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Today in sports 3 Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. Sunday, November 24, 1985 6 I Football mmm worm USD's chances brighter for playoffs late Saturday night what the team's status was. That will be decided sometime today. But he said he was cautiously optimistic about the Coyotes' chances. "I'm sure we're going to be in the playoffs and we might have a chance of hosting," he said.

Hosting a playoff game would be a welcome course on the Thanksgiving weekend menu for Triplett and the Coyotes. "It's always nice to play at home, especially in the playoffs," Triplett said. "We're going into this as novices and the home field might overcome some feelings of awe." Triplett said advantages would come from being able to keep the players home for Thanksgiving and in recruiting. The Coyotes tied for second with South Dakota State behind North Dakota State in the North Central Conference and were ranked No. 1 for six weeks this season.

VERMILLION It was a day for scoreboard watching around the University of South Dakota, and what was seen had to warm the spirits of the Coyote football team and its fans on a cold November Saturday. Two teams ranked ahead of No. 6 USD in Division II lost, possibly making way not only for a post-season appearance by the Coyotes but a home game as well. No. 2 Fort valley State of Georgia lost 23-3 to Albany State, and No.

3 Indiana (Pa.) University lost to No. 5 Bloomsburg State, 31-9. i In addition to those losses, the No. 8 and No. 9 teams, which might have hoped to move up with wins, also lost.

No. 8 Winston-Salem lost to Hampton Univer--sity 13-7 and No. 9 Towson State of Maryland lost to James Madison 13-0. No. 1 California-Davis beat Sacramento 37-30.

USD Dave Triplett had not heard as of NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Today's games Atlanta at Chicago, noon Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon Detroit at Tampa Bay, noon San Diego at Houston, noon Washington at Pittsburgh, noon Miami at Buffalo, noon New England at New York Jets, noon New Orleans at Minnesota, noon New- York Giants at St. Louis, 3pm Philadelphia at Dallas, 3 p.m. Green Bay at Los Angeles Rams, p.m. Indianapolis at Kansas City, 3 p.m. Denver at Los Angeles Raiders, 3 p.m.

CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Grey Cup Today at Montreal Hamilton vs. British Columbia, 1 p.m. COLLEGE NAIA Division II Playoffs First Round Northwestern 32, Benedictine 22 Midwest Iowa 31, Minnesota 9 Iowa State 15, Oklahoma State 10 Oklahoma 27, Nebraska 7 Augustana.lll. 26. Albion 10 Baker 29.

SW Kansas 0 Bowling Green 38. Ohio U. 17 Cent. Michigan 30. N.

Illinois 21 Findlay 7, St Ambrose 0 Illinois 45, Northwestern 20 Kansas 34, Missouri 20 LSU 10, Notre Dame 7 Ohio au Michigan 27, Ohio St. 17 Michigan St. 41, Wisconsin 7 Mount Union 35, Denison 3 Purdue 34, Indiana 21 Toledo 10, Kent St 7 Michigan 38, E. Michigan 21 Scores continued. 2B Two Dec.

31 bowls the Peach and Ail-American also were filled Saturday. Army, 8-2, and Illinois, 6-4-1, will compete in the Peach Bowl at Atlanta, while Michigan State, 7-4, and Georgia Tech, 7-2-1, accepted invitations to the Ail-American Bowl at Birmingham, Ala. Air Force, 10-1, accepted an invitation to play in the Bluebonnet Bowl the same day in Houston against an undetermined opponent, probably the loser of the Texas-Texas game. The Gator Bowl on Dec. 30 at Jacksonville, filled its bill with Florida State and Oklahoma State, both 8-2, while Washington, 6-5, will go to the Freedom Bowl at Anaheim, against perhaps Colorado or Tennessee, if the Vols fail to win the SEC.

Ohio State, 8-3, and Brigham Young. 10-2, accepted invitations to the Florida Citrus Bowl at Orlando, on Dec. 28. Arizona, 8-3, was invited to play in the Sun Bowl the same day at El Paso, Texas, against Georgia, 7-2-1. Another Dec.

28 bowl, the Aloha Bowl in Honolulu, was expected to extend invitations to teams from the SEC and SWC. The first Division I-A bowl of the season will be the California Bowl Dec. 14 at Fresno. between 11-0 Bowling Green and 9-0-1 Fresno State. On Dec.

21, Clemson, 6-5, and Minnesota, 6-5, will play in the Independence Bowl at Shreve-port, while Syracuse, 7-3, has accepted an invitation to the Cherry Bowl at Pontiac, against perhaps Maryland. The Holiday Bowl on Dec. 22 invited Arkansas, 9-2, to play against Arizona State, 8-3, while the Dec. 27 Liberty Bowl at Memphis, will send Baylor against an undetermined opponent. By The Associated Press Third-ranked Iowa and No.

