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Alabama Wants A Chance At Notre I
By MARTIN LADER
UPI Sports Writer
Alabama, Purdue and Florida
are the final winners of the 1966
college football season, but the
Orange Bowl
Smith-Powered Gators
Pound 27-12
By FRANK EIDGE
United Press International
MIAMI tUPI) —Not many
football players with a moniker
like Smith gain fame but the
sweetest taste from the Orange
Bowl belonged today to lean
Larry Smith who powered the
Florida Gators to a 27-12 upset
over Georgia Tech in the 33rd
renewal of the classic.
Tlie full house crowd of 72,426
came to watch Steve Spurrier,
Florida’s super quarterback,
and Tech’s record runner,
Lenny Snow. The crowd and
Georgia Tech Coach Bobby
Dodd came away singing the
praises of the Gators’ "Stamp
ede” Smith.
“Smith hurt us more than any
one back this year,” declared
Dodd, who carried his Yellow
Jackets into the Orange Bowl
Southern Cal Gamble
Fails In Rose Bowl
By ALEX KAHN
UPI Sports Writer
PASADENA, Calif. (UPI)—
Purdue University had co
captains Bob Griese and George
Catavolos to thank today for a
14-13 victory in the Rose Bowl
against a gambling University
of Southern California team that
went for a two-point conversion
and failed.
Quarterback Griese, in addi
tion to his steady all-around
play, kicked the pair of one
point conversions that gave
Purdue its margin of victory.
Defensive back Catavolos Inter
cepted the attempted two-point
conversion pass attempt by
Trojan quarterback Troy Win
slow that would have won the
game for USC had it succeeded.
Winning Coach Jack Mollen
kopf and loser John McKay
were in agreement, however,
that the gamble was justified.
And neither McKay nor his
players had any regrets over
trying for two points to win
rather than going for a tie.
Successful Debut
Purdue was happy today over
a successful Rose Bowl debut,
regardless of the closeness of
the score.
The Trojans felt their pride
had been restored as they won
the statistical battle, outgaining
Purdue in both passing and
rushing, but losing the score-
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Crimson Tide isn’t ready to quit
yet.
After humiliating Nebraska
34-7 in the Sugar Bowl at New
Orleans Monday to complete a
with a 9-1 record that ranked
them eighth best in the nation.
Enroute to his selection as the
game’s most valuable player,
the super-charged sophomore
ran 23 times for 187 yards,
caught two passes for 28 yards
and broke the game wide open
when he burst through the Tech
line and raced 94 yards for
Florida’s second touchdown. His
TD run and total ground
yardage, were both Orange Bowl
records.
Florida Coach Ray Graves,
one-time Dodd assistant at
Tech, called it “the sweetest
victory of my coaching career.”
Both Dodd and Graves gave
due credit to a surprising Gator
defense which in 10 games had
allowed opponents an average
of mere 13 points.
The Florida defenders inter-
board decision on the two-point
gamble.
“It has always been our
policy to go for the win,”
McKay said. “We weren’t going
for a tie. Nobody in the stands
wanted us to go for a tie.”
Mollenkopf said that in the
same position “I would have
done the same thing. You’v got
to go for two points in a
situation lik that.”
Southern Caliiornia played the
McIntosh-Led
’Dogs Whip
Ole Miss
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI)—Geor
gia guard Dick McIntosh scored
26 points Monday night to lead
the Bulldogs to an 85-78 South
eastern Conference baskeball
win over the Ole Miss Rebels.
Ole Miss grabbed an early
lead, but McIntosh got hot and
scored six consecutive points
late in the first half and gave
the Bulldogs a 35-27 advantage
at halftime.
The, intermission didn’t cool
the Bulldogs and they piled up
a 19-point lead early In the
second half and coasted the
rest of the way.
Rebel forward Ken Turner,
the high point man in the game,
with 32, led an Ole Miss rally
late in the game, but the Reb
els ran out of time before they
could catch up.
Georgia is now 5-3 overall
and 1-1 in the SEC while, Ole
Miss is 2-2 in the SEC and 8-2
overall.
