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The Norman (Okla.) Transcrip, Jan. 2, 1963 7 Alabama's Domineering Defense Stym ies Oklahoma, 17-0 punting with a 44 3 yard average for the regular season. Looney's kick was launched from his 27 and went out of bounds at the 33. Alabama, with Namath hitting quick passes and running the keeper, got to the 2 in eight plays. Sooner tackle Dennis Ward dropped Namath for a seven- By NICK SEITZ Sport Editor MIAMI Alabama's 17-0 victory over OU in the Orange Bowl game here New Year's Day was without a turning point or a hero.

The Tides domineering defense, which features All-America linebacker Lee Roy Jordan but which could not da without several other bulwarks, deserved special tribute. Jordan, jitterbugging around before the ball was snapped and often getting up from the bottom of the pile after it was blown dead, is as good as advertised. Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant's offense is built around sophomore quarterback sensation Joe Namath, who presents a threat either running or passing, but the rest of the backfield is more than adequate. The Alabama line, as a unit, made the difference in the 29th edition of this postseason classic. It got the jump on its bigger OU opponent both offensively and defensively.

As a result, the Sooners had more difficulty than did Alabama sustaining an attack. Hard running fullback Jim Grisham was the only man able to make visible dents in the Tide defense consistently. The sophomore from Onley, threw his 205 pounds into the breech between the ends 28 times for 107 yards and rushing honors. Grisham, however, buffered the misfortune of fumbling the ball away twice inside Alabama's 10-yard line, crumbling his team's strongest offensive threats. Both of Grisham's bobbles came in the first half and so did 14 of Alabama's points, on a 25-yard pass from Namath to end Richard Williamson and on a 15-yard run by halfback Cotton Clark.

Williamson, flanked to Alabama's right, ran an in-and-out pattern to get a step behind Sooner defender Charlie Mayhue and catch the touchdown pass. The score, registered with 7.34 to go in the first quarter, was only the fourth against OU by air this season. It came on a 61-yard drive that took 10 plays and included no other gain longer than 7 yards. Tim Davis, who went into the game with a 22 of 25 record, kicked the extra point for a 7-0 OU retaliated, Grisham Alabama lead. charging 22 yards to his 37 and Ron Fletcher passing to Allen Bumgardner on a bit of novelty good for 57 yards to the Alabama 7.

Fletcher, fourth string quarterback who threw long for the Sooner's only touchdown against Texas, replaced regular signal caller Monte Deere for the two long gainers. OU did not huddle between Grishams run and Fletchers pass, and Alabama was caught with its usually alert defenses down. But, on the next play, from the 7, Grisham fumbled into the hands on Tide end Mike Hopper after being hit lard trying to go over the right side. An exchange of punts ensued before OU alternate right guard Ed McQuarters encouraged Tide fullback Eddie Versprille to fumble and end John Porterfield covered the ball for OU at the Alabama 31. Grisham barreled into the line three straight times for 11 yards and a first down at the 20.

Halfback Joe Don Looney got two yards to the 18. Grisham romped free to the 7, where he was tackled, but while on his way down lost the ball and tackle Dan Kearley of Alabama fell on it to end the first quarter. Next, each team failed to generate a drive and punted twice to set the stage for the second Alabama touchdown. Looney kicked from the OU 4 to the 47 and Alabama returned the boot to the 34. The Tide scored in three plays.

Namath threw 21 yards to Williamson, putting the ball on the 13. Wayne Lee dumped Versprille for a loss back to the 15. Namath ran the option play to his left, overhanding the ball back to trailing Clark; Clark angled untouched into the corner of the end zone. Davis kicked the point and, with 6:43 remaining in the first half, it was 14-0. The score would not have changed except Davis boomed through a field goal with 2.12 left in the third period.

David kicked from the OU 9, straight and strong, after the Sooners had braked and stopped an Alabama march that carried to their 2. The field goal was set up on a six-yard punt off the toe of Looney, who led the nation in math completed 9 of 17 passes for 86 yards to top all throwers. A capacity crowd of 73,380 including President Kennedy, who sat on the' 50 yard line behind the Sooner bench watched the game. It was only the second loss in eight bowl games for OU Coach Bud Wilkinson, Kennedys special consultant on youth fitness. Both of Wilkinson's bowl defeats have been at the hands of Bryant coached clubs.

