1977 Alabama at USC 4th Quarter

Dave Kaminski is has called his colleagues in involved in the play and they are discussing it here so that they come up with the ultimate decision that is correct in his Thurmond the defensive captain out there for Southern California Jeff Rutledge and Dave Sadler offensive captains for Alabama now Ozzie Newsome has come over to join in the conversation and it is loosen who indicates as you can see that the penalty will be accepted and it will go against Southern California now you take a look at the statistics they're pretty even hundred ninety-four yards total yards for Alabama 202 but the dominance of the running game and the possession of it we see that the USC has been able to do it on the on their passing game let's see there's another push McCoy found another foul it's all the way down to the 9 yard line and that will come up to a total of 118 yards and penalties against Southern California in the ballgame today 118 yards many West Porter there's been 68 yard 68 miss Porter those are the kind of mistakes that you just can't afford I don't imagine she'll have any trouble getting the troops to stand up well it's first down they need a yard and a half one of the nine Johnny Davis is inside the pie before he will be tough old it is first and goal to go Alabama at the Southern California four yard line he's come up with a tough yardage when it's been needed he's about 227 pounds he's a pretty good load going in there Donnie Foust 44 checks in he's 210 he replaces Lou Eichner who weighs about 175 we got those Davis nicknamed right I'll tell you that they call him the bull major Ogilvie no it is Tony Nathan back in and half back so it's Nathan Foust and Davis behind Ruffin first and goal before Nathan throw one Matthews Gutierrez Crawford stacking it for Southern California it is second and goal to go from the one and this is why Nathan Gorn trying to get up over the top of the stack gets good blocking up front they drive the Trojans back off the line and Nathan really puts a move on and almost a facemask there again by Dennis Johnson reached in and grabbed Nathan's mask but let it go let go of it this time before there was a call alabama leading 7 to 6 the ball is exactly on the one-yard line the tired having dominated the second and third quarters of the ballgame and we're now in the fourth with 1348 to play in the game and time is up here we go second down and goal for at the Southern California one-yard line only 1348 to play in the game alabama leading 7 to 6 a touchdown in an extra point makes it 14 to 6 here and makes it tough 13 minutes is over the California it is Nathan he got a touchdown for Alabama are they going to go for two they just might course he went out over the right side where I'll tell you one of the things in this ball game that has been a little bit surprising to me and Jim bunch number 63 as flat whipped wolf Underwood so far up front today and it was right there that Nathan went that right side is blocked very well Crider and bunch USC is charged with a team timeout with 13 45 to go in this ball game and Alabama waiting for the extra point tribe now the decision has been made Alabama will kick for the extra point Roger Chapman looks good it is good with 13 minutes and 45 seconds to play in a game alabama builds his lead to 14 6 what could be a major upset there are the startling facts of the matter alabama 14 to 6 over Southern California with 13 45 to go the kickoff it goes to the whiteboard steps back a yard in the endzone and here come and he gets it to the 20 so next Saturday we can now tell you that the Texas Longhorns who came up with that 13 to 6 victory over Oklahoma today will meet the undefeated Razorbacks of Arkansas in Fayetteville check your local listings for the game time both of them undefeated it's reminiscent of the old shootout game back in 1969 well I imagine a red head frank balls is gonna have a busy week huh a few basically well Southern California in trouble the nation's top-ranked team trailing by eight points from the 19 yard line ahsoka trooper fights for a yard no more Hamilton 94 Curtis McGriff 96 the Alabama defense has been the star of this ball game collectively our possession time is almost even first downs though the possession of the game because I think it's about 19 to 9 I believe first downs and therein lies a difference from the 20 second down and 9 for Southern California heard of it locked intercepted by Alabama the ball was black and then intercepted walked by Curtis McGrath and intercepted by Wayne Hamilton Hamilton went taking a blow from Charles White it was brought back in his direction and would you believe it the big defensive end cook the ball before it hit the ground what a play and so here's Alabama first and goal to go at the Southern California eight yard line and 63,000 140 people sitting here in the Coliseum are stunned you bet they are