Packers Triumph In Snow Clad NFL Title Defense
Green Bay defeats Cleveland 23 12 at Lambeau Field to claim the NFL championship as Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung power the run game behind Vince Lombardi. Starr connects for a 47 yard TD pass and Chandler adds three field goals in a win that seals the Packers ninth league crown despite brutal weather and heavy rookies on the horizon.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Green Bay, Wis
Jim Taylor
Paul Hornung
Green Bay Packers
Donny Anderson
Jim Grabowski
Packers
Cleveland
Lambeau Field
Taylor
Hornung
Green Bay
Golden Bay
Vince Lombardi
Browns
Lombardi
Jimmy
Paul
Anderson
Texas Tech
Grabowski
Illinois
Donny
Baltimore
Honolulu
Bart Starr
Carroll Dale
Starr
Packerland
Dale
Frank
Ryan
Gary Collins
John Morrow
Bob Franklin
Low Groza
Groza
Wills
Don Chandler
Wood
Wall Beach
Jim Brown
Ray Nitschke
Brown
Henry Jordan
Nitschke
Chandler
Jerry Kramer
Chicago Bears
NFL
Tide Loses To Nebraska In Fishing Orange Bowl
In Miami Alabama won the Orange Bowl football game while Nebraska anglers dominated the fishing contest. Dick Beechner’s 43-pound Wa hoo earned him the top prize and recording trophy. Janik became the first Orange Bowl football player to land a sailfish. Ed Propst and Harald Moore also contributed winning catches for Alabama.
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Miami. Fla
Alabama
Nebraska
Crimson
Dick Beechner
Miami
Lynn Senkbeil
Mike Kennedy
Roger’ Kudina
Lén
Janik
College hoops weekend wrap and next week schedule
Lane split two games Mississippi and Mississippi State each lost two and Vanderbilt dropped its first loss in the Los Angeles Classic. Tennessee went 1 1 in Hawaii Classic. Week plan includes Alabama Florida and more with several cross state matchups plus Vanderbilt at Georgia and Kentucky at Florida on Saturday.
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Lane
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Vanderbilt
Tenessee
Alabama
Florida
Auburn
Florida State
Georgia
St. Louis
Kentucky
Louisiana State
Tulane
Furman
Bowl Upsets Shake New Year Contests
UCLA quarterback Gary Beban led a 14-12 upset over top-ranked Michigan State in the Rose Bowl with standout defense from Bob Stiles and two Beban TDs. LSU, led by LaBruzzo, beat Arkansas 14-7 in the Cotton Bowl ending the Razorbacks 22-game win streak. Steve Sloan powered Alabama to a 39-28 Orange Bowl win over Nebraska with 296 passing yards and two TDs, setting records for the Orange Bowl. Missouri rallied to 20-18 over Florida in the Sugar Bowl as Spurrier threw for two TDs in a late surge.
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Jim Hackleman
Associated Press
Gary Beban
Bob Stiles
Joe LaBruzzo
Steve Sloan
UCLA
Louisiana State
Alabama
Michigan State
LaBruzza
LSU
Arkansas
Razorbacks
Sloan
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Missouri
Steve Spurrier
Florida
Sugar
New Orleans
Beban
Bruins
Stiles
Bob Apisa
Spartans
Kurt Zimmerman
L.S.A
Dallas
LaBruzzo
Tigers
Bama
Miami
Ray Perkins
Crimson Tide
SEC Play Opens With Georgia and Vanderbilt Leading
Georgia and Vanderbilt share the SEC lead as the league resumes with four games on Tuesday. Georgia faces Florida State while Vanderbilt hosts Tulane, and Alabama visits Florida among other matchups. Kentucky makes its SEC debut at Florida Saturday, with several teams looking to improve after the holiday schedule.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Bulldogs
Commodores
Athens
Vandy
Tulane
Florida State
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi State
Auburn
Louisiana State
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Wildcats
St. Louis
TVC Classic Opens With TVC Tournament in Athens
Tonight at the Athens College Gym the TVC high school basketball tourney starts with Huntsville vs Sheffield at 6. Athens meets Jasper at 7 30 and Huntsville’s Robert E Lee faces Russellville at 9.
