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NEBRASKA 49. IOWA STATE 17 Maiden hot after romp -fy Buskers O'UV NEIBERGALLThe Register ii Continued rom Pope One touchdowns to Tyrone Hughes, and the Huskers led at intermission, 28-10. "He amazed me with his speed," Cyclone cornerback Marcus Robertson said of Gdowski. "The coaches warned us that he was (aster than he iuurwj on mm, out ne still surprised me. We worked all week on Nebraska's option play, but we still couldn't stop it.

We Just made too many mental mistakes." Oberg guided the Cyclones to a touchdown and into a 7-7 tie on their first possession. After Gdowski's 26-yard scoring run made it 14-7, Jeff Shudak back in Walden's good graces after missing one game for disciplinary reasons kicked a 46-yard field goal that closed the margin to 14-10 early in the second quarter. Fumble Cost ISU The Cyclones might have reached halftime trailing by only 21-10, but they lost the ball on a fumble by Bryant with about a minute to bo. Ne- braska quickly took advantage of that A on uaowsw second scoring toss to Hughes. The third quarter featured a lot more of Gdowski, until he left with the Huskers on top, 42-17, and it also included a temper tantrum by Walden.

After Oberg was sacked by Kent Wells, he fumbled the ball and Nebraska's Kenny Walker recovered at the Cyclone 33. Walden vigorously protested that Oberg was down before he lost the ball. "It was nice to see the coach stick up for me," Oberg said. "I thought I was down, too." That Dlav set un Gdnwski'i fourth touchdown. Iowa State got its other wv vit uijraiiia u-yaiu lull in me third quarter, and Nebraska's reserves added a touchdown in the final minute.

"I can't understand why people are surprised with his play," Osborne said of Gdowski. "He's a very good player" Osborne's teams do most of the talking for him he has a 165-36-2 record in 16-plus seasons as the Huskers' coach and Gdowski isn't given to flowery phrases, either. "I was happy with the way I played today and the way our offense played," Gdowski said. It couldn't have been much better. Iowa State Nebraska i First down! Rushes-yardt Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 26 23 47-190 61-468 158 62 I-7-? 4-J 1-1 6-44 3-34 30:13 29:47 Time of possession SCORING Iowa State 7 3 7 0 17 Nebraska 14 14 14 7 49 Gdowski 74 run (Barrios kick) I Bryant 3 run (Shudak kick) Gdowski 26 run (Barrios kick) I FG Shudak 46 Hughes 16 pass from Gdowski (Barrios kick) Hughes 25 pass from Gdowski (Barrios kick) Gdowski 3 run (Barrios kick) Gdowski 4 run (Barrios kick) I Bryant 1 1 run (Shudak kick) Dunlap 1 run (Barrios kick) Individual Statistics RUSHING Iowa running back Paul Thibodeaux Is stopped short of the goal line in fourth quarter by Nebraska's Curtis Cotton (24) on fourth down-and-goal play.

IaFF Chltllalr Ql la nnnttrntnintaA n( Iowa State Ne. Vda. Nebraika No. Yds. Bryant 24 89 Gdowski 17 176 Oberg 10 51 Flowers 16 118 Thibodeaux 8 28 Carpenter 52 C.Pedersen 4 19 Rodgers 6 37 Warmack 1 3 Joseph 3 31 Grant 2 15 i Turner 1 14 Dowse 1 7 Schmidt 2 7 Hughes 5 5 JV McDuffy 1 5 Dunlap 2 1 PASSINQ Iowa State Comp.

Art. Int. Yds. Oberg 14 23 0 158 C.Pedersen 0 10 0 Nebraska Comp. Att.

bit. Yds. Gdowski 3 6 0 62 Grant 1 0 R6CEIVINQ Iowa State No. Yds. Nebraska No.

Yds. Lester 8 74 Hughes 2 41 Busch 3 45 Kratzenstein 1 21 Bryant 2 32 GloHelty 17 TACKLE LEADERS Iowa State U. A. Nebraska U. A.