because the Trojans were heavily favored were seen for an upset to Nathan penalty flags are down the Alabama offensive front might have been a little quick getting off the mark it's been a penalty filled ballgame there have been an enormous amount of mistakes but over all of this shines the Alabama defense have made this position possible now let's see what happened there you see the man on the right side of the Alabama line moving before the ball was snapped just beat the count by a fraction of a second 5-yard penalty illegal motion Carter Hartwig who's played a strong game for USC at quarterback out looked like he hurt his ankle Larry Brazil is in and Brazil had a buck on a field goal try earlier in the game he's back in back him up five first down and goal to go from roughly outside for Nathan super blocking from Lu Eichner and from Ozzie Newsome and Nathan took it in after sawed down Dennis Thurmond Nathan made his cut and he was home and it's 22:6 Alabama and they've done it all afternoon both halfbacks for half backs actually Rutledge comes down the line deals a ball off perfectly on the option you can see Nathan feel it fielded gets a lead block again good blocking downfield Ozzie Newsome throws to ward off a defender and of course they're on the scoreboard again the kick by Chapman it is good with 12 minutes and 47 seconds to play in the game Alabama leads USC 21 to 6t Nathan there isn't a happier soul in the world right now just scored the touchdown to put Alabama up from 21 to 6 es 73 yards to kick off it goes to whiteboard board has been the most effective of the Southern California tree or fail times in this fall return to the 24 now Southern California has 12 minutes and 40 seconds to work with as they trail by 15 points out of 60 3,140 on hand for the game though by understanding more than 71 thousand tickets were sold Southern California with the longest winning streak in college football at 15 game in serious trouble now having it snapped sweetie is in motion he hasn't seen the ball all days rob hurdle and why can't go anywhere he has done almost nothing today since the first quarter and Dave and Ricky Gilliland and Julia Mitchell just for me that defense is just swarming them they have no chance they can't even get back to the line of scrimmage Lobos is back to about the 20 yard line it'll be second down and 14 a good year blue film second and fourteen humbo Rajan's recover it never came away with it from the snap I think Rob hurdle tried to get away too rapidly and the ball either that or the ball came a little late because there was no exchange there and they were fortunate to recover the ball I want to see how quick they get up this time to let her come back to her seat old Ben keeps running - it's down to eleven and a half minutes courses a lot of time in the game third down the ball is back near the 18 about 16 the Southern California hurdle back to throw protection this time over Oh Simran can't hang on up at the 37 let him just a fraction too much and he would have had a first down on the play if he'd been able to hang on to the ball it was a tough catch it was low but it was enough of the first down after the loss of 5 yards on that first play right through his hands as he was trying to dive for it it brings up fourth down Southern California no laughing kick it away best known perhaps we're looking on Marty King will hit it Ozzie Newsome will receive it 11:15 to play in the game Kings kick knuckleball Newsom waves and then lets it go as the ball is kicked away from him bounces straight up in the air opens down Alabama 43 yard line first down tied 38 yards but here's Bill Clinton all right Keith a couple of updates on our scoreboard right now in the fourth quarter Colorado over Oklahoma State 22 213 and BYU is now leading Oregon State 13 to nothing with Gifford Nielsen the top collegiate passer getting 14 for 21 of the first half and two touchdowns that's 14 and 15 for him but he was also intercepted once okay Keith boy he's a thrower though I'll tell you that fine young man Travis goes wide for Alabama first down their own they leave 21 to 6 and Stedman Schiele is in it quarterback Gibson comes to the 45 for 2 yards Southern California to get back in the ball game now they've got to have some luck with 10:50 to play yeah they need the help of Alabama now I think the fumble interception which Alabama's unlikely to do they're in the driver's seat right now you can see the story on the 2 tailbacks in a sense Charles White of USC and Tony Nathan of Alabama but white Ford I think actually probably has more playing time today for the Trojans then does wait he is second down a yards to go for the Stedman chili it outside the Ferguson he stacked up at the line of scrimmage making the tackle Gary Cobb sat down play Matthew a Southern California now that's one of the few times they've been able to shut off the option it's been