Namath, Jets Wont Repeat; Chiefs Triumph By FEED McMAXE IPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (LTD Lea Da sac, hs wobbly left knee tolling up veil on a partially frozen, turf, bit reserve flanker Closter Richirdsoo with a sewing pass with 11:06 left to play Saturday and sparked the Kansas City Chiefs to I U4 victory over the New - '4-ya- rd York Jets in the first game of tee American Football League's playoffs. fhf Chiefs who will meet the ( winner of today's game be- tween Oakland and Houston for the AFL championship, preserved the victory by turning out breaking stride in the end back three New York drives inline in the final side the 11 minutes of play. Dawson, wLose knee was the subtt of nwch concern for the Chiefs druing the week, could not move his team into the end zone until the final quarter when he drove them 80 yards in just two plays. After the Jets' Jim Turner tied the scot at 64 with a minutes remaining. Kamath connected on successive passes ti Bake Turner aitd George Saiie to move the ball to the Chiefs' hne. Namath then connected with what appeared to be a touchdown pass to tight end Pete Lammons in the right corner but the referee ruled that Lammons was ou. of bounds before he caught the bal Namath came right back and almost connected with Sauer for a touchdown pass but Thomas struck up bis hand at the last moment and broke up the play. That was the Jets' last scoring opportunity as the Chiefs lone. l5-ja- rd It appeared for a while that Richardson's touchdown would hold up easily, but Joe Namath rallied the Jets to within touchdown-striking distance in the fnal six minutes of the game. Namath movtd the Jets inside the 28 with 6 01 left to play but the Chiefs dtfense, sparked by rd seven yards out Namath, who was forced to throw 40 times, completed only 14 for 164 yards and had three Intercepted. Dawson, who threw only six passes against Oakland a week ago, threw 27 times and completed 12 for 201 yards. He did not have any intercepted. The weather, which hovered around the freezing mark throughout the game, stymied both teams' offense. Many passes were dropped and throughout most of the came the players kept their hands in their pockets on the field until It was time for a play to begin. The Jets missed on another just scoring opportunity prior to Turner's second field goal in the final period. Namath, aided by a pass interference d penalty, got the Jets to the line in a situation. However, two cracks at the line failed to gain an inch and on third down and inches Namath ran a bootleg to the right, was hit by linebacker Jim Lynch and threw incom- big exPrior to the battle was a citement, the game of field goals. Jra Turner got the Jets a 0 lead in the first kick and period with a Jan Stenerud tied the score with in the second period. a Stenerud put Kansas City in with a ahead, the third period but the normally-accurate specialist missed on three othtr opportunities inside the 50. During the regular season Stenerud set an AFL record by making 16 consecutive last-quart- er d cornerback Emmet Thomas, broke up three successive pass plays and Kansas City took over on the 11 The Chiefs, however, failed to move and the Jets gained control of the ball once more on their own 30 with just over four field goal, Dawson connected with Otis Taylor on a pas which carried to line. On the New York the next play Richardson Cornell Gordon and took Dawson's perfect pass with seven-yar-d took over and punted with less than 20 second remaining. one-yar- 8-- first-and-go- al d er 6-- 3, plete. Instead of trying for the touchdown on fourth down, the Jets elected to go for the field goal Turner and field goals. converted 13-- 6 from Texas Tips Cougars 7 73 vertime Saff e FROVO. UTAH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1969 The Texas' mained ic the game when the score on a shot bv substitute in .. J i r fktuv. rweuv icuidccti i overume pertooB oeiore gaining; wenti TollestrUD when 3 an exciting basketball to five Dersonail-tendl victory over Brigham Young fouls. Tollestrup was Instru-th- e AUSTIN, Tex. iTWn rrw c. j i- - vti 76-7- iroaital in leading the