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Cornhuskers Trip Sooner8 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A fourth quarter touchdown set up by Dan fingertip catch of a 24-yard Jerry Tagge pass put Nebraska in command of an inspired Oklahoma football team Saturday and the undefeated Cornhuskers wrapped up an undisputed Big Eight football championship, 28-21. pass catch on a third down and 11 put Nebraska on the Oklahoma three and Tagge plunged for the score to break a 21-21 tie and clinch Coach Bob sixth league title in nine Nebraska years. The victory rounded out the first undefeated regular season since 1965 for the Orange Bowl bound Cornhuskers. Only a tie with Southern California mars the season record and Nebraska has gone 18 games without a loss.

For Oklahoma, defeat wiped out a last mathematial chance to tie Nebraska for the Big Eight title and the Sooners go into their windup game against Oklahoma State next Satuday with a 6-4 season mark, 4-2 in the loop. explosive offense, which had averaged 38 points a game, was shackled at the outF by a fumble deep in Oklahoma territory and a brillant Sooner goal-line stand later. Playing a ball control game on the running of backs Jack Mildren, Joe Wylie, Leon Cross white and Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma led 7-0 after five minutes of the second quarter and came from behind to send the teams First downs Rushing yardoge Passing yardagt Return yardage Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Oklahoma Nebroska 23 276 217 95 200 10 57 M4-3 14-22-0 6-30 S-39 0 2 30 40 into the dressing room at the half deadlocked 14-14. A 13-yard Tagge pass to Guy Ingles in the third quarter put Nebraska ahead 21-14 and again Oklahoma tied the score on 10-yard pass to Willie Franklin. Oklohoma 0 14 0 Nebraska 0 14 7 Oklo Mildren 5 run (Deer kick).

Neb Rodgers S3 pass from Tagge (Rogers kick). Okla Wylie 37 run (Deer kick). Neb Orduna 3 run (Rogers kick). Neb Ingles 13 post from Tagge (Rogers kick). Okla Franklin 10 from Wylie (Deer kick).

Neb Tagge 1 run kick). A 67,392. San Anienie Sunday, Nev. 22, 1970 S-S Gray Paces Mizzou Past Kansas, 28-17 COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) to Marvin Fo.ster.

The back by collecting 129 Wide receiver Mel Gray bolted capitalizing on a poor yards to run his total to 2,706 97 yards on a kickoff 'S' drove yards, a fourth-quarter touchdown that lifted Mikouri to a 28-17 Eight Conference football victo- verted after both Kansas touchdowns. John Biggin, fine nin- ning back, broke Gale ry Saturday over old and bitter rival Kansas. Gray sifted through a wave of Jayhawk defenders, broke a 0 7 7 3-17 0 9 0 Mo-FG Bostoble 20 2 run (kick failed) 64 pass from Heck bacher kick) 1 run (Helmbocher kleki 7 run (poss tolled) Helmbocher 20 77 kickotf return (Bostoble kick) Bostoble 77 run (pass foiled) career rushing record for a Jay-i a sb soo FIRST DOWN DRIVE fullback James Harrison drives over left tackle for 14 yards and a first down during the first quarter Saturday against Kansas. Jayhawk Gery Palmer (75) caught Harrison for the Wirephoto First downs Rushing yardage Passing yordoge Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Kontos Missouri 17 23 206 269 132 138 74 196 5-17-1 13-22-1 5-33 5-40 1 1 35 20 Iowa Wins With Goal Line Stand tackle, cut sharply to his left and used his blazing speed to outnin the last defender. The run came on the kickoff Purdue Batters Indiana Cowboys Outscore Iowa State STILLWATER, Okla.

(AP) Junior tailback Bobby Cole, running over, around and through a startled Iowa State defense, rallied Oklahoma State to a 36-27 football victory Saturday in the Big Place Cole, a 6 -foot, 190-pounder, carried 49 times for 237 yards First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Fumbles lost penalized 13-36-4 6-34 ISU 16 147 184 2 OSU 19 324 85 93 S-15-4 6-39 2 1 70 80 LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) Stan Brown dcmoral- I First downs ized Indiana with a 100-yard kickoff return and the Boilermakers battered the Hoosier football team Saturday, 40-0. at his 40-yard line and years ago. IOWA Iowa (AP) -I Quarterback Mike Wellis hit a Iowa stopped Illinois at the key pass, then a pass interfer- after Bob "Hclmbacher hadput one-foot-line on Ihe'ence penalty put the ball at tht Kansas ahead with a 20-yard Jast play of the game to pre- Hawkeys one-yard-line with (field goal, 17-15. Iscrve a 22-16 Big Ten college seconds Wellis tried Jack Bast able, a kicker victory in the last game was unveiled in a big way as Missoun runner, put the both clubs Sat- out of reach by ripping urday.