working all day Matthew's really reacted to at that time disregarded the fullback fake to the inside just went for the pitch man M Donohue Paula crane Sylvester fern grabbed poo deep our Jeff Rousey Jack Rutledge and shorty white all involved in what's happening here today gets to the 46 as they fought in Alabama football team in brilliantly prepared to play or you can say that again they really prepared for this ballgame emotionally strategically physically fourth down coming up now as Alabama is unable to punch out a first down 98 to 30 of the yards of rushing in the second half and Lynn Cain drops back now to accept the punt from buddy hope credit care paying at the center downfield number four Keith cues from ever pama stops him after a 47-yard get by buddy hope next Monday night ABC's NFL Monday Night Football game the Los Angeles Rams and the Chicago Bears from Soldier Field in Chicago the Rams 2 and 1 the Bears 1 & 2 the Bears really wanna muscle up in win one they need a win in the central division of the NFL the Rams of course big led this year by Joe Willie Namath that's Monday night on ABC at 9:00 Eastern Time a football is marked just inside USC 91 yards away from the Alabama collide and hurt us gonna put it up he's going down the sidelines for Cal Sweeney he overthrows it fly pattern trying for the home run where the goal line in his back and he's missed him the atom in my he had been on target he had him open been a big gainer Ricky Tucker and Don McNeil were running with Sweeney he was double-teamed coming down the sidelines and now it's 929 to play in the ball game 21 to 6 Alabama going to be a little shuffling in the old second in ten hurdle gives it in pain a tailback in pain runs it out to the 15-yard line well.all a UCLA fans will be mighty happy to hear this news that the oldest Brown has just run 75 yards for the Bruins and the score in that game is now 19 to 14 in favor of Stanford Stanford after that run of the oldest Brown for the touchdown at the 22 yard field goal by Ken neighbor don't forget for the postgame scoreboard show Dave dials Andrea Kirby we'll have all these scores for you as well as those highlights of the cut moving on third down and four he's got a fur after the 27 yard first time we've seen that play today quick screen out to the left the Alabama team dropped off in the zone was unable to cover that flower Mike Hayes was flying on the play but they dropped it off all the screens obtained under the rule this year remember your linemen come downfield and block on the screen first down Trojans at the 27 we've got a long way to go yet going to the the pass in the air complete - Randy Zimmern as he is written hard out of Randy all the ways around a hundred and sixty-three pound didn't fly though I'll say that working on Don McNeil great catch McNeil made him pay for it and he was tackled in bounds here going down on that left hand I hate to see somebody do that because I can never forget what happened to Matt Cavanaugh I understand if I read of the four he's supposed to play today first down SC at the 39 and we'll put it up again yes we neo pijn rose the sidelines through Howard stuttered and stuttered takes it out of our maybe another first down for a Southern California it is they'll have it right at the Alabama 49 yard line stop the clock too Studdard is the bigger of the split receivers for Southern Cal he's a 6-4 212 pounds senior and was in that play in place off Randy soon turtlecom gives the ball to Lin Kane Hamilton gets a piece of it and slows him down McNiel comes along to put him away not too bad a call even though the clock is running again a running play figuring the dalla band would drop off into extensive zones and only rush three or four men they thought they might be able to get some yardage rushing but good reactions by the defense of Alabama kept it to about a two yard game clock is running at 7:40 to play in the ballgame it is second down and eight yard stick 47:21 to six against the nation's top ranked team frozen over the middle sermons out there he's got it lesson HP saved the touchdown but it's another first down for Southern Cal as the beautiful pass drop by summer he acts like it's coming further the inside drinks to the sideline hurt will puts it right there see why Southern California is such a dangerous offensive team and even more so why Alabama's played an outstanding defensive game the way of they've contained them up till now Simran five catches 104 yards for the bears concern first down at the 519 I send the full-back up into a plank position now leaving one man back and hurdle to throw pressure zone he gets it off it is complete at the triple Washington trooper to this 7 to the 5 and its first and goal to go Southern California with 740 elected the Blitzen and he got rid of the ball and looked like he was going to lose yardage Hughie Mitchell was the blitzing linebacker that almost