Griffin Native
Officiates In
Orange Bowl
Jack Langford, Jr., a native
of Griffin, was an official in the
Orange Bowl Monday night.
Langford, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Langford, Sr. of Griffin,
was field Judge in the, game. The
Florida Gators defeated the
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets,
27-12.
Jack Langford, Sr. is Griffin
City Manager.
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perfect 11-0 campaign, the
Alabama players holllered for
chance to meet top-ranked
Notre Dame. The Tide was
ranked third in the final
cepted four passes and covered
a Tech fumble. Two of the
interceptions and the fumble
recovery led to touchdowns.
Fullback Graham McKeel,
running as the perfect tandem
when the Tech defenses were
set for Smith, scored two Gator
touchdowns on one-yard plunges
and second string quarterback
Harmon Wages passed five
yards to end Jack Coons with II
seconds of the game remaining
for the fourth Florida score.
Spurrier, the Heisman Trophy
winner, had an off night —for
him —and, Graves revealed
after the game, a sore throwing
arm.
Even so, the Southeastern
Conference’s record passer hit
14 of 30 throws for 160 yards
and handled the punting, twice
kicking Georgia Tech back
inside its seven-yard line.
Boilmakers on even terms In
the first half for a 7-7 tie at the
intermission. Bt a third period
fmble gaave Purdue scoring
position in the third period and
the Boilermakers took advan
tage of it.
Pass Play TD
On the first play after getting
the ball, Griese fired a 39-yard
pass to end Jim Beirne who
caught the, ball on the goal line
and fumbled into the end zone
where Adrian Young recovered.
Pat Cashman’s weak, 23-yard
punt after the Trojans were set
back to their 14 on a holding
penalty again left Purdue in
scoring position. This time
Griese hit halfback Bob Hurst
on consecutive passes of 13 and
14 yards for a first down on the
six and three plays later
fullback Perry Williams scored.
Then Griese kicked the all
important extra point.
The Trojans came back with
a 62-yard drive in the fourth
period that culminated with a
19-yard scoring pass from
Winslow to flanker Rod Sher
man with 2:28 left to play.
That’s when USC made Its
daring two-point gamble and
lost.
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Quarterback Kenny Stabler,
who passed for one Alabama
touchdown and scored another,
summed up the feelings of his
teammates regarding Notre
Dame when he said: “I believe
we would hold our own against
them anytime and if we had a
chance we’d jump at it.”
One Point Win
Purdue squeezed out a 14-13
decision over Southern Caiifor
na in the Rose Bowl at
Pasadena, Calif., when the
Trojans failed on a two-point
conversion attempt in the final
minutes of play and Florida
defeated Georgia Tech 27-12 in
the. Orange Bowl at Miami
Alabama left no doubt it was
out to prove something against
a Nebraska team it had beaten
39-28 in last year’s Orange
Bowl. The, Tide ran up 17 points
in the first period and its 24-0
halftime lead was the biggest
intermission margin in the 33
year history of the Sugar Bowl.
The lefthanded Stabler com
pleted 12 of 18 passes for 218
yards, including a 45-yarder to
Ray Perkins on the first play
from scrimmage to set up a
one-yard scoring plunge by Les
Kelley and another 45-yarder to
Perkins for the final touchdawn.
Garrett Leads KC
To Bowl
By JOE ST. AMANT
LOS ANGELES (UPI) —It
will be homecoming Wednesday
for Mike Garrett as he leads
the Kansas City Chiefs west
ward for their Super Bowl
appearance against the Green
Bay Packers on Jan. 15 in
Memorial Coliseum.
The Chiefs, who won the
American Football League
championship for the first time
Sunday in a 31-7 rout of Buffalo,
will prepare for the Packers in
Long Beach.
Garrett, who ran to fame as
the 1965 Heisman Trophy
winner while at University of
Southern Califfornia, was in
strumental in assuring the
Chiefs a visit to his home town.
In his rookie season, the 5
foot - 9, 195 - pound speedster
gained more than 800 yards and
gave Kansas City a balanced
offensive attack that had been
missing in previous years when
they were picked to win the
AFL title.
