The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, December 18, 1959, Image 1
Weather Fore Rain, Colder 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 2% latlg^Olnll STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1959 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 (Continued on page six) More Sports On Pages 6,7 pgtatt Liberty ALABAMA Skelton Trammell Stapp Moore Oliver Johnson White Richardson Rich Slickney Wesley Holt . Shoemaker Fuller Dyess Morrison O'Steen Davis Bailey Moseley O'Linger Frank Crenshaw Phillips Siutis Cochran Rutledge Allen Hannah Holsomback Sims O'Dell Casey Neighbors Allen Boylston Singion Cain Blevins Spruiell Brooker Rice Patton Moore Bell Ronsonet Drivers- Be Cautiousl See Page 4 FIVE CENTS Lineup PENN STATE Urban Pae Wayne Kerr Caye Lang Hall Boiula Gursky Lucas Schaeffer Ghigiarelli Hoak Kline Sobczak Kochman Huffman Graham Wilcon Berfield Kohlhaas Siellatella Maddigan Popp Butterfield Cimino Sava Korbini Barber Gilmour Smith Janerette Sieminski Stynchula Mulraney Saul Alexander Truitt Neff Davis Rakowski M'tinger Bozick Schwab Oppermann J r 4K; 1 i ""'Vi-,..*- U,5 si