The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 9

Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1967 Lincoln Star NU SAFARI UNSUCCESSFUL Caught With Hands In Sugar Bowl, By HAL BROWN Star Sports Editor New Orleans Nebraska, which had gone on a hunting safari for Alabama, discovered here Monday that when it found the quarry, it brought along a big enough gun to make the kill. The lightning-quick Crimson Tide, perhaps one of the greatest football teams ever to appear in the Sugar Bowl, roled to an easy 34-7 victory over the outclassed Huskers before a near-ca- paeity crowd of 82,000 in the 33rd annual Sugar Bowl game. The Huskers had set their sights on a rematch with Alabama for the past year, ever since being beaten, 39-28. by the Crimson Tide in last Orange Bowl at Miami.

But it was like going into the w'oods i a sling shot to hunt squirrels and running into a pack of bears. Alabama rooters had come into New Orleans bearing signs you believe No. in reference to the spot Crimson Tide boosters feel they deserve in the football polls. By the end of the i quarter, most press box observers were turning to their neighbors and exclaiming, And little doubt that any Nebraskan could walk away from the Sugar Bowl stadium without believing the Crimson Tide is the best team in the nation. Alabama ran over, through and around what is considered by most to be a good Nebraska team in running up the most sided victory since Missis- Perkins with a 45-yard pass play that got the Crimson Tide to the Husker 27.

And before the Huskers had time to cinch up their pants, Alabama had gotten on the Scoreboard, taking seven more plays to get the final 27 yards. When Les Kelley rammed over from one yard out, only 3:57 had elapsed in the game played under overcast skies. And when Alabama scored again moments later, the Nebraska game plan went out the window. The Crimson Tide went 71 yards this time in only four plavs with Stabler hitting Perkins on a 42-yarder for the big play. Stabler, nicknamed Snake, did just that, snaked in maneuvering his way through the Nebraska defense for the final 14 yards and when Steve Davis converted, Alabama led 14-0 with 7:27 still remaining in the first quarter.

Nebraska, which knew it had to plav a ball-control game if it were to have any chance of winning, now had to play catch-up football, similar to a year ago at Miami, But likely a team in the country that could spot Alabama 14 points and then catch up. The Huskers didn't get into Alabama territory except to play defense until near the end of the first half, and by that time, they were trailing. 24-0, for the widest margin ever enjoyed by a team at halftime intermission in the 33- vear history of the Sugar Bowl. A 30-yard field goal by Davis made it 17-0 just be- sippi scored a 39-7 victory over Texas in the 1958 contest. The only thing Nebraska managed to salvage from its safari was maintaining its record of never having been shut out since coach Bob I) a took the reigns five seasons ago.

The one tpuch- KENNY STABLER down, w-hich come until the founth quarter stretched their record of scoring to 56 straight games, with the last shutout being registered by Colorado on a muddy field at Lincoln in 1961. The defeat was the worst handed a Devaney-coached team since the finale of the 1962 season, his first at Nebraska, wh Oklahoma whipped the Huskers, 34-6. Alabama waited no longer than the first play from scrimmage to prove that it was out to show its No. 1 claim was not idle chatter. After taking the opening kickoff, quarterback Kenny Stabler, voted the outstanding player, hit all-American end Ray NEARING PAYDIRT Davis sets up the Husker touchdown with 7:02 left in the first half.

A Bobby Johns interception of a Bob Churehieh pass stopped a Husker drive in the third quarter and Alabama converted it into anther Davis field goal, this HUSKER TD Alabama's Mike Sasser throws Dick Davis to the ground too late to prevent only score. fore the first quarter ended and Alabama scored again midway in the second quarter with second string quarterback Wayne Trimble directing a 71-yard drive in 10 plays. Trimble mixed his plays well in moving his teammates downfield. hitting a 19-yard pass to Dennis Homan, a 13-yarder to John Reitz and getting the rest of the yardage on running plays, keeping the ball himself for the final i one from 10 yards with 3:31 remaining in the third stanza. Nebraska moved 70 yards in nine plays with the ensuing kickoff to score, thanks to some fine passing by Churehieh, The Lineups 3 Alabama Harris, Fowler, Scroggins.

