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University Daily Kansan/Monday, January 23, 1989
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49ers beat Bengals in close Bowl, 20-16
Game filled with drama, new records
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Joe Montana hit him Taylor with a 10-yard touchdown pass with 34 seconds left as the San Francisco 98ers staked their claim yesterday as the Team of the '80s with a 20-16 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals in the most dramatic Super Bowl ever.
The victory was achieved through the brilliance of Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, who led the 49ers.
jerry there, who led the win.
The winning score came at the end of a 92-yard drive, engineered by
Montana, whose touchdown pass gave him a Super Bowl record of 357 yards passing. Twelve of his complements were to Rice, who finished with 12 catches for 222 yards, both also records.
records.
It was the fifth straight Super Bowl victory for an NFC team, but by far the most dramatic; the previous four had been by an average score of 41-14.
14 It also gave Coach Bill Walsh his third Super Bowl victory in 10 seasons as the 49ers' coach. It would be a fitting climax to a career that may end this week when Walsh, 57, may announce that he will step down as San Francisco's coach.
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The winning drive began after Jim Breech had kicked his third goal of the game, a 40-yarder with 3:20 left, giving the Bengals a 16-13 lead. A holding call on the kickoff forced
the 49ers to start from their own 8-yard line with a little more than 3 minutes left.
minutes to win.
But Montana, who was 23 of 36,
managed the quarterback of the decade on the winning drive. He passed for 8 yards to Rice. 9 yards to tight end John Frank and 17 more to Rice. Then, he hit Roger Craig for 13 yards and hit Rice 27 yards over the middle on a second and 20 play.
middle on a second-grade 20-piece
After an 8 yard pass to Craig, he hit
Rice for 10 yards, setting up the
winning score to Taylor.
within scoring 10 for the game. The game that was supposed to be a shootout went 44 minutes and 26 seconds without a touchdown, the longest dry spell in the 23 Super Bowls.
Then came two within 91 seconds.
After Mike Cofer's 32-yard field goal tie the game 6-6 for San Francisco with 50 seconds left in the third.
quarter, the Bengals Stanford Jennings took the kickoff 91 yards for a score, racing untouched through the San Francisco defense until Terry Greer ran him down and tripped him as he fell over the goal line.
but he never got the game over. But the 99ers, whose offense sputtered, suddenly came to life, going 85 runs in four plays, tying the score at 13. Montana hit jerry Rice for 31 runs, Roger Craig for 40, then Rice for a touchdown in the left corner of the end zone from 14 yards out.
The first half of what was supposed to be a shootout ended with the score at 3 and each team leaping major wounds. It was the first halftime tie in Super Bowl history and the first without a touchdown since Pittsburgh led Minnesota 2-0 at halftime 14 years ago.
The Bengals started without backup fullback Stanley Wilson, who
was suspended by the league about five hours before the opening gun for what the league simply called "a call to action," the NFL's substance abuse policy.
Wilson, whose NFL career began in 1963, had missed 2½; previous seasons, including all of 1955 and 1967 (with a slight reduction) at least five times in the past.
The Bengals suffered a more severe loss when All-Pro nose tackle Tim Krueger went out with 60 left in the first half, with a fractured and tibia.
Krumrie was the second starter to break his left leg in the first seven minutes; Steve Wallace, San Francisco's left tackle, suffered a broken tibia on the 49ers' third play from scrimmage.
But it could have been worse for the Bengals; a 22-yard pass from
Montana to Mike Wilson that was first ruled complete at the 2 gird line was overruled when replay offside and said Wilson never had possession.
The thiears blew a huge opportunity on their next drive when they tried for three points instead of seven on fourth down and a long one from the Cincinnati 2 yard line and came up with nothing.
San Francisco had driven 64 vans on a drive featuring a 30 yard manta Jerry Rice hookup and a 64 yard third down burst to the 2 line lately. The team's wide-receiver formation with 2 minutes gone in the second period
Sooners need time to beat Iowa State
But after a time out, they elected to try the 19-yard field goal. When Randy Cropsey snap was low, Otero missed the shortest miss in Super Bowl history.
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KANNAS CITY, Mo. – No Big Eight Conference team is going to lay down just because it is up against one of the league's Top 10 teams.
No. 5 Oklahoma and No. 8 Missouri
each got more than it wanted Saturday.
The Sooners needed overtime to beat Iowa State 109-100 in Ames. Oklahoma State invaded the Hearnes Center in Columbia and fought Missouri for 35 minutes before dropping a 105-43 decision.
Also in the Big Eight, Kansas State defeated Nebraska 80-68.
better not have it.
