The Columbus Ledger from Columbus, Georgia • 27

LATEST scores CLASSIIED Georgia Whipped In Every Way' BY CECIL DARBY i I irst downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Nebraska Georgia 17 11 190 55 165 130 106 26 18 35 2 11 35 6 EL the flesh was weak here in the Sun Bowl Saturday no doubt that the University of Georgia football ci team was fired up to play a fine game They had the incen Statistics tive They had everything to gam and nothing to lose But it was simply a case of the Cornhuskers being too strong They just overpowered the Bri Sunday Ledger Enquirer Sports Editor EL PASO Tex whipped us every way we could get said Georgia Coach Vince Dooley by way of summing up 45 6 lacing the Bulldogs took from powerful Cornhuskers in the Sun Bowl uootey closing out his sixth season as the head coach spent his longest day on the sidelines as the co champions of the Big Eight Conference manhandled his Bulldogs in every phase of the game witnessed before 30000 in the flesh spectators and millions more on nationaltelevision It was most hu miliating experience ever in a bowl game and 45 points are the most ever ki I I I I scored against one of OO Much NebraSKG Georgia teams I UU VIUUJI IIUUUJAU The previous hih as the PASO Tex The spirit 'was willing but Jn BlsSJgWM a rr'Ydr i vSXr iV mJ i UEBW MflWh I 4 AP Wlrepboto Defense Dawson Key to Victory Chiefs Defeat Jets 13 6 Simmons Will Be Honored by QB Club Reaves Voted Top Soph Davis Voted To All State record breaking 'J Photo the open Punta umbles lost Yards penalized 19 87 na io 14 40 3 5 37 1 15 BY JERRY GIBSON Columbus kicking specialist Bill Davis and Baker center Richard Simmons who recent ly signed with major Southern schools were named Saturday to the Atlanta Class AAA All State football squad Davis who booted two field goals this year from over 40 yards out became the third member of his family to sign with Alabama The 0 2 185 pounder also punted for a 335 average Simmons who was shifted from tackle to center at the start of the season was signed by South Carolina He stands 6 3 and weighs in at 210 pounds ive other local players made honorable mention in cluding quarterback Cal Car ter and middle guard Bobby Bush of Columbus and end Danny Kirkpatrick fullback Bryan Willis and quarterback Brian Hartford of Baker Bush announced that he will play football at the Naval Academy while Hartford is still considering several offers Hartford started for three years at quarterback and com piled over 2500 yards total offense He led the region in punting for the last two years Athens High School quarter back Andy Johnson was named back of the year while Val dosta linebacker Tom Ifolt was honored as the lineman of the year Weyman Sellers of Athens was chosen as the top coach Johnson 6 1 190 pounder who recently signed with Geor gia was a four year starter for Athens During that time the school compiled a 32 11 1 record Halfback Andy Summers and end Ralph Clark of Lanier were the only other Region 2 AAA players to make the first team DAVID RAY ACTIVATED BY RAMS LOS ANGELES (Ab The Los Angeles Rams an nounced Saturday they have activated two rook ies a tight end and a wide receiver for season closeout against the Minnesota Vikings at the Coliseum Pat Curran a 238 pound tight end from Lakeland Wise and David Ray a 25 year old Alabama prod uct and a wide receiver from Phenix City will join the squad today a RamsL spokesman said ir' Dropped to the ready re serve unit to make room for Curran and Ray were two year veteran Mike Dennis a running back and offensive center rank Marchlewski a five year National ootball League veteran 736 10 42 0 2 SO 31 dust slipped into the and shook off a tackle to run 20 extra yards for a 61 yard effort that moved the ball to the Jets 19 early in the final quarter On the next play Dawson found Gloster Richardson in a comer of the end zone run ning away from cornerback Cornell Gordon for the win ner was my sec ondary said Daw son looked at Mike Gar rett in the flat and then went to goes the whole sea son down the said See CHIES Page 2 ootball League and a $13000 payday The Jets Eastern Division champs are done for the year Coach Hank Chiefs the play on the sideline in ton shared quarterbacking chores for the Bulldogs as Mike Cavan reportedly ill watched the entire game from the sidelines Gilbert hit 10 of 30 passes for 116 yards but suffered five interceptions and Hamp ton threw another into the ea ger arms of a Cornhusker back Charles Whittemore caught hye for 68 Bulldog yards Trav Paine sparked the Bulldog ground attack with 33 yards with Julian Smiley adding another 23 Nebras ka's Sclmeiss who scored twice paced the Huskers with 63 yards rushing while Brownson connected on 11 of 18 passes for 109 yards Tagge hit 6 of 12 for 53 yards A 19 yard run by Green with a pitchout set up the first of four first quarter field goals a boom ing 5Q yarder and moments later Husker tackle Dave Walline fell upon a Smiley fumble at the Bulldog 32 Seven plays later he added No 2 from the 21 The Huskers shook off a clipping penalty which belted them back to their 28 and with a 44 yard Brownson to Ingles pass igniting the drive they