Word: bowlful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Francisco 49ers, a Cinderella team like Bengals, have never been to the Super Bowl, but they will meet Cincinnati in Pontiac two weeks from now by virtue of their 28-27 squeaker over the Dallas Cowboys yesterday at Candlestick Park. The 49ers clinched victory when they recovered a Danny White fumble with 30 seconds left as the Cowboys were driving to a winning score. Seconds earlier San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana, who three three touchdown passes on the day, had completed a six-yd. TD strike to Dwight Clark to give his team the lead in what had been...
This will mark the first time since 1969 that two teams with no previous experience in the Super Bowl will meet for the NFL Championship...
Unbeaten and untied, Clemson still has not had a perfect season exactly. The Tigers' record was 12-0. They won the Orange Bowl over Nebraska 22-15 New Year's night, and the wire services anointed them champions of all college football. But a National Collegiate Athletic Association probe of Clemson recruiting methods is in progress, so nobody knows whether to cheer just...
Except, of course, for the shouts of triumph coming from the ordinarily quiet community of Clemson in South Carolina, where people paint their faces with orange cat's feet. The Tigers' bowl performance gave them something to meow about, a persuasive blend of competent offense and elegant defense, and Nigerian David Igwebuike kicked in three field goals...
Atchley complained loudly when a report of the investigation was aired Nov. 28 during halftime of the Penn State upset of No. 1 Pitt. He charged that the network was campaigning for Georgia over Clemson in the rankings and for the ABC-televised Georgia-Pitt Sugar Bowl over NBC'S Orange Bowl. Coming from a university president, this seemed a curious approach to a troubling subject. It did not improve anyone's perception of a successful football team's priorities. A few guileless words from Tiger Quarterback Homer Jordan in a magazine interview didn't help...