It was Garrett, also, who
broke Buffalo’s back Sunday
with two touchdown runs of one
and 18 yards.
Green Bay, which held on to
beat Dallas, 34-27, to again
reign as the National Football
League champion, will pitch its
training camp in Palo Alto,
Calif.
Garrett, who set a national
collegiate career rushing mark
in his three years as a Trojan,
should assure that the Super
Bowl will be a 80,000-seat
in the Coliseum.
Alabama Coach Paul (Bear)
Bryan exulted over the
triumph, proclaiming, “It’s the
greatest football team I’ve ever
been associated with and the
greatest college football team
I’ve ever seen.” ,
Purdue, a neavy pre-game
favorite, emerged a winner in
its first-ever bowl game only
because George Catavolos inter
cepted Southern California’s
pass attempt for a two-point
conversion after Troy Winslow
had thrown a 19-yard scoring
pass to Rod Sherman to bring
the Trojans to a 14-13 deficit.
‘‘We weren’t going for a tie,”
,TJSC Coach John McKay ex
plained later. “Nobody in the
stands wanted us to go for a tie.
It has always been our policy to
go for the win.
Sophomore Larry Smith set
two Orange Bowl records to
carry Florida to victory over
Georgia Tech. The 216-pound
tailback ran 94 yards for a
touchdown in the third period,
the longest run in Orange, Bowl
history, and his total 187 yards
for the evening established
another standard.
Steve Spurrier, Florida’s He.is
man Trophy winner, led the
Gators on two touchdown
drives, both culminated on one-
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yard plunges by fullback
Graham McKeel, and the final
score came on a five-yard pass
from Harmon Wages to Jack
Coons with 11 seconds left in
the game.
Tide Thrashes N ebraska,
In Classic
By KENNETH F. ENGLADE
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) —
With the ring in his ears of
“You are the greatest, Bear”
and “We’re No. 1,” Alabama
Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant
prepared to take his Crimson
Tide, home today after thrashing
Nebraska 34-7 in the Sugar Bowl
Classic.
“It’s the greatest football
team I’ve ever been associated
with and the greatest college
College
Ratings
NEW YORK (UPI) —The
United Press International ma
jor college basketball ratings
with first place votes and won
lost records of games played
through Saturday, Dec. 91, In
Team Points
1. UCLA (33) (8-0) 348
parenthesis:
2. Louisville (2) (11-0) 302
3. North Carolina (9-0) 274
4. New Mexico (9-1) 187
5. Cincinnati (8-1) 101
6. Houston (11-1) 95
7. Texas Western (8-2) 86
8. Providence (9-2) 84
9. Kansas (9-2) 70
10 . Vanderbilt (8-2) 62
Second 10—11. Western Ken
tucky 50; 12. Boston College 37;
13. Bradley 34; 14. St. John’s
15. Michigan State 22; 16.
Seattle 14; 17. Utah State 11; 18
(tie) Daytona and Princeton 10:
20. Florida 9.
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football team I’ve ever seen,”
said Bryant.
Naturally Bryant was elated
with the showing of his smaller
Alabama football team that
took the field outweighed
somewhere around 30 pounds
per man.
With the finesse of a ballet
dancer, Alabama quarterback
Kenny Stabler riddled the
Nebraska secondary. And, when
the, secondary stiffened, he ran
over the beefy Cornhusker line.
Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney
said “Alabama players were 27
points better than us. They beat
us individually; they took our
line apart, and they had plenty
of time to pass.”
Stabler, a southpaw, hit All
America end Ray Perkins on
the first play from scrimmage
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with a 45-yard pass that set up
Alabama’s first score. Les Kelly
carried the ball over from the
one.
From that point on, it was
misery for Devaney and his
Cornhuskers.
It was the second straight
year the Tide has humiliated
the Big Red. The Crimson Tide
rolled over Nebraska 39-28 in
the 1966 Orange Bowl.
Perkins, who was a doubtful
starter at game time due to a
groin injury suffered in a
practice session, caught seven
passes for 178 yards and a
touchdown.
Stabler and his understudy
Wayne Trimble connected on 15
for 26 passes for 279 yards and
each scored a touchdown.