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'i Section Page 18 Fort Worth Star-Telegram I Sunday November 211993 vs Harvard COLLEGE FOOTBALL in'68 was (don't laugh) The ame Rhodes Scholar He was then a Yale linebacker So was the Yale coach Carm Cozza now in his 29th year struggling this fall with an injury-battered team that went into yesterday's 110th Yale-Harvard game with a 2-7 record Harvard wasn't much better at 3-6 It wasn't that way in 1968 Both teams were 8-0 coming into what always has been called The Game capital capital since it began in 1875 In 1916 when both schools were still among the ranking powers of college football Yale coach TAD Yale-Harvard was different then just as it is now In 1968 both teams were Division I not Division I-AA and the level of football played by the ancient rivals was relatively topflight Relative to today that is when the Ivy League would belong in Division IV if they created one In 1968 Yale even made the Top 20 at one point What made the events at Harvard Stadium on Saturday Nov 23 1968 special were forces larger than power ratings And the game itself well the Boston Globe's headline of the next day summed up the bizarre story: Jones delivered this memorable line at the end of his pre-game pep talk: "Gentlemen you are about to play Harvard This is the most important moment of your lives" It seemed that way in 1968 That was the first time both schools had gone into the season finale undefeated since 1909 This was The Game That isn't why I was offered $2000 for the 16 tickets I had for the 1068 game There was more to it than records For most college-age men in 1968 life was filled with frightening uncertainty Even the sons of Yale BY PHIL HERSH Chicago Tnbune i Twenty-five years That is just about right It has taken that long for this game to come into focus with- the blur of partisan passion Now I can see the 1968 Yale- Harvard game for what it really was: Ate greatest college football game of time Oh sure that makes you laugh you Notre Damers and Ohio Staters 'end Michiganders and Nebraskans and Miamians all you alums of places where the teams provide "football games of near professional quality "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" OK OK maybe you had to be there to see Harvard tie with 16 points in the final 42 seconds lwas So was the Yale quarterback Brian Dowling who already had become the inspiration for "13D" in the comic strip Doonesbury then known as Bull Tales So was the Yale running back Calvin Hill who would go on to be a first-round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys and turn into the NFL's Rookie of the Year and an All-Pro So was the current mayor of Baltimore Kurt Schmoke soon to be a Bowl lineup Bowl Data Time TV Las Vegas Dec 17 7 pm ESPN John Hancock Dec 24 CBS Aloha Dec23 ABC Liberty Dec 28 7 pm ESPN Freedom Dec28 8pm Raycom Upsets could bring Irish back to Dallas ardin-S ons rolls to playawin and Harvard (both schools were then all-male) privileged as many of them were faced the Vietnam War then at its most awful and jntense All conversations beery or not eventually came back to a single sobering question: the impact of Vietnam on immediate futures Football became a pleasant diversion from all that It spurred devotion rarely seen at a place like Yale where it was considered unsophisticated to care about a football game In the days before Yale played Princeton in 1967 there were impromptu pep rallies on campus' 51-C standings Conf Overall LT WLT Meese St 7 0 0 9 2 0 NE Louisiana 5 1 0 8 2 0 Stepherl Austin 5 2 0 8 3 0 Northwestern St 3 4 0 5 6 0 North Texas 2 4 0 4 6 0 Sam Hou St 2 5 0 4 7 0 Nicholls St 2 5 0 3 8 0 SIN Texas St 1 6 0 2 8 0 Yesterday's results North Texas at NE Louisiana Meese St 27 Nicholls St 0 Sam Houston St 35 SW Texas St 10 SF Austin 51 Nonhwestern St 20 SWAC standings Conf Overall WIT WLT Southerra 6 0 0 9 1 0 Alcorn St 6 1 0 8 3 0 Brambling St 4 2 0 7 3 0 Jackson St 3 3 1 5 5 Alabama St 3 3 1 4 4 Miss Valley 2 3 2 4 4 2 Texas Southern 1 6 0 2 9 0 Prairie View 0 7 0 0 11 0 Yesterday's results