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In Rose Bowl Michigan State bests Trojans

_ PASADENA, Calif. (AP) Coach George Perles said he hopes his Michigan State Spartans have made Rose Bowl visits a little less scary for Big Ten teams. *’ “I don’t know if we proved anything, but I hope it clears up a lot of anxiety for the people who come out here in the future,” Perles said . Friday after the eighth-ranked Spartans beat No. 16 Southern Cal, 2017, to release the Pacific-l O’s stranglehold on the Rose Bowl. The Spartans’ victory snapped a six-game losing skid by Big Ten champions in the Rose Bowl, and the Pacific-10 representatives had beaten the visitors from the Midwest 12 of the last 13 New Year’s Day meetings in Pasadena. “People talk about the jinx,” Southern Cal Coach Larry Smith said of the Pac-lO’s previous domination, “but maybe now they’ll forget about it and just play the game.” Lorenzo White gained 113 yards on 35 carries and scored twice for the Spartans, and John Langeloh kicked the game-winning field goal with 4:14 remaining. The Trojans, victims of five turnovers in a season-opening 27-13 loss to Michigan State at East Lansing, also had five costly turnovers in the Rose Bowl rematch. Southern Cal quarterback Rodney Peete threw three interceptions and lost a fumble in Friday’s defeat. The lost fumble, coming on the snap from center, was recovered by the Spartans’ Todd Krumm and snuffed a Trojan drive at the Michigan State 23 with 1:33 left Then John Miller’s interception of Peete’s "Hail Mary” pass at the •Michigan State 13-yard line with . three seconds left sealed the victory. The Spartans committed no turnovers. “It was a nervous game,” Perles said. “The thing we did, have done, is not have turnovers.” "I’m disappointed in the way we lost,” Smith said. “We made more mistakes and that’s why they won. “We ended up No. 1 in the nation in turnovers (only 25 total, but 10 in the two games against the Spartans). We don’t turn the ball over normally.” Spartan quarterback Bobby Mc- ■ Allistcr threw just seven passes

Miami topples Oklahoma

MIAMI (AP) No. 2 Miami ended two years of post-season frustration and won college football’s national championship by defeating No. 1 Oklahoma 20-14 Friday night in the Orange Bowl behind Steve Walsh’s two " touchdowns and a dominating “ defense. The win also gave Miami a 12-0 record for the first time in its 62- ‘ year football history and left little doubt that the Hurricanes, the nation’s only unbeaten-untied team, will be crowned national champions for the second time in five years when The Associated Press releases its final poll Sunday. The Sooners finished 11-1 and had the nation’s longest winning streak snapped at 20 games. Greg Cox, Miami’s career scoring leader, sent his long-distance field goal, the first of two, soaring well over the crossbar at 6:08 of the third period for a 10-7 lead. Miami’s defense bottled up the potent Oklahoma attack, which averaged nearly 500 yards per game during the regular season, including 428 on the ground. Walsh, whose 30-yard pass to fullback Melvin Bratton opened the . scoring just 3:28 into the game, added a 23-yard touchdown pass to ; flanker Michael Irvin at 12:23 of ; the third quarter, sealing Miami’s ; third victory over Oklahoma in as many years. ; Cox kicked a 48-yard field goal with 3:41 left in the game to make it 20-7. Oklahoma’s second touchdown came on a trick play known as the “fumblerooski” —a 29-yard run by All-American guard Mark Hutson with 2:05 remaining after center Bob Latham left the ball on the ground. Oklahoma, the nation’s highest scoring team with a 43.5-point average, scored on halfback Anthony Stafford’s one-yard run with nine seconds left in the first half following Miami’s only turnover, a school record-setting ninth interception this season by Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma’s All-American . free safety. Miami, which won its only national title in the 1984 Orange •Bowl, duplicated the feat minus

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LORENZO WHITE: Scored twice for Spartans.

completing four for 128 yards. But he came through at important times including the key play on the drive to Langeloh’s winning field goal. With the game tied 17-17 and the Spartans facing a tliird-and-8 at their own 30, McAllister made a spectacular 36-yard completion to Andre Rison. Forced out of the pocket, McAllister jumped and was sailing out of bounds when he unleashed the key pass. “It was a broken play. It (the completion) was strictly on the ability of Bobby McAllister and Andre Rison,” Pedes said. A 55-yard pass from McAllister to Rison earlier set up the Spartans’ second touchdown. Michigan State, 9-2-1, had not played in a Rose Bowl in 22 years. White carried 35 times for 113 yards and scored on runs of 5 and 3

I It i STEVE WALSH: Time for Miami celebration.