"It was a great Big Eight basketball game, and more people should see games like it." Oklahoma coach Billy Tadds and afterward, although that probably was not what he was thinking when the Sooners trailed by three points in the last minute.
oriana. 15-2 overall and 3-0 in the Big Eight, then scored nine straight points after the game was tied at 100 to beat the Cyclones, 9-6 and 1-3.
lowland I state led 98-15, but the Sooners' Stacy King made three straight free throws in the final 1:15 to send the game into overtime.
"I feel real disappointed because we lost." Cyclones coach John Orrn said. "We were ahead and then just lost control of the game. We made three crucial mistakes down the stretch.
"Oklahoma is a good team, though. They are really tough."
The Missouri bench was apprehensive as stubborn Oklahoma State Kent plugging away.
"It wasn't looking real good there," center Gary Leonard said. "I don't know if we thought we were going to be sure we sure some were creeping in."
Missouri's front line of Leonard, Doug Smith and Mike Sandbothe spent most of the second half on the bench with four fouls apace.
Oklahoma State took advantage of the trouble to lead most of the way and build a 62-54 advantage with about 11:30 to play.
C coach Norm Stewart was playing with his new three-guard offense of Lee Coward, Byron Irvin and Anthony Peeler.
"I told the guards, 'Hey, it's up to us,'" Coward said, "'Let's start running, let's just push and push." And I told the big guys to "just box out, because we'll be gone."
out of class.
And the Tigers were gone as Irvin rallied the team to finish with 30 points.
points.
"We played well for 35 minutes, but you have to play well for 40 minutes against a team like Missouri," said Cowbys coach Leonard Hamilton as his team fell to 10-5 and 1-1. "Good teams do the things they need in order to win."
The Tigers, 16-3 and 3-0, survived 29 turnovers in the first half to jead by 40-38 and then quickly fell behind at the start of the second half.
you can't make 20 mistakes in a ballgame, much less in the first half" Stewart said. "I told (the team) to be thankful for the lead."
Nebraska coach Danny Nee and K-State coach Larry Ruger were argu-
tive.
The Wildcats made 28 of 34 attempts while the Huskers made just one of six in Lincoln.
just one of ours.
"Consistently, when we've played Kansas State their strategy is to get to the free-throw line and we don't get to the free-throw line," Nee said. "They consistently done that the last couple years. I don't understand it."
11. Kruger said it was easy to understand. The Huskers foul a lot.
"That's just how they play," he said. "They've been using free throws as an excuse for two years now. They fouled us a lot last year."
K State, 11-4 and 2.1, used the free throws to cruise to a victory that saw them outscore Nebraska 12-0 in the last four minutes of the first half to turn a 10-point deficit into a 36-34 halftime lead.
Nebraska, 11-7 and 0-3, tied the game at 53 in the second half, but Steve Henson scored eight straight points leading the Wildcats away.
2-game protest ends as Georgetown wins
pick.
“That’s what I like doing. I can look at St. John's film without any interference in my mind and that’s a great feeling. Last night (Friday), after practice, was the first time I could do that. Tonight will be the first time in a week I can watch a basketball film and concentrate on the basketball and not be concerned about anything else.”
What would Thompson do Saturday night?
LANDOVER, Md. — John Thomp son's exhausting, confrontive nine days as a protector were over. It was time to relax.
"Relax and look at the game. He said after the game. He smiled when he said it, and it was obvious he wanted forward to talk to the Redmen.
It was time to put Proposition 42 and Thompson's two-game protest out of mind for awhile. It was made even sweeter when his third-ranked Georgetown Hoyas beat Connecticut 50-55 Saturday in Thompson's return to coaching.
about any injury. That concern was concerned enough about the NCAA membership passion. Proposition 42 — a set of academic entrance requirements, which if not met, would mean no athletic aid or eligibility for the first year — to make his two-game protest after labeling it "discriminatory."
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after labeling it.
He ended up Friday, saying that he had been called to the NCAA. Georgetown administrators and representatives of other schools had shown him
or Proposition 42 until a related study was completed. They indicated the study probably would not be completed until the 1992 NCA convention.
"I was glad to be back, because that's what I do best — coaching, not protesting." Thompson said. "I feel a little emotionally drained. The nervous system this morning was going like a vibrator. I just have to get back into this and get my mind settled down."
a "sincere commitment" on the part of the NCAA for further re-evaluation of Proposition 42.
Thompson substituted for Mourning immediately, and yelled at the center eye-to-eye, since both stand 6-foot-10.
His shot-blocking freshman center, Alonzo Mourning, and Connecticut's senior center and leading scorer, Cliff Robinson, were pointing fingers and exchanging comments just 1:41 into the game.
His crusade ended, it wasn't long before Thompson's coaching instincts were tested.
"I think I've got to get readjusted to not being a protester," he said. "I don't have to get readjusted to being back on the bench. I was glad to be."
When the protest was mentioned again. Thompson lost the smile.