Alcorn St 31 Jackson St 22 Miss Valley 41 Texas Southern 27' Ala-Birmingham 58 Prairie Vaw 12 Saturdays game Southern vs Brambling at New Orleans 130 pm PAC Ova open 1 II I BY JIMMY BURCH FOn Worth Star-Telegram A pair of upsets involving two of the top four teams in The Associated Press college football rankings brightened the outlook yesterday for the Mobil Cotton Bowl Top-ranked Notre Dame lost at home to No 16 Boston College 41- 39 Ninth-ranked West Virginia upset No 4 Miami 17-14 The results dimmed the prospect i of the Fiesta Bowl hosting a national I championship matchup between 1 the two highest-ranked at-large I teams available to be selected under 1 terms of the bowl coalition Instead the Orange Bowl postseason des- I tination of No 3 Nebraska (10-0) 11 likely will emerge as the bowl to host a national championship matchup under coalition guidelines If that happens the Cotton Bowl benefits Here's how: Provided the Comhuskers rise to the No 1 or No 2 spot in today's coalition poll the Orange Bowl would be in position to match the nation's two top-ranked teams if Nebraska defeats No 15 Oklahoma in Friday's regular-season finale That will help the Cotton Bowl which likely would choose second in the coalition pecking order if 10thranked Texas (9-1) continues winning and No 8 Florida (9-1) loses next weekend to No 2 Florida State(10-1) The Orange Bowl after matching Nebraska against the highest-ranked at-large opponent most likely Florida State or Notre Dame would leave the lower-ranked of those two available to be selected by the Cotton Bowl Yes a Notre rematch looms as a strong possibility Miami at 9-2 also would be a possibility for the Cotton Bowl If favorites win out elsewhere but Texas (5-4-1) upsets in Thursday's winner-take-all game for the SWC championship the Cotton Bowl would drop below the Sugar and its first loss to a league member since 1984 when Boston College beat the Hurricanes on Doug Flutie's last-second touchdown pass It also was Miami's first loss in November since that "Hail Mary" loss a span of 32 games Miami held scoreless in the first half for the first time in nine years rallied to take a 14-10 lead on Donnell Bennett's 1-yard TD run early in the fourth quarter before a record crowd of 70222 at Mountaineer Field But West Virginia took advantage of a critical holding penalty against Miami to score the go-ahead touchdown on a sweep by Walker who gained 100 yards on 27 carries The score came one play after Miami's Virginia hands Miami first Big East loss From Wire Reports ABILENE Quarterback Kevin Beam ran for two touchdowns and threw for three more leading Hardin-Simmons past Evangel (Mo) College 49-21 yesterday in the opening round of the NA1A Division II football playoffs The ninth-ranked Cowboys champions of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association improved to 9-2 The eighth-ranked Crusaders co-champions of the Heart of America Conference finished their season at 8-2 Hardin-Simmons will advance Dec 4 to the quarterfinal round of the playoffs for the second consecutive year The Cowboys will face the University of Mary in Bismarck ND who beat Minot State yesterday 31-20 Brian Rogers had 130 yards receiving and two touchdowns and Matt Carroll had 127 yards rushing and one touchdown Tight end Clint Stewart also had a pair of touchdown passes Evangel running back Derrick Clark rushed for 193 yards on 24 carries including touchdown runs ofl and 80 yards Hardin-Simmons' Collin McCorMick who leads the nation in receptions per game caught 11 for 82 yards Beam and reserve quarterback Michael Schmucker combined for 320 yards passing just under the Hardin-Simmons average of 334 also first in the nation ASA-Kingsville 50 Portland State 15 PORTLAND Ore Larry Young ran for three touchdowns and the Javelinas (6-5) made four interceptions in a victory over the Vikings (8-3) in a first-round NCAA Division II football game Young scored on runs of 1 9 and 3 yards and Dexter Deese caught touchdown passes of 2 and 64 yards for Kingsville Young carried only seven times in the game for 