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Sports The Saltaa Journal Sunday, October 11,1987 Page 37 Second-ranked Nebraska pounds Jayhawks ByHAROLDBECHARD Sports Editor LINCOLN, Neb. The contest -Was, once again, no contest. Nebraska 54, Kansas 2. What's new? "The numbers change, but everything else stays the same," KU full- tack Mike Rogers said after the Jayhawks' Big Eight Conference football loss to the Cornhuskers. Staying the same, as in cruising to its 19th straight victory over KU and Nebraska rolling up the majority of its yardage on the ground.

Yes, the second-ranked Corn- huskers, now 5-0, accomplished just about everything they set out to do on the cold and blustery day in Memorial Stadium. Head coach Tom Osborne was able to rest his No. 1 quarterback (Steve Taylor) and No. 1 I-back (Keith Jones) and played a ton of people in the process. Thirteen different Huskers carried the ball, three different players attempted extra 'points and 29 others made at least one tackle on defense.

Nebraska suited up 104 players and all participated in at least one play. "Overall, we got to play a lot of players, which was pleasing," said NU head coach Tom Osborne, whose team rushed for 363 yards and added another 100 in the air. "I'm glad this one is over. It is kind of hard to get everyone's attention focused on the game when you're such an overwhelming favorite." The Cornhuskers also managed to beat the spread (NU was favored by 49 points) and that sent most of the 76,053 fans happily on their way. KU head coach Bob Valesente, however, was not totally pleased with his team's effort.

Valesente called his team together for a meeting on sideline with eight minutes re- Nebraska 54, Kansas 2 GAME IN STATS KU NU First downs 8 23 Rushes-yards 39-74 58-363 Passing yards 64 100 Com-Alt-Int 9-23-2 6-13-0 Total offense 62-138 71-463 Fumbles-lost 0-0 1 -0 Punts-average Penalties-yards 12-104 8-71 Possession time 28:30 31:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Kansas: Verdugo 6-(-1). Terrell 6-5, Rogers 8-16. Snell 6-14, Hatchet) 12-40, Caldwell 1-0. Nebraska: Blakeman 7-26, Knox 10-36-1, Heibel 7-33-1, Brinson 3-47, Clark 8-582, Carpenter 5-21 -1, Hawkins 1-12, Gdowskl 558, Kelley 5-63-1. Bell 1-0, Schmidt 2-6, Clare 26, Coleman2-(-2).

PASSING Kansas: Verdugo 9-23-2-64. Nebraska: Blakeman 6-12-0-100. GdowskiO-1- 0-0. RECEIVING Kansas: Caldwell 3-36, Baker 3-16, Rogers 1-2, Hooks 1-11, Snell l-(-l). Nebraska: Smith 2-36.

Bell 1-11, Brinson 1-31. Milllkan 1-6, Banderas 1-16-1. PUNTING Kansas: Rieth Brehm 39.8. Nebraska: Kroeker Team 1 -0. FIELD GOALS Kansas: Klemp 0-0.

Nebraska: Drennan 2-2 (40, 43). LEADING TACKLERS (Top 5) Kansas: Normore 8, Henson 7, Moore 6, Adams 5, Bredesen 5, Koncz Lacey 5. Nebraska: Thomas 9, Smith 8, Jobman 5, Croel 4, Marco 4, Pete 4. by Quarters Kansas 0 0 0 Nebraska 17 10 14 13 54 First Quarter NU Heibel 3 yd. run (Drennan kick), 11:16.

NU Knox 1 yd. run (Drennon kick), 6:26. NU 40yd. field goal, 1:09. Second Quarter NU Clark 4 yd.

run (Drennan kick), 8:54. NU Drennan 43-yd. field goal, 3:09. Third Quarter NU Banderas 16-yd. pass from Blakeman (Drennan kick), 9:28.

