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CORPUS CHKIST1 CALLER Wed Jan 1 I WO i i The Inside Look Ed Spaulding Callrr Sport Editor 2C I i Alabama 24 Arkansas 9 SUGAB BOWL II Indiana II Missouri II Virginia 14 Oregon Stata IS Louis villa 14 UCLA 17M John's NV llGaorgetown DC IfBrigham Yeung Mlllinais SIS 144 411 t-l 441 lt-l M4 1-1 M4 itt 4-1 144 (-1 IM t-l SS M-2 44 Coogs put perfect end to their season9 1 NFL Ttw Wemanl Tap Twenty The Top Twenty women's ceilsga baiketball teams at compliM by Mat Greanbarg at the Philadelphia inquirer and bated an the ballots at 40 women's cokIih First-place votes in par an them sMton wards and total points Points bated on It If-M-H-IMf-IO-M-M-IMM-M-t 4-M-l: playoffs elm Raved dkh Colorado Detroit 1 Buffalo i Winnipeg 1 MontrKl 4 Central Bad Army aiiHMtian Minnesota 4 Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 37 Chicago If NwMm II Oanver ticK Raund Ok It Tampa Bay 24 Philadelphia 17 Amtrlcaa Centaranca No gamH KhadulM Wednoidoy't Gamw MontrKl ot Pittsburgh pm Lm Angeles at Detroit pm Bangers at Quebec pm NV Islanders at Taranto 7:18 Boston at Minnesota pm Colorado at Omega pm Moscow Dynamo at Winnipeg I BS pm eahlbitiea Hartford at Edmonton pm Htmlaa 17 tan Ditga 14 Ok II Amarlcaa Conference Pilllburgh Miami 14 Ark FG Ordonci Ala Oglivia run (McElroy kick I Aia MOgilvIt I run (McElroy kick I Ala FG McElroy IS Ark Farr all 1 pan Irom Seaman (run failed) Ala Whitman II run (McElroy kick) A 77414 INDIVIDUAL LEADIBS BUSHING Arkansas Bowles 19-44 Anderson 4-11 Alabama Jackson IMIS MOgllvIe 14-47 Whitman 4-17 PASSING Arkansas Scanlon 2M4-I-249 Alabama thealy 4-7-0-70 BECEIVING Arkansas Anderson 7-SL Diggers S-If FarreU 1-SI Alabama Pugh 141 Jackson l-l Southern CaM7 Lai Angtlai II DaNM If MaTl Camai AFC Chimp taaitup Haailaa at Piniburgh II noon NFC CKmploiithlp Lot Anga lai at Tatnpa Bay 4 Sunday Jan Super Bowl XIV At FaiaOtna CalH AFC etiampion NFC Champion I pm ballots (alphabetically): Clamton Montclair Stata Pittsburgh Queans San Franc Ik at Tennetsw Tech College Professional AUSTBALIBN OPBN Ohio State 16 High School IWA needs game Due to a late cancellation Incarnate Word Academy hat an opening tar a boys game tomorrow or Friday Any school loam regordlatt ot classification inter at led In playing the Angels should call Coach Caspar Wenui at 941-5204 OWL SCHBDULB AN Tlml CST Saturday Dec It Cardan Stall law! Tamp la California 17 IndapanddKa Baarl lyric uta II McNana St 7 Friday Ok II Holiday Bawl Indiana Ml BYU 17 John Sadr I united States boat Dlbtey Australia 4-4 7-A 4-7 4-4 DALLAS The spoilers Eric Herring called them Of course calling Herring and passing mute Terry Elston spoilers is like calling the Pittsburgh Steclers a good football team or Thomas Henderson outgoing The truth but not the whole truth so help me Bill Yeoman What Herring and Elston did this football season was more like search and destroy or at least rewrite several forged-in-steel football outcomes Eric (The Assassin) Herring and Terry (The Triggerman) Elston performed their greatest bcut-the-clock stunt yesterday by ringing in the new year of 1980 with a miracle 'victory over Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl That's in contrast to how the Cougars started 1979 when they blew an unblowable lead to lose to Notre Dame on the final play of last Cotton Bowl The Cougars didn't wait until time was gone to stop the Cornhuskers but they didn't have much margin for error either When an Elston spiral found Herring for the fifth and final time 12 sec-onds remained on the clock three seconds less than what was left when Herring and Elston teamed up to beat the Texas Aggies by an identical 17-14 count three months ago When Herring gathered in the game-winner it was 385 days 35 degrees and about 28 yards removed from Kris miracle grab of a Joe Montana pass that handed Houston a 35-34 loss in the 1979 Cotton Bowl It was 20 degrees that day with a chill factor of 20-below when Haines