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Lincoln Journal Star Saturday, November 30, 2002 HUSKER EXTRA 2F (All 1 11 1 Eodorf is bright spot for MI cake koteccq summary FIRST QUARTER NEETJiSXA 0, COICRADO 7 4:56 Derek McCoy 40 pass from Robert Hodge Drive: 87 yards in 7 plays, covering 3 minutes, 13 SGconds Other key plays: Hodge 13 run on lst-and-10 to CU 38; Brandon Drumm pass from Hodge, fumble, recovered by CU's Derek McCoy at NU 47. Conversion: Patrick Brougham kick 2 pj4. it SECOND QUARTER NEBRASKA 7. COLORALX) 7 11:52 Matt Herian 80 pass from Jammal Lord Drive: 80 yards in 1 play, covering 11 seconds. Conversion: Dale Endorf kick KEEKASKA 10.

COLORADO 7 1:50 Dale Endorf 33 field goal Drive: 65 yards in 10 plays, covering 3 minutes, 42 Other key plays: Lord 6 run on 2nd-and-5 to NU 31; Herian 15 pass from Lord to NU 46; Judd Davis 9 run on 2nd-an64 to CU 39; Davies 23 run to CU 16. Lincoln Journal Star Even after a loss Friday, Nebraska kicking coach Dan Young was able to joke with the I iuskers' unlikely MVE "You found the interview room," Young said to junior walk-on kicker DaleEndorf. Yes, Endorf did find the interview room, and he was one of the star interviewees after the 28-13 loss. Endorf, filling in for suspended starter Josh Brown, was perfect against the Buffs, making field goals of 33 and 49 yards and converting his only extra-point attempt. "He did a very good job, a Cinderella story," Young said.

After starting his college education at Friends University in Wichita, Endorf came to NU to pursue a degree in elec? trical engineering. "I thought, 'Why not try I was wondering if I'd be able to get on the team," he said. Endorf, who played soccer in high school, did kick for the Friends football team but with little success. He was 0 for 3 in field-goal tries at the small college. When NU's No.

2 kicker, Sandro DeAngelis suffered a season-ending foot injury before the Oklahoma State game, Endorf got the call to join the squad as Brown's backup. He became the starter earlier this week when Brown was suspended for a DUI arrest. "He was the best we had," Young said. "I looked at a couple of other kids Sam Koch from Seward who walked on as a punter and also played kicker in high school, and John Klem place-kicked in high school at Lincoln East. "I've looked at him a couple of times, but Dale had better range and a stronger leg and seemed to be a little more accurate." He was right on Friday.

His 49-yarder was the Huskers' longest field goal of the season. Endorf said he didn't know how long the kick was until Josh Brown told him. Endorf was mobbed by teammates after both field goals but seemed to remain cool about it all. "We were chanting his name (Thursday) at practice, trying to rile him up," said offensive lineman Nate Kolterman, who lifted Endorf in the air after the first field goal. "He's taken it all in stride." No answers Husker sophomore rover Lannie Hopkins wasn't sure why the Buffaloes had so much success running the football in the second half.

Colorado got 178 of its 253 rushing yards after halftime, "Actually, I don't really have a clue," he said, "The first half we came out and showed them all kind of stuff. In the second half, I don't know what went wrong. They were just running up the middle, up the middle. "We try to put in different stuff, but if they dont run certain stuff, then it's hard to put it in, so we just tried to stick to basic stuff." TV trouble The Huskers lost all of their games on ABC (Penn State, Iowa State and Colorado) and Fox Sports Net (Oklahoma State, Texas and Kansas State) this season. They won on ESPN (Arizona State) and TBS (Texas The good news for NU fans is that ESPN has the Independence Bowl, NU's most likely bowl destination, No questions left Colorado head coach Gary Barnett smiled and said: "The last time I was here, I was answering questions about a squib kick.

Today was a solid performance, especially in the second half when the defense was dominant." Two years ago, Nebraska beat Colorado on a field goal as time ran out after the Buffs scored and chose to squib-kick, giving Nebraska a short field to set up the winning score. Asked if Colorado would have to play much better against a "much better Oklahoma team" in the Big 12 title game, Barnett said: "You said Oklahoma is much better than Nebraska. I don't know about that. Nebraska is a heck of a team." Strange silence Colorado junior linebacker Sean Tufts, who had five tackles, including two for losses and a forced fumble, en joyed the peace and quiet of Memorial Stadium when the game was over. "To hear silence at the end of a game here is probably not something experienced by many people," Tufts said.

