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Beban, Bombs 4-12 Rose Shocker MSU, t- Pasadena, Calif. UHi UCLA dropped its Beban football bomb on Michigan State Saturday, held off 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 championship. Beban Is Gary Beban, UCLA's spectacular sophomore (its Efi Be Dan is liary Beban. kick just as they had done in their winning touchdown against Southern California to make it to the Rose Bowl. Grider, as in the USC game, fell on the ball on the MSU 42, and five plays later the Bruins had what proved to be the winning touchdown.

Beban drilled a 27-yard pass through a crowd of Spar tan defenders and hit Kurt Altenberg On the one-yard mark and then promptly went to his left for the touchdown, jpts 2nd add Bruins Late in the second quarter, Michigan State marched from its own 20 to the UCLA six, but on fourth down a 23-yard field goal attempt from an angle to the left by the barefoot kicking specialist, Dick Kenney, was wide to the right. Too often twice with a yard or less to go on fourth down even the Spartans' great halfback, Clinton Jones, was held or thrown for a loss, and MSU lost possession of the ball. Beban was hard pressed by Michigan State's powerful defense, but he managed to complete eight of 20 passes for 147 yards. Jones rushed for 113 yards in 20 carries as the work Statistics MSUCCLA Fint downs Ruihlnf yardaf k4 Pawing yantega no I'aue 123 Puw Intarccpted by PuoU 4i Piunhlca kmt If 6 147 I 1 Yard pcnaUxed 14 Michigan State, undefeated LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 2, 1968 With Juday and Raye alternating signal calling, the Spartans took advantage of a partially blocked UCLA punt and drove from mldfield in 15 plays, where Juday punched across from six inches out. On the two-point try to tie, Raye ran to his right, pitched out to Apisa, but the MSU dreams melted when two defensive standouts for UCLA, Bob Stiles and Dallas Grider, knocked him flat short of the end zone.

Until the dramatic closing moments, the game belonged to UCLA. They went into this 52nd annual postseason classic 14V4 points underdogs. SECTION But it was UCLA by 14 at the half, and it appeared it would end 14-0 until the final quarter. The Bruins, champions of the Pacific Athletic Conference with a 7-2-1 seasonal record, scored twice in a space of three minutes, 10 seconds of the second period. MSU defensive back Don Japinga fumbled a punt by Larry Cox and John Erqulaga recovered on the MSU six.

Beban rolled to the left for five and to the right for the final yards. Kurt Zimmerman kicked the first of his two extra points. UCLA bamboozled the Spartans on a successful on-side and the Big Ten champions, suffered its first bowl loss In three visits, but few if any of the 100,087 fans left the place as the Spartans kept the suspense going until the final 31 seconds. All-America quarterback Steve Juday, who had enjoyed little success all this bright, crisp afternoon, connected on a 42-yard pass to Gene Washington to set the. stage for the first MSU touchdown, and Jim Raye, a last ditch replacement for Juday, pitched out to Bob Apisa, who rambled 38 yards for the touchdown.

Juday faked a place kick, attempted to pass and was hit in the act of throwing. How They Scored: UCLA's spectacular sopho-more quarterback who rammed across two touchdowns In the second quarter and led the heroic and amazing Brains to their first Rose Bowl victory in six appearances In the famed ttadlnm. in 1ft rp cnilar tonein ffomac Team loan Riddle Alabama Makes Tonfs Touchdown Bound Undefeate (ff Fittingly, it was uow juey SPOrel Sloan, the Alabama quar- now iney scoreu N-A TImeLefl participant in the Fellow- Fint QUarter ship of Christian Athletes o-4 Perkins, 21 pass from Sloan who engineered 1966 36 version of me bMcal tale (7 Rayacement of David slaytag GoliatH Sec The burly Huskers could "7 7-7 Wachhoib, placement th Sma? 7-15 4 nra 7:11 bama team and Nebraska 7-14 Ray, placement had no answer for the pass- 7-20 Perkins, pass from ing combination of 1 a and flanker Ray Perkins 7-21 Ray Pkcement Even battlln, Iwft. 18-yard -KK Third Quarter kers Perkins set an Orange 1W4 Gregory, 49 pass from Rowl nflRg Churchich 10:35 7 "J6? of Ala 4:29 Jama's five "touchdown on rfbVST irom Fourth Quarter passes from Sloan. 19-32 Churchich.

run 14:58 Perkms record was 0nly 2fr- W-chholtz. placement one of many marks to fall 20-58 Bowman, run as a crowd of 74,214 watched Ry. placement game that took on na- 'r0m t.v tional championship status SichBO lrntn 1:50 it-t a i 25 39 Gregory, pass from when UCLA defeated No 1 Churchich ranked Michigan State and LSU upset second-ranked delay its final ballot until Arkansas in bowl games after the bowl games were Saturday afternoon. played and the Football The Associated Press, for Writers of America annual- the first time, decided to ly wait until after the bowls No Stopping Him "A) 'A i No Statistics First downs a 17 SSgZ'S Passes 20-29 12-19 Passes int. 2 i ui K'nJaiL" a Yards 62 86 By HAL BROWN Miami, Fla.