5 Oklahoma clinched the titles in their conferences Saturday as the New Year's Day bowl situation began to take shape. Iowa, 10-1, defeated Minnesota 31-9 to win the Big Ten Conference and earn a trip to the gran-daddy of all bowls, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, against eighth-ranked UCLA. UCLA had the Pacific-10 Conference title within reach but lost Saturday to Southern Cal, 17-13. So, the Bruins did not find out they had earned a berth in the Rose Bowl against Iowa until Arizona upset Arizona State 16-13 in a night game. An Arizona State victory, or even a tie, would have sent the Sun Devils to the Rose Bowl.

Oklahoma, 8-1, upset No. 2 Nebraska 27-7 on national television to win the Big Eight title and move into the Orange Bowl at Miami on New Year's night against No. 1 Penn State, which ended a perfect 11-0 season by walloping rival Pitt 31-0 Saturday night. After the loss, the 9-2 Cornhuskers accepted an invitation to the Sunkist Fiesta Bowl Jan. 1 at Tempe, against No.

6 Michigan, 9-1-1 after beating 12th-ranked Ohio State 27-17. Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said he couldn't believe there were any teams in the country better than Oklahoma. "If they play like they played today, most people around the country are going to have an awfully hard time with them," Osborne said of the Sooners. "They're probably the best team in the country right now." Two other New Year's Day bowls the Cotton and Sugar still awaited the outcome of conference races. Unranked Texas upset 15th- ranked Baylor 17-10 to set up a Thanksgiving Day showdown with Texas for the Southwest Conference title and a berth in the Cotton Bow at Dallas against Auburn, 8-2, which accepted an invitation Saturday.

No. 4 Miami, 9-1 after Saturday night's 24-3 victory over Colorado State, accepted an invitation to play in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans against the Southeastern Conference champion, which could be Tennessee, Alabama or 17th-ranked Louisiana State. No. 16 Tennessee, 7-1-2, beat Kentucky 42-0 Saturday and needs a win over Vanderbilt next weekend to clinch the SEC. If Tennessee should lose and Alabama beats Auburn in their season-finale, the Crimson Tide would finish with a 4-1-1 conference record, identical to LSU's.

Since the tie came when Alabama and LSU played each other, the Sugar Bowl committee would have to pick which team would play on New Year's Day. If both Tennessee and Alabama lose, LSU goes. Basketball NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE Iowa IrS OH BlfilfSSlh) Atlantic Division LPct.GB Boston 11 2 .646 New Jersey 8 7 533 4 Philadelphia 6 7 .462 5 Washington 5 8 6 New York 3 11 .214 8Vs Central Division Mi'waukee 12 4 ,750 De'roit 10 5 .667 Vh Atlanta 7 7 500 4 Chicago 5 9 .357 6 Cleveland 5 9 357 6 Indiana 3 9 250 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Denver 10 2 .833 Houston 10 4 .714 1 Utah 8 7, 533- 3Vs San Antonio 7 7 .500 4 Dallas 5 7 .417 5 Sacramento 4 8 .333 6 Pacific Division A Lakers 1 11 2 846 Portland 9 6 .600 3 Golden State 7 8 467 5 A. Clippers 5 8 .385 6 Seattle 5 9 .357 Phoenix 2 12 .143 9'j Saturday's Games Boston 113, New York 104 Detroit 119, Philadelphia 114 Utah 116, Atlanta 106 Golden State at Chicago Indiana at Dallas Sactamento at Denver Milwaukee at A Clippers A. Lakers at Portland Today's Games Chicago at Washington, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 6 p.m. I Houston at Portland, 7 p.m. i Milwaukee at Phoenix, 8 p.m. at Sacramento, 8 pm. Denver at Seattle, 9 p.m.

San Antonio at A Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Monday's Game Utah at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. Hockey NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE WALES CONFERENCE Patrick Division Roses IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Quarterback Chuck Long had said he wanted another chance to lead the University of Iowa Hawkeyes to the Rose Bowl when he decided last February to stay in school instead of turning pro. Saturday, he saw that dream' come true. The third-ranked Hawkeyes earned their second Rose Bowl trip in five years, beating Minnesota 31-9 as Long threw for one touchdown, set up another and became the first Big Ten player to pass for more than 10,000 yards in his "It all started when Chuck decided to pass up a few dollars from the NFL because he loves college football and he wanted to go to the Rose Bowl," Iowa Coach Hayden Fry said.

"I can't say how much I love Chuck Long as a person. He's done so much for our team. "The way he's handled himself from a personal standpoint, whether it be in class, downtown or behind the center, has always been first class. As a team, we strive to be class people because then, you become a class team. And it all starts with your quarterback." Fry said the- victory was "a tough job against a tough team" and called it the best of his 24-year head coaching career, which included stops at Southern Methodist and North Texas State.

