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2Tta (tfharlotte Observer Sports Section ScorePhone CW 24 Mwt A 0y Iw lh BtmMi Sunday December 30 1070 issouri Pounces On Gamecocks 24-14 As the second period began Missouri led by Bradley's mixture of plays moved through South Carolina until the drive was stalled at the 5 But Ron Verrilli kicked a 22-yard field goal leaving Missouri trailing 6-3 But the Tigers soon went ahead before South Carolina could even run a play from scrimmage The Tigers kicked off and Horace Smith after a 26-yard return fumbled when hit from the side Defensive back Johnnie Poe recovered for the Tigers On the first play from the South Carolina 28 Bradley passed deep into the left end zone to flanker David Newman Verrilli's extra point put Missouri ahead 10-6 After a poor South Carolina punt Missouri again was in excellent field position at the Gamecock 30 And seven plays later Bradley See CAROLINA Page 7C Col 1 By BOB QUINCY Observer Staff Writer BIRMINGHAM Ala Missouri made the most of South Carolina mistakes in the third annual Hall of Fame Classic scoring 3 touchdowns following Gamecock errors and emerging with a 24-14 victory South Carolina drew first blood but Missouri took command in the second quarter and led through the rest of the game All three Missouri touchdown drivers were of 30-yards or less Although the Gamecocks lost running back George Rogers was named the top offensive player The most valuable player was quarterback Phil Bradley of Missouri and the top defensive player was Missouri lineaback-er Eric Berg A key to defensive play was the rush it applied to Gamecock quarterback Garry Harper Harper was sacked 6 times los- sing 72 yards Missouri caught off-balance in the opening period by a hurry-up South Carolina offense which used no huddle came back in the second quarter to dominate and take a 17-6 halftime lead Within five minutes Missouri kicked a field goal after an 81-yard march and capitalized on a pair of Gamecock errors to score 2 touchdowns South Carolina grabbed momentum with the opening kickoff Running the offense without use of a huddle the Gamecocks all but sprinted down the field on a 69-yard touchdown drive 6 carries placed the Gamecocks at the Missouri 20 Then Harper spotted Zion McKinney near the goalpost and hit him with a scoring pass A poor center snap botched the extra point attempt but South Carolina had a 6-0 lead with 3:32 elapsed UPI PHOTO Missouri's James Wilder Is Upended By South Carolina Defenders Scott Wade (53) and Arthur Broussard bring him down Saturday Day For Underdo A 4 Interceptions Key Oilers Associated Press SAN DIEGO no such thing as a one- or two-man Vernon Perry said But Perry strong safety was a record-shattering one-man gang Saturday as he helped propel the Oilers past San Diego 17-14 and into the American Conference championship game Perry a refugee from the Canadian Football League led an aroused defense that compensated for the absence of NFL rushing champion Earl Campbell quarterback Dan Pastorini and other key offensive players by intercepting 4 passes and blocking a field goal And Gifford Nielsen in only his second career start in the NFL as replacement found Mike Renfro on a 47-yard scoring play with 2:05 left to play in the third quarter for the winning touchdown knew when we signed him as a free agent out of Canada that the kid was a Oilers coach Bum Phillips said of Perry a Jack-son State and Montreal Alouettes alumnus the Canadian League never does anything else for the NFL they did something for us was a college teammate of (Houston linebacker) Robert Bra-zile who recommended him to Phillips added like that commercial on TV when Robert Bra-zile speaks everyone In all the Oilers intercepted five passes by San Diego quarterback Dan Fouts 4 interceptions surpassed the league playoff record of three by Charlie Waters against Chicago in 1977 build character you exhibit it and this team showed nore character than any team seen in 31 Phillips said Houston the surviving AFC wild-card team spotted the AFC See HOUSTON Page 6C Col 1 Houston 0 10 7 San Diego 7 0 7 0-H Williams 1 run (Wood kick) FG Fritsch 26 Clark 1 run (Fritsch kick) Mitchell 8 run (Wood kick) Renfro 47 pass tr Nielsen (Fritsch kick) 51192 Oilers Chargers First downs 15 25 Rushes-vards 40-148 19-63 Passing yards 111 317 Return yards 36 25 Passes 