43 yards Kingsville scored first when Young capped a 77-yard drive with a 9-yard touchdown run in the second quarter On the next series Moke Simon intercepted a pass by Portland State's Bill Matos to set up a 3-yard touchdown run by Young John Cortez' kick for the extra point was blocked but the Javelinas' Todd Perkins fell on the loose ball for a two-point conversion Matos connected with Sean Williams for 25 yards and the first touchdown for the Vikings A suc cessful two point conversion made the score I 5-8 But the Javelinas scored with seven seconds left in the half when Deese caught a 2-yard pass from Menchaca A Cortez kick gave Kingsville a 22-8 halftime lead Johnnie Freeman intercepted a Matos pass to set up an early third quarter score for Kingsville Then Young scored four plays later on a I yard plunge to give Kingsville a 29:8 lead with 10:01 left in the third MeNeese State 27 Nicholls State 0 Opponents Ball St vs Utah St SWC-2 vs coalition WAC-2 vs Big Eight-3 Louisville vs open WAC-3 vs Big Eight-4 WAC champ vs Big Ten-3 Virginia Tech vs open ACC-3 vs SEC-4 SEC-3vscoalition SWC-3 vs: Pac 10-4 Big Ten-4 vs ACC-4 SEC-2 vs Big Ten-2 SWC champ vs coalition Big East-3 vs SEC-5 Coalition vs coalition UCLA vs Big Ten champ Nebraska vs coalition SEC champ vs coalition Only one major bowl berth was nailed down yesterday UCLA earned a spot in the Rose Bowl by beating Southern Cal 27-21 for the Pac-1 0 title drive Kelchner who kept the drive alive with a 15-yard scramble on third-and-13 rolled right and lofted a 1-yard TD pass to Rodney Woodard to give West Virginia a 10-7 lead Kelchner missed last week's game against Temple with a strained hamstring The first half was ugly Miami lost one of its three fumbles and had two passes intercepted while West Virginia lost its only fumble and had one pass picked off It was the first scoreless half for Miami since Sept 22 1984 when Florida State led the Hurricanes 9-0 at halftime en route to a 38-3 victory a Summary PAGE 20 STANFORD Calif Lindsey Chapman ran for three scores and caught a touchdown pass as the Golden Bears (7-4 4-4 in the Pac10) ended an 0-5-1 streak against the rival Cardinal (4-7 2-6) in the 96th Big Game Yale 33 Harvard 31 NEW HAVEN Conn The Crimson (3-7 1-6) scored 21 points in the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough to send retiring Harvard coach Joe Restic off with a win as the Elis (3-7 2-5) won the 110th playing of "The Game" between Ivy League rivals Restic 67 finishes his 23-year career with a record of 117-97-6 Yale now leads the series 60-42-8 Summaries PAGE 20 over Navy SMU immediately regained pos: session when Byron Slaughter intercepted a pass at the Navy 48 Seven plays later Kevin Thornal made a leaping grab over cornerback Chris Hart for a 37-yard score and a 21-0 lead Jacques Smith ended SMU's next drive with a twisting 10-yard TD run and he scored from the 5 in the third quarter to make it 35-0 Navy finally scored on a 6-yard pass from Jim Kubiak to Jim Mill with 11:44 to go SMU countered with a touchdown pass from Mark Eldred to John Biggins "This win is a confidence boost for all of our players" Rossley said "There's not a lot of rewards when working out during the offseason but they can look back at this win and remember how much fun it was" a Summary PAGE 20 Copper Dec29 7 pm ESPN Holiday Dec30 7 pm ESPN Independence Dec31 11:30 a rn ES PN Peach Cec31 6 pm ESPN Gator Dec 31 6 pm TBS Alamo Dec31 8:30 pm ESPN Hall of Fame Jan 1 10 am ESPN Citrus Jan 1 Noon ABC Mobil Cotton Jan 1 Noon NBC Carquest Jan1 CBS Fiesta Jan 1 3:30 pm NBC Rose Jan1 ABC Orange Jan 1 7pm NBC Sugar Jar11 ABC Bowl in the coalition picking order That likely would put Cotton Bowl officials in position to choose Miami or West Virginia 10-0) as its Jan 1 at-large invitee sack of quarterback Jake Kelchner was wiped out by a holding call on cornerback Paul White Miami had one more chance but couldn't gain a first down and had to punt West Virginia then ran out the clock and thousands of fans ran on the field to celebrate one of the biggest victories in