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ww WW 1 30 Wednesday, Jon. I WBO Lincoln, Neb. Journal Trojans, OU, 'Tide record bowl wins; Who's No. rn for us next to tie." lf wl- Sratonl record! AlKANSAt 111) ALAtAMA (tl-W ColofOOoSt 341 Georgia 30-4 Oklahoma St 17-7 Baylor 4S-0 Tulsa 11-1 Vandtrbilt 44-1 TCU 14-1 Wichita 341 TmatTKh 1M Florida 4M Tt 17-14 Houston 1M1 VPI ll- Ric4 14-1 Bovler H- LSU 3-0 TtiatAtM 12 10 Miami 1O-0 SMU 11-1 Auburn 7ll Alabama 114 ArkomM M-l jfj- -1 f-w rl Major Ogllvle he was. When someone broke a long gainer, he exclaimed, "Nobody'd run through us like that." And eventually he conceded that "from what I've seen so far, I think we're No.

1." When the final gun sounded and Ohio State had lost, he said, "That's about as good as it game at 7-7, and safety Bud llebert returned his interception of a Jimmy Jordan pass 25 yards to the FSU 10 on the next series. That set up Stanley Wilson's 5-yard touchdown run, and after FSU's Rohn Stark shanked a 14 yard punt, the Sooners tacked on a 24-yard Michael Keeling field goal for a 10-point lead that was never threatened. Alabama claims title after win NEW ORLEANS (AP) -For the third year In a row, Alabama is sweating out the vote In the wire service polls. But if the Alabama and Arkansas players were doing the voting, there would be no doubt about college football's national champion. "Alabama deserves to be No.

1," Arkansas quarterback Kevin Scanlon said after the second-ranked Crimson Tide trounced the sixth-rated Razor-backs 24-9 Tuesday in the Sugar Bowl. "If you don't vote for them as No. 1, you've got to be crazy." But Alabamians feel they have been burned enough times including runnerup finishes behind Notre Dame in 1977 and Ohio State in this year's final regular-season poll not to take anything for granted where the ratings are concerned. Still, there was unbridled joy in the Alabama team's hotel Tuesday evening after third-ranked Southern California edged top-rated and previously unbeaten Ohio State 1716 in the Rose Bowl and fifth-ranked Oklahoma trimmed No. 4 and previously undefeated Florida State 24-7 in the Orange Bowl.

The television set in Bryant's room was tuned to the Rose Bowl, but the legendary 66-year-old coach insisted he wasn't "paying any attention" to it. But you had to know that Wliite leads USCs rally by Buckeyes PASADKNA, CaUf. (AP) -Southern Cal Coach John Robinson was flinging superlatives around with abandon, calling the game one of the greatest, Charles White the best football player he's ever seen, and the class of Trojan senior players the finest in the history of the school. Robinson would not, however, call his Rose Bowl-winning Trojans the best college football team in the land. "We deserve consideration for No.

1," Robinson said Tuesday after third-ranked Southern Cal's dramatic 17-16 victory over top-rated Ohio State in the Rose BowL "Alabama deserves consideration. We are two great football teams." Ohio State Coach Earle Bruce, who saw a perfect season and a possible national championship fade away when the White-led Trojans scored the winning touchdown with 1.32 remaining in the contest, remarked, "I said all along that the winner of this game should be the national champion." Buckeye quarterback Art Schlichtcr, who turned in an outstanding performance in the losing effort, said, "I can't vote in the poll, but L'SC played a great game and deserves to be No. 1." White, the Trojans' Heisman Trophy winning tailback who gained 247 yards and scored Southern Cal's final touchdown on a 1-yard dive, said diplomatically, "I hope we're No. 1. I'll just wait and see.