10-19-1 25-47-5 Punts 6-41 2-32 Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 5-45 6-30 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Houston: Carpenter 18-67 Wilson 11-39 Clark 9-30 Nielsen 2-12 San Diego: Mitchell 8-33 CWilliams 11-30 PASSING Houston: Nielsen 10-19-1 111 yards San Diego: Fouts 25-47-5 333 yards RECEIVING Houston: Carpenter 4-23 Wilson 3-16 Renfro 1-47 Coleman 1-13 Barber 1-12 San Diego: Klein 5-41 Jefferson 4-70 CWilliams 4-30 Mitchell 4-26 Floyd 3-51 McCrary 1-34 s3ri tt 7 A 1 s- Bell Leads Buccaneers Past Eagles Associated Press TAMPA Fla Ricky Bell ran for 2 touchdowns and set up Doug clinching scoring pass Saturday leading the Buccaneers to a 24-17 victory over the Eagles in the NFL playoffs Bell who gained 142 yards on a playoff-record 38 carries scored on runs of 4 and 1 yards in the first half then ran 26 yards in a fourth-period drive capped by 9-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jimmie Giles The victory sends the Bucs a 4-point underdog against the Eagles into the NFC title game Jan 6 against the winner of Los Angeles-Dallas game If the Cowboys win the Bucs will' visit the Cowboys If the Rams win Tampa Bay will play at home Williams often criticized for a low completion percentage completed 7 of 15 passes for 132 yards and rushed for 4 first downs proved what been Buc coach John McKay said think one of the best young quarterbacks in Williams agreed never doubted Doug the second-year quarterback said "I never judge myself and I worry when others judge me I had to prove nothing to nobody" Ron Jaworski the quarterback completed 15 of 38 passes for 199 yards And the ground game was virtually shut down by the top defense Eagle running back Wilbert Montgomery gained 35 yards on 12 carries there was anything wrong with the passing game it was their said Jaworski who had a 508 completion avferage coming into the game no See BELL Page 6C Col 1 Philadelphia 0 7 3 Tampa Bav 7 10 0 7-24 Bell 4 run (O'Donoghue kick) FG O'Donoghue 40 Boll 1 run lO'Donoghue kick) Smith 11 pass from 3aworski (Franklin kik) FG Franklin 42 Giles 9 pass from Williams (O'Donoghue kick) Carmichael 37 pass from Jaworski (Franklin kick) A 71402 Eagles Bucs First downs 15 17 Rushes-vards 18-48 55-186 Passing vards 179 132 Return vards 85 33 Passes 15-38-0 7-15-1 Punts 5-44 5-43 Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-vards 8-62 9-105 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Philadelphia: Monlgomerv 13-35 Harris 4-13 Oaworski 1-0 Tampa Bav: Bell 38-142 Eckwood 8-19 Williams 6-19 Davis 3-6 PASSING Philadelphia: Jaworski 15-38-0 199 vards Tampa Bav: Williams 7-15-1 132 vards RECEIVING Philadelphia: Montgomery 4-35 Carmichael 3-92 Smith 3-49 Krepfle 3-23 Harris 1-2 Campfield l-(-2) Tampa Bav: Giles 3-43 Ha-gins 2-34 Mucker 1-34 Owens 1-21 Monday Miscellaneous 7:05 WSOC-AM Sportsline Host Tom Miller open-phone call-in show 7:20 WSOC-AM (930) WDAV-FM (899) WSOC-FM State at Davidson Football 2:15 WSOC-AM (930) 2:30 Bowl: Clemson vs Baylor Atlanta 8:00 07) Bluebonnet Bowl: Purdue vs Tennessee Houston Tuesday Football 2:00 (3)0 WSOC-AM Cotton Bowl: Houston vs Nebraska Dallas 2:00 WCGC-AM i Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs Arkansas New Orleans 4:45 6) WSOC-AM Rose Bowl Southern California vs Ohio Slate Pasadena 8:00 WSOC-AM (930) Orange Bowl Oklahoma vs Florida Stale Miami Tampa Bay Defensive Players Congratulate Each Ollier Saturday After Registering A Sack Eagle quarterback Ron Jaworski was harassed throughout the game by the top defense Tar Heels Triumph In London v'V ItvWy AP Photo consolation game Then they fly straight to Atlanta and bus to Clemson for a Wednesday night ACC opener against the Tigers who will be flying back from the Far West Classic in Portland Ore today NORTH CAROLINA 115-O'Koren 25 Wood 21 Wolf 2 Worthy 13 Colescolt 9 Virgil 15 Yonakor 7 Pepper 6 Braddock 4 Kenny 2 Budko 2 ZEIBERT 93-Dunn 26 Banks 22 Bell 20 Day 16 Clark 7 Belk 2 Half: North Carolina 52-48 Sportswaves Mil' Madrid in December 1971 and 1974 They beat powerful Real Madrid on the first trip but lost to the same club in In London shooting for the final (Monday) again which probably would pit them agaist Maccabee of Tel Aviv But first they play in semifinal against Parker Pen the national champion of Holland State Medals and merchandise awards will go