The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 28

ft I i I Devaney Requests Two More PiHenl'uilly liest I MM, liHOWN Coach llth of football prcsenieci him w.th he, lOdth Mc'cry and al him the gome b.il! a- a aoavenir frc-n thr victdi Kan State but the- retiring lluakor asked for even mor.e the game ball to Coach Devaney. explaiiK'd quartcrba- David Ifumm. everything doing now IS for him because he'-', tx'on rueh a great guv and a great coach to all of uc. we gave him thi' hall to mark his IfMlth wm at Nebraska, he asked. you think you can get the next two for might be out of the national championship picture, but we're in it for the Big Eight championship and wc want to gd that for llumm and his mates will get opportunity Thursday when Oklahoma for a Thanksgiving Day to decide the Big Faght championship.

they gave me that ball. I fold them now if they just add a couple of wins to it. it would be great" Devaney offered. also told them they played like a bunch of farmers today. a bunch of farmers doing everyday job and looking great doing it as is customary with farmers doing their job." The Busker coach then compared his 1072 edition with the 1071 edition that was generally rated as the bt'st college football team in history, a given day, this team ha.s the ability to rise above lant he pointed out.

to date, they've lacked the con- sistencv we had last year. of being a real good football team is not making he added, obviously referring to the loss to and last tie with Iowa State. team went through a whole sea.son without making In contrast to la.st week when the turned the ball over to low'a State eight times on fumbles and pass interceptions, Nebraska turned the ball over to the Wildcats only once on an interception and lo.se a single fumble. Despite the whopping 52-point victory margin, the Buskers could hardly be accused of pouring it on the Wildcats with Devaney removing his starters even before the halftime had a good enough lead and with Oklahoma coming up in only five Devaney explained. want leave Johnny Rodgers or Rich (ilover in just for stati.stical purposes.

instance. want to leave Rodgers in ju.st so he could run back another punt or catch another touchdown pass to add to his records and take the chance on him getting Continued: Page 11), Col. I Jumping Johnny STAFF COLORPHOTO BY RANDY HAMPTON Johnny Rodgers goes high into the air to snag a pass from quarterback David Humm. Hodgers continued to set records by returning a punt for a TD to tie him for the national record in runbacks for scores. Row I Picture Utllllillilllltll 4 4 I I At A (glance I Doiiiiiiales Howl Picture I (IntII lion I (Jan.

I) i Nebraska v. Notre Dame (8-1) i I Itoiil (Jan. I) I I use U0-0) V. Big Ten champions I (UHton lUnvi (Jan. I) I Alabama (10-0) v.

Te.xas (8-1) i Siijiiar lioivl (Dee. 31) I Oklahoma (8-1) v. Penn State (9-1) I Sun Itoirl (Dee, 30) I North Carolina (8-1) v. Te.xas Tech (8-2) i Astro-niuelHinnet (Dee. 30) i rcnaessee v.

LSU (8-1) i I (Dee. 30) Colorado (8-3) v. Auburn (8-1) I I'ravh (Ihr. I North Carolina St, (7-3-1) v. unnamed opponent.

I Fiesta (Dee, 23) I Missouri (6-4) v. WAC champions I IJherty (Dee, IH) I low-a State (5-3-1) v. Georgia Tech (6-3-1) Big Eight Richer Than Ever lafllHIIIIIIIIIIMIIilllltlltllllliillllllll Compiled From News Wires Five Big Eight teams accepted bowl bids as the picture for the major post season games took shape Saturday. Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri and Iowa State accepted bids to set a Big Eight record for clubs playing in post-season games. The Cornhuskers and Oklahoma got the big plums w'hcn was paired with Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl and the Sooners were matched with Blastern power Penn State in the Sugar Bowl.

Iowa State, despite losing to Missouri 6-5 Saturday, took an invitation to the Liberty Bowl as rumored, but the win also earned the Tigers a bid in the Fiesta Bowl against the JiiniiaB Jnuriiiid auk SnUTRCD Read Is Sfiort Red has been a loss i 0 bowls, a bid Ten- from I) Lincoln, Neb. Nov. 19, 1972 Western Athletic Conference champion, probably Arizona State. Iowa State will face Georgia Tech in the Liberty Bowl. Colorado became the fifth team from the Big Eight to get a bid when they accepted a spot in the Gator Bowl against In the other major bowls, Alabama, as had been rumored, chose to avoid a possibly stronger Big Eight challenge in the Orange Bowl or Sugar Bowl to play Southwest Conference champion Texas in the Cotton Bowl.

In the race to the Rose Bowl, Southern California smashed UCLA Saturday night to clinch its spot as the Pac-8 champion while Michigan w'ill face Ohio State next week to determine the Big Ten champion. is unbeaten in the Big 10. while Ohio con- ferenee mark blemished by Michigan State. In the other nessee accepted the Astro-Bluebonnet. The Vols opponent will be LSU.

In the Peach Bowl, North Carolina State has accepted a spot, but an opponent has yet to be named, although it will likely be Florida State, while state rival North Carolina finds itself pitted against Texas Tech in the Sun Bowl. As usual, teams from the Big Ten and Pac-8 who do not win their league championship are excluded from any other bowl games. This ruling leaves out several top twenty teams including UCLA. Ohio State or Washington and Washington State. Huiilv ShiiifN Game Photo Pofres 1-5 Virffil Pajie 3 Lead CI hm i 5 irilllllllllllllllllillllilllllUlilllllltnilllKtlillllllllllllllfliltDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIItllllllllllllllllltllllr; Notre Dame Outlasts Top 20 Results Miami for Bowl Bid Miami First downs Rushes-yards Passinq yardaqe Return yardaqe Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penaities-yards SOUTH BEND, Ind.

