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DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER SEPTEMBER 12, 1982 3D Rrelster Photos kii HA tiisinl mim mm wife Individual Stastics y'. A I I i '3 IV A 4 -4 -s 5 i i I 4 1 A if A i -I t- Continued from Page One Nebraska into a third-and-eight situation at its 22-yard line. Gill hit Fryar with a 28-yard pass down the That was just the beginning of an exceptional day for wingback Fryar, who finished with six catches for 127 yards. lieby Gets Workout Iowa's Glenn Buggs gathered in the ensuing kickoff and returned it 41 yards to the Nebraska 49. But the Hawks wound up being shoved back into their own territory, and Reggie RoBy sailed a 51-yard punt into the And that was just about what the rocket-legged Roby averaged on eight kicks 51.1, even better than his 49.8 mark of a year ago when he set a National Collegiate record.

Nebraska scored again late in the first quarter on Gill's 41-yarder to Fryar, who beat Bobby Stoops in a race down the right sideline. The Huskers made it 21-0 midway in the second period on Craig's six-yard burst. -That should have been the halftime score. But with only 30 seconds left, Iowa center Joel Hilgenberg snapped the- ball over quarterback Chuck Long's head in the shotgun formation from the Hawkeye 29. The ball rolled all the way into the end zone and was recovered for a touchdown by Nebraska defensive end Wade Praeuner.

defense was just all over us," said sophomore Long, who was making his first collegiate start. "I didn't execute the way I should, amf we didn't execute well as a team, either." 1 Long, who connected on five of seven passes, finally got the Hawks imtracked briefly in the third quarter. Three completions led an Iowa march to the Nebraska 22. But it ended there with an interception by the Huskers' Allen Lyday. 1 Iowa Drive "Reserves Tom Grogan at quarterback and Owen Gill at running back p'crwered Iowa's only touchdown drive.

"It1 covered 90 yards to start the last qtrarter. Grogan completed three passes, one a 24-yarder to tight end Mike Hufford. Gill contributed a 30-yard run and was the leading Hawkeye ground-gainer with 58 yards Chuck Long (16) had a rough debut as quarterback even with aid of Coach Hayden Fry and assistants yards for fourth-quarter Hawk tally VWa's only score RUSHING IOWA Long Phillips Granger Grogan GIU RoMrtson Ne. Yds. NEBRASKA No.

Yds. 0 15 57 I -3 GIH Craig Roller Fyrer Mason Wllkenlng Swanson i. Smith Sundberg Brungardl )( 127 -10 32 5 17 -2 1 PASSING AM. Camp. IOWA Long Grogan Robertson NEBRASKA Gill Ma ion IOWA Ptilllips Huttord Broghamer Gilt OKnnlcuK Inf.

Yds. 1 31 0 55 0 7 Int. Yds. 0 144 0 16 No. Yds.

6 127 2 10 1 14 1 7 5 10 4 An. 16 4 1 Camp. 2 1 RECEIVING Ne. Yds. NEBRASKA 3 5 Frvar Craig Rozier Brown 7 5 7 TACKLE LEADERS IOWA Joseph Uhlenakt Erb Yacullo Spltzig Hawlev Borli Strobel Stoops U.

NEBRASKA Preuener Knox U. 1 4 T. Williams Oamkroger Evans iFellci Burke Big Ten Standings Conference All Game W. L. T.

W. L. T. Illinois 2 0 2 0 0 Indiana 1 0 0 1 0 0 Michigan 1 0 0 1 0 0 Minnesota 0 1 Ohio State 0 1 0 0 Iowa OOO 010 Purdue 0 0 0 0 1 0 Michigan State 0 10 0 10 Wisconsin 0 I 0 0 10 Northwestern ..0 2 0 0 2 0 an emotional home opener next Saturday against Iowa State. Two years ago when the Hawks were demolished here, they lost their next three games by a total of 11 points.

"I hope we've done a better job of preparing our guys that if we did lose to Nebraska, we've still got 10 games left," Fry said. "But I don't know how they're going to react. Hopefully a lot of 'em grew up today. They're going to have to." GornhusScers' Iowa recruits praise Hawks Continued from Page One punt if Iowa is past the 50, might not see action all season. Chances are, though, Coach Hayden Fry is going to have a decent football team by season's end.

