The Collegian Wednesday, januarY 25
Sports
49'ers Tame Bengals
by Mike Cifelli
Collegian Staff Writer
The San Francisco 49'ers
answered any questioning critics
in a big way Sunday, defeating
the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16 in
Super Bowl XXIII at Miami's Joe
Robbie Stadium.
Wide reciever John Taylor
caught a 10-yard touchdown pass
from Joe Montana with 34
seconds remaining to snatch the
victory from the jaws of the
Bengals.
The pass was the culmination
of a well executed two-minute
drill by Montana and his dynamic
duo of Jerry Rice and Roger
Craig, who combined for over
370 yards of total offense.
The game began on a bitter
note for both sides as San
Francisco offensive tackle Steve
Wallace fractured his ankle, on
the fourth play of the game, and
Cincinnati's nose tackle Tim
Krumrie broke his leg, on the
fourteenth play.
The first half saw the two
teams trade field goals "for a three
to three tie, the lowest halftime
score since Super Bowl IX where
Pittsburgh led Minnesota two to
nothing. The Nincrs' Mike Cofer
connected first with a 41-yarder in
the first quarter. Jim Breech tied
the score with a 34-yard boot in
the second quarter.
A spectacular, one, handed,
Jerry Rice catch set up a second.
Field - goal but Cofer's kick failed
after a bad snap by Niners' center
Randy Cross.
The Bengals went ahead in the
third quarter when Breech hit a
43-yard field goal Capping off a
12 play, nine minute Cincinnati
drive highlighted by a diving
catch by Chris Collinsworth.
San Francisco linebacker Bill
Romanowski intercepted a
Boomer Esiaibp pass setting up.
another Cofer kick, tying the
score at six.
On the ensuing kickoff,
Bcngals' return man Stanford
Jennings rambled 93 yards for a
score and a 13-6 lead.
The following possession saw
the Montana, Rice and Craig
show take control again. The
drive ended with a 14-yard
touchdown pass from Montana to
Rice knotting the score at 13. A
key play in the 85-yard drive
came when Bengals' cornerback
Lewis Billips dropped an apparent
interception.
Cincinnati took the lead for
the last time on Breech's third
field goal of the game. Breech
nailed the 40-yarded making the
score 16-13.
The 49'ers' game winning
drive started on their own eight
yard line with under three
minutes to go. Montana
completed eight of nine passes in
the drive, the key play being
second and 20-yard strike to Rice.
Finally, with time running out,
the 49`ers struck gold as Montana
found Taylor in the end zone.
For the game, Montana
completed 23 of 36 passes for a
record 357 yards and two
touchdowns. Rice took MVP
honors_pulling down 11 passes
for a record 222 yards. This total
surpassed Washington's Rickey
Sanders total of 193 yards in
Super Bowl XXII. Craig, the
Niners' all-purpose back, added
over 100 yards of his own giving
San Francisco 454 yards of total
offense. Defensive backs David
Fuicher (Bengals) and Ronnie
Lott (49'ers) received Acclaim as
the defensive standouts.
Many a critic counted out San
Francisco - after -a meager 6-s.start
but there is no 'doubt in anioncs
mind who is number one. The
victory was the 49'ers . third
championship thiS,decade.:
Lady Lions' Deep
Slump Continues
Lions'
up on
Lady
a leg
Nebraska Legislature
Seeks Damages from NCAA
CPS The National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA)
would have to pay colleges that
lose money because the NCAA
penalizes a school in their
confereUce, if a bill proposed in
photo by Rick Brooks
forward Michelle Illadison 'kets'
a Hiram defender.
the Nebraska legislature Jan. 12
becomes law.
The legislature were angry
about reports that recent penalties
levied against the University of
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State
University football teams -
including being banned,from• tv
and bowl appearances - would
cost other colleges, about $4.5
million in lost tv revenue".
Losing that much money, of
coarse, could cripple some
programs.
"I think some recent cases
have made people wake up and
realize that when the NCAA
punishesone school, it can result
in many other schools being
puniShed as well," said bill co
sponsor Sen. Ernie Chambers, a
long-Time college sports reform
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by Missy Mace
Collegian Staff Writer
"There just isn't enough
pizazz ...," said Lady Lions' Head
Coach Jenepher Banker in defense
of the women's basketball team's
lack of victories.
The Lady Cagers most recent
victory was on Dec. 10, a 52-51
squeaker over Grove City.
After a months rest, the Lady
Lions came back to reality with a
78-58 loss to Pitt-Bradford. This
defeat was the first in a string of
five straight losses.
On January 14, they traveled
to Theil and were blown out 73-
51. On the 17th the hosted Hiram
and again were beaten 72-59.
On January 19, the Lady
Lions traveled to Geneva where
they stayed in the game but lost a
heartbreaker 55-53.
Most recently, the team was
brutally beaten at home by St.
John Fisher 74-47.
This leaves the Lady Cagers at
a disappointing 3-10 for the first
half of the season. Banker
believes the team suffers from
exhaustion which has given way
to too many mental errors.
The excuses or reasons for
defeat could go on forever. For
now, the Lady Lions can only
look ahead and hope the future is
a_little brighter. - • .
On Jan. 23, the Ladies lost
to Sony-Brockport 69-67
advocate who in the past has
introduced legislation requiring
colleges to pay their athletes.
Big Eight conference teams -
which include Nebraska, Idwa
State, Colorado, Missouri,
Kansas State, Kansas and two
Oklahoma universities - share tv
money earned when *one of them
appears in a bowl game, and split
.revenues when they play each
other.
Oklahoma, of course, is a
perennial bowl participant, and
Oklahoma State's program has
emerged as a national power.
Chambers' proposal, if
approved, would give the
University of Nebraska a means
to take Qie NCAA to court if it
imposes sanctions.