The first was to Bryant's Kentucky team in the 1951 Sugar Bowl, 13-7. Buds OU clubs won here in 1954 and 1956 against Maryland, in 1958 against Duke and in 1959 against Syracuse. OU has an over all bowl record of 7-3, having dropped a 1939 Orange Bowl contest to Tennessee and won the 1947 Gator Bowl from North Carolina State before Wilkinsons regime. Alabama Is 9-5-2 bowling, Bryant 4-3-1. OU came into the game with an 8-2 season record and a seven-game winning streak.

Alabama was 9-1. The Tide ranked fifth in the final Associated Press poll, the Sooners eighth. Game at a Glance Oklahoma Alabama First downs 1 ij Rushing yardage 154 174 Passing yardage 104 4 Total offense 240 140 Passes 4-0 M7 Intercaptions by 1 1 Punts 10-54 14 Fumbles lost 2 1 Yards penalized 12 yard loss on the third-down play that followed, leaving Bryant to call on his right-foot man, Davis. OUs best chances by far were the penetrations to the Alabama 6 and 7 that were spoiled by Grishams fumbles. The Sooners came out strong the second half but found the grass greener on that side of midfield a familiar story as the Alabama defense always seemed to grow stricter when the need arose.

Looner returned the third- Crowder Accepts Colorado Mead Coaching Job Line Play Decisive Bud Says quarter kickoff from the end zone to the Sooner 22. Deere faked to Grisham and Looney and kept for 15 yards to the 37 Grisham ran the line three times for 15 yards and another first down, this one at the Crimson Tide 47. Grisham was supposed to go wide with a pitch-out on the next play. The pitch was not goo though, and it was all Grisham could do to control it while losing eight yards. OU could not get bark into Alabama territory in two plays, so Looney punted.

The Sooners did not cross midfield again until late in the game, when they made it to the Tide 16 and 11, but could get no farther. OU got the ball on a punt at its 30 with 7:35 left to play. Deere passed to end John Flynn for 20 yards, Grisham ground out 12 yards in three carries and Deere hit Flynn for 15 putting the ball on the Tide 18. On first down there, Grisham was stopped for no gain. On second down, he got two yards.

On third down Deere picked up a yard to the 16. On fourth down, Deere faded to pass but was covered by Charlie Pell (one of the Alabama tackles who wasn't sup- How would Gomer size up the game? You make those little errors, 'you know, and they count up. You always learn something when 'you lose, though. Fullback Jim Grisham, who led Jail rushers with 107 yards, was remorseiul about two fumbles he lost inside the Alabama 10-yard line. On the first one, the play was a fake to (halfback Joe Don) Looney and a give to me, 1 Grisham said.

"Looney couldnt get through the hole far enough and we jammed up. I was hit pretty good, then. Tide Gets Ball "On the second fumble, I just let go of the ball. A referee right beside me blew his whistle and wanted the ball so I ici go. Two of the officials talked it over, but they wound up giving they ball to Alabama.

Was Alabama tougher for Grisham than other teams OU has played this season? "Actually, we could run through the middle easier against Alabama than any other team we have played. We should have beaten Alabama by a touchdown or two if I just had held on to the ball down there. Grisham and others could remember his fumbling the ball away on only one other occasion the entire 1962 season. Defensive ace Charlie Mayhue was queried about the pattern Alabama end Richard Williamson ran on the first touchdown, a pass he caught from quarterback Joe Namath. "Poor Defense "He just came straight down the field and cut in, Mayhue said of Williamson, Namath's favorite target.

"I dosed the cushion too much got too close to him and he went back to the outside on me. It was just poor pass defense on my part. You don't win games that way. Quarterback Monte Deere, a 166-pounder who completed his collegiate career against Alabama. was distraught when first entering the locker room.

