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Saturday January 2 1982 11 5 Rozier Jordan Rudy SmithWorld Herald Huskers: Rimington Paid Price for Reputation Please turn to Page 17 Col 5 as Please turn to Page 13 Col 3 Please turn to Page 14 Col 1 CLEMSON NEBRASKA HARRY SAID 1 I 1IIW of tL By Steve Sinclair World Herald Staff Writer Miami The door was open just enough that Nebraska could have possiblyslipped inside It was ajar just enough to cause Clemson more than casual concern that the grasp it seemed to have on its first national championship was slip ping away were trying to make it close" said Clemson Coach Danny ord hardly stand it" But in the end Clemson quar terback Homer Jordan slipped away one final time and the Tigers staked a convincing claim to its first national title with a 22 15 victory over the Cornhuskers in theOrange Bowl Clemson Image Changes very proud of our players not only for the game to night but for the entire said ord this year I think they will refer to us as a basketball The top ranked Tigers are in the Atlantic Coast Conference that is known most for the caliber of basket ball it plays Nebraska was plagued by penalties and mistakes through a trying first half but managed to put toget her one final drive in the fourth quarter that kept the outcome in doubt until the end or the most part the suspense seemed to be gone as the Huskers ended the third quarter trailing 22 7 Game Livened by Huskers But Nebraska livened things up for the 72748 fans by marching 69 yards in eight plays for Roger 26 yard touchdown run and then added ranked Clemson completed a perfect season by beating Nebraska 22 15 in theOrange Bowl Coach Vince Dooley of Georgia called Marino a great great quarterback The tight end (Brown) made a great play and Marino made a great play But I think we can play any better We played our hearts out Swarming Defense Marino completed 26 of 41 passes for 261 yards He brought the Panth ers back in the final four minutes after Georgia had taken a 20 17 ad vantage midway through the final quarter of the game watched by a crowd of 77224 in the Louisiana Su perdome Marino who finished with three touchdown passes in the game hit Brown on a 6 yarder early in the final quarter and connected with All American Julius Dawkins from 30 yards in the third period It was the 11th victory in 12 games for the Panthers who used a swarm ing defense to hold Georgia All Ji 4 An NBC TV announcer Don Criqui said at halftime that Clemson Coach Danny ord had asked the offi cials to keep a close eye on Rimington because he believe the Omaha junior could get off the ball so quickly and handle his blocking assignments without committing a penalty Rimington was asked if he thought his All America and Outland reputa tion made him a target for close scru tinyby theofficials suppose said Rimington part of the game something you have to accept and I i ve Hawks In Rose Bowl Shutout 2 Georgia(10 2)losttoPittsburgh24 20intheSugarBowl 3 Alabama(9 2 1)losttoTexas 14 12 in theCotton Bowl 4 Nebraska (9 3) lost to Clemson 22 1 5 in the Orange Bowl Southern Methodist (1 0 1 on probation did not play in bowl game 5 Texas(10 1 1) beat Alabama 14 12 in theCotton Bowl 6 Penn State (1 0 2) beat Southern Cal 26 1 0 in the iesta Bowl 7 Southern Cal (9 3) lost to Penn State 26 10 in the iesta Bowl Miami la (9 2) on probation did not play in bowl game 8 Pittsburgh (11 1) defeated Georgia 24 20 in the Sugar Bowl 9 NorthCarolina(10 2)defeated Arkansas31 27intheGatorBowl By Steve Pivovar World Herald Staff Writer Pasadena Calif Jacque Robin son spent part of his first season at the University of Washington acting like Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Allen riday afternoon just being Jacque Robinson proved too much for the University of Iowa football team Robinson a freshman who hide his aspirations to follow Allen as a winner of the coveted Heis man award delivered one of the out standing performances of the 68th Rose Bowl game Robinson shredded defense for 142 yards and scored on runs of 1 and 34 yards as Washington ended storybook season with a 28 0 defeat before a crowd of 105611 in the oldest of the postseason football clas sics The game itself was no classic In stead it represented an embarrass ing finish to an otherwise outstanding season for the Hawk eyes who were playing on New Day because they had posted their best campaign in more than two decades The estimated 40000 lowans who so proudly sported the Black and Gold in their travels west might be tempt ed to slip into something less conspic uous for the trip home after the performance which more closely resembled the kind of efforts turned in by the 1971 Hawkeyes (1 10) instead of the 1981 bunch Iowa quarterback Gordy Bohannon fumbled twice and threw two inter ceptions Reserve Pete Gales also contributed an interception to the total of five turnovers The Iowa offense failed time after time to mount a sustained march against Washington The defense the strength and the pride of this Iowa team gave up 186 yards rushing and 142 yards passing to a team that was not considered to be one of the offensive giants of collegi ate football