Evening star., 1954-11-20
$1,000 and " Fans
To See Buckeyes Bid
For Perfect Season
By Inc Asseciassd Pres,

the college football front today,
with the attention of $4,000
fans and the national televi-
sion audience focused on Ohio
State's meeting with Michigan
| In Columbus. Ohio
(The game will be televised
over Station WMAL-TV, cham
mel z, at 1880 p.m.)
The Buckeyes, armed with o
rugged ground offense and q
formidable defense, sought to
protect their No. national rank
ing. run their winning streak
to nine games, win the undis-
puted Big Ten championship and
gain the bid to the Rose Bowl.
Michigan, beaten twice In
eight starts and holding q 5-1
record in the Big Ten, could
share the title by winning, and
could force the Rose Bowl selec-
ton into q vote by the conference
athletic directors.
Ohio State went into the game
a 13-point favorite. but the willy
Wolverines have upset the high
ly favored Bucks many times In
the past and no Buckeye fan
was willing to take anything for
granted in this all-important
struggle.
UCLA, Sooners Seek Titles.
The other two top clubs
UCLA and Oklahoma-were go
ing after their league titles. but
neither was interested In q post
season test because they are
ineligible, both having appeared
last New Years Day.
The Uclans could win the
Pacific Coast Conference title
again by dumping Southern CAL
ifornia, already assured Of q
Rose Bowl bid. If the Trojans
beat the Uclans and thus take
the Pacific Coast Conference
crown, the quality of the bowl
will be increased. If the Uclans
win, then the Rose Bowl gets
only the runnerup.
Oklahoma. the perennial Big
Seven ruler, also is barred by
conference rules from appearing
in bowl game two years run
ming. So the Sooners' interest
in their game with Nebraska Is
one Of knocking the Cornhuskers
out Of a shot at the Orange
Bowl. If Bud Wilkinson's forces
whip Nebraska and Kansas State
overcornes Colorado, there will
be a tie for the runnerup spot.
Then Kansas State probably
would get the nod, having beaten
Nebraska, 7-3,s earlier this sea-
son.
Two other teams with bowl
aspirations can only sit back and
wait. Arkansas, which would like.
the Southwest Conference Cot
ton Bowl spot, will have to await
fthe results of the Southern
Methodist Baylor game today
and the SMU-Texas Christian
game next week. An SMU de-
feat and Arkansas is in. Two
victories and SMU gets 1t.
Maryland. which plays George
Washington, also will watch
Duke with wary eye. The Blue
Devils. with an Atlantic Coast
Conference record Of 20, play
South Carolina. Next week it's
North Carolina. Two victories
and Duke plays in the Orange
Bowl. A defeat in either game,
and Maryland makes a repeat
appearance.
NOtre Dame Meets Iowa. a
In another big one, Notre
Dame was out to erase the stig-
ma of last years 14-all tie
against Iowa and possibly en-
hance its national prestige
should either of the top three
Ohio State. UCLA or Oklahoma
-falter. The Irish are No. 4.
! No bowl game hangs in the
balance, but Yale can win the
mythical Ivy League champion
ship by beating Harvard in the
list renewal of this ancient
series.
Miami, ineligible for a bowl
game because 1t is in the bad
graces of the NCAA, overpowered
Alabama, 23-7, in the only major
game on last nights schedule.
'Bama tied a record in reverse
by going 16 straight scoreless
quarters before Bart Starr went
across in the third period. The
record was set in 1910.
Other major games today:
East.
Rutgers at Columbia, Syracuse
at Fordham, Connecticut at Holy
Cross, Penn State at Pittsburgh,
Dartmouth at Princeton, Boston
University at Temple.
Midwest.
Northwestern at Illinois, Mar.
quette at Michigan State, Kan
sas at Missouri, Indiana at
Purdue. Detroit at Wichita.
Minnesota at Wisconsin.
South.
North Carolina State at West
Virginia, Clemson at Auburn.
Kentucky at Tennessee, North
Carolina at Virginia. villanova
at Vanderbilt. Wake Forest at
William & Mary. George WASH
ington at Maryland, Arkansas at
Louisiana State.
Southwest.
Arizona State at Arizona, TCU
at Rice, Houston at Texas Tech,
wyoming at Tulsa, New Mexico
A6SM at New Mexico.
Far West.
Stanford at California. Oregon
at Oregon State, Washington at
Washington State. Utah at Mon
tana, Idaho vs.. Brigham Young
| ct Boise.
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