Cougar University Saturday night The regulation game endedWe that led to the tie score. na1 several missed at- at 1 and the first overtime in the final minute, but stUl found the score knotted atjtePts j the Longhorns had the final shot 6m;9. Th flmirar. nk t! in i"st before the buzzer, but it no good. the second overtime and was First Overtime but the Longhorns came the first overtime the Cou-:bIn back with four straight points to come from behind uad gars to grab a 3 lead. BYU managed to get possession, but an offensive foul, coupled with a technical jul against BYU's Scott Warner wrapped up the game for the Bu 61-6- 71-6- 9 73-7- 1, ut 75-7- that was all the scoring for) The Cougirs now head to the Cougars as Texas managed. Denver for a game against the f 1' mnr - ii nT c c-pnino - down Pioneers Monday night. the wire to gain the verdict The three point loss in double With five minules remaining' overtime was the biggest losing Cougars during the first in the game all three of BYU's margin of the year in three front una were in foul trouble. losses for the Cougars. overtime se& ion. Paul Ruifner, BX"s firs. loss was a 5 A tip in by Jim Miller put the Scott Warner wugars aneaa 3 in tne sec-- ana rnu ioiiesunp an nau iourlVerdict to California and the ona overtime It was tne nrsi iouis ai mat siage w uie game. oniv olner Conoar Wfl, an time BfU had led in the game Tollestrup fouled out prior to overtime battle to nation- since holding a edge early: the regulation finish, Ruffner ally ranked New Mexico Slate. fouied out in tne first overtime, Brigham in the second half. Young University Texas tied it up at 71 all, and Warner was whistled to F T G Scott Warner hit on a shot the bench ji the second over- 4 Ruffner 2 04 L to put BYU ahead But, time. 10 Warner 54 25 10 Howard 84 23 on three different occasions to keen the score deadlocked and ...... MA iA ure icau. ucvci uuvt kui iihu tk Howard KeDy Ruilner- ot the three field goals fori :u A- r'" rv-- j 77-7- 71-6- w 39-3- 7 73-7- Miller Tollestrup Kelly 2 3 2 24 00 DeLaittre 1 1 Longhor. Now Vaini TOTALS 14 The Cougars now have a 3 record with all three losses of the cardiac variety and all three wins coming by safe mar-- .... .. 2-- 2 04 0 20 71 13-2- 1 3-- Houston gas. Texas now has a 44 record with all wini coming at home and all lossef on the road Scott Waixer and Doug Howard were the only Cougars la double figures, a rather unusual occurrence for the usuaUv balanced BYU attack. Warner had 25 points and Howard scored 23 points. Wayne Doyle was high point man for the Longhorns with 25 counters on yome excellent out Upsets Trojans 77-7- siHp chnntmo ! Texas but the through take an contest Early Lead jumped to a 0 lead, Cougars then poured ten straight points to early command in the 2-- . Texas countered with six straight to cut the lead to 104, but the Cougars pushed it back to a seven point advantage at mid-cou- rt 4--2, Zl-1- 4. With eigh minutes remain ing in the first half Warner was whistled for bis third per sonal foul and sat the remainder of the half on the bench. At halTiime the score had been narrowed to 9 for the BROADWAY JOE NAMATH is picked up from the Shea Stadium turf by teammate John Schmitt after be vas decked by a hard pass rush pat on by the Kansas City Chiefs. The Jets were officially by the Chiefs s ia a 13--6 game Saturday. (Herald-UP- I - HOUSTON (UPI) Sopho more jeff racKRiaa hit two pressure free throws with 48 seconds to go and Poo Welch hit a layup eight seconds later to give the University of Houston a 3 victory over fourth-ranke- d Southern California Saturday night Houston, ranked 20th with an 84 record, was leading 7149 when Hickman was fouled by Dennis Laytoa. Welch then stole the ball from Layton at and drove m for the layup which gave Houston a 75- 69 lead. Southern Cal, led five tunes early in the game, but Houston took the lead per 3 on a jump manently at shot by Dwight Davis with 13:13 left to go in the half. Baskets by Davis, Welch, OUie Taylor, Tom Gribben and free throw by Taylcr gave Houston a 4 margin midway through the first half. The Cougars widened it to 55-15-1- 32-2- 26-1- New Mexico