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OVER BOWLED 1 I IIP l.C.L.A G04L LiVE STANDS UPSET MICHIGAN 14-12 STREAK SNAPPED BY LOUISIANA STATE, 14-7 Stories On Page 5C. The Miami News SECTION Pattern Outdoors 0 Packers Favored Today Page 6-C a mm Mm Miami, Sunday, January 1966 A 6N Mo Oo 1 oama I 1 1 Perkins, Sloan Rip Records V' -l Barnes (Ni 4 1 66' 70 Ml 4 Alabama Electrifying Passing Combination On Way To Breaking Orange Cowl Throwing And Catching Record MORRIS McLE3IOI Florida 's Air Blitz Too Lata 3 Sport FJiior issouri Wins Sugar, 20-18 One Of Bear's Greatest I' If- t. ft By JOHN CRITTENDEN Miami News Sports Writer One month ago, the University of Alabama got instructions to crate up the National Football Championship Trophy which it won in 1964, for mailing to this year's champion. The Crimson Tide asked for a postponement. Sure enough, when it comes time to award the four-foot silver trophy for 1965,, it won't be necessary to move it from the case where it stands in the lobby of Alabama's athletic dormitory, Paul W.

Bryant Hall. The national collegiate football championship came down -to one game last night the Orange Bowl but Alabama took the drama out of it in a hurry, introducing Nebraska's Big Eight champions to the forward pass with a 17-point second quarter which carried the Crimson Tide to a 39-23 decision and the right to shout. "We're No. 1." The nation's three top-ranked teams Michigan State, Arkansas and Nebraska all were beaten for the first time yesterday, leaving previously fourth-rated Alabama as the logical choice for No. 1 the Associated Press' final college football poll.

Before 74,214 Orange Bowl witnesses and a national NBC television audience, Alabama pitcher Steve Sloan and catcher Ray Perkins broke three game passing records. The Crimson Tide made more passing yardage in the first half than it had in any full game during the season, and although Nebraska finished with more points than any opponent has ever scored on a Bryant-coached Alabama team, it was never close after the wild second period. In the last 12 minutes of the second quarter, Nebraska handled the ball on only five plays while Alabama was scoring 17 points. Sloan's completions (20 in 23 tries) and passing yardage (296) were both Orange Bowl records, as was Perkins catches. Nebraska quarterback Bob Churchich threw three TD passes, tying a record, and passed for 232 yards.

Alabama's 17-point second quarter explosion was so thunderous that it may have short-circuited the Orange Bowl's electrical wiring for the intricately planned half-time show was stripped of much of its glamour by a power failure. Alabama was a two-point favorite, and a high-scoring game was predicted, but nothing like this. The spectacular fireworks show in the east end zone fol-lowing the first Alabama touchdown which showered some of the spectators in the north stands with sparks was not nearly so breathtaking as the Continued on 8C, Col. I -iiW I i 1 1 1 y. I i -t vr 1 f.

'5VX p. By TOMMY FITZGERALD Miami Hxru AVrllrr NEW ORLEANS The Tigers found an eagle in their tank in the last quarter here yesterday afternoon an un- friendly and record setting one and almost lost the 32nd annual Sugar Bowl Classic. They just managed to cling to a 20-18 victory as Steve Spurrier, Florida's All-America quarterback who won the Miller-Digby award as the outstanding player in the "game, filled the air with the most spectacular and effec-'live passing the old Sugar Bowl has ever witnessed. The Gators, dominated 20-0 and unable to get anywhere for almost 0 minutes, scored three times in the last 10 minutes and 31 seconds and just missed tying it on a bust-, ed two-point conversion with 2:13 left. The Tigers had passed up such traditional entertainments as breakfast at Bren-nan's, and dinner at Antoine's to save everything for' lunch at the Tulane-Sugar Bowl Stadium This au- stere approach, which saw them spending the night before the game at a religious retreat house, paid off as they chew- I ed up the Gators for 50 min-; utes.

It was one-sided and boring up to this point no con- test for the neutrals among the crowd of 67,241, smallest to see one of these games since the Sugar Bowl was en-' larged to its present 81,385 capacity. Then Spurrier noted for his last gasp comebacks as a passer all season solved the situation and the hard rush the Tiger linemen were putting on him. He began throwing to tight end Barry Brown. He completed 15 of 22 passes Continued on 5C, Col. 1 STATISTICS Florida Mmiourl First down 18 Ru.ihlng yard8 -J 257 Passing yardage 352 50 V6 514 ptse Intercepted by 1 Piintu 4-32 Fumbles lt 1 Yards penalized 25 30 LcU Triumphs When the day comes that Bear decides to bury his old game boots and sits on the porch with Mary Harmon Bryant and answers the questions of young bucks in the football dodge, he'll tell them about last night.

