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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1968

Page

8

Southern Cal Holds Top spot in AP Football Poll

The Associated Press poll shows Southern California at number one with 24 first place votes. Ohio State and Kansas follow as top challengers while Notre Dame drops from the top ten after a 4-2 start. Michigan State upset Notre Dame 21-17 and Penn State and Army set up Eastern power battles.

Associated Press State Kansas Penn South California Cal Trojans Oregon Ducks O.J. Simpson & Co Ohio State Buckeyes Penn State Michigan State Spartans Notre Dame Fighting Irish Colorado California Illinois Jayhawks Iowa State Nittany Lions Boston College Calif Penn St Tennessee Purdue Georgia Michigan Missouri Texas Methodist Louisiana State Houston Arkansas Florida State Ohio U Florida Georgia Tech Duke Harvard Pennsylvania Idaho Weber Indiana Wisconsin Kentucky Louisville West Virginia Kent State Tulsa Memphis State Miami Fla Toledo Pittsburgh Ohio Northwestern Minnesota L.S.A Iowa Mississippi Skaheme State Nebraska North Carolina North Texas Clemson Cincinnati Western Michigan Oklahoma Kansas State Offic San Jose Army Princeton Brown Illnois Richmond V.M Southern Cal Southern Mississippi Louisiana Tech Stanford Oregon State Syracuse Holy Cross U.C.L.A S.M.U Baylor Texas Tech Rice Vanderbilt Tulane Villanova William & Mary Virginia South Carolina Wake Forest Maryland West Texas New Mexico State Wyoming Colorado State Yale Dartmouth SOUTH S’west Tarleton Angelo State Appalachian Arkansas State Wofford Lamar Tech Arkansas Tech Southern State Austin Peay Findlay Chattanooga Tennessee Tech Delta State Livingston East Tennessee Quantico Marines East Texas Howard Payne Eastern Kentucky Murra Emory & Henry Hampden-Sydney Glenville West Va. State Guilford Newberry Lenoir-Rhyne Carson-Newman Martin Middle Tennessee McNeese Re Millsaps Maryville Louisiana SW Louisiana Ouachita Austin Presbyterian Catawba Randolph-Macon Western Maryland SF Austin Sam Houston Salem Concord Samford Florence Southwest Texas McMur' Tampa Northern Michigan Exas A Sul Ross Nine Western Carolina Western Kentucky Morehead Wheaton Georgetown Mich Alabama Auburn East Albright Moravian Allegheny Iherst Case Tech Rates Tufts Bucknell Maine Bowdoin CW Post Central Connecticut Connecticut Clarion Cortland Delaware Valley Ursinus Glassboro Grove City Hobart Frostburg Indiana State California State Ithaca Bridgeport Lafayette Gettysburg Lock Haven Slippery Rock Massachusetts Vermont Middleburg Norwich Muhlenberg Swarthmore New Hampshire Rhode Island Rochester St. Lawrence Springfield Wagner Trenton Montclair Upsala Lycoming Waynesburg Westminster West Chester Mansfield Williams Union Worcester Tech RPI Midwest Anderson Franklin Arkansas State Coll Cameron Ashland Augustana Ill North Park Bethany Baldwin-Wallace Ohio Wesleyan W.va John Carroll Bluffton Northern Central Methodist Eureka Western Illinois Coe Defiance Knox DePauw Central State Deane Utler i Duluth Nebraska Wesleyan E. Central St. John's Northeastern Ellendale Eastern Michigan Elmhurst North Central Evansville Ferris St. Joseph's Hastings Michigan Tech Heidelberg Otterbein Henderson Ball State Kansas Wesleyan Sterling Macalester St. Thomas Muskingum Denison Rolla Olivet Adrian St. Olaf Cornell Missouri Southern Illinois Youngstown Southwestern Kan Bethel Southwestern Tenn Principia Wabash Washington Wit Pacific Redlands Claremont Sacramento Hico San Diego State Fresno State San Fernando Portland San Francisco State Davis Santa Barbara Santa Clara

Tough Alabama State Clash Burdening for Bulldogs

In Tuscaloosa the Alabama Mississippi State rivalry remains grim for both sides. State’s season shows progress only against Florida, while Alabama’s 1961 24 0 and 1963 20 19 wins frame a history of tight battles. The current year ends with State faltering and no late comeback against strong rivals.

Tuscaloosa Bulldog Crimson Tide Tide State Alabama Paul Bryant Bama Bulldogs Florida

Scott Shining In Winter Baseball For Santurce

Boston Red Sox outfielder George Scott shows improved power in the Puerto Rican Winter Baseball League with Santurce, belting two homers and driving in eight runs over nine games after a batting slump.

Boston Boston Red Sox George Scott Red Sox Scott Santurce

Pro Leagues Set Meetings in Palm Springs

The American and National Football Leagues will hold their annual meetings in Palm Springs California starting Monday March 17. Joint and separate sessions are expected to last five days.

Palm Springs Calif

Packers Top Cowboys 28-17 In Week Night Showdown

Green Bay overcame early reversals to beat Dallas 28-17 on national TV. Bart Starr threw four TD passes for the Packers tying Detroit in the Central Division at 3-3-1 while Dallas fell to 6-1.

Dim Starr Green Bay Bart Starr Dallas Bob Lilly NFL Denne H. Freeman Associated Press Dallas Cowboys Vince Lombardi Packers Detroit Lombardi Tom Landry Starr Los Angeles Packer Phil Bengtson Qvér Ione Landry Baynham Cowboys Ray Nitschke Dowler New York

State leading in latest SEC passing stats

Mississippi State tops SEC in passing offense at 208.7 yards per game. Georgia second with 188.5. Florida leads pass defense at 99.8 yards allowed, Alabama second at 135. Georgia defeats Kentucky 35 to 14, Tennessee moves from scoring leader. Alabama remains top in total defense. Auburn tops rushing defense. Georgia leads total offense and rushing offense with 392.7 and 204.2 yards per game respectively.

Birmingham Ala Mississippi State University Bulldogs SEC A. M Tonto’ Coleman Georgia Florida Gators Alabama Kentucky Tennessee Auburn Miami Vols Crimson Tide

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