Playoff Results Highlight Wild Card Upsets and Scores
The Cedar Rapids Gazette November 25 1978 recap lists NFL playoff results with Atlantic teams Atlanta Phillies Philadelphia Houston Miami and division outcomes. It notes Super Bowl XIII matchups and key scorers including Jaworski Bartkowski and Mitchell with final box scores and rushing passing receiving leaders across teams.
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Mitchell
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Rvckman
Jackson
College Basketball Scoreboard From Saturday
Boston Ubeat Fairfield 84 to 76 while UT Jona defeated New Orleans 75 to 52 Pace edged C W Post 88 to 75 St Bonaventure won 86 to 67 over Upsala and Wagner beat Staten Jaane 79 to 67 in AP roundup TH
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Welcome for Osborne Orange Bow in Miami
Queen Barbara Bowers greeted Nebraska coach Tom Osborne as the Huskers landed in Miami ahead of the showdown with Oklahoma on Saturday. The arrival signaled fanfare for the pivotal college football clash between the Huskers and Sooners.
Fox leads Regis past Anamosa in sophomore hoops
ANAMOSA Jeff Fox scored 21 points as Cedar Rapids Regis defeated Anamosa 82 to 56 in a boys sophomore basketball game Saturday. Fox starred for the Royals with the high scoring effort.
Tough man for a tough job: C R's Tom Ecker
Cedar Rapids public schools have the strongest athletic program in Iowa and Tom Ecker leads behind the scenes. A champion sprinter and coach, he began writing in 1960 and has authored ten books on track and football, with Prentice Hall publishing since then. Ecker coached in Kentucky and Western Kentucky, prepared Sweden's track team for 1968 Olympics, and later became Cedar Rapids Coordinator of Athletics, a role he has held for ten years.
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Illini cagers prove they are for real
Illinois, ranked fifteenth, defeated eighth-ranked Syracuse and 17th-ranked Texas A&M 71-57 to win the Kentucky Invitational, improving to 9-0. Derek Holcomb led Illini with 17 points, while Neil Bresnahan earned MVP honors with 28 rebounds and multiple assists.
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Wilkison Captures New South Wales Tennis Title
Tim Wilkison of Shelby North Carolina defeated Australian Kim Warwick in five sets to win the New South Wales Championship on White City. He earned seventy thousand dollars? (Correction: The source states 200,000 prize and 17,000 to Wilkison.) The brutal three hour fifteen minute final was played in heat near 95 degrees with 7,600 fans in attendance.
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Plop or Tok: distinguishing golf shot sounds
AP reports Peter Dobereiner of Golf Digest notes listeners can tell a golfer’s gender from the sound of a shot. He says women’s drives yield a “whooosh plop” while men’s produce a “whizz tok.” He suggests a trick involving a hard boiled egg to imitate a woman’s shot.
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Mackey Dies at 49 In Memph is Hospital
Dick Mackey sports columnist for the Kansas City Times died Sunday morning in a Memphis hospital after a seizure that followed his arrival to cover the Liberty Bowl game between Missouri and Louisiana State.
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Bowling night highlights at Legion and May City lanes
Shaheen Delane scored a 672 to lead Legion Major and capture men’s honors at Legion Lanes while Gwen Sharpe posted a 608 to win women’s honors at the May City Lanes Martin Realtors Classic. Readouts list multiple weekly scores for Legion Lanes Jubilee Lanes and surrounding clubs with top performances and totals.
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N C State rolls to Tangerine Bowl win over Pitt
NC State dominated Pitt 30 17 in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando. Ted Brown rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown and was named MVP after retiring his jersey number 23. Mike Nall contributed with a 66 yard interception return sealing the victory as Pitt was held in check late.
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