Huskers By Virgil Parker Sports Editor Travis Turner learned a valuable lesfour years ago. After suffering a 17-13 opening-game setback to Florida State at Memorial Stadium Saturday, Nebraska's senior quarterback hopes he and his teammates will profit from the same situation the Huskers experienced when 1 he was a freshman. "In my very first game we lost our opener to Iowa," Turner recalled. "We. didn't know Iowa was going to turn out to be a Rose Bowl team 1 that year. Yet we turned things around and at the end of the season we were playing Clemson in the Orange Bowl for the national championship. This thing is not over yet. "Any time you lose a football game you've got to come back," Turner added. "We've got 10 more games s to go. It's our choice right now whether we lay down and let one loss ruin the whole season or whether we get off our cans and go at it." Kicking games had vital role Just as in 1980, when Florida State shocked Nebraska, 18-14, the kicking game played a vital role in the outcome. Five seasons ago, four field goals by FSU's Bill Capece spelled the difference. This time, it was a single Florida State field goal combined with three crucial Nebraska kicking -game errors that determined the outcome. Midway through the second quarter, the Huskers messed up an extra point attempt when holder Dan Wingard failed to handle the snap. On its very next possession, Nebraska • was pinned deep in its own territory. Wingard was standing on the goal line in punt formation. A bad snap from center scooted along the ground. Unable to get the kick away, Wingard managed to get out only to the 7-yard line. Three plays later aided by another Nebraska error when the Huskers were caught with 12 players on the field - Florida State tallied a touchdown which proved to produce the final score. Add to that a missed 31-yard field goal attempt by Nebraska's Dale Klein early in the fourth quarter which would have pulled the Huskers within one. Cornhusker Coach Tom Osborne said a forced change of centers on the punt play was especially critical. "Mark Cooper, who normally is our long snapper, got hit in the head and did- FSU 17, NU 13 Florida St. N 10 Nebraska 6 0 0-13 NU - Rathman 60 run (Klein kick) FSU Holloman 15 pass from McManus (Schmidt kick) FSU - Schmidt field NU - • DuBose 1 run (Kick failed) FSU - Cletis Jones 2 run (Schmidt kick) A -75,943 FSU NU First downs 17 Rushes-yards 43-114 55-372 Passing yards 176 Return yards 2-6 2-17 Passes 18-31-0 3-14-1 Punts ave. 9-39.7 5-38 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties-yards. 5-40 Time of possession 30:58 29:02 n't know where he was," Osborne said. "So, we had to go with our second center for punts, who is (guard) Brian Blankenship. Brian was wearing some golf gloves. "In practice, the gloves work okay," Osborne said. "But, in a ball game, as hot as it was out there, the gloves were soaking wet. The ball just slipped out of his hands. I asked him why he didn't take the gloves off. Well, he had his hands taped and he his gloves taped on his hands. The whole thing happened so fast he didn't have an opportunity to cut the tape and get the gloves off." The kicking errors weren't Nebraska's only first-game mistakes. The Huskers fumbled twice, losing them both, and suffered the game's only pass interception. Rathman's fumble halts drive The most damaging bobble came on the first play of the fourth quarter. On the last play of the third period, a pitchout from Nebraska quarterback McCa• thorn Clayton to wingback Von Sheppard gained 31 yards to FSU's 14. But, fullback Tom Rathman, who had scored the Huskers' first touchdown on a 60-yard run on the first possession of the game, fumbled after plowing 1 to the Seminole eight. Nebraska's passing game also left much to be desired. Turner and Clayton threw 14 aerials, completing just three. for a total of 40 yards, with one intercepted. Florida State connected on 18 of 31 for 176 yards. Osborne said the fact that Florida State had already played a game "gave _them a little bit of poise." Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden See HUSKERS on page 7D *