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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 35847, member: 289"] FIRST ROUND RESULTS (12/8/73) At Tuscaloosa, Alabama: ALABAMA 30 TULANE 6 The game stated out as a battle of field goals with Tulane actually taking a 6-3 lead at one point. But then Alabama took over with a series of long drives. Two of them resulted in short touchdown runs by Wilbur Jackson and Richard Todd. Two produced field goals. But the play of the game was a beautiful 65 yard bomb from Todd to Wayne Wheeler which broke it open. Jackson rushed for 146 yards for the Crimson Tide. At South Bend, Indiana: NOTRE DAME 34 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 17 The Irish broke the game open with four touchdowns in the second quarter, starting with a 35 yard TD pass from flanker Bobby Walls to tight end Dave Casper off an end-around. Wayne Bullock went over from the 2 and Casper caught a 2 yard score. The Wolfpack responded with at 17 yard scoring pass that went from twins Dave Buckey to Don Buckey but Eric Penick returned the kickoff 84 yards for a score to give the Irish a 28-10 halftime lead. After all that the second half was anti-climactic as the teams traded touchdowns with Notre Dame’s extra point being blocked. Notre Dame rushed for 295 yards, Bullock getting 127 and Penick 110. At Columbus, Ohio: OHIO STATE 35 MIAMI (Ohio) 10 Woody Hayes had always refused to schedule the Redskins but how he had to play them. No problem. His defense crushed the Miami attack, holding them to -45 yards rushing and 32 total yards while his offense rushed for 402 yards. The Buckeyes didn’t even complete a pass. Miami actually tied early at 7-7 with a 38 yard interception retransform safety Joe Spicer. Woody decided after that that his team didn’t need to pass. Archie Griffin ran for 179 yards, scoring on a 37 yard run. Fullback Bruce Elia scored on two short runs. And the Buckeyes closed the scoring with an interception return of their own- Neal Colzie taking it in from 47 yards. At Ann Arbor, Michigan: MICHIGAN 24 HOUSTON 17 The Wolverines rolled to a 24-3 halftime lead and held on to beat the unheralded Cougars. Tom Slade, replacing injured quarterback, Dennis Franklin, Threw for one score and ran for two more from short range behind the big Michigan line. In the second half the Cougars got their veer-option attack going and quarterback DC Nobles and running back Reggie Cherry both scored. But it wasn’t enough. At State College, Pennsylvania. : PENN STATE 16 LSU 9 The Tigers outplayed the host Lions for most of the game, outgaining them 274-185 but 72 yard pass from Tom Shuman to Chuck Herd gave the Lions to a 16-7 halftime lead. The only second half score was a safety,. Shuman falling on a fumbled snap in the end zone. Heisman Trophy winner John Cappelletti was held to 50 yards on 26 carried but did have a 1 yard touchdown run in the defensive dual. The LSU Tigers started out 9-0 but lost their last three games to Alabama, Tulane and Penn State. (This game actually took place in the Orange Bowl.) At Los Angeles, California : NEBRASKA 17 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 16 In a battle of the last two national champions, the Nebraska Cornhuskers made it hard for the hometown Southern California Trojans to find the end zone, holding them to three field goals and a single touchdown in a 17-16 win. The Trojans moved up and down the field, gaining 462 yards to 284 for the Huskers. Quarterback David Humm threw a 62 yard touchdown pass to Dave Schamblin to open the scoring and scored himself on a quarterback sneak to give Nebraska a 17-10 lead and the Husker defense held the Trojans to two fourth quarter field goals. Anthony Davis ran for 126 yards for USC and threw a 68 yard TD pass to Shelton Diggs for the Trojans’ only touchdown. At Austin, Texas : TEXAS 28 TEXAS TECH 7 The Longhorns had been the only team to beat the 10-1 Red Raiders, 28-12 in Austin on September 29th. They did it again today, 28-7. Tech scored first, on a 3 yard run by Larry Isaac but they couldn’t get much after that, being held to 208 yards. Texas gained 433 yards including 131 from Roosevelt Leaks who scored three touchdowns. At Los Angeles California: UCLA 42 ARIZONA STATE 21 Down 14-21 in the third quarter, the Bruins scored four unanswered touchdowns to close out the game and the Sun Devils. Mark Harmon directed four long drives, ending with a 4 yard TD run by Kermit Johnson, a one yard plunge by Harmon himself, a 2 yard run by James McAlister and a 47 yard run by back-up Wally Henry. Johnson had also scored on two one yard runs in the first half and wound up with 94 yards in 21 carries. McAllister has 149 yards on 22 carries. The Bruins rushed for 320 yard. Harmon completed 6 of 8 for 129 yards after having his first pass intercepted. Woody Green was held to 74 yards for the Sun Devils, scoring on a one yard run. Danny White threw to Greg Hudson for a score and a two point conversion after State had opened with a pair of field goals White passed for 239 yards. SECOND ROUND RESULTS (12/15/73) At Tuscaloosa Alabama: ALABAMA 28 NEBRASKA 19 Scoring exactly a touchdown in every quarter, Alabama held off Nebraska, 28-19, to advance to the semi finals. Gary Rutledge directed the opening drive, scoring from 7 yards out on the option. Richard Todd came in the second quarter and, with the Cornhuskers concentrating on stopping the option, dropped