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The Sallna Journal Sports Sunday, October 7,1990 33 Cornhuskers' defense suffocates 'Cats ByHAROLDBECHARD Sports Editor MANHATTAN One only wonders how good the Nebraska Corn- huskers will be when their offense starts clicking on all cylinders. Goodness knows they don't need any help on defense and certainly not the kicking game. The Nebraska defense, ranked No. 1 in the country, throttled Kansas youthful and outmanned of- Htense and kick returner Tyrone Hughes tore K-State's coverage to shreds as the eighth-ranked Corn- huskers whipped K-State, 45-8, Saturday afternoon in KSU Stadium. But, folks, don't let the final score mislead you.

This was a 3-2 game until the final few seconds of the first half and a 24-5 game with less than six minutes remaining in the game. "They played well. I was proud of their football team," Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne said of K-State. ''Take away a couple plays by the kicking game and we would have won by 10 or 14 points." Ah, the kicking game. It crushed any hopes Kansas State had of pulling off a huge upset.

Hughes was the culprit. The 5-9, 175-pound sophomore was a one-man wrecking crew, returning five punts for 94 yards, including a 66-yarder, and three kickoffs for 153 yards, including a 99-yarder for a touchdown. in all, Nebraska collected 323 yards in punt and kickoff returns. "They ran back punts pretty much at will," said K-State head coach Bill Snyder whose team dropped to 0-1 in the Big Eight and 3-2 overall. Hughes' performance and 21 Nebraska points in the final six minutes took the edge off what had been a spirited effort by Kansas State.

"The score was indicative of two things," Snyder said. "Our inability to move the football throughout the entire game and our inability to the passer." When Hughes wasn't eating up Nebraska 45, K-State 8 GAME IN STATS NU KS First downs 20 14 Rushes-yards 49-243 36-40 Passing yards 129 119 Com-Att-lnl 8-20-0 15-34-2 Total offense 69-372 70-159 Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-0 Punts-average Penalties-yards 7-85 4-35 Possession time 26:42 33:18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Nebraska: Flowers 16-112, Joseph 8-28, Baldwin 5-25, Haase 1-19, L.Lewis 3-15, Brown 3-12, Turner 1-11, Grant 6-10, Soto 3-7, Hughes 3-4. Kansas State: Jackson 10-30, Rowlings 1-9, Madden 2-8, Schiller 5-7, Gallon 3-4, Straw l-(-l), Watson 14(-17). PASSING Nebraska: Grant 7-17-0-125, Joseph 1-3-0-4. Kansas State: Watson 12-24-1-, 102, Straw 3-10-1-17.

RECEIVING Nebraska: Bostlck 3-75, Turner 3-28, Brown 2-26. Kansas State: Jackson 7-58, M.Smith 4-28, Hernandez 2-18, Schiller 1-8, Madden 1-7. PUNTING Nebraska: Stlgge Team 1 -0. Kansas State: Cobb FIELD GOALS Nebraska: Barrios 1-2 (33). Kansas State: Wright 2-3 (37, 48).

TACKLES (Top 5): Nebraska-. Walker 9, Sims 8, Tyrance 7, Petko 6, Hill 5. Kansas State: Patterson 11, Barla 9, Masters 9, Enln-Okut 7, Needhom7. PASS SACKS Nebraska (8): Sims 3-14, Walker 2-12, Croel 1-8, Tyrance 1-7, Anderson 1-6. Kansas State (2): Boone 1-5, Needham 1-4.

SCORING SUMMARY Nebraska 3 7 14 Kansas State First Quarter NU Barrios 33 yd. field goal, 4:47. KS Safety, Price blocks punt out of end zone, 1:49. Second Quarter NU Bostick 5 yd. pass from Grant (Barrios kick), 0:11.

Third Quarter NU Joseph 10 yd. run (Barrios kick), 7:48. NU Flowers 21 yd. run (Barrios kick), 4:26. Fourth Quarter KS Wright 37 yd.

field goal, 8:51. NU Bostick 45 yd. pass from Grant (Barrios kick), 5:47. KS Wright 48 yd. field NU Hughes 99 yd.

kickoff return (Barrios kick), 3:52. NU Joseph 26 yd. run (Barrios kick), 1:46. A huge chunks of yardage with his kick returns, the Cornhusker defense was manhandling K-State offense. Nebraska defenders sacked K-State quarterbacks Paul Watson and Carl Straw eight times and had another five tackles for losses.