He removed his helmet and pounded the wall with his fist, then broke into tears of frustration. Substitute tackle George Jarman went over to comfort Deere, and several OU players barked discouragement at a Miami pho USC Almost Blows Victory, Like Dodgers By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS "We almost blew it, like the Dodgers. Thats how one of the Southern California players summed up his teams close call in the Rose Bowl Tuesday when Wisconsin turned a laugher the players name for a runaway into a gasper, before the Trojans finally emerged with a 42-37 victory in the highest scoring of all the 49 battles in the Pasadena, Calif, arena. Southern Cal protected its No. 1 national ranking against the second-ranked Badgers by running up a 42-14 lead early in the fourth quarter, but Wisconsin stormed back with a fantastic 23 points in the final period to shake up the crowd of 98.698 at the oldest of the bowl games.

In the other three bowl battles New Year's Day, Mississippi topped Arkansas 17-13 in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, Louisiana State trounced Texas 13-0 in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas and Alabama rolled to a 17-0 decision over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl at Miami before a crowd that included President Kennedy. Orange Bowl Individuals OKLAHOMA Rutfiing Clark made five more and Alabama sent a man in motion (standard procedure) and switched its ends from one side of the field to the other (not standard procedure). Namath tried a pass to Williamson in the flat, but missed him completely and diving Melvin Sandersfeld intercepted at the Sooner 31. On OUs first series of plays, Looney got two yards, a mixup resulted in no gain and Deere threw incomplete for Flynn before Looney booted 48 yards to the Alabama 39. The Tide then took off on its first touchdown trip.

Looney had other excellent kicks and would have finished with a fine average were it not for the six-yard effort. He sailed one Flynn downed at the Alabama 1 late in the first half, and launched a 63-yarder out of bounds late in the fourth quarter. The final statistics were much closer than the final score. Each team wound up with 260 yards, Alabama rushing for 174 and passing 86 and OU rushing 154 and throwing for 106. Versprille, a stocky fullback, was the Tides top rusher with 52 yards and Clark had 48.

Na since coming here Christmas afternoon and was asked how he felt during the game. I was all right, he replied. Halfback Paul Lea said, They just whipped us, thats all there was to it No, they werent any better than Missouri, Lea said. Alabama was real quick, said center John Garrett. You just couldnt believe how quick they were unless you were out there.

Trainer Ken Rawlinson said the Sooners suffered no serious injuries. He had first thought fullback David Voiles again had broken his wrist, but further examination proved otherwise. "Happy To Win" Across the way in the Alabama dressing room. Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant was accepting congratulations on the victory. "I was just as happy to win this game as I am any game, any Saturday during the season, he said.

"I was especially pleased to see the seniors go out in such a grand way. "I think the quickness of our first unit line and our passing made the difference. I feel that our passing was more dangerous than was Oklahoma's. "It was a well-played game. I am proud of all our boys, they all played as well as they could.

We got some good breaks or the game might have been closer. The best break was the fumble by Grisham on their first drive. He is as hard a runner as we've ever seen. He sure knocks people over. Namath Praised This was our quarterback Joe Namath's best game.

Oklahoma didnt do too many new things, I dont think. That counter play they used at the first of the second half fooled us for a while. We had never seen them use that before. "Jordan played the same kind of game he has played for us all year excellent Our defense wasnt as tight as it might have been if we hadn't been two touchdowns ahead. "Oklahoma is a superb team.

You cant make many mistakes and expect to beat them. I would hate to be the team that has to play Oklahoma, young as it is, in a bowl game at this time next year. NFL Captures 2 Bowl Stars By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Money talks. And that was no whisper the National Football League was using at the New Years Day bowl games, flashing fancy figures that lured prized players Glynn Griffing and Jerry Stovall away from the rival American League. Griffing, a sharp passer and shrewd signal-caller who was tapped for stardom as a junior when he was selected as a future pick by both leagues, signed with the New York Giants of the NFL minutes after leading undefeated Mississippi to a 17-13 victory over Arkansas in the Sugar BowL Stovall, hard-running AH-America back and the No.

1 horse in Louisiana States stable signed with the NFLs St Louis Cardinals at the 40-yard line immediately after the Tigers 13-0 triumph over Texas in the Cotton Bowl posed to be big enough or good enough but was plenty of both) for a four -yard loss. The Sooners began their final possession with 2:26 on the clock, after a punt. Deere ran for a good gain, pitched back to Paul Lea who made some more yardage and the play resulted in a 26-yard advance, again to the Alabama 18. Grisham barged over left tackle for six yards, but on second down he ran smack into Jordan for nary an inch. Jordan tackled Looney after the latter made a yard to the 11 on a third down option play.

