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| . ,%♦lt; n,4.s ..HkTVmshhm^ T cxff******S:fmmfck1• L* eSMurckiv■ * * KM * U % %-«. *n Owen Fieldnet fwkinriore a rm«ftr*capaccrowd of tnorv than 61 000t Ie Nooners ftf* firvt \oenuKi iwice inaif hefw a iate tout h-*n strike staked them to aMffie leadutcruie n* «* rTYi 1 v v if* »s I I i JVit! ek jiCHj1 1 ll| f/lwillk MiidrenPnikl, Joe H\ltc I atI xxm Cross white bewttder -HMt weary Trojans with tfieirrelentless running game.Southern CaJ scored on thef1 a ft!to* tJi I I i%7final1 a(arespectable, but the hirniv -tout»1 rojan defense justanswer to the liUdraiIlf* r0 'WS-'l(.ante in Figures around the rL'bt flank for sev-yes ou en to the t SC 27.Croslt;u’ -on a tltird~and~one14jamoffenseaHeon; ■ta forht;l Tro-J•‘ I « * * it•rnounw n n? nut' UV0o vara% I #■•»§b«H1*30SJM| cot quickly to the npht tNfc|p)d was almost free when Bob m Friksea collared him at the Tro-I fl '* I I A* wav. the eighth-rankedtote- 5Jsooners leactied ^T if *A'i * * I* i 1 tfvnprif’t j ’J IIIntie ifor 516 yards rachtng The OU one*ga2ne record is 537 yards, from a 1953 rout of Kansas The Trojans led twice* each time because of a blocked conversion attempt following thefirst Oklahoma touchdown Wil-Hall deflected John Carroll s♦ *kick, allowing USC one-pointleads at 74 and 14*13.The Trojans even stopped Oklahoma's offense on the test se«reoorri nes following die 14*13 tabula*turn.But after Wylie punted 40 yards to the Southern C-ai 29late in the second quarter, theTrojan hopes began ______A second-effort hurst by Chuck I. in ton gained seven, but he fumbled and Bruce DeLoney re-covered for the Sooners with1.55 to go.an ^Proent finished upa df%it f ioy In.;! U.I ii JCat was more thanblazing ten siae to score rith 1:05 to go. Oklahoma misled when it tried the same ip for a two-pomt conversion,Sooners took the 19-14 cushion into halftone.Southern Cal failed to do anything on its first two chances hi the third period, punting away the second one to Wylie’s fairthe Oklahoma 25.time for Miidren. He sent white rnsaie for two. then keptn TOOK u t 12 seconds forTHE LAWTON CONSTITUTION MORNING PRESS, Sunday, Oct. 3, 1971 ] Q/Pruitt to put the game cm ice He bolted around the left flank w»th a MUdren pitrhout. turning the corner on Wvbe’s block on Hall, breaking free on a down-fiehi block by Albeit Chandler and teasing the Troian pursuerswith an on-and-off sprint therest of the way.Narroll hat die PAT, and it was 26-14.Mildren got another touchdown before the quarter ended,capping a 72-yard, U - play inarch with an 11-yard trip to toe left comer of the end lt;!one with 15:52 left in the game.Part of the second offense was trickling into the lineup on that aeriaa. Tim Welch replaced Crosswhite at fullback and earned four times for 22 yards.knd Eddie Foster came in atr :;n tin f.ie to spr n-.. W'\ise for 12 yards in the middle of the march.Oklahoma didn’t allow the Trojans much satisfaction out of their early leads. A Crosswhite fumble was the only thing wtuch Mopped a Sooner march on OL’ s second possession.USC took charge at its own 21, then marched 79 yards in 11 plays to score cm Jimmy Jones* pass to Edesel Garrison with 2.28 left in the first quarter. Mike Rae’s placement made it 7-6. USC.Rae’s kickoff went into the end zone, forcing Oklahoma to start from Ms 20. It didn’t matter.Wylie turned die right comerf behind Mocks by Pruitt and Chandler and galloped 38 yards to the Troup 12 on ihe first lt;play Pruitt w»nt the other direction on the second May, turning the comer when Wyhe flattened Hall. He cut back to pick up a block by Jon Harrison at ihe 30 and galloped in for the first of his three touchdowns.Big Sam Cunningham's three-yard touchdown run and Rae’s second placement made it 14-13 before the Sooners went ahead to stay late in the period.\BOlT the only impressivestatistic Southern Cal took backto Los Angeles was its yield through the air. Oklahoma didnot gain a yard there. But the Sooners only threw one time.and that came after the counthad reached 33-14.Everything Oklahoma gained with the toll was as a result of its jet-stream running game.Southern Cal didn’t attract a red flag until 10:18 from the end, and that was for a holding penalty against second-team offensive tackle Bob Shaputis.Defensively Oklahoma turnedm its best performance so far.Nee Sooners, l’age 2Cuse rroou 13 4 14 0-«QHfr-Wytle ! run {kick foiled)USC—Gwhaoo 1* poss Pom Jo ef (Roe kick) ;_I Okto—Pnjitt 42 run (Carroll kick!I USC—GunninotW'n 4 run (Roe kick)Okki—Pruitt* run (net kofWi ^Oklo—Pruitt 75 nm (Carrol? kidM Okta—Miklren II run (CorroM kick) USC—Be?fa 12 pass SlNRi Rae (ri4K lolled) il : 'TA—62.000.
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