Iowa quarterback Roy Bash ran for two touchdowns Rushing yordoqe Possing yardaqe Return yordoge Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized indiano j-gced to the opposite end zone. rong scored one touch- Otis Armstrong, as busy a down and Si'ott Clayton ran for two as the Hoosier defense fell 102 74 -3 8 29-2 11-39 0 91 369 115 75 8-15-0 7-33 1 82 Brown, a return his collegiate career game With; two more touchdowns on short took the third-quarter yardage record of 1,003 yards halfback as Purdue ever had, broke the Purdue one-season record for total carries and total yards rushing. He finished the game with 213 rushes and 1,010 yards for the year. The old runs. Purdue escaped from a last place tie in the final Big Ten standings and left Indiana alone in the cellar with a 1-6 record to 2-5 record.

The biggest crowd ever to see a football game in Indiana, 69,357, jammed Ross- ade Stadium in spite of boUi disappointing seasons. Purdue already had Indiana' TUSCALOOSA, kickoff on his goal line, broke a set by Leroy Keyes two apart. Indiano 0 0 0 Purdue 0 13 6 1 run kick) 9 run (kick failed) 100 run (kick tailed) 3 run (Rennie kick) 1 run (Rennie kick) 23 run (Rennie kick) First downs Rushing yordoge 27 yards for what proved an un- Iowa quarterback Roy Ba.sh necessary touchdown with 3:52 ran for two touchdowns remaining. ipassed for eight more points lO'Fumoies lost Fullback James Harrison i lead the Hawkeyes to their third penalized scored twice for Missouri on victory against Illinois also closed at a 3-7 lows la 22 244 174 95 159 11 16 7-14-0 11-13 0 3-40 4-33 2 3 20 34 Teammates Are Buried Ashton Paces Tulsa Past Idaho, 30-17 Ala. (AP) Four young men who were playmates, classmates and teammates were laid to rest side by side Saturday.

Wisconsin Drubs Minnesota, 39-14 TULSA, Okla. (AP) Josh Ashton bulled for two quick touchdowns Saturday, sparking Tulsa to a 30-17 victory over Idaho. MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin quarterback Neil GraffI First downs passed for two touchdowns yardage Passing yardage Rolurn yardage Past-es Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized ran for another as the Badgers walloped Minnesota 39-14 Saturday and put the wraps on their They were members of the best football season since 1963. Marshall University football The Badgers, playing their team and were killed along with most inspired ball of the cam- 71 others when a DC-9 jet paign, spotted Minnesota a first and three touchdowns.

Two of his scores came in the fourth quarter and overcame a 27-23 Iowa State lead. The loss assured fne Cyclones of last place in the conference with a 1-6 record. They are 4-6 over-all. Oklahoma State escaped the cellar by winning and will take a 2-4 leape mark against Oklahoma next Saturday. The Cowboys are 4-6 for all games.

performance came as a big surprise. He had gained only 419 yards on 105 carries in Oklahoma first nine games. But Cowboy coaches apparently spotted a weakness in the Cy- cone forward wall, and Cole was able to rip off large chimks of yardage up fne middle. Standouts for Iowa State were reserve quarterback Dean Carlson, who passed for three touchdowns, and split end Otto Stowe, who caught eight passes for 101 yards and one touchdown. performance equalled the Big Eight record of 127 career receptions set by Dave Jones of Kansas State in the 1960s.

Iowa State dominated the early going, but Oklahoma State stayed close after trailing 21-7 at halftime and was in position to make its move w'nen Cole got rolling in the last quarter. lowo state 7 14 6 Oklahoma State 10 7 6 7 run kick) 7 run kick) Pruss 24 12 run (Prusi kick) 31 from Carlson (Shoemake kick) 45 from Carlson (Shoemake kick) 7 from Carlson (kick failed) 21 from (run foiled) 2 run (Pruss kick) 9 run (kick failed) crashed near Huntington, W.Va., Nov. 14. Larry Sanders, 20, Joe Hood, 20, Robert Van Horn, 19, and BYeddie Wilson, 19, grew up together in this west-central Alabama college town. They at tended DruM High School and played on its football team.

