Nebraska Stymies Mildren OU 35-31 'Huskers Solidify Top Rank GAME AT A GLANCE NEBRASKA OKLAHOMA 19 First Downs 22 297 Yards Gained Rushing 279 65 Yards Gained Passing 188 6 of 13 Passes Completed 6 of 11 0 Passes Intercepted by 0 5 for 36 Punts No Avg 3 for 36 1 Fumbles Lost 3 5 Yards Penalted O 5 Yards Penalized 0 lly GALYN WILKINS StarTeleoram Sports Writer NORMAN Okla—It was a war of the worlds that may have burned out every picture tube in the land and indeed the brutish Nebraska Cornhuskers left thousands of hearts cracked and weeping in Oklahoma Thursday afternoon Frayed and torn by an unexpected Oklahoma weanoa --the grand and daring passing of Jack Mildren—the Iluskers proved and solidified their first rank with a four-minute come-from-behind touchdown that doomed tha Sooners 35-31 In a word a cliche it was an epic and so reminiscent of the last great colege shoot-out Texas' victory at Arkansas two autumns ago The teams flashed firm at each other for 58 minutes and 29 seconds under a cold dirty sky that dulled the ponorama 63385 red-clad patrons Even with the somber backdrop more suitable for a Sitakespearean tragedy they vere rewarded with one of the most spectacular shows in the game's 102 years IF IT WAS a tragic drama for the Oklahomans who failed with honor in a quest for a national championship it was a sweet triumph for a part-time paint salesman That's Jeff Kinney who pushed red paint for the barns of the Nebraska prairies last summer Saturday t4-WeVkA0P4kZ4 FIRST BLOOD — Johnny Rodgers (20) Nebraska right halfback is hotly pursued by Oklahoma players Tim he painted the Sooners blue with an almost single-handed touchdown drive in the fourth quarter that cinched the victory for the Orange-Bowl bound Huskers He scored three touchdowns in the second half and simply wore out the OU line all afternoon Nvi th 174 yards Kinney a 210-pound senior ran four consecutive plays on the last drive and his two yard blast shot Nebraska ahead for keeps with only 1:38 left in the game The pace and velocity of the game—a full gale—was set in the fourth minute when Nebr ask a 's Johnny Rodgers —Associaled Press WirephMo Welch (45) and two teammates as he takes a punt return for 72-yard touchdown in first period weaved and sprinted 62 yards to a touchdown on a punt runback FROM THEN a sense of a wild climactic finish flooded through the brick horseshoe stadium The Sooners who had come back from an 11- Turn to Nebraska on Page 4 r1 ole t v177!7t'::::!p':::: ' :i:' ::::::'-i'::: 2' '''''''''''''' '': :: ' : : :::':- :TN:::'-:r:: :::- 7717"r i:k t:-r:-7 1:0-1 t :::::: §!f or:::t :i- i ::: AIN t ::'" :":2' ' : r:"1M:4::4--A:11 111 '-- ) f-:::::- :' $ - :: P7:: ::: 11-:: !:' ' f: : - ? : ? -$ : 4( IT1row 4' : - -':44:' :'''''''r 44'i:'-'''''':':::'-'--:'' '------I!'-'-:- ' '':'' 1:i-t ::: :7''''''1::71§Ittt':--:i:':'z7-2--':': A'': 1---::i-'- AA - -':--:-::4 A -:''''41:" !k'::-:'--1'''7:--:::---4:--:'-'‘--':--':i'-'-''::':':'':-'"'-::':':--7C7'''''--:-'-'-' ' :1af?' :?'t(t1 - ' ' :::::::Ai----!i-:: -::-:--- '':::- -I y::::1 ::zi A:2okvilf::- "s:-iW:::-:-----s::::---iEirf: iss:-'::::':-:----: 4 -- Nt4KLA : : 0:1::::::::::::-::::::: :: : :- ::::::--:-:--kol :5?4t-:kig :1: 0:::::':4: "' - ::::::TiN:N:::!::::?:-:-:14" : Lilt 1 4 :) ! ‘:t4k 4-:::'::' : x ::::::::-:?:':s le':1:P:1:-'::::'-:'-'":''':-'":::::::'-'1::1::':--::''''''''-'-1'''''' ' ' :-!:1:::::'' ':::':-: 111(:'7 S-'4S::-::::"-:::::::::::-3 Ii'01'''S'"- 1'-: - - ' ' ':-::-:i-A :-::': :? j'::-::':-::-:-'''':::—:-s:::::---'-::1:":-::-1 :i 'L''''''Ett'AV-::''i''::--'':' 's -:'::''''''': 11' 40 - - 4 - ': :- : - ' - --: A r::: -:':4:::F'-:-----ti-''::::-' '''-: ' ':' ':-:i'-0 ' )0 s "1F'i:--- -:--::i'ri:::-: -1--:-:::-:ii ::::---:--i-:"H --1s:':0 !':: - g-: i'' :: :: ' '''--4v'7i-::4':':---:-:'1:- --: - - --' :1-i41 t:: t--:-'i:':::' ::'H' :s f: !r -: -' :-::-Ai: :::-:2:-iii:!1 — '' '"'--1---1::---'-ig:14-''''''4e"'" : 4 : - !: A'r- '0' '!::' ---1:!F'1''3' : ::i' ::'1r1 : :: : 4 :: 1 i : : 0: :' 'l- : :': : '- : ri ' -'''': - ''''' : :' ' i 1 l' ' ::::: i: :t:0 ' ::F :7-)z :' --- ' - 4 : - 4!?qA:-c: 4 K :!1!5:: - ‘ :''4 A 1 I' qiIii' - '!''0:ki!4i1:1c - A 5 t-44 fi!-!::!:' : ‘ 1 s - — - - 0s:-:!:-------:--::: ' ' -----:--':- ' :: ::: ---o '1 — R‘ : 4'"' e '' sNt4-t:' ' : : ' )1':5'::'1m::1::4'!:'-:' : : '' k 0b4tt':- -''J:-1:''P4 - '': e::' -r -41:''"-'7'-:11"' ' ' 14::m:''::- - :!-:gp'- - i:'1 !:iJt-' : : 41-f::u::1:-:----:-: - 44:i p:: ---:! 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