NU Clark 22 yd. run (Drennan kick), 5:30. Fourth Quarter KU Normore blocked Nebraska punt out of end zone, 13:14. NU Kelley 52 yd. run (kick failed), 9:30.

NU Carpenter 4 yd. run (Schnitzler kick), 8:27. A maining immediately after Nebraska had scored two touchdowns in a span of 63 seconds. "That was a private team meeting and I don't make private meetings public," said Valesente, who then added, "I was proud of our whole Nebraska's Ken Clark (32) picks up a first down before Kansas' Curtis Moore makes the tackle. team's effort for 56 minutes, but for four minutes, we didn't play with the same enthusiasm." Those four minutes prompted Valesente to send his team to the dressing room immediately after the game, forsaking the usual handshakes between teams.

"I told Tom (Osborne) after the game there was no hard feeling between the two teams," Valesente said. "I asked our team to leave the field early because of the four minutes mentioned above. I don't think our team deserved to mingle around after the game." The second-year KU coach, who saw his team fall to 0-1 in the Big Eight and 1-4 overall, saw enough "mingling" in the game. And it was usually a Nebraska defensive lineman in the KU backfield or a Corn- husker running back in the Jayhawk secondary. All in all, the Jayhawks kept the ball for nearly naif the game but could manage only eight first downs and 138 yards of total offense.

Their only score came with 13:14 remaining in the game when Clint Wallace runs roughshod over KSV ByKENMacLEOD Harris News Service COLUMBIA, Mo. Darrell Wallace owns Kansas State. With a 31-yard touchdown scamper in the third quarter of Missouri's 34-10 pelting of the Wildcats Saturday, Wallace became the leading rusher ever at Missouri. Had the senior tailback played his entire career against Kansas State, he would likely be the leading rusher in NCAA history. With 99 yards in 10 carries, Wallace now has 2,393 yards, eclipsing James Wilder's record of 2,357.

In three games against the 'Cats, Wailace has 461 Wallace yards, including a 51-yard touchdown run in thefirst half. "He's just a great player," KSU coach Stan Fairish said of the 5-7, 168-pound Wallace. "I'm happy for him. I wish we could have stopped him, but I'm glad he broke the record here before a homecoming crowd." Wallace has endured great personal tragedy this year. His father was gunned down in March outside a bar in Nashville, Term.

After the record-breaking run, Wallace knelt to pray and cry for his father. "I said a quick prayer and talked to my father," he said. "I can't really find the words for what this record means to me. When the referee gave me the ball, I thanked the Lord and dropped down to one knee to wish my father could have been here. I said, "This one's for you Wallace wasn't the only Tiger to have a great day.

SMU transfer John Stollenwerck clearly established himself as the No. 1 Missouri 34, K-Stato 10 Kansas State quarterback Tim Hanson scrambles for a short gain before being pulled down from behind by Missouri's Ben Corl. quarterback ahead of incumbent Ronnie Cameron. Missouri's potent flexbone offense chewed up yardage in hunks both small and great all afternoon, but it was the surprising passing of Stollenwerck that put away the Wildcats late in the first half. Missouri led 17-10 with 51 seconds left in the half after a 7-yard touchdown run by K-State's Tony Jordan.

But Stollenwerck engineered a 68-yard drive in just 45 seconds, completing 4-of-5 passes for 59 yards, including a 15-yard touchdown to split end Craig Lammers with six seconds left in the half. "That drive obviously hurt us a lot," Fairish said. "I was surprised they were able to pass so well and disappointed we couldn't stop them. They are not a passing team. The collapse right before halftime has become part of our history." Also hurting the 'Cats was a first- half injury to starting quarterback Gary Swim, who had completed 5- of-8 passes for 82 yards.

