Word: bowle
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...underdog, only one favorite survived: Missouri, which beat Florida in the Sugar Bowl, though hardly in the expected manner. Bored fans were already moving toward the exits as the fourth quarter opened with Missouri leading 20-0. Then they started right back to their seats. Led by Quarterback Steve Spurrier, who completed 27 out of 45 passes for 352 yds., the aroused Gators fought on to score three last-period touchdowns, miss victory by the margin of three bungled conversions...
Embarrassment All Around. That, as it turned out, was just a hint of things to come. The folks who run the Cotton Bowl at Dallas were more than a bit embarrassed when the best team they could find to oppose No. 2-ranked Arkansas, the winningest (22 straight) club in college football, was Louisiana State, which had struggled through a soso, seven-and-three season. Oddsmakers made Arkansas a nine-point favorite. They counted without a pint-sized (5 ft. 9 in., 164 lbs.) tailback from Cut Off, La., named Joe Labruzzo. Twice, deep in Arkansas territory, Labruzzo carried...
...comparison, No. 4-ranked Alabama's victory over unbeaten No. 3-ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl was too much of a massacre to class as an upset. Last season Coach Paul ("Bear") Bryant's Crimson Tide won all ten regular-season games and were voted the nation's No. 1 team-only to lose to Texas in the Orange Bowl. This season the Associated Press shrewdly decided to wait until the bowl-game results were in before issuing its final rankings. With Steve Sloan hitting on 20 out of 29 passes, Alabama coasted...
Some Mismatch. 'Bama got a big assist from U.C.L.A. Going into the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif., unbeaten Michigan State was the No. 1 team-and nobody in his right mind would have given a plugged nickel for the Bruins' chances. Michigan State's overpowering defensive line (244 lbs. per man) had held ten opponents to an average of 45.6 yds. rushing per game; on offense, the Spartans had averaged 32.1 points a game. What's more, they had already beaten the Bruins once 13-3. They were 14½-point favorites, and Los Angeles newspapers...
...lone exception: Dartmouth, which did not play in a bowl...