got hurdle but hurdle was able to get it away and its first and goal to go 7j lat the Alabama 5-yard line and seven Oh in the game and a man coverage he throws it it is incomplete and almost intercepted intended for cows whinny and number 21 Mike Tucker got his hands on the ball instead I think they had a little mix-up there let's see whether or not looked to me like Sweeney was open here right on his sideline and he threw the ball deep you see 24 Sweeney was wide open and it looked like he might expose he should have gone into the corner but any rate I think hurdle probably made the mistake in judgment 651 to play in the ball game on the incomplete pass and it's second down and goal to go at the 5 already defeated Oklahoma Alabama can give each other and leading 21 to 6 and a penalty too much time southern care that's 123 yards against the Trojan it's a lot of penalties you can see the effect of them particularly in a third quarter when they had the field position changes as a result of or facemask calls and now here you are down at the 5-yard line and I'll tell you get tough to get into the end zone from the 10-yard line even from the five let alone the ten extra defensive back is going in now Murray leg checks into the lineup as they take Curtis McGriff detecting against what they expect to be the pass on second and goals and the fan hurdles passes into the endzone touchdown Sweeny coming across the middle watch him hang on to this ball when he's hit by Murray leg right there Wow look like you're going to shake it loose yeah he grabs it back he did proper momentarily anyway but he grabbed it back proteins going for to crowd on their feet hurdle Rose it in trouble Rosie John McNeil almost had him down made it and it's 21 to 14 here comes the one ready the first time the Southern California partisan avantage incidents here in quite a while watch the touchdown play first now as sweety comes across and fix loses the ball and then catches it again before it hits the ground really a wallop right there by McNeal ball comes loose and scoops it up great reaction a two-point YEC hurdles almost down the two pools are fixing me for the two-point plane it's a piglet and the kickoff Nathan backs up at the goal line back at the 13 yard line with six minutes and 41 seconds to play in the ball game it has a 21 to 14 game right now momentum is shifted Alabama needs a first down Trojans need the ball when Alabama has won its money plays today they have gone behind punch and fighter on the right side Neal is the tight-end except he flexes wide to the right to the open side New Sun is down to the left side of the crowd of Laura Rutledge wants no part of it way so the nation's number one ranked football team still in trouble with a 15 game winning streak and trailing 21 to 14 but it's not as black now as it was just a few minutes ago as the Alabama defense had literally dominated the second third and half of the fourth quarter I like to point players really something gruffly gives it to the big guy Johnny Davis and Johnny D comes across the 15 to the 16 maybe the 17 you can see the clock running and is the time and the clock will be the ally of Alabama you can see all the Trojans searching for the ball they want that ball both teams with two timeouts remaining in the game call it the 17 and call it second down and seven right between the 16 and seven Davis again breaks out of there great running by Johnny Davis short of the first down but a tremendous personal effort by the big guys Willie Crawford and Ricky Odom finally wrestled him down great effort in there we're going to need a week to pick the offensive the defensive players for the Chevrolet Awards today thousand dollar scholarships going to the respective universities general scholarship fund of the players chosen third in the yard they have it it if he's got it that means Alabama can chew up another minute on the clock you bet that's a big first down Davis now 16 carries 55 yards Wayne Hamilton has been outstanding today for Alabama in particular defensively the heat was on him because everybody figured that that was where USC would go a defensive end he turned first time what if Tony Nathan's been outstanding Gary Cobb 53 wrote him out very next Saturday we're going to go back to the memories of the great shootout of six to nine as the Razorbacks of Arkansas the Longhorns of Texas both undefeated get together in Fayetteville Texas today defeat studying upset second down eight yards to go Alabama their own 26 Davis short of the 30 it'll be third and they'll need about five here they might have to consider putting it up important thing keep the ball as long as you can as we come up on four minutes to play you've got that threat of the two-point play that can make the difference from the game Southern go ahead third and five from the 49 Davis Specter laughter dr. David USC in its first offensive possession