European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. January 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports sooner Roll Over Arkansas by Fred Coo i All Miami a third ranked okla homa provided coach Barry Switzer with a special Victory thursday night pounding no. 9 Arkansas 42-8 in the 53rd Orange. Bowl to avenge he most embarrassing loss of Switzer s career. Arkansas Cost Oklahoma a  championship by Healing the heavily favored Soncra 31-6 in Chr 1978 Orange bowl. Switzer a native of Arkan Sas and a former razorback Pluyer an assistant coach had asked Hii players to win thursday night s game for him. Publicly soil scr tried to downplay the importance of the game to him personally but afterwards he admitted it Means a lot local his Alma mater. I can go Back Home to Arkansas. I sure can. I needed that said Switzer who his improved his record to 6-2 in Orange bowl games. I talked prior to inc game about going out on the Field nine years ago and coming Back embarrassed he added. Ii was one of the worst losses of  Spencer Tillman ran for 109 Yards an two touchdowns and quarterback a mlle Holieway also scored twice As the sooner 17w-Point favourites finished the season with an ill record for the second straight year. Tillman scored on runs of 77 and 21 Yards in the second Quarter and Holie Way broke the game open with to runs see sooner on Page 25 apply to Spencer than uni races 60 Yards far Oklahoma s first to with Arkansas Ekhard Brothers on the ground and Erik Whit cd living Chase. Buckeyes rip aggie with 5 Nerce Ptons Dallas not Ohio state intercepted five r issues by Kevin Murray returning two for touch Dii Vns in a 28-12 rout of Texas am in he first Cotton bowl appearance by a team from the big ten conference. Murray a Redskin Junior who starred in last year s Cotton bowl game was off Large All afternoon. He threw Only eight interceptions in ii regular season games. He was the player of the year in the Southwest conference this season completing 61 percent of his passes and averaging More Llian 220 Yards a game. Murray set a Cotton bowl record with 292 passing Yards in the aggie 36-16 Victory Over Auburn last new year s Day. But thursday Michael Kee an Ohio slate linebacker insured the Victory by picking off a Murray pass with just under three minutes left in he game find racing 49 Yards for the final score. In the opening moments of the third Quarter Chris Spiel mail the consensus All America linebacker stretched he buckeyes 7-6 halftime Lead by intercept ing a Murray pass and running it Buck 24 Yards for a touchdown. Ohio slate extended its advantage to 21-6 on a 3-Yard run by Vince Workman Midway through the third period. Kec and Spielman led the Ohio state defense with 18 unassisted tackles Between them. La was a great exhibition of defensive football said coach Earle Bruce who had his buckeyes in re shoes and himself in a dark suit and a Black hat with a Scarlet Feather. The thing i can t imagine is thai we could return two of those interceptions for touchdowns Bruc Esaid. Spielman a Junior who was voted the game s map said Ohio state used three defensive formations in the game that it had not used during the regular season. He said the buckeyes knew Murray would rather throw the Ball than run i think he was a Little  it was t anything they were doing Murray  was misreading from my part. A couple of times i threw the Ball Down there and a isl did t see the White jerseys. Five interceptions is enough to kill any team. Spielman was used As a spy out there. They used lie safety differently and Spielman was  the Victory gave Ohio state co Champion of the big ten a 10-3 record after it had opened the season with consecutive losses to Alabama and Washington. Texas am which was aiming to become Only the second team to win Back to Back Colton bowls finished at v 3. Texas won Coilton bowls in 1969 and 1970. Ohio slate s Victory helped Case the pain of a disappointing 26-24 loss to Michigan that Kepi the buckeyes from winning the big ten title outright and playing in the Rose bowl despite amassing 150 Yards in total offence in in first Quarter Ohio state held Only a 7-6 halftime Lead. Ohio stale s first score came a few seconds into the second Quarter when Jim Karsa ios capped an 80-Yard drive with a smartly executed 3-Yard touchdown run. Arsalos scored on an option play knifing into the end zone ahead of several defenders. He had completed five consecutive passes hat brought the Buck eyes within striking Range. The touchdown wiped out see Ohio St. On Page 26 Van Raaphorst ignites Sun devils in Rose bowl Pasadena Calif. A the 73rd Rose bowl provided a dream come Siruc for Jeff Van Raaphorst and his Ariz Nastale teammates and a continuing night Mare for to Schembechler Michigan and the big ten. Van Kaa Borst whose father had Bee denied a dunce to play in inc Rose howl ""5 years earlier threw for 193 Yards and it touchdowns to Lead seventh ranked Arizona slate to a 22-15 upset Victory Over no 4 Michigan in thursday s rom howl the Victory continued the i Pacific to s domination Over the big ten in the Csc bowl and handed Michigan coach Schembechler Ilia seventh loss in eight trips to Pasadena. Paoli team now have won the last sit Rose bowls and i2ofihclast 13. It s a dream come True said Vanraaphorst who rallied the Sun devils from a 15-3 second Quarter deficit. A father never Gol a Chance to do Iland i m just glad i was Able to he said. This is foi1  Dick Van Raaphorst was an Alt big ten kicker for conference Champion Ohio stale in 1961. Out the faculty wanting to show thai football was nol overemphasized at the school voted to prohibit the buckeyes from participating in the Rose bowl that year. Pick was in the stands thursday As Arizona stale won its first appearance in the Rose Bow and also gave coach John Cooper his first bowl Victory. This is the biggest winged Victory of my life said Cooper in his second year Al Ahu after spending Cihi years Al Tulsa. I m on Cloud nine we beat an excellent football team. Ivs had to Pluy our Besl had game to win the coach added. You can t say enough about our defense particularly in inc second  after giving up 15 Points Early the Sun devils defense Lur cd stingy. Arizona slate finished Ilie game with three interceptions Oil Michigan quarterback Jim Hill Hugh. The Asl Oll i nit1, meanwhile did not urn tic full Over even once. I m not making any i a uses. Become out Here every ear and lose by seven ,." sch Hechler said. Von Guys can Liam fun talking about that we in it did c play a very Good Sec Ond half. We be been a second half  Sun devils on Page 25