leaped-across the sideline in the same end zone to grab Montana's winning pass catch was routine enough at least when compared to the 37-yard one-hand grab he made to set up Elston's touchdown run against the Aggies This time Herring made sure using two hands Lest his one-hand reputation be questioned Herring pointed out "Yeah but I had to tip it with one hand before I caught it" He explained the fourth down all-for-nothing play this way: "I'm supposed to cut inside the linebuckers as they head for the flat to cover the running backs coming out of the backfieid Two Ncbruska guys were right there One (corner-buck Ric Lindquist) reached for the ball but it looked like he reached a little high and the ball went under his arm then I hit it and knocked it 'up and caught it" Herring Insisted the ball was untouched by Nebraska hands Lindquist said he got a piece of it Yeoman Houston's head coach said he didn't see the play very well 1 knew something good had happened when everybody started going crazy" Elston who ran or passed on 10 of the plays in the 13-play winning drive had this view: "It was play action and it had been open before We made a first down earlier in the drive with the same play Eric is supposed to look for the linebacker und safety then find an opening between them No he wasn't wide open But hey it was fourth down this was it I had to force the pass a little Yeah there was some traffic in the Elston completed five of seven passes in the desperation drive that followed a Nebraska touchdown only 3:56 from the end of the game Four times Elston passes ended up in Herring's hands "He has a way of getting away from people better than anyone we have" Yeoman said of Herring "His speed isn't great we kid him about it but he's not bad on moves He can move sideways with the best of them He kind of darts und he will get open" The Cougar boss who broke a coaching no-no by openly praising his 1979-80 team as best we've ever had" described the trigger Elston this way: "He's got great equipment and he remains calm" UH did that all season in winning seven of its 11 games in the fourth quarter Elston was the key in comebuckers against Florida AAM Texas Tech und Nebraska Kicker Kenny Hatfield won lust quarter decisions over Baylor and Arkansas The 11-1 finish probably means a No 5 ranking in the final poll for the Cougars But the seeds to this one were sown one year ago on the same Cotton Bowl field when the Cougars conspired against each other to blow a 34-12 lead in nine minutes against Notre Dame "We won because of the incentive in Herring said not going to bury us we're not going to quit We stopped playing and got our butts kicked last year We learned from that "From the word 'go' from the day we found out we were coming back to the Cotton Bowl what happened last year has been the first thing on our minds" Whatever mind-over-matter fate the law of averages or perfect execution under must-do pressure the Cougars put a perfect ending to their best season There was of course one more thing as Herring explained: "It had to be a little luck too" Saturday Ok 71 San Bawl Washington 14 THat Llbarty Bowl Fann Stata Tula na 4 Tangerine Bawl LIU Wake Faratf It Blue-Grey Gama Blua I Nor nil a Cray (Southl II Flltli Bowl Flttsbargh It Arl-lona II NHL Friday Ok a Gator Bowl North Carolina 17 Michigan IS Saturday Ok a Hall at Foma Bawl Missouri 14 Saulh Carolina 14 Monday OK It Peach Bowl Be yter 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Saturday Jaa It Japan Bowl at Tokyo pm Houston 17 Nebraska 14 COTTON BOWL From 1(1 yard field goal put the Cougars' ahead 10-7 The Big Eight' Conference Cornhuskers who finished the year 10-2 used every trick in their book except their famed guard-uround play to score the go-ahead touchdown The march wus set in motion when Houston's John Newhouse fumbled and tackle Bill Barnett claimed the ball at the Cougar 31 Halfback Jarvis Rcdwine took a pitch from Quinn then passed 13 yards to Quinn streaking down