Word: bowle
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...unsettling enough just meeting those purple elephants on the way to the TV set. For millions of red-eyed U.S. football fans, what happened afterward in the New Year's Day bowl games was far harder on the nerves. In one incredible, irrational day, college football's longest winning streak was snapped, all but one of the remaining undefeated major teams were beaten,* three schools' dreams of winning the national championship were shattered, and the No. 4 team in the nation became the No. 1 team-by beating the No. 3 team...
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFF BOWL (CBS, 1:30 p.m. to conclusion). From Miami. Color...
Last weekend, with five bowl games, a college all-star game and the N.F.L. championship, it was blowing a gale, but the news from CBS is that 1966 will be even bigger. The network's new two-year contract with the league calls for two Saturday-afternoon games (instead of one) and eight Sunday twin bills (instead of five...
...Imagine their surprise when they lost to La Salle 71-69 in the first round and had to settle for fifth place - while St. Joe's was crushing No. 1-ranked Minnesota 91-66 and previously unbeaten Temple 97-65 to win the championship. New Orleans' Sugar Bowl Tournament proved sour for two undefeated teams: Auburn, which lost to Dayton 85-71, and Dayton, which lost to thrice-beaten Maryland...
...Even so, one big battle was still to come over Texas Tech's All-Everything Halfback Donny Anderson, who was drafted last year as a junior by the N.F.L.'s Green Bay Packers and the A.F.L.'s Houston Oilers. Anderson has a date in the Gator Bowl and cannot be bought until Dec. 31. The Packers reportedly are promising him a shot at Paul Hornung's halfback job. Oilers Owner Adams, enraged by the defection of Tommy Nobis, is offering something more substantial. "We are not going to lose Anderson," he vowed last week-and estimates...