January 10, 1972 Table Of Contents
All Yours, Nebraska
The powerful Cornhuskers demolished poor Alabama 38-6 to nail down their second straight national title. Earlier on New Year's Day, Oklahoma crushed Auburn 40-22 to prove it is a worthy runner-up, and on Saturday's lone thriller a gambling Stanford upset Michigan 13-12 after the season's least-safe safety
By Dan Jenkins
Pro Football
THE COWBOYS TAKE IT ON THE LAM
Led by Roger Staubach, who spent the day running away, and a defense that was very Big D, Dallas scooted to the Super Bowl
By Tex Maule
Court Trial
COURT TRIAL FOR UCLA'S NEW GANG
The jury was still out. Then the Bruin sophomores met well-regarded Ohio State. Verdict: Wooden's boys are at it again
People
College Basketball
Latest biggie among the mighty smalls
Victory was sweet when Eau Claire finally put it to Kentucky State
By Herman Weiskopf
Soccer
Another No. 1 is settled in the Orange Bowl
Howard University, with a band of freewheeling foreigners, completes a two-year crusade for soccer supremacy by upsetting traditional powerhouse St. Louis 3-2. Which proves once again that nothing succeeds like ingress
By Gwilym S. Brown
Peter Revson
Bored by a life of aimless ease, Peter Revson courted danger on the classic racecourses—and for years was dismissed as just another pretty face. Suddenly he is a champion, and a challenger of the heroes
By Robert F. Jones
For The Record
A roundup of the week Dec. 28-Jan. 3
19th Hole: The Readers Take Over
19TH HOLE: THE READERS TAKE OVER
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Edited by Robert W. Creamer