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Biggest Test Tonight For Tigers' Defense By Hubert Mlzcll MIAMI (AP) Nebraska is ff he nies favored bv a touchdown to out- tising we were going to beat people." The Tigers agreed to a contract contingent on winning their final two regular season games. With the chips on the ta-ble, LSU whipped Lihorty Bowl I 6- score Louisiana State's super- Ofange Howl I stingy defense tonight be 1 fore a record crowd in the 37th John Rodgf ra Friday, Jan. 1, 1971 Orange Bowl game. Nebraska Section Page One 'It'll take three touchdowns to win," said Nebraska's ultra- The Records LSU (9-2-0) successful coach, Bob Devaney. LSU defense is famous, but nBMMclnlyre what about an olfense that scores 61 on a tough Ole Miss Devaney now ranks as the nation's winningest active coach.

His career record is an imposing 113-28-6, a .789 percentage. "All that really counts, though," he said, "is the one coming up." Nebraska, its record cluttered only by an early-season 21-21 tie with Southern California, is led by the potent funning talents of 196-pound Joe Orduna and 202-pound Jeff Kinney. Orduna rushed for 834 yards and a 4.5 average as the Big Eight Conference champions' workhorse. Kinney matched the 4.5 average, gaining 661. Headmaster of the Husker offense is 6-foot-2 and 215-pound junior Jerry Tagge, who hit 104 of 164 passes, a hefty 63 per cent, to gain 1,383 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Receivers to watch are the tiny tandem of 5-foot-9 Fuy Ingles and 5-foot-10 Johnny Rodgers. team." Devaney's counterpart, ami Down Among able Charlie McClendon of the Bengals of the Bayou, believes xw 18 Texas ....20 24 Rice 0 31 Baylor 10 34 Pacific 0 14 Kentucky1 7 17 Auburn 9 14 Alabama 9 38 Mississippi State 7 0 Notre Dame 3 26 Tulane 14 61 Mississippi 17 277 Total 96 NEBRASKA (10-0-1) LoU nas a better chance it it develops into a low-scoring slugger." Third-ranked Nebraska, 10-0-1, averaged 37 points a game The Pal ms and LSU, 9-2, yielded less than nine. Kickoff is set for 7:05 p.m CST on NBC-TV, assuming the Causes and Effects Ingles crabbed 34 passes for 603 vards and eight touchdowns 36 Wake Forest 12; and Rodgers caught 35 for 665 and seven scores. 21 So. California 21 28 Army 0 35 Minnesota 10 21 Missouri 7 41 Kansas 20 70-23-0 record in nine years doesn't have this problem his legends get sunstroke as few times they run in daylight.

Long Rest Another outside factor that could have an impact is the fact that the Cornhuskers haven't played a ballgame since Nov. 21st while the Tigers played right up through Dec. 5th, when they polished off Ole Miss, 1 John Sago James Earley 1 Louis. State Louis. State BBWfcrS'SK Jerry Tagge Ltate fey gjSSJI MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

Jimmy The Greek, your friendly neighborhood bookmaker out in Las Vegas, has installed Nebraska as a 6-point favorite over Louisiana State in tonight's 37th running of the Orange Bowl. Harry DeVold, resident oddsmaker of The Football News and operator of the line from Minneapolis, stamps LSU as an upset 7-point winner over Nebraska. In other words, you takes your own chances. But be warned 65 Oklahoma State 31 29 Colorado 13 Rose Bowl game being televised prior to the Orange classic, is wrapped up. Fattened Capacity Four thousand bleacher seats built for the Super Bowl game Jan.

17 have fattened the Orange Bowl's capacity to more than 80,000. A live gate topping last year's 78,282 attendance is almost assured. Nebraska has lost two of three previous Orange Bowl games. The Cornhuskers bowed to Duke 34-7 in 1955, beat Auburn 13-7 in 1964 and were bounced by Alabama 39-28 in 1966. LSU's luck in Miami has been better.

The Tigers are 2-0 with a 19-14 victory over Texas in 1944 and a 25-7 romp over Colorado in 1962. "We've never lost in the Or 54 Iowa State 29 51 Kansas State 7 61-17. And until the 'Huskers 28 Oklahoma 21 arrived here the day before 409 Total 171 Christmas, they were able to Top Husker Defenders Defensively, Nebraska's aces are hard-hitting linebacker Jerry Murtaugh and defensive back Bill Kosch and Joe Blahak, who intercepted seven and six passes, respectively this year. The Southeastern Conference champions lost their season opener to Texas and a 3-0 hcartbreaker to Notre Dame. LSU uses two first-team quarterbacks.

Buddy Lee passed for 1,162 yards and six touchdowns. Bert Jones gained 864 yards and hit five scores. Art Cantrelle led LSU on the ground with 870 yards and a 3.6 average. He carried an incredible 247 times, an average of 22 a game. Andy Hamilton is the top Bengal receiver.