marched 72 yards in just four plays to their lone first half touchdown Kinney bolted over from the 11 but Chuck Heard blocked a Brownson pass as the Huskers went for two and the scoreboard read 12 0 with 7:21 left in the first period Before what must have been the longest first period in history Rogers had con nected twice more Rogers kicked a 41 yarder after an See 'DOGS Page C4 Special to The Ledger Enquirer PASSING WHIZ JOHN REAVES Will Be Honored by Locai Quarterback Club 3 BY JACK HAND NEW YORK (AP) Kan sas City reduced the world champion New York Jets to television viewers of the next Super Bowl game with a 13 6 victory Saturday on Len Daw passes and an aroused it 11 victory worst previous bowl defeat came at the hands of Aggies in the Presidential Cup game in 1950 40 20 Paul Rogers Nebraska kicking specialist kicked the Bulldogs into a hole early with four first period field goals tying a bowl record set by Tim Davis in the Sugar Bowl against Ole Miss Those' four field goals wrapped around a lightning the Huskers gave Nebraska an 18 0 lead at the end of the first period and the Bulldogs were truly never in it The Georgia defense bnl warked by Steve Grer and Chip Wisdom fought VaUant ly but against an overwhelm ing size deficit but still than aged to hold the high scoring Cornhuskers to a single touchdown through the first half Take away phe nomenal kicking for which he was voted the out standing player and it would have been much closer for But with 222 pound fullback Dan Schneiss and sophomore star Jeff Kinney slashing away at the Bulldog line and quarterbacks Van Brownson and Jerry Tagge throwing to a horde of fine receivers it was inevitable that the dam would burst sooner or later think anybody would score on us the way they The Huskers breaking a Dooley asserted After all the Bulldogs had yielded as tnng many as 21 points only one lime this season that to Ole U)c Buldogs slrcak of bowl and held such offensive powerhouses as Auburn iori decats (0 three rolled up 355 da and Tennessee to two touchdowns apiece yartl3 jn total offense com But Nebraska was something else pared to 185 for Georgia which got its lone TD on a Paul Gilbert run of six yards burning Point' Came Early in the fourth period against 3 Nebraska second unit ONE POST GAME questioner wanted to know what the Gilbert and Donnie Hamp turning point in the game had been I know whether he was a comedian or not But after thinking a moment Dooley replied think it started turning shortly after the with only a trace of a smile when the game's Most Valuable Player Paul Rogers kicked the first two of his four first quarter field goals to send the Cornhuskers out to a 6 0 lead after less than seven minutes Rogers had to be something of a surprise Although he had a 55 yard field goal against Kansas this season he had been only seven for 23 in the field goal department But he was unerring on this sunny afternoon with a strong breeze blowing at his back in the first quarter never seen anybody kick four field goals in a single game be fore although Tim Davis did it for Alabama against Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl a few years back and certainly never seen four in one quarter before It looked like he would set a record of some sort before the Cornhuskers started going for six pointers instead of three pointers Dooley admitted that the wind was more of a factor than he had figured The Bulldogs won the toss and elected to receive but it seemed that the wind got stronger just as the two teams took the field for the kickoff The Georgia coach agreed that if he it to do over again I'd do it differently because it certainly became a big Not only was Rogers killing the Bulldogs with those three point kicks everytime the Huskers bogged down short of the goal but he also booming his kickoffs 10 yards past the back line of the end zone It was downright discouraging for the Bulldogs starting from the 20 everytime especially facing an overpowering defense One of Most rustrating Afternoons THE BULLDOG defense really didn't play as badly as the final score would indicate Just as in the last four games of the season the defense far outshown the offense The Cornhuskers turned a fumble into their second field goal and Interceptions into their third and fourth tluec pointers They recovered a fumble at the Georgia 42 and drove it in for their first second half TD and later had to go only 31 yards after an Interception for TD No 2 of the second half See DARBY'S COLUMN Page i PHIL SULLIVAN HAS A CORNHUSKER BY THE JERSEY IN SATURDAY'S SUN BOWL GAME Husker Quarterback Van Brownson Rambles for a irst Down Bulldog at Right Is Mayo Tucker used a play that Otis Taylor drew in the Shea Stadium dirt to set up the winning touchdown in the fourth peri od of a game played before 62977 fans in 35 degree tem perature and gusty winds told me he could getfree on our camouflage slot said quarterback Dawson used the sameblay to the other side against inre in rnnninr cuacnn Passing Kansas wson lut uuw sn kuiui 201 yards New York Namath 14 41 164 chiefj aJs() w()n one 34 16) Taylor lined up in the slot between tackle and guard He caught the pass