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A A4; A. At WW'Wvi Ar'Tr. -v lx 'J Or: A AaVAKV I mMMsmmmm Trainers help Iowa defensive end George Millett off the field after he suffered a bruised knee. (Times photo by Greg Boll) Howthey scored Hawks jump out quickly Continued from Page IB nie Harmon, Larry Station and Bill HappeL None of the three practiced, last week and none played more than a quarter or so. Of course, the game was pretty much over after one quarter.

The Hawkeyes struck for 35 points before the first 15 minutes was up in a period reminiscent of last December's 55-17 slaughter of Texas in the Freedom BowL "We could do no wrong in the first half," Long noted. "I think we proved to people what we can really do." Long took the Hawks down the field after the opening kickoff on a drive that set the tempo for the whole day. On the sixth play of the drive, speedster Robert Smith got behind cornerback Lance Harkey for a 49-yard pass from Long. Rob Houghtlin's kick made it 7-0. Illinois, trying to bounce, ran a reverse on its first play.

David Williams, who ended up catching 10 passes in the game, was nailed for a loss by linebacker George Davis, coughed up the ball, and Iowa's Hap Peterson recovered Four plays later, freshman fullback David Hudson dove into the end zone. It was 14-0. And so it went Trudeau had his interception-less string broken moments later when Jay Norvell made a diving catch of a tipped pass. Long duplicated his TD pass to Smith, this time from 43 yards away, and it was 21-0. A 46-yard scoring run by Harmon one of only nine carries for him made it 28-0 and another Hudson TD with 59 second left in the quarter made it 35-0.

Some of the folks wearing orange and blue raingear in the south end zone were seen edging toward the exits. The Hawks stopped themselves with penalties in their next two possessions but added to the lead later in the second quarter on a pair of TD passes by Long a 1-yarder to Mike Flagg and a 9-yarder to Scott Helverson. The second one came after reserve safety Rick Schmidt picked off a Trudeau pass and returned it 33 yards. The third quarter was scoreless and the Hawks finished off the debacle in the fourth period with a 37-yard field goal by Houghtlin and a 16-yard gallop by Grant Goodman. "I think you spell it momentum," Fry said later, analyzing the outcome.

"We got the momentum and then our youngsters just took over. They were heartbroken and embar-assed last week, but they obviously bounced back. It was a real test of character for them." "Whether we were really that good or Illinois was that down, I don't know," he added. "How can I explain it? It will never happen again in 100 games." Besides Long, other offensive heroes included Hudson, who rushed for 66 yards; Helverson, who caught 8 passes for 69 yards; Quinn Early, who caught 5 for 63; and Harmdn, who netted 88 yards on his 9 carries. Harmon failed to catch a pass, however, snapping a string of 32 straight games in which he had at least one reception.

The Hawkeyes will take an 8-1 overall record, 5-1 in the Big Ten, into a game at Purdue next Saturday. The Boilermakers were routed Saturday by Michigan, 47-0. "Our backs are still against the wall," Long insisted. "That's the way we have to approach it. I think we play better when our backs are against the walL" By Craig Cooper QUAD-CITY TIMES LINCOLN, Neb.

Four straight losses, two by whopping margins, began to take a toll Saturday on the emotions of Iowa -State's football team. Playing the Nebraska powerhouse here has never been pleasant for Cyclone teams but the 49-0 whitewash before a chilled crowd of 75,920 was more unpleasant than usual Especially for baffled Coach Jim Criner, who has heard the grumbling of fans in his third season. In three meetings with Nebraska his teams have been outscored 165-29 and shut out the last two seasons. The third-ranked Cornhuskers rolled up 538 yards with their punishing ground game, but Iowa State was generous to a fault, turning the ball over twice at critical spots on the field and dropping numerous passes which killed drives. Criner was bitingly blunt in his assessment of the situation.

He pulled no punches in his post-game media session. "I'm really down, not because we got beat but down because of the way we got beat" said the dejected coach. "We work our fannies off, the coaches are working so it's enough to drive you crazy. "YOU CAN'T fumble the ball and drop as many passes as we did and not expect to get beat "We've got to recruit players who can catch the football. If you are going to throw the football, you've got to catch it and we didn't do it." Iowa State's self-destructive offense managed just 137 yards and 7 first downs.

Eliminating the mistakes would not have reversed the outcome but it might have been closer. While the Cyclones were slowing themselves down, Nebraska was running over, through and around the ISU defense. Junior Brian Reffn-er, making his first start at safety, was credited with 28 tackles for the Cyclones, including an amazing total of 19 unassisted. "That doesn't speak to well for our defense when a safety is making that many tackles," Reffner said. Nebraska I-back Doug DuBose went over 1,000 yards for the season and 2,000 for his career with 114 and a touchdown.