Jordan, not surprisingly, was In on the tackle when Looney tried to go up the middle on fourth down and got nowhere. The game had begun much as it ended, with Alabama holding the upper hand. Alabama won the toss and elected to receive. OU took the south goal and a five mile-per-hour breeze. Sooner tackle Butch Metcalf kicked off short, and Tide tackle Butch Henry wrapped himself around the ball at the Alabama 42.

Clark, his teams leading scorer, made five and Versprille seven for a first down at the OU 46. tographer preparing to take a picture of Deere with his head cupped in his hands. The photographer went away. Later, Deere discussed the game in detail. "They were quick, he said of Alabama.

"They were there all day. The linebackers, Jordan among them, were jumping around all the time. "On defense, they tried to put one of their linemen in every gap so it would take two of our linemen to handle one of theirs. They hoped that their linebackers would be left free to roam. l'aey were jumping around so much, the only time I checked signals was when they were plugging up the hole where we were going to run, then I would false check.

Some of the time they would move, most of the time they didnt "We could run up the middle well, but we couldn't sustain a drive. When I tried to pass, it seemed like they were all over me. Two-Play Sequence Deere explained that the long pass from fourth-string quarterback Ron Fletcher to end Allen Bumgardner saw him on the bench. "It was a sequence of two plays, Deere said, with no bud-: die in between. After the running I play to Grisham with Fletcher handing off.

we went right up on i the ball and went with the pass play. i "Our pregame plan was to run 1 that sequence the first time we had the ball, but we fumbled a snap from center and Fletcher came out on that first series, so we held it until the next time we got possession. Reverse Planned "For this game, we were going to try to reverse a lot. You know, we would give to Grisham on the right side and he'd cut back to the left because their linebackers move so fast i "The second half, I faked to Grisham and Looney and kept up the middle quite a bit and that play went pretty welL "The thing is, you can try all the slick stuff, but if you cant whip the other team with plain, ordinaiy, everyday football, you cant win. Deere has been battling a com-i bination of tonsillitis and flu Cook was signed by Cardinal line coach Chuck Drulis, Lea by head coach Frank (Pop) Ivy.

Ivy is a former OU star who lives in Norman during the off season and will return there after coaching in the East-West All-Star game in San Diego, later this month. Both Drulis and Ivy, plus Philadelphia head coach Nick Skorich, have been here for several days atching the Sooner practice and protecting their interests. "Were glad to have Paul Lea," Ivy said Tuesday night at the party staged for Alabama and OU players at the Indian Creek Country Club. "We plan to use him at defensive halfback and i he can help us. We would like to have your center, Wayne Lee, too, but he tells us he is not going to play pro ball." Eddie Given 5-Year Pact For Buff Post BOULDER, Colo.

(AP)-Eddie Crowder, 31. was appointed head football coach at the University of Colorado today. The announcement was made at Miami, by Director of Athletics Harry Carlson of the university. Crowder, an assistant coach at Oklahoma, also is in Miami where the Sooners lost to Alabama 17-0 in the Oraryze Bowl. 15,000 Per Year Carlson said Crowder will receive a 5-year contract calling for a salary of $15,000 per year.

He is the universitys fourth football coafli since 1958 and the third in less than 10 months. Crowder said he plans to visit Boulder this weekend on his way to the National Football Coaches convention in Los Angeles. Carlson said in a statement released by the university: I am very pleased to announce tile appointment of Eddie Crowder whom I have known since he was a great quarterback at Oklahoma. 1 am confident his coming to Colorado will be to the complete mutual advantage ol both the school and Crowder." Succeeds Davis Crowder succeeds William (Bud) Davis, who resigned in November after the universitys worst football season, during which the Buffaloes won two and lost eight. Davis was appointed last March after Everett (Sonny) Grandelius was dismissed for violating recruiting regulations.

Grandelius was paid for another year at his full salary, and Davis contract runs until March, so the university is in the position of paying salaries to three head grid coaches. "Great Opportunity" "I fee! that the Colorado football position is a great opportunity, Crowder said in a statement given out by the university, and I am looking forward to working at Boulder. "The people at the university and in the state whom I have had a chance to meet with were extremely cordial and friendly. "But most of all I was impressed by their enthusiasm and desire to have an excellent football program. The University of Colorado can be as outstanding in football as it is in other areas.

