Notre Dame Rallies Past Houston In Cotton Bowl Thriller
Notre Dame trailed 34-12 with eight minutes left but a late surge, aided by Joe Montana and Kris Haines, capped by an 8 yard TD pass and last second two point conversion, to defeat Houston 35-34 in the Cotton Bowl. Dallas weather swamped the crowd as 39,500 fans braved a 30 year ice storm and sub zero wind chill.
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Dallas
Dave Huffman
Notre Dame
Irish
Houston
Joe Montana
Kris Haines
Joe Unis
Cougars
Steve Cindy
Dan Devine
Montana
Haines
Bill Yeoman
Mike Calhoun
Steve Heimkreiter
Joe Gramke
Emmett King
Yearly sports preview hints at 1979 high hopes
A playful year end column looks ahead to 1979 with mentions of Alabama, Southern California, Oklahoma and Notre Dame as top football contenders. It notes Ali's retirement talk and grand tennis events while flagging peak moments in hockey, basketball, golf and tennis with named players and teams.
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Alabama
Southern California
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Bjorn Borg
Guillermo Vilas
Madison Square Garden
Jimmy Connors
Muhammad Ali
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dallas Cowboys
Miami
Terry Bradshaw
Pete Rozelle
America
Pete Rose
Phillies
Clearwater
Fla
Pete
Bowie Kuhn
Philadelphia 76Ers
Montreal Canadiens
New York Islanders
Soviet Union
Israel
Taiwan
International Olympic Committee
Moscow
Angola
Jack Nicklaus
Ben Crenshaw
Orlando Cepeda To Be Released From Florida Prison
PONCE Puerto Rico Orlando Cepeda the former major league star serving a five year drug sentence in a Florida prison will be released this month to a private addiction rehab agency in Puerto Rico according to the agency director.
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Ponce
Puerto Rico
Orlando Cepeda
Florida
Five County High Schools Reach Court for Tonight
Five county boys basketball teams take the floor tonight with Langley-Bath-Clearwater at home against Strom Thurmond in a 4-AAA clash at Bath. Branchville visits Jackson, Ridge Spring Monetta hosts Cardinal Newman, and Graniteville travels to Aiken to face St. Angela Academy in a county rival confrontation.
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Langley-Bath-Clearwater
Strom Thurmond
Bath
Branchville
Jackson
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Cardinal Newman
Graniteville
Aiken
St. Angela Academy
Various Bowl Games and Playoffs Across 1970s Football and Hockey
A dense scoreboard listing multiple college bowls including Hall of Fame Bow, Liberty Bow, Tangerine Bow, Peach Bowl, Fiesta Bow, Gator Bow, Sugar Bow, Rose Bow, Orange Bow, and Senior Bow. Also covers NFL playoffs with Divisional, AFC and NFC Championship matchups and the Super Bowl XII setup, plus NHL Campbell and Smythe divisions with recent and upcoming games and standings.
Doctors Prove Preparation H Eases Hemorrhoid Swelling
Health notice claims doctors proved an exclusive formulation reduces inflammation and pain in hemorrhoidal tissues. It states hours of relief, gentle soothing action, and swelling shrinkage without narcotics or stinging astringents. Indicates availability over the counter in ointment and suppository forms.
Woody Hayes survives early 1951s firing threat at Ohio State
In 1951 Woody Hayes narrowly escapes dismissal after a 4 game start as Ohio State coach. Athletic director Dick Larkins proposed replacing Hayes with Ernie Godfrey following a 32 10 loss at Indiana but Godfrey refused to take over. Hayes remained coach for 28 more years until a 17 15 Gator Bowl loss led to his firing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Woody Hayes
Ohio State
Hayes
Big Ten
Clemson
Indiana
Dick Larkins
Ernie Godfrey
Buckeyes
Fritz Howell
Associated Press
Howell
Sarasota
Fla
Woody
Hoosiers
Larkins
Godfrey
Warriors Rally To Top Sonics In Seattle Showdown
Golden State controlled tempo to beat Seattle 110 97 as Phil Smith and Robert Parish led the Warriors. Dennis Johnson and Jack Sikma each had 17 for Seattle who slipped to second in the Pacific behind Phoenix. Parish scored 22 with 15 rebounds while Smith added 24 points after halftime.
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Seattle
Golden State
al Attles
Warriors
Lenny Wilkens
Sonics
National Basketball Association
Phoenix Suns
Phil Smith
Robert Parish
Dennis Johnson
Jack Sikma
Attles
Parish
Smith
Sonic
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21 Club
Nancy Lopez
Vilas
Melbourne
Australia
Tony Roche
Arthur Ashe
John Marks
Ashe
Peter Feig
Marks
John Alexander
Betsy Nagelsen
Chris Matison
Chris O'Neill
Dianne Evers
Brown
Martina Navratilova
Chris Evert
New York Yankees
Bob Lemon
Billy Martin
Martin
Reggie Jackson
Yankees
Sparky Anderson
Larry Holmes
Ali
Holmes
Sahara
Pyramids
Sam
Phoenix
New York
Chicago
Washington
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Denver
Kansas City
Detroit
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Portland
Boston
Birmingham
Ala
Texas A&m
Iowa State
San Diego Navy
Brigham Young
el Paso
Texas
Maryland
Liberty
Memphis
Tenn
Missouri
LSU
Orlando
North Carolina State
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
Purdue
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Tempe
Ariz
UCLA
Arkansas
Montgomery
Gray
Blue
Jacksonville
Stanford
Georgia
Penn State
Pasadena
Calif
Southern Cal
Michigan
Nebraska
Honolulu
Tampa
Mobile
Japan
Tokyo
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New England
Minnesota
GFGA
N.Y Islanders
N.Y Rangers
Philadelphia
Vancouver
St. Louis
Colorado
Toronto
Buffalo
Montreal
New York Rangers
Soviet Wings
St. Lewis
New Jersey
San Antonio
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City
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Saron Baptist Church
Wagener
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
John A. Cofer
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