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The Miami News from Miami, Florida • 19

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The Miami Newsi
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Miami, Florida
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19
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5-B THE MIAMI NEWS Jan. 2, 1971 wrwf wm. jwrar -ja "Saw" i 1 M9 0 ft 1 MJ7 i ii it i i C4 i a IIV 1 ii 1 1 Jill fwBPffl-Mi S. Iff lit Sign in Orange Bowl says it before game 1 CC kiJ tit- I irkyvn, 'ofi hii wav aw iajimfiaBiLuiw II ill II I 1 1 1 i vfr'rxmi mwHAWVW iw.umih.iih.-i. taHWCtWWCWWWogwtww" Nebraska players say it at the end of the game: they're the number one football team in the land Tte Cornhuskers are confident ho's Ask the Cornhuskers Naturally Phillips' opinion was cheered wildly.

He then announced that quarterback Tagge and defensive end Harper were the game's most valuable back and lineman, respectively. Again more cheers. "On behalf of the Orange Bowl we want to thank you for giving us the best game we've had and the best game played today. Beyond a doubt you deserve to be the No. 1 team in the country." Orange Bowl statistics PUNTING Nebraska L.S.U.

Neb-FS Rogers No Yds 226 Hughes Neb Orduna 3 run (Rogers kick; LSU-FG Lumpkin 36 LSU-FG Lumpkin 25 LSU-Coffee 31 pass from Lee (kick Tagge, who completed 12 of 23 passes for 153 yards and scored the deciding touchdown on a one-yard sneak, said, "Back in Lincoln (where the University of Nebraska is located) we had lots of talks about ways we could be No. 1 but this was the best way. I think we deserve it we've worked so hard this year. And I think upstairs they think we're No. 1, too." Harper, a sophomore, wasn't worried that a national championship might put more pressure on the Cornhuskers next season.

"That'll just make us work that much harder," he said. Newton, the All-America offensive tackle, did not win any awards but he was the leader of the line that helped Nebraska rush for more yards (132) than anybody has in two years off LSU. "Knowing we' had a chance for No. 1 made us more loose," he said, "and I think the momentum we had was worth a touchdown to us." If Nebraska should wind up No. 1, it will be the first time an Orange Bowl team has had that distinction since Alabama in 1966.

The Cornhuskers aren't worried: they already feel it's in the bag. Continued from Page IB cept a Jones pass for the Cornhuskers to complete a happy night. As they danced and hugged each other at game's end, the Nebraska band blared forth with "We're No. 1" music and the Orange Bowl's poly-turf was flooded with frenzied bodies. Inside the Nebraska dressing room, it was quite some time before the Cornhuskers stopped clicking their heels long enough to shower and head back to their hotel for the celebration.

Wide receiver Johnny Rogers, who caught four passes for 45 yards, was on a bench shouting, "We're No. 1 in the nation and No. 1 in the world, too." Someone was in the middle of the room taking a picture of a dozen smiling players, all with their first fingers extended in No. 1 fashion. And all of the team's coaches were being hustled off one-by-one to take a fully-clothed shower.

Midway through the funmaking Orange Bowl committee president W. Keith Phillips appeared to announce the most valuable players. He jumped on a bench and said, NebTagge 1 run (Rogerg kick) AflO.A99 fraenrri). ftehrtifkn LSU RUSHING Alt Gain Lett Net 20 8 7 79 2 3 0 3 5 30 0 9 3S 42 -7 8 4 58 -54 1 0 12 -1! PASSING Alt Compl Intc Yds 23 12 0 182 Dantin Cantrell Walker Lee Jon5 Coffee RUSHING AH Gain Loss Net 33 30 31 3 Flnt downi ruhin Flrit dnwnt Muln) i Flnt downt pandtlei 0 Totalflrtt downi 18 Rushing plavi 48 Yrd gained rushins 173 Vardt lest rushing 41 Nat yards gained rushing 132 (Long rushing plavl 14 Forward passes tried 58 Forward passes completed 14 Yards gained passing lit (Long passing play) 17 Total offense 2M Forward passes Intercepted 1 Yards ret. int.

passe 0 Number of punts 6 Average yds. punts 37.7 Yards returned punts 3 Yards returned kickoffs J4 Fumbles 4 Fumbles lost 3 Number of penalties Yards penalized Kinney Orduna Brownson Srhneiss Rodgeri Tagge 7 11 20 45 159 107 51 25 32 17 227 31 278 2 3 J2.5 0 22 4 3 I 27 -tT7 e-li 13 63 2 1 0 3 3 la 65 10 3 3 20 Lee Jones 5 1 45 RECtlVING PASSING AH Compl Intc Yds 25 12 1 153 Micbeelson Hamilton Tagge Brownspn 2 1 8 No Yds TO 2 1 0 9 146 0 2 0 I 9 0 I 39 1 18 0 RECJIVINO Walker Ne Ydt TO Keghley 22 Cot fee Kevenaugh PUNTING Ingles List Rodgera Schneiss Kinney 63 45 4 27 Nebraska LSU NO Yds I 260 Dickinson aw--" A' zsf A' -4k if I 111 if mm II if 1 A 1 1 Nebraska's Big Red Orange Botcl Game photos by Jay Spencer, Charles Trainor and Don Robins I for- Nebraska's Jcrrv Tajijie, niosS valuable back in OU game, scampers 12 yards on keeper.

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