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Dec. 27, 1975 B-10 THI SUN-TELEGRAM vD, 1 AP wlrphoto Nebraska's Monte Anthony bounds untouched through Arizona St. line during Fiesta Bowl Unbeaten Arizona St upsets Cornhuskers crept closer to field Tradition on SciarraV side Jan. 1 PASADENA, Calif. (AP) John Sciarra scoffs at the suggestion that being an Ail-American quarterback places extra pressure on the UCLA star in the Rose Bowl.

"I don't feel any pressure. If anything, it gives me more confidence," said the senior who accounted for 1,907 total yards in leading the Bruins to a share of the Pacific-8 Conference title. "There's more pressure from being in the Rose Bowl for the first time," added the Moot-10, 180-pound Sciarra. Tradition appears to be on Sciarra's side to score an upset over top-ranked Ohio State In the New Year's Day classic. Six previous AU-American quarterbacks have appeared In the Rose Bowl.

They posted a 6-1 record. Only Minnesota's Sandy Stephens came up a loser, completing just two of 10 passes in a 17-7 defeat by Washington. The next year, the 1962 bowl, Stephens guided the Gophers to a 21-3 victory over UCLA and was named the player of the game. The other AU-American quarterbacks who were winners are Heis-man Trophy winners Gary Beban of UCLA and Jim Plunkett of Stanford, Bob Griese of Purdue, Randy Duncan of Iowa and Earl Morrall of Michigan State. Beban was the hub In UCLA's last Rose Bowl game.

He scored both touchdowns in 1966 as the Bruins ambushed national champion Michigan State 14-12, a team they lost to 133 during the season. Plunkett's performance in the 1971 bowl triggered a 27-17 upset of Ohio State that cost the Buckeyes a probable national title. He completed 20 of 30 passes for 265 yards and one touchdow n. Griese's lOof 18 day for 139 yards helped Purdue edge Southern California in 1967 by a score of 14-13 Duncan fired one touchdown' pass and ran for another score as Iowa pounded California In 1959. Morrall, the ageless Miami Dolphin, played in the Rose Bowl 20 years ago.

He managed only four of 15 completions but it was his 10 yard pass that set up the winning field goal in the final seconds of 1714 victory over UCLA. Ohio State and UCLA resumed practice Friday after enjoying a Christmas break. Coach Woody Hayes of the Ohio State Buckeyes declared there was not "seniorities" on his Rose Bowl squad, even though some of his star players were appearing in their fourth straight New Year's Day classic. "We've had senioritis on some of our teams out here." said Hayes, whose Buckeyes have been frequent visitors at Pasadena. "But I don't think this is one of them." Senioritis might be described as a malady among veteran players wanting to have a good time rather than concentrating on the approaching game.

Ohio State, which in the past three years has been 1-2 against Southern California, faces UCLA this time. "If anything these fellows are a little more dedicated," declared Hayes, who mentioned Heisman Trophy-winning tailback Archie Griffin, quarterback Cornelius Greene, wingback Brian Baschnagel, defensive back Tim Fox, and linebacker Ken Kubn. All have lettered three years for the Big Ten champions. Hayes said the seniors set the tempo for the rest of the squad and he's happy with the current situa tion. "Those I mentioned came to mind first but there are others," he said of his veterans.

Asked if he personally saw any difference In this fourth straight Rose Bowl appearance, Hayes answered, "I ought to be getting smarter, but you never feel sure you have everything covered." chance to kick the first of his three field goals, this one a 27-yarder. Nebraska, which did most of its scoring through the year in the first period, took the lead In the second quarter on Anthony' one-yard run to climax a 73-yard, eight play drive. Anthony's 34yard burst to the ASU seven set up the score. The Sun Devils narrowed the gap to 7-6 on Kush's 3yard field goal with one second left in the second period. Jefferson caught an fourtrnlown pass to keep that drive alive.

The Sun Devils now own the nation's longest major college foot ball win streak at 13 games. They defeated Hawaii to end the 1974 season. son on a 16-yard pass. With six minutes to play, Arizona State ran three plays into the line to put the ball on the Nebraska 12- yard line, dead center on the field. On fourth down, with 4:50 on the clock, Kush, who had missed the last three ASU games with a leg injury, kicked the field goal that gave the Sun Devils a 12-0 record and stopped Nebraska's bowl-winning streak at six games.