I don't want to say anymore because it will just show up in the paper." "All the players on the team feel that we're No. 1," said Trojan quarterback Paul McDonald, who provided Southern Cal's other touchdown with a 53-yard scoring pass to Kevin Williams. "We've come back so many times 4" 9, Billy Sims relaxes after State in the Orange Bowl Season's FLA. ST. (11-1) records OKLAHOMA (11-1) Iowa 21-6 Tulsa 49-13 Rice 63 21 Colorado 49-24 Texas 7-16 Kansas State 38-6 Iowa State 38-9 Oklahoma State 3B-7 Kansas 38 0 Missouri 24-22 Nebraska 17-14 Florida State 24-7 So.

WississiPDi. 17-14 Arizona 31-3 Miami 40-23 VPI 17-10 Louisville 27-0 Mississippi St. LSU 24-19 Cincinnati 26-21 South Carolina. Memphis Slate 66 17 Florida 27-16 Oklahoma 7-24 ing in their first New Year's Day bowl, opened a 7-0 lead and had the ball at the Oklahoma 2 early in the second quarter before the Sooners erupted. "I felt like we were just kind of dead through the first quarter.

We knew we could move WHAT Si if IaXk, life LOOK, LIFE All Alabama can do now is await the result No matter what the results of the polls, they can be content with a 12-0 record Alabama's first perfect marls since 1968 and a 21-game winning streak, longest In the nation as well as an Alabama record. Alabama's Don McNeal fumbled the opening kickoff away at his own 25, but Arkansas had to settle for Ish Ordonez' 3-yard field goal For the most part after that it was all Alabama. Major Ogilvie, named the game's outstanding player, scored on runs of 22 yards and 1 yard in the first period and set up Alan McKlroy's 25-yard field goal with a 50-yard punt return late in the second quarter. Ogilvie's first touchdown capped an 82-yard drive and the second, less than 3 minutes later, came after linebacker Thomas Boyd recovered a fumble by Scanlon at the Arkansas 22. "I feel that we are deserving of the honor of being No.

1," Bryant said. "If someone votes us No. 1, 1 will consider us national champions." Summaries, see Scoreboard This week nnlv! fry if PENERAL You Must Be Satisfied Electronic Ignition Seawn't records OHIOJT (ll ll UiCltl--)) Svrocwt Jll ToIec JI-7 Minntsoto 51 OrwonSlalt 4M Wasnington SI. 45-29 Mlimnola 41-14 UCIA 17-11 LSU 1711 Woifiinelon St. S0-2I Indiana 47-4 Stonlord 11-31 Wiuaniin 5-0 Nolrt 42-11 Michigan it 42-0 Cal 14-14 lllinoit 44-7 Arliona 14 7 Iowa Ii-I waMiinaten 24 17 Michigan 11-11 UCLA 414 USC 14-1? Onialtat 17-14 Charles White against adversity and that's the sign of a champion.

Wherever the 11-0-1 Trojans finish in the final wire serice polls, they must surely rank at the top as far as confidence goes. Down 16-10 to the 7'2-point underdog Buckeyes with just 5:21 remaining in the game, Southern Cal took the ball at its own 17-yard line and marched cooly down the field for the winning score. White began the decisive drive with a 32-yard burst, ran for another 28 yards on the next play, then finally capped the thrust by somersaulting into the end zone. Eric Hipp then kicked the point-after for the winning margin. "I didn't feel like I was carrying the load on the last drive," said White, who had a total of 39 carries in the contest, with both that and his rushing yardage Rose Bowl records.

"If they were going to stop us, they were going to have to stop 11 of us. "That's our game, to wear the other guy down. Although we were six points behind, we were still very confident." "We've been in that situation before," said McDonald, who completed 11 of 24 passes for Return vords Passes Punts Fumbles-lost 12 22-40-2 7-34 1-1 102 4-7-0 8-34 1-1 7-61 Penalties-vards 1-15 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Arkdnsas, Bowles 15-46, Anderson 6-28. Alabama, Jackson 13-120, M.Ogilvie 14-67, Whitman 6-37. PASSING Arkansas, Scanlon 22-39-1-245.