His thlrd-quarter scores, less Dr. Donald Dedmon and Mickey Williams, one of two assistant coaches not on the ill-fated flight were here for the services. Dedmon read a message from another a.ssistant coach. Red Dawson, who recruited the four to play for Marshall. He said fne four had lieen like younger brothers to him and than two minutes apart, brought First downs Rushing yardaae Passing yordoge Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Idaho Tulsa 16 15 153 153 132 173 12-33-4 10-29-1 9-48 6-37 3 6 46 31 the Hurricane from behind in a fumble-marred intersectional game.

A 97-yard return by Ralph McGill for a TD put the game out of reach for Idaho, which had built a first-half lead. Johnny Dobbs lofted a 40-yard pass to James Shaw early in the third quarter to set up one-yard plunge to pull Tulsa within three points at 14-11. Three plays later, McGill intercepted a pass by Tom Ponciano and returned it Lafayette Noses Lehigh, 31-28 EASTON, Pa. (AP) Rick Nowell kicked a 28-yard field goal with 1:10 remaining to give Lafayette a 31-28 victory over Lehigh in the 106th renewal of college most-played rivalry Saturday. Lehigh battled back from a 21-0 deficit and tied the score at 28 with two touchdowns in 12 early in the fourth period.

54-yard touchdown pass Mlnnesoto Wisconsin 24 23 133 195 226 282 86 36 18-36-1 14-23-0 5-36 4-41 2 1 34 47 runs of 2 and 7 yards in the seesaw contest. Besides his touchdown, Bastable contributed a 20 -yard field goal and an extra point. Trailing 9-0, Kansas got close just before halftime on Dan 64-yard touchdown bomb quarter touchdown, then roared back to give Coach John Jardine a 4-5-1 record in his first year at the helm. Minnesota wound up 3-6-1. Graff set a total Wisconsin offense mark in guiding the Badgers to their third Big Ten victory against four conference defeats.

He passed for 192 yards and rushed for 21 which gave him 1,560 total yards, eclipsing the old mark of 1,449 set by Ron Milter in 1961. A costly fumble by Neovia Greyer in the first quarter at the Wisconsin 11 set up the first touchdown. But Graff later ran one-yard for the first Badgers touchdown and connected on scoring passes mark. to sneak over right tackle but The Hawkeyes finished with a stopped on the one-foot-line 3-3-1 Big Ten mark for fourth as the gun sounded. It was tha place in the conference.

Illinois I final game for Hlinois coach added. know they would want from Lehigh halfback Jack Pa- of 6 and 23 yards. the Marshall to football programget to end Bill Howard made the score 28-21. Nip Spartans On Late Field Goal EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Bill 27-yard field 48 seconds left Satur- gave Northwestern a four-yard scamper that gave Tulsa its first tead, 18-14.

23-20 overBig Ten football victory Michigan State. It was third field goal of the afternoon. He had Idaho had opened the scoring at the start of the second quarter when Fred Riley turned left end for seven yards and a touchdown. Sah Henry, who tied a Tulsa school season record for field goals, booted orva 39 yards to give Tulsa its first score. Ponciano threw a three-yard booted a 37-yarder earlier in the NorthwesternMich.

St. First downs 19 IS Rushing yardage166170 Passing yardage18571 Return yardage -3 24 Passes 8-18-2 9-22-0 Punts 3-41 Fumbles lost 0 0 Yards penalized 41 20 Delaware Blanks Bucknell, 42-0 NEWARK, Del. (AP) Fullback Chuck Hall led a record performance by Delaware as the Blue Hens rolled over Buck nell 42-0 Saturday in their finale. Hail gained 70 yards to bring his career mark to 3,015 and his three touchdowns gabe him 98 points for the year, a school record. For the Hens, who finished the year with an 8-2 record, the 42 points gave them 368, a 10- game record.