Powerful fullback Tom Rathman added 97 yards, 32 coming on a touchdown run in the third quarter to make the score 28-0. NEBRASKA Coach Tom Osborne called it his team's best performance of the season. Two weeks ago Oklahoma had its best performance so far this season against the Cyclones. "I really can't find a problem anywhere," Osborne said. "They had quite a few dropped passes, which helped, but we also had good pursuit." When the opposing coach mentions dropped passes, it tell you they were a factor.

There were at least nine that could be counted in that category. Cyclone quarterback Alex Es-pinoza threw one interception which set up a Nebraska touchdown in the second quarter, but he didn't have too bad a day overall. He just got absolutely no help from the receivers. "Anytime guys drop passes I have a tendancy to get frustrated," the junior admitted. "I was frustrated today.

"But there is nothing I can really do. My job is to put the ball where it is supposed to be and their job is to catch it" "Alex did a good job of getting the ball to the right people," Criner Iowa 49, Illinois 0 Long fired a 9-yard scoring pass to Scott Helverson, breaking the Big Ten career record. Houghtlin kick. Key play Rick Schmidt intercepted a Trudeau pass and returned it 33 yards to the 9-yard tine. Drive 1 play, 9 yards.

Elpased time 0:05. Time remaining 2:31. Fourth quarter Iowa 52, Illinois 0 Houghtlin kicked a 37-yard field goal. Key plays Illinois fumbled on a fake punt and Iowa's Tim Anderson recovered at the 28-yard line. Mark Vlasic completed two passes for 19 yards.

Drive 5 plays, 28 yards. Elapsed time 1:31. Time remaining 13:12. Iowa 59, Illinois 0 Redshirt freshman Grant Goodman charged 16 yards for a touchdown through a huge hole in the left side. Key plays Vlasic threw 14 yards to Quinn Early.

Goodman rushed for 36 yards in 2 carries. Drive 5 plays, 50 yards. Elapsed time 1 :08. Time remaining 8: 21. Iowa 59, Illinois 0 Key plays Iowa State's Don Poprilo fumbled away the ball at his own 20.

On the fourth play Jones scored. Drive 4 plays, 20 yards. Elapsed time 1 :20. Time remaining 9:43. Nebraska 42, Iowa State 0 Sheppard took the wingback reverse for 20 yards and the touchdown.

Klein kick. Key plays Iowa State had the Huskers pinned back at their own 1 after a 67-yard punt by Rick Frank but on first down reserve fullback Ken Kaelin went off left guard for 72 yards to the ISU 27. Drive 3 plays, 99 yards. Elapsed time 1:13. Time remaining 2:07.

Fourth quarter Nebraska 49, Iowa State 0 Reserve quarterback Steve Taylor option ed left and kept on the keeper for four yards and the touchdown. Klein kick. Key plays Iowa State's Kirk Thomas fumbled with Nebraska's Dan Thayer covering at the Cyclone 4. Drive 1 play, 4 yards. Elapsed time :04.

Time remaining 11:16. Nebraska 49, Iowa State 0 ISU 7 29-42 95 11 10-27) 11-42 5-2 7-54 22:34 Neb 28 83-538 35 22 3- 8-8 5-45 5-3 4- 24 37:24 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Return VardS Comp-Art Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time ol Poss Iowa St. 0 0 0 I Nebraska 7 14 21 7 49 NU Clayton 3 run (Klein kick) NU DuBose 3 run (Klein kick) NU Banderos 12 pass from Clavton (Klein kick) NU Rathman 32 run (Klein kick) NU K. Jones I run (Klein kick) NU Sheppard 20 run (Klein kick) NU-S. Taylor 4 run (Klein kick) A 75,920.

Individual Statistics Rushing Iowa Rodgers 6-28, Thomas, 10-15. Nebraska. DuBose 24-114, Rathman Shepoard 4-55, K. Jones 8-54. Passina Iowa Espinoia Hood 1-2-0-9.

Nebraska. Clayton 2-4-0 24, Turner" 1-3-0-11, Blakeman 0-1-0-0. Receiving Iowa Wodka 3-42, Suffren' 1-12, Ross 1-11. Nebraska, Banderas 1-12, DuBose 1-12, R. Smith Ml.

of the game they moved the ball out to their own 48. That was when they-were stung with a holding penalty and finally were forced to punt from; their own 39 for a net of 4 yards. "That was a stupid holding alty, not from the referee's stand-' point but from our own," Criner ex. ploded. "That was ridiculous.