Alabama, Shealv 4-7-0-70. RECEIVING Arkansas, Anderson 7 53, Stiggers5-3. Farrell 3-51. Alabama, Pugh 3-62, Jackson 1-8. Rose Bowl USC 17, Ohio State 16 Ohio Slate 0 10 3 316 Southern Col 3 7 0 717 USC FG Hipp 41 USC Williams 53 pass from McDonald (Hipp kick) OSU FG Janakievski 35 OSUG.

Williams 67 pass from Schlichter (Janakievski kick) OSU FG Janakievski 37 OSU FG Janokievski 24 USC White 1 run (Hipp kick) A 105,526 Ohio St USC First downs 16 23 Rushes-yards 40-115 52-285 Passing yords 289 234 Return yards 6 00 Passes 11-21-1 11-24-1 Punts 3-43 1-52 Fumbles-lost 1-1 21 Penolties-yards 2-18 3-33 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Ohio State, Murray 18-73, Spencer 4-15, Campbell 5-12. Southern Cal, White 39-247, Allen 9-43. PASSING Ohio State. Schlichter 11-21-1-289. Southern Cal, McDonald 11-24- 1- 234.

RECEIVING Ohio State, Williams 3-131, Donley 4-110, Murray 2-31. Southern Col, K.Wiiliams2-70, Garcia 2-57, Butler 2- 45, Allen 2-41. Orange Bowl Oklahoma 24, Fla. St. 7 Florida SI.

7 0 0 7 Oklahoma 0 17 0 724 FSU Whiting 1 run (Cappelen kick) ENGINE TUNE-UP 234 yards. "We put together a drive that will be remembered for a long time by a lot of people. Our only real concern at the last was getting the ball back with enough time to make the Schlichter, the outstanding sophomore who completed 11 of his 21 passes for 297 yards against the Trojans, reflected the Buckeyes' disappointment following the loss. "It's a big letdown," said Schlichter, who connected with Gary Williams on a 67-yard scoring pass to even the game at 10-10 just before halftime. "We had a shot at the national championship and we didn't get it.

"We gave it everything we had, with our hearts. This team fought all year long. I'm disappointed." Confident Sooners hit FSU, 24-7 MIAMI (AP) The Oklahoma Sooners kept saying all week long that they were worried about fourth-ranked Florida State, but after their convincing 24-7 Orange Bowl victory, the Sooners admitted they were just being diplomatic. "I didn't want to go into it during the last week, because I knew the media would take it and play it up the wrong way, but we felt sure that Florida State couldn't beat us," quarterback J.C. Watts said.

"We felt the only way we would lose would be if we beat ourselves making mistakes, putting the ball on the ground," he said. "Man for man, they were better than we were," agreed FSU's All-American nose guard, Ron Simmons. "Their offense is extra tough, especially when you have excellent athletes like Billy Sims and Watts." The Seminoles, 11-0 and play- A A A A I KNOW YOU S.EPlW(? A Okla-Oklo-Okla-Okla- Watts 61 run Keeling ick Wilson 5 run Keeling kick) FG Keeling 24 Sims 22 lateral from (Keeling kick) First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Flo St 12 35-82 100 19 8-27-3 9-42 1-0 Okla 23 59-411 36 100 2- 4-0 4-25 5-4 3- 28 Penalties-yards 4-20 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS rushing Florida Stole, Lyies 13-40, Whiting 13-40. Oklahoma, Sims 24-164, Watts 16-127. PASSING Floridd State, Jordan 616- 1- 76, Woodham 2-11-2-24.

Oklahoma, Wotts 2-4-0-36. RECEIVING Florldo State, King 2- 24, Ctlllders 2-24. Oklahoma, Nixon 2-36. NFL playoffs at glance First round Notional Conference Philadelphia 27, Chicago 17 up, and that's how I caught it." While the ball was spiraling-towards Herring, between defenders Ric Lindquist and Russell Gary, there were thoughts going through the mind of Elston, too. "At first I kind of hesitated, held my breath for awhile," said Elston.