For the game his Alabama lightweights played against the uncommonly powerful and talented Nebraskans was, perhaps, Bear's greatest triumph. It also was the only kind of game at which the Crimson had a chance stabbing and jabbing early from every direction, then moving in solidly with body work. 1 But always, always running the lard out of the big guys. Nebraska's football team is not a poor one. Nor could it logically expect the furious aerial attack Alabama launched on the first formation and relaxed only momentarily until the last.

After all, Nebraska's finest, modern team had smashed over 10 opponents during the regular season and allowed only one touchdown by passes. But Bryant saw movies of Bob Devaney's eleven against the Air Force, a team the Corn-huskers eventually subdued, 27-17. He saw a factor in this game generally overlooked, since it was Nebraska's second engagement of the season and not nearly the cliff hanger some ''of the later ones turned out to be. "There 'was an Air Force man open blamed near every play they ran," Bryant told an intimate earlier this week. "Air Force can't throw as well as we can and they still almost ran Nebraska's leg3 off The Air Force, as a matter of fact, passed for 290 yards against Nebraska although never scoring by air and the same defenders were in the Nebraska secondary last night.

"You look at those Nebraska linemen and their backs, too, except for that little mite, Frank Solich and you got to believe the only way we can live through this thing is to keep them off balance. Well, we ain't about to knock them off balance so we go I hope if we' don't, give my little boys a nice funeral As the week's practices developed, Bryant's resolve became more firm and, as presented to his players, it went something like this: "We're going to pass more than any Alabama team ever passed before in the history of football We've got the thrower (Sloan) and we got the receivers (Perkins, Tolleson, Ho-man, Duncan, ad infinitum) and I believe they've got holes on the other side of that big, mean line "So we're going 'to shoot for the holes from every part of the field, for every part of the game, from the first gun to the last gasp We've got a chance and we might do better than I think but, if we don't do at least as good, Continued on' 7C, Col. fif STATISTICS Ac. First downs runtime 14 4 First downs passing It It First downs penalties 3 1' Total tlrsl downs 17 Ruahlns plavs 57 14 Yards sained rnshlnir 225 144 Yards hist rushlnf 3 1 rNet yards sained rushlni 222 14 Fnward passes tried 2 If Forward passes eompleted 24 12 Sards gained passing 294 132 Vl yds g'ed rush' pass' 514 377 dsn ('ward pass' kad Intrrc' I 1 Yards ret. Interr.

passes 14 Number of punts 3 Average yards punls 31. 41.2 Yards returned all kirks 42 134 Fumbles 4 umbles lost 4 4 Number of penalties 4 1 arils penalised 42 44 tons ruwblng play 25 27 Long passing play 3S 4t lolnl firs tdnwns 29' 1 12 "llranse Howl Kerord 7-34 4 11-24 ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR catch- es in yesterday's bowl games or in any game which 'has ever been played was made by Florida end Charles Casey for the Gators' third toichdoion. Casey battles Afissouri's Gary GrossnickZe jor the ball and comes out the win- -ner. St e- Spurrier threw the pass. 17 7 Alabama Nebraska 0 17 3 0-M 0 0 0 18 IB llorlila Al AHAM4.

Tnorhdnwns Perkins both Slosn passes, 21 and 11 yardsM Kelly (4 yarffsl; fumman 12; 1 yard. 3 Fstra Pnlnis-Rav (4; kirks) rer-klns 12: Moan pass). Field Ooal-Kav ill yards). HRAsKA TnlH-hrinwn Jeler (2; both fbnrrb-leh pas-es: 33 yards, 14 yards) Orrg-nry K'nurrhlch pass. 44 yards)! ihtirrhieb (I yard).

IMrs Pnlnts-tYarhholts ft; kicks) I Gregory 12; Churcniiii pass). jTo-Brnwri 10 run iBstes kirki MO-Denny 11 pais Irom Roland (Bales kiuKI MO KG 37 MO-Kfl BATF.S 34 KLA-Harper 22 pass Irom Spurrier (pass failed) KUA spurrier 2 run (pass tilled! FLA 31 pass iiom Spurrier (pass atiedl Attendance 47.421. -'rift-- LA A. A A A.