Delaware begin its road to victory until 10:39 of the first period when Hall busted over from the two. In the meantime, the Hens defense held the Bi- sons, who finished the year with a 4-6 mark, to only four first downs in the two periods. pass to Mike Wiscombe for second touchdown. final score late in the fourth quarter on a 52-yard field goal by Richard Castillo, a school record. A high pass from center that sailed over the head of Ron Davis into the end zone gave Tulsa a two-point safety in the fourth quarter.

last score was the second field goal by Henry, covering 27 yards, which tied the record set by Doug Wyatt in 1968. Idaho 0 14 0 Tulso 0 3 15 7 run (Castillo kick) Henry 39 3 pass from Ponciano (Costlllo kick) 1 run (E. White pass from Dobbs) 4 run (Henry kick) on center inop out of end zone 97 punt return (Henry kick) Henry 17 Castillo 52 es by quarterback Mike Rasmussen killed the last Spartan hopes. Northwestern 10 7 0 6-23 Michigan 0 13 7 0-20 Planlsek 45 31 from Dalgneau (Planlsek kick) 64 pass from Dalgneau (Planlsek kick) 3 run (Shlapak kick) Shlopak 37 3 run (Shlapak kick) Planlsek 37 Planlsek 27 Halfback Rufus B'erguson bolted 29 yards for a score in the fourth quarter to ice the contest before Terry Whittaker caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from John Krugman and Lance Moon crashed over from one yard out to close the scoring. second touchdown came in the last quarter on a 42-yard bomb from quarterback Craig Curry to split end K'3vin Hamm.

Minnesota 7 0 0 Wisconsin 0 7 12 1 run (Clare kick) 1 run (Jaeger kick) 6 poss from Graff (Kick failed) 23 pass from Groff (Pass foiled) 42 pass from Curry (Clare kick) 29 run (Pass failed) 47 pass from Krugman (Jaeger kick) 1 run (Jaeger kick) NTS Rolls Over WSL By 41-24 WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Joe clutch passing led North Texas State to a 41-24 Missouri Valley Conference football victory over Wichita State Saturday. Milton threw for 296 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score. Wichita Stale, 0-8, playing with mostly freshmen and sophomores in their sea since the Oct. 2 airplane crash that killed 14 players and injured eight others, finally got its offense going.

The Shockers got a big boost from tailback Don 104- yard kick-off return touchdown in the first period after North Texas had scored twice for a 14-0 lead. But the Eagles, now 3-7, came back with a field goal and a 25- yard scoring pass by Milton to hold a 31-14 half-time lead. Norfh Texas 17 14 10 Wichita 7 7 0 19 pass from MiOon closed at 1-6 in league play to tie for ninth with Indians. Bash scored on one-yard runs in the first and fourth quarter and passed to split end Kerry Reardon for a five-yard touchdown and a two-point conversion. Illinois threatened to pull out a victory in the final 53 seconds after Bob Bucklin recovered an Iowa fumble at the Hawkeves 37.

Jim Valek, fired at midseason but reinstated after his playen threateirad to strike. 0 13 3 Iowa 7 7 0 1 run (Melendez kIcJt) 7 from Wellla Oclci failed) 21 pass from (kleft failed) Reordon 5 from Basd (Melendez kick) Wellis 46 1 run Reardon pasi from Bosh) 7 7 19 pass from (Briscoe kick) 22 run (Briscoe kick) 104 kickoff return (Potts kick) NTS-FG 41 Briscoe 9 poss from Boehr (Potfs kick) 53 pass from MHton (Briscoe kick) 25 pass from Milton (Briscoe kick) 3 run (Briscoe kick) NTS-FG 42 Briscoe 3 pass from Baehr (PoHs kick) 47 Racing Summary SPORTSMAN'S PARK; Chicago Today Harmony Terrible Tiger, High Rover. Mile and 1-8 in 1:50 3-5- CHURCHILL DOWNS; City (S8.40), Gronbld, Dothan. Mile in 1:36 4-5. TROPICAL PARK: Alllgotor Handicap Pin Bold Skipper, Tesort.

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However, theyj lost their chance for a Rose bid: this time as Ohio State beat' Michigan to finish unbeaten. Northwestern was 6-1 in conference. Michigan State still was; trying in the last seconds of thej game but four incomplete pass-j Tigers Rally To Tie Behind 3-1 at halftime. Association action Hied for two goals in the sec- Soccer Action Set For Sunday Real plays the Independientes at 1 p.m. and Pearl battles Atlas at three Sunday in rallied ond half to tie 3-3 in its Texas Intercollegiate Soccer League final Saturday.

In other league action, Tigers meet a a at 1 p.m. and Pearl entertains Randolph in 11 the second game at Steven Field and Roberto Ferruzzi scored University three goals for Trinity, while Armando a 1 Ludwig Starke and Manuel Chiu tallied points. Trinity ended the season with a 7-3-2. POP WARNER FOOTBALL JUNIOR PEEWEE City Championship Highland 7, Pecan Valley Hawks 6 CONTINENTAL BOOT Hand-crafted in Switzerland with simple perfection.

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