(AP) Notre Dame 20 15 37-107 51 109 202 131 38 61 19-42-4 8-16-1 4-1 4-3 4-30 1-5 It was 30 degrees and overcast outside, but Ara Parseghian and his Notre Dame squad basked in thoughs of a trip to Miami on New Day after the Irish defeated Miami 20-17 Saturday. Parseghian, not terribly happy with his after the 10th- ranked Irish nearly lost a 20-3 said, learned a long ago that not how much you win by, but whether you win at The Irish, now 8-1, accepted a bid to play in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1 in Miami. we played a bit cautiously. used a four- edge, time man rush and had our linebackers drop off deep on their Parseghian said.

opened a seam which (sophomore quarterback Ed) (Carney ran into very Carney led all rushers with 50 yards in 15 attempts and com'pleted 19 of 41 passes for 207 yards and one touchdown. He was intercepted four times. Parseghian said the Irish voted Wednesday to accept a major bowl bid if they were offered one. Last year Notre Dame players voted to reject a bid to a lesser bowl after appearing in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas two straight years. Miami Coach Fran Curci said, was a great ball game.

We did not play that well, but we did play inspired because they were Notre Notre Dame led 20-3 going into the fourth period after dominating most of the way both offQnsively and defensively. But Carney led Miami back in a final period surge that brought a pair of touchdowns and a field goal attempt that could have tied the game. told Fran Curci that we were very impressed with his team, which played exceptionally Parseghian said. thought we were in very good shape when (Mike) Townsend intercepted a pass with just seconds to go in the third quarter aiid took it back to their 27. thought we could go in for a fourth touchdown and break the game wide 1.

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18 19. 20 use (10-0) def. UCLA, 24-7. Page 8D. Alabama (10-0) def.

VPl, 52-13. Page 6D. Michigan (10-0) def. Purdue, 9-6. Page 7D.

Oklahoma (8-1) def. Kansas, 31-7. Nebraska (8-1-1) def. KSU, 59-7. Penn State (9-1) def.

Boston College, 45-26. Page 6D. Texas (8-1) def. TCU, 27-0. Page 61).

LSU (8-1) def. 28-14. Page 6D. Ohio State (8-1) def. Northwestern, 27-14.

Page 7D. Notre Dame (8-1) def. Miami, 20-17. Auburn (8-1) def. Georgia, 27-10.

Page 61). Iowa State (5-3-1) lost to Missouri. 6-5. Page 3D. Tennessee (6-2) def.

Ole 17-0. Page 6D. UCLA (8-3) lost to use, 24-7. Page 8D. Colorado (8-3) def.

Air Force, 38-7. Page 3D. North Carolina (8-1) def. Duke, 14-0. Page 6D.

Washington (8-3) lost to Wash. 27-10. Page 8D. St. (8-2) def.

San Jose, 51-21. Page 8D. Missouri (6-4) def. Iowa State, 6-5. Page 3D.

Wash. St. (7-4) def. Washington, 27-10. Page 8D.

OU Eyes Nebraska After Game Fi.st downs Rushes-yards Passinq yards Return yards Passes Punts FumblesTost Penalties-yards 25 77-399 4-8-1 2-40 3-2 9-64 Kansas 15 31-84 224 1 18-30-1 5-37 2-1 3-35 Big Eight Standings 3 0 13 0 7 Miami Notre Dame Burke 27 10 pass from lements (Thomas kick) 1 run (run failed) 1 run (Thomas kick) 14 pass from Carney (Burke kick) MIA--Carney 1 run (Burke kick) Conf. All Games WL Nebraska 50 1 8 1 1 Oklahoma 4 10 8 1 Colorado 4 3 0 8 3 Oklahoma St. 32 0 5 4 0 3 3 0 6 4 fl Iowa State 2 3 15 3 1 Kansas 15 03 7 0 Kansas St. 1 60 3 8 0 Results Nebraska 59, Kansas St. 7 (Oklahoma 31, Kansas 7 Missouri 6, Iowa St.

5 Colorado 38, Air Force 7 Game Oklahoma at Nebraska Games Kansas at Missouri Iowa St. at Oklahoma St. LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) we play that way next week, get (Nitohoma Coach Chuck F'airbanks, grim-faced and obviously displeased with his fourth-ranked perf.ormance, said of 31-7 victory over Kansas. say if Nebraska looks at thi.s film, be Fairbanks added, Oklahoma travels to Lincoln next Thursday to meet Nebraska in a nationally televised battle to decide Big Eight Conference championship.

Fairbanks said he studied this Nebraska team enough so far to make a comparison with last Cornhusker team, which lahoma 35-31, but added he knows enough about H'lskers to knew the Sooners had better play better than they did against Kansas. just slopped around out he said of performance. happy that we won the ballgame. but I think we played very we'l. But the game is behind us now.

been thinking about that game next Thursday. and new we can go ahead and think about He said the biti-ng 34-degree Id wa.s no factor. stopped ourselves out there with dropped balls, poor l.wkliitf’ on defen.se we didn't play very Fairbanks Cont. (HI Page 31). Col.

3 Oklahoma 7 10 14 Kansas 0 0 7 OU- Robertson 3 run (Fulcher kick) OU- Crosswhite 6 run k.cK) OU FG Fulcher 35 KU Schroll 49 pass from Jaynes (Hef- bdcher k.ck) OU Wvtie 2 run (Fulcher kick) OU -Carroll 24 pass from (Fulcner.