"After the amount of time we spend working on avoiding those, things and then that kind of crap happens." i That was one of just two swipes" Iowa State made a midfield. The Cyi clones did manage to cross once in the second half, just barely, to the: Nebraska 49. "It was a very poorly played; game offensively for us and we just game them too many Criner added. "Nebraska has a good option game. "The tradition of great I-backs at Nebraska was evident Their back4 broke tackles and always seemed to-fall forward." TO TOP it all off, it was a miseri able day as far as conditions.

AC game time the temperature was and the windchill factor was 4 de grees. Later the temperature sky! rocketed just past the freezing mar Although the crowd in Memorial Stadium was listed as the 142nd con secutive sellout a continuing NCAAl record, there were plenty of seat available. Those who didnt show up missetjt a pretty good show by the home team against an opponent which going nowhere quickly. Iowa State will try to regroup by next Saturday, when the Cyclonejj should have a chance to win at Kam sas State. "i Nebraska 49, Iowa State 0 First quarter Nebraska 7, Iowa State 0 Quarterback McCathorn Clayton faked a handoff and ducked into the end zone from the 3 for the touchdown.

Dale Klein kick. Key plays Tom Rathman went off right guard for 17 yards on Huskers' first play to ISU 48. I-back Doug DuBose had gains of 6, 7 and 8 in the drive. Drive 12 plays, 65 yards. Elapsed time 4:30.

Time remaining 6:29. Second quarter Nebraska 14, Iowa State 0 DuBose took a pitch to the left for three yards, Klein kick. Key plays Wing-back Von Sheppard took a 13-yard pitch to the ISU 37 with Rathman picking up 8 on the next play. Drive 8 plays, 50 yards. Elapsed time 2:39.

Time remaining 12:51. Nebraska 21, Iowa State 0 Clayton passed 13 yards to tight end Tom Banderas all alone in the end zone. Klein kick. Key plays Iowa State quarterback Alex Espinoza threw an interception to Nebraska linebacker Mike Knox, who returned 3 yards to the Cyclone 22. Clayton gained 9 on first down.

Drive 5 plays, 25 yards. Elapsed time 1 :58. Time remaining 1:19. Third quarter Nebraska 28, Iowa State 0 Rathman took off over left guard and broke away for a 32-yard touchdown run. Klein kick.

Key plays DuBose gained 9 yards on the first play and took the second one for 10 yards and the third for 15. Drive 4 plays, 66 yards. Elapsed time 1 :20. Time remaining 9:43. Nebraska 35, Iowa State 0 Keith Jones took a pitch from to the right for 1 yard and the touchdown.

Klein kick. explained. "He played welL" Turnovers were just as costly as the drops. Both of Iowa State's lost fumbles led immediately to Nebraska touchdowns. FULLBACK Don Porilo fumbled at the ISU 20 with the Huskers needing just three plays before reserve Keith Jones took the ball in from the 1 to make the score 35-0 after Dale Klein's kick.

Kirk Thomas fumbled in the fourth quarter at the Iowa State 13 with Nebraska's Dan Thayer finally stopping the ball at the ISU 1. Fourth team quarterback Steve Taylor scored on first down through a gaping hole to make it 47-0 before Klein kicked his seventh extra point Sandwiched in between was another unusual Nebraska touchdown, which means it was pretty routine for this series. Iowa State's punter Rick Frank had boomed one down to the Nebraska 1. On first down reserve fullback Ken Kaelin didn't go the entire way but did chug away for a 72-yard run. Von Sheppard scored from the 20 on a wingback reverse.

"I went over to talk to him Kaelin) and I thought I was going to have to get out the oxygen mask for him," laughed Rathman. "That's a tough thing to do, he had been standing on the sideline the whole game and he really wasn't all that loose." RATHMAN had little respect for the attitude of the Cyclones. "After we scored a couple touchdowns on them, they were just out there to be out there." Offensively it was one frustration after another for the Cyclones. For example, on their first drive 4-7 overall and 1- III. St.

