Husky-Miami tie marks second time since 1936
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latest A'-sex iated Press college foot i i
poll
Two loams Miami and Washington
am lied for No 1 It’s the first lima
that's happened in 5J years, and only the
second lime since the poll started ill
t'ltti
After improving to f> 0 with easy wins
Saturday. Miami and Washington each
received 1.S17 points from it nationwide
panel of sports writers and broadcasters
Miami got one more first plate vote than
Washington (;il 10). hut the Hurricanes
were third on two ballots compared to
one third-place vote for the Huskies
Last week. Washington edged Miami
by one point, with both schools rncoiv
ing :t0 first-place votes
While the teams are now I led in the
AC poll. Miami continued to hold a one
point lead in the USA Todav-ONN
couches' survov.
The last In- for first in the AC poll was
Oct 27. 1941. when Minnesota and Tex
as shared the top spot The only other
firsl pl.ii e draw was between Texas ARM
and Southern (ail on Nov. 27. 1939
Miami routed Texas Christian 45-10
Saturday for its 24th straight win, while
Washington i ruisid past Oregon 24 t for
its 20th victory in a row
Washington had a chance to pad its
margin after moving to the Oregon 1 in
tho final seconds. but coach Don James
dci iiiod to let the clock run out
"I couldn't care less about tho polls,"
he said "Everyone cares except us "
Miami roach Dennis Erickson echoed
the thought
"I don't care about the polls," he said
"All we can do is win all of our games
and we should be national champion."
And what if Miami and Washington
both go undefeated for the second
straight year?
"Then we both should he national
champions, just like we were last year,"
fc.rtcx.son said.
Everyone voted Miami or Washington
No 1 in the A I* poll except Corky Simp
son of the Tuseon (Art/. ) Citizen, who
continued to put Alahamu on top
Tin* fourth-ranked Tide impressed oth
er voters, too. after heating Tennessee
17-10 in Knoxville The win moved
Alabama (7-0) closer to No 3 Michigan
(5-0-1). which heat Indiana 31-3
Texas A&M (0-0) remained No. 5 after
downing Kite 35-fl Rounding out the
Top 10 are Florida State (6-1), Georgia
(6-1). Nebraska (4-1). Colorado (5-0-1)
ami Notre Dame (41-1)
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Huskies look forward
to non-Pac-10 game
SEA’ITLE (Al'j — The Wash
Inglon Huskies take a break
from the Rose Howl race this
week and couch Don James is
looking ut it us just tint! — u
break from the I'm ific-10 Con
ference race
The Huskies (0-0), tied for
first place with Miami in The
I Associated I’ress poll, will play
Pacific (2-5) in u non-confer
ence game at Husky Stadium
Saturday. After u string of three
"It'll give us an opportunity
to piny n lot of pnss defense,"
James said "We ll just go out
and work on it and work on it "
Despite Washington's role as
a huge favorite against Pad lie,
James said he doesn't think his
players will overlook the Ti
gors
"They're a pretty mature
hunch," he said "I don't think
they’re looking lor days off If
you don't gel better today and
straight rue
10 g it m e s,
Washington is
playing the
last of thriiii
non-confer
ence gun ids
"I'm glad
vvi* don’t havr
to get out and
prepare for
another trig
game," James
admitted
Monday "It
lust see m s
Tm glad we don't
have to get out and
prepare for another
big game. It just
seems like we've
had big game, big
game, big game.'
Don James,
Washington head coach
1 o m orro w ,
t h u n y o u
urcn't going lo
bout iht! host
loams on your
schedule."
James said
Mark lirunull
will slarl ins
s a c o n d
slraighl game
against Pacif
ic. Against Or
egon, lirunull
started in
place of fiiliy
like we've it.iti hig game big
l»«K game
Loading Iho I'uc-lU with a t o
record, Washington h.is played
liirif loos in a row The
Huskies seon'ii a 24-3 vie lory at
Oregon last Saturday
Although Washington is a
prohibitive favorite, James said
the Big West Tigers from Stock
ton, Cailif.. present a new chal
lenge because they have the
run-and-shool offense
"It's like looking at the Hous
ton Oilers with Warren Moon,"
James said
James said a game against an
opponent with a good passing
attack will help prepare the
Huskies for their final four I’m -
10 foes. No. Iti Stanford, No 21
Arizona. Oregon Stale and No
13 Washington State
Jcx! Hubert and completed nine
of 15 passes for 151 yards and a
touchdown. Hu also run for a
scorti.
Washington may be able to
keep some injured players out
of the Pacific game. Pullback
Darius Turner suffered on ankle
sprain in the Oregon game and
inside linebacker James Clifford
suffered a shoulder injury in
practice last week Doth Turner
and Clifford sat out the second
half against Oregon
James said he didn't know il
either Turner or Clifford would
be ublc to play against I’acifh
James said there was a
chance the Huskies could gel
tailback Jay Barry bac k this
week flurry has missed the past
three games Ixi ause id a bro
ken toe
WSU, USC players earn
conference honors
WALNUT CKLLK. Culil (Al’J — Duron Pointer of Washington
Siato earned Puclfic-10 player of this wesok honors with u (Mt-yard
kickoff return. the longest in thu league tins season, the conference
announced Monday.
Ho shared the honors with University of Southern California
tackle David Webb, who made eight unassisted tackles, and the en
tire Arizona offensive line, the first so honored by the leuguu.
In Washington's 30-17 defeat of UCLA, Pointer returned the sec
ond-half kickoff OH yards for a touchdown that gave the Cougars
the lead for good It was one of three Pointer returned for a total of
147 yards.
Arizona's offensive line was recognized for Its role in the Wild
cats' 21-l>
upset over No. H-ranked Stanford Arizona rushed for 250 yards
for three louchduwns against Stanford, which had allowed only
three rushing scores in the previous six games.
The conference notixl that the following offensive players saw
most of the action: Paul Stumer, Hicham lil-Mushloub, L'ric John
son. Warner Smith. Mike Cluscu. Mike Hoemsbergen, Joe Smigiel
and Mu Tagoal.
USC’s Welil) was recognized fo: making eight unassisted tackles,
including two for losses anil one (|uurlcriiuck sack, in the Trojan's
27-24 victory ovur California