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No. 1 BUCKEYES WILT IN ROSE BOWL DIi'TROIT FREE PRESS Friday, Jan. 2, '76 l- OJino ainiiiMiecii Joy k3 iLcl Woody Won 9t Talk Gags BlkW rp 1 00 ri ayers. Free Presi Wire Services PASADENA, Calif. UCLA's AU-Ameri-can quarterback John Sciarra threw touchdown passes of 16 and 67 yards to Wally Henry and the Bruins repeated history Thursday by whipping previously unbeaten afid No.

1-ranked Ohio State, 23-10, in the 62d Rose Bowl. Fleet Wendell Tyler completed the second-half UCLA surge by racing 54 yards to a Ihird Bruin touchdown. VOhio State, favored by 15 points, completely dominated the first half but led only 3-6 before Sciarra and the Bruins started then comeback. This marked the fourth straight Rose Bowl appearance for Ohio State but only the first for UCLA since 19B6 when the Bruins upset No. 1-ranked Michigan State, 14-12.

In the season preceding the '66 Rose Bowl, MSU had beaten UCLA and last fall the Buckeyes trounced the Bruins, 41-20. The loss spoiled Woody Hayes' bid for the national championship in the final post-season poll. As a crowd of 105,464 and a national television audience watched, the Buckeyes gained 174 yards in the first half while holding 11th-ranked UCLA to just 48. AFTER THE INTERMISSION, Sciarra marshaled his forces and the count evened at 3-3 on a 34-yard field goal by Brett White with iust 2:44 gone in the third quarter. Next, the Bruins marched 61 yards in six i plays with Sciarra hitting Henry from 16 yards out.

Before the quarter was over the Sciarra-Henry combination struck again this time for 67 yards as the receiver beat defender Craig Cassady. The Buckeyes weren't through, however. They marched back 65 yards in 12 plays with Pete Johnson scoring from the three. White missed his extra point conversion try after the first UCLA touchdown, so when Tom Kkiban successfully booted his, the score stood 16-10. OHIO STATE BIDS for a comeback twice were foiled by intercepted passes, the last one by Barney Person, wro returned 30 yards to the Bruins' 43, and the other by Pat Schmidt, who grabbed the ball at his 35 and returned it four yards.

Tyler scored two plays later, putting the game out of reach. He finished with 172 yards on 21 carries, although Sciarra was named offensive player of the game. Sciarra completed 13 of 19 passes for 212 yards. Five of them went to Henry for 113 yards. Two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin gained 70 yards in the first half but only 23 in the second half.

UCLA's win made it six victories for the Pacific-8 Conference over the Big 10 representative in the past seven Rose Bowls. THE FIRST HALF backed up the odds-makers, as Ohio State was in control but had to settle for the 3-0 lead on Kalban's 42-yard field goal. Although Ohio State ran up 11 first downs to only two by UCLA in the first half, the Buckeyes couldn'te take full advantage of their opportunities. Please turn to Page 4D, Column 8 Free Press Wire Services PASADENA, Calif. It was a bitter loss for the Buckeyes and coach Woody Hayes so bitter that the veteran Ohio State coach took pains to avoid talking about Thursday's 23-10 Rose Bowl defeat at the hands of UCLA.

The crusty Hayes kept the OSU dressing room locked for 45 minutes after the game, then ducked out a side door and onto the team bus without talking to anyone. And he forbade his players to speak to the news media, either. Big Ten commissioner Wayne Duke entered the Bucks' ft dressing room and reported to an aide that Hayes was "very distraught." Duke was reluctant to talk about the game, saying that was "a responsibility of the Ohio State people." Scores of newsmen were left waiting in vain as the 62-year-old curmudgeon did his disappearing act an encore of a performance he has perfected over the years. Ohio State's defensive co-ordinator, George Hill, stopped long enough to offer one comment on UCLA's second-half surge that cost the Buckeyes the national championship. "We just got the hell kicked Coach Dick Vermeil shoulders of victorious UCLA rides high on ooners Mil .,,1,1 a Beat Stake No.