The Cornhuskers, who lost to Oklahoma in the season's final game, wound up 10-2. Now trailing by three points, Nebraska launched another drive. Tony Davis and Monte Anthony gained big chucks of yardage on the ground and Luck began to throw. Tom Heiser caught a key sevtn-yard pass, then Luck hit split end Bobby Thomas for nine more as the (Continued from B-7) and he ran the quarterback sneak. It was a good call because it worked.

If it had failed, well, it wouldn't have been a good call." "I wanted to take it because I felt we could make it," Sproul added. The crucial situation arose on the third play of the fourth quarter with Arizona State trailing 143 and the ball on the Nebraska 13-yard line. Sproul's dive off right tackle to the 11 gave ASU a new life, but he jammed his left wrist on the play and had to leave the game leaving Mortensen to gain the glory. "I had been ready to play all week and I was sure glad to get in there," said Mortensen, the team's regular punter. One play after he got in there, he rifled his scoring strike to the 6-foot Jefferson.

That play cut the Cornhuskers' lead to 14-12 and Mortensen's toss to wingback Larry Mucker at the left edge of the end zone pulled the Sun Devils into a tie. Nebraska went to the air in an attempt to regain the lead but defensive end Al Weigandt sacked quarterback Terry Luck for an 11-yard loss and Randy Lessman's ensuing punt was shanked for 11 yards and went out of bounds. On the following series, Mortensen's deep pass was intercepted by Dave Butterfield on the Nebraska one-yard line. The Cornhusker's couldn't move, though, and were forced to punt again, setting up the Sun Devils on their own 49-yard line. Sproul, a sophomore, came back into the lineup and opened a drive with a 13- yard run, then hit Jeffer goal range.

But on 3-and-lO at the ASU 31, with 1:06 to play, Luck hit Davis on a pass over the middle and when John Harris slammed into the Nebraska fullback, the ball popped loose and middle guard Rocky Mataalii pounced on it, killing the threat. ASU then ran out the clock and thousands of fans from the crowd of 51.396 ran out onto the field as the final seconds ticked away. Arizona State moved the ball well in the first quarter, driving 43 yards in nine plays after linebacker Larry Gordon intercepted starting quarterback Vince Ferragamo's first pass. Sproul's third-down pass to Jefferson for seven yards gave Kush the NFL playoffs Vikes' stadium 6a claims seasick Gilliam Colts to serve ''shake and bake BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) John Gilliam, star wide receiver or the Minnesota Vikings, professes no love for Metropolitan Stadium and Minnesota winter even though they are some of the factors which make the Vikings a favorite over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.

The perennial National Football League powerhouses meet at noon in the first round of the National Conference playoffs. "A good place to play this game would be Atlanta," said Gilliam, who makes his off-season home in South Carolina. The fleet receiver caught 50 passes for 777 yards and seven touchdowns the past season as the Vikings carved out a 122 record and notched their seventh Central Division title in the past eight years. The Cowboys earned a wildcard berth and their ninth playoff spot in 10 years by finishing 10-4, one game behind champion St. Louis in the NFC Eastern Division.

Giluam calls the 18-year old stadium "a dump." The field almost makes me seasick," he said. "You run uphill and downhill on the same pattern. It's bad enough following the ball with a defensive back around your neck without having to worry whether you're gonna step in a hole or run into a hill. Deepite the field, Gilliam says he's looking forward to matching strides with the Dallas defensive secondary. "Actually, I can't wait," he said.

"Dallas always gives me a test It's good to play those dudes because they play good defense and when you get something against them, you earn it" Madden recalls meeting Bengals back in 1970 OAKLAND (AP) John Madden, one of the youngest head coaches in the National Football League, remembers well the day his Oakland Raiders opened the 1970 season against Paul Brown's Cincinnati Bengals. "One official called me John and called him Mr. Brown. I knew right away we were in for a tough game," Madden recalled as he prepared the 1975 Raiders for Sunday's American Conference playoff opener in Oakland against Cincinnati. The Bengals won that 1970 game, their first regular season contest in Riverfront Stadium, and went on to claim a division championship in their third season of existence.