The slender junior got 39 for 870 yards and six TDs. The weather is predicted to be nearly ideal, fair and in the low 60s. champion Tulane 26-14 and mas Jimmy The Greek batted a feeble 2-for-4 in last week's pro football playoffs. sacred Gator Bowl-bound Ole And I'll tell you something Miss 61-17. For Nebraska; the road to the Orange Bowl was easier.

The hold only four outdoor workouts. Then LSU. has a reputation for becoming violent when it is' pegged an underdog. Cotton Bowl i opponents Texas and Arkansas learned that painful lesson in past years while trying to submarine Charlie Mac. Finally, there is the inevita velse.

The doorman here at the Regency Hotel was the only bettor on the whole beach who picked a 50-1 shot at Tropical Huskers signed a no-strings ange Bowl and never lost on ar agreement Nov. 21 and Devaney's main fear is rustiness. tificial turf." said McClendon. Park the other day. So much "We were real sluggish after searching for plus signs.

"But, getting to Florida," he said. Nebraska is the biggest, tough Sage and cornerback Jim Earley. The Cornhuskers (10-0-1) rely heavily on quarterback Jerry Tagge, running back John Rodgers and star linebacker Jerry Murtaugh. Louisiana State's stellar defensive unit will be trying to throttle Nebraska's high-geared offense in the Orange Bowl game, tonight in Miami, Fla. The Bayou Bengals (9-2) feature All-American linebacker Mike Anderson, tackle John "I more pleased now, but a est team we've played and I coach always worries when his team hasn't struck a blow in six just nope we can stay alive." McClendon feels LSU "got to Miami the hard way by adver ble comparision between the calibre of football played in the Big Eight and Southeastern conferences.

You may ask how Nebraska, which is 3-5-0 in bowl weeks." games, compared to LSU's 8-6-1 Can Steers Repeat? postseason performance, has fared against SEC opponents. Well, they're 2-2 over the past Chapter Two I for experts, and I think I'll go ask the doorman who he likes 1 in the Orange Bowl. This LSU-Nebraska pairing is a hard one to figure. The Cornhuskers barreled through an 11-game schedule unbeaten, (but in nine years under Coach Bob Devaney that's pron-Jounced de-VAN-ey they've played only two night games V. and didn't win either time.

Alabama beat'em, 38-26, in the 1966 Orange Bowl and I Southern Cal held 'em to a 21-21 tie here in '70. Which explains why Devaney, the nation's winningest coach a career record of 113-28-6, -and a 78-18-1 record at Nebras- ka, had his troups working out under the lights Wednesday six years. I admit this doesnt clear the issue at all. -The Huskers homa of which won 47iclaim national leadership in tripped Auburn, 13-7, in the '64 games in. a row and Oklahoma iany of the team categories, it is of 1948-50 which won 31 without the first squad in NCAA history Orange Bowl and then fell twice in a row to Alabama, 39-28, in the '66 Orange and 34-7 in the defeat, have longer skeins of to hold positions in the top 15 of perfection every team category in tne national rankings.

'67 Sugar Bowl at New Orleans. Don't become inspired by the The 1957 club's lone loss that This over-all balance plus the curbed the longest winning! By Gerry Robichaux Times Assistant Sports Editor DALLAS As Darrell Royal might say, "The Hay is in the barn" for the 35th renewal of the Cotton Bowl today, a rematch between Texas and Notre Dame which could clinch a second straight national championship for the Longhorns or make 1971 the "Year of Revenge" for the Irish. Sunny skies and temperatures 34-7 losing margin to 'Bama, though, because the 'Huskcrs in The Records TEXAS (10-0-0) night. LSU's Charlie McClendonlthe '69 Sun Bowl turned around who hasn't done bad with a and clobbered Georgia by 45-6. Moves, Counter oves 56 California 15 35 Texas Tech 13 fK'fwrmmm fRIKWIBIJ ft tet fjoeThcisman' ''vi'alt' Patuiskfj OCan in the 70s are likely for today's scrambling and throwing of All American Joe Theismann is enough to keep Royal awake nights.

Then there's the running of Ed Gulyas, Dennis Allan and Bill Barz of the Irish. TJiey expect to give the Longhorn defense its severest test of the season. Irish Stars As always, Notre Dame will parade a group of All Americas out for this one. In addition to 20 UCLA 17 game which sends the Long 41 Oklahoma 9 horns to a p.m. Kickoit as a 45 Ric? nviVt J.v.