the right sideline to put the ball in scoring position at the Houston 10 The Cornhuskers worked the bull to the 6-yard line when another piece of trickery failed Quinn flipped the ball back to Rcdwine as Nebraska went without a huddle to stun the Cougars But Redwine's touchdown was brought back after offsetting pen Okla FG Kodlng 14 Okla Umi 22 latoral from Warn I Kodlng kick) A 44714 INDIVIDUAL LEADEEI BUSHING Florid! Stott Lyloi 12-40 Whiting lj-40 Oklahoma Sims 24-144 WatH 14-117 PASSING Florida Stata Jordan PIP 1-74 Woodhim M1-PM Oklahoma Walls 14-PJ4 RECEIVING Florida Statt King PM Chlldori PM Oklahoma NIunPM alties On the next play Finn a backup for All-Amerlcun Junior Miller sneaked unnoticed into the end zone where he caught the touchdown pass without a Cougar touching him Rcdwine ripped off a 9-yard touchdown run in the first quarter to give Nebraska a 7-0 first-quarter lead But Houston which ended its season at 11-1 tied it 7-7 in the second quarter when Elston ran in from 8 yards out- Nebraska roiled 85 yards on its second possession to jump ahead 7-0 A 14-yard pass from Quinn to Miller und a 9-yard pass to wing-buck Kenny Brown set-up Red-wine's 9-yard touchdown run Redwine rushed for 38 yards on six carries during the drive Houston came alive offensively al 14:18 of the second quarter when Elston replaced starting quarterback Delrick Brown Elston ran for 9 yards and rifled a 27-yard completion to Lonell Phea to carry the Cougars to the Nebraska 15 Elston ran for 7 yurds then scored on an 8-yard run around left end Houston totally dominated the third quarter allowing Nebraska no first downs Then Houston took the lead on Hatfield's 41-yard field goal that just drifted over the bar into an 8 mph southerly breeze But Ncwhouse's fumble opened the door for Nebraska to take the lead only to have it erased by Elston's heroics A sellout crowd of 72032 was announced but there were 8015 no-shows despite 60-degree temperatures as opposed to the 13-below-zero chill factor that greeted Notre Dame-Houston funs a year ago Vlade Janakievski kicked a Rose Bowl record three field goals giving the No 1-ranked Buckeyes a 16-10 lead in the fourth quarter The favored Trojans took over after a punt and White a 185-pound senior from nearby San Fernando run them to the winning touchdown White curried the ball 39 times for 247 yards both Rose Bowl records The Trojans took a 3-0 first-quarter lead on Eric Hipp's 41-yard field goal and they built their margin to 10-0 on a 53-yard pass play from Paul McDonald to Kevin Williams Janakievski booted a 35-yard field goal to put the Buckeyes on the scoreboard before Art Schlichter connected on a 67-yard puss play to Gary Williams to knot the count Janakievski connected on a 37-yard field goal in the third quarter) and with 1:43 gone in the fourth Hipp missed 39-yard uttempt With 9:42 to go in the game Janakievski set the Rose Bowl record with his third field goal a successful 24-yurder after the Buckeyes had been set buck 18 yards on losses In the 66-yeur history of this postseason game five players had kicked two field goals each After White's touchdown Hipp booted the conversion that proved the margin of victory The previous record for rushes was 34 by the late Ernie Nevers of Stanford against Notre Dame in 1925 and Vic Botturi of California against Alabama in 1938 The yardage mark was 194 by Bob Jeter of Iowa against California in 1959 White hud been the mainstay for the Trojans but hadn't broken away until the final drive Ohio State went into the game with an 11-0 record compared with the Trojans' 10-0-1 with a tie to Stanford marring their record Southern California missed a scoring opportunity in -the third quarter when Vic Rakhshani was called for pass interference in the end zone after USC had reached the Ohio State 7 Early in the fourth period Schlichter hit Doug Dunlcy with a 58-yard pass play carrying to the USC 21 and two plays later the Buckeyes reached the 10 before Schlichter and