"I was also very encouraged and Impressed by the excellent high school program which is growing in Colorado. I am looking forward to getting there and getting started as quickly as possible." Naming Due Crowder said he hopes to name his staff of assistants within a week. He has been on the Oklahoma staff for six seasons and spent one season as assistant to Coach Earl (Red) Blaik at Army. Crowders last season as a player at Oklahoma was in 1952 although military service delayed his getting a degree until 1953. At Colorado the new coach will Inherit a squad of 28 lettermen plus several promising players who were ineligible last season.

Returning will be seven of the starters of the team that upset Air Force 34-10 in the final game of the 1962 season. Crowder is married and has three children Michael, Robert, and Carol Jean, 9 months. Kennedy Visits Locker Room, Tosses Coin MIAMI President Kennedy was among the more than 73,000 football fans who watched the Orange Bowl game in near-perfect weather here Tuesday afternoon. The temperature was 72 degrees and sunny when the President, attired in a light gray suit and with no hat, reached his red-carpeted box behind the OU bench about 20 minutes before the opening kickoff. For some reason, the President never was announced by the public address system but that didn't keep most of the onlookers from rising and peering toward his box as he and his party entered the stadium.

Problem Solved There wasnt much room around the Kennedy party in the stands, and writers in the press box speculated on how the two teams four captains for the day would gather around the President for the coin toss. As it turned out. Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant of Alabama solved the problem by sending his All-America center linebacker, Lee Roy Jordan, up for the toss. Jordan met with game officials and OU co-captains Leon Cross and Wayne Lee in the ramp at the front of Kennedys box, then Cross and Jordan went up with the referee to meet the President They shook hands with Kennedy, and Jordan called the toss and won it Pair Wished Luck All the President did when we were introduced was congratulate us on being in the Orange Bowl and wish us both luck, Cross said Tuesday night "I thanked him and he gave both Jordan and me a silver dollar. Then we left his box.

It was quite a thrill for me and I believe for Jordan, too. Before the kickoff, the President lit up a small cigar and smoked it throughout the early portion of the game. He appeared well tanned, perhaps from his recent stay in Florida. Agents Given Scare Kennedy visited the OU dressing room briefly before the kickoff, accompanied by Secret Service agents. The agents later got a scare when OUs Rough Neks, a pep group, fired their shotguns as is customary at Sooner games.

The guns, by chance, were pointed in the Presidents direction and the boys were advised against a repetition. Kennedy also visited cheerleaders from both schools at half time. Tide cheerleader Martha Campbell wept big, joyous tears after shaking the Presidents hand. A speech major at Alabama, she later said she was so thrilled at meeting the President she couldn't remember her own name, let alone describe the experience. Three Norman Matmen Place Three members of Norman Highs wrestling team placed in an open tournament held Monday at the Oklahoma City YMCA.

Ken Wright finished second at 140 pounds, John Martin was fourth at 127 and Ken Maddox was fourth at 145. By NICK SEITZ Sports Editor MIAMI Bud Wilkinson saw line play as the decisive factor in his team's 17-0 loss to Alabama in the Orange Bowl game here Tuesday. The Sooner coach, perspiration trickling down his face, paused in a subdued dressing room to make a poslgame analysis. They (the Tide linemen) were beating us to the punch every play, and a game is won or lost by who goes first when that ball is snapped. When you cant win that first fight at the line of scrimmage.

and his voice trailed off. "Excellent Job I thought our team did an excellent job of hanging in there, as hot as it was and being 17 points behind. We could have looked better. We were not prepared, and that is the coaches fault, but our team had some limitations. Asked about his team's performance over the course of the season, Wilkinson replied: I feel that we played up to our potential; we just are not a superior team.

Did OU do anything differently on defense against Alabama? We used our regular defenses we just didnt play them very well. To be perfectly honest with you, we played a very poor game. Kickoff Babbled Asked if the opening kickoff, which OU sent only several yards into Alabama territory, was planned with the hopes his team would recover it, Wilkinson said it as not. He said that the kick was to be a spiraling one sent deeper and that Butch Metcalf simply did not meet the ball squarely. Line coach Gomer Jones said, Alabama is a fine football team, real fast.

