Sports news and scores from Saturday December 22, 1979

`Sports headlines for Saturday December 22, 1979:`

Flyers Shed Caution And Break The Record
Three Bowl Games Set Today
Simmer Keeps Streak Going
Washington Gets Breaks It Needs To Defeat Texas
Penn State Comes Up With Trick To Pull It Out On Last Kick
LSU Gives McClendon A Going-Away Present

Top-20 scores:

#13 Washington 14, #11 Texas 7 (Sun Bowl)
Penn State 9, #15 Tulane 6 (Liberty Bowl)

Other scores:

Louisiana State 34, Wake Forest 10 (Tangerine Bowl)

Associated Press Top 20 for this week (poll of Dec. 5):

1 Ohio State (16) 11-0 1267 2 Alabama (29) 11-0 1265 3 Southern California (19) 10-0-1 1257 4 Florida State 11-0 1103 5 Oklahoma (1) 10-1 1068 6 Arkansas 10-1 951 7 Nebraska 10-1 908 8 Houston 10-1 893 9 Brigham Young (1) 11-0 848 10 Pittsburgh 10-1 728 11 Texas 9-2 677 12 Purdue 9-2 606 13 Washington 9-2 489 14 Michigan 8-3 452 15 Tulane 9-2 386 16 South Carolina 8-3 287 17 Auburn 8-3 244 18 Clemson 8-3 222 19 Baylor 7-4 106 20 Temple 9-2 65

NCAA football standings as of this date