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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1979

Page

12

Tulane Penn State Set for Liberty Bowl Showdown

Tricky Tulane and Penn State meet in Memphis for the Liberty Bowl with contrasting records. Penn State, 7-4 and unranked, has a bowl tradition with 15 trips in 21 years, while Tulane, 9-2 and No 15, seeks its third postwar bowl win after ending a 30 year drought with a 17-3 1970 Liberty Bowl victory.

Memphis Tulane Penn State Philadelphia Alabama Oregon Nittany Lions Green Wave Colorado Green

Wake Forest LSU Tangerine Bowl Showdown Heads to Orlando

Wake Forests aerial attack tests LSU secondary in the Tangerine Bowl as James McDougald leads Wake with 1117 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns while Jay Venuto passes for 2432 yards and 16 touchdowns. LSU counters with Ensminger Woodley and Hokie Gajan amid coach McClendons final game and bowl drought pressure.

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Big Spring seeks new athletic director by Jan 31

Big Spring School officials announce that the athletic director and head football coach will be separate roles. Applications for the AD post are due January 31, with the winner later to oversee the football coach position. Ron Logback was invited to apply but could not be reached for comment. Address applications to Lynn Hise. Also note: funeral services for Teddy Cox in North Miami on Sunday after abdominal surgery claims at 68.

BIG Spring Lynn Hise Hise Ron Logback P.O. Box 590 Texas Miami Daily Racing Farm Teddy Cox Cox The Baltimore News Baltimore Sports Bulletin

Sun Bowl Trivia and Rivalry Between Texas and Washington

A humorous Sun Bowl preview compares Texas and Washington with trivia on past meetings bowl records and All America honorees. It recounts head coaches Fred Akers and James, all time scoring, bowl appearances, and notable debuts while noting top running backs out for the game.

Doc Dopey Dasher Bilbo Bob Byron el Paso Texas Washington Huskies Southern Cal Rose Longhorns Sun Maryland Dallas Wisconsin Fred Akers Wyoming

Pfister Vilas and Dent James reach New South Wales Open semifinals

American Hank Pfister defeated Kim Warwick 6 3 6 4 to reach the semifinals of the $150 000 New South Wales Open in Sydney where Guillermo Vilas has yet to lose a set after beating Brad Drewett 6 4 6 1. John James and Phil Dent joined by advancing as Sherwood Stewart and Balazs Taroczy fell. Hana Mandlikova beat Roslyn Fairbank 6 4 6 4 in the women's quarters while Renata Tomanova defeated Leanne Harrison 5 7 6 3 6 2.

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Regal Holiday wins Sunland Park feature over Mity Mito

Regal Holiday a 16 1 longshot with Don Howard up led down the back stretch and held off a late rally from Mity Mito in the 5 furlong Sunland Park feature. A crowd of 2 052 wagered $143 484 as first through tenth race results highlighted the card with payoffs.

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