Sports news and scores from Saturday January 1, 1977

`Sports headlines for Saturday January 1, 1977:`

Who's No. 1? Panthers Win, Say It's No Contest
Pitt Proved It's No. 1 -- Dooley
For Hayes, It's Roses In Miami
Kuhn's Own Words Could Trip Him In Court
Davis, Houston Topple Terps In Cotton Bowl

Top-20 scores:

#1 Pittsburgh 27, #5 Georgia 3 (Sugar Bowl)
#3 Southern California 14, #2 Michigan 6 (Rose Bowl)
#6 Houston 30, #4 Maryland 21 (Cotton Bowl)
#11 Ohio State 27, #12 Colorado 10 (Orange Bowl)

Associated Press Final Poll for 1976:

1 Pittsburgh (59) 12-0 1234 2 Southern California (3) 11-1-1 1118 3 Michigan 10-2 847 4 Houston 10-2 804 5 Oklahoma 9-2-1 638 6 Ohio State 9-2-1 510 7 Texas A&M 10-2 487 8 Maryland 11-1 415 9 Nebraska 9-3-1 422 10 Georgia 10-2 388 11 Alabama 9-3 331 12 Notre Dame 9-3 321 13 Texas Tech 10-2 276 14 Oklahoma State 9-3 190 15 UCLA 9-2-1 172 16 Colorado 8-4 52 17 Rutgers 11-0 50 18 Kentucky 8-4 30 19 Iowa State 8-3 14 20 Mississippi State 9-2 11

NCAA football standings as of this date