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apparently did the Bulldogs They stood in admiration of their victims praising them as the best defensive team they've played all Season booting a field goal to go ahead 3-0 GEORGIA WAS stopped cold and here came Carolina ngain this time riding the ballet punt return of Rusty Culbreth who escaped via Brafford's classical block on two Georgia Bulldogs pirouetted toe-danced and escaped the clutches of the enemy until he was 36 yards downfield on the Georgia 38 QB Paul Miller moved the Heels to a first down at the 28 Jolley tried left end but gained nothing Then Carolina had Georgia caught In a special defensive situation it had been trying to set up for a long complicated to explain here was just about to send Miller scampering around end for the touchdown when the snap slid through his hands and he had to fall on It "It was so humid my hands and the ball were so wet It just squished right through and I hardly felt it" said Miller squenching his face up in disgust "I think the play would have gone" Georgia stopped Carolina hit a pass between two Tar Heel receivers caught the Heels blitzing and sent Jimmy Poulos around end 25 yards for a TD and that was it me Carolina Rusty ock on two escaped the nfield on the down at the Carolina had it had been to explain ering around his hands so wet It said Miller play would wo Tar Heel fumy Poulos 0 4 I go er CI on in ga oti 81( (se go er CI on Culin ga otl 81( ou Ju pli RI th an ne A 4 I 1: Bosl Nela Phil Bufl Ball Clea Atla Cita Mih Chic Pho Dett Los Seal Golc Hou Pon 01 Ci 1 1(( "They looked so much like us in the things they did" said Bulldog defensive tackle Russ Heard "it was like playing against yourself" "Carolina's the best defensive team we've played all year" "praised super soph QB Andy Johnson who was supposed to be Georgia's key weapon but finished the hot binnid afternoon before a sellout 71000 people with a piddling 50 yards rushing into the bloody teeth of Bud Grissom and John Bunting and Jim Wabster and added 84 yards on seven pass completions against a Tar Heel secondary known for its 'We're just as good as Georgia We didn't play as usual on offense but our defense was tremendous If we'd scored that touchdown to go would have won' ---U NC's Lewis Jolley Lewis Jolly Carolina's most dangerous runner (77 yards In 20 trips against the lightning quick line of redshirted Georgians) rubbed his sore shoulders after the game and said "We're just as good as Georgia We didn't play as well as usual on offense today but our defense was tremendous The defense stuck them all day We just made two many mistakes If we'd scored that touchdown to go ahead 10-0 early in the second half (it eventually died as a missing field goal) we would have won" Defensive end Bill Brafford echoed those sentiments "I was scared before the game" he confessed "I'd read and heard so much about how good Georgia was how much overmatched we were that I was afraid they were going to really blow us out of there embarrass us But then after the first series of downs I knew we could play them on even terms and in the third quarter I thought we would win If he played them 10 times we'd win five of them We're that much alike" Both teams had chances to put the game away but as the losers The Tar Heels' mistakes were the saltiest The time the game should have and could have been neatly packed for delivery back to Chapel Hill was early in the third period when Carolina came out with a new wrinkle or two in its offense and a new fire flaming up inside A couple of blams a boom and three or four crunches and UNC was Gator Bowl Tracks kIG Georgia North Carolina 13 9 51-228 51-115 84 66 61 51 6-17-0 6-14-1 10-35 10-47 1 1 28 15 FIrst Downs Rushes-yards Passino yardaott Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards Penalized RUSHING Georgia Johnson 19 attempts 50 yards: Poulos 20-161 Honeycutt 5-10 North Carolina Jolley 20-77 Halm lin 5-17 Miller 20-7 Sigler 3-8 PASSING Georgia 26 attempts 13 completions 0 Interceptions 84 yards Ray 4 0-0-0 North Carolina Miller 14-6-1-66 RECEIVING Georgia Hunnicutt 4 receptions 58 yards: Shirer 1-0 Greene 1-26 North Carolina Jolley 2-9 Cowell 1-19 Sigler 2-32 19 attempts 50 loneycutt 5-10 olley 20-77 Ham -idler 3-8 1G rats 13 corn 84 yards Ray 4- litter 14-6-1-66 INO 4 receptions 58 ane 1-26 Iolley Cowell THE TWO teams looked more alike than their brotherly coaches when they had finished pounding on each other in a game that would be a smash as a coaching clinic film but left the mob here feeling it had watched a demolition derby "They've got a helluva football team" conceded brother Bill but we've got a henna football team too All we had to do to win was cash a couple of our 'scoring opportunities" North Carolina 0 0 3 0-3 Georgia I I 7 0-7 Carven 35 25 run (Braswell kick) A-7120a orange Bowl Will: Crown