three starters. George Mira Jr. the Hurricanes’ all-time leading tackier and middle linebacker and offensive tackle John O’Neill were suspended by the NCAA for failing drug tests. Matt Patchan, the Hurricanes’ other offensive tackle, is injured. Bernard Clark replaced Mira in the most important position at stopping Oklahoma’s wishbone attack. Cox’s first field goal and Walsh’s second touchdown pass came on Miami’s first two possessions of the third period. The Hurricanes’ defense held

yards as Michigan State took a 14-3 advantage in the second quarter. But Southern Cal came back on a 33-yard touchdown pass from Peete to Ken Henry in the third quarter and a sensational fourth-quarter TD grab by Henry. Henry’s touchdown catch in the back of the end zone and Quin Rodriguez’s extra point kick tied the game 17-17. Henry leaped high and pulled down the 22-yard pass from Peete, barely getting a foot down in the back of the end zone before he was shoved out. The touchdown came after Kevin McLain, who had cost the Trojans a possible three points earlier by hobbling a snap on a field goal try, ran 8 yards on a fake field goal when Southern Cal had fourth-and--4 at the Michigan State 30. Langeloh kicked a 40-yarder earlier in the final period to put Michigan State ahead 17-10.

Oklahoma without a first down on five of its seven second-half possessions. The Sooners only invaded Miami territory twice in the second half. Early in the third quarter, Cox drilled his tie-breaking field goal, which broke the Orange Bowl record of 53 yards by Oklahoma’s Michael Keeling against Florida State in 1981. The Hurricanes, who officially were the “visiting” team in their own stadium, wrapped it up on their next possession with a 12play, 64-yard drive.

Southern Cal drove to the Michigan State 30, but Peete fumbled a snap and Michigan State’s Todd Crumm recovered with 1:33 left. Southern Cal took over again on its own 25 with 31 seconds left after a punt, but after two incomplete passes Ly Peete, Miller got his second interception of the game, allowing the Spartans to run out the final three seconds. In a game that was similar to the Michigan State-Southern Cal season opener, Spartan linebacker Percy Snow had 17 tackles in the Rose Bowl as MSU’s defense forced five Trojan turnovers. Peete, victimized for two interceptions and a lost fumble when Southern Cal lost at Michigan State, threw three interceptions in the Rose Bowl and lost the critical fumble in the closing moments. Peete completed 22 of 41 for 249 yards in the Rose Bowl, while Michigan State quarterback Bobby McAllister was just four of seven for 128 yards. McAllister, however, was not intercepted and the Spartans had no turnovers. And he set up their second touchdown with his only completion of the first half, a 55-yard pass to Rison, then put the Spartans in position for the game-winning field goal with the another long pass to Rison. White gained 89 yards on 24 carries in the first half and, on Michigan State’s first touchdown drive, he carried 10 times for 51 yards. Southern Cal scored on its second series of the game, marching 52 yards before Peete threw three consecutive incompletions and the Trojans settled for Rodriguez’s 34 yard field goal midway through the first quarter. The Spartans came up with a pair of interceptions in their own territory to keep the Trojans out of scoring range in the second period. Miller picked off a Peete throw at the Michigan State 24 on the first play of the quarter, then Kurt Larson intercepted another errant Peete throw at the Spartan 25 with five minutes left in the half. The last previous time a Big Ten team won the Rose Bowl was in 1981, when Michigan downed Washington, 23-6.

Brick or heavy metal? INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The match-up may not take place, but the mayors of Cleveland and Indianapolis have made a bet on the outcome of the possible AFC playoff game between teams representing their cities. If Houston defeats Seattle in Sunday’s AFC wild card playoff game, the Colts would travel to face the Cleveland Browns in the conference’s semifinal. Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut says he’s bet a brick from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway that Indianapolis will defeat the Browns. Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich is wagering a pail of iron ore from one of Cleveland’s steel mills. The Colts defeated the Browns, 9-7 on Dec. 6 enroute to winning the AFC East title. The Browns finished first in the AFC Central Division. “I said we are looking forward to beating them again. I wanted them to put up $1 million against our speedway brick, but they settled for the pail or iron we,” Hudnut said.

Florida State winner of Fiesta Bowl TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden says victory over Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl came with a little good fortune. “We were lucky to win the ball game,” Bowden said after the third-ranked Seminoles held off the fifth-ranked Comhuskers, 31-28, in the Fiesta Bowl Friday. “Nebraska was down to our 2yard line and ready to score late in the game, then they fumbled on our 2,” Bowden said. FSU quarterback Danny McManus rewrote the Fiesta Bowl record book with 51 attempts, 375 yards passing and a record-tying three TD passes.