Equals did not meet. Nebraska was a much better team. But, long after the issue was decided, Hawks played hard. You may take the word of Roger Craig, the senior I-back who frequently switches to fullback, on that account "They hit tough. I got bruises all over my body," said the senior from Davenport, who scored his team's third touchdown.

"I think they'll be all right later. They played clean. It wasn't like a grudge or anything." A number of Iowa "emigrants" play for the Huskers. All thought that Iowa's upset victory last year was well remembered but all said it hadn't been stressed in pregame preparation. "Just another team on our schedule we had to knock off to be No.

1," said Craig. "The nicest thing about the victory is that we won the first game and have started the season right." Steve McWhirter, a senior linebacker from Fairfield, said, "We all remembered last year and didn't need to be reminded." Jamie Williams, the tight end, also from Davenport, came running off the field, through the lane of Husker fans with hands high overhead, yelling, "Party is at my place, everybody." If everybody showed up, Wow! "I've played In all of (three modern) Iowa games ana 3 the sweetest," he said. "I jt.s tsj to win fair and square, any dispute, and not give t.e.n anything to brag about back hom-i You would have to say that Jamie Williams' game plan came true. Coach Tom Osborne's wasn't bad, either. And Dave Browne has to be pleased that the U.S.S.

Rimington is now a memory, albeit a bad one. Colo. State tips Wyoming for first win in 2 years FORT COLLINS, COLO. (AP) -Colorado State's Terry Nugent and Jeff Raikes teamed for the only touchdown of the day as the Rams claimed their first football victory in two seasons Saturday with a 9-3 decision over Western Athletic Conference foe Wyoming. Nugent hit Raikes with a 55-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter and the Rams held on in the closing half to stop continued Wyoming drives.

Robertson keys St. Olaf past Carleton, 9-0 NORTHFIELD, MINN. (AP) -Running back Tyrone Robertson scored the game's only touchdown to lead Si Olaf to a 9-0 victory over Carleton in the college football opener for both teams Saturday. itfSven carries. "Grogan went the final four yards and Tom Nichol's conversion made it 28-i with 7 minutes 53 seconds refraining.

"Fry was asked if Grogan might have won the starting quarterback position with his good relief job. "I don't know about that," replied the coach. "I was real pleased with Tom Grogan, but sometimes a guy ceming off the bench has an advantage after he's seen what formations the other team is using. ''But for a first game I wasn't displeased with Chuck Long," said Fry. "He got his feet wet against real qttality people." Fry said he had hoped that if the Hawks played a sound football game, they might have been able to stay with the potent Huskers and possibly win.

"But we left a lot to be desired," he declared. "Our offense was terrible in the first half, although Nebraska had a lot to do with that. real obvious that while we thfjiight we could win, we have a very inexperienced football team and we made a lot of mistakes. VI think the best thing that happened was that we got to play a lot of guys and they didn't fold their tent." Defense Wears Because Iowa's attack was so ineffective for the most part, the defenders were on the field for long sketches, and this had a telling effect in the game's closing minutes. First, Rozier broke loose on a 5fyard end run and might have scored if he hadn't tripped over teammate Mitch Krenk on the Iowa nine.

Rozier slammed the ball off the tirf in disgust, and Fry said: i'Tbe only time I got mad the whole me was when that guy (Rozier) spiked the ball in front of four cotton-pjeking officials, and nobody called a penalty on him." Gill flipped a short scoring pass to BJ-own on the next play, and several minutes later Husker reserve running back Jeff Smith took off on an 86-yard touchdown gallop. I Iowa suffered at least one major injury when starting linebacker James Erb went out in the first balf with possible ligament damage in his khee. Consequently, freshman standout Larry Station saw considerable action and drew praise from the i "I thought Station did an excellent jb considering who be was playing afcainst," said Fry, who revealed that Erbts Injury probably will sideline him at least for a month. Station called his play "a learning ejcpferlence. I know I can do better.

Nebraska is one of the best teams in tie fnation, and now that we've been through this, I think we'll all play bfetter the rest of the season." That's one way to look at it, and now Fry faces the task of getting his tfam to bounce back for what will be Tom Grogan scampers four Turner Gill gropes for hole Nebraska Irving Fryar I' Vno dazzles Iowa on punt return 1 1 'V V. ii yXV I 1 nv-m4 i A I1 mm lariiMin in 1 11 mi ir i in Iowa defense Injured Hawk linebacker James Erb patrols sideline.