"Sure, I'm smiling. Nebraska is always good and they are good this year. They have the players and we beat a good team." I i i THIRD QUARTER NEBRASKA 13, C0LK7 13:36 Dale Endorf 49 field goal Drive: mlnus-14 yards in 4 plays, covering 1 minute, 11 seconds. Other key plays: McCoy pass from Hodge on lst-and-10, fumble, recovered by NU's Demorrio Williams at CU 17; NU personal foul penally after 1st down play. NEBRASKA 13, COLORADO 14 7:25 Bobby Purify 2 run Drive: 80 yards in 15 plays, covering 6 minutes, 6 1 seconds.

Other key plays: Beau Williams 10 pass from Hodge to CU 33; Hodge 3 run on 3rckmd-l to CU 45; Brian Calhoun 4 run on 2nd-and-2 to NU 43; Calhoun 9 run to NU 34; Drumm 11 run on 3rd-and-l to NU 23; Calhoun 7 run on 3rdand-3 to NU John Dona-; hoe 7 pass from Hodge on lstandgoal to NU 2. Conversion: Patrick Brougham kick NEBRASKA 13, COLOMBO 21 3:23 Brandon Drumm 1 run Drive: 52 yards in 5 plays, covering 1 minute. 33 seconds. Other key plays: Calhoun 35 run on lst-and-10 to NU 17; Calhoun 10 run on 2nd-and-7 to NU 4. Conversion: Patrick Brougham kick TED KIRWLincoln Journal Star.

Teammates gather around Nebraska kicker Dale Endorf (32) after a second-quarter field goal. Endorf, in his first Nebraska game filling in for the suspended Josh Brown, kicked two field goals and an extra point. i i till ''I if NEBRASKA OFFENSE RUSHING FOURTH QUARTER NEBRASKA 13, 2S 2:14 Brandon Drumm 16 run Drive: 30 yards in 5 plays, covering 2 minutes. 2 seconds. Other key plays: David Home run, fumble, recovered by Sean Tufts; Drumm 5 run on 4th-and-l to NU 16.

Conversion: Patrick Brougham kick dp6 Player No. Yards Avg. TD Long Dahrran Diedrick 13 96 7.4 0 25 JuddDavies 5 59 11.8 0 23 JammalLord 21 53 2.5 0 24 David Home 7 7 1.0 0 9 RECEIVING Player No. Yards Avg. TD Long MattHerian 2 95 47.5 1 80 Kyle Ringenberg 1 15 15.0 0 15 Josh Davis 1 6 6.0 0 6 Dahrran Diedrick 1 3 3.0 0 3 David Home 1 0 0.0 0 0 COLORADO OFFENSE RUSHING Player No.

Yards Avg. TD Long Brian Calhoun 20 137 6.8 0 35 Bobby Purify 17 62 3.6 1 21 Brandon Drumm 4 33 8.3 2 16 Robert Hodge 7 24 2.4 0 13 Marcus Houston 3 6 2.0 0 3 Team 2 -2 0 0 RECEIVING Player No. Yards Avg. TD Long Derek McCoy 6 71 11.8 1 40 JohnDonahoe 2 16 8.0 0 9 Brandon Drumm 2 14 7.0 0 11 DJ.Hackett 1 11 11.0 0 11 Beau Williams 1 10 10.0 0 10 PASSING Player Comp Att. Int.