The King By ASSOCIATED PRESS qebraska which has seen ee previous challengers 711 ne and go seeks to main- its position as king of the CI 1 re 1 lege football world tonight IL-11 By ASSOCIATED PRESS Nebraska which has seen previous challengers and go seeks to its position as king of the college football world tonight ill ri 11 0 three come maintain against Alabama the nation's No 2 team IIIIIILICIFAREOTIFINEWSIO IITHEICIFARLIMINEWSIO CHARLOTTE Jan 1 1972 THE CHARLOTTE Jean 1 1972 RONALD GREEN Charlotte News Sports Editor Most From Both ROATALD GREEN "-A'' :1 Ir 4 4 :4 z'' k4 i40771 4 04t 'z xx kdr )t 4 A it Charlotte 'es Sports Editor i 4 1 kl" n- iir 41t' '''s Ate: 44 14 OSt 11k44 440 fl 4 tl 00f :6: i 1 0-V ICC' A litOt ie 7 Olic ''tA From 4It i'fio'': 1 4 4 :44 6:1 03? 1 Both 'it i intk 4- p'' )hmVt to lap '''2 :4:: ji :::::41 411t' 1::::::: 4 4 -0 vil04-7 :5 8- 74 i' i illAi t41 til 41144746( 14 :1 I 4'2-tii 4r :::4:4 e- "i '''4-: 'Tr s'I''A t' ok It'-: -4'''''- sk "-w 4: 10---'sV 43 1 l'' 4e7v 4 1 4 ok 4 :::4: Ahmo o- 119 ::::4::1::: I :2 er -7 las followed by fourth-rated Michigant 11-0 against No 16 Stanford 8-3 in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena Calif 5 pm ROSE BOWL Rose Bowi quarterbacks Bunce of Stanford and Tom Slade of Michigan have one thing in common: They both plan careers in medicine The pre-med majors a3 football players tried to diagnose defenses in today's game between the champions of Pacific-8 and Big Ten 3 The nation's two top clubs square off In the Orange Bowl at Miami 8 pm EST where the Cornhuskers will try to be come the first team to win consecutive national championships since Alabama in 1964-5 "It's going to be one hell of a football game" says Bob Devaney of six-point favored Nebraska 12-0 "I don't see how either team could be rated a favorite" "We haven't played a game good enough to beat this club" says Bear Bryant of Alabama 114 "It will take a super effort on our part to win it" Although the Cornhuskers captured the national crown last season with a 17-12 victory over Louisiana State in the Orange Bowl they were only second in The Associated Press preseason poll ranking behind Notre Dame vok- If -1: BUT THEY regained the top spot in the first reguar season poll and have fought of fall chaleingers First it was Notre Dame in second place for two weeks and then Michigan for two Then Oklahoma moved into the runner-up spot and remained there for seven weeks until they lost to Nebraska 35-31 on Thanksgiving day Two days later Alabama trounced Auburn to become No 2 The Orange Bowl is a fitting wind-up to both the clolege season and thezngo's of New Year's Day contests It all starts at noon EST when third-ranked Oklahoma 10-1 meets No 5 Auburn 91 in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans At 2 pm EST No 10 Penn State 10-1 faces No 12 Texas 8-2 in the Cotton Bowl at Dal Bunce directs a pass-minded ofefnse Slade engineers the Wolverines' rugged shin game and either one is Mop able of doing both BULLDOG ON RUN Georgia's Jimmy Poulos (20) who scores touchdown breaks away from UNC's Richard Sti Iley(16) for gain 177: :41101 ITY Eim A um im ftwa A A JACKSONVILLE Fla As the last seconds ticked off the scoreboard clock at the Gator Bowl yesterday afternoon a fat man with a face florid from the unseasonable sun and apparently from some well-seasoned liquid waddled up to the restraining fence at the edge of the playing field and bellowed to the gladiators out there "Seven to three huh? You call that a football game? That the best you guys can do?" The North Carolina Tar Heels and Georgia Bulldogs were too busy at the moment to reply since they were thudding into each other with feeling but the answer was obvious to most of the sun-pinked 71000 at this annual classic yes by gosh that was the best these two teams could do with each other Georgia got the seven North Carolina the three Neither left convinced of how they might come out if they played again Both teams gained more yardage opunting than by any other method Georgia coach Vince Dooley whose Bulldogs were sound favorites graciously said afterward that he had been outcoached by his brother Bill that Carolina was better prepared for the game Bill heard those remarks replayed to him in the dressing room and answered back "Naw that's not right I don't agree with him I think both teams played awfully well He's got a helluva football team but so have For Miller IT WAS ALMOST exclusively a defensive show and that's not good box office but for the purists it was a day for glutting "It was really frustrating" Carolina quarterback Paul Miller said in reflection "That's the hardest rush we've seen all year I'd spin around look for a receiver and somebody would be in my face I knew they were quick but I sure didn't expect that 'I still think we were within inches of breaking a big play winning the game