and shook The score was 6 6 when Taylor after diagramming in every phase of the game Those who had described the game between the co cham pions of the Big Eight Conference and the No 7 team from the Southeastern Conference as a hit it about as dead on the head as they could Make no mistake about it this Nebraska football team' Was a great team Coach Vince Dooley was quick to point out this fact in his rather subdued session with the sportswriting gentry after the game In fact the cries of big just outside the ramp which separated the Georgia and Nebraska dressing rooms threatened to drown him out at times played anybody said Dooley who had just' watched an opponent score more points than in anv of uie cames wtnen naa cone nciore nlaved an vbodv better this Dooley frankly admitted fully cognizant of the fact that this included like 72 yard scoring thrust by TT 1 yy fl 1 A Tennessee and Auburn two of the Southeastern conference best teams played some fine teams got a lot of talent and use it he added Compares Huskers With SOMEBODY WANTED to know if Nebraska was the best team one of his Georgia outfits had played during his six years at the Georgia helm he said pondering the question thought Arkansas (which beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl a year ago) was a fine team and Houston was great last Then Dooley went on to say that Nebraska looked a lot like that Houston team which the Bulldogs battled valiantly to a half at least 1 tie 10 10 in Athens last year were big strong and could move just like that Houston were little and could move and they were big and could Dooley added as an afterthought The Georgia coach although well aware of the Cornhus potential from watching them on film admitted sur prise that they scored as much as they did Chiefs Jets 99 177 56 27 0 6 33 63 LEADI R8f farrtt 1IU67 Hayes 1032 New York SoeU 12 CL Malh 1 41 Hecening Kansas vny uayea ro Arbanas 2 39 Taylor 2 7 Holmea 1 29 Richardson New York bauar uanimons turn Panina Kansas City Iawwm 12 27 0 BY PAUL COX TjxVst Hm 1 Till UPPSltV of loi passer will be honored as Southeastern Conference oplio more of the when the Columbus Quarterback Club holds its annual at the Ralston Hotel on Saturday Jan 31 Reaves won the award in a very close vote over teammate Carlos Alvarez who rewrote the record book on pass receiving this season 7" Tommy Casanova two way performer for Louisiana State University was the only other player to receive a first place vote in the balloting while Auburn quarterback Pat Sullivan Vanderbilt quarterback Watson Brown and Tennessee running back Curt Watson also received some support The local Quarterback Club Is the only organization presenting a trophy to the "Sophomore of Ute Year in the SEC Reaves and lorida Coach Ray Graves are expected to be on hand for the Reaves is scheduled to be in Columbus Ohio on Jan 23 to receive a special award for his achievements as a sopho more Taking part in the poll to determine the SEC top sopho more player were David Moffit Southeastern sports editor for United Press International Bill Kastelz sports editor of The lorida Times Union in Jacksonville Bob Roesler sports edi tor of The Times Picayune in New Orleans Alf Van Hoose sports editor of The Birmingham News Raymond Johnson sports editor of The Nashville Tennessean Wayne Thompson sports editor of the Jackson Miss Clarion Ledger and Dean Eagle sports editor of The Louisville Courier Journal Paul Cox sports editor of The Columbus Enquirer served as chairman of the selection committee Reaves led the Southeastern Conference and nation In passing this season completing 222 of 396 attempts for 2896 yards and 24 touchdowns He suffered 19 interceptions includ ing a record shattering nine In a 38 12 loss to Auburn the Ga only setback of the year Reaves eclipsed practically all the SEC passing records his first year as signal caller for the Gator Bowl bound Ga tors His 24 touchdown tosses shattered the league mark of 23 established by Babe Parilll 20 years ago Reaves 6 foot 3 210 pounds made the all conference team his sophomore season and also received some All America support As a freshman at lorida he completed 52 of 116 passes for 771 yards and six touchdowns throwing only two inter ceptions including one that was deflected from the intended receiver He was a Prep All America performer at Robinson High School in Tampa la and Player of the in lorida during the 1967 season Alvarez a Cuban refugee who became a citizen of this country last Monday became the all time pass receiver this season when he grabbed 88 of tosses for 1329 yards and 12 touchdowns He made all conference and also was the only sophomore on the UPI All America team Statistics irM dnu flq Rushink yardage yardaua Return Yardaw Passes Punts umbles bt penalized INDIVIDl AL Rusblng Kansas City defense that smothered Joe Namath The boys played only for a pay in this criss cross semifinal playoff of the American ootball League Hie Chiefs second to Oak land in the West get a shot at Oakland Houston winner Jan 4 and a chance to move into the Super Bowl Jan 11 against the National few AwSjfeT KKV ai 3LEr 4 JwAaOi a i A ba 7 'h el 1 i I KmHU.