Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 118, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 January 1986 — Page 7

Everything right for No.l Sooners

MIAMI (AP) Coach Barry Switzer found it hard to believe that all the pegs fell into the right holes New Year’s Day and made his Oklahoma Sooners a virtual cinch to be voted college football’s national champions. The third-ranked Sooners did their part by beating No. 1 and previously undefeated Penn State 25-10 Wednesday night in the Orange Bowl. But that victory alone might not have been enough for Oklahoma to win the national title had they not gotten some help. And the Sooners got everything they needed. Second-ranked Miami lost 35-7 to No. 8 Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl, eliminating the Hurricanes from contention. And to clear the path of any potential obstacle, fourth-ranked lowa was clobbered 45-28 in the Rose Bowl by UCLA. Oklahoma, 11-1, seemed certain to be voted the best in college football when the final Associated Press poll of the season was announced today at 6:30 p.m. EST. The national title would be the sixth for Oklahoma and would be the third under Switzer, who became head coach in 1973. Oklahoma, which lost to Miami in October, has also apparently lived up to its potential. The Sooners were voted No. 1 in the preseason poll. Since the poll was initiated in 1950, only six teams voted No. 1 in preseason have been on top at the end. Oklahoma had done

Ball comes off bench to lead UCLA

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) As usual, the Pacific-10 Conference champions had a ball against the Big Ten representative in the Rose Bowl game. And UCLA running back Eric Ball was a big reason for it. Ball, a second-string freshman, raced around and through a highly touted lowa defense like it didn’t exist Wednesday as the 13th-ranked Bruins rolled to a surprisingly easy 45-28 victory over the four-th-ranked Hawkeyes in the 72nd Rose Bowl. Actually, when history is considered, perhaps UCLA’s convincing victory before a crowd of 103,292 and a national television audience wasn’t really a surprise. The victory was the fifth in a row in the Rose Bowl by the Pac-10 champion over the Big Ten representative. The West Coast teams have now won 10 of the last 11 Rose Bowls and 15 of the last 17 and hold a

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it three times prior to this season. Switzer said he could not see how anyone but his Sooners would be voted No. 1. “We beat Penn State and Miami lost. We did our part. We’re the only survivor,” he said. “You have to be good and get help from others to win a national championship. You’ve got to survive all that.” Switzer gave the major credit for ending Penn State’s dream of its second national title in four years to the Sooners’ defense. Penn State finished 11-l. Switzer said beating Coach Joe Paterno’s Penn State team wasn’t as easy as the score might indicate. “Penn State played the best against us, no doubt of it. They have a slaughterhouse defense and a strong running game,” he said. Switzer also praised Tim Lashar, who kicked an Orange Bowl-record four field goals. But Lashar wasn’t impressed with his record. “Records are going to be broke sometime, but national championships can never be taken away,” he said. Penn State, a one-touchdown underdog, appeared as if it was going to make fools of the oddsmakers when the game started. The first time the Nittany Lions got the ball, they drove 62 yards on 10 plays with fullback Tim Manoa scoring from the 1 for a 7-0 lead. But then the Sooners’ defense took over and stopped the Lions cold. And in the

21-19 advantage over their midwestem foes. Ball gained 227 yards on 22 carries the second-best rushing performance in Rose Bowl history and scored four touchdowns as the Bruins won their fourth straight New Year’s Day bowl game, three of which were Rose Bowls. “We were awfully good today,” said UCLA Coach Terry Donahue, whose team finished its season with a 9-2-1 record. “It was a great, great day for UCLA.” Indeed, it was. The Bruins rolled up 29 first downs and 488 yards in total offense against an lowa defense that entered the game as the fifth-stingiest in the country. Meanwhile, the Hawkeyes totaled 401 yards ill total offense, but 108 of them came after UCLA had extended its advantage to 38-17 early in the fourth quarter. lowa, losing any chance for its first

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BARRY SWITZER: Has second period, Oklahoma scored 16 straight points to lead at halftime 16-10. In the second half, Lashar kicked a 22yard field goal to make it 19-10, and the Sooners put it away with a 61-yard touchdown run by fullback Lydell Carr with 1:42 to play.

national championship, wound up 10-2. “Well, you just witnessed a complete annihilation of the lowa football team,” lowa Coach Hayden Fry said. “It just wasn’t our day. UCLA was obviously the superior football team. “If they played all season like they played today, they’d be national champions, there’s no doubt in my mind. Michigan was ranked right behind us and we held them to nine first downs and 182 yards of total offense. Michigan, they couldn't hold a light to this bunch.” Ball, a 6-foot, 2150-pounder, scored on runs of 30, 40 and six yards in the first half to help UCLA take a 24-10 advantage at the intermission. His final TD was a 32-yard dash early in the fourth quarter. Ball’s four touchdowns tied a modern Rose Bowl record, figured since 1947, set by Sam Cunningham of Southern Cal in 1973.

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