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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1971

Page

19

Unitas-Led Colts Rally In Super Bowl Round

Blanda came on for LaMonica after a pulled thigh as the Colts built a 10-3 halftime lead on runs and a field goal. He connected on two touchdown passes, 38 yards to Bilentnikoff and 15 yards to Warren Wells, but the crowd of 3,500 expected a different outcome.

Page One Fred Bilentnikoff Warren Wells Blanda Colts O'Brien Bulak Lamonica McCafferty Batt Perkins Mel Cafferty Billy Ray Smith Kansas City Dick Bilsky Baltimore Cincinnati Bengals Gino Marchetti Tom Nowatzke Gus Otto Ben Davidson Davidson MeCafferty John Bubba Smith Raiders Biletnikoff Ron Hilton Unitas Eddie Hinton Oakland O’brien Hinton Roy Jefferson Bulaich TCU Ray Chester Wells Colt Nemiah Wilson Wilson Cincinnati New York Jets Green Bay

Colts Rally Past Raiders in Playoff Thriller

Baltimore defeats Oakland 24 20 in a dramatic AFC playoff game. Unitas led a late drive with Perkins sealing the win on a 45 yardistreat score after a long series, while Bulaich and Nowatzke contributed key rushing plays. Blanda passed for 271 yards and tied the game earlier with a Raiders drive before Baltimore answered with a decisive finish.

Oakland Dixon Smith Hubbard Baltimore Bulaich Nowatzke Unitas Hil Havrilak Lamonica Binnda Wells Chester Bitetn Roll Hinton Mackey Jefferan Perkins

Sam Houston’s Lister sparks 94 80 win over East Texas

Sam Houston’s James Lister erupted for 47 points and 21 rebounds as the Bearkats defeated East Texas 94-80 in Lone Star Conference action. Howard Payne dropped two LSC games 78-71 to McMurry and 93-88 to Southwest Texas while S F Austin extended its conferenced win streak to 26.

Sam Houston James Lister East Texas Howard Payne Associated Press LSC McMurry Southwest Texas S.F. Austin SFA Tarleton Angelo Sal Ross Baylor Howard ‘Payne Austin Howard Payne Sul Ross Tarieton S. FF. Austin Bam House Texas &I Angeloton Ross Austin F. McMurry Loward Payne Texas A& TR A&i F. Austin Exas St. Edward's St. Mary's Abilene Christan Howard Austin

Denver Rockets edge Texas Chaps in overtime comeback

Denver Rockets beat the Texas Chaps 129 124 in overtime after trailing 117 117 at regulation. Rookie Ralph Simpson scored six off the bench as Denver rallied with 12 straight points. Ron Boone led Texas with 35, Julian Hammond had 30 for Denver, and Julius Keye pulled 21 rebounds.

Denver Ralph Simpson Denver Rockets American Basketball Association Texas Chaps Texas Rockets Ron Boone Chaps Julian Hammond Julius Keye Texans

Cowboys Apply Changeable Tactics In Win

In a game described as continued from earlier play, Dallas used altered calls at the line of scrimmage about twelve times. Morton noted a five yard scoring pass to Garrison after a fake run to exploit a defender. Landry usually called plays, but Morton took more control than usual.

Brodie Secon Dallas Morton Garrison Landry Dallas 49Ers Bob 'Hayes Mel Phillips Cowboys San Francisco Witcher Bob Windsor Cowboy

Creighton SMU Game Postponed By Snow

SMU announced its basketball game with Creighton was postponed due to a snowbound Creighton team and will be played later in the season. An SMU spokesman cited travel difficulties preventing Creighton from reaching Dallas.

Creighton SMU Dallas Southern Methodist University Creighton University

Cowboys Top 49ers in Offensive Showdown for Title Hope

Dallas Cowboys defeated San Francisco 49ers as Tommie Thomas rushed for 143 yards and scored the go ahead touchdown. John Brodie threw for 262 yards with one TD and two interceptions including a pick set up Dallas’ third period score. Bruce Taylor praised the Cowboys’ powerful sweeps by Thomas and Walt Garrison.

Duane Thomas Dallas San Francisco John Brodie Brodie Cowboys Lee Roy Jordan Ken Willard Willlard Nolan Thomas Bruce ‘Taylor 49Ers Walt Garrison Jordan

Nebraska receives Grantland Rice award as top college team

Nebraska the Orange Bowl champion and 11 win 1 tie team won the Grantland Rice award for nation’s outstanding college football. The Football Writers Association of America announced the selection noting Nebraska missed a perfect score by two points. Notre Dame finished second and Texas, after beating Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl, placed third.

Raleigh N.C Nebraska Grantland Rice Cornhuskers Louisiana ‘State Football Writers Association of America Association Dick Herbert Notre Dame Texas Longhorns

Cowboys Edge 49ers in Kezar Stadium Thriller

Dallas wins 17 7 at Kezar Stadium to earn a spot in the Super Bowl as Thomas stars with 143 rushing yards on 27 carries and two key plays. Renfro’s interception set up a late Cowboys TD while Morton connected for 101 yards passing for Dallas.

Dave Edwards Larry Cole Jordan Dallas Ken Willard Thomas 49Ers Cowboys San Francisco Renfro Detroit

Missouri Valley Standings and Week Highlights

The Missouri Valley basketball standings show Louisville leading with 8 wins and 1 loss in the conference, followed by Memphis State and Bradley. Last week featured wins by Drake over Memphis and Louisville’s high scoring outputs, with 38 schedule events listed for this week including Georgetown at Louisville and Bradley at Memphis.

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