BULLDOG 6" in He Jeff Kinney gets 3 TDs for Buskers By HERSCIIEL NISSENSON Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. Top - ranked Nebraska stormed 74 yards in the last three minutes this gray, pulsating Thanksgiving afternoon to come from behind with a four - touchdown performance by Jeff Kinney for a 35-31 football triumph over second - ranked Oklahoma. The victory, Nebraska's 21st in succession, ran its 1971 record to 11-0 and extended its string of games without defeat to 30. A capacity crowd of 61,826 and a national television audience watched the Cornhuskers fall behind not once but twice yesterday before they came back on Kinney's fierce charges through the leaky Oklahoma defense. During the winning drive, Kinney carried the last four times in succession and made 15 yards, the last two for the touchdown. Earlier in the drive, Kinney had carried three times for 44 yards. Kinney's earlier touchdowns came on runs of one, three, and one yard. Johnny Rodgers, the Cornhuskers fleet receiver, made the other Nebraska score in the game's opening moments with a sensational 72-yard punt return. Six minutes before Nebraska got the clincher, the Cornhuskers' only mistake of the game had put Oklahoma ahead, 31-28. After Lucious Selmon recovered Jerry Tagge's fumble on the Oklahoma 31, the Sooners drove 69 yards in 12 plays with Jack Mildren hitting Jon Harrison for the final 17 yards that put Sugar Bowl - bound Oklahoma out front for the second time. The Sooners spotted Nebraska a 14-3 lead in the early moments of the second quarter and went ahead for the first time on a 78-yard, four-play burst in 46 seconds with time running out in the first half. , Mildren ran for five on the keeper and Joe Wylie slammed off left tackle for a first down at the 33. Mildren, eyeing the clock, hit Harrison with a 43-yard strike that put the ball on Nebraska's 24. Mildren faded just behind the scrimmage line on the next play and found Harrison again, the split end grabbing the ball just inside the five and racing over. Oklahoma drove 80 yards on 13 plays with Mildren slamming through the left side from the three immediately after Nebraska had taken a 10-point lead. Leon Crosswhite and Mildren got 78 of the 80 yards. The Cornhuskers. after Rodgers had staked them to a 7-0 lead, made their first drive late in the first quarter when Jim Anderson forced Greg Pruitt's fumble after a jarring tackle by Joe Bla-hack on the Nebraska 46. Twelve plays later, Kinney dived over the goal from the 1. Between the two Nebraska touchdowns, John Carroll kicked a 32-yard field goal. Football experts predicted before the game that the Sooners, a one-point underdog in this top college contest of the year, could conquer the Cornhuskers if they overcame their biggest weakness-fumbling. Oklahoma lost three fumbles and the proud Cornhuskers wasted no time driving for touchdowns after two of them. Oklahoma's defense, another questionable factor, was magnificent in the first half, holding Nebraska's vaunted running game to 67 yards. NEBRASKA OKLAHOMA 14 7 35 7 7 31 Neb Rodgers 72 punt return Sanger kick. Okla FG Carroll 30. Okla Mildren 3 run Carroll kick. Neb Kinney 1 run Sanger kick, . , . , Okla Harrison 24 pass from Mildren Carroll kick. Neb Kinnev 1 run Sanger kick. Neb Kinney 3 run Sanaer kick. Okla Mildren 2 run Carroll kick. , . . , Okla Harrison 17 oass from Mildren Carroll kick. Neb Kinney 2 run Sanger kick. A 61,826. ., . , Nebraska First downs I9 Rushes yards 59-297 Passing yardage " Return yardage 80 Passes 6-13-C Punts 5-36 Fumbles lost 1 Okla. 22 64-279 188 7 6-1 1 -0 3-35 3