school history It was only West Virginia's second victory over Miami in nine tries Miami trailed 3-0 at halftime but opened the second half with a I 6- play 80-yard scoring drive that lasted almost seven minutes Bennett powered over from the 1 to put the Hurricanes ahead 7-3 West Virginia came right back with a 13-play 66-yard scoring gaining 181 yards for a season total of 1299 as the Huskies (7-4 5-3) ended their first season of probation with a Pac-10 victory against the Cougars (5-6 3-5) Utah 34 BYU 31 PROVO Utah Chris Yergensen kicked a 55-yard field goal with 25 seconds remaining to give the Utes (7-5 5-3) a Western Athletic Conference victory over the Cougars (5-5 5-2) The victory was Utah's first in Prov since 1971 Colorado State 41 Wyoming 21 LARAMIE Wyo Anthony Hill passed for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Rams (5-6 5-3) to a WAC victory against the Cowboys (7-3 5-2) steamroller score until the fourth quarter Navy which had 10 turnovers in a loss to Vanderbilt last week committed three against SMU and two led to touchdowns Navy's 35 turnovers this season resulted in 109 points for the opposition The Midshipmen set up the Mustangs' first score when tight end Kevin Hickman lost a fumble at the Navy 46 Flanigan completed three passes including a 10-yarder to Mick Rossley on fourth-and-5 from the Navy 41 before Kevin Shepard scored on a 13-yard run to make it 7- 0 late in the first quarter Flanigan did it all the next time SMU got the ball running for 73 yards and passing for three more in an 83-yard drive Four plays after his 59-yard run the Mustangs' longest this season Flanigan ran over right tackle from three yards out to make it 14-0 Minnesota to give Fry No 200 r-rrrrrrrr! r--1 season rusher in school history till AA Chinfnrell 17 allitNATIONALOMMI Ca1146 Stanford 17 The Associated Press MORGANTOWN WVa West Virginia is the new Beast of the East Robert Walker scored on a 19-yard run with 6:08 remaining as the ninth-ranked Mountaineers beat No 4 Miami 17-14 yesterday and clinched a tie for the Big Fast championship The Mountaineers (10-0 6-0 Big East) can win the title outright by )eating Boston College on Friday If West Virginia loses it would finish in a three-way tie for the title with Miami (8-2 6-1) and Boston College It was Miami's first conference loss since the Big East began in 1991 Iowa beats From Wire Reports From Wire Reports IOWA CITY Iowa Cliff King scored two touchdowns yesterday and Iowa intercepted Minnesota five times for a 21-3 triumph that gave coach Hayden Fry his 200th career victory The Hawkeyes (6-5 3-5 in the Big Ten) also kept slim bowl hopes alive ai they won their fourth straight game Minnesota (4-7 3-5) which had defeated Iowa three times in the )ast four games could not overcame six turnovers and eight penalties for 92 yards The victory gives Fry a 200-152-9 mark in his 32-year career at SMU North Texas and Iowa Utah State 20 hew Mexico State 17 11AS CRUCES NM Anthony Calvin() threw a 12-yard touchdown LAKE CHARLES La Kerry Joseph passed for one touchdown and Mc Neese State's defense was invincible in a victory that locked up the Cowboys' second Southland Conference championship in three years Mc Neese (92 7-0) had locked up its third consecutive NCAA Division I-AA playoff berth a week ago Nicholls finished at 34 1 2-5 McNeese recovered one fumble- had one interception and held Isficholls to 116 yards of total offense 80 on the ground In a decisive seaond quarter the Colonels failed to gain a yard McNeese meanwhile built a 17- 0 halftime lead on touchdown runs of 5 yards by Chris Fontnette and 1 yard by Dorain Dumiles and a 45- yard field goal by Jose Larlos Summaries PAGE 20 Saturday's games QUARTERFINALS North Regional Union Ohio (11-0) vs Albion Mich (10-0) West Regional Wisconsin-LaCrosse (11-0) vs St John's Minn (11-0) South Regional Jefferson Pa (10-0) vs Frostburg State (10-1) East Regional NJ (9-1) vs William Paterson NJ (8-3) NAIA DIVISION I PLAYOFFS Yesterday's results FIRST ROUND State Ohio 58 Winona State Minn 7 Arkensas-Momicallo 26 Langston Okla 