Missouri Stuns Alabama In season opener at Birmingham
Missouri defeated Alabama 20 to 7 in a national TV night game before 63,000, snapping Alabama’s 22 game regular season win streak. Alabama’s Wishbone offense was held to 31 rushing yards as Missouri’s defense dominated early in the season clash.
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Missouri Upsets Alabama In Birmingham Showdown
Missouri throttled Alabama 20 to 7 in a dominant defensive display and steady ground attack. The Tigers outrushed the Tide 206 yards to 31 and controlled the line, marking another upset in Missouri coach Don Read Onofrio's four year stretch featuring Notre Dame, Colorado, Nebraska, Baylor and Arizona State triumphs.
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Dowling Leads AP Prep Top Ten In Iowa High School Football
West Des Moines Dowling tops the first AP poll with 183 points and 11 first place votes. Sioux City East and Cedar Rapids Jefferson also place in the top trio, while Davenport West and Cedar Rapids Regis are among others in the top ten.
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Hayes Refuses To Comment On MSU Recruiting Claims
Woody Hayes dodges questions about Michigan State recruitment allegations as Ohio State prepares for a key Big Ten opener. NCAA director Walt Byers says OSU did not bring the case, while MSU defends its position and honors a request for silence on the investigation.
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Great Plains show sale gathers sports memorabilia in Clive
The Great Plains Sports Collectors Association hosts a three day event in Clive featuring old cards and memorabilia. Highlights include a 1910 Honus Wagner card potentially worth 1300 and Topps Chewing Gum 1951 cards at about ten dollars. Hall of Famers Cool Papa Bell Johnny Mize Ken Keltner and Hal Trosky will attend as guests with seminars auctions and displays. Collectors from across the nation attend to buy sell and trade baseball cards autographs uniforms and related publications. John Douglas president of the group notes Trosky Keltner and Bell will appear Friday and Saturday with Mize and Bell on Sunday afternoon.
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Bear Bryant and the 48-man travel squad ruling
An Alabama context comments on Judge Sam Pointer ruling the NCAA cannot cap football traveling squads at 48. The column critiques the decision as favorable to Alabama rivals and notes past court reversals, timing, and political influence alongside unrelated golf and pheasant-hunting notes.
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Akron makes history with first female football official
Sandra Hoak, an English major and sixth grade outdoor education teacher, became the state’s only female football official after completing an 11 week course in 1973. In the Northern Ohio Football League she works with male referees, facing occasional hostile comments but overall support from players and fans.
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