in the third period but it just didn't happen Now it's all over not just the Gator Bowl but all of my football "We've lost a couple of bowl games in the last two years and that hurts but we have the satisfaction of knowing we at least made it here When we started four years ago nobody expected us to win Now nobody on this team expects us to lose We're pretty proud of that" Perhaps the primary reason Georgia never got its perpetual motion offense into high gear was linebacker Jim Webster playing only his fifth game this season after a career marked by serious injuries lie went out there into 4) the heat mad and he played like it blocking a punt caving in I ribs bending legs cracking tAirot-- 09s -r icor' skulls and generall'y misbehaving 4 i 4 in the Georgia backfield JACKSONVILLE Fla As the last seconds ticked off the scoreboard clock at the Gator Bowl yes- unseasonable sun and apparently from some well-sea- terday afternoon a fat man with a face florid from the soned liquid waddled up to the restraining fence at the edge of the playing field and bellowed to the gladi- ators out there "Seven to three huh? You call that a football game? That the best you guys can do?" The dogs were too busy at the moment to reply since they North Carolina Tar Heels and Georgia Bull ere thudding into each other with feeling but the answer was obvious to most of the sun pinked 71000 at this annual classic yes by gosh that was the best these two teams could do with each other Georgia got the seven North Carolina the three Neither left convinced of how they might come out if theyplayed again Both teams gained more yardage unting than by any other method qp Georgia coach Vince Dooley whose Bulldogs were sound favorites graciously said afterward that he had been outcoached by his brother Bill that Carolina was better prepared for the game Bill heard those remarks replayed to him in the dressing room and answered Na back "Ny that's not right I don 't agree with him I 4 11 Isryt 1 4 ts -4 11 DAVIS WEARS BLUEBONNET WITH HONORS COTTON BOWL Texas Coach Darrell Royal and Penn State Coach Joe Paterno put their reputations on the lina as the winningest bowl coaches in the country today in the 36th annual Cotton Bowl Classic Royal's Texas teams have compiled a 6-2 won-lost record while Paterno has a pair of victories and a tie in three post-season encounters i triw eitti4 '14 4 kb $4 'tt :1 i f-t 4 --1 (1- 4ii l''' 'z evr: Aoi'''t 4 ::::::::1:1 Al i I 414 4 -i 1 i "It: 0 '4'' 4 ttk i -r I 4' rd lit rf 44) 4i 41' '14 wvrop: 1 II okk Is 1:: ice 5 i 1 4: 1y11 6: 404 4)4 of e--- 4 :2::::::::: e- 4: ":14 --4 0 'Nj et t-'' 7: 4 0 1 -iiis- f) 4 t14 ii- 1 1 ICI) '''fri''' l'4 1'-: l'''''' 14 1 The Nittany Lions also a coached by the winningest active coach in the country has a 52-1 1-1 record while Royal is fourth on the active list at 13-444 HOUSTON (11 Colorado University's super sophomore tailback Charlie Davis wears the 13th annual Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl hero's badge today but he might loan it to Buffalo safety John Stearns occasionally Davis the nation's No 7 rusher churned out a bowl record 202 yards on 37 carries and scored on runs of 27 and one yard to lead the seventh ranked Buffaloes to a 7219 victory over 15th Houston New Year's Eve Davis from West Columbia Tex was named the game's most valuable back and was a dominating force in Colorado's massive triple option offense that gobbled up 333 yards But Stearns his teammates call him "Bad Dude" turned in a couple of gold-plated plays in the fourth quarter that helped as much as Davis in giving the Buffs a happy new year Trailing 2317 Houston drove to the Colorado nine-yard line where it faced fourth and nine Cougar tight end Riley Odoms spurted into the end zone with a pass from Gary Mullins heading his way but Stearns was a step quicker and batted it down '6 Ken Virg Flor New Pitt! Coro 'flat Indh Den Men Dail Ko In Do Ut Or Nc Ut No Di Or NeN Lor Joh Syr Ne Chr Gre Roi St lor Roi St Syr 11 an inj to he ho ou an lat at ha col thi see goi in All Bu abl ye las er nig sh( the an the "lu sat Sm i it SUGAR BOWL Third ranked Oklahoma and fifth ranked Auburn met today in the 38th annual Sugar Bowl in what was expected to be a battle of Oklahoma's powerful running attack against the passing of Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan Oklahoma was a 1-point -11CintitAa- igsmi kjkti for six yard PICKING A PATH is UNC's Rusty Culbreth pickup in Gator Bowl 4 A ACC Teams Take Break Dietzel To Stay At USC By ASSOCIATED PRESS By ASSTCIATED PRESS Atlantic Coast Conference basketball teams have a quiet New Year's weekend with no games scheduled either Friday or Saturday nights BUT STEARNS wasn't finished Colorado took over at its own nine but was forced to punt Stearns retreated into his own end zone to punt but the ball bounced to him from center He