Yards TD Long Robert Hodge 12 23 0 122 1 40 V-' 0 if 7 Player Jammal Lord PASSING Comp Art. Int. Yards TD Long 6 17 1 119 1 80 DEFENSE TACKLES UT AT Tot For loss PASS DEFENSE Sacks BU Irrt DEFENSE TACKLES PASS DEFENSE UT AT Tot For loss Sacks BU Irrt Drew Wahlroos 3 7 10 00 00 0 0 Marques Harris 5 4 9 2-7 1-4 0 0 Tyler Brayton 2 5 7 00 00 0 0 Donald Strickland 3 4 7 1-2 00 0 0 Gabe Hyenhuis 4 1 5 3-12 1-5 0 0 Medford Moorer 2 3 5 00 00 1 0 Kory Mossoni 2 3 5 2-12 1-10 0 0 Clyde Surrell 2 3 5 00 00 0 0 Sean Tufts 3 2 5 2-3 00 0 0 Sam Wilder 2 13 1-1 OO 0 0 J.J. Billingsley 2 0 2 00 00 0 0 DeAndre Fluellen 2 0 2 00 00 0 0 Zach Griffith 1 0 1 00 00 0 0 Brian Iwuh 1 1 2 1-5 00 0 0 Aaron Killion Oil 00 00- 0 0 Roderick Sneed 1 1 2 00 00 1 0 Phil Jackson 0 0 0 00 00 0 1 Fumble recoveries: Sean Tufts TED KIRKLincoln Journal Star Philip Bland (21) and Demorrio Williams (7) celebrate a tackle on Colorado's Bobby Purify in the first quarter. The two led the Huskers in ii Mi TEAM STATISTICS Philip Bland 8 3 11 1-3 00 0 0 Demorrio Williams 8 2 10 1-3 00 0 0 Barrett Ruud 6 3 9 1-3 00 0 0 Ryon Bingham 4 3 7 1-1 00 0 0 JonClanton 3 2 5 00 00 0 0 Scott Shanle 3 2 5 00 00 1 0 Josh Bullocks 1 3 4 00 00 0 0 Patrick Kabongo 1 3 4 00 00 0 0 Fabian Washington 4 0 4 00 00 0 0 Chris Kelsay 2 1 3 00 00 0 0 DeJuan Grace 2 1 3 00 00 0 0 T.J.

Hollowell 1 1 2 00 00 0 0 Daniel Bullocks 1 0 1 00 00 0 0. Lannie Hopkins 10 1 1-7 1-7 1 0 Trevor Johnson Oil 00 00 0 0 Kyle Larson 1 0 1 00 00 0 0 Jerrell Pippens Oil 00 00 0 0 Justin Smith 1 0 1 00 00 0 0 Fumble recoveries: Demorrio Williams, SPECIAL TEAMS PUNTING Player No. Yards Avg. Bk Long Kyle Larson 7 296 42.3 0 52 PUNT RETURNS Player No. Yards Avg.

TD Long DeJuan Groce 2 17 8.5 0 10 KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Yards Avg. TD Long Josh Davis 3 71 23.7 0 52 PLACEKICKING Player XP-Att FG-Att 1-39 4049 50 DaleEndorf 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 00 NEBRASKA 18 46-215 4.7 0 119 First downs Average per carry Rushing touchdowns Passing yards Completions-attempts-interceptions Passing touchdowns Total offensive yards Plays-yards per play Puntstotal yards Punting average SPECIAL TEAMS PUNTING Player No. Yards Avg. Bk Long Mark Mariscal 7 340 48.6 0 62 PUNT RETURNS Player No.

Yards Avg. TD Long Jeremy Bloom 3 47 15.7 0 35 KICKOFF RETURNS Player No. Yards Avg. TD Long Jeremy Bloom 1 38 38.0 0 38 PLACEKICKING Player XP-Att FG-Att 1-39 4049 50 Patrick Brougham 44 0-1 00 00 0-1 6- 17-1 1 334 7- 296 42.3 WILLIAM LAUERLincoln Journal Star Nebraska freshmen Matt Herian (42) and Ross Pilk-ington (2) celebrate Herian's touchdown in the second quarter Friday against Colorado. The touchdown, on a pass from Jammal Lord, tied the game at 7-7.

Herian had 95 yards receiving in the game. 0 Punts blocked 2- 17 Punt returns-total yards 8.5 Punt return average 3- 71 Kickoff returns-total yards 23.7 Kickoff return average 1-7 Sacks by-yards lost 5-17 Tackles for losses-yards 3-1 Fumbles-lost 2 Total turnovers 0 returned 2 Passes broken up 213 Third-down conversions 0-1 Fourth-down conversions 3-35 i Penalties-yards Time of possession Wrong dste Nebraska lost to Texas 27-24 on Nov. 2, 2002. A outline in Friday's Journal Star had the Incorrect date for the game. BY THE NUMBERS 32-3 The home record In Memorial Stadium for the Nebraska seniors during the past five seasons.

633 The total punt return yardage on the season for DeJuan Groce, breaking Johnny Rodgers' record of 618 set in 1972. 27 The number of yards Jammal Lord is shy of Eric Crouch's record for total offense in one season. Crouch had 2,625 In 2001, Lord now has 2,598. The last time Nebraska lost two games on its home field In the same season (Florida State and Oklahoma). 7 The total yards of offense for Nebraska in the third quarter, all rushing on 10 plays; Huskers have lost seven straight when allowing a 100-yard rusher (Bnan Calhoun 137).

The total number of tackles for loss by the Colorado defense. Gabe Nyenhuis led the Buffalo defensive attack with three..