Swim suffered a separated left shoulder and did not return. He was replaced by Tim Hanson, who completed 6-of-14 passes for 50 yards withtwo interceptions. Fairish said Swim might be able to play next week. The win lifted Missouri to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in Big Eight play, KSU MU First downs 17 27 Rushes-yards 40-221 73-408 Passing 132 125 Return Yards 00 10 Comp-Att-Int 11-22-2 8-12-0 Punts 6-32 2-38 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-2 Penalties-Yards 7-55 4-20 of Possession 22:56 37:04 Individual Statistics RUSHING Kansas State: Jordan, 17-100, Lewis, 10-49, Plckett, 5-37, Henry 2-18, Wilson 2-5, Hanton 3-6, Swim l-(-B). Missouri: Wailace, 10-99, Slower! 16-74, Delplno 7-55, Van Zant 8-48, Elmore 4-27, Cameron 9-25, Cockrell 2-20, M.Jones 3-14, Stollenwerck 11-8, Logon 1-6, Hennlngsen 2-5.

PASSING Kansas State: Swim, 5-8-0-82, Hanson, 6-14-2-50. Missouri: Stollenwerck, 711-0-118, Cameron, 1-1-0-7. RECEIVING Kansas State: Williams, 4-67, Jordan 3-21, Dean, 2-26, Hughes 1-10, Lewis 1-8. Missouri: Lammers, 4-49, Delplno 1-24, Wallace, 1-23, Bruton 1-22, Hagens 1-7. PUNTING Kansas State: Krueger Missouri: Whelihan LEADING TACKLERS: Kansas Stale: Whittle 20, Wallerstedt 16, Harper 11, Herds 11.

Missouri: MacDonald 12, McMillan 12, Ray 8. Scoring Summary Kansas 0 10 0 Missouri 10 14 7 3 34 Flrst'Quarter MU 37 yd. field goal, 10:05. MU Delplno 32 yd. run (Whelihan kick), 2:47.

Second Quarter KSU 27 yd. field goal, 14:12. MU Wallace 51 yd. run (Whelihan kick), 10:38. KSU Jordan 7 yd.

run (Porter kick), :51. MU Lammers 15 yd. pass from Stollenwerck (Whelihan kick), :06. Third Quarter MU Wallace 31 yd. run (Whelihan kick), 11:40.

Fourth Quarter MU 41 yd. field goal, 6:50. A while K-State dropped to 0-5 and 01. The 'Cats must now play Oklahoma and Nebraska in succession. The Tigers pounded out 376 yards rushing and added 125 in the air.

Kansas State moved the ball well, also. Led by Jordan's 100 yards, the 'Cats rushed for 207 yards and passed for 132. But four turnovers (two fumbles and two inter- (See KSU, Page 44) Columbia suffers record 35th straight loss By Scripps Howard News Service PRINCETON, N. J. As the final seconds ticked off the game clock at Palmer Memorial Stadium afternoon, Columbia fans started changing, "We're No.

1. We're No. 1." Credit them with a sense of humor as well as history. Their school, in losing 38-8 to Princeton, established an NCAA Division I record for futility consecutive losses, a streak that spans four years and three coaches. Down went Northwestern's record of 34 consecutive losses, set between 1979-82.

Ahead lies the all-time NCAA mark of 50, set by Division III Macalester College (St. Paul, Minn.) between 1974-'80. "Fifty-one before we're done," one Columbia student said with pride. His school made history on a crisp, clear autumn afternoon, with the kind of performance it has made infamous in the last decade. The Lions gave up touchdowns on Princeton's second and fifth plays and never surrendered the deficit.

With the score 21-0 at the end of the first quarter, the Columbia band struck up "Wipeout" and the timing couldn't have been better. But if the rest of the game seemed Incidental to the 11,247 who watched it, it didn't to the Columbia players, who have had to endure increasing media scrutiny as well as the jibes of their own fans. "No, it doesn't get me down," senior defensive back Paul San Filippo said. "People don't see the work we put into it. I'm just waiting for someone to come up to me and say, 'I'm glad you because I'm going to knock their head Try to understand San Filippo's frustration.