Ratlgan 6 1 Cooper 7 2 Robertson 6 1 Mills 7 1 Block 4 2 Valladao 3 5 Baker 4 2 Byrd 5 3 McMiUion 5 0 Wells 5 1 Buggs 5 0 Reece 5 1 Grubb 2 3 Petko 4 1 Rehberg 2 3 Walker 3 2 3 2 jf jwiiy With Nebraska's Jeff Mills hanging on, ISU NOTES might keep him out of next Saturday's home finale against Kansas State. REST FOR CLARK. Nebraska didn't need the services of its top run-, ning back, Ken Clark, while beating Iowa State for the 12th straight year. Clark has a sore knee and was being rested for what could be the Big Eight's championship game this week, when the Huskers go to Colorado. He wasn't missed, however, and not just because of Gdowski's 176 yards rushing, the most ever a mm 111 mmm mmm mm iissf: smwsMgi sfi- ISU's Blaise Bryant looks downfield as Mike Busch (85) to the turf Saturday.

Iowa State's troubles begin on game's he bursts up the middle Saturday. onside kickoff after Shudak's 46-yard field goal left them trailing, 14-10. But the kickoff rolled out of bounds at Iowa State's 39 without going the necessary 10 yards. "I screwed that one up," Shudak said. "I didn't kick it far enough." Nebraska got nothing from that break, however, when Chris Drennan missed a 53-yard field-goal try.

BUFFS OR HUSKERS. A sampling of Cyclones seems to favor Colorado over Nebraska in Saturday's key game at Boulder. "I think Colorado's offense is a little better than Nebraska's," Iowa State running back Blaise Bryant said. Bryant was limited to 66 yards Nebraska's Kent Wells bulldogs ISU's very first when the Cyclones lost to Colorado, 52-17, and he managed 89 against the Huskers. He has 994 yards this season.

"I'll pick Colorado in a close one," said cornerback Marcus Robertson. "It's probably going to be a real scoring battle," said defensive end Matt Rehberg. "They've both got big-play potential." Said flanker John Glotfelty: "The defenses of both teams are good ones. But I'd have to give the edge to Colorado's offense." BACK AGAIN. After first deciding to give up football rather than relinquish his academic scholarship, sophomore free safety Matt Goodwin rejoined the Cyclones last week and play made the trip to Nebraska.

Goodwin said he and his mother have arranged to repay his $1,200 in financial aid. As a walk-on without a football scholarship, he can't receive aid from other sources without counting on the 95-man roster limit, and the Cyclones have no openings. "I found I missed football a lot," said Goodwin, who dropped off the team before the Kansas game a few weeks ago. "I talked to my mom, and she said that right now we're in a position to do that pay the money back if I wanted to play. "The coaches say they'll put me on scholarship next fall, and in the long run I'll be better off.

The scholarship I had didn't cover books and stuff." By BUCK TURNBULL Register Staff Writer LINCOLN, NEB. Iowa State's defensive problems against potent Nebraska were compounded on the first play of the game Saturday when Don Edwards went out with a sprained ankle. Edwards is the team's top tackier among the down linemen. Two plays after he was helped from the field, Nebraska quarterback Gerry Gdowski began his four-touchdown spree with a 74-yard run. "Here I was, worrying about going against all those 275-pound Nebraska guys' said Edwards, a 230-pound senior, "and then I get hurt because somebody falls on my leg when I wasn't expecting it." Edwards said the ankle was swol-: after the game, and the injury Cornhusker quarterback.

Sophomore Leodis Flowers filled in for Clark and netted 118 yards. UNPLANNED PUNT. With the score tied, 7-7, early in the game, Iowa State's Jeff Shudak was set to attempt a 58-yard field goal. Instead, in what appeared to be some more Cyclone trickery in the kicking game, holder Judge Johnston took the snap and got off a low punt that was blocked. Nebraska recovered on Iowa State's 38-yard line and soon had a 14-7 lead.

"That was my fault," Johnston said. "It was supposed to be a field-goal try, but I bobbled the snap from center." The Cyclones also failed with an Lld.u.jlJI..j(B.lu)!lIiffiiiif.