"We just weren't able to block (See K-State, Page 37) Tom Dorsey Nebraska's Reggie Cooper hangs on to Kansas State running back Pat Jackson during Saturday's game at KSU Stadium. Shudak kicks Cyclones to 34-34 tie with KU By CHUCK SCHOFFNER AP Sports Writer AMES, Iowa If he couldn't win the game for Iowa State, Jeff Shudak at least wanted to make sure the Cyclones didn't lose. They didn't, thanks to Shudak's 53-yard field goal with 18 seconds left that pulled Iowa State into a 3434 tie with Kansas on Saturday. Shudak's kick capped a wild fourth quarter in which the lead changed hands three times and en- Shudak abled Iowa State (2-2-1) to salvage something from its Big Eight Conference opener after blowing an 11-point lead in the second half. "When we got the ball back, the coaches came over to me and asked me where we had to get to for me to kick one," said Shudak, a senior who had missed a 50-yard attempt in the first half.

"I said get to the 40. "I was hitting the ball real well in practice and I thought I could make a 57- or a 55- yarder. I don't mind going for the tie instead of the win." Kansas (1-3-1 and 0-1-1) had gone ahead 3431 on Maurice Douglas' 6-yard touchdown run with 2:51 left, and it appeared the Cyclones' last hopes died when defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield batted down Chris Pedersen's fourth-down pass with 1:49 remaining. But Iowa State held Kansas on fourth down at the Cyclones' 32 and drove to the Jay- hawks' 36 on Pedersen completions of 7,8 and 17 yards. He then misfired three times before Shudak, who had a 12 mph wind at his back, tied the score with the second-longest field goal of his career.

While pleased that Shudak made the kick, Iowa State coach Jim Walden moaned about the Cyclones' missed opportunities. Three plays before the field goal, a wide open Chris Spencer dropped a pass on a crossing route. "I think it was two teams, pretty evenly matched, playing break football," Walden said. "It would be whichever one got a break. If you want to know the truth, Chris Spencer catches that pass, we win, because there wasn't anybody there between him and the goal line.

"He just dropped a touchdown pass. I don't want to blame Chris. That's just the way it worked. We had opportunities to So did Kansas, which probably would have won it had gotten one more first down. But Iowa State stopped the Jayhawks for no gain on a quarterback sneak at the Cyclones' 32 with 57 seconds left, giving the ISU offense one last shot.

"I'm not sure if we got a good spot, but I (See Kansas, Page 36) Coyotes solve Mac's defense to dish out 54-7 pounding ByTROYPALENSKE Sports Writer Patience was the operative word for the Kansas Wesleyan football (feam in Saturday's Kansas Confer- and Homecoming matchup with McPherson at Martin Stadium. McPherson owned a 7-0 advantage and allowed the Coyotes just two first downs and 27 total yards after the opening quarter. However, the Coyotes ignited by a pair of interceptions by freshman T.J. Lott untracked for 26 second- quarter points and rolled to a 54-7 victory over the Bulldogs. The win pushed Wesleyan to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the KCAC.

McPherson slipped to 2-3 on the year and 1-3 in the conference. "McPherson has a tendency to throw you some goofy looking defenses," Wesleyan coach Brad Jenkins said. "We told our offense just to be patient and let us know what they're doing when we come off the field. "They were trying to turn us in, contain us, and play their inside people on the line inside out. That's why they were hurting our counter plays and some of the little misdirection things we do." It was evident by the second quar- ter that Wesleyan had solved McPherson's defensive scheme.

The Coyotes erupted for 20 points in a 4:12 span midway through the frame directly off turnovers and turned a seven-point deficit into a commanding 26-7 advantage at halftime. Quarterback Dale Dvorak was instrumental in the Coyotes' offensive explosion. The gutty 5-9, 160-pound sophomore accounted for three of Wesleyan's four second-quarter scores, highlighted by a nifty 43-yard TD romp that widened the Coyotes' cushion to 20-7 with 6:10 remaining in the first half. "We caught their tackles and their ends starting to slant so coach (Jenkins) told us to option off him, fake it to the fullback and keep it," said Dvorak, who rushed for a game-high 74 yards and three touchdowns (2, 2 and 43 yards) and threw for another score. "It just happened to be there when I scored my (43 yard) touchdown." While Dvorak stole the spotlight offensively, Lott did likewise defensively.

