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VOL. 60. No. 64
Lions Meet 'Bama
In First Liberty Bowl
By SANDY PADWE
Sports Editor
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 18—
The Liberty Bowl, an infant
among the major post season
games, takes its first big step
here tomorrow when Penn
State and Alabama clash in
Philadelphia Stadium at 1:05
p.m.
A crowd of 40,000 is expected to
watch the battle between two of
the .top teams in the nation. The
game will be televised nationally
by NBC.
Alabama, ranked 10th in ihe
final Associated Press grid poll,
comes into the first Liberty
Bowl game with af7-l-2 record.
The Nillany Lions, ranked 10th
by United Press International,
finished ihe season with an 8-2
mark.
Only Southeastern Conference
champ Georgia beat Bear Bryant’s
Crimson Tide while Tennessee
and Vanderbilt held the Tide to
ties.
Alabama turned in wins over
Houston, Chattanooga, Memphis
State, Tulane, Mississippi State,
Georgia Tech and Auburn.
Rip Engle’s Penn Staters breezed
through their first seven games
before losing to national champ
Syracuse, 20-18. The Lions also
dropped their finale to arch rival
Pitt in a stunning upset, 22-7.
Penn Slate holds wins over
Orange Bowl bound Missouri,
Southern Conference champ
V.M.1., Colgate, Army, Boston
University, Illinois, Wef t Vir
ginia and Holy Cross.
Both coaches have hinted that
there might be some changes in
their offensive attacks Saturday.
"Don’t be surprised,” said En
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BEAR BRYANT
. . . Alabama Coach
gle, "if we come up with a couple
of newfangled offensive gimmicks
to test that highly-touted Ala
bama defense.”
What new gimmick is Engle
talking about? “Let’s let Alabama
be the first to find that out,” he
said with a grin.
Engle’s going to have to come
up with something to break the
armor-plated Alabama defensive
corps. The Crimson Tide held its
opponents to just 134 yards rush
ing per game and 45 yards
through the air this fall.
Engle had been toying with
the idea of playing his All-Am
erican quarterback Richie Lucas
at a halfback position, and
FOR A BETTER PENN STATE
Lucas ran a few plays there in
practice. But Engle will say
nothing about it.
Bryant, on the other hand,
hasn’t been idling his time away.
He won’t keep any secrets from
you and readily admits that the
Tide is brewing up something spe
cial to throw at the Nittany Lions.
Alabama runs from the regular
T-formation but uses a wide
variety of offensive sets includ
ing lonesome ends, flankers,
spreads, and slotbacks.
Penn Slate has really opened
up its attack this year and the
Lions have come close to run
ning a multiple offense.
They used so many different
offensive formations that Engle
terms his attack “a T with varia
tions,”
The Lions have employed a
straight-T, winged-T, unbalanced
lines with an end over, double
wing, double slot, and spreads.
That’s just about everything out
side of the single-wing.
Lucas, picked on almost every
major All-American team this
year, is the mastermind behind
jthe Penn State offense.
Called the best player in the
| nation by his coach. Lucas really
had himself an outstanding
year. He broke Penn State's
total offense record for a single
season and finished among the
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