Huskers’ 42 -point run at start extends streak over Cowboys By Dennis Dodd sportswrlter Lincoln Neb— Nebraska found out that Barry Sanders is for real But in a 63-42 loss to the seventh-ranked Huskers on Saturday Oklahoma State discovered that its defense isn’t Sanders the nation’s leading rusher ran for 189 yards and scored four times against the Huskers Most of that just served to raise Nebraska’s eyebrows after the Huskers jumped out to a 42-0 lead in the first 18 minutes of the supposed showdown Some showdown Nebraska piled up 662 yards in total offense and I-back Kenny Clark ran for 256 yards the second highest single-game total in Nebraska history and three touchdowns Quarterback Steve Taylor rushed for three scores and passed for two others For Oklahoma State 4-1 it was a 27th straight year of frustration The lOth-ranked Cowboys haven’t beaten Nebraska 6-1 since 1961 and are 2-26-1 overall in the series “I didn’t expect a game that wide open” Nebraska linebacker Broderick Thomas said “After it was 35-0 I started getting worried for them I would have hated to run 70 or 80 points on them and make them look real bad after they were averaging 50 points per game” The game at least lived up to its offensive label Oklahoma State was the top scoring team in the country (50 points a game) and Nebraska was No 2 (45) coming in And if you take away the 35-0 first quarter the Cowboys had the upper hand Quarterback Mike Gundy was 17 of 30 for 247 yards passing and two touchdowns All-America receiver Hart Lee Dykes caught seven passes for 125 yards giving him 155 for his career which breaks the Big Eight record of 150 held by Iowa State’s Tracey Henderson The 42 points were the most scored against a Tom Osborne-coached team and the most by an opponent at home since Oklahoma won here 48-0 in 1949 “I’m a little disappointed we didn’t stop them a little better Ntbriiki 63 Oklahoma Itite 42 Oklahoma Sf 0 21 7 14 - 42 Nebraska 35 14 7 7 - 63 Neb Clark 73 run (Drennan kick) Neb: Fryar 66 interception return (Drennan kick) Neb: Clark 9 run (Drennan kick) Neb: Taylor 60 run (Drennan kick) Neb: Taylor 43 run (Drennan kick) Neb: Clark 2 run (Drennan kick) OSU: Sanders 9 run (Blanchard kick) OSU: Sanders 1 run (Blanchard kick) Neb: Millikan 32 pass from Taylor (Drennan kick) OSU: Dykes 12 pass from Gundy (Blanchard kick) Neb: Millikan 13 pass from Taylor (Drennan kick) OSU: Sanders 1 run (Blanchard kick) Neb: Taylor 9 run (Barrios kick) OSU: Sanders 4 run (Blanchard kick) OSU: Nash 20 pass from Gundy (Blanchard kick) Individual statistics RUSHING: Oklahoma St Sanders 35-189 Hudson 5- 24 Nebraska Clark 27-256 Taylor 11-140 Carpenter 7-76 Knox 10-53 MASSING: Oklahoma St Gundy 17-30-3-247 Nebraska Tavlor 6-11-1-92 RECEIVING: Oklahoma St Dykes 7-125 Parker 3-32 Nash 1-20 Nebraska Millikan 3-52 Gregory 2-32 WORTH NOTING: The 105 points were the most scored by two teams at Memorial Stadium This is the third time this season Nebraska has scored 63 points The 42 points were most scored against Nebraska since Oklahoma beat the Huskers 47-0 In 1968 Nebraska quarterback Steve Tavlor on the Huskers' 42-0 lead after 18 minutes: "I was thinking 'This is unbelievable' " he said "We played against UNLV and couldn't score the first quarter I was wondering when the coach was going to pull me out but I think Coach Osborne was very concerned with Oklahoma State's offense" Taylor's five touchdowns gave him 55 In his career breaking David Humm's record of 53 Representatives from 10 bowls attended the game Memorial Stadium was sold out for the 159th consecutive game an ongoing NCAA record With his second catch of the game in the second quarter Hart Lee Dykes passed Iowa State's Tracev Henderson in becoming the Big Eight's all-time reception leader He has 155 catches in four seasons —Dennis Dodd than we did” Osborne said “If we’re going to have a chance at the Big Eight championship we’re going to have to do better than that We obviously thought their offense was the strongest part of their football team so we knew we were going to have to score a lot of points” In the end it was Oklahoma State’s suspect defense that failed Before Saturday it had given up an average of 423 yards and 23 points in four victories Nebraska raised that average a bit with 570 rushing yards the fourth-highest total in school history “It’s the same thing UCLA did to them and the same thing we did to Texas A&M and that’s a shame with this good of an offensive football team” Oklahoma State Coach Pat Jones said “We never did give ourselves a chance” It was a start the likes of which even Kansas and Kansas State haven’t seen this season Nebraksa’s first four drives lasted 13 seconds 40 seconds 2:06 and 1:03 Throw in Charles Fryar’s 86-yard interception return and it was a 35-0 Nebraska lead after one quarter Clark ran 73 yards on Nebraska’s first offensive play on a simple off-tackle run to the left Oklahoma State safety Rod Smith met Clark head-on but the Nebraska I-back shook off the tackle and completed the longest run against Oklahoma State since 1980 “We knew we were going to have to do it today” flark said “They wanted to get in a little confrontation between me and Sanders He brought a lot of excitement into the game for me We couldn’t let up at all because they can score so quickly —7 That run seemed to set tfie tone Fryar intercepted Gundy as the Cowboys were driving for a tying score and raced 86 yarfls for a touchdown It was the first interception off Gundy in 75 throws The next Nebraska drive took all of 40 seconds as the Huskers went 80 yards in three plays capped by a 9-yard scoring run from Clark “You’ve got to use everybody to stop the run” Gundy said “Then they fake and they’ve got you I guess OU knows how to stop them I don’t know how Lq stop them I’m not a defensive K JV 1- coach The big first quarter had a tew of the scouts from 10 bowls heading for a small room in the press box to watch Miami and Notre Dame Then Oklahoma State got its wake-up call in the second quarter outscoring Nebraska three touchdowns to two It would have been closer than the 49-21 halftime score had not°$K£ Huskers reverted back to good old Nebraska football with an elongated 66-yard drive that took up 4:44