"As of right now, I would have to say this is my No. 1 victory the finest ever," he said. "It's a great day for the state of Iowa and for the people of Iowa. "I've received thousands of letters this year. And the people are not only impressed that we're winning, they're also impressed with the way we're winning." The victory gave Iowa its first outright Big Ten championship in 27 years and put the Hawkeyes in the Rose Bowl for the fourth time.

Iowa is 10-1 overall, a school record for victories, and finished 7-1 in the Big Ten. Minnesota also is headed for postseason play, accepting an invitation to play in the Dec. 21 Independence Bowl at Shreveport, La. The Gophers went 4-4 in the league and are 6-5 overall. Long, in his final game at Kin- lowa wins 31-9See 3B Pis GFGA Philadelphia 16 4 0 32 97 61 3 27 82 65 1 21 77 62 4 20 73 75 Washington 12 6 NY Rangers 10 9 NY Islanders 8 7 By MIKE LOPRESTI Gannett News Service NORMAN, Okla.

They are playing as a No. 1 team should and talking as a No. 1 team does. Now all the Oklahoma Sooners can do is hope the nation looks and listens and forgets about the loss to Miami. The 8-1 Sooners, turning a wind chill factor of 12 degrees into fragrances of Miami Beach, clinched an Orange Bowl bid against No.

1 Penn State and at least a share of the Big Eight title Saturday by crushing No. COlleQG 2 Nebraska 27-7. UII The 9-2 Cornhuskers, now lOOIDai headed for the Fiesta Bowl i against Michigan, had won nine straight and were among the nation's leaders in a handful of departments. This was a funny place, then, to find a blpw-out. But there it was.

From the winning coach, Barry Switzer: "It was our day, simple as that. There are few moments in life better than this." And from the Tom Osborne: "We knew before we came they were a great football team and I saw nothing to change my mind. They are probably the best team in trie country right now. Two areas tell all: The most rushing yards Nebraska had given up in a game this year was 156. Oklahoma had 209 in the first quarter Saturday.

The Sooners finished with 423. The killer was an 88-yard tight end reverse for a touchdown by Keith Jackson a play Switzer put in this week just for Nebraska that gave Oklahoma a quick 7-0 lead. The Sooners scored 27 points against one of the country's top defenses and completed, only one pass. 1 1 Nebraska came in leading the nation in scoring offense (39.1 points a game) and rushing (395.6 yards a game). But the Cornhuskers ran for only 161 yards against Oklahoma, had four turnovers and only a 76-yard fumble return for a touchdown in the game's final minute saved them from being shut out for the first time in 12 years.

It was Nebraska's worst defeat since 1977. The Sooners were on their own 12 early in the first period, but Switzer was in the gambling mood. Out came his new play, the three words that will long leave Cornhusker indigestion in their wake. Tight End Reverse. It had been unstoppable in practice.

Same for the game. The Sooners sent all their wishbone left, drawing the Nebraska defense as they knew it would. Jackson then took the ball going right, got a key block at the line, ran past an over-committed safety and sprinted to the end zone. He would run it twice more this day and gain 136 vards in all to be the game's top gainer likely becoming the first tight end in the history of the world to lead a big college game in rushing. 8 10 1 17 69 76 New Jersey Pittsburgh 6 11 3 15 71 75 Adams Division 11 6 4 26 89 72 12 7 1 25 79 60 Boston Buffalo Quebec Montreal 10 9 1 21 79 72 21 81 80 9 8 3 9 Hartford 18 68 77 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norns Division St.

Louis 8 8 3 19 66 75 18 82 88 15 73 79 Chicago 8 10 2 Minnesota 5 10 5 Detroit 4 12 4 Toronto 4 13 3 12 65 1031 11 74 89 Edmonton 15 4 2 32 103 73 C-algary 10 7 3 Vancouver 9 11 2 Winnipeg 8 11 2 23 88 73 20 69 92 18 79 102 Los Angeles 5 14 1 11 67 102 Saturday's Games Boston 5, Philadelphia 4 Y. Rangers 5, Y. Islanders 0 Hartford 8, Winnipeg 1 Washington 3, Quebec 0 Edmonton 3, New Jersey 2 Toronto 9, Detroit 3 Montreal 4. Calgary 3 Minnesota 4, Los Angeles 2 Chicago 7, St. Louis 3 Today's Games Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Y. Islanders at Y. Rangers, 6:35 p.m." Los Angeles at Chicago, 7:35 p.m. AP photo Iowa's Ronnie Harmon gets past Minneso- day in the first quarter. Iowa went on to win ta's Steve Gibbons for a touchdown Satur- 31-9 for a berth in the Rose Bowl.