Making his first start of the season after regular left cornerback Tim DeLay was sidelined with an ankle injury suffered last against Tabor, the 5-11, '160-pound Glendale, freshman picked off successive Josh Unruh passes. His first theft at the Bulldog 28 set up Wesleyan's initial score four plays later when Dvorak sneaked in from the 2. On McPherson's next possession, Lott stepped in front of Unruh's aerial intended for Jodie Moore at the Bulldog 44 and raced down the sideline before stepping out of bounds at the 2. On the next play, Dvorak reached the end zone to give the Coyotes a 13-7 advantage one which they never relinquished. interceptions made a ton (See Coyotes, Page 34) A's take 1-0 lead over Sox By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer BOSTON Dave Stewart's pitching held up after Roger Clemens' arm gave out and that was all the Oakland Athletics needed.

Stewart did not beat Clemens, but he again beat the Boston Red Sox, this time 9-1 Saturday night in Game 1 of the American League playoffs. A classic pitching duel fell apart the instant Clemens, tired after missing a month with tendinitis, left after six innings with a 1-0 lead. Then, the game turned into what Boston feared most a battle of the bullpens. "A beautiful game turned into a horrible evening," Boston manager Joe Morgan said. "But Roger was Athletics 9, Red Sox 1 OAKLAND ob bi 5123 4100 2111 3010 0100 5132 5131 3100 3200 1010 1010 2011 34 9 13 I BOSTON FIRST SUNDAY Scett Wllllami Maurice Henry is the first Salinan to play with a modern-day National Football League team in the regular season.

Salina's Maurice Henry soars with NFL's Philadelphia Eagles By TIM FITZGERALD Sports Writer I azel Henry heard the news from a friend at work. Maurice, her youngest son, passed out in the middle of his first ninth grade I football game. Strong as a bull and fast as the wind, Maurice went ker-plop. Asthma did what the opposition couldn't. The news came as a shock to Hazel.

"I didn't know he was playing football," she 'One of my friends who was at the game said, 'Did you know Maurice fainted out on the I said, 'What? He's not supposed to be playing Sorry, Mom, but Maurice was playing football. Nine years, countless injuries and numerous positions later, little Maurice Henry is still playing football And Mo ain't so little no 8 Henry's 23-year-old, body is now getting paid to play football. Maurice's little fib to Mom has grown into a career. Henry worked his way through the Salina Central and Kansas State programs and now wears the green and silver of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. "He looked at me real big-eyed and said, 'Well mom I was practicing a lot of times when I told you I was doing something Hazel recalled.

"He was determined he wanted to play. He kept playing and playing and I said I'm going to put up with you." There was plenty to tolerate. A hip injury forced Maurice to miss his sophomore year and a leg injury ended his junior year in the third game. The good news was the asthma disappeared. Henry walked away healthy from his senior season and proceeded to win gold medals in the l(f)-meter dash and long jump at the state track meet.

His power and speed brought the college scouts and their golden tongues to the Henry house at 319 N. Perm. The Kansas kid stayed at home and after a less than storybook stint at K-State, Henry was chosen in the sixth round of April's NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions. Henry's selection shocked many people. In his five years at K-State, Henry suffered through four head coaches, three position changes and walked off the field with the winning team only four times.

Henry started out as a running back under Jim Dickey; Stan Parrish changed him to defensive linebacker; and finally Bill Snyder put him at defensive end. There was no question of Henry's ability. After all, this was the guy who walked in the (See Henry's, Page RHndsn II McGee cf Canseco rf Baines dh Blnksppr LansfrdSb Slelnbch McGwirlb Weiss ss Gallego2b Quirk ph Rndlph 2b Totaii Oakland Boston 1, Boston 1. 11, Boston 4. Burks.

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Gray pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. Garcia; First, Hirschbeck: Second, Evans; Third, Cooney; Left, Voltaggio; Right, McCoy. dead. It was my decision, but he knew it was time." The Athletics, meanwhile, knew it was their time. "It was the seventh inning and we needed to get back in the game, against anyone who was pitching," manager Tony La Russa said.

"From where we sat, it looked like he might start laboring." Oakland immediately tied it in the seventh on Rickey Henderson's sacrifice fly off Larry Andersen and went ahead in the eighth. Jose Canseco led off with a single, advanced on Harold Baines' first sacrifice bunt (See American, Page 37).