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rm rnrry 11 9 i rrrrry r-r -t )TV Sat Jan 21971 THE MIAMI HERALD 9-D Like a Tagge Says of Victory sr v- By BOB KEARNEY Herald Sporis Writer Crushed oranges and all of college football lay at Jerry feet Friday night the greatest feeling in the grinned the Nebraska quarterback a dream come true I trade places with anyone in the TAGGE had directed a 67-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter himself reaching over Louisiana vaunted defense to score on a one-yard sneak at 8:50 for a 17-12 Orange Bowl Classic victory looked up to make sure no one was there and then reached over the the Green Bay Wis junior explained the referee raised his arms I could have kissed Tagge already the all-time Nebraska total offense leader with his senior season ahead completed 12 of 25 passes for 153 yards and rushed for another 40 yards It brought the Cornhuskers a possible national championship and earned Tagge the Most Valuable Back honor Bowl Fan Wanted His Live Action AND Ilis Instant Replay Too One Orange LSU had contact work twice since the Oklahoma game Nov RUNNING back Joe Ordu-na whose spurts of 12 and three yards produced the first-quarter Nebraska TD appeared calm in the dressing room hysteria kind of humbling" was reaction to what may be a national title for Nebraska just thank the Lord we won We almost blew it but He pulled us through" The slashing 196-pound Omaha native matched Bobby NU career touchdown mark (28) while alternating with Kinney pulled a hamstring muscle two days ago and the coaches sure about Orduna said bother me just had to grind it out take it slow and do Orduna described the winning TD march got a cool head a real field general He has good presence of DEFENSIVELY Nebraska was everything Bayou bruisers had been advertised The Cornhuskers dropped quarterbacks eight times for 84 yards in losses and added a 12-yard dumping on an LSU end-around and desire helped us peak said 238-p All-Big Eight tackle Dave Walline believed us the whole added fellow 247-pound tackle Larry Jacobson Jacobson forced the fumble recovered by end Willie Harper at the LSU 15 to set up touchdown Cornhuskers Than Irish Better Muskers on a Tear LSirPUYIRS tlciM VJi JTJ? ft 5 'V MObT critical of the play push engineered by Tagge was a 17-vard pass over the middle to tailback Jeff Kinney hat third-md-seven gem produced a first down at the LSU ve "It so happened that they were in a Kinney said just hit the linebacker and came saw the blitz but get out of the pat- Tagge elaborated were in a 5-2 Oklahoma defense and Jeff made the great think we were pretty Kinney added seemed like a lot of times we could have blown it open but our timing was off We only Got to Jones 7 By RAY CRAWFORD Herald SporU Writer LSU players cast a sad but sincere vote for Nebraska as the No 1 team after Friday Orange Bowl loss to the Cornhuskers ran on us the way they said John Sage tough tackle and defensive louder in this game were better offensively than Notre Dame On the other hand we didn't play as well over-all tonight as we did in the 3-0 loss to Notre Dame We were more keyed then than Quarterback Buddy Lee Huskers Defense defeat muttering disgustedly about an interception he threw with 52 seconds left to play Unt'l he threw into the hands of linebacker Bob Ter-rio ores thought he could pull out a victory "They put more pressure on me Jones said softly At the end I do Handstand crush of happy teammates BUT Harper a 205-pound Toledo Ohio sophomore and Most Valuable Lineman of the 37th Orange Bowl Classic stole the ball from Bert Jones for what appeared to be the clinching defensive play Nebraska needed linebacker Bob interception to snuff the last gasp (middle guard Ed) was making the tackle and I was just shuffling Harper said went to wrap my arms around him (Jones) and somehow my arm got caught in his I felt the ball and ripped it Harper felt the NU defense just had to prove and Periard a stumpy 201-pound senior seconded that thought say we let Periard said just enthusiasm seemed to be contagious have to stay excited to keep from getting Periard said psyched them out in