26, NORMAL, III the third time this State over Ark. St. 41, JONESBORO, two touchdowns Illinois Iowa First downs 14 Rushes-yards 18-5 43-232 Passing yards 227 316 Total yards 232 548 Return yards 45 59 Passes 30-58-5 27-41-1 Punts-avg 9-35 6-42 Fumbles-lost 54 1-0 Penalties-yards 10-82 5-62 Time possession 27:09 32:51 Illinois 0 0 0 Iowa 35 14 0 10 59 Iowa 59, Illinois 0 First quarter Iowa 7, Illinois 0 Quarterback Chuck Long fired a 49-yard touchdown bomb to Robert Smith, who got behind Illinois' Lance Harkey. Rob Houghtlin kicked the extra point. Key play Long threw 17 yards to Bill Happel.

Drive 6 plays, 80 yards. Elapsed time 3:06. Time remaining 11:54. Iowa 14, Illinois 0 Fullback David Hudson leaped one yard over the top for the touchdown. Houghtlin kick.

Key plays Iowa's Hap Peterson recovered a fumble by David Williams on Illinois' first offensive play. Long threw 15 yards to Happel, who barely kept a foot in bounds on the sidelines. Drive 4 plays, 19 yards. Elapsed time 1 :26. Time remaining 10:16.

Iowa 21, Illinois 0 Long unleashed another bomb to Smith, who got behind Craig Swoope for a 43-yard TD. Houghtlin kick. Key play Jay Norvell made a diving interception of a pass by Illinois' Jack Trudeau, Tru-deau's first interception in 216 attempts. Drive 4 plays, 54 yards. Elapsed time 1:34.

Time remaining 7:28. Iowa 28, Illinois 0 Ronnie Harmon sprinted 46 yards up the middle for a TD on third-and-10. Houghtlin kick. Key plays Long threw 15 yards to Mike Flagg. Drive 5 plays, 64 yards.

Elapsed time 1:15. Time remaining 4:36. Iowa 35, Illinois 0 Hudson charged 10 yards for a touchdown, 1 bouncing off a tackle at the line of scrimmage before sprinting in. Houghtlin kick. Key plays Long completed 5 of 5 passes for 49 yards.

Drive 7 plays, 62 yards. Elapsed time 1 :54. Time remaining 0:59. Second quarter Iowa 42, Illinois 0 Long rolled right and flipped a 1-yard TD pass to Flagg. It was his 24th TD pass of the season, breaking the Big Ten record, and the 71st of his career, tying the league mark.

Houghtlin kick. Key plays Kevin Harmon carried the ball 4 times for 28 yards. Drive 10 plays, 56 yards. Elapsed time 2:35. Time remaining 5:16.

McCormick ran a sweep left into the end zone. Augie lined up for the extra-point kick, but the snap was high and hold-' er Jay Hatch picked the ball up, scrambled and hit Ed Herrera with the pass. That put Augje up 15-0. The Vikings faced the same situation on the very next series, but Reade opted to punt the balL "But we had the lead and that's what is important," he said. Troy Westerman gave Augustana good field position on their first scoring drive, taking a Casey Van-horn punt on the Elmhurst 33 and returning it all the way to the 18.

Westerman, a 5-foot-9, 175-pound junior, broke toward the left sideline and was almost in the clear when he was forced out-of-bounds. Bob Guerrieri and Dennis Frai-kes picked up eight yards, moving the ball down to Elmhurst 10. Then McCormick, a 5-11, 190-pound junior fullback, carried the ball the next four plays, capping the drive off with a one-yard run up the middle. McCormick had three touchdowns with 87 yards on 22 carries for the Vikings. But it was Brad Price, 5-5, 165- Iowa Smith 49 pass Irom Long (Houghtlin kick) lowo I Hudson 1 run (Houghtlin kick) Iowa kick) Iowa Smith 43 pass irom Long (Houghtlin Harmon 46 run (Houghtlin kick) Hudson 10 run (Houghtlin kick) lowo I Iowa kick) Flagg 1 pass Irom Long (Houghtlin Iowa Helverson 8 pass from Long (Houghtlin kick) Iowa FG Houghtlin 37 Iowa Goodman 16 run (Houghtlin kick) A 66.120 Individual statistics Rushing Illinois: Rooks 7-46, K.Jor.os 5-10, Trudeau 3-1-10), O.Williams 1-(-9), Giddlngs 1-(-5), Bennett 1-I-7).

Iowa: R.Harmon 9-88. Hudson 12-66, Goodman 5-47, Long 3-1-16), Bush 2 5. K.Harmon 4-28, Vlasic 1-0, Bayless 4-13, Cotton 14. Hartlieb 1-1-4). Hess 1-1.