TV's best The Minnesota Vikings host the New Orleans Saints at noon on KELO. USD wins opener; Jacks, SFC lose Today Augustana plays a men's basketball game against Dana College at about 8 p.m., and the women's Tip-off tournament ends at about 6 p.m. at the Arena. Yesterday McKinstrey leads Northwestern ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) -Quarterback Jay McKinstrey fired three touchdown passes and ran for two more Saturday as' Northwestern of Iowa downed Benedictine, 32-22 in an NAIA Division II quarterfinal football game.

1 Northwestern improved its record to 9-0-1 and advanced to the semifinal round Dec. 7, while the Ravens finished 10-1. Trailing 14-6 after Benedictine quarterback Jeff Pieper's 20-yard touchdown run with ll'j minutes to play in the second period, McKinstrey tossed a 34-yard pass to Mel Elsberry to pull the Red Raiders to within 14-12. Northwestern took the lead for good, 19-14, with 7:38 remaining the half when Scott Clark hauled in a 15-yard touchdown pass from McKinstrey. The Red Raiders led 25-14 at intermission.

McKinstrey, who scored on 3-and 5-yard runs and threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Dave Bartle, finished with 199 yards passing. On this date 20 years ago. Northern State defeated Minot, N.D., State 81-52 in college basketball as Doug Nelson led the Wolves with 20 points. SDSU wins title EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) South Dakota State captured the men's team title and Samson Obowo-cha of East Texas State swept to the individual title Saturday in the NCAA Division II cross country championships.

South Dakota State's top finisher was Rod DeHaven who placed ninth in 32 minutes, 12 seconds. Jeff Mass-man was 17th, Bob Wilson 18th, Todd Stevens 20th, and Rob Beyer 24th, 32:52. Augustajia's Al Severude finished 23rd with a time of 32:50. The top 25 finishers were tabbed Ail-Americans. Bente Moe of Seattle-Pacific took the women's individual title while Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo won the women's team crown in the event, hosted by East Stroudsburg University at Mountain Manor Golf Club course.

South Dakota State, fourth last year, scored 60 points to beat Edin-boro with 108. Cal Poly-SLO captured its fourth ,4 A balanced scoring attack lifted the University of South Dakota to a 75-69 win over Hastings in the Coyotes' season-opener Saturday in Vermillion. Dan Olson and Scott Goodall led. USD with 14 points each. Olson scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half.

Karl Adam and Fred Franklin scored 11 points apiece for the Coyotes, and Franklin added seven assists and six steals. Dave Lang paced Hastings, 1-2, with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Ron Jacks added 16, and Chris Ritterbush and Mark Lamb added 12 each. IOWA STATE 83, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 39 in Ames, Iowa Jeff Hornacek and Jeff Grayer combined for 40 points as Iowa State overpowered South Dakota State in a non-conference college basketball opener for both teams. Hornacek finished with 24 points, while Grayer had 16 points and nine rebounds.

They combined for 24 points and nine steals as the Cyclones stormed to a 40-20 halftime lead. South Dakota State, which has just College basketball two returning starters from last year's NCAA Division II runner-up team, was outscored 10-0 to begin the second half and trailed 66-28 Defore Cyclone coach Johnny Orr removed his starters with 7:55 left in the game. South Dakota State was led by Jimmy Benson with 16 points. Mark Schultz added 11 ooints. 0 DORDT 88, SIOUX FALLS 79 in Sioux Center, Iowa The Defenders lifted their record to 2-0 with a non-conference victory over Sioux Falls College.

Leaders for Dordt were Greg Van-Soelen with 26 points, Steve Vermeer with 21, Kevin Gesink with 15 and Jim Richards with 13. Sioux Falls was led by Chris Frick with 22 points, Luther Hippe with 16, Brad Ferrie and Tracy Odegaard with 12 each and David Sjurson with 10. Ferrie had 12 rebounds and Hippe 10. Quotable Rod DeHaven straight women's title with 30. Obowocha won the men's individual championship by covering the course in 30 minutes, 49.4 seconds.

Moe won the women's title in a time of 17:42.2. Finishing behind her were Nancy Dietman of North Dakota State in 17:55.5, and Jennifer Dunn of Cal Poly-SLO in 18:05.0. Jackie Hubbard of SDSU captured All-America honors finishing 13th wilh a time of 18:35. "I don't know, that's something that has to be decided after next week's game. If I'm retained, that's fine.

If not, that's part of life." Notre Dame coach Gerry Faust, whose five-year contract ends this season with next Saturday's game at Miami, Fla. The Irish suffered their first loss at home this season Saturday to Louisiana State 10-7..