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Page design: Kail Vogel Lincoln Journal Star HUSKERS 5R ffensive linemen Scoring summary strive toiinprove NU-UOP mtT 7-0 uamon gmng nm if :3 sw Drive. 80 yards 7 plan. MghMrtod by Jeff Makovtcki 24 tun, Bwvg 9, 6 fun, Brendan Holbein 11 past from Tomrme Franer. Converaon: Kris Brown KICK. Bnning17nm yards In 1 play.

Set up by Kenny Cheatham 33 return of Roger Fleenor 39 punt. Conversion: Brown kick. Beonina 43 run Drive: 95 yards in 10 plays. Ahman Green 5. 1.

3. S. 5 runs, Fraaer 23, 6 rune, Jeff Makovicka 4 run. Conversion: Brown kick. 21-0 2S-0 LVUs SECOND QUARTER Ahman Omen 4 run 7 Set up by Reggie Baul 17 punt return.

Mqhighted by Brook Bemnoer 12 run. Green 3, if runs, Tim Carpenter 15 passtrom Bemnger. Conversion: Brown kick. James Sims 9 run Drive: 58 yards in 6 plays. HWtahted by Riley Washington 9 pass from Fra-r, Frazier 6 run, Jon VedraTlff pass from Frazker.

Joel Makovicka 15 run. Conversion: Brown kick. 35-0 42-0 TommieFraSrun THIRD QUARTER fFc Green 13 run 52Vf7plays. Set up by Baul 17 punt return. Highlighted by Green Tyroni iWaHey 12 pass from Mcfc Selers 6 Hl9'3hted by Eric Atkins 38 pass from Selers Hon! FcTk4PaSS SrS' Sfah 4 Co- 494 49-7 kiii TED KIRKUncom Journal Star NU wingback Riley Washington (3) puts the moves on Pacific's Ryan McGinnis in the first quarter.

It was Washington's first game since being arrested for attempted murder. Individual statistics BY KEN HAM8LETON Lincoln Journal Star Chris Dishman didn't think it was strange that he was a good five yards ahead of Damon Benning. even though the two Nebraska players were more than 50 yards ahead of the line of scrimmage. Dishman. at 6-foot-3 and 310 pounds, is an offensive tackle.

Benning. who is 5-11. 205. and is an I-back. He supposed to run fast "Well, he had all those cuts and moves to make and I was running in a straight line." Dishman said with a smile.

"I called for the tight end to block down on my guy and I had a straight line to the safety downfield. I should have probably throw a cut block earlier in the run and he might have scored As it stood, Benning gained 62 yards on the play to set up Nebraska's sixth touchdown of the game. That also marked the last series for Dishman and the starting offensive line just over three minutes into the third quarter. "If you think we were believing we didn't have to do anything in the second half, just look at that first drive of the third quarter." Dishman said. "We had to step up as an offensive line and I think we did.

We got some good scores and some good yards. "The only bad part came when the backups got the first penalties for the line this year, with a holding, and then got called for a lineman downfield on a pass. We didn't have a penalty on the line all year." Senior center Aaron Graham said there still was room for improvement from the starters as well. "I don't know how many completions we had. but I'm sure it was under 50 percent." he said.

"We have to work to improve that." Despite a 16 for 36 passing mark, Nebraska gained 162 yards passing to go with a whopping 569 yards rushing for a season-best 731 yards of total offense. But there also were mL -it I i ff'' 1 ym7r 1 pfr i '5 -v "m( t. fir4, 1 -If '4', 1 "i "77 3 i I Nebraska Offense Rushing No. Yds. Damon 10 173 Ahman Green 15 112 Tomrme Frazier 7 62 James Sims 9 55 Brian Schuster 3 47 Jeff Makovicka 5 33 Joel Makovicka 3 29 Brook Bellinger 3 21 Matt Turman 6 12 Billy Legate 3 9 Reggie Baul 1 8 Chad Eicher 2 3 Chris Norris 2 3 JoshCobb 1 2 Passing No.

