Texas Royal Crowned No More After Cotton Bowl Loss
Texas coach Darrell Royal called the 19-3 setback to Nebraska a sound defeat as the Cornhuskers shut down Texas on the ground and at the goal line. Runty replaced Hun at QB, steering two scoring drives, while Nebraska’s Tony Davis ran for 106 yards and Tom Osborne praised a calculated second-half surge.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Darrell Royal
Longhorns
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Storrs
Steve Runty
Ritch Bahe
John Bell
Tony Davis
O J Simpson wins 1973 Jim Thorpe Award
O J Simpson of Buffalo dominates the 1973 NFL season with 2003 rushing yards on 332 carries and 11 games over 100 yards, earning the Jim Thorpe Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player. The report notes his early breakthrough at USC, his 72 season surge, and plans for the award presentation at the Pro Bowl in Kansas City.
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NEA
O.J. Simpson
Buffalo
Jimmy Brown
Steve van Buren
Bronko Nagurski
NFL
Jim Thorpe
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Simpson
O.J
City College of San Francisco
University of Southern California
Buffalo Bills
California
Coldwater Canyon
Dallas
Lou Saban
Bills
John Hade
Los Angeles Rams
Fran Tarkenton
Minnesota Vikings
Larry Brown
Washington Redskins
NBA
Kansas City
Huskers edge Texas in Cotton Bowl turnaround win
Nebraska, trailing in the Big Eight, dethroned Texas 19 3 in the Cotton Bowl as senior QB Steve Runty sparked two third quarter touchdowns after replacing Hamm. Coach Tom Osborne switched to Runty for the second half, shifting to a run oriented attack that produced the decisive scores and capped a dramatic comeback.
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Wade Johnston
Texas
Huskers
Longhorn
Bob Thornton
Mary Akins
Nebraska
Runty
David Hamm
de Runty
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