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Mora selected as Coach of the Year

NEW YORK (AP) Jim Mora, who coached the New Orleans Saints to their first winning season and first playoff berth ever, was named Thursday the NFL Coach of the Year by The Associated Press. Mora, whose Saints finished 123 for the second-best record in the league, was a run-away winner in the voting by three sports writers and sports casters representing each of the 28 NFL teams. He got 76 of the 84 votes. Bill Walsh of San Francisco got four votes, Ron Meyer of Indianapolis got three and Marv Levy of Buffalo with one got the other votes. Mora, who won two of the USFL’s three championships as coach of the Philadelphia-Bal-timore Stars, took over the Saints last year after having his choice of all four head coaching positions vacant that year. He chose New Orleans largely because of its new general manager, Jim Finks. After going 7-9 last season, New Orleans won its last nine regularseason games this year, and will play host to the NFC wild-card game Sunday. The Saints would have won any other division in the league with their record, but had the misfortune of playing in the NFC West, where San Francisco finished with an NFL-best mark of 13-2. Mora earned the reputation as a no-nonsense coach in the USFL and he kept it with New Orleans. “Coach Mora lays down the rules and they’re the same way for everybody,” backup quarterback Dave Wilson said. “There are no favorites at all.” He also runs a no-nonsense team, based on a strong defense and a running attack keyed to secondyear man Ruebcn Mayes. The no-nonsense approach even runs to Mora. He was embarrassed earlier this year by a newspaper article in which a historian compared him with great American generals and concluded that he most resembled Dwight Eisenhower because of his ability to bring people together. Football people have compared him more to Don Shula of the

Texas A&M routs Notre Dame, 35-10

DALLAS (AP) The 52nd Cotton Bowl will be remembered for the second great tackling incident in the game’s history as much as it will be for Texas A&M’s 35-10 rout of Notre Dame. In 1954, Rice’s Dicky Maegle was tackled by Alabama’s Tommy Lewis. Lewis, however, was standing on the sidelines at the time and Maegle was awarded a touchdown. On Friday, Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown’s tackle of an A&M “12th-Man” kickoff team member wasn’t as costly but it was more embarrassing because of the way it happened. The Aggies’ “12th-Man” team consists of non-scholarship players from the student body. The 13th-ranked Aggies’ Bucky Richardson scored two touchdowns as the Aggies won the first meeting in history between the two schools. But the Brown incident overshadowed the defeat of the 12thranked Irish, 8-4. With A&M leading 28-10 midway through the fourth quarter, Brown was tackled on a kickoff. He gave hot pursuit to the offending Aggie and downed him near the Texas A&M bench, almost triggering a brawl. Then Brown, who played high school football only 15 miles away at Dallas Woodrow Wilson and had never been in a game at the Cotton Bowl, was escorted from the field. Referee Dick Burleson of the Southeastern Conference said Brown wasn’t ejected because he was provoked. It was a sad exit from the Cotton Bowl and college football for Brown. Brown caught a 17-yard scoring pass from Terry Andrysiak in the first period and the Irish built a 10-

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JIM MORA New Orleans coach Miami Dolphins and Bill Parcells, who coached the New York Giants to a Super Bowl victory last year. Each is a hard worker with a bluecollar image. “He’s just a damned good person who happens to be a football coach,” Finks said. “He’s organized, he’s consistent, he’s intelligent. I see both sides. I see the way he responds to the media and I see the ‘real’ Jim Mora. What you see is what you get He’s the same man. He’s consistent. He doesn’t operate with two sets of rules but that doesn’t mean he’s inflexible.” Mora himself is more modest “It’s a reflection of the organization,” he said. “No one person does something like that. Good players, good assistant coaches, a good organization, help from a lot of people. “I work hard at getting good people around me. I think that’s the most important thing you can do.” AP also announced that Philadelphia defensive end Reggie White was chosen as its Defensive Player of the Year. White a 290-pound part-time Baptist minister received 63 votes and was the overwhelming favorite. He recorded 22 quarterback sacks this season in 12 games, one shy of the NFL record which was set by the Jets’ Mark Gastencau in a 16-game season.

3 lead before Alex Morris intercepted a pass in A&M’s end zone to trigger the Aggie comeback. Freshman halfback Darren Lewis threw a 24-yard scoring pass and after a Notre Dame fumble, the Aggies scored again on Larry Horton’s 2-yard run. A&M put the game away in the second half with two touchdown runs. Brown had 238 yards in all-pur-pose yardage, including six catches for 105 yards. All the receiving yardage was in the first half and Brown became frustrated by the swarming A&M defense. “A&M has a very good team,” Brown said. “I’m just sorry our season had to end this way.” Brown received a 15-yard penalty for tackling Texas A&M “12th Man” member Warren Barhorst. “I was told by the official covering the play that an A&M player (Barhorst) apparently wanted a souvenir and took Brown’s towel on the tackle,” Burleson said. “Brown evidently didn’t like it and proceeded to tackle the A&M player from behind. “We penalized the foul as a dead ball personal foul, a 15-yard penalty. It was not a disqualifying foul.” Brown said the Aggie players had plotted the theft of the towel on the sidelines. “One of them held me down while the other one stole the towel and started running away,” Brown said. “It was a gift from my teammate’s girlfriend.” “1 was just trying to get the towel back. I just grabbed him and we ended up on the ground. I didn’t intend to tackle him, but when I grabbed him that’s what happened.”

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