Co. Yds Brook 17 9 57 Tommie 14 6 90 Matt Turman 5 1 15 Receiving No. Ctester Johnsonn 2 Reggie Baul 2 Brendan Holbein 2 JonVedra 2 Kermy Cheatham 2 RHey Washington 2 Ahman Green 2 Tim Carpenter 1 Sheldon Jackson 1 Defense Tackles UT AT Terrell Farley 2 2 Michael Booker 3 0 Doug Colman 3-0 Mike Minter 2 1 Ryan Terwilliger 2 1 Jason Peter 2 0 Chad Kelsay 2 0 Darren Schmadeke 2 0 Jay Foreman 10 Jon Hesse 1 0 Tyrone WiHiams 1 0 Octavkxis McFarlin 1 0 Eric Stokes 1 0 Jamel wmiams 1 0 Christian Peter 0 1 Grant Wistrom 0 1 Jeff Ogard 0 1 Jason Jenkins 0 1 Phil Ellis 0 1 Aaron Penland 0 1 Mike 0 "1 Quintin Hogrefe 0 1 Mike FuHman 0 1 Tony Veland 0 1 Interception returns No. Adam Skoda 1 Special teams Punting UT AT No. Yds.

Jesse Kosch 1 33 Punt returns No. Reggie Baul 4 Mike Fullman 3 Kenny Cheatham 2 Mike Minter 1 Yds Ave. 33.0 Yds. 44 31 60 4 Pacific Offense Rushing No. Yds.

Yasin Reeder 1 36 Joe Abdullah 13 25 Nick Sellers 9 1 Kerry Blakney 1 -2 Ave. 36.0 19 0.1 1 Ave. 17.3 89 15.7 i 1 1 Things seem to be going Husker linebacker's way Sunday. September 24. 1995 Time toft QUARTER 10:56 1J1 12M 7M MM 7:12 5:24 the end of a 24-yard run on the field on a back board, but later Stephen Kingman 0 11 Mike Morales 0 1 1 Ron Smith 0 11 Interception returns No.

Yds. Nigel Burton 1 0 Ray Stukes 1 0 Special teams Punting UT AT TT No. Yds. Ave. Roger Fleenor.

11 481 43.7 Kick off returns No. Yds. Yasin Reeder 4 345 Tyrone Watley 1 21 TED KIRKLncom Journal Star spins away from Pacific defensive a catch late in the first half. A nu i. i tuMKMiancom journal Star two interceptions.

"We're going to have to be sharper because next week well be in a battle with Washington State," Graham said. "They'll come in here and give us a rua They have one of the best run defenses and well take the challenge. But it won't come without work." Graham said it shouldn't be hard to get the offensive line ready for the next game. "We feel like even though we haven't gone much past two quarters all GRAHAM not satisfied year, we can go four quarters and we feel we can stay totally focused for four quarters, too," he said.Dishman added that he hopes the backfield can heal in time for the next few games. "We seem to lose an I-back a week, and it's because they do all those and moves and take all those hits." he said.

Two weeks ago. I-back Lawrence Phillips was sidelined after he was charged and eventually found guilty of assault. Last week. Clinton Childs was sidelined for at least three weeks with a severe knee strain. Saturday.

Benning. who missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, suffered a sprained ankle. Now. backup I-back James Sims has a sore back. "We feel like we can put anybody back there and give them some room to run," Dishman said.

"We know there's plenty of talent back there; But it would be good to see those guys come out of a game not limping." Sellers for an 8-yard loss. "That blitz was just one of those things where nobody saw me coming." he said. "I hit the QB, got up and turned around and one of the Peter brothers. I don't know which one grabbed me and slapped me on the helmet. I think they love it when we sack somebody." Farley survived the congratulations from two NU defensive tackles brothers Christian and Jason Peter and made it to the sideline.

The blitz with the weakside linebacker was obviously a good plan though, as Terwilliger was just fractions of a second away from getting his own sack on Pacific's next possession. "We practice that stuff and study that stuff all the time so we can get the big play," Farley said. "We're a big-play defense. We live on them. And if we have the right technique, we really don't gamble a big gain from the offense either.

That's a lpt of fun when it works right." play well and do things right." I Tom Osborne on the depleted running back corps: "We re pretty doggone thin. Joel Makovicka (starting fullback) is our No. 4 back, or No. 3 if Damon can't play and he reinjured a toe that's going to give him a problem so we really got depleted very badly there. I'm quite certain Childs will not play next week, it would be very fortunate, I think if he plays against Missouri or even Kansas State.

