European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 5, 1967 the stars and stripes aztecs hold big Edge in Small poll new York up Texas Southern does t Only get revenge it gets a Little  Texas tigers routed 52-0 last season by powerful Tennes see state upset the Tennessee tigers 14-10 saturday not Only to gain a measure of revenge but also to Knock third ranked Tennessee state completely Oul of United press International top 20 Small College teams. To make the revenge even Little More sweeter the 35 member up Board of coaches voted the previously a ranked tigers into the nation s no. 6ranking. The Victory was costly for Tennessee state which also dropped an earlier decision Tolan Diego state and thereby lost almost All Hope for High National ranking. San Diego state and North Dakota state a pair that battled throughout last season for no. 1 ranking before meeting in a showdown Duel won 36-0 by san Diego still rate As the class of Small Colleg football. 19th straight win san Diego which battled to its 19th consecutive Triumph with a 26-20 decision Over Cal poly of san Luis Obispo polled27 first place votes and 326 Points to take top National ranking handily. The aztecs however were hard pressed to maintain their top Billing. Cal poly which almost upended the eventual National champions last season before missing a deciding extra Point in the last minute of play almost turned the trick again before allowing san Diego to slip away. North Dakota state was runaway Choice for second place. The Bison who beat South Dakota state 34-14 last week polled 16 second place votes and 263 Points to easily outdistanced Waynesburg which moved up a notch to third with a 48-13 rout of Ohio  state trounced Evansville 31-10 to move up two places to fourth while Arkansas state eighth last week advanced to fifth with a 15-7 Triumph Over Tennessee  to 7th Northwest Louisiana state Clung to its no. 7 rating with a 21-14 Victory Over Cross state rival Northeast Louisiana state while new Mexico Highland advanced the one place to no. 8 after annihilating westminster47-7. The University of Texas at Arlington s slim 7-6 decision Over East Texas Cost the rebels Early dropping them from fifth All the Way to  s defensive demons registered their third consecutive shutout with a 37-0 Whitewash of Albion to Advance two notches and crack the up top 10.howie Myers flying dutch men with consecutive victories Over Gettysburg Lafayette and Albion Are unsfored upon this season. West Chester state Heads the second 10, moving up from a 14th place tie last week with continued on Page 22 pistons waiver pair Detroit a the de troit pistons Cut. Their roster to the National basketball association limit of 12 players tues Day by placing guard Bob Lloyd of Rutgers and Forward Bob Hogsett on waivers. Inc air ainu Alkire p .9 a so tops Vii Pott Urcla 1 Point behind new York up Southern  b 15. T u ,. No. Up Southe California and Urcla tradition Al West coast foes have take their heated rivalry to the Summit of collegiate  Mckay s explosive Southern California squad vaulted past notre Dame into the no. 1 position in Colleg football according to voting this week by United press International s 35 m e m b e aboard of coaches. Despite their 21-17 Victory Over Michigan state the trojans captured the to ranking by the Slimmest of margins one Point Over Crosstown rival Urcla. Southern California Drew 11first place votes and compiled 293 Points to Edge the clans who polled seven first place ballots and 292 Points after bombarding Washington state51-23 for their third consecutive  Houston captured the no. 3 ranking. The High scoring cougars boosted their record to 3-0 Friday night by annihilating Wake Forest 50-6 and earned top Billing on 10 up and Over Leroy keys Purdue s right halfback tries some fancy footwork to get past four notre Dame players but he could t keep his balance after picking up several Yards inthe game at Lafayette ind. The boilermakers upset the no. 1-ranked Irish 28-21. Up up selects Mollenkopf for coach of week Honor Indianapolis ind. Up they Don t Call him Jack the Ripper for  years he battled the Odds and More often than not became out smiling. We re Gonna play Notredame he said a week ago and i think we can  win they did. His 14-Point underdog Purdue boilermaker slicked the top rated Irish in a rip roaring 28-21 upset his eighth Victory in 12 years Over the famed upstate powerhouse from under the Golden dome at South  there was Little Surprise when barrel chested Jack Mollenkopf also carried off United cougars Nab wide Lead in total offence race new York a the 695yard s gained by Houston in its 50-6 football Victory Over Wake Forest has propelled the Cou Gars into a commanding Lead intact a of Ense among the nation s major colleges the latest Statis tics disclosed tuesday. The cougars total Offens champs last season have piled it 1,466 Yards in three game for a 488.7 average. Brigham Young is second with 457.0yards followed by West Texas state 456.7 and notre dame454.0, according to figures com led by National collegiate sports be vices. Harvard s 51-0 Triumph Over Lafayette enabled the Crimson of take Over first place in Rush ing offence with a 329.0 average and in scoring with a 51.0 aver age. Brigham Young is the Pace setter in passing Offens with a 296.5 average. Syracuse is the total defens Eleader Wio an average yield of Only 89.0 Yards for two  or Aije also is no. 1 in Rushing defense with a -ninus7.5-Yard average. Princeton having yielded Only 12 Yards in one game is tops in Forward pass defense. Kansas state is the punting Leader with a 46.7 Yard average for 13 punts in two games. 