1 U-M, 14-6, Claim to out of us," Hill said, tubbing his forehead. Meanwhile, a deliriously happy coach Dick Vermeil declared "it was a great, great feeling" to watch his Bruins upset the previously unheal en Buckeyes, who had crushed UCLA in October, 41-20. "I think over a 12-game schedule Ohio State is the best team in the nation and we're probably in the top five now." Commenting on critics who said before the game that his Bruins didn't belong on the same field with OSU, Vermeil said: "I'd like to tell them to go to hell." Vermeil said the Bruiiii made some technical changes in their offense at halftime, Some Random Thouahls enwon 171 11 BOWL MIAMI Random thoughts as the hands warm up and the world prepares for the fourth kickoff in the last hours: Ohl no dtatc going more to snort passes We were all told, on good authority (weren't we?) that the and making some changes in Buckeyes could score as much and as often as they liked blocking assignments. arrived seven years ago was a virtual gift, coming on a two-yard Gordon BeH run after linebacker Davi Devich recovered an Oklahoma fumble on the two yard line. That was midway in the fourth quarter and, although the Wolverines were trying desperately to score in the closing seconds, the game had been decided well before then.

It was decided by the Wolverines' inability to trun Okla-h a mistakes into touchdowns, and their inability to complete a pass for the first 59 minutes of the game. Leach, under intolerable pressure from the Oklahoma defense, missed his first 10 Please turn to Page 3D, Col. 4 eyewitnesses and a nationwide television audience. It might have beer- the chicanery of the Sooners' wish-fa offense or the Wolverines' anxiety to prove themselves or the costly loss of quarterback Rick Leach for a big of the game or their inability to put together anything vaguely resembling a passing game. Whatever It was, it was more than the Wolverines could handle.

A razzle-dazzle, 39-yard end-around touchdownrun by split end Billy Brooks and an 11-yard dash by quarterback Steve Davis was all the Sooners needed. Michigan's touchdown averting their first shutout since coach Bo Schembechler BY CURT SYLVESTER Free Pres sports Writer MIAMI Long-suffering Michigan returned to the football bowl games Thursday night the same way it left the wrong way. Playing their first post-season contest since a Rose Bowl loss to Stanford four years ago, the Wolverines lost a test of defensive muscle, 14-6, to powerful Oklahoma now expected to take over the No. 1 spot when the final football ratings are announced Saturday. If there was anything more frustrating for Michigan than its four-year absence from bowls, it was the 60 minutes against Oklahoma on New Year's night, before 80,307 But there was no pep talk.

"I didn't say anything it halftime," Vermeil said. "If the team isn't motivated by just being in the Rose Bowl, some words aren't going to make a difference. AP Photo "We just changed a few offensive technicalities. They had been using a man-to-nian pass defense and bringing safetyman Ray Griffin up to Please turn to Page 2D, Col. 5 Michigan tailback Gordon Bell (3) gets a rugged introduction to the Sooners' Selmon brothers.

Dewey Selmon (91) hits him high and Leroy Selmon (93) gets him low Thursday night. against UCLA. So doesn't it strike you as unusual that they should only want to score a touchdown and a field goal? And doesn't it strike you as unusual that those ragamuffins from UCLA, who lost so convincingly to OSU last fall, should be able to drum the mightiest team in the Big Ten right out of the Rose Bowl and a national i And isn't it amazing the things that can be done with a football when it is thrown instead of transfered hand-to-hand down the field? Almost reminds me of the Jan. 1, 1906, game when UCLA and Gary Beban beat Michigan State's great team, 14-12, after being destroyed by the Spartans earlier in the same season. The favorites Funny some of the things that happen in these bowl games.

As the coaches are quick to tell you, football teams are not the same in December or January as they were in November when they finished the season. Maybe that explains what happened to Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina State and Ohio State. It certainly has made for a miserable holiday season for the chalk bettors. A friend tells me that Arkansas is the only favorite to cover the point spread. And speaking of favorites Ohio State obviously wasn't one of them in the Orange Bowl.

The transistor radio-equipped crowd roared lustily every time UCLA scored in the Rose Bowl. The Polls Okay, here's how it is: No. 1 Arizona Stale (12-0) No. 2 Miami of Ohio (11-1) The Bear Let's hear it for which finally won a bowl game. Bear certainly knows how to pick 'em doesn't he? Wishbone No Longer Magical How Top 20 Fared How the Top Twenty college football teams in United Press International's final regular season poll fared in postseason play: 1 Ohio State (11-1) lost to UCLA, 23-10.

2 Oklahoma (U-l) defeated Michigan, 14-S. 3 Alabama (U-l) defeated Penn State, 13-6. 4 Michigan (8-2-2) lost to Oklahoma, 14-6. 5 Nebraska (10-2) lost to Arizona State, 17-11. 6 Texas A-M (10-2) Inst to Southern Cal, 20-0.