back to hit Wayne Wheeler with another game-breaking bomb, this time for 79 yards to give the Tide a 14-0 lead. After getting a field goal just before halftime, the Huskers pulled to within 14-10 when Tony Davis scored on a five yard run in the third quarter. But Rutledge responded by hitting George Pugh with a 7 yard pass to make it 21-10. Nebraska kept coming with another field goal and another score by Davis, this time on a 7 yard pass from David Humm. But another pass play failed to convert the two point attempt and Alabama was still ahead, 21-19. Rutledge directed a long fourth quarter drive, ending with a three yard run by Wilbur Jackson, to close out the scoring. At South Bend, Indiana: UCLA 17 NOTRE DAME 13 The Bruins shocked the Irish by running for 317 yards with their wishbone attack and advanced to semi-finals where they will face #1 Alabama. Mark Harmon broke away for a 34 yard score in the first period and then closed a long drive with a three yard run in the second quarter to put the visitors up 14-0 at the half. UCLA thwarted Notre Dame by intercepting Tom Clements twice but the Irish still made a comeback. The teams traded third quarter field goals. Art Best made it 17-10 on a 31 yard burst in the fourth quarter. Bob Thomas kicked a 50 yard field goal but that was as close as the Irish could get. Harmon ran for 117 yards and James McAllister for 120 more. At Columbus, Ohio: OHIO STATE 41 TEXAS 18 The Buckeyes took advantage of five Texas turnovers to crush the Longhorns, rolling to an incredible 38-0 lead. Archie Griffin scored twice and gained 199 yards. Cornelius Green threw for two scores. An attempted comeback featuring three short touchdown runs by Joe Aboussie, mostly against reserves came up well short. At Ann Arbor, Michigan: MICHIGAN 31 PENN STATE 18 All-American defensive tackle Dave Gallaher intercepted a screen pass from Tom Shuman and rambled 31 yards to the end zone in the fourth quarter to clinch a Michigan victory over Penn State. It had been a back-and-forth game for three quarters, with the Wolverines taking a 17-10 lead on an 18 yard run by Chuck Hester and extended it with a 12 yard run by Gordon Bell before Gallagher’s heroics made it 31-10. Shuman passed to Dan Natale for a late score and then to Woody Petchel for a two point conversion but it was too little, too late. John Cappalletti ran for 104 yards and a score and the Nittany Lions actually had a 348-274 edge in yards but it wasn’t enough. SEMI-FINALS (12/22/73) At Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALABAMA 24 UCLA 3 In a battle of wishbone teams, Alabama dominated, perhaps because their defense. which had given up only 120 points in 13 games, was better than UCLA’s, which had surrendered 233 and the Tide had seen the ’bone in practice every day. After a scoreless first quarter, the Tide but a 27 yard field goal by Danny Ridgeway and a 1 yard plunge from Gary Rutledge to take a 10-0 halftime lead. Rutledge hit George Pugh for a 27 yard score in the third period to make it 17-0. After the Bruins got a field goal, Richard Todd found Jerry Brown for a 16 yard scoring pass to close out the scoring and send Alabama into the first ever Division I national championship game. At Columbus, Ohio: OHIO STATE 17 MICHIGAN 9 The Buckeyes and Wolverines couldn’t decide the issue in their regular season finale, a 10-10 tie where Michigan lost their quarterback, Dennis Franklin to a broken collarbone in that game and his absence may have been the difference in this one, as the Wolves could muster only 28 passing yards. They ran for 215, but all they could get was a single touchdown on a 7 yard run by Ed Shuttlesworth. Ohio State already had a 10-0 lead at that point, thanks to a 2 yard run by Archie Griffin and a field goal by Blair Conway. Michigan closed to within 10-9 when a Tom Skladany punt was blocked out the back of the end zone. Champ Henson went over from the 2 in the fourth quarter to close the scoring and send the Buckeyes to the Rose Bowl to play Alabama for the national championship. 　 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - ROSE BOWL (1/1/74) At Pasadena, California : ALABAMA 17 OHIO STATE 12 The Tide jumped out in front of the Buckeyes with a field goal by Danny Ridgeway and a 3 yard TD run by Wilbur Jackson on their first two drives. They then held on as Ohio State dominated the second and third quarters. But ‘Bama held State to two field goals before Cornelius Greene surprised them with a 31 yard pass to wingback Brian Baschnagel. The kick was blocked but the Buckeyes could smell the national title with a 12-10 lead going into the fourth quarter. Then Alabama put together a lengthy drive ending with Richard Todd bulling over the goal line from the one. The kick made it 17-12 and Ohio State was unable to answer before the final gun sounded, ending the titanic struggle. When it was over Woody Hayes, with some reluctance, shook Bear Bryant’s hand at midfield and then ran after a referee to complain about a call. 　 Well, I think that worked pretty well. Again it doesn't "prove" anything. It's just a vision of what a naitonal championship tournament might have looked like. And we know they could do it because they do even larger tournaments in the other divisons in the same time period. When I get around to it, we’ll have a look at what might have happened in 1974. 　 [/QUOTE]

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