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r. STAFF COLORPHOTO BY HARALD DREIMANIS What Randy Borg (19) missed, Dave Mason (25) makes sure of as Mike Staehan (33) is stopped after an Iowa State gain. Big Red Balloon Goes Psst By VIRGIL PARKER A hk 'S, la. Iowa Cyclones blew up a storm more ferocious than their nickname here Saturday afternoon. Left in damage of the wake of the storm was a bewildered iind befuddled Nebraska football team which had been harboring hopes of an unprecedented third straight national championship.

coach Bob two-time titlists escaped with a 23-23 tie when Tom Goedjen missed a crucial extra point try with juat 23 seconds remaining, the Big Red coaches and players reacted as though they had lost. might as well have a limping Johnny observed. The all- American slotback and one of the leading Heisman Trophy candidates in the nation, pulled the hamstring muscle in his right leg late in the first half. lot of things went down the tube Rogers l'd. had finally worked our way up in the polls to where we had a shot at No.

1 again. This ends those hopes just as much as if we had Nebraska fought back from a 10-7 deficit to take a 13-10 halftime lead on a pass from quarterback David Humm to Rodgers with just eight seconds remaining before intermission. But Busker extra-point kicker Rich Sanger suffered the same fate Goedjen was to experience at the end of the game when his attempt went wide right. The lead was to change hands a couple of more times. ISU quarterback George Amundson rallied his club back in front, 17-13, late in the third frame, then Humm found Rodgers again midway through the final period to get the Buskers on top, 20-17.

When Sanger added a 36- yard field goal with just 1:03 left, it appeared the Big Red had survived the Cyclone. But Iowa State stormed back once more, moving 74 yards on six Amundson pass completions to knot the score and Nov. 12, 1072 set the stage for the nail-biting extra point miss. it turned out we were probably lucky to get a a disgusted Devaney admitted. time you let a team go the length of the field on you in the final minute you deserve to The Big Red boss said he begin to explain the sloppy, careless play of his charges.

been so disgusted with a Nebraska team in a long he said of six lost fumbles and two pass interceptions suffered by Nebraska. want to take anything away from Iowa State they were a fine team that was well prepared bat I sure as hell condone the damn foolish mistakes we made. the most mistake-prone game 1 can remember us Devaney added, you make mistakes like that against a fine team and hope to IX'vaney said Iowa State shut off the Busker running game turned it into a passing 42 aerial attemps broke the school record of 40 set by Frank Patrick against Oklahoma in 1967 and his 23 completions tied a Jerry Tagge record set against Kansas in On the brighter side was the fact that his two TD tosses to Rodgers gave Nebraska 20 scoring passes for the season w'hidi ties a Big Eight record set in 1969 by Missouri. On the personal ledger, Humm though just a sophomore passed Dennis Claridge and Patrick and now has the third best career totals with 1,874 yards. He trails only Bob Churchich and Tagge.

Those facts cheer up the Las Vegas lefty any. just seemed like UCLA all over he said. mistakes, the fumbles. There were just too many errors, both physical and Humm went over to Rodgers in the dressing mom to confer. Just told him that still going to get the he said.

all pulling for Humm added that the team will now be after victories in the final two games more than ever. working for that Big Eight championship and the be.st po.ssiblo finish (ratings) Continued: Page 4E, Col. 5 Davis Paces Wishbone Alabama Rolls Past 33-21 First downs Rushes-vards Passirva yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Isu 20 Ala 24 44-129 242 13 157 5- 39.9 2-2 6-3 Birmingham, Ala. (iP) think better than we were last said Coach Paul Bryant Saturday after his second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide ro4e the magic of Wishbone quarterback Terry Davis to a 35-21 nationally televised football victory over No, 6 Louisiana State. Davis, a Louisiana native who said he could home with a smile fired two touchdown passes, scored a touchdown and set up another in leading the Crimson Tide assault that ended 11- game winning streak, longest in the nation.

The victory earned Alabama its second straight Southeastern Conference championship and extended its regular season winning streak to 20 games, nine this year. It also probably left the Tide in the enviable pasition of taking the pick of a Cotton, Orange or Sugar Bowl bid. had no time to think about said Bryant, if there is a choice let the players Bryant called Bert Jones the best passer Alabama has faced in time, but added, did a good job of passing and also picked his little feet up and put them down real good several Bryant also said Heisman Trophy consideration should be given Davis, who rifled scoring strikes of 25 and 29 yards to Wayne Wheeler and scored on a 25-yard run. Alabama twice built 14-point leads in the second half and aoplied the clincher after stopping LSU at the Tide six when Joe LaBue erupted on a 52-yard scoring play. Bert Jones also hurled a pair of touchdown passes, the first to Jimmy LeDoux on a 21yard play that gave the Tigers an early 7-0 lead.

The other came on a five-yard toss to Chuck Williamson in the third quarter. Jones scored final touchdown on a three-yard run in the final minute following a 51-yard interference penalty against the Tide. Steve Bisceglia scored other touchdown on a one-yard plunge shortly after Davis broke clear for 37 yards to the six and then carried to the one on the following play. Davis, turning in one of tde fintst efforts of his career, hit on 10 of 18 passes for 157 yards and was the leading rusher with 15 carries for yards, much of it in clutch situations on options to the outside. Jones, enduring a tremendous rush from massive front four, still managed to complete 18 of 32 passes for 242 yards.

He had two passes intercepted, each on tips off the fingers of his receivers. Alabama surged to the victory in what has become traditional furious second half charge. Davis moved the Tide 83-yards to the go-ahead score following the second half 'icickoff, connecting on three passes for 57-yards along the way. Four minutes later Davis skirted the right side on his 25-yard touchdown run after LSU had hobbled a fair catch on a punt, with Steve Dean recovering at the Tiger 25. LSU never recovered and virtually lost all hope when the fourth down pass from Jones at the six-yard line fell incomplete, giving Alabama the ball with a 28-14 lead and only 10 minutes to play.

Louisiana State 7 0 7 Alabama 0 7 14 14--35 21 pass from Jones (Jackson kick) 25 pass from T. Davis (B. Davis kick) 29 pass from T. Davis (B. Davis kick) Davis 25 run (B.

Davis kick) 5 pass from Jones (Jackson kick) 1 run (B. Davis kick) 52 run (B. Davis kick) 3 run (Jackson kick) Sports itiiiiiiMtitiiiiiiHiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiitini Rodgers Gets TD Game Photo 4-3 Tom Villi Sez: Like UCLA (iaiiie 3 Johnny Sez: Beist (iaiiie Ever 5 MiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiitiiiiMiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiili LiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHinitiiiii 20 Results Oklahoma Hits Missouri, 17-6 I 1. use (9-0) did not play. I 2.

Alabama (9-0) def. LSU, 35-21. i I 3. Nebraska (7-1-1) tied ISU, 23-23. I 4.

Michigan (9-0) def. Iowa, 31-0. Page 6E. I 5. Ohio State (7-1) lost to Mich.

19-12. Page 6E. i 6. LSU (7-1) lost to Alabama, 35-21. i 7.

Oklahoma (7-1) def. Missouri, 17-6. 5 I 8. UCLA (8-2) lost to Washington, 30-21. Page 7E.

I 9. Texas (7-1) def. Baylor, 17-3. Page 6E. i I 10.

Penn St. (8-1) def. N. Caro. 37-22.

Page 7E. i 11. Auburn (7-1) did not play. i I 12. Notre Dame (7-1) def.

Air Force, 21-7. Page 6E. 1 13. Tennessee (5-2) did not play. i i 14.

Missouri (5-4) lost to Oklahoma, 17-6. 1 I 15. Texas Tech (7-2) lost to TCU, 31-7. Page 6E. I I 16.

Colorado (7-3) def. Kansas, 33-8. Page 3E. I 17. Iowa State (5-2-1) tied Nebraska, 23-23.

I 18. No. Carolina (7-1) def. Virginia, 23-3. Page 6E.

I 19. Arizona St. (7-2) def. New Mexico, 60-7. Page 7E.

i I 20. Stanford (5-4) lost to Wash. 27-13. Page 7E. I I Yale (5-2) lost to Penn, 48-30.

Page 6E. First downs Rushes vards Passing vards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles lost Penalties vards Missouri Oklahoma 7 28 32-40 87-422 57 51 30 -n 5-15-2 3-11-1 2-1 43-21 3-35 By HAL BROWN Norman, Okla. defense won another game for the seventh-ranted here Saturday with a 17-6 victory over giant-killer Missouri, and OU center Tom Brahaney issued a warning to future Sooner foes about the sputtering Oklahoma offense. know we been as efftctive on offense as we were a year the Sooner co-captain admitted. 1 know people are disappointed pointed about it as we are.

pointed about it as wee are. one of hese games, going to put it ail together and going to be prediction comes true, that somebody will have to be either Kansas, Nebraska, or Oklahoma the only three remaining foes on the regular season schedule. And Brahaney made no bones about who he hopes they would come against. like for it to be against he pointed out referring to the Thanksgiving Day showdown betweeer. he Sooners and Huskers in Liiii- coln.

The big thing that was missing from the Oklahoma offense here again Saturday was the same thing that was missing in their 20-14 loss to Colorado the Sooners showed no semblance of a passing attack in either game. Sooner quarterback Dave Robertson was able to hit only 3 of 9 passes for 51 yards and the number two signal- caller freshman Kerry Jackson, was 0-2. But the Sooners the only team on the Owen Fieid AstroTurf Saturday that have a passing attack. Neither did Missouri hitting on 1 of 5 for 3 yards in the first half and for the game the Tigers were only for 15 for yards. wanted to throw the ball OU coach Chuck Fairbanks pointed out.

we just do it. We had some breakdown in our pass protection which got to straighten With neither team being able to throw the ball, the game turned into a brusing ground game between two wishbone offenses and at tliat kind of game, Oklahoma is far superior. The Sooners rolled 422 yards on the ground while Missouri could manage only 40 against Oklahoma defense thai yielded only its third touchdown of the season and the Tigers had to 'go 11 yards to get that one in the second quarter. should have scored two or three more touchdowns the first Brahaney believed. more in the second half but we kept killing The Sooners fumbled the ball four times and lost three of them to the Tigers all of them slopping scoring threats.

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