13 State WVa 41 Carrol Mont 24 Cann' Okla 24 Western New Mexico 22 Dec 4 games SEMIFINALS State Ohio (8-0-2) vs Glenville State WVa (9- at Summerville Va Arkansas-Monticello (8-3) at East Central Okle(8-3) NAIA DIVISION II PLAYOFFS Yesterday's results FIRST ROUND Pe 20 Georgetown Ky 13 Hardin-Simmons 49 Evangel Mo 21 Neb 17 Bethany Kan 10 Kan 39 Hastings Neb 19 ND 31 Minot State ND 20 Washington 28 Linfield Oc 28 Ohio28 Tiffin 011414 Lutheran Wash 8 1 Curnbedand Tenn 7 Dec 4 games QUARTERFINALS Pa (8-2) at Findley Olvo(8-2) noon Hardm-Simons (9-2)st Mary (8-7) 1 pm Neb (10-0) et Baker Kan (9-2) 1 pm Washangton (9-1) Pacific Lutheran Wash (I)- 0-1) 3 pm Flanigan drives SMU pass to Aubrey Thompson for the go-ahead score in the fourth period as Utah State (6-5 5-1) defeated New Mexico State (5-6 4-2) to claim the Big West Conference championship and earn a trip to the Las Vegas Bowl The victory gave Utah State its first title since 1979 Ball St 28 Kent 3 MUNCIE Ind The Cardinals (9-2-1 7-0-1) earned a trip to the Las Vegas Bowl and clinched the Mid-American Conference championship with a victory against the Golden Hashes (0-10 0-8) Washington 26 Washington State 3 SEATTLE Napoleon Kaufman became the greatest single "He's going to be an impact player for us in the next few years He's going to be fun to watch" Ross ley said Flanigan completed 13 of 19 passes and rushed 10 times for 112 yards before halftime He left early in the fourth quarter but by then the damage had been done Flanigan finished with 148 yards on 15 rushing attempts and was 14 of 22 passing for 142 yards and a touchdown "Flanigan hurt us the most" Navy coach George Chaump said "He made some big plays and put them in position to score We just didn't do a good job controlling him" SMU's defense meanwhile hardly resembled the unit that allowed an average of 34 points in its previous six games Navy (4-6) managed only seven first downs in the decisive first half Avid did not Playoff results pairings NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFFS Yesterday's results FIRST ROUND Mount I South Regional Wiscor North Alabama 38 Carson-Newman Tenn 28 Hampton 33 Albany State Ga 7 Washir West Regional Texas ABM-Kingsville 50 Portland State Ore 15 UC Davis 37 Fon Hays State Kan 34 Rowan Midwest Regional Minkato State Minn 34 Missouri Southern State 13 North Dakota 17 Pittsburg State Kan 14 Northeast Regional New Haven Conn 48 Edinboro Pa 28 Indians Pa 28 Ferris State Mich 21 Central Saturday's games Arkans QUARTERFINALS Glenvik East Ce South Regioml North Alabama (11-0) vs Hampton Va (124) West Regional Texas ABM-Kingsville 16-5) vs UC Davis (10-1) Central Midwest Regional 2) Mankato State (9-2) vs North Dakota (9-2) Arkans Northeast Regional New Haven Conn (1 1-0) vs Indiana Pa (114) NCM DIVISION III PLAYOFFS Yesterday's results Westm Hardin-! FIRST ROUND Doam North Regional Baker 11 Pdount Union Ohio 40 Allegheny Pa 1 Mary Albion Mich 4 1 Anderson Ind 21 Central West Regional Findlay Wisconsin-LaCrosse 55 Wartburg Iowa 26 Pacific St John's Minn 32 Coe lows 14 South Regional Washington Pa 27 Moravian Pe 7 Frosttmg State Md 26 Wilkes Pa 25 Wean East Regional Hardrn-! Rowan NJ 29 Buttaio State Doane Mom Peterson NJ 11 Union NY 1 Central Mount Washington Md Rowan Central Glenvike East Centml 2) Westminster Doam Baker PAary Central Findlay haw Westminster Doane Central The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS Md SMU coach Tom Rossley handed out 12 game balls yestert 4 day He should have made it 13 our departing seniors de'erve a game hall" Rossley said after the Mustangs routed Navy 42- 13 "It's great to see them go out in style" I Fortunately for Rossley and SMU quarterback Ramon Flanigan will be returning next year Flanigan a redshirt freshman was clearly the reason why the Mustangs closed a disappointing season on a positive note Flanigan accounted for 249 of the 'Mustangs' 297 offensive yards in the first half as SMU (2-7-2) built a 28-0 lead He didn't get a game ball but it's a good bet that he will get his shlre in the years to come! '1' I.