The early success of the team was another tribute to the coaching ability of Brown, now 67. Madden, 39, is about 150 pro football victories behind Brown, but the Raiders' 70-21-7 record under Madden is the best of any team in the NFL over the past seven years. The Oakland coach, 4-3 in his meetings with the Bengals, says of the current team that Brown built, "The thing you think of first is its speed. They have great team speed and a very accurate quarterback who can run the ball as well as pass." Cincinnati's Ken Anderson led the NFL in passing a second straight time this year. He completed 18 of 23 passes in his final tuneup performance, last Sunday's 47-17 victory over San Diego.

The Raiders' Ken Stabler closed out the regular season by hitting on 11 of 12passes, to seven different receivers, in a 28-20 victory over Kansas City. "Our offense works best when everyone is catching the ball. That game last week was a good sign," said Stabler, also pleased by the Raiders' 246 rushing yards. Oakland, perennial AFC West champs, finished 11-3, a record matched by the wild card Bengals, runners-up to Pittsburgh in the AFC Central. The Bengals beat the Raiders 14-10 in a regular season game played at Cincinnati in a heavy rainstorm 10 weeks ago.

"The Bengals are probably better now. They didn't have (tight end) Bob frumpy or (safety) Tommy Casanova then," Madden noted. Trumpy and Casanova were on the injury list then, but all key Cincinnati players should be available as the Bengals try for their first victory ever in the Oakland Coliseum, where they stand 0-4. Oakland wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff sat out last Sunday's game because of a sore knee, but should be back In the starting lineup Sunday. He and Cliff Branch are Stabler's favorite targets, while Anderson's most dangerous receiver is Isaac Curtis, who averaged 20 yards a catch this year.

The Raiders' defense which ranked first in the AFC based on yardage allowed, will be without defensive end Tony Cline, who has a knee injury, so the Bengals' offense probably will be seeing an extra linebacker, Ted Hendricks, and just three linemen most of the time. Lloyd, Barker win PITTSBURGH (AP) The Baltimore Colts plan to serve up their "shake and bake" offense for today's American Football Conference playoff menu with Pittsburgh, but the Steelers are aiming to keep the Colts on the back burner. "Man, when our offense is cookin', we're shaking' and We call ourselves the Shake-and-Bake Squad," says Colt wide receiver Glenn Doughty. The Colts lost four of their first five games this season but made the National Football League's most abrupt turn-around with nine straight victories and the AFC East Division title. The Steelers won the Central Division crown.

Doughty's "bakers" feature former Penn State star Lydell Mitchell, who ran for 1,193 yards and caught 60 passes during the regular season. "He does everything well; run, catch, block," says Steeler Coach Chuck Noll. "They want to get the ball to Mitchell. Throw to him short. He's a good screen runner." Mitchell became Baltimore's first rusher this season.

Franco Harris, Mitchell's close friend and former Penn State teammate, surpassed the mark for the third time this year in his four-year career with Pittsburgh. Mitchell, meanwhile, is well aware of the Steeler front four, which has a habit of playing best when it counts the most. "We'll have to know what we're doing on every play," he said. "We can't go into the game with a lot of fancy plans reverses and options. We've got to do what got us here." Pittsburgh's defense has had 43 quarterback sacks this season.

Baltimore's defensive line, known as the "Looney Tunes," leads the league with 59. "They're well-peopled. They have exceptional personnel. A physical team," Noll said. "Trying to stay on top is the true test," he continued.

"Some people have a strange picture. They think you reach a level and just stay there. They don't realize It's a heck of a Job, week after week, season after season." "I know we're playing a team that's favored to repeat as Super Bowl champions," Baltimore Coach Ted Marchibroda says. "But I also know that If we're going to be In the Super Bowl, we have to beat the champions." THE CAR FOR PEOPLE WHO 'bJJDD I Ford F-150 Ford F-600 the heavy-duty workhorse that'i long on riding comfort, service ease and dependability. I 775C I INDIANA the heavy-duty half-tonner that runs on regular gas BT1 The closer you look, the better we look.

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