Sooners, 'Huskers Both Throttle Foes KANSAS CITY - AP - Coach Bob Devaney now concedes that the current Nebraska football team “is my best team. . . up to this point.” He made the statement after the top-ranked Cornhuskers battered ninth-ranked Colorado Saturday 31-7. Devaney said, “Everybody’s been saying, including us, that we hadn’t played a really tough team.” “You have to classify Colorado as a really tough team. I know I’d rather play some other teams in the Top Ten than Colorado.” Other Games While Nebraska was spanking Colorado, second- ranked Oklahoma disposed of Iowa State 43-12; Kansas State downed Missouri 28-12, and Oklahoma State nipped Kansas 17-10 in other Big Eight Conference games. Devaney now must prepare Nebraska for Saturday’s game at home against Iowa State and make certain the Cornhuskers aren’t looking ahead to the Nov. 25 showdown with Oklahoma. “They’re intelligent kids, and they know the minute they start thinking past one team to another,” Devaney said, “some team is going to knock us off.” Next Encounter “I can’t anticipate whether we’ll have a problem of looking past a team but right now, we’ve got to concentrate on Iowa State, and then next week, we’ll think about Kansas State.” Cornhusker quarterback Jerry Tagge, who completed 10 of 17 passes for 144 yards and one touchdown and scored once himself against Colorado, said, “The coaches have taught us that we have to play one game at a time, and everything will take care of itself.” Nebraska made a believer out of Eddie Crowder of Colorado, who takes his team to Kansas Saturday. “Nebraska has the best defense by far we’ve played against,” said Crowder, whose Buffs lost to Oklahoma 45-17 two weeks ago. On a comparison, he added: Jack Mildren, Oklahoma’s quarterback, had the greatest day ever for a Sooner back against the Cyclones, 5-2 and 22. He completed seven of 12 passes for 175 yards and rushed 23 times for 148 yards. He scored twice and threw two TD passes. The Cyclones used a stacked defense to hold Greg Pruitt to 159 yards and one touchdown. They got one touchdown on Willie Jones’ 95-yard kickoff return. Read Forum Want Ads