L. Thompson, Cole. Williams, Sullivan. Moss, Hall, Childs. Stephens, Reilly.

Sides, Fuller, Va- fotis. Ford. Trimble, J. Kelly. Sasser, S.

Davis. Mosley, Sutton, Brewer, D. Johnston, Canterbury. Kelly, Chatwood, Raburn, Owens. Johns, Martin, Reitz, Propst, D.

Thompson, Morgan, Beekwell. Nebraska Patton, nafsky. Brichacek, McCord, Pickens. Meylan, Armstrong. Os berg RG-Osberg, Coleman, Senkbeil, M.

Brichacek Pickens. Zimmer, Kimmel, L. Coleman. QB-Churchich, Sigler, Weber. Ziegler, Mueller, Weinman, a Kirkland, Thorell, Best, Poggemeyer.

Alvarez, Critchlow, Wachholtz. Brunk, 1, Winters, Davis, Lintz. HOW THEY SCORED HOW SCORED NU A TIME LEFT First Quarter 6 Kelley, 1 run 11:03 0 7 Davis, placement 0 13 Stabler, 14 run 7:27 0 14 Davis, placement 0 17 Davis, 30 field goal 0:26 Second Quarter 0 23 Trimble, 6 run 7:02 0 24 Davis, placement Third Quarter 6 27 Davis, 40 field goal 3:31 Fourth Quarter 6 27 Davis, 15 pass from Churehieh 14; 51 7 27 Wachholtz, placement 7 33 Perkins, 45 pass from Stabler 11:40 7 34 Davis, placement Nebraska 0 0 0 7- 7 Alabama 17 7 3 Statistics Ala. Neb. First downs 19 16 Rushing yardage 157 84 Passing yardage 279 213 Passes 15-26 22-38 Passes intercepted by 5 1 Punts 4-35 5-39 Fumbles lost 1 2 Yards penalized 15 30 NU band Rolls On New Orleans Nebraska's band had to go through its halftime maneuvers without benefit of having worked out on a football field after arriving here for the Sugar Bowl.

The JlU'ker band wa4kedthrough their patterns on a concrete square the day before the eame. 1966 Alabama Club Better, Bob Cla ims By HAL BROWN Star Sports Editor New Orealns Nebraska thought they knew it after studying films, but they were convinced of it after suffering a 34-7 setback to Alabama in the Sugar Bowl here Monday Alabama is a great team. Is several touchdowns better than the team that beat us last Husker coach Bob Devaney claimed. we knew that as soon as we studied the The Crimson Tide had beaten the Huskers, 39-28, in the Orange Bowl at Miami last year. Alabama was a much better team than we were and they showed Devaney declared.

(quarterback Ken) was just too quick for the people we had chasing Devaney explained he surprised by opening play, a 45- yard pass from Stabler to split end Ray Perkins. surprise he offered, warned our players to look for the bomb on the first play just before we took the field. However, Perkins was just too The Husker coaches had planned to double cover Alabama receivers Perkins and Dennis Homan, but found this left them weak against running. tried to double cover on both Devaney explained. then run on us.

We do a good job of stopping both NU Gets Telegram From 2,000 Fans New Orleans A telegram bearing the signatures of 2.000 Nebraska fans from Lincoln was presented to the Cornhusker football team just prior to its Sugar Bowl game with Alabama here Monday. The telegram, prompted by George Lewis, a Lincoln physician and surgeon, arrived Saturday night, but was kept until today for the presentation. their running and their passing at the same time. game was much the same as last year. We were playing catch up and we had no chance to exercise ball control.

Albama forced us to play its type of game. NU Cag ers Play Host To Sweden Probable Starters Swfdrn Fox. Albertsson (6-7) Davidson (6-4) Hans son (6-8) Gronlund (64)) Nygren (6-2) 7:35 p.m., KLIN (5-4) Nebraska (6-5) Baack (6-4) Branch i (6-5) Campbell Lamz (6-0) Damm Coliseum. Individual Statistics Nebraska Alabama RUSHING Player Ait. Gain Loss J.

Kelley 3 12 7 Stabler 9 56 18 L. Kelley 3 8 Canterbury 7 17 2 I Rasbum 3 22 0 Chatwood 4 11 2 Morgan 10 37 0 Trimble 4 8 0 Yds. Martin 1 15 0 201 PASSING 12 Player Att, Compl. Into. Stabler .....18 12 0 TD Tremble 6 2 0 0 J.

