florida quarterback ran 52 offensive plays, another new record.

BIG LEAD But while Spurrier was master of the airways, Missouri completely neutralized the Gator Ark 5 Ate--: riods. But when their time came, THI YARDSTICK LSU First downs 15 Rushing yardage I6e Passing yardage 100 Passes HI Passes Intercepted by I 22 129 177 15-24 "Gator Bait rang loud and long. This was a came of big pe riods. Missouri's 17-point second 1 chapter almost matched the Gator (89), the other LSU end moves in on the FurnbieTiost play, Brittenum's pass to Bobby Burnett 10 Times Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS Missouri's football uniforms of black and yellow same as the familiar fallout shelter signs ain't the only thing the Tigers have to remind them of heavy aerial bombardments following the 32nd renewal of the Sugar. Bowl Saturday.

The Big Eight Conference bruisers held up under a record breaking aerial strike off the arm of Florida quarterback Steve Spurrier to notch a pulsating 20-18 victory over the offense minded Gators from Gainsville an attack that might have sent fainter hearts scurrying underground. Spurrier's flurry came in the final quarter when the Floridans bounced off the canvas with a three touchdown display and almost erased a 20-0 deficit. Spurrier, the junior transplant from erased five Sugar Bowl records with his heaving and rolled up 353 yards through the air. He was an easy choice for the was good for six yards. The Bengals scored Arkansas' lone touchdown in the opening period on a 19-yard pass play hookup with quarterback Jon Brittenum.

Bobby pulled in the football along the THE YARDSTICK JON BR1TTENUM (15), University of Arkansas quarterback, pushes Ernest Maggiore (72), LSU end, out of the way as he gets set to throw a pass in the first quarter of the Cotton Bowl game Saturday in Dallas. John Garlington Ha. Mo. upset the Porks and halted their 22 First downs 18 18 ents in succession for the nation's longest winning streak. And this was a week of "whoo pig sooie" here in and it wasn't difficult to determine where the ground game and built up a big Rushing yardag 257 Palng yardage 352.

50 Passes $-14 game win streak with a 14-7 triumph. (AP Wirephoto) lead that forced the Southeastern passes intercepted by 1 left sdieline and tiptoed down the chalkmark before leaping into the end zone. Ronny South booted the extra point, his 43rd in 45 tries, Conference club to try for two- Punts -32 5-44 Fumbles lost 2 1 Yards penalized 25 30 sentiments fell in this bastion of the Southwest Conference. point conversions three times, All were unsuccessful. Missouri's defenses, led by half UCLA Stuns No.

1 Spartans and the Hogs were out front by 7-0. But Coach Charlie McClendon's backs Gary Grossnickle, Ken Bos Tigers did it. And it would be a A record crowd of 76,200 ton and All-Amencan Johnny Ro whooped it up it was predomi night for "Go Tiger" up and down Main and Commerce. finale. In the end, it was junior Bill Bates' 34-yard field goal, the only score of the third quarter that meant the difference.

Lane, a senior strong arm who has been an All-League quarter land, held Florida to a minus In Rose Bowl Classic, 14-12 nantly made up of Porker fanatics all decked out in bright red two yards rushing. On the other hand, the Gator Jittery Joe Labruzzo, Ole Lou's foot 9, 170 pound tailback, e-trtvr til" I 3to banged over for two touchdowns By BOB MYERS a 7-2-1 seasonal record, scored raiment and countless millions on television must have conceded Arkansas its 23rd victory in a row. The Razorbacks had ridden 87 yards on 11 plays for the go- in the second period, Doug Mor- Associated Press Sports Writer twice in a space of three eau left-footed through both con Steve Juday, who had enjoyed little success all this bright, crisp afternoon, connected on a 42-yard pass to -Gene. Washington to set the stage' for the first minutes, 10 seconds of the sec PASADENA, Calif. (AP) versions and there were the 14 points LSU required to turn back ahead score 11:25 deep into combat.

1 ond period. 1 MSU defensive back Don Jap-inga fumbled a punt by Larry Coach Frank Broyles Porkers. UCLA dropped its Beban football bomb on Michigan State Saturday, held off a gallant but belated comeback in the fourth quarter to upset the Spartans Then the Tiger turned and came But you don't measure this one up out of the tank. LSU whacked by Labruzzo. There were other Tigers.

Pat Screen, unruffled and Cox and John Erquiaga recovered on the MSU six. Beban rolled to the left for five and to the right for the final yards. 80 yards on 17 plays midway in the second period and Labruzzo back for three years and has a future with either the Buffalo Bills or the Cleveland Browns, helped Missouri dominate the first half, mixing up the defenses in two sustained drives. Lane wound up with 76 yards on keeper runs and threw for 39 yards. Roland, a lanky 207-pound-er who worked smoothly both ways for the Tigers, pitched once, good for li yards and a touchdown.