"Then, when I saw him grab the ball, I didn't know what to do. I just hung around, looked up in the air and said thanks." While the play seemingly took forever for Elston and Herring, it passed quicker, much quicker for Houston Coach Bill Yeoman. The fourth down play developed so quickly in fact, that 1 1 4 Scoreboard af APWIREPHOTO Oklahoma defeated Florida Tuesday night. the ball against them. Over the bench, I said, 'Let's get it said Watts, the game's most valuable offensive player after gaining 127 of the Sooners' 411 rushing yards.

The Seminoles, their jitters evident, had their early momentum deflated by a string of mistakes. Two delay-of-game penalties moved them from the Oklahoma 2 back to the 12, and then holder Rick Slockstill muffed the snap from center on a field goal attempt. Watts followed a 25-yard Sims run with a 61-yard touchdown jaunt to tie the Philadelphia New York Washington New Jersey 27 20 15 15 11 21 20 23 .429 .395 .625 .487 .487 .459 .447 .256 Central Division Atlanta 25 15 Cleveland 19 20 San Antonio 19 20 Houston 17 20 Indiana 17 21 Detroit 10 29 Western Conference Midwest Division Milwaukee 22 18 Kansas City 22 IB Denver 14 26 Chicago 12 25 Utah 17 77 Pacific Division Seattle 27 11 .711 Los Angeles 28 13 .683 Phoenix 26 14 .650 Portland 21 21 .500 San Diego 20 21 .488 8Vi Golden Stale 12 26 .316 15 Monday's Gomes No games scheduled Tuesday's Games New York 128, San Antonio 120 Portland 109, Washington 99 Wednesday's Gome Son Diego al New Jersey Boston at Houston Los Angeles at Indiana Phoenix ot Son Antonio Kansas City ot Utah Detroit at Denver Portland ot Golden State Washington at Seattle College ratings United Press International T. Duke (24) (10-0 484 2. Kentucky (7) (111) 429 3.

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Prep bovs swimming Columbus at Lincoln East, Football Sugar Bowl Alabama 24, Arkansas 9 Arkansas 3 0 4 0 Alabama 14 1 0 724 Ark FG Ordonez 34 Alo M.Ogilvie22run (McElrov kick) Ala M.Ogilvie 1 run (McElroy kick) Alo FG McElrov 25 Ark Farrell 3 pass from Scanlon (run failed) Ala Whitman 12 run (AAcElrov kick) Arkansas Alabama First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards 21 18 41-97 53-284 245 70 Herring: By Chuck Sinclair Staff Sports Writer DALLAS Instead of "The Longest Yard" it was "The Longest Six Yards." And instead of Burt Reynolds carrying the ball over from the one-yard line for the convicts to beat the prison guards in the last second it was six yards on a pass from Terry Elston to Enc Herring for Houston to beat Nebraska, 17-14, in the 44th Cotton Bowl Classic with :12 remaining. Both finishes, and scenarios, were equally unlikely. But while actor Reynolds accomplished his feat as a starter returning to the game in the late stages, both Elston and Herring were labeled second team, and had to come off the bench from the ranks of the substitutes to perform their heroics. What was similar was the way" the two plays seemed to $3 995 Winning TD in slow size P155B0D13 tubeless blackwall plus $1.46 Fed. Ex.

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NFC champion, 5 p.m. Basketball NBA standings Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Pet. 29 9 .763 motion Yeoman wasn't even sure of the situation. He was too busy plotting for the next play even though Houston wouldn't have another play since it was fourth down. "That's the terrible thing," Yeoman said.

"I let a down get away from me. I was getting ready for the next play. "It wouldn't have made any difference though," he added. "It was the best play we could have called anyway. It's a fundamentally hard play to cover.

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