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SPORTS NEWS-MKTS. HJfe WtomtiiBtx Journal Montgomery, Sunday, Jan. 2, 1966 ah 10 7 idle A Hi 99 1 "1 3 0. Sloan Leads 39-28 Win By JACK DOANE Advertiser Sports Editor MIAMI, Fla. In the very same place the national championship of 1964 was tarnished one year ago, Alabama probably won a final No.

1 ranking for 1965 Saturday night. With Michigan State and STATISTICS Alabama Nbrakl First downs 29 17 Hushing yardaoe 355 1 45 Passing yardage 2'6 53? Passes 20-5? 12-1 Passes intercepted by 1 1 Punts 5-31 3-41 limbics Inst 0 4 Arkansas already throttled by UCLA and LSU, the Crimson Tide completed the demolition of the nation's three undefeated and untied teams by strangling Yards penalised 2 J6 i amazed Nebraska, 39-28, in 32nl Jrange Bowl. Coach Paul "Bear" y-ant's crimson -jersied i -ets proved once again big men don't bother them Miami's Orange bowl festivities, Alabama put on the most lavish show of all, rolling to 518 yards total offense, another Orange Bowl record, despite the fact the Tide gave up 34 pounds per man to Nebraska's heretofore staunch defense. Tension packed the air as 74,214 fans jammed Miami's beautiful arena to see the game fc? the national championship after the Cotton and Rose Bowl results were in. While the entire nation watched, the Crimson Tide proved without a doubt it is the finest offensive team in America.

It started according to the 4 as they wrecked the seventh best DOANE defense In the United States and rode on the fabled arm of quarterback Steve Sloan to a possible third national championship in five years. While his former teammate Joe Namath watched from the book with Nebraska's mighty ground force moving tnrough the Tide's light defensive corps. The Cornhuskers, after winning the toss of the coin, chose possession and almost broke bench, Sloan broke every Orange Bowl passing record and was a unanimous choice as the game's Most Valuable Player. He completed 20 of 29 passes for 296 yards, both OB records, and erased forever the lingering memory of a year ago when Namath and Co. came so close but failed against Texas, 21-17.

Amid all the splendor of all the way on the kickoff when Frank Solich raced from his two to the 41. After the teams exchanged -AP Wlrf photo five-yard penalties, Ron Kirk- Ray Perkins (88) Heads For First TP After Taking Pass From Sloan; Wayne Cook Follows Play land ripped 12 vards to Tide 47. But "Lighthorse" Har 0 IT End. For Two lYiamc eatens; ry Wilson flunked his first test against the pesky Bama defense, fumbling when hit after breaking for nine yards, and Tom Somerville recovered at the Tide 38. Sloan came pitching as advertised, but who he pitched to was a shock.

On Bama's first play Sloan threw eight yards to Jerry Duncan on the tackle eligible. Steve Bowman negotiated the first down on fiva more yards to the Husker 49. Sloan chose Duncan again, zorbacks rpartams. ODBlec JI JL on a tackle eligible screen pass, and it went for 17 yards to the 32. Bowman and Kelly alter nated for nine yards on three Underdog UCLA Rises Up plays and Sloan slipped through for a first down at the 21.

Sloan dallied no more, throw ing to Perkins, who caught the ball near the 15, spun back SMj.TT.TAl'.'iP's raw; la To Knock Off MS 11 14-12 LSU Stuns Hogs hi Cotton, 14-7 DALLAS, Tex. (AP) College football's longest winning streak 22 straight games came to an end under the dreary skies of the Cotton Bowl Saturday as thrice beaten Louisiana State powered by stubby Joe LaBruzzo beat Arkansas 14-7. mm toward the middle of the field to avoid a tackier, and raced in for the first touchdown just five minutes and 24 seconds after it all began. David Ray's PAT made it 7-0. PASADENA, Calif.