the first half but in the second half they threw more out of the Power I and kept more backs in there Then we get to the quarterback until we had Defensive line coach Monte Kiffin who performed both ways at tackle for the 1964 Nebraska OB winners said it best: easiest way if there is one to win a national championship is to be on the bottom and work your way up Then it matter if you score 65 points on somebody always got something more to work called Nebraska a better offensive team than the Irish and stronger ph sical- A SIGN near the LSU dressing room uiged the Tigers to the Cornhuskers the Instead Nebraska gave LSU the those big skin abrasions RUSHING Att Gam Loss Net 33 30 31 3 13 63 0 63 2 9 10 -1 10 3-30 3 3 3 0 16 65 20 40 PASSING Alt Comp! Inlc Yds Kmnfy prownon Schnnss Rodders Taqqe Taqqe Brownson 25 RECEIVING 12 No Yds 2 22 4 63 4 45 2 4 2 27 No 6 TD 0 0 0 0 0 Yds 226 Indie List Rodgers Schneiss Kinney PUNTING Hjghes a 153 8 anything with the ball except hold it and take losses On the interception I was just trying to hit'a deep man and LEE who directed the Bengals to all of their points explained why he in the game at the end in the fourth quarter I hit the artificial turf pretty hard and I was he said put Jones in and he was trying to get something going Also we needed to hit a long gainer and he can pass farther than 1 can think he (Jones) has done a fine job for us as a sophomore and he has nothing to be ashamed of LEE TERMED defense the most effective he had faced primarily because of the slanting of the front four and the quick charging of Nebraska middle guard Ed Periard little short guy No 56 (Periard) was lining up over center and popping through there about as fast as I was getting the ball The defense is the same Ole Miss uses a 50-slant and Periard is the one who makes it go knew he was their big-play man because of Lee added think Jack (center Jack Jaubert) made some personal adjustments after halftime and was able to stop him better because he seem to be getting in so THE PERFORMANCE of the Tigers in the first half was uninspired Lee declared came out all fired uo because they felt they could win No 1 after Texas and Ohio State the quarterback remarked we just excited for some reason The second half was different I think we played as well in the second half as we did the whole game against Notre Dame not sure Nebraska is better than Notre Dame but under the circumstances Nebraska deserves No 1 We took the loss to Notre Dame harder because at that point in the season we felt it would knock ua out of a bowl game and eveiy-thing we went on to w'n the Southeastern Conference championship and we weie invited to play here so we feel too badly I think we gave the fans a thrilling show which is what they SOMEONE aked All-American defensive halfback Tommy Casanova if he had suffered an injury it look like it" he responded I must have realiy played a bad game No 1 hurt I believe our secondary was as sharp as it has been most of the season we had a mixup on signals back deep and left their receivers wide open They hit us for about two 30-vard passes which led to a field goal and Casanova commented think their receivers ran the most disciplined pass routes seen this season Their quarterbacks were throwing to spots and their receivers were getting to the hall" That was more than the Tigers could say for that come from getting zonked me and again Ihe 17-12 loss also caused few other to the Tigers red eves from tears and red faces from embarrassment Sophomore quarterback Bert Jones wept and couldn't answer quest'ons coherently He blamed himself for the Net 79 3 30 7 -54 -12 Yds 45 TD 0 Tigers" Chris Danlin Winds Up in Inadvertent after late go-ah end TD he sailed right past Who Got Extra Ventilation LSU RUSHING Att Gain Loss 20 86 7 2 3 0 5 30 0 9 35 42 8 4 56 1 0 12 PASSING Att Cempl Into Dantm Cantrell Walker Lee Jones Coffee Lee Jones 23 9 RECEIVING No Yds 2 19 MichaHson Hamilton Walker Kemhley Coffee Kavanaugh 146 PUNTING Press International Telephoto Dol) Devancy Makes No 1 Point Nebraska coach rates his cluh best When Jacohson Found Convenient Way to Dump Quarterback 260 Dickinson.