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57 COTTON Dallas, Jan. 1 SWC champion vs. Auburn (9-2) SUGAR New Orleans. Jan. 1 Miami (8-1) vs.

SEC champion ROSE Pasadena, Calif. Jan. 1 Iowa (10-1) vs. Pac-10 champion ORANGE Miami, Jan.1 Penn St. (10-0) vs.

Oklahoma (8-1) Iowa 31 Minnesota 9 Tennessee 12 Kentucky 0 The complete Ixnvl picture Page 72 Texas Texas Christian 6 Southern Cal 17 UCLA 13 15 SMU 9 Michigan 27 Ohio State 17 LSI) Notre Dame 10 Iowa State 15 Oklahoma State 10 Texas 17 Ha lor 10 Hrigham Young 38 Utah 28 giie ffioflon (globe SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1985 NeWS Section Commentary 82 Scoreboard 86 aie uncnermmes Marvara aues 9 BC oly Cros overrums topless Gr lmsons xT lV? hiXj Eagles win battle for pride, 38-7 By Ian Thomsen Globe Staff A rivalry whose recent aesthetic value lumps it with Don Knotts' movies and Charmin commercials twitched and stumbled along yesterday: Boston College 38, Holy Cross 7. The last four years: Boston College 165, Holy Cross 34. Injuries, graduation losses and too much schedule for too few players had formed the worst BC team of the Jack Bicknell (36-22-1) era. Playing with only one More on BC-Holy Cross Page 69 Madden column Page 82 front-line running back, these Eagles easily gained 373 yards a frightening 7 yards per play and finished their 4-8 season with a half to spare. O'Melia Award winner Kelvin Martin had a school-record 93-yard punt return, which opened the door to a 24-0 BC bombing by intermission.

The Crusaders (4-6-1) missed injured tailback Gill Fenerty, who is worth 52 percent of their offense. But could one man have overcome the 20 scholarships and level of play that separate Division 1-A and 1-AA? "I have to answer honestly," Bicknell said. "I didn't feel they were going to throw it well enough or run it well enough to beat us." Holy Cross had Its chances to save Rick Carter from his third losing season in 20 years of coaching and his first in 13 years. After the Crusaders held BC to 2 yards I final rally fails. 17-6 By Joe Concannon 'Globe Staff NEW HAVEN There were the obvious flashbacks to the way It has been through this frenetic month of November.

The resolute comeback to produce the win at Brown. The miracle at Fitton Field, 21 points in 41 seconds and another win. Harvard's lackluster offense seemed about to catch fire one final time yesterday against Yale. There was 8:06 to go when the More on Harvard-Yale Page 68 Montville column Page 82 Crimson scored before 54,647 in the frigid Yale Bowl. Yale 17, Harvard 6.

But from there the underdog, Elis converted two gambling fourth-and-ls in their own territory, hung on to1 the football for the next 6:46 and turned that 1 7-6 score into a victory that crowned a disheartening season with a The setback ripped at the heart of a 7-3 Crimson season that reached its high moment a week ago with a 17-6 win over Penn in Harvard Stadium. That had created the possibility of an Ivy League championship. Instead, Penn beat Dartmouth yesterday to win the championship outright for the second straight year. And the Crimson slipped into a tie for second with Princeton as this marked the third time in Ivy League history that Yale has spoiled a Harvard title shot. Yale turned what' had been an 0-2-1 mont of November into a 4-4-1 season and a fifth-place finish HARVARD-YALE, Page 68 Hnlv Cross' Davp Neilsnn Sets wranned un in his work a tackle of BC ouarterback Shawn Hallnran fhnttnml GLOBE STAFF PHOTO BY STAN GROSSFELO BC-HC.

Page 69 I irrnrE An Orange crush for Oklahoma, 27-7 Nienhuis' late goal lifts Bruins, 5-4 Page 58 down the right sideline on a reverse for a touchdown. Celtics stop Ewing and Knicks, 113-104 Page 60 fifth-ranked Oklahoma (8-1) to a 27-7 win over second-ranked Nebraska (9-2) yesterday before 75,004 chilled fans. Oklahoma may well be the 1985 national champion, but it will take a win over Oklahoma State next week (for the undisputed Big Eight title), and another victory over Penn State in the Or ange Bowl. "I think Penn State is a lot like Nebraska." said Jackson, no relation to the ABC announcer. "They don't have enough team speed to stop our offense." Jackson was correct about Nebraska.

Before the game had even settled into the traditional Big Eight bash, Jackson ran 88 yards (Barry) Switzer could have scored." Three and a half minutes into the game, on second and 7 from the 12, Jackson took the reverse and got a key block from split end Lee Morris. The timing was prr- OKLAIIOMA. Page 72 By Lesley Visser Globe Staff NORMAN, Okla. Future generations may look back and say that Keith Jackson was right, but the words seemed a little premature. national championship was played right here today," said the sophomore tight end who led "We started practicing the play last Tuesday," said Jackson, who became the first tight end to lead Oklahoma in total offense.

He finished with 136 yards rushing and 38 through the air. "I tell you. I had so much blocking, coach Rundown of state championships Schools, Pages 84-8S Tm comfortable. Relaxed. But not complacent.

I like what I'm doing. Every day Is -Steve Stirling 'If you don't want to work, then you can't go home and sleep comfortably at night because you'll know you aren't using all of your Irving Fryar Here's Irving yar making his presence fell "A 1 i move 'i. I Hy Hon Borges Glolx! Staff Previews of the divisional races By Joe Concannon Globe Staff WELLESLEY Steve Stirling was wearing the white pullover sweater with the blue Hockey East logo, and there were pictures on the wall of his office at Babson College reflecting positive memories of the years that were at Providence College. Make that The Year That Was, the season of the unlikely odyssey to college hockey's championship game. I OXBOKOUGII It was New Jersey In winter.

The scenery was bleak. The weather was cold. The talk was hot. The thoughts were coming hard for Irving Fryar at the moment as his friends walled him In with the facts they knew. The room was growing stuffy and smaller each time a new voice rose, because the facts Fryar knew were not being discussed.

lie knew what he'd been through, how the ribs FKYAK. Page GG Irving Fryar has been a major headache for opting defensethis year, globe file photo by bill pow; and Ryan looks at the face mask controversy Pages 76-f -A, i 77 STALING. Page age 1.