He has not won a varsity game during his career. Even by Ivy League and Division I-AA standards, Columbia football is a joke and has been for a while. The school has won four games in the '80s. The last time it had more than one victory in a year was 1978, and its last winning season was 1971. Ask second-year coach Larry McElreavy about turning the program around and he says: "I take the realistic approach.

Until we get some good recruits, some good football players in here, we're not going to win." Things haven't always been this way at Columbia of course. It's just hard to remember when they weren't. The school's football roots go back to 1870 (a 6-3 loss to Rutgers) and its honor roll, however short, includes some impressive names: Sid Luckman, Marty Domres, Bill Swiacki, George Starke, John Witkowski, to name a few. But in the last two decades Columbia has slipped further and further behind even its Ivy League brothers, and McElreavy will have to work extra hard to make up any ground. Located on the upper West Side of Manhattan, Columbia is the smallest of the eight Ivys with 3,300 undergraduates.

It also is one of the strongest academically. Approximately 80-90 percent of its students go on to graduate school. Normore blocked a John Kroeker punt out of the end zone for a two- point safety. The game was decided early when Nebraska took the wind in the first quarter and promptly kept KU in its own territory the entire period. The Jayhawks started on their own 12,16 and 20-yard lines on their first three possessions and had to punt each time after running three plays.

Nebraska, because of short KU punts into the wind, started at the Jayhawk 41, 16 and 50-yard line in the first period. The Huskers turned that advantage into a 17-0 lead as Micah Heibel and Tyreese Knox scored on short runs and Chris Drennan booted a 40-yard field goal. "Nebraska really hurt us early. They play the 80-50 rule real well," Valesente said. "They make you go 80 yards and they go 50.

You can't give a football team like Nebraska' that good of field The Jayhawks then put together a i 12-play drive from their own 20 to the: Nebraska 39 before running out of downs. Nebraska scored twice in the second quarter on a Ken Clark 4-yard run and a 43-yard field goal by Drennan to go on top 27-0. Kansas had a chance to get on the board right before halftime when Nebraska had to punt deep in its own, territory. KU took over at the Neb- 1 raska 34 with 16 seconds but on the first play, quarterback Kevin Verdugo's pass into the flat, slipped out of his hand and into the midsection of defensive end Broderick Thomas. "That would have given us a big lift, if we'd have scored," Valesente said.

After watching his team build its. lead to 41-0 after three quarters, Osborne littered the field with reserves in the last quarter. "This one was difficult from the mental standpoint. We could have been sharper," Osborne said. "But we did a good job of taking care of the football and I think, on offense, we did a very good job today." The Jayhawks travel to next Saturday to meet an angry orado team which lost to Oklahoma State on Saturday.

Nebraska, meanwhile, will play the unbeaten Cowboys in Stillwater next week. Surprising Coyotes unbeaten in KCAC Garrett By BR ADC ATT Assistant Sporta Editor STERLING Kansas Wesleyan's football team IS for real. For the second time in 15 days, the Coyotes defeated a Kansas Conference contender on the road. Saturday night's victim was Sterling, and the Coyotes' 26-14 win at frigid Smisor Stadium was every bit as impressive as KW's 14-11 upset over Bethel two weeks ago in Newton. "Who'd of thunk 4 and 0 in the league," said first-year KW coach Brad Jenkins.

"These guys just refuse to believe they shouldn't be winning. What we've accomplished so far is just a credit to their work habits." KW's early success in KCAC play has revolved around big plays on both sides of the ball. Saturday's victory over Sterling was no exception. Four offensive plays coveiing 72, 60, 73 and 83 yards either directly or indirectly resulted in Wesleyan's four touchdowns. And the Coyote defense was superb throughout.