7 Arizona State (12-0) defeated Nebraska, 17-14. 8 Penn State (9-3) lost to Alabama, 13-6. 9 Texas (10-2) defeated Colorado, 38-21. 10 Arkansas (10-2) defeated Georgia, 31-10. 11 Colorado (9-3) lost to Texas, 38-21.

12 Georgia (9-3) lost to Arkansas, 31-10. 13 UCLA (9-2-1) defeated Ohio State, 23-10. 14 Florida (9-3) lost to Maryland, 13-0. 15 Arizona (9-2) did not play. 16 California (8-3) did not play.

17 Notre Dame (8-?) did not play. -(tie) Pittsburgh (8-4) defeated Kansas, 33-19. 19-Kansas (7-5) lost to Pittsburgh, 33-19. (tie) Tulsa (7-4) did not play, (tie) Maryland (9-2-1) defeated Florida, 13-0. (tie) Miami, O.

(11-1) defeated South Carolina 20-7. Razorbacks Bury Georgia DALLAS Arkansas got a gift touchdown to tie Georgia at halftime, then exploded in the fourth quarter to rout the Bulldogs, 31-10, before 74,500 sun-drenched fans in the Cotton Bowl game. Georgia, entering the game as the underdog despite a No. 12 rating to No. 18 for Arkansas, had dominated the first 25 minutes with its ball-control offense and compiled a 10-0 lead.

EVERY LEISURE SUIT IN OUR BOYS STUDENTS SHOPS IS PRICED AT But in quick succession the The wishbone offense Even Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer admits it's getting tougher and tougher to win with the wishbone, as much as he loves it. Obviously Pittsburgh was able to handle Kansas' wishbone and Florida's wishbone was certainly no match for Maryland's defense. "Back In 1970 or '71, people didn't know how to defense it," says Switzer. "But people who have good athletes, play sound football and get their people lined up in the right places can play It now." That doesn't mean the wishbone is dead, though. As long as there are players like Joe Washington, Elvis Peacock and Horace Ivory, it will live at Norman, Okla.

New Year's Day Remember when they played all the big bowl games New Year's afternoon? You'd have to decide between the Cotton, Sugar and Orange then catch the Rose Bowl game ut 4 o'clock. Some Bowl Matchups Mediocre The bonis With the emergence of the Big Ten and the Pac-8 from their Rose Bowl cocoons, the bowls were supposed to blossom with some really terrific matchups. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems that there have been some pretty run-of-the-mill pairings this year. It's hard to get too excited about Florida-Maryland, Arkansas-Georgia even Ohio State-UCLA. Michigan-Oklahoma seems to be the best of the bunch, but the cynics were complaining it might be a dull and boring ground game.

Two bowls made names for themselves though the Liberty (by getting Southern Cal) and the Fiesta (by landing Nebraska). Como to think of it, they have been a couple of the best games, too. Michigan Remember the lust time the Wolverines won in the Rose Bowl. Jan. 1, 1915, cf course.

It was 11 years ago and it was people like Bob Timber-lake and Mel Anthony that did it to Oregon State, 3-1-7, back In the good old days when the Big Ten still dominated. Incidentally, U-M was 4-2 in the bowls before the Orange Bowl. Iowa is 2-0. FOR 5 DAYS ONLY! 1 v. We went through the department and zapped 20 off the price of every leisure suit In stock: famous brand leisure suits, tailored leisure suits, casual leisure suits, the whole thing (The only thing that Isn't marked at a 20 price reduction Is our stock of denim leisure suits which are great values to begin with).

You'll find all kinds of suits and separates but don't wait around. This special 20 off selling Is over on Tuesday, January 7. Bulldogs committed two critical blunders one of them on a trick play allowing the Razorbacks to draw even at halftime. Then Hog quarterback Scott Bull finally hit Freddie Douglas with a 35-yard pass to set up the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth period and trigger the late rout. Arkansas kicker Steve Little kicked a 39-yard field goal after a Georgia fumble with 50 seconds left in the half to make the score 10-3, then the Razorbacks ambushed Georgia's pet play to turn the entire game around.

AFTER THE field goal, Georgia coach Vince Dooley ordered quarterback Ray Goff Please turn to Page 4D, Col. 1 fit A SPECIAL FEATURE OF OUR CLEAN-OUT CLEAN-UP SALE Paul Brown (above) resigned Thursday as coach of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. The story is on Page 3D. i C35 IC3UKL JL MMUItfL MOST HUGHES HATCHER STORES OPEN EVENINGS. MOST HUGHES HATCHER STORES OPEN SUNDAYS".