put it to us real good in every phase of the game including said Iowa Coach Hayden ry was very very embarrass ing thought Washington was mag nificent today They make very many mistakes they had an excel lent offense and they just devastated our zone defense We looked like we had blinders on the side of us and see where we were going drive 1 don know wny we lost we just look like the Hawkeyes One of the reasons the Hawkeyes lost was Robinson a 5 11 204 pound ton because they kept he Huskers deep in their own terri to ry you have the Outland Trophy winner no doubt in my mind that the refs are going to watch that Nebraska fullback Phil Bates said Husker offensive tackle Dan Hurley agreed when he said of the SEC officials know where those guys were from but it seems like they always are looking for the big name players like Dave But I guess part of the By Dave Sittier World Herald Staff Writer Miami Did Nebraska All Ameri ca center and Outland Trophy winner Dave Rimington pay a price for his reputation? That was the question many of the Cornhusker players were asking after Rimington was whistled for three penalties in the opening half of the 22 15 loss to Clemson' 'n Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne called the two holding penalties and one clipping penalty against Riming 'f i 5 with 1 felt like I was blocking just like I blocked all season But I don't want to blame it on the officials be cause they are not here to defend Bates echoed the feelings of several Huskers when he said that the penal ties us out of our offense It seemed like the entire first half we had third and 20 or second and 20 We were in a hole all the In addition to the penalties the effort to hand Clemson its New Orleans (AP) Dan Marino saidhe thought threw it too He Instead tight end John Brown raced under it in the end zone for a 33 yard touchdown reception with 35 seconds remaining that gave 10th ranked Pittsburgh a 24 20 victory over No 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl football game riday night Marino named the most valuable player in the game said the play designed to go to Brown that Pitt merely wanted to get first down yardage on the fourth and 5 situa tion never imagined they would Marino said guess they thought we would run Brown said feeling once you realize what you did comes Brown said he saw a swarm teammates heading his way and wanted to run 1 panicked under that pile The Marino Brown combo whichstruck for another score earlier in the final quarter produced the game winning play at the end of an 80 yard Georgia had hoped to use a victory over Pittsburgh to successfully defend its 1980 national champion ship but that went out the window with the Sugar Bowl and would not have mattered anyway since top Michael Kelly Sports Editor SV How the Top 20s ared APUPI 11 Clemson (12 0) defeated Nebraska 22 1 5 in the Orange Bowl 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1210 Washington (10 2) defeated Iowa 28 0 in the Rose Bowl 1311 Iowa (8 4) lost to Washington 28 0 in the Rose Bowl 1412 Brigham Young (1 1 2) defeated Washington St 38 36 in Holiday Bowl1514 Ohio State (9 3) defeated Navy 31 28 in the Liberty Bowl 1613 Michigan (9 3) defeated UCLA 33 1 4 in the Bluebonnet Bowl 17 Arizona State (9 2) on probation did not play in bowl game 1815 Southern Mississippi (9 2 1 lost to issouri 1 9 1 7 in angerine Bowl 1916 UCLA(7 4 1 lost to Michigan 33 1 4 in the Bluebonnet Bowl 2018 Washington State (8 3 1 lost to Brigham Young 38 36 in Holiday Bowl1 7 Arkansas(8 4) lost to North Carolina 31 27 in the Gator Bowl1 9 Houston (7 4 1) lost to Oklahoma 40 14 in the Sun Bowl20 San JoseState(7 3)losttoToledo 27 25 in the California Bowl to the suspense by converting the two point conversion The Huskers were penalized for delay of game after the touchdown but Craig managed to make it the 8 yards needed for the extra point His runs the touchdown and conversion made it 22 15 with 9:15 left in the game That meant Nebraska was within range of victory and a possible du plication of the 1970 Huskers who won the national championship here when Texas and Ohio State fell in bowl games earlier in the day The Huskers needed to score once more and add another two point con version They got two chances but neither were much of a threat Six irst Half Penalties With 7:49 remaining Nebraska got the ball at its own 37 Mike Rozier gained 13 yards on the first carry but it was nullified by a clip The penalty problem was nothing new The Huskers were penalized six times for 54 yards in the first half The penalties were a major reason that the Tigers kept Nebraska pinned in a hole much of the first 30 minutes Another reason was the Tiger de fense It was as good as advertised thought they would play great defensive football and they said Coach Tom Osborne are the best defense faced After the penalty on run the Tigers held and forced a Husker punt Grant Campbell kicked it 60 yards into the end zone and Clemson started the most important pos session it has ever had that produce a touchdown Clemson got the ball with 5:24 re Paws Clemson 6 6 10 Nebraska 7 0 0 Clem Igwebuike 4 1 NU Steels 25 pass from (Seibel kick) Clem Igwebuike 37 Clem Austin 2 run (pass failed) Clem Tuttle 13 pass from (Paulling kick) Clem Igwebuike36 NU Craig 26 run (Craig run) 72748 Passer Rallies Texas in Cotton By Larry Whiteside The Boston Globe Dallas Scratch both Alabama and Texas from the list of contenders for the national football champion ship or three quarters riday they stumbled around like flyweights in stead of two of the heavyweights of "college football But give them credit for putting on a spectacular fourth quarter which ended in a 14 12 Cotton Bowl victory for No 6 Texas when the Longhorns staged the kind of rally of which leg ends are made The victory over the No 3 Crimson Tide was accomplished with the in genuity of freshman quarterback Robert Brewer whose father had Please turn to lage 12 Col 1 Harry Huskers SCOREBOARD Please turntoPagel7 Col 1 Pittsburgh Hero Thought WinningPass Too ar Osborne: NU Let It Get Away Clemson SpoilsNU Dream of 1970 Repeat Miami Tom Osborne was like a mountain climber whose journey fell short He thought he had a foothold and the pinnacle was near But Clemson let Osborne and his Huskers to the top is probably the most disap pointing game ever been asso ciated Osborne said had a chance tonight to possibly win it all It was in our hands and we let it get 22 15 loss to Clemson knocked the Huskers out of a national championship and gave the Tigers their first It was a classic same of field nosi tion with Nebraska always moving Uphill first half possessions ctarfod at itc 9S QI 17 90 90 and 90 On average the Huskers looked at a goal line 79 yards away Clemson meanwhile started an average of 47 yards from the goal in the first half Second half field po siton was about even overall butClemson scored twice: a touchdown on a 75 yard drive and a field goal after returning a punt to the Nebras ka22 Give Up 7 In 12 possessions during the Orange Bowl game riday night Ne braska scored only twice: both on 69 vard drives iJ 1 Jr catching the Tigers until the end If Roger Craig helped revive Nebraska hopes in the last quarter and here is one of the examples The I back glides over Jamie Williams and heads Nebraska had been able to score late for a Tiger trap during a 13 yard gain Craig also scored touchdown in the quarter making the score 22 21 he said he would have bet the national champi onship on a two point conversion But Clemson never gave the Huskers a chance to score again knocking down a desoeration bass at1 the end that set off a celebration ot orange clad Tiger supporters thought that maybe in second half be able to come back A in the last: five or six and Osborne said Nebraska jvas penalized eight' times for 64 yards'and Clemsbn was penalized seven times for 57 yards Osborne said "All America center' 7 Dave Rimington was called for three major penalties in the first half The coach asked the referees for an expla nation' at halftime 'He sbid he was satisfied with the response had five or six major penal ties and certainly at times that was a Osborne said times i Clemson played great He said Clemson won the battle of a the hneformuchof the game the first half they totally domi nated the line of scrimmage and I think be able to do Table Was Set The table had been set on New Day for a repeat of the 1970 na tional championship for Nebraska Alabama and then Georgia lost 5 certainly deserved to win the Osborne said of the Tigers The national championship game pitted two high powered offenses and two tough defenses Osborne said Ne braska solve the problem of Homer Jordan the Clemson quar terback is a great football Osbornesaid I Clemson won the coach said be cause of its kicking game its defense and its quarterback quarterback senior captain Mark Mauer sat quietly on a bench in the locker room There were no tears from Mauer or other play ers but there was little talk think it would have been a differ ent ballgame if we stopped Mauer said His voice was hoarse from trying to shout over the roar of the crowd On some plays he said his teammates hear audibles as he changed plays at the line of scrimmage Mauer said defense put a lot of pressure on him and he indi cated he was disappointed in some of his own plays "I could have had two passes intercepted that were' Huskers rustrated His throwing arm had been sore earlier in the week but he said it a problem arm felt pretty good not going to say my arm was sore I want to make The frustration was evident in the 1 Husker locker room Offensive tackle Dan Hurley said the Huskers had a good season and things just go as hoped not going to hang our heads Osborne who had led his team to within an grasp of the moun taintop stood outside the locker room and told reporters that Clemson is overall the soundest football team in the nation Nebraska he said js close thought we could have played he said thought we were good enough to win it and we 1 KM a Ml wjBHv 1S sRhi Ekn TdREB A liWBSl 1 TsEaaWr HMBkM JmE Rf Clemson NU irst downs 17 13 Rushes yards 52 155 40 193 Passing yards 134 63 Total yards 289 256 Return yards 12 68 Passes 11 22 1 6 17 0 Sacks by 1 12 2 9 Punts 4 46 6 43 umbles lost 3 0 3 2 Penalties yards 7 57 8 64 Time of Possession 32:22 2738.