21 42 smu" x.v..v is 21 Baylor 14 58 TCU 0 52 Texas 14 42 Arkansas 7 412 Total 125 Theismann, Tom Gatewood, a crack receiver, guard Larry DiNardo and defensive back Clarence Ellis bear the label NOTRE DAME (9-1-0) This matchup is oblique (l Nebraska's Varied offense equal parts running and passing, against LSU's rugged defense, ip which tends to force an opponent to the air-lanes. It may Ji boil down to how often 'Husker quarterbacks Jerry Tagge and Van Brownson can locate res' ceivers Guy Ingles and Johnny Rodgers among Tiger deep- backs Tommy Casanova, Craig Jim Earley and Bill Norsworthy. Otherwise, this New Year's Night pairing which will be televised nationally is a virtual standoff. 'Huskers Versatile 35 Northwestern 14 48 Purdue 0 this time around. Worster, tackle Bobby Wuensch and end Bill Atessis 29 Michigan State 0 51 Army .10 all gained national honors off rio The Tigers; as mentioned, go with a 4-3 barricade.

Since tailback Art Cantrelle carries two-thirds of the time on LSU running plays, he'll be one of the keys in Nebraska's defense against sure rushes. Other Tiger runners Chris Dan-tin and Jim Benglis don't offer much as breakaway threats. Passes Could Be Key Chances are that LSU's ground attack will be throttled, which should force the Bengals like the 'Huskers to resort to aerial thursts. And here's where the game could be de ided for both Buddy Lee and Bert Jones, the incumbent quarterbacks, tend to be underrated. I suspect that LSU's crowd of pass catchers speedsters Andy Hamilton, Al Coffee and Jimmy LeDoux and depend-ables Joel Keigley, Jay Mi-chaelson and Ken Kavanaugh 24 Missouri 7 56 Navy 7 this year Texas club.

Worster, nagged by a series 46 Pitt 14 of injuries late in the season, 10 Georgia Tech 7 3 LSU 0 will be among the marked mi seven-point favorite. Both clubs worked out. Thursday afternoon after attending the Texas Hall of Fame luncheon at noon. The Irish would like to grab hold of Texas' wishbone- and make a few wishes of their own today like regaining national favor after their season-ending loss to Southern Cal which plummeted N.D. (9-1) to sixth in the Associated Press poll.

Then there's always that 21-17 heartbreaker inflicted last season by Texas to make up for. And coach Ara Parseghian's warriors have been all businesslike in their preps this week with that revenge motive in mind. The workouts have been closed if that's possible when working toward a game of such national interest, Texans Seek 31st Straight Meanwhile the streaking Longhorns, seeking their 31st straight win, have held open workouts in Austin and Dallas while honing their horns for a crack at a share of second place among college football's "streakmakers." In modern football, only Okla for this contest. Steve, who ranks behind only Chris Gilbert 23 So. California 38 330 Total 97 as a Longhorn rusher for a career, faces a team which was streak was to Notre Dame, 7-0.

fifth in total defense and fifth in ii. i Stopping Texas running rusning aeiense in me nation. Texas is the only team to game has been the battlecry of all the Longhorns' 10 victims this season. But none has been make three consecutive trips to the Cotton Bowl, pulling the able to turn the trick. trick in 1962-64 and then from Geared to the powerful 1969 through today.

Notre are being overlooked. And Dame, which made its first strides of Steve Worster and Jim Bertelsen, Texas ranked bowl appearance last year since No. 1 in the nation in rushing linebacker Bill Zapalac. All-American quarterback Joe Theismann spearheads the Fighting Irish attack. Notre Dame defensive stars include back Clarence Ellis and Walt Patulski.

with 374 yards a game. It was Unbeaten Texas (10-0) will put its 30-game winning streak on the line against Notre Dame (9-1) in the Cotton Bowl Classic today in Dallas. The Longhorns are led by fullback, Steve Worster, halfback Jim Bertelseh and the Four Horseman rode in the Rose Bowl in 1925, is the only club from outside the Southwest Conference to rate bids in also No. 1 in rushing touch downs and in scoring. Although Notre Dame can't successive years.

Nebraska's deep defenders, notably Bill Kosch and Joe Blahak, can be beaten. That's how it shapes up from this corner of Florida. And if it gets down to the wire, Nebraska's placement kicker is Paul Rogers, No. 30, while LSU's field goal specialist is Mark Lumpkin, No. 25.

Devaney, for one, expects it to be a high-scoring bombardment. "I'm firmly convinced," he says, "we'll have to score at least three times to win. and When Nebraska is in possession of the football, look for a liberal mixture of running and throwing. The 'Huskers are versatile and two-deep in most spots. Either Joe Orduna or Jv.