Kelley 2 1 1 0 PASS RECEIVING 0 Player No, Yds. 0 Pirkins 7 178 0 Homan 5 26 1 Reitz 1 31 0 Duncan 1 13 0 Martin 1 21 PUNTING AVg, Player No. a S. Davis 4 PUNT RETURNS No. 2 RUSHING Player Att, Gain Loss Wilson 4 24 0 Gregory' 4 26 0 Churehieh 5 4 14 Davis .10 43 6 Winters 1 5 0 Tatman 1 2 0 PASSING Plaver Att.

Compl. Intc. Churehieh 34 21 2 Weber 4 I 3 PASS RECEIVING Player No. Yds. Penney 6 62 Gregory 4 '9 Wilson 2 Richnafsky 6 Winners 1 Davis 1 Ziegler 1 Kimmel 1 4 PUNTING Player No.

Armstrong 5 PUNT RETURNS Player No. Waehholtz I Poggemeyer 1 KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Wilson 3 Gregory 3 Davis PASS INTERC, Player No, i Player Mosley Sasser KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Yds. I Johte en 37 PASS INTERC.

I6 Player No. Jt 1 ms 3 Yds. Childs 1 19 Musi I Net 5 I 38 8 15 22 9 37 8 15 Yds.) 218 40 21 TD 1 0 0 0 0 Avg, 35.2 Yds. 13 8 Yds. 13 13 Yd' basketball team swings back into action at 7:30 tonight at Memorial Coli- seum against the Swedish na-; tional champions in a game that will not count for or against the 6-4 record.

The Swedish team, sponsored by Gulf Oil Swedish marekting subsidiary, is on a 15-game tour of the United States playing college teams. The tour will end Jan. 16 at Oklahoma City University. Thus far, the Swedes, who have three American players, have an 0-6 record with losses I to Boston College, sumption, 89-71: Mississippi State 85-70; Alabama, 90-85; Cincinnati, 78-53, and Butler, 87-68. The Gulf Swedish team, six times national Swedish champions, includes guard Ralph Telkin, former NAIA All -1 American at Rockhurst; forward Don Davidson, formerly of Davidson College, and Curt Gammell, another NAIA American at Pacific Lutheran, i The Swedes are a tall team with 6-7 Hans Albertsson and 6-8 Hansson, the leading scorer on the tour.

Albertsson was also an All-American at Pacific Lutheran and Hansson starred on the New Mexico State freshman team last year. Another good player is Anders 6-1 baekeourt performer. After this game. Nebraska starts its Big Eight Conference season at Oklahoma State Saturday and Oklahoma I Monday. whose 21 pass completions broke his Nebraska record earlier this season at Colorado.

Churehieh passes on the drive were 10 yards to Tom Penney, 13 to Dennis Richnafsky, six to Charlie Winters, 11 to sky, four to Miles Kimmel and 15 to Dick Davis for the score with 14:51 left in the game. The scoreboard clock was so shocked by the Nebraska score that it refused to operate for a few seconds with the seven blinking on and off. But all the touchdown did was appear to make Alabama mad as it stormed back 70 yards in six plays to make it 34-7 with 11:40 to go and it remained that way. A 45-yard pass from Stabler to Perkins put the final points on the board with Perkins flashing his great speed in blitzing by four Husker defenders into the end zone. A special defense set up by Husker coaches appeared to have little effect on the talented Alabama squad.

The Huskers had devised a four-man front with four linebackers in an effort to stop wide game and to give double coverage to Perkins and Homan on pass patterns. But doubtful that anything less than a 15- man defensive unit could have stopped this Alabama team Monday afternoon. The Huskers knew they would have to play perfect football, but instead it was Alabama which played the perfect game, having only one pass intercepted while pirating five from Nebraska and losing only one fumble while the Huskers lost the ball twice on fumbles. The Crimson Tide set two Sugar Bowl records with five interceptions eclipsing the four made by Maryland in 1952, Baylor in 1957, and Mississippi in 1958 and 1961. three interceptions equaled the record made by Ray Brown of Mississippi in 1958.

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