State Falls To Baylor In Big Upset Nip and Tuck - i f 1 The second half was nip and tuck with the score being tied before Southern Cal began at 33, 35, 37, 39, and 41 before whiniing sway and cut It back to 7149. the Longhorns went on a not streak and hit eigU straight Taj'. T led Houston with 17, while Davis and Melvin Belli points to taki a conrnanding 4llBsMBSiiBBsIj&iSbia 4941 lead. The New Mexico State Aggies, .Thomas, who guarded Mara-I- n had 15 each. Layton had 15 for the championship ound. STRETCHING OUT for a big rebound for the Texas Longhorns is Sam Bradley as BYU's the nation's tiird ranked ieam ,'vich. contributed 26. the Trojans, and Joe Mackey Lee put the hosts on top for The Cougars gradually cut te. The Longhorns gained a 3 double overtime victory over had 13. Pad Ruffner arrives to into the Longhorn semi-sta- ll feJ victim of a major, upset Steve Popovich pulled Wyoming mod after break-ian Telephoto.) Box: Saturday night in the finals of out of a tie with the University deadlock with 1:04 left in the but it wasn't until just 1:23 re-- the Cougars to a game played at Austin, Texas Saturday night (Herald-UP- I the Cowboy lassie at the hands of Denver here Saturday night game. Blaine Henry pitched in ifor a of Baylor 6 win. 28 points for Marshall, which was the first loss after At one time Wyoming owned . '. 5 at intermission. failed eigut straighi wins for the Ag- - a seven point lead in the first Jim singnorile helped the J4 Jhe Pioneers hustled to violets to an earty lead by-e w,wwsj tossing in 34 points, wtile Paul New Mexico SUte aavanced S SALT LAKE CITY (UPD- -i After watching the 64 d s San Francisco (75) G F 19; Utah, 23. again. ai me cu to ne iinais witn a iuhsu win uc 17 notched Dobleman and The University of Utah coast-- son lead the Spartans to an 89- - Utah's victory overshadowed a Kelly 1 1 ,481 t Fridayjmissi011-nighSimmons Hardin Harvey Young hit for 16. ed to a 10545 win over Michi- - 87 win over Bradley in Uie Utah fine performance bv San Fran- - Centerwall 1 34 G F T Bradley (87) and Baylor reached the With four minutes gone in the in the championship Classic Friday night, the Utah Cisco's 64 center Pete Cross, ioinls: State 12 5 34 Schults ul Cross went 8 gan second to a 7. 54 21 Tn!f,r half. Wyoming 5 over win with a a finals n reoounas ana game nf m8 second annual KatA jrnrU AacrikAfi hifM iiIm cAAnAH 41 nninfe In ti- - lne. Burks graooea 4 SlCriddle I14 Pint advantage, 3415 Large- - blocked South Dakota 10 sots Saturday night another Oscar Robertson." 6 14 Gathers 2 9 15 night ing effort. Newlin and Hunter Ames jUtah Qsissk f Maraud ertirorf 49 lv on the shootins of Al Ford &l .k. r mak Sn.iai unoeaien ana Senn defense zone 34 3; Sylvester st a 22 31 points and finished with 13 and 12 respec-picke- d scored fling Simpson .DUjBoMwnUire moving;-points Saturoay night, to Events Center, 1 10 off 20 rebounds as the tively. 1U Farley w fourth win, 7748, over J15! 3Campbell in tne au-- j him into fourth-plac- e uu- 1 1 ui. rem-u04 0 The Utes defeated San Fran- Spartans edged Bradley and Michigan State carried a nine Loushin 2jRohlman time NCAA scofuie co umn. andi"1"' I In the closing minutes, Popo quesne. 5 to meet Gardner's; point lead into the second half Hogg 04 2; Simmons in the 24 cisco Lc. ..ana Stale double-teame- d sity out most of the tournrment opening game qualified broke the tie with a tip Lanier, vich 1 04 2:Ulmer 04 Utes in the championship and had to fight off two Brad- - Ga)os Friday night so. ed Clomson, of the way by Duquesne's 281945 75 Gay to advance to the fina'' against game of the second annual Utah ley rallies, including a rush in Totals 04 "Pistol Pete's," gunning shot and followed up with two free and Barry Melton, the 00 Lewis Stale. victory twins, Gary Classic, the closing seconds which nearMichigan him past Frank Selvy of throws to help pull helped break open the game G F TjCrusoe Utah (87) 04 Michigan State reached the one of the finest sopho- ly sent the contest into He' Furman with 2,580 total points 'out of the fire. the first half finals with a 8947 midway through 2 2 Gardner in little over two seasons. His Carl