1. Houston2. Brig. Young. 8. West Tex. St. 4. Notre Dame .5. Step 6. Rice 7. Harvard � t8. Princeton 9. Ucla10. Texas tech. Total Offen Seg plays cd 8.3 218 1,466 1492 14 914 3 219 1,370 2 177 908 83 432 143 860 429 426 96 81 219 159 1,271 824 Rushing Offen Seg rushes yes. 1. Harvard 1 76 329 2. Urcla 3 169 970 3. Texas tech a 2 110 s994. Princeton 1 61 298 5. Oregon St 3 180 873 6. Dartmouth. 1 71 283 7. Okla 2 124 547 8. H. Carolina. 3 174 8110. West Tex. St. 3 147 805 10. Virginia 2 96 632 avg. 488.7 457.0 456.7454.0 432.0 430.0429.0 426.0 423.7412.0 avg. 329.0 323.3299.5 298.0 291.0 283.0 273.5 270.3263.3 266.0 Forward 1. Brig. Soung 3. Notre dame3. New mex. 4. Purdue 5. Utip 6. Rice 7. Houston 8. N. Texas St 9. San Jose St.10. Wyoming. Passing att. Com 72 39 95 45 126 55 72 32 45 23 53 28 58 30 81 32 65 36 75 41 offence. Pet. Yes. Avg. .542 563 296.5588 774511 254470 670442 422 474437 .444511 528517 395554 547 294.0258.0 255.5254.0 235.0 223.3 221.0 211.0 631 210.3 press International coach of the week honors. Even that is 9ld stuff to the master strategist from the engineering school builder of some of the most feared lines in collegiate football. Ten years ago he won the plaudits when his wingless riveters 21-Point underdogs derailed Michigan state then also the nation s no. 1 team 20-13. He repeated last year after his club edged Michigan for the fifth consecutive time the fourth straight at Ann Arbor. What about this year i have to give my staff All the credit said the modes coach. You can do All the planning and preparing you want and lots of times your plans fall apart. But we got Fin execution from our players i cannot recall when we had Sucha unified  the boilermakers playing before their largest Home crowd Ever More than 62,000, move Din front in the third period and notre Dame played catch up football the rest of the afternoon. I had no idea our defensive line would be Able to handle their Rushing said  defensive Rushing was very Good and our secondary did a wonderful Job. Our boys put a lot of pressure on Irish quarterback Terry  i figured it would take a Lotof scoring to win and it did said Mollenkopf. There were times when we gambled and we were fortunate we suffered no pass interceptions. Any time you beat Notredame it s a great thrill said continued on Page 82 coaches ballots compiling 280points. Purdue which pulled off the upset of the year saturday by knocking off top ranked Notredame gained enough prestige to move from eighth to fourth nationally. The boilermakers now 2-0, completed the firs place polling by earning seven no. 1 votes. Georgia swept Clemson 24-17to retain its no. 5 ranking with 191 Points while Nebraska with111 Points Clung to sixth place by virtue of a 7-0 Squeaker Over Minnesota. Notre Dame the defending National Champion and top ranked last week plunged Al the Way to seventh. The Irish who last week Drew 27 firs place votes and 337 Points could manage Only 91 Points from the coaches Board. Missouri 10th ranked Las week advanced to the no. 8 Slot with a 13-6 Victory Over Northwestern while Colorado seventh last week dropped to ninth after being Idle last weekend. Missouri Drew 86points while Colorado was awarded 80. Alabama slips Alabama ranked ninth Las week slipped a notch to 10th despite a 25-3 Triumph Over Southern Mississippi. The Crim son tide now 1-0-1, were awarded 53 Points to round out the top 10. Wyoming again headed the second 10, polling.38 Points to take the no. 11 position after edging Colorado state 13-10. Texas tech which upset 12thranked Texas 19-13, jumped from 15th to 12th. Florida and Tennessee a pair of Southeastern conference Powers share the no. 13 Slot with 23 Points while Georgia tech is 15th, a drop of on place from last week. Newcomer Oklahoma a 35-0victor Over Maryland is ranked 16th and Syracuse moves up notch to 17th after trouncing West Virginia 23-6. Three new members Oregon state Louisiana state and North Carolina Complete the nation s top 20. Five coaches from each of the seven geographical areas of the nation comprise the up rating Board. Each week they select the 10 top teams with Point distributed on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 1 basis from votes from first to10th. New York up the United pres International major College football ratings with first place votes and won lost tied record in parentheses team 1. Southern california2. Urcla 7 3-0 3. Houston 10 3-0 4. Purdue 7 2-0 5. Georgia 2-0 6. Nebraska 2-0 7. Notre Dame 1-1 8. Missouri 2-0 9. Colorado 2-0 10. Alabama 1-0-1 11 3-0 points2932s2 2so 253 191 111 91 86 80 53 second 10 11, Wyoming 3s 12, Texas tech 32 13 tie Florida ten Nessee 23 15, Georgia tech 19 16, Oklahoma 15 17, Syracuse 13 18,Oregon state 9 19, Louisiana state .8 0, North Carolina state 7. Other teams receiving votes Texas Brigham Young Memphis state  state. Southern Cal Houston 1-2 in a s voting new York a Here Are the associated press ratings with first place votes in parentheses season records Anil Points on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis 1. Southern California "03-02. Houston 103-0 3. Urcla 63-04. Purdue 92-0 354 5. Georgia 12-0 -93 6. Notre Dame. 1-1 1 55 7. Nebraska. 2-0 1418. Colorado. 2-0 114 8. Alabama. 1-0-1 7310. Texas tech. 2-0 47 others receiving votes listed alphabetically army. Arizona state Clemson Florida Georgia term Louisiana state Michigan state Minnesota Missouri North Carolina state Oklahoma Oregon state Penn state South Carolina Syra Cuse Tennessee Texas Dpi Wyoming 42c is9