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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1995
Page
11
A 49ers receiver caught 12 passes for 153 yards in the 28 27 loss to Atlanta and added a 41 yard TD pass. He set new NFL records for passes caught in a season and career passing yards. See story on this page.
Sunday NFL results including Carolina vs Washington will not appear in today's Aiken Standard due to early Christmas deadlines. Tuesday's edition will cover the Panthers season finale and NFL playoff qualifiers.
On Monday December 25 telecasts include Blue Gray Classic football at 12 pm on WJBF 8:30 pm Kansas versus UCLA football on WJBF 3:90 pm Spurs at Suns basketball on WAGT 6 pm Rockets at Magic football on WAGT 8 pm Cowboys at Cardinals football on WBF. Tuesday December 26 Sabres at Penguins hockey 7:20 pm ESPN 730 pm US vs Canada junior hockey ESPN2 8 pm Bulls at Pacers basketball TNT 8 pm North South All Star Game football SportSouth.
Atlanta shocks San Francisco 49ers 28 27 as backup QB Bobby Hebert throws two TD passes and Jerry Rice sets records with 12 receptions for 153 yards. Morten Andersen nails 52 and 59 yard field goals aiding the Falcons upset bid and boosting their 9 7 record while Rice breaks a 1 848 yard season mark.
UCLA coach Terry Donahue and Kansas coach Glen Mason face farewell games in the Aloha Bowl on Christmas Day 1995. Donahue will join CBS Sports as an analyst after 20 years at UCLA, while Mason departs Kansas after eight seasons to lead Georgia. Both express strong emotion and readiness for new challenges as Hawaii hosts the bowl.
A year in review highlights South Carolina football clinching its first bowl win at the Jan 2 Carquest Bowl, the Panthers entering NFL history by mere presence, Clemson bouncing back to bowls, Steve Taneyhill's scoring streak, Charleston Southern snapping a 19 game skid, Jeff Gordon winning the Southern 500 at Darlington, and ILM Ibrahim ending his 28 year Clemson tenure.
The Carquest Bowl win over West Virginia capped a 103 year postseason drought and was voted 1995s top sports story by AP members. Carolina Panthers and Clemson figures also feature as major items with Taneyhills record run and SCs fall from grace noted. The season included 0-3 SEC start and a blowout loss to Clemson, under Brad Scott, with Taneyhills passing prowess highlighted despite team struggles.
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