The stingy unit halted seven Sterling drives in KW territory, including a crucial goal-line stand midway through the second quarter. "Fate or luck call it what you want," said KW defensive tackle Jernard Burks. "But when the going gets tough, we're going to suck it up." For the second time in three weeks, it was tailback Darren Garrett who stood tall in the KW spotlight. The junior from Center, Texas, rolled up 239 rushing yards on only 22 carries and scored touchdowns on a pair of dazzling runs to start each half. "He's running with such confidence," Jenkins said.

"He really doesn't believe anybody can tackle him right now." Garrett didn't need to break any tackles when he started the offensive fireworks on the Coyotes' first play from scrimmage. Garrett turned what appeared to be a simple dive play into six points when he found a huge hole awaiting him at the line of scrimmage. Seventy-two yards and 12 seconds later, the 185-pound junior was in the end zone. "It was a big hole big enough to drive a truck through," Garrett said. "I have to give all the credit to the line.

Without them, this wouldn't be happening." Coyote quarterback Scotty Jackson completed only three passes 0 26 14 1 Wesleyan 26, Sterling 14 GAME IN STATS KW Sterl First downs 18 16 Rushes-yards 56-315 42-178 Passlngyards 170 118 Comp-Att-Int 7-12-0 9-20-3 Total plays-yards 68-485 62-296 Punts-Avg Fumbles-fost 3-1 0-0 Penalties-yards 7-55 2-10 Individual Statistics RUSHING Wesleyan: Jackson 5-7, Gooden 8-38, Garrett 22-239, Jonesl-3, Hayes 3-2, Gunnerson 4-21, Martin 5-(-13), Sanft 5-19. Boyd 3-(-l). Sterling: Brannon 2-(-8), Langley 13-41 Bennett 25-139, Thompson 2-6. PASSING Wesleyan: Jackson 5-10-0-153, Boyd 7-12-0-10, Taylor 1-1-0-7. Brannan 8-1 9-3-1 07, Bennett 1-2-0-11.

RECEIVING Wesleyan: Coumpy 3-72, Webb 3-91, Gooden 1-7. Sterling: Williams 135, Ebanks 2-28, Bennett 3-24, Hannlng 1-11, Thompson 2-20. PUNTING Wesleyan: Taylor Ster- ling: Mask Able 1-17. Scoring Summary Kansas Wesleyan 14 6 6 Sterling 0 7 7 First Quarter KW Garrett 72 yd. run (Cooper kick), 12:35.

KW Garrett 1 yd. run (Cooper kick), 0:48. Second Quarter Williams 35 yd, pass from Brannon. (Turner kick), 11:51. KW Webb 73 yd.

pass from Jackson (run failed), 7:17. Third Quarter KW Garrett 83 yd. run (pass failed), 1 4:39. Bennett 12yd. run (Turner kick), 4:42.

in the first half, but two of them were biggies. The first was a flare pass to wing-' back Lynn Coumpy in the left flat. Coumpy broke one tackle, then tiptoed down the left sideline 60 yards to the Sterling 3-yard line. It took the Coyotes four plays to jam the ball into the end zone. But Garrett came through on fourth-and- goal.

After he was apparently stopped a yard shy of the goal line, Garrett broke a tackle and surged just by the end zone stripe. Sterling sliced KW's 14-0 lead in half early in the second quarter on a Mike Brannan-to-Oliver Williams 35- yard scoring pass. The Warriors were in business again moments later after recovering a KW fumble. But after Sterling had moved to a first-and-goal at the KW 1, the Coyote defense stiffened. Four Sterling running plays gained less than a foot.

"What we have here is a deep-down pride we just won't be denied," said junior free safety Troy Lewis, who was in on the final tackle and stopped another second-quarter Sterling drive with an interception. It didn't take the Coyotes long to cover the 99 yards to paydirt. Four: plays after the sterling defensive effort, Jackson hit a wide-open Charles Webb with a perfectly- executed play-action pass. Webb hauled In Jackson's 45-yard spiral at the Sterling 35, then outran the befuddled Warrior secondary to the end zone and the Coyotes were on (See Coyotes, Page 46).