Alabama, a team that lost th Foot ball Writers of America ti- tie as national champions in the Orange Bowl a year ago, made a strong bid for VJ-'. With 3 convincing 39-28 win over Nebraska on that same field Saturday night. Wlth Michigan State and Arkansas losing nrlipr in Arkansas losing earuer in knocked off the Huskers to leave the nation with no ma- jor coUege footbaU team un- beaten- The tiny Alabamans used the passing game to rack up a 24-7 halftime lead, then turned to the ground game to preserve the victory, their ninth against one loss and one tie. NCzap I 4 A horse of the MSU of fense. Juday completed six of 18 throws, most of them in the fading minutes, for 80 yards.

But three interceptions were damaging, of course. i A years ago, although he fell to Nebraska. "We Just couldn't stop 'em," Bob said, and added and NU couldn't field kick-offs. Those two things were glaring. "We've worked on them worked on them a lot," he said of the on-sides kicks.

"They executed them well," he said of two on-sides kicks in 'a row Alabama recovered. "There's a certain amount of luck in the bounces. But you could tell "they've put in a lot of work on them." But onside kicks or not, 39 AMcLeod Nebraska Michigan State 0 13 UCLA 0 14 14 UCL Beban 1 run (Zimmerman kick) I'CLA-Bchan run (Zimmerman kick) MSU Apia 38 run (pau failed) MSU-Juday 1 run (ran (ailed) Attendance 100,087. 1 4 -V, ft w- Trimble the passing was the killer in that first half. Devaney said the Cornhuskers had gambled a little in the pass coverage.

"We were hoping we' would get a good rush," he said. "But we didn't get to him. He was dumping in those short ones and screens." Bob said the Huskers made some adjustments in the second half. "We did a little better job on the receivers," fie' said, "but they took advantage of our adjustments Continued on Page 2C, Col. i It? I Sure befVe naming their AMm.

went Into last year's Orange Bowl game unbeaten and ranked No. 1 nationally, but lost the foot- ball writers crown when Arkansas defeated Nebras- ka in the Cotton Bowl a the Crimson Tide lost to Texas here. 11 consolation to Nebraska they likely will nave been beaten in the last two bowl games by the team M5JM Mnd SjT rin, int. scoring 28 points, the Huskers also tied a rec- ord for most points scored by a losing team, matching the mark set bv Georgia in los- to Texis 41-28 In the mo 1S a me- dmt Hr 2 IS! SJS? 1 oras during tne season, con- tinued Ws Kattack herfi jn the onH Tffi? fluarterback th "MHffli yaluablV olaver bv covering Continued on Page 2C, Col. 3 3 A-Sloan it I At A m.

I IF i Nebraska end Tony Jeter steams toward the end zone with the first Cornhusker touchdown, a 33-yard pass from Bob Churchich, as Alabama defenders Ben McLeod and Wayne Trimble scramble in a vain effort to catch him. Devaney Galls Tide Offense Best He's Seen in College 1 i and there until they have the buffalo dizzy. And Alabama did just that in winning the Orange Bowl classic, So impressive was the Crimson Tide of Alabama, Devaney termed them "the finest offensive team" he had seen in college football. And Steve Sloan, the architect of the 'Bama machine also drew the plaudits of Devaney. Bob compared him to George Mira, the former University of Miami quarterback who put on an awesome aerial barrage in the Gotham Bowl three 1 NJeter 1 HL Barnes Coleman If By CURT MOSHER Miami, Fla.

Bob Devaney didn't need "to look at any statistical sheet here Saturday night. He had stood there with his clipboard in hand and watched for 60 shell-shocked minutes as Alabama put on one of the finest offensive shows, in college football. The nation's winningest coach was completely relaxed as he gave his version of how a talented wa-terbug can beat a talented water buffalo. They simply dart, flash and blitz here Three Nebraska defenders, Richard Czap, Walt Barnes and Langston Coleman can't get to Alabama quarterback Steve Sloan, who enjoyed near-perfect pass protection from his quick linemerf in the Orange Bowl COTTON BOWL Spurrier LSU Hogs' Win Streak es ers Page 3C Page 3C SUGAR BOWL Scar Snaps IIS.