Colorado forward Roseland Starks gets pressured by Kansas forwards LaTanya Nelson and Marthea McCloud
Kansas loses to Big Eight leader Fouls decide outcome against Lady Buffaloes
by Mike Considine
Kansan sportswriter
In little more than a minute into the second half, the Jayhawks were overwhelmed by a problem that had been haunting them throughout their game against the Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday in Boulder.
His score was 41-38 with 12-53 left.
Five fouls and 1:10 later, Colorado
had started a 21-8 run, resulting in a
62-46 lead.
"Part of our strategy was to get to the foul line." Washington said "I think when you don't have a chance to do that, you have to look to something else."
Nelson was charged with two fouls in eight seconds and fouled out with 11.30 left. Lady Buff center Crystal hit four 29-steve throws to make it 28-3.
Kansas never was in striking range again.
A rebound basket by sophomore LaTanya Nelson brought the Jayhawks within three before the fouls began to mount.
Kansas, 9-7, lost 73-54 and dropped to 1-3 in the Big Eight Conference. The Jayhawks are tied for sixth in defense with Iowa State and Oklahoma.
The Lady Buffs, 14.3, ranked 20th nationally, won their seventh straight game to take possession of the Big Eight lead at 4-0.
Junior Michelle Arnold committed the first foul, which sent Colorado to Benita Martin to the line. Martin was able to score in three free two throws for a 49-38 lead.
Kansas coach Marian Washington said the discrepancy in fouls was the game's deciding factor.
Kansas was called for 24 fouls to the Lady Buffs' 19. Colorado converted 23 of 28 free throws (62 per throw) and 10 of 24 hacks were 9 of 15 from the foul line.
The Jayhawks had been able to find enough offense to stay with Colorado in the first half, making 12 of 27 shots (44 percent).
21 shots 49 points
Kansas trailed only 33-29 at half
time.
Washington said that defense enabled her team to hold the Lady Buffs in check.
"I think we were able to stay in our man-to-man defense most of the half," she said. "When we changed to a zone, I think it shook them up
"In the second half, they made good adjustments against the zone."
Colorado coach Ceal Barry said her team's outside shooting hurt the Javahawks in the second half.
Jahleen were hitting 15-foot shots. Barry said, "When they went to the zone, they had to start come out on our shooters. That left Crystal open."
on the defensive line.
As the Lady Buffs moved their attack inside, the Kansas offense struggled. The team shot just 30 percent (10 of 33) in the second half.
Junior Lisa Bradley led the Jayhawks with 14 points. Center Lyon Page was the only other Kansas player in double figures, with 12
player in double figures. Braddy said the Kansas offense backed its usual searing balance.
"Today I don't think we really had that great of an attack on the offensive end." Braddy said. "I'm not sure what exactly happened with that. We took good shots. We just couldn't get the roll."
content to get the robe
Washington said she didn't want her young team to be disappointed with the outcome.
It was the first meeting of the two teams since Kansas defeated Colorado, 70-69, for the Big Eight Conference tournament championship.
with the outcome.
"We have a team of freshmen," Washington said of Kansas' seven freshmen. "They put enough pressure upon themselves. Hopefully, they'll be more effective next time."
KU's rivalry with Colorado leads Jayhawks to rough play
by Arvin Donley
tells us. Last season, the Lady Buffs and the Hawks played three one-point games, with Kansas winning two, including a 70-69 upset in the championship of the Big Eight tournament.
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Colorado's 73-54 victory in Boulder on Saturday was not as close, but the intensity definitely was present.
The rivalry between the Kansas and Colorado women's basketball teams is heating up in a hurry
Throughout the game, the teams exchanged pushes and shoves underneath the basket. The physical play culminated with an incident late in the game when Kansas guard Lisa Bradley was fouled by Colorado guard Annan "Spud" Wilson on a breakaway layup Bradley retaliated by throwing an elbow that hit Wilson in the face. Wilson was not seriously injured and Bradley was ejected.
and Bradley was taken to Colorado coach Ceal Barry said the incident exemplified the intensity between the two squads.
"I think the incident at the end of the game where the flagrant foul was called on Bradddy only intensifies our feeling," Barry said.
Bradday, who led the Jayhawks with 14 points, agreed that Kansas victory in the conference tournaments was a factor in the game intensity.
"Since we beat them in the tournament last year, they kind of had it in (or up) us." Braddy said, "On the layup) she came down me pretty hard, and I just trying to get her off, of me, that's
all
"Ever since I've played them, they've been a very physical team. Everybody says that basketball isn't a contact sport. Well the people who say that have evidently never seen any body play. Physical play is just part of the game. It's no big deal."
"This is a team that beat us in the championship game and kids tend to react to that. They also react when Spud gets picked on a little bit more because she's the littlest one on the court (5 foot-4).
Colorado 73, Kansas 54
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