scooped it up and took off downfield like a streak for 12 yards and a Colorado first down Colorado went on from there to score the clinching touchdown with 3:48 left to play "They had the return on so I ran" Stearns said 5 40': i iitstk 0y: 1 44FA'N i ''x''I ii 7e Nik vt rA Ys 4 0---- i 1 '4 6-' r- "I v-D'N '1' 4' li' A tl 3 1Z 14 41''' q44Ait 14 ''''It' '1 Vt 34 '44 -444: "i I'' 4 All seven league squads played in tournaments during the week and four of them won championships North Carolina ranked No 4 in the nation won the Sugar Bowl No 11 Virginia took the Palmetto Classic NO 16 Maryland won its own invitational over ninth-ranked St John's and Clemson is the Poinsettia Classic winner "Stearns knows he's back there to punt but he knows he can run if they are laying back" said Crowder "They said I was too small t'e: 7 to play in this one" he said nev- er clearly identifying "they" 'WEBSTER "They said I was 184 pounds and Georgia's tackles were so big I'd never be able to stand up to them That made me kinda mad So it was a big challenge for me and this being my last game I had nothing to save myself for so I gave it my best "Some papers called us Dogmeat' and said the Gator Bowl should have gotten somebody else to play Georgia Based on what I saw today I wouldn't say they would beat us if we played again next week ould you?" Lot To Overcome WEBSTER LOOKED around the room at his tired teammates and said "I'm really proud of this team We've had to overcome a lot this death of a player (Billy Arnold) some key injuries some players quitting but we made it into the big bowl game and while it hurts to lose there is some satisfaction in knowing we played" Ironically it was Webster's aggressive maneuver that set up Jimmy Poulos' 25-yard touchdown gallop for Georgia Webster raced in on a blitz and Poulos a wire streak of lightning darted outside him broke a couple of tackles and leaped into the end zone waving the football in glee Webster was simply doing his doing it he had to endure the agony of watching the flying Bulldog scamper close by with the payroll "We should've had him anyway" growled Webster in a mood to play another quarter or two End Bill Brafford was taking it more calmly "I'm really glad we came down here and gave it a shot It was certainly worth the try I'd rather we had won but I'll always have the memory of playing here It's becn great" Houston took a 14-7 first quarter lead on touchdown runs of two and three yards by Robert Newhouse who gained 168 yards on 35 Lorries To THE VICTOR Georgia's Royce Smith Gator's MVP coach': Vince Dooley displays hardware COLUMBIA UP) Paul Dietzel has decided against taking the professional Denver Broncos head caoching job even if it is offered to him Dietzel athletic director and head football coach at the University of South Carolina said Friday after returning from three days in Colorado he gave "prayerful consideration" to matter He said he has not accomplished all he hoped to do at South Carolina where he has been since 1966 Bronco officials had talked to Dietzel and said he was one of several persons being considered to epl a Lou Saban as coach and general manager Saban resigned in December to become the coach at Buffalo Kars Alston Happy Sad Will Bad Guys Keep Tag Title? Will the Atlantic Coast Tag Team title stay with the thins or does it pay to be a good guy? That matter will be settled in the Park Center ring Monday evening when the Missouri Mauler and his partner Brute Bernard put the title on the line against Johnny Weaver and Argentina Apollo Homer Odell manager of Mauler and Bernard is also expected to join in the antics and has been boasting all week that this team will defend the title the NCAA's College Division teams Alston should have jumped with joy over the victory Bu he couldn't He was worrying about Willie Joplin DAVIS SCORED on a 27- yard run in the first quarter anl a five-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Ken Johnson to Larry Brunson and a 32 yard field goal by Dean put the Buffs ahead to stay Davis scored his second touchdown before the half for a 23-14 lead at intermission A 29-yard field goal by Houston's Rickey Terrell and a one-yard keeper by Johnson was the only scoring in the second half two Tipoff games he averaged 223 points a game and was' named the tournament's Most -J Valuable Player The award should have capped a perfect tournament for Alston Joplin and the Bulls It didn't Joe Alston should have been the happiest guy in the world last night His Johnson Smith basketball team had just upset North Carolina 84-80 in the championship game of the Charlotte Tipoff Tournament was unbeaten in five games and fifth-ranked among Joplin is a Golden Bull who has been the team's top scorer since Bob Butts is out of the lineup with an Injury For thf "Willie sat out the last three toniinued On Page 313 Col I 11 4L L4 'I.