Ashley led the Cowtoys with three 5jMeischner victory over more prospects I have ever and a pair oi layups 16 points. Popovich had 14 10 (Totals S Hawkins with 34 87 5 04 one MSlTs 8943 with lead Bradley Friday Gardner night seen, compar said, 16-production for the night set a 2 free throws that pactd the' 4 MSU (89) G F T came back Saturday ing Simpson to the famed "Big minute to play was whittled to Mahler 1 T iL Charlotte Coliseum record. The points and contributed 16 reBradley "4UVU dvc u,c ,n Newlin 4 54 . uitiik mi nui utc tuusuiauuu O," former Cincinnati great old record of 45 was held by hoinwts Ford sank 25 to lead a,jro 8947 on Frank Sylvester s field 1 Simpson j 2 3 UOe with a 9540 win over San Bill Bradley who finally got un er and a pair of free throws by Martin, B. of Princeton. the Pioneers. The Utes, 16 7 Gutkowski 22 36-St. Bonaventure turned a ! Francisco 4 04 M3ravich's point total for the It was the second meeting In packed after a sluggish first 15 Gene Gathers. That set the Borrevik 26 8 into halftime 24 lead a Gibbcrj clubs. two Cowan 0 weeks for the Wyo 04 m fjve 'starting Utes were in minutes, came from behind to stage for a pulsating finish. night equaled his per game 5742 with WfaM. fiffure. saturdav nieht at 0- - 1 2- - 2 8 advantage took Ward the 12 5 first Hunter outing ming , in the Twice in the closing seconds , - o defeat the Dons, average this season. minutes left as Lanier and E1ie with Jim Mahler 2 3 7 Miller 11 2 LSU jumped off to a Wyoming is now boasting a topping the tournament opener before near-- of play, the Spartans missed on Laster 1 5 2 lead with 8:24 to co in the half 74 mark. Denver dropped to 44. Kalbaugh combined for a series Utes with 23. Reynolds ly 8,000 fans in Utah's new the front end of 34 11 Benjamin baskets. The Utes 2 but Clemson, behind the shoot-i- r Marshall University sopho of easy 64 10 to an early Special Events Center, situations but Bradley s last Beam jumped 0 04 Larsen Nelson and Mickey Davis lead and haa 1 CooS 2 o t A balanced attack led by gasp bid for an overtime perimore Russell Lee broke open a Garry :: : margins as wide , r. i 4 04 0 04 o'Bograkos and trailed at halftime only as 20 points through much of .Mike Newlin and reserve guard od failed when Ken Meischner's Harper r consolauon gamei; seesawing 89 S5 1944 Totals 0 0 ' 04 the game. John Hunter gave Utah its jumper in the closing seconds Kunysz with New York University inp 0 04 0 Halftime score: MSU 45, Martin, R. Maravich, who also had 9 the Marshall University Invito- - Niagara's halftime lead was Utah's Jack Gardner has seen come-fr- o victory over failed to drop through. Dons. Utah and Michigan State will Totals assists, sharpened his aim at tional by pouring in 24 of his 37:3846, but it stretched this to and developed a lot of basket-- ! the travel-wear- y 3419-2- 5 87 Bradley 36 the start of the second half and game high points in the second nine points, 4940, in a little ball players in his three dec The Utes had fallen behind 20-- 9 battle for the classic champion- Halftime Score Utah 32, San Fouled out: Miller notched 10 straight points that half Saturday night to spark a 'more than three minutes of the ades of coacWng and he's jld in the early going but took the ship at 9:15 p.m. San Francisco 28. Total fouls: Bradley 21, MSU with 1:49 remaining goes against Bradley for the Francisco comeback win by the second half. The Purple Eagles on Uie talents of Michigan State lead, gave LSU at a 7343 advantage. 3 20 Fouled out: Ronnie Yates topped Clemson Thundering Herd. Kelly. jenjoyed a slight rebounding sophomore Ralph Simpson after in the first half on a three consolation title in a 7 p.m. with 28 points and Dave Oklahoma met Xavier of Ohio eu? I Total Fouls: San Francisco, 4344. point play by Newim and never looniest only one took. J b I 76-7- n 87-7- 3. 89-a- Il 74-6- Utes Coast to Utah Classic Title 47-4- W Sinip-traile- jhi.-i-over- A-7- 0-- 'J 95-7- 10-1- 0-- 2 51-3- 2-- iwrih, wm-ranK- 7-- j t 1) 0-- 1 2 0-- o.e 87-7- Hl-10- 2. 6-- 19-2- 1 2 1 .nil Zl 1011-123- nt 72-7- 1. 87-7- 5, 28-2- 0 fast-brea- k ' 7 52-5- 28-2- 94-9- . 4 A-7- ,4S3. 4