Calvin Murray were hit for losses of 6 and 10 yards Schlichter then hit Murray on a pass reaching the 7 before the Buckeyes elected to go for Janakievski's final From l( Oklahoma major college team with a 12-0 record Florida State fighting for national recognition against a perennial powerhouse opened the scoring late in the first quarter on a 74-yard drive that ended on a 1-yard plunge by Mike Whiting The Seminoles then threatened to score again after Bobby Butler blocked Keeling's punt giving Florida State possession at the Oklahoma 17 The Seminoles reached the 2-yard line where a delay of game infraction followed by an incomplete pass forced Florida State to go for a field goal The Seminoles took another delay penalty on purpose but Dave Cappelen was never able to get off a 29-yard kick because Rick Stockstill fumbled the snap Oklahoma took over at fts 19 and immediately marched 81 yards for the tying score with Sims starting the drive on a 25-yard sprint to the 44 Two Slays later following a 6-yard loss Watts kept the all on an option to the right side found daylight and Hit the sideline for his 61-yard touchdown run Hubert claimed his first interception on the following play after the kickoff and returned the bail 25 yards to the Seminoles' 10 An offsides penalty on Florida State gave Oklahoma first down at the 5 and on the next play Wilson was pushed back to the 12 where he escaped would-be tacklers and dashed into the end zone Oklahoma's Basil Banks appeared headed for a touchdown on a long punt return in the first 90 seconds of the game nut he was tackled at the Florida State 10 and fumbled the ball into the end zone Florida Ed Richardson recovered it for a touchback giving the Seminoles the ball at their own 20 Banks raced 59 yards before his fumble and broke into the clear near midfield before Stark came up and made him cut back fpto the arms of Scott Warren who forced the fumble Nob Bedwine 4 run (Sukup kick) Hau Elston 0 run Hatfield kick Hou FG Hatfield 41 Neb Finn 4 pats Irom Quinn (Sukup kick) 1 Hou Herring 4 pals Irom Elston (Hatfield kick) A 71137 INDIVIDUAL LEADENS BUSHING Nebraska Bedwine 17-90 Franklin 12-40 Houston El-1 Sion 21-07 New house 14-41 1 PASSING Nebraska Quinn IP 14-1-70 Bedwine l-l-B-ll Houston Eltten PIPllf Brawn 0-PP0 RECEIVING Nebraska Brown PM Miller M4 Quinn 1-11 Houston Herring PJI PhM 2-47 Millar 1-11 Knicks whack I Spurs By The AssKlotod Press i NEW YORK Ml- I child Ruy Richurdson handed out a team rc- cord 10 assists and Ray Williams scored 17 points in a torrid 39- Koint third quarter that elped the New York Knicks beat the San An- tonio Spurs 128-120 Tuesday night Richardson who leads the National Basketball Association with 1 85 assists per game finished with 17 as the Knicks posted their fifth victory in the last six starts to reach the half-tt way point in their schedule with a 20-21 re- cord San Antonio dropped a game below 500 at 19-20 Williams and Cartwright led the Knicks with 27 points and Rich-urdson finished with 21 Guards James Silas and George Gcrvin led San Antonio with 34 and 33 points respectively The Knicks raced to a 17-point lead in the first 15 minutes only to see the Spurs draw even at 67 early in the third i quarter Then Richard son and Williams the Knicks young back-courtmen took charge leading bursts of 12 and 10 consecutive New York points that helped the Knicks break the game open at 99-51 with three minutes left in the third period From 1(1 No gamvt KhoduM Tvttdoy'i Gamti Now York 124 tan AMMla IM Wtihington al Portland Wtdmiday'i Gama San Diogo al Now Jar ivy 7:09 pm Bolton ol HouMOA 7:09 pm Loo Angdtt ol Indiana 7:09 pm Plwonia at Son Antoolo 7 19 pm Kaniai City at Utah OM pm Dvtrolt at Danvor BM pm Portland ot Goldin Slot Wtihington at Soittla 430 Kntcki IM Span IM SAN ANTONIO Ktnon 0 S-! 