(AP)-UCLA dropped its Beban football bomb on Michigan State Saturday, holding a gallant but belated comeback in the fourth quarter to upset the Spartans 14-12 in the Rose Bowl and knock them out of the unbeaten ranks and a possible national The Cornhuskers moved at STATISTICS MSU I'CLA First downs 13 10 Rushing yardage 204 5 Passing yardage 110 147 Passes 1-22 1-20 Passes intercepted by 0 3 Punts 5-42 11-39 Fumble lost 2 2 Yards penalized 14 The Tigers scored two touch. will by land again and rolled championship. from their 35 to the Tide 13 before Paul Crane and Rich- RAhan is fJarv Rphan aay, pucnea oui 10 boq Apisa, (See BEBAN, Page 5B) i t' STATISTICS LSt? Arkansas First downs 15 22 Rushing yardaw 16 12 Passing yardage 100 177 Passes HI 15-24 Passes intercepted by 1 0 Punta 4-47 3-34 Fumbles lost 0 1 Yards penalized ii 10 (See SLOAN, Page 4B) Lip spectacular shophomore quar-iJlQ terback who rammed across across 4 i two touchdowns in the second quarter and led the heroic and amazing Bruins to their first Rose Bowl victory six ap bitter end, and as the game ended had driven to the LSU 2C on the passing of Jon Brittenum. Arkansas, the No. 2 team in pearances in the famed stadi um Michigan State, undefeated in the nation, had hoped to become the national champion Saturday and might have made it had it downs in the second period on three and one-yard smashes by the hammering LaBruzzo and then stood off everything Arkansas tried to break the heralded poise of the Razorbacks and pull one of the big upsets of the bowls.

Louisiana State was a 10-point underdog. A crowd of 76,200 the largest ever to see a Cotton Bowl game in its 30 years sat under lowering skies and intermittent rain to watch the great' ground attack and the passing and quarterbacking of Pat Screen rob Arkansas of a second straight Cotton Bowl victory. An Arkansas fumble set un one Louisiana State touchdown and a poor kick gave LSU the opportunity to score again, but the Razorbacks rallied their defense for a glittering goal line stand and Doug Moreau missed a field goal from the Arkansas nine. But Arkansas fought to the 10 regular season games and the Big Ten champions, suffered its first bowl loss in three visits, won. But the hopes of the Razor-backs crumbled under "the driv but few if any of the 100,087 fans left the place as the Spartans kept the suspense going until the final 31 seconds.

ing Tigers and their mighty defense, featuring what has been called the biggest, strongest team a Southwest Conference All America quarterback Te Meve Jiway, who had enjoyed team faced this year. It was a winless bowl season little success all this bright, crisp afternoon, connected on a for the conference, which lost the Gator Bowl when Texas 42-yard pass to Gene Washing Tech was beaten by Georgia Tech, and the Sun Bowl, when (See LONG, Page 5B) AP Wirephoto PLAY COSTS SPARTANS ROSE BOWL TIE Apisa (Hidden From View) Stopped Just Short ton to set ie stage for the first MSU touchdown, and Jim Raye, a last ditch replacement for Ju- A- Vfcy) -tAN. -fr .2 1 h' A A 1 iC Sr i-' Kit) I 5., C'X fr i i 1 1 i lunua Late: iinncs i oo Miz'zou in aitzes sugar NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) first touchdown on a came to life in the fourth quar- i number of times he reached his Charlie Brown, a near-sighted: twisting 10-yard run, set up a ter on the pitching of Steve with 27; and for the num halfback, and a stingy defense that dominated the game for second period field goal with a 15-yard sweep on his own right STATIS'ilCS Florida Missouri First downs ie 18 Rushing yardage 2 257 Passing yardage 352 50 Passes 27-4o 5-14 Passes intercepted by 1 1 ber of yards gained with 352. He was voted the game's outstanding player.

three periods let Missouri waltz end and contributed a futile 45-lyard sprint down the sidelines Spurrier, who set three Sugar Bowl records. All Florida touchdowns came in the final period with Spurrier's passing responsible for every point. to a 20-18 victory over a desper- nto Plnrirla affoTPp-aHrm in thelinsr hfnro tho ami nt tha third Punts 4-32 5-44 2 1 The Gators simply started their aerial antics too late. For three quarters, the Missouri u.j l-- Fumbles lost sun uieiienea ougar uowt oatur- quarter. Yards penalized 25 30 doy.

He was dumped on the 35- defense, built around Ron Sny Spurrier broke the Sugar AP Wirephot Brown, who wears contact varfi arKj the siumbering team in the history of the South- ALABAMA'S LESLIE KELLEY KiL) LcAP5 FOR FIRST DOWN Bowl record for the number of jder and Johnny Roland, kept lenses when he plays, scored the greatest passing jeastem Conference, suddenly! passes attempted, with 45; the! (See GATOR, Page 6B) Tide Halfback Took Pitchout From Sban Before Three-Yard Pickup.