Passing Illinois: Trudeau 26-47-4, 208; Ben-nert 4-11-1, 19. Iowa: Long 22-30-1, 269; Vlasic Receiving Illinois: D. Williams 10-70, Pierce 6-86, Rooks 2-(-2), Boso 5-24, A. Williams 3-25, K.Jones 4-24; lowo: Helverson 8-69, Early 5-63, Happel 4-58, Smith 3-98, Flagg 2-16. Clark 1-9, K.Harmon 2-1-5), Cotton 2-8.

Tackles Illinois: Sebrlng 7-4 11, Tagart 10-1 11, Harkey 5-3 8, Avery 5-3 8, Gllelmi 3-4 7, Bohm 6-1 Iowa: Davis 10-4 14, Norvell 3-4 7, Wirth 4-1 5, Sims 4-1 5, Drost 4-1 5. (Solo-assist, total). pound junior running back, who led the team in rushing. Price scampered for 107 yards on 18 carries, including a 36-yard touchdown that capped off an 83-yard drive in the second quarter. Augustana took four plays before Guerrieri, 5-6, 170-pound junior running back, punched into the end zone off left tackle from three yards out Augustana 35, Elmhurst 0 Augie defense sparkles By The Associated Press TULSA, Okla.

University of Tulsa quarterback Steve Gage threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more as the Golden Hurricane swamped Drake 45-15 in Missouri Valley Conference action Saturday. The win upped Tulsa's record to 5-5 overall and 4-0 in conference play. Drake Wichita St. 0 Paul Politi tied his own school record fof; season by kicking four field goals to lift Illinois Wichita State. SIU 12 Ark.

Quarterback Mark Robbins ran fort and passed for another to power Arkansas State over Southern Illinois. Luther 22, Simpson 0 DECORAH, Iowa Rob Veatch ran for two touchdowns and his Norsemen teammates wallowed through 8 inches of. snow to shutout Simpson. 1 Millikln 58, Carroll 0 DECATUR, ILL John Cardamone ran for 67 yards and! threw two touchdown passes to lead Millikin over Carroll IowaIllinois roundup dropped to 5 in the The Missouri Valley. game was Drake's Continued from Page IB i overall championship.

Elmhurst finished 6-2 in CCIW and 7-2 overall "They're (Augustana) awfully Jgood because they can control the ball so well," Elmhurst Coach Bruce iHoffman said. "Their defense is far superior (over last year's)." As a matter of fact, it was the "Viking defense that gave Augustana its good field position on its second touchdown drive of the day. Elmhurst faced a fourth-and-in- situation on its 36 and Hoffman decided to go for it The Augie defense swarmed around running back "Chris Stevens and stopped him short of the first down. That was a move that surprised Reade. t.

"It could have cost them, which it did," Reade said. "And even if they got the first down, they had more than 50 yards to go." Hoffman didn't want to go into detail about the calL "I don't want to talk about it," he said. "I've already talked to the kids about it" The Vikings took the ball from the seven plays later, Shane Elmhurst Augie First downs 3 15 Rushing yds. 31-49 64-279 Passing yds. 43 0 Passes 10-5-1 0-M) Punts 8-36 6-32 Fumbles lost 5-3 7-2 Yds.

penalized 3-15 6-38 Elmhurst It I I Augustana 15 7 7 6 35 season finale and could be the last it plays ever, as university President Michael Ferrari will announce the Bulldogs' future Monday. Ferrari could decide the team will continue in Division I-AA, drop to Division III, or drop the sport entirely. W. Illinois 7, Winona St. 3 MACOMB, III Nate Blanks scored on a 58-yard flea-flicker late in the first half as Western Illinois beat Winona State in a game that was terminated early in the third quarter due to a heavy electrical storm.

Western scored the game winner on a flea-flicker from freshman quarterback Paul Singer to wide receiver Blanks. Forty seconds after the Western score, with 4:50 remaining In the half, the severe electrical storm forced both squads, to the locker rooms. After a 55-mtnute delay, the teams returned for the second half, but with 8:43 left in the third quarter the officials terminated gamojue to the storm. Augustana Shane McCormick, 1 run' (Matt Krull kick). Auoustana McCormick, 3 run (Joy Hatch lo Ed Herrera PAT pass).

Augustana Brad Price, 36 run (Krull kick). Augustono McCormick, 3 run (Krull kick). Augustana Bob Guerrieri, 3 run (kick tailed). Individual statistics Rushing Elmhurst, Sanlillppo 16-65. Stevens 8-11, Woaner 5-(-27), Loudont 2-0; Augustono, Price 18-107, McCormick 22-87, Guerrieri 10-54.

Fraikes 7-30. Glