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LINC OLN SUNDAY JOURNAL AND STAR December 16, 1962 NU and Miami Plea se Crowd Scribes Peg Mira Show Best Since Johnny Continued from Page ID drive for the win with 1:09 left in the game. Ross had the Gothamites going wild with his antics. The dazzling junior from Helena, ran a kickoff back 92 yards for a touchdown. He scored another on a one-vard jack-knife dive. The Twister ran for 77 yards, caught a pass for 28 and returned two kickoffs for 123, giving him a total of 228 vards.

Thornton scored on two bull plunges into the line and had 43 yards rushing. Claridge, surprising Miami when Devaney brought forth a shotgun offense in the second half, hit 9 of 14 passes for 146 yards, despite intense pressure from the Miami line. In winning its first bowl game in 3 tries, Nebraska certainly put on a show with the Hurricanes which will erase the pain of a 21-13 loss to Stanford in 1941 at the Rose Bowl and a 34-7 gasser to Duke in the 1955 Orange Bowl. It also showed the Huskers they can win on television. Devaney, who climaxed his first season with the great victory, had an uphill fight to get the squad mentally ready for the contest as there was continued talk that the game might be cancelled.

There was still that worry in the first half as the Huskers used a break and Ross kickoff return to stay in a game which might have been a rout. Here, as briefly as possible, is how the. two teams scored 70 points despite 20 degree temperatures and frozen turf which forced most players into tennis shoes: Dave Theisen recovered fumble by fullback John Bennett at Miami 43. Ross right end on first play for 41 yards and Thornton plunged over from the one. Claridge ran extra point but slipped short of goal passed 10 yards to end Ben Rizzo to cap 54 yard drive.

Extra point kick wide. Nebraska 6, Miami 6. Miami- Mira hit 30-yard touchdown pass to halfback Nick Spinelli to cap 66-yard drive. Mira pass for extra point missed. Miami 12, Nebraska 6.

took kickoff on 8-yard line, started up middle and then broke to his left. He picked up a wave of blockers at Miami 40 and scored standing up. Rudy Johnson kicked extra point. Nebraska 13, Miami 12 Mira hit 4 passes as Hurricanes drove 76 yards. Nick Ryder scored from one and Mira passed to Rvder for two-point conversion.

Miami 20, Nebraska 13. led Huskers on 78-yard drive which took just 5 plays and 34 seconds to beat the halftime clock. Touchdown came on 6-vard pass from Claridge to Mike Eger. Johnson kicked extra point. Nebraska 20, Miami 20 at halftime.

Mira had hit 16 of 24 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns. A Nebraska fumble started a Miami bid at Husker 21. Bennett scored from 3. Wilson kicked point. Miami 27, Nebraska 20.

Claridge led Huskers 70 yards in 10 plays. Thornton scored from one. Claridge ran right end for the two-pointer, Nebraska 28, Miami 27. intercepted Mira pass at Miami 39, Ross scored from one after Thornton galloped for 16 and Ross for 14 in drive. Thornton ran over right tackle for two-pointer.

Nebraska 36, Miami 27. returned kickoff 44 yards to Husker territory. Ryder scored from one with 9:29 left in game. Wilson kicked point. The Huskers drove to the Miami 8 but lost the ball on downs after that and the Hurricanes got the ball with 3:11 left.

pass interception finally halted Miami on the Husker 43. There were many other interesting and fan-pleasing items in this game. Nebraska not only used its shotgun offense but also ran a fake punt with a Statue of Liberty play. The Huskers were incensed once when they finally got a rush on Mira and he threw the ball behind his back and officials ru ed it an incomplete forward pass. Miami missed a field goal, faked a field goal, ran two Statue of Liberty plays, had a receiver fall down near the goal line as he waited for a cinch touchdown pass with no Husker within 20 yards.

Mira just was too much. New York writers said it was the greatest college quarterback performance here since Johnny Lujack with Notre Dame in 1946. All in all it whale of a football game. The March of Dimes, the benefiting chanty, have financial refxirt in for some time and the Dimes committee handled ticket sales. Undoubtedly promoters took quite a financial beating, Guarantees were reportedly $75,000 to Miami and $55,000 to Nebraska.

It was learned from reliable sources that the ABC television contract called for just $15,000. But again, worrying about figures after a game like that? It might be the thing that saves the Gotham Bowl. Run ('locked In HU New York Willie Ross made good tune, in addition to 6 points on his 92-yard touchdown run. A track coach in press box had a stop watch on Willie and the Twister was clocked in 10.1. TURKEY SHOOT Everybody Welcome 1:33 P.M.

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stop him, although we made an adjustment at the When New York wTiters tried to get Devaney to agree that Mira throw's too Bob shook his head and said: accept him the way he is. If Mira doc ni make a pro team. miss my The coach singled Claridge, Bill Thornton, Willie Ross and Dennis Stuewe for and said Bob Brown and a i Carlson did a job on tell vou something Bob added, Callahan did a helluva job of catching that Devaney said the players complain about cold the game started. was the turf that was he said. Among the early well- wishers were NU Athletic Director Tippy Dye, Vice Chancellor Joe Soshnik and Regent Clarence Swanson.

a lot better way to end the Dye said with a big grin. set a pattern for the Big 8 to shoot for in the other bowl Swanson laughed. There as an awards luncheon immediately alter the game, with gifts presented to players and a trophy presented to Nebraska. Sunday will be a free day for sightseeing or pro football for players and their wives (14 are married). But Powers was cutting Mira Rates NU As Defense Disappoints MU Coach; Praise Heaped Huskers Bv LEO SCHERER New York is as tough as any football team wre have played this Speaking was All-America quarterback George Mira, passing master.

schedule this year included Alabama, Northwestern, LSU and Pittsburgh. Mira said, takes advantages of any break to score and can Willie Ross and Bill Thornton After pausing to sign a game program for a small New York boy, Mira continued. Nebraska line played real tough but so did our boys. I had plenty of time on most of my Miami fullback Nick Ryder, who scored two touchdowns against the Huskers, had nothing praise for the Nebraska team. came back real strong that second said Ryder.

who scored 36 points against us is a good football Ryder singled out the playing of Dennis Claridge and Ross as outstanding. James Simon, pass catching Miami end, called the Huskers a ball club that is real Other Miami players agreed with Mira, Ryder and Simon. They dressed quickly after a short closed meeting with Andy Gustafson, personable head coach of the Hurricanes. Gustafson had praise both for his beaten Hurricanes and the victorious Nebraska Cornhuskers. was a good offensive game and Nebraska is a good team with lots of hard running backs, especially Thornton, Ross and said Gustafson.

He continued, trouble all year has been defense. The boys will see more defensive work this Gustafson was not disappointed with several Miami passes on target but dropped by receivers. you throw as much as we do you have to figure on some of them being Gustafson said. However, as in the past, Gustafson had plenty of praise for Mira and added, surely get mad at these kids for losing. They played real hard.

Ryder did an outstanding job also for When asked about a Nebraska Miami rematch in the future, Gustafson said, have a full schedule for years and have anything scheduled with Gustafson pulled out his pipe and added, was a great offensive show. We played well and so did Nebraska. And no secret that we are not a defensive The south goal post was torn down after the game by a large, group of New York boys. protect the goal posts for the New York Giants game but today and those kids took advantage of said an angry policeman who was at the door of the Miami dressing room. May Be Wrong (Uiiiiiiniiiii -v iiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiimiiiwiiiiiiiiiiwiiitiiiiBHiiinmHmmuiiuHiiiiiiR By Dick Becker Sunday Sports Columnist New York NCAA official who deals with the college television program of football was on hand here all week.

While his business was ostensibly with other affairs, there undoubtedly will be a report on the antics surrounding the Gotham Bowl. The NCAA will take a long look at this bowl before giving its sanction for next year. Gotham Operation Leaking Two vears ago the game was cancelled. Last year Baylor and Utah State were not from game profits. When Miami and Nebraska asked to see the color of promoter Bob money before they would leave home, it unveiled some leaks in the Gotham Bowl operation.

Now Curran probably fielded a lot of criticism which should have been directed elsewhere. The request for advance payment obviously was a tough task because Curran must depend on ticket sales and the television contract for the income. Few tickets had been sold and the television contract settled. to credit that he found enough New ers who would come up with $65.000 on the strength of what the game promised. It was a week of crises.