to the top three finishers in each of several age divisions in both the marathon and 10000 meters Former world mile record holder Jim- Ryun will conduct a free running clinic at 7 prn Friday at the Civic Center The clinic will include movies of some of performances as well as a movie and multi-media slide presentation of the 1978 Observer Marathon Ryun will also compete in the 10-000 meter race Wolf Over 4000 Expected In Observer Marathon The game will be broadcast bv WBT-AM (1110) at 2:05 pm (7:05 pm London time) will be a much better team than said coach Dean Smith whose team got 25 points from Mike and 21 from Al Wood "All but one of their players played collegiately in the United Former Tar Heel Randy Wiel has been playing in Israel and was in London to see old friends and give Smith a scouting report on Parker Pen Zeibert gave the Tar Heels a much better game than expected relying on the outside shooting of former Iowa guard Bryan Dunn (26 points) and Bill Banks (22) and the inside play of 7-footer Cliff Bell (20) shooting was miraculous for a long said Smith thought our press would be more effective too because quicker And I thought dominate them more in the first But domination come until well into the second half Zeibert jumped to a 9-2 lead but North Carolina reeled off 19 straight points for a 21-9 advantage about the only time the press was effective and once Zeibert adjusted it came back to tie at 44 North Carolina moved to a 52-48 halftime lead then broke away from a 67-63 lead to go ahead 80-65 That stretch was sparked by Rich Yonakor and Wood who scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half The Tar Heels will play three games here finishing Monday night in either the championship or iXFL Playoffs: 2 Games Two more NFL playoff games highlight today's sports television package At 12:30 NBC (channel 36 in Charlotte) airs the Miami Dolphins at the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers Then at 4 CBS (channel 3 in Charlotte channel 7 in Spartanburg) offers the Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Cowboys Further details on NFL playoffs are on Page 6C Special to The Observer LONDON North Carolina the best-traveled team beat Zei-bert of England 115-93 Saturday in the first round of the 12-team Philips International Holiday basketball tournament at the Crystal Palace It was the third European holiday tournament of the decade for the Tar Heels who reached the finals of a prestigious tournament in Christmas shopping season In addition runners could register on race day last year Officials had expected those changes to cut the size of the field very excited" said race director Gary Church thought we would be 1000 shy and now we expect 4200 To lose only 500 by movjng the date and cutting off registrations early makes me feel very good" Defending marathon champions John Ziegler (who won last year in 2:19:45) and Anne Holmes (top woman finisher at 3:11:15) will be in the field along with defending 10000-meter champions Greg Meyer and Kitty Consolo Top prizes are a choice of a trip to the Boston Marathon or the Olympic Trials in Buffalo for the male and female winners plus the top three-person team Last team champion was Pembroke More than 4000 runners will answer the gun Saturday for the third Charlotte Observer Marathon Runners will compete either in the 26-mile 385-yard marathon the 10000-meter (62 miles) race or the 1-mile fun-run All races begin at The Observer building 600 So Tryon St The marathon starts at 10 am the 10000 meter and fun run begin at 10:15 As of late last week 3898 entries had been processed 1071 for the marathon 2426 for the 10000 and 401 for the fun run At the rate entries were arriving race officials said they expected about 4200 starters Last Observer race drew 4727 entries but the date was changed from the third Saturday in December to the first Saturday in January to avoid congestion on Charlotte streets during the busy Today Basketball 11 am North Carolina: Dean Smith Show 2:05 WBT-AM North Carolina vs Parker Pen (Holland) in London Football Noon 12:25 wsoc-am (930) 12:30 American Conference plavolf' Miami Dolphins al Pittsburgh Steelers 3:30 (D Nfl Todav 4:00 (J) CD (930) NFL National Conference plavoff: Los Angeles Rams al Dallas Cowboys Miscellaneous 6:00 wrestling Outdoors 6:00 Untamed World 6:30 Southern Sportsman.