took the ball down came away with a field goal to lead three nothing but in the second and third quarters it was all Alabama i spiral pain comes across and looks at it takes an Alabama bounce you SCO get the ball just outside the 30-yard line that's a 49-yard pressure alright Keith let's take a look at the top 10s see of course the issue is still in doubt with three minutes and eight seconds to go Michigan won today twenty four to fourteen Oklahoma lost Texas number four beat Oklahoma Colorado and a victory over Oklahoma State Ohio State won big Nebraska one Alabama are still in doubt here Arkansas did not play in California is being defeated thank you Bill first down Southern California just outside the twenty might be their last chance to put something together trailing 2114 hurdle wants to throw swings it off to the tailback coming out of the backfield and the game is yards Lynne cane has played the tailback position quite a bit here in the fourth quarter and has been effective and he made that reception hurdle now 13 out of 22 for 173 yards in this ball game ball just short of the 25 make it second down and six for the project's two crucial first downs whinnying haze otherwise people to the left are inside along with Simran Hurdle comes in this direction looks he goes the other way sweetie who caught the touchdown pass scoops that one off the grass at the 39 yard line right in front of Don McNeil for a USC first down big first down when I said two crucial first downs on that two crucial timeout remains in Southern California see if they use them judiciously 2119 UCLA has moved out ahead of Stanford the run down all the scores at high five school board right after this game first down at the 39 for Southern California blitz is on her toes pass away masses complete content Mike he's 5 975 flier from San Diego is caught he's just apparently going to be a little bit short of the first down this little turnout we're trying to puts to get the hurdle but they couldn't get there winds up with a completion on the fly in the first down I guess it's just short of the first down Murray lay made the saving tackle for Alabama a minute and 44 seconds to play in a ballgame second down 1 USC being very deliberate they have two timeouts with passes away to the sidelines the Simran and Simran is spinning around to the 39 that's a first down now they must pull time at 1:26 box tops as the chains are moved and here's Simran right in front of Mike Tucker and tries to turn to the inside he thought it might it was shaky tackle make Moriarty got a pal clock it's running now with 120 so there's a chain went down the lock started first on us see that regroup the lip boys now as hurdle rolls to the right he's got several open the pass was just a little bit too long they had gotten behind on McNiel fakes an out pattern and runs right by him the ball is just on his fingertips and just overthrown just a tad and instead of being a touchdown it's an incomplete I gotta take a deep breath what again 105 to play in the game second down ten at the Alabama 39 and a fascist defense of life else whinny banking can't get it Mike Tucker defending good play by Mike Tucker he came in and knocked the ball down there Sweeney coming up the field heard a roll to the right to pull a secondary that way got single coverage on Slaney when he turns right here Tucker comes in reaches on the top and grabs all over the ball after it hits with Sweeney good play exactly one minute to play in the game alabama 21 southern california 14 swinging on a throne trying to get to the sidelines can't do it with 53 seconds to play in the ball game in Southern California with a first down as you watch the play again and time is called by the Trojan sweetie bricks right across the middle if you think that hurdle can't throw the ball take a look here right on target 53 seconds to play in the game this ESPN Classic by AT&T broadband 53 seconds to play in the ballgame Southern California first down at the Alabama 17 yard line 21 14 al I leave a pass it is caught by William pounds at the nine your and you've got 48 seconds to play and he's getting tremendous protection alabama's try to put them a couple of times and the single coverage they haven't been able to stay with him here's gay just breaking to the outside and hurdle putting it right there out of bounds stops the clock down to the seven yard line what a football game got to go to the seven for the first time they are just inside the ten second down you want to look at it with 48 seconds and the hurdle comes left he throws for Sweeny he a tremendous play by Mike Tucker Mike Tucker saved that touchdown with a fingertip what a reaction by Mike he's playing look like the ball was going to be right there for the score you made a great second effort I thought Sweeney was home free I did too for a minute but great reaction by Tucker senior out of Anniston Alabama might have been a game saver we've got 44 seconds to play it is third down from just inside the 10 they need three for the first time it will be first and goal to go and the flag was thrown vo made the hit on Randy Simmons before the ball got there and it's pass interference against Alabama got to be let's see if we can see this Don McGee another twenty eighty percent half match someone comes up the feel the can't quite see him here in the picture can't seen as well Amazon tipped the ball he had no chance to catch it and then McNeill not being able to here's another angle watch Hamilton joyride here no way Sherman's going to get to the ball anyway I don't know that's a close with her Hamilton way and Hamilton the man and tip the ball and McNeil got Paul for the hit and its first and goal to go Southern California at the Alabama one-yard line 39 seconds to play in the live cane touch them I don't know I think I might pray a lot whoa aim took it in and the Alabama defensive unit that have been so brilliant through the second and third and half of the fourth quarter beginning to wear down perhaps just a little bit here under the anxious efforts of Southern California but what a football game we've seen 35 seconds to play Alabama's Joey 2120 you know Southern Cal is going to go for two the outcome of the game rust on one play if Southern Cal converts this two point with 35 seconds left to go and alabama holds their the winner we've had so many of these on college football as well the Oklahoma Ohio State game turtle now 18 out of 34 244 yards the defensive player at the ball game has been chosen boat is going on now for the offensive player the defensive player of the baseball game Wayne Hamilton a great defensive end he just been sensational for Alabama all day at the University of Alabama to get a thousand-dollar scholarship for its general scholarship fund compliments of Chevrolet the offensive player I think has to be robbed hurdle the Southern California quarterback brought him back to this position bertazzoni California scholarship award from Chevrolet for its general scholarship fund but there have been so many young men who have played so well on both sides this afternoon you can see number 77 Barry cross walking around exhorting his teammates southern cow obviously going for - it's a right handed football team and the open side of the fields to the right side they've moved it to the left hash mark got three receivers to that side throws it up for grabs it is something like Klaus Alabama stops the tribe for two points and it was Wayne Hamilton that came in to get broad hurdle so the young men who have been named the outstanding players of the game are involved in the final gasp of it as Hamilton fought off the walking and came in to drag Rob hurdle down attached to throw the ball sidekick five seconds you know what happened but what a day 494 oh what a day he's had there's her rolling out to the right Hamilton coming did not have enough time to throttle and launch the ball which is the right thing to do because has got nothing to lose on an interception we're going to be looking now at a problem probable onside kick this is either coin go point out era that Calvin Sweeney was quite open in the end zone to it Hamilton denied hurdler chance to find him the way he was throwing it even sure you would have found him Carrie comes up out of the end zone right there number 24 coming into the picture that's that same dude inerts up to the ball in the Liberty Bowl went about 49 50 yards for the first touchdown exactly right the alabama cheerleaders exulting 2120 the tie trying to stun the nation's top ranked team 35 seconds to go here's the kick they spin it around bouncing around and it is covered by Alabama so the Crimson Tide gets the football as Rick Neal covered it up front with all the backs and the receivers and the ends and all those people with good hands up to control the ball and they do what a football game whoo and what an upset by the Alabama tie and next Saturday Texas beating Oklahoma today undefeated goes against Arkansas undefeated at Fayetteville with memories of 69 beginning to ring through the Ozark Robinson day on the sidelines probably feels he started throwing the ball a little too late Alabama puts it in motion Southern California will have to spend its final timeout to stop the clock clock is still running at 25 24 they have not call time 12 I gonna let it run out I guess yeah not gonna stop and so it is done the Alabama Crimson Tide upset the Southern California trophy 21 to 20 and one of the remarkable football games of an already remarkable college football season 21 Southern California 20 this has been a presentation of ABC Sports recognized around the world as the leader in sports television

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Length: 43min 7sec (2587 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 05 2013