LONG MARCH Missouri took the opening kick-off and moved all the way to the Florida nine before being halted. 14-12 the Rose Bowl and MSU touchdown, and Jim Raye, a last replacement for Juday, pitched out to Bob Apisa, who rambled 36 yards for the touchdown. Juday faked a place kick, attempted to pass and was hit in the act of throwing. stoic throughout, handled the ball slapped 3 yards off the left side to make it 7-6 with 4:15 to go be Kurt Zimmerman kicked the flawlessly as quarterback; Billy knock them out. of the unbeaten ranks and a possible national championship.

first of his two extra points. Masters, the 225-pound strong' fore the break. Moreau swung his left leg and kicked it out to 7-all. UCLA bambozzled the Spar Beban is Gary Beban, UCLA's back, grabbed passes over the middle when the need arose and With Juday and Raye alter spectacular shophomore quar tans on a successful on-side kick just as they had done in their SECOND TIGER SCORE slammed for consistent yardage; nating signal calling, the Spar Jimmy Dousay, 190-pound soph winning touchdown against tans took advantage of a par With 18 seconds gasping away THE YARDSTICK MSUUCLA Southern California to make it more tailback, pushed through the Hog frontier for long yardage First downs 13 10 tially blocked UCL.A punt and drove from midfield in 15 plays, to the Rose Bowl. Rush I no yardage 204 65 The march mostly on the ground in the final period when LSU wnere juaay punched across Passing yardage 110 147 Passes a-22 -20 helped the Tigers dominate the on the clock, Ole Lou punched over once again on a 34-yard march that ate up seven downs and finally snapped Labruzzo over from 1 yard out.

Moreau kicked true again and there she "Grider, 'as in the USC game, fell on the ball on the MSU. 42, kept one eye on Arkansas and the Passes Intercepted ov 0 3 other on the clock. from six inches out. On the two-point try to tie, Raye ran to his right, pitched and five plays later the Bruins Punts 5-42 11-39 Fumbles lost 2 2 Yards penalized 14 period as they allowed Florida only four plays in the opening 15 minutes. It also gave the charges of Dan Devine field position which they enjoyed most of the had what proved to be the win ning touchdown.

stood at 14-7. The second score And, too, there were Bengals like Dave McCormick, 240-pound tackle from Rayville, who cleared terback- who rammed across Beban drilled a 27-yard pass out to Apisa, but the MSU dreams melted when two defensive standouts for UCLA, Bob was set up by a costly Porker fumble that was pounced on by two touchdowns in the second out the right side of the Razor- half. through a crowd of Spartan de quarter and led the heroic and fenders and hit Kurt Altenberg When two running plays and a Spurrier to Charley Casey pass Stiles and Dallas Grider, knocked him flat short of the end zone. amazing Bruins to their first on the one-yard mark and then back line on LSU's two touch' down marches in the second peri od, and George Rice, the 255 promptly went to his left for. the failed to.

net a first down, Spur touchdown. rier punted to the Tiger 41 and Missouri moved to its first touch Rose Bowl victory-: in six appearances in the famed stadium. Michigan State, undefeated in i Until the dramatic closing moments, the game belonged to Late in the second quarter. pound defensive tackle from Baton Rouge. Both McCormick and Rice come high on professional Mchigan State marched from its down.

10 regular season games and own 20 to the UCLA six, but on fourth down a 23-yard field goal The drive covered 59 yards in 13 plays and lapped over into the Tiger Bill Bass. But nobody believed that the scoreboard would remain inactive in the second half. This was a Razorback club that Broyles felt could go out and get 28 points any time it had to. He said so after the Porks bombed Texas Tech 42-24, but he was wrong on this day. If there was any consolation, Arkansas scored the first points surrendered by Louisiana State (Continued on Pace 4-C) football shopping list and sua denly you knew why.

UCLA." r-: They went into this 52nd an? nual postseason classic Wk points underdogs. the Big Ten champions, suffered (y'fA -wfesi attempt from an angle to the At the finish Cotton Bowl offi its first bowl loss in three visits, but few if any of the 100,087 fans left by the barefoot kicking spe second quarter. Lane was the big mover in the march. He ran for 27 of the 59 yards and passed for cials added up votes in the press- cialist, Dick Kenney, was wide But it was UCLA by 14 at the half, and it appeared it would left the place as the Spartans box and Labruzzo, the Tiger leading rusher with 69 yards on fAP WirenWnl 13 more. to the right.

kept the suspense going until end 14-0 until the mar quarter. 10. often twice with a yard the final 31 seconds. 21 carries, was selected as the The Bruins, champions of. the Mizzou's Monroe Phelps (47) Grabs Pass Brown got the score on a in fast quarter of Sugar Bowl (Continued outstanding back and McCormick A 1 1-America quarterback (Continued on Page 2-C) Pacific Athletic Conference With downtown elberX WAJLJJjm WAT special group ALL-WEATHER COATS special group SPOIITCOATS off Off OUR GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL SALE OF MEN'S SHOES STARTS TOMORROW All from regular stock by.

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