A position that looked pretty deep at one time doesn't look that strong at the present time." I Nebraska has won 29 consecutive regular season am uen wiaKovicKa runs into Pacific's Ed Atlas (2) at first play of the game. Atlas suffered a neck injury, was carted off the returned to the stadium to watch the second half. BY KEN HAMBLETON Lincoln Journal Star Terrell Farley already has two interceptions for two touchdowns, so a i quarterback sack, and another tackle for a loss is nothing new for the Nebraska linebacker. I "I love to play and it seems like things are just kind of coming my way." he said. Farley often replaces starting weakside linebacker Ryan Terwil-liger on passing downs.

The junior college transfer from Columbus. by way of Independence Community College in Kansas, made his presence known on the second Pacific play of the game. He slammed Pacific tailback Joe Abdullah to the ground on a 1-yard gain, then helped throw Tiger receiver Tyrone Watley for a 3-yard loss on the next play. Later, in the third quarter. Farley blitzed through a gap in the line and threw Pacific quarterback Nick Nebraska notes, quotes n.a.

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Eric Atkins 3 Tyrone Watley 3 Joe 3 Mike Morales 2 Damon Bowers 1 Ron Smith 1 JakeHoffart 1 Defense Tackles UT AT MattKilgras 10 4 Nigel Burton 5 8 2 10 PI 1 0 1 Yds. 63 17 6 28 8 7 6 14 13 12 Pacific did not cross midfield until 6:59 left in the third quarter and Nebraska did not punt until 4:24 left in the third quarter. Nebraska injuries included a series of sprained ankles for Benning, guard Steve Volin, tackle Steve Ott, defensive tackle Jason Peter, and receiver Brendan Holbein. Nebraska linebacker Phil Ellis, when asked if playing Pacific amounted to a glorified practice session: "That's about what it was. It's a game I don't really like to play, but we played them, and I think we got something out of it." Nebraska fullback Brian Schuster, on the reaction of a couple Pacific defenders as Nebraska piled up points: "I noticed that a couple of their guys were laughing.

It was like, 'What can we But for the 'most part, I thought they played hard." Schuster, on Pacific's linebackers: "I thought they were as good as we've seen all year, especially No. 50 (Ed Tatola) he played hard all game. I thought the linebackers probably played harder than a lot of people give them credit for." What helped keep Saturday's score from getting more lopsided was Nebraska's passing effort. The Cornhuskers threw 36 passes, most in a regular-season game since 1973. and completed just 16.

"It was just something I wanted to work on a little bit. I didn't think our throwing game was really that -good," Osborne said. "Of course, some of it was the wind." Last week, Osborne apologized after Nebraska passed for a 39-yard touchdown to wrap up its 77-28 win against Arizona State. Saturday, he was second-guessing himself for saying sorry. Is! a TED KIRKLmcoln Journal Star A Husker quarterback Tommie Frazier (15) lunges for extra yardage after being hit by Pacific's Rodney Campbell (4) on a second-quarter run.

I-back Ahman Green, who gained 112 yards, said he was ready, willing and able to start or play all game if he Is the only healthy I-back left. When told that Damon Benning had a sprained ankle, Clinton Childs had a strained knee ligament that could keep him out three to four more weeks, and James Sims had a sore back, Green said he was feeling fine. "I felt like high school again today," he said. 1 was running a lot, taking a lot of hits and going again for some more hits. It felt pretty good and I'm not hurt at all.

I don't think of it as pressure if I'm the only one healthy. I only put pressure on myself to games, and 17 games overall, plus 25 in a row at home. With the victory, Tom Osborne took over the lead among active coaches in winning percentage. Osborne is now 223-47-3 for an .8223 mark, jumping ahead of R.C. Slocum, the Texas Coach, whose team fell to Colorado.

Slocum is now 61 -13-2 for a. 81 58 mark. Nebraska has had one, one-play scoring drive in all four games this season. Saturday's was a 1 7-yard run by Benning on NU's second possession. Nebraska's rushing total of 569 was the sixth-best all time and the total offense of 731 was the fifth-best all-time, i letter and apologized and apologized publicly.

I told the folks on the field what the deal was and i for them to go off on us like they did Just kind of rubbed me We scored one touchdown, offensively In the whole last i i Believe me, I think we could ve 1 done more than that." i "I apologized about that late touchdown, but I'm not sure after thinking It through, when you have your No. 3 quarterback and your No. 4 or 5 offensive line out there, your No. 3 or 4 wingback against a first-team safety that that's a real apologetic situation," he said. "I wrote (ASM Coach Bruce Snyder) a i lOOiSJUti.