Sports news and scores from Monday January 1, 1979

`Sports headlines for Monday January 1, 1979:`

USC Wins Rose Bowl But The Replay's A Tie
Lions, Tide Agree: Alabama's No. 1
Oklahoma Gains Revenge On 31-24 Win
Notre Dame Wins It On Last Play, 35-34
Richards Scores Upset Win

Top-20 scores:

#2 Alabama 14, #1 Penn State 7 (Sugar Bowl)
#3 Southern California 17, #5 Michigan 10 (Rose Bowl)
#4 Oklahoma 31, #6 Nebraska 24 (Orange Bowl)
#10 Notre Dame 35, #9 Houston 34 (Cotton Bowl)

Associated Press Final Poll for 1978:

1 Alabama (38) 11-1 1317 2 Southern California (19) 12-1 1285 3 Oklahoma (11) 11-1 1251 4 Penn State 11-1 1168 5 Michigan 10-2 989 6 Clemson 11-1 950 7 Notre Dame 9-3 914 8 Nebraska 9-3 885 9 Texas 9-3 706 10 Houston 9-3 698 11 Arkansas 9-2-1 689 12 Michigan State 8-3 525 13 Purdue 9-2-1 493 14 UCLA 8-3-1 487 15 Missouri 8-4 434 16 Georgia 9-2-1 312 17 Stanford 8-4 306 18 North Carolina State 9-3 214 19 Texas A&M 8-4 128 20 Maryland 9-3 112

NCAA football standings as of this date