page 1D From Huskers however. "It was costly in terms of injuries," Coach Tom Osborne said. Junior linebacker Marc Munford suffered ligament damage in his right knee and will be lost for season, and tight end Todd Frain left the game with a severe knee strain, which casts doubt on his availability for Oklahoma. "We need big-play players like Munford and Frain in that game down there," said Osborne. "Those are key players." Just about every Cornhusker must have seemed like a big-play player to Kansas on Saturday. Nebraska rolled up a season-high 639 yards of total offense despite losing five of nine fumbles, also season highs, and finishing with a season-low time of possession, 27:32. The Cornhuskers had the ball less than half the game. Rathman was one of three Cornhuskers who rushed for more yards than Kansas, gaining a career-high 159 on only nine carries to shatter the school single-season record for a fullback, of 717 set by Dick Davis in 1967. Rathman has 852 rushing yards. The touchdown was the 12th of his career, tying Mark Schellen's school record. DuBosé carried 17 times for 109 yards, increasing his season total of 1,115 yards, sixth-best in Nebraska history, and fense, completed only eight of 25 passes for 77 yards and was sacked nine times for losses totaling 68 yards. "We wanted to shut these guys down," said Skow, who had one of the sacks and broke the Nebraska career record of 39 tackles for loss previously held by Kerry Weinmaster. Skow has 21 this season, which ties Derrie Nelson's record. "All we heard this week was, 'What about Oklahoma?' It was Oklahoma this, Oklahoma that. We wanted to show the fans we could shut down Kansas, too." Shutting down run-oriented Oklahoma won't be nearly as easy. But "I think our defense is made to play the run. We're a lot better at playing the run than the pass," Parsons s said. With Munford sidelined, Parsons will be asked to play a key role in trying to stop the Sooner offense. Jones finished with a career-high 84 yards on eight carries. Taylor was Nebraska's fourth best rusher, gaining 48 yards on four carries. "Steve Taylor obviously has the ability to make the big play," Osborne said. "I just hope he's got the maturity now to play in a big game like next week. "He'll probably figure in there somewhere. I don't know what the circumstances will be. He may not even get onto the field. But we'll try to have him ready ... we'll try to have all four quarterbacks ready to play." As he showed Saturday, "Taylor's got a step that's very helpful to have." The Cornhusker running game, which produced 498 yards, was complemented by a passing attack that was limited but effective. Nebraska quarterbacks completed four of seven passes for 141 yards, nearly twice what Kansas managed. Jayhawk quarterback Mike Norseth, ranked first in the Big Eight and 21st in the nation in passing efficiency, completed eight of 25 passes for 77 yards, not much of a trade-off considering he was sacked nine times for 68 yards in losses. "We played awfully well today, particularly on defense," Osborne said. Kansas was equally ineffective at running the ball. The Jayhawks finished with 67 yards o on the ground. In addition to the five lost fumbles, Nebraska threw one interception, which led to the second Kansas field goal. That scoring series began at the Cornhusker 11-yard line and netted a minus 5 yards. "I don't think I've ever been in that situation before," McBride said of the negative yardage scoring drive. Again, Nebraska's defense was able to deal with sudden change. Everything went back to that first series, however, according to McBride. Before the game, "we were a little flat, emotionally," he said. "I was a little nervous about that, but I think what happened at the beginning woke us up. That helped us defensively." Sudden change.. Forcing the field goal "kind of took the air out of them," said Skow, who made the tackle on first down. "I think that pumped us up a little." After that series, the Jayhawks "realized they were in for a dogfight. They knew we weren't looking past them,' senior linebacker Mike Knox said.