Jeff Kinney runs well out of tailback in Devaney's Power-I. I Heading up the blocking bri- pade will be tackle Bob Newton arid guard Donnie McGhee, both of worn carry a lot of bulk. The feeling here is that LSU's 2 front four of John Sage, Ron Estay, Buddy Millican and Art Davis will out-finesse Nebraska's interior line with agility, -and linebacker Mike Anderson, Louis Cascio and Richard Picou plug up the holes. i't So look for the 'Huskers to vcome out throwing in the second half. Going the other way, LSU's attack line, keyed to Jack Jaubert at center, Mike Demar-ie and Jimmy Elkins at the guards and Glenn Alexander Mike Wright at the tackles V'ill have problems trying to budge Nebraska 's interior group of noseguard Ed Periard tackles Dave Walline and 1 Larry Jacobson not to mention defensive end Willie Sugar Bowl Quarterbacks In Spotlight Today By Ed Tunstall that's an absolute minimum." Both teams have solid ground attacks.

Fullback Curtis Watson is the anchor man for Tennessee with 789 yards during the regu- It NEW ORLEANS (AP) Then he adds: "It's possible has all the appearances of a ra there won't be much scoring, but it doesn't figure that way to me. Defenses as strong as those of LSU. and Nebraska usually The Records TENNESSEE (10-1-0) 28 SMU 3 23 Auburn i. 36 48 Army 3 17 Georgia Tech 6 pier against a broadsword, but the Sugar Bowl football battle between fourth-ranked Tennessee and the ambitious Air Force Academy today could hinge on the performance of two quarterbacks. Tennessee's Volunteers, beaten but once this season, rate a manage to set up several scoring opportunities on fumble recoveries and interceptions and if either one of us gets 24 Alabama 0 the ball inside the other team's Harper, a 205-pound sophomore i 38 Florida 7 who bangs with gusto.

45, I expect to see some points 41 Wake Forest 7 go up on tne board." averaged more than 32 points and 424 yards a game. meanwhile, limited its opponents to less than 10 points and held them to 266 yards a game. And while the Falcon passing attack provided the bulk of Air Force's yardage, Tennessee was among the nation's best teams defending against the pass. The Vols picked off 36 passes. Neither team has a sparkling bowl record and perhaps with that in mind, both worked hard in their preparations since arriving here Saturday.

By Wednesday Coach Bill Battle of Tennessee and Ben Martin of Air Force said the'r teams had accomnlished their practice objectives. Tennessee is 7-10 in bowl competition after losing three straight. Air Force has two defeats and a tie to show for its three bowl appearances. Okay, turn the dial on the teevee! And who says Lang The 'Huskers run a 5-2 front defense, and few people will get those two linebackers, Jerry Murtaugh and Bob Ter- 20 South Carolina 18 45 Kentucky 0 24 Vanderbilt 6 28 UCLA 17 316 Total 103 Syne is old? iv it f'l 1 AIR FORCE (9-2-0) 45 Idaho 7 47 Wyoming 17 37 Missouri 14 37 Colorado State 22 24 Tulane 3 26 Navy 3 35 Boston College 10 23 Arizona 20 strong 10-point favorite role over the twice-beaten Falcons who will make their first showing in the New Orleans New Year's Day game, expected to draw a full house of more than 80,000 for the 12 noon CST kick-off, televised nationally by ABC. Bobby Scott, a senior quarterback from Rossville, will direct the Volunteer offense.

Scott accounted for 1,697 yards with his passing this season and threw 14 touchdown strikes. The 6-1, 195-pounder will be looking for split end Joe Thompson to penetrate the Air Force defense since Scott found him for 37 completions during the season. On the other side, Bob Parker will be at the throttle for the Air Force. Parker owns about all Air Force passing records and accounted for 2,789 yards on 199 completions during the with 21 tosses going for touchdowns. His chief target will be flanker back Ernie Jennings whose jet speed cleared him to catch 74 passes during the season for 35 Oregon 46 31 Stanford 14 19 Colorado 49 359 Total 205 LWl fErnle Jennings! 1 Curt Watson Tennessee f'S'jV Air Force 1 "-i ffigT A Kel1 ismA Tennessee EMM See Bowl Lineups on Page 2-C lar season while Falcons tailback Brian Bream ran for 1,276 yards.

Tennessee, will be making its fifth, showing in the Sugar Bowl but owns only one victory. The weatherman says the front which brought heavy midweek rains to New Orleans has moved on and forecasts clear and cool weather ior the game. The potent Air Force offense Once -Beaten Tennessee (10-1) and twice-beaten Air Force (9-2) clash in the 36th annual Sugar Bowl Game in New Orleans today. Heading the Tennessee cast are All-American lineman Chip Kell, quarterback Bobby Scott and fullback Curt Watson. Air Force looks to quarterback Bob Parker, end Ernie Jennings and running back Brian Bream for offensive punch.

Bert Jones Andy Hamilton LSU'S top pass-catch combo 1,289 yards..