Jones was asked to comment on Alabama's All-America linebacker and center Lee Roy Jordan. who was in on numerous taikles. I could not watch him all the time. Jones said, but he was a heck of a player. And Tide quarterback Joe Namath? When you get his receivers covered, he runs with it and when you corner him he throws.

Hes a fine player. CJHS Tourney Due Thursday The annual Central Junior High Invitational Tournament, featuring both Norman junior highs and six other teams, gets under way Thursday afternoon in the Cub gym. Coach Jim Sandcfers host Cubs, 6-1, go against Edmond in the opemng round at 2:30. Shawnee, the only team to beat Central, plays defending tourney champion Midwest City Monron-ey next at 3:30. West, off to a slow 2-4 start, goes against Putnam City at 8 Thursday night.

Midwest City Kerr and Del City Jarman round out the brackets with a game at 7. The semifinals will be Friday night at 7 and 8, the consolation finals Saturday night at 7 and the championship playoff at 8. All games will be played in the Central gym. I TIGER MAINSTAY Norman High forward Steve Taylor will carry a 10-point scoring overage into the Tigers' Boomer Conference game with Ardmore here Friday night. (Transcript Photo) Pro Footballers Sign Sooners Cook Lea Quick, Clean Play Pleases Bear Most MLAMI Two OU seniors drafted by professional teams had signed contracts late Tuesday night They could not accept a contract before the Orange Bowl game was over without forfeiting collegiate eligibility.

Tackle Duane Cook, a 223-pounder from Amarillo, and halfback Paul Lea. a 177-pounder from Terrell, were on the dotted line. Cook said he had signed with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League after the game and Lea later signed with Houston of the American Football League. Tackle Dennis Ward, 213-pounder from Bartlesville who was drafted by Philadelphia of the NFL and Dallas of the AFL said he would hold out a while longer before making a decision on a club.

He also has an offer from Canada. MIAMI (AP) Alabama Coach Taul (Bear) Bryant whose teams have lost only once in 29 games is proudest of his Orange Bowl football champions because of their quick, hard but clean play. Tho fifth-ranked Crimson Tide, with All-America center Lee Roy Jordan sparking an agile though outweighed line, stopped the potent Oklahoma offense 17-0 Tuesday. Alabama actually halted the Sooners at the 6, 8, 10 and 15 yard linos in a remarkable display of defensive excellence. "Oklahoma is the hardest hitting team we played all year," Jordan commented.

"Luckily we were able to anticipate nearly all of their offensive moves." Jordan anticipated so well that Sam Huff, a linebacker of some note with the National Football League's New York Giants, spoke in awe of the eagerly-sought pro draftee: "That boy is really something." "This game was great for the game of football," Bryant said. "Both teams played hard and clean. There were only a few 5-yard penalties in the entire contest. "We teach nothing but clean football at Alabama, Bryant told a post-game banquet, "despite what some people in another profession have thought sometimes. I'm especially proud of our seniors.

Everybody played as well as he could. ALABAMA LE Williamson, C. Stephens, Dl LT Henry, O'Dell, Boier LO Wilson, Freemen, PeHee Cook, Mitchell, Simmons Jordon, 6. Stephens, McColtough RG Sharpe, Wteseman Lewis, McClendon RT Pell, Altai, Kearty, Wright, Fowler 6 Battle, Hopper OB Namath, Hurlbut. Colwell.

Moore LH Clark, Nelson, Piper, Davis, Andrews RK Wilson, Martin, Elmore. Harris FB Versprille, Rankin, Ogden OKLAHOMA LE -Flynn, Porterfield LT Ward, Neely, Hill LG Burton, McQuarters Garrett, Lee RG Cress, Vermillion RT Metcalf. Cook, Stokts McCurdy, Bumgardner OB Deere, Mayhue, Fletcher LH Lea, Looney RH Sandersfeld, Boll FB Grisham, Voiles OFFICIALS: Refere E. O. "Red Cavefte; Umpire G.

Voltz; Linesman A. C. Williams Field Judge M. R. Sheehan; Back Jwdga W.

T. Schmitt; C. O. Charles anchor..