College Football All-Stars : Hula Bowl, Shrine Game Featured Today

Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie, playing the second of three postseason games within a 13-day span, will direct the East All-Stars against the West today in the 39th Hula Bowl at Honolulu.

The East team will be coached by Boston College’s Jack Bicknell, and also will feature Flutie’s Boston College teammate Gerard Phelan, who caught Flutie’s last-ditch, game-winning touchdown against Miami. After today’s game, Flutie heads for Tokyo and the Japan Bowl on Jan. 13.

All-American lineman Bill Mayo of Tennessee and two second-team selections, tackle Lomas Brown of Florida and guard Larry Williams of Notre Dame, will help Flutie up front.

The East also will line up five All-Americans on defense: linemen Freddie Joe Nunn of Mississippi and Clemson’s William Perry, linebacker Gregg Carr of Auburn, and defensive backs Tony Thurman of Boston College and Jeff Sanchez of Georgia.

The West, coached by Terry Donahue of UCLA, will have six All-Americans--tight end Jay Novacek of Wyoming and tackle Lance Smith of LSU on offense, and linemen Ray Childress of Texas A&M; and Tony Degrate of Texas, USC linebacker Duane Bickett and safety Jerry Gray of Texas on defense.

Two of the top running backs in the nation will be showcased today in the 60th annual East-West Shrine game at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto.

Johnnie Jones of Tennessee and George Adams of Kentucky lead the East team coached by Harvard’s Joe Restic. Jones was ranked No. 5 in the nation and was the top senior rusher with 1,290 yards. Adams finished the season with 1,085 yards.

The East also has the top punter in college football, Ricky Anderson of Vanderbilt, and Colgate quarterback Steve Calabria, who passed for 54 touchdowns and 8,555 yards in his career.

The West, coached by Washington State’s Jim Walden with assistance from LaVell Edwards of top-ranked Brigham Young, features running back Jeff Smith of Nebraska, who gained more than 900 yards. He ran for 84 yards in helping Nebraska to a 28-10 victory over Louisiana State in the Sugar Bowl.

The West quarterbacks will be Rusty Hilger of Oklahoma State and Randall Cunningham of Nevada Las Vegas, behind 260-pound centers Chris Jackson of Southern Methodist and Brent Martin of Stanford. Hilger led his team to a 9-2 record and a 21-14 victory over South Carolina in the Gator Bowl. He completed 59% of his passes for 1,843 yards.