On Wednesday Miami threw down a deadline. Curran beat this one by just a few minutes. Idea of Bowl Okay Nebraska put on a deadline Thursday, at one point university officials decided to scratch from the game. troops came through with just two minutes to 1 The idea of the Gotham Bowl is a good one, actually, the onlv big complaint is the weather and this doesn seem to stop the pros who will he playing here for at least two more weeks. Plans for a gala winter week in New to include not only the football game but indoor track, a basketball tournament and other sports is a sound one.

What the Gotham Bowl needs is to conduct a drive right away to put some money in the bank. This would furnish the necessary assurance to schools involved and it would also allow the bowl workers to operate on a smoother basis. What resulted this year was a general snafu with everybody ending up unhappy. New York's too big a town to put on such a shoddy performance. After game, selling should be easy.

CAaridge Forgot End Run New York There were some anxious moments along the Nebraska i e- lines at the end of the game. With 20 seconds left Nebraska had possession of the ball with 3rd down and Miami had no more timeouts. Dennis Claridge was or- to merely run around with the ball to kill the clock. Husker coaches and players chanted. Got it! got However, on the 3rd down play Claridge ran to his right, trying to elude the Miami end, went out of bounds to stop the clock with 12 seconds left.

Nebraska was then forced to punt instead of running out the clock as planned. After the game Claridge said, know what happened, but I was just trying to away from the end. I guess I forgot about where the sidelines Have Words New York Bob Devaney had words with the referee late in the game. Nebraska was charged with a personal foul preceding last touchdown. Devaney had hot words for the official and kept asking what the penalty was for.

The official walked towards Devaney and said, fitting a man after the Then the official yelled: off the field and talk to STATISTICS Nebraska Hushing Player Att. Yds. Avg. Ross ....................10 77 7.7 Thornton .............11 43 3.9 Stuewe 7 24 3.4 Johnson 1 4 4.0 Young 2 4 2.0 McCloughan 2 4 2.0 Claridge 9 -6 "Ar 'Ar Miami (Fla.) 6 11 7 7-34 Nebraska 6 14 8 Neb. Thornton, 1, run (run, Miami Rizzo, 10, pass from Mira placement failed).

Miami Spinelli, 30, pass from Mira pass failed1. Neb, Ross, 92, kickoff return (Johnson, Miami, Ryder, 1, plunge (Ryder, pass from Mira). Neb. Eger, 6, pass from Claridge (Johnson, placement). Miami Bennett, 3, plunge (Wilson, placement).

Neb. Thornton, 1 plunge (Claridge, run). Neb. Ross, 1, run (Thornton, nin), Miami Ryder, 1, run (Wilson, placement). Passing Player Att.

Comp. Yds. Int. TD Claridge 14 9 146 0 1 Receiving Player No. Yds.

TD Callahan 4 47 0 Theisen 1 42 0 Ross 1 28 0 Stuewe 2 23 0 Eger 1 6 1 Punting Plaver No. Yds. Avg. Claridge 6 222 37.0 Player Ryder Bennett Hunt Mira Miami Hushing Att. 16 13 9 5 Yds.

Ave. 95 5.9 53 4.1 27 3.0 6 1.2 Passing Player Att. Comp Yds. Int. TD 46 24 321 2 2 Mira Receiving No.

Yds. TDPlayer No. Yds. Simon 6 66 Sims 5 66 Sparks 4 54 Spinelli 3 53 Rizzo 2 31 Ryder 2 26 Bennett 2 25 OPEN SUNDAY 1 to PM MONEY SAVING BARGAINS IN USED 'QflSION Table Models Portables Consoles The Lineups Miami Nebraska Left End Donovan, Eger, End-Simon, Rizzo, Cifra. Tomlinson.

Left Smerdel, Left Tackle Robertson, Maluty. Kramer. Guard -Streiter, LUUmagi, I Guard Carlson, Kirby. Brinkos Miehka, Sittler, Baf- renter -Dentel, Hart. fico.

Right Guard Brown, Right Guard Mahony, Sala- Dermott, Rood. dino. Right Taekle Toogood, Right Jackie Benson, Green, Fischer. Ferscn. Right End -Comstock, Calla- Right End Sparks, Werl, Wii- han.

Huge. son Quarterback Mira, Bertani, Left Half Theisen. Right Half Mcl loughan, Paschal 1. Right Half Spinelli, Hunt, FulIHack Thornton, Young, Martin. Fullback Bennett, Sisk.

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