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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1972
Page
14
Southern California remained unbeaten and ranked No. 1 with a 11-0 record after crushing Notre Dame 45-23. Ohio State rose to third as Oklahoma moved to second, while Alabama dropped to fourth after a late-season loss.
Ohio State edged Notre Dame 81 75 in overtime as Allan Hornyak scored 12 of his 22 points late and in OT. John Shumate led the Irish with 27 points and 15 rebounds while Digger Phelps took responsibility for the late collapse.
Ohio State beat Notre Dame 81 75 while Findlay topped MacMurray. Thomas More defeated Xa ter 64. Wartburg fell to Central 57. Duquesne 43 Steubenville 34. St Bonaventure 83 over Bowling Green 70. Navy 73 over Dickinson 57. Pitt 99 over Rutgers 73. Holy Cross 104 over St Michaels 71. Florida State 87 over E Kentucky 70. West Virginia 55 over Richmond 48. Iowa 79 over Kentucky 66. George Washington 85 over VMI 73. Georgia Western 89 over W Kentucky 0. LIU 82 over Bentley 78 OT. Florida 101 over Chile Nationals. North Carolina St 144 over Ga Southern 100. Oral Roberts 90 over Wisconsin 76. Lamar 87 over Rice 82. Oklahoma State 98 over Corpus Christi 83. Drury 84 over Tennessee State 79. Vanderbilt 98 over SMU 78. Mississippi 80 over Arkansas Monticello 55. Chicago Loyola 79 over Loras 65. Michigan 68 over Oregon State 57. Minnesota 79 over Wis Milw. Purdue 115 over St Josephs 79. Drake 115 over Chicago State 63. Illinois 80 over Valparaiso 62. Kansas State 65 over Utah 59. Weber State 84 over LA Loyola 74. Houston 77 over Colorado 72. Seattle 73 over Utah State 69. San Diego State 70 over Hardin-Simmons 67. San Jose State 68 over Hayward State. U Pacific 69 over Portland 56.
The All Ohio football selections name Gayles of Cincinnati Princeton and Slezak of Middletown to the second team with Dan Migliore Dover earning quarterback honors. First team features Mike Harris and Bob Brudzinski ends, and Chris Webster as tackle from Cincinnati Princeton.
The eighth ranked Kentucky Wildcats lost at home to unranked Iowa 79 66 as Adolph Rupp, retired from Kentucky, sat in the stands six rows up. Iowa led by Neil Fegebank and Kevin Kunnert and held a second half surge to pull away, while Florida State Minnesota NC State won and Kentucky’s Jim Andrews led with 14 points despite foul trouble.
Veteran New York Giants running back Joe Morrison, UC graduate, met with Cincinnati officials to discuss the vacant head coach position. Morrison spoke with a screening committee after Giants approval and was in town after attending the Giants game against the Bengals. Ray Callahan resigned as head coach after the season.
Dan Babe Flossie of Akron Garfield and Ken Amlin of Dayton Patterson will coach the 1973 Ohio High School Football All Star Classic in Canton on August 10. Flossie leads the North squad and Amlin the South. Rosters feature outstanding players from the 1972 season, to be announced in January.
Roman Gabriel engineered a 26-16 Rams win over San Francisco aided by Tom Prothro's trick plays. Prothro described formation zero used on a key third down, while Gabriel connected on two third-down TD passes and Willie Ellison broke free for a 39-yard score. Spurrier led SF with two TDs and 257 passing yards as Brodie returned from injury but didn't play.
The Rams converted seven of 16 third downs as David Ray added field goals from 12 to 42 yards after misses. Gabriel scrambled for a 26 yard touchdown to Bob Klein on third and 13 in the second period.
Florida State University extends head football coach Larry Jones's contract to January 1, 1977 at a 32000 salary. Athletic Director Clay Stapleton praises the extension after Jones led the team to an 7 4 record this season and an 8 3 mark the prior year including a Fiesta Bowl appearance.
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