Chicago’s Walter Payton snags MVP honor
NEW YORK (AP) — Rushing
champion Walter Payton of the
Chicago Bears, whose yardage
total on the ground was the third
highest in National Football
League history, was named Of
fensive Player of the Year Wed
nesday by The Associated Press.
Payton won the league rushing
title with 1,852 yards and domi
nated toe season as toe league’s
most productive running back. En
route to the rushing crown, he
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shattered O.J. Simpson’s single
game rushing record with 275
yards against Minnesota Nov. 20,
and he threatened Simpson's
season mark of 2,003 yards until
an icy field on the final Sunday of
the season short-circuited his bid
for the record.
The third-year player out of
Jackson State was a nearly
unanimous choice in The AP bal
loting, receiving al but three votes
from a committee of 84 sports
writers and broadcasters. Miami
quarterback Bob Griese was tee
only other player to receive any
mention from the panel composed
of three voters representing each
of the 28 league franchise cities.
Only Simpson's 2,003 yards
and Jim Brown's 1,863 surpassed
Payton’s 1977 ground production.
For Payton, it followed a 1,390
yard season that was second-best
in the NFL, behind only Simpson,
in 1976.
Payton, compactly built at
5-foot-10 and a half and 204
pounds, also led the National Con
ference in scoring, an unusual ac
complishment for a non-kicker. He
led the league, scoring 16 touch
downs, 14 of them rushing and the
other two on pass receptions, for
96 points.
Payton averaged 5.5 yards per
carry and set another record with
339 rushing attempts, breaking
Simpsons's mark of 332. His
longest run from scrimmage was a
73-yarder.
Depending on quick cuts and
changes of direction that befud
dled defensive linemen, Payton’s
runs devastated the f'FL. Just as
Simpson’s offensive line tabbed
itself The Electric Company, say
ing they “turned on the Juice,”
Payton’s blockers used their
back's nickname, calling his runs
“Sweetness Sweeps.” And
Payton insisted that his line —
center Dan Peiffer, guards Revie
Sorey and Noah Jackson and
tackles Dennis Lick and Ted Al
brecht — be acknowledged for its
contribution to his outstanding
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Playing for one of pro football’s
oldest franchises where Hall of
Fame runners such as Beattie
Feathers, Bronco Nagurski,
George MacAfee and Gale
Sayers performed, Payton be
came the first Bear to rush for
1,000 or more yards in successive
seasons and the first to have two
200-yard games in s career. He
gained more than tOO yards in 10
games in a season, one short of
the NFL mark.
Payton’s production helped the
Bears to a 9-5 season and their
first trip to the NFL playoffs in 14
years.
New faces appear as
women host SOSC
With three new members, Oregon’s women’s basketball team will
end a month-long lay-off when it hosts Southern Oregon prior to the
Oregon-Stanford men’s game Saturday night at McArthur Court.
Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
The Ducks will feature three players who weren’t with the squad
when it streaked through its first five games of the season enroute to an
unblemished 5-0 record before breaking for winter vacation.
Returning to the Ducks will be last season's leading rebounder,
Shannon Kelty, and freshmen Patrice Thramer and Peggy Shekoll.
KeHy, a sophomore out of Beaverton High School, started at center
for the Ducks last season and grabbed 8.8 rebounds a game to lead
Coach Elwin Heiney s team in that department. Kelly was also foe third
leading scorer on the team, scoring at a 9.2 point per game dip.
Thramer and ShekeH are both guards and will lend depth to the
Duck backcourt which will be missing Chris Briot for foe Southern
Oregon game due to a knee injury.
Also missing from the Oregon roster will be 5-foot-10 senior center
Margaret Bonn. Bonn will sit out the remainder of the season because of
a knee ailment.
Flying Ducks face ranked
teams in Illinois meet
Oregon's men’s gymnastics team will be rubbing elbows with some
of the best collegiate teams in the country today when they compete in a
four-way meet in Chicago.
The fourth-ranked Ducks will compete against fifth-ranked
Louisiana State and 10-ranked Illinois as well as Wheaton Coliege.
Heading into the meet the Flying Ducks boast a pair of individuals
who are at the top of the nation in their respective events. Tom
Truedson’s 9.6 performance on the pommel horse is the best in the
country while Scott McEldowney's 9.5 effort on the still rings is equal to
the best turned in this season.
A new gymnast, David Viliasenior, will join Coach Bill Ballester’s
crew for the meet in Chicago. Viliasenior is a national junior college
champion from Pasadena City College.
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compete in either the parallel bars, rings or vaulting events.
Grapplers pin Missouri
Fresh from an upset of
14th-ranked Missouri Wednes
day, the Oregon wrestling team
will continue its current road trip
with a match against Northern
Colorado today. Tomorrow the
Ducks will compete in the Col
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Jeff Stuebing and Don Brown
each recorded a pin against the
Tigers to key the upset that lifted
the Ducks’ season record to 2-7.
Also wrestling well was
150-pounder Scott Bliss who
swamped Missouri’s Mark Colbert
21-7. Also getting a key win was
Randy Be saw who claimed his
177-pound match with a 3-2 deci
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