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Athens
Tennessee Valley Conference
TVC
Athens College
Huntsville
Sheffield
Jasper
Robert E. Lee
Russellville
Muscle Shoals
Hartselle
Butler Rebels
Florence
Coffee High
Decatur Red Raiders
Moulton Lawrence County High
Butler
Decatur
Huntsville-Sheffield
Deshler
Lee-Russellville
Muscle Shoals-Hartselle
NFL wins draft showdown 38 to 11 over AFL
The NFL captured 38 of 43 first round and top draft eligibles while the AFL claimed 11 of 23 in the three rounds. Notable signings included Donny Anderson and Harold Lucas for the NFL, and Mike Garrett for the AFL. Oilers pursued a four-tackle package worth over a million dollars.
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Mike Rathet
Associated Press
NFL
AFL
Donny Anderson
Johnny Roland
Harold Lucas
Francis ‘Peay
Houston Oilers
Glen Ray Hines
George Rice
Dave McCormick
Kansas City
Mike Garrett
Packer
New York Giants
Nebraska
Freeman White
Lucas
Missouri
Butch Allison
Baltimore
Arkansas
Jim Lindsay
Minnesota
Florida
Larry Gagner
Pittsburgh
Walter Barnes
Washington
Anderson
Roland
Peay
Allison
Lindsey
Gagner
Barnes
Oilers
Hines
Jim Williams
Rice
McCormick
LSU
Adams
Bowman Inks With Giants After Orange Bowl Win
Alabama fullback Steve Bowman signed a pro contract with the New York Giants for about 35 000 dollars. The Pascagoula Mississippi star led the SEC in rushing and helped Alabama beat Nebraska 39 28 in the Orange Bowl. Giants scout Peahead Walker made the deal. Bowman is the first Tide player to sign.
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Miami
Fla
Alabama Crimson _Tide
Steve
Bowman
New York Giants
Bruiser
Pascagoula
Miss
Bonas
Alabama
Nebraska
Peahead Walker
Tommy Tolleson
Falkerback
Steve Sloan
AFL
New York Jets
Joe Namath
David Ray
Bear Bryant
College and Pro Prospects Start to Take Shape Across Leagues
The unsigned list spans multiple teams including Atlanta Florida end Charles Casey and Arkansas guard Mike Bender, with players from Green Bay Texas Tech Donny Anderson and Nebraska end Tony Jeter. Others cover Missouri quarterback Gary Lane, Alabama fullback Steve Bowman, and Missouri halfbacks Johnny Roland and Terry Haddock.
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Atlanta
Charles Casey
Florida
Mike Bender
Arkansas
Baltimore
Butch Allison
Missouri
Barry Brown
Tommy Bleik
Georgia Tech
Cleveland
Gary Lane
Green Bay
Donny Anderson
Texas
Tech
Tony Jeter
Nebraska
Minnesota
Jim Lindsey
New York
Francis
Alabama
Pittsburgh
Larry Gagner
St. Louis
Harold Lucas
Michigan State
Terry Haddock
Johnny, Roland
Washington
Hal Seymour
Walt Barnes
John Strohmeyer
American Football League
Buffalo
Bobby Burnett
Bobby Crockett
Houston
George Rice
LSU
Glen Ray Hines
Dave McCormick
Jim Williams
Alhan—Trammel
John Carrell
Kansas City
Mike Garrett
Southern California
Miami
Jack Harper
News Quiz Answers From January 3 1966
A compact listing of the day’s quiz answers broken into Part I II and III plus a symbol quiz. It identifies the multiple choice letters for each item in a brief archive style record.
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Yan
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