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...national title had it not succumbed to New Mexico in the season opener--pitted against 8-3 Southern Methodist University. Brigham Young led the nation in offense, directed by the country's passing leader, quarterback Jim McMahon. McMahon's numbers make stat freaks drool--284 for 445, 4571 yds. SMU has improved gradually over the course of the autumn. BYU in a wild...
...Bowl, December 27, at El Paso, Texas: Ole Miss, which finished the regular season at 9-2, meets Big Eight runnerup Nebraska. Whatever happened to Cornhusker running back I. M. Hipp, the rusher with the self-sobriquet? He was replaced by Jarvis Redwine, who churned up 1119 yds. on the ground on a mere 156 attempts. The Husker defense is also tenacious, second in fewest points permitted (8.5 per game). Nebraska in a waltz...
Gator Bowl, December 29, at Jacksonville: Heisman winner George Rogers of 8-3 South Carolina (297 carries, 1781 yds., 14 touchdowns) meets Heisman runnerup Mean Hugh Green of 10-1 Pitt, a stellar defensive lineman. A classic matchup, Lambert Trophy winner Pitt should not be here, but in a major bowl. This is perhaps the second best bowl, behind the Sugar. The Panthers should claw the Gamecocks...
Orange Bowl, January 1, at Miami: 9-2 Oklahoma has piled up more than 360 yds. per game on the ground and notched 80 points against Colorado. But the Sooners also gave up 42 to Chuck Fairbanks' hopeless assemblage. Give an upset to 10-1 Florida State...
...ignominiously--as in negative 11 yards rushing against Yale. But that poor performance only slightly tarnished the record of a consistent and occasionally outstanding rushing team. Fullback Jim Callinan, the talented Ohioan who, when not injured, proved himself to be one the best backs in the league, topped 90 yds. three times this season en route to his team-leading 461 yds. And halfback Tom Beatrice, the backfield's reliable workhorse, had 435 yds. for the season...