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I 1-2 A FGorvin 11 44 A SUM II 44 Bh-tanllPOA Evtm 4 PI A GrMfin A PKklPOl TOTALS 4719 21 110 NEW YORK KmghtOS-111 Me-rlwMlhar 1 II Cartwright I Pio 17 Richardion 1 4-S II Willie mi 7 7-1017 CapftMd 1P0 A DamlclPO 04 1 0-0 1 TOTALS 44 1PM IM Schlichter hit 11 of 21 paises for 297 yards with one interception while McDonald was 11 of 24 for 234 yards and also had one interception Each team lost one fumble Alabama After recording its impressive triumph and fifth straight bowl success Alabama sat back to watch third-ranked Southern California nudge top-rated Ohio State 17-16 in the Rose Bowl The AP will announce the 1979 college football champion at 6: 30 pm EST Wednesday Ogilvie's 22-yard dash at 8:23 of the first quarter wiped out a 3-0 Arkansas lead on Ish Ordonez's 34-yard field goal on the game's fourth play from scrimmage Ogilvie then hurtled across from inside the 1-yard line less than three minutes later after Scanlon fumbled an exchange from center and Alabama linebacker Thomas Boyd recovered at the loser's 22 McElroy's field goal made it 17-3 with 25 seconds left in the first half five plays after Ogilvie fielded a punt and rambled down the left sideline from his 30 to the Arkansas 20 It was Bryant's 296th victory in 35 years as a head coach and his 205th in 22 seasons at Alabama That tied Ohio State's Woody Hayes for the No 2 spot in triumphs at one major school Amu Alonzo Stagg who also holds the all-time mark of 314 victories won 244 times at the University of Chicago The crowd of 77486 a record for the Sugar Bowl MUM 14-IM Nw York 41 11 14 M-IM Thro point! OKU Garvin Richardten Faultd out Poulli Total tauli San Antonio Ml Now York 11 A 1111 since it moved to the Louisiana Superdome five years ago sensed an upset when Alabama's Don McNeal fumbled the opening kickoff and George Hall recovered for Arkansas at the 25 But three plays gained only 8 yards and the Razorbacks settled for Ordonez's field goal Their offense rarely had it that good again as the Alabama defense ranked No 2 nationally and first in scoring defense overwhelmed the Razorbacks at almost every key opportunity The ringleaders were end Wayne Hamilton and linebackers Randy Scott and Boyd Hamilton sacked Scanlon twice and Scott and Boyd teamed up to nail him a third time all in the first half He was sacked twice more in the second half Texas nor Houston hit as hard or as consistently as said Scanlon who completed 22 of 39 passes for 243 yards "I'm as beat up as I've ever been" Runs of 11 yards by Billy Jackson and 10 by Whitman plus a face mask penalty against Arkansas helped move the ball to the Razorbacks' 22 on Alabama's first touchdown drive Ogilvie getting key blocks from Jackson and guard -Vince Boothe took a pitchout around left end broke a would-be tackle by Billy Ray Smith at the line of scrimmage and galloped into the end zone Arkansas had the ball for four plays on its next possession before Scanlon's costly fumble enabled Alabama to put the game out of reach After Boyd's recovery Jackson smashed for 11 yards Three plays later Ogilvie who carried 14 times for 67 yards leaped over to make it 14-3 Scanlon got the Razorbacks cranked up In the third period and moved them 80 yards to their only touchdown following the kickoff He completed three passes for 40 yards and ran for 20 on either a quarterback draw or a busted play On fourth-and-goal at the 3 he whipped a pass to Farrell who put such a great fake on McNeal that Alabama's ace defensive back fell down I But the Crimson Tide stung by pass- ing and several crucial penalties suddenly erupted' for a final touchdown to put the game safely out of reach "It was just like everybody decided we just had to do it and we did said quarterback Steadman Sheaiy team may shut us down once a team may shut us down twice but we are going to get loose" I 4 Top Twenty Tht Tap wanty taami Mclattd Prt collage poll with Hrit-plact veto i ham rocordi and total Point! bawd on 14-14-17 1P1MI-IPPP74-P4S-M: I Duka (41) lKontucky(IO) lOoPaul(l) 4 Louwana SUtt 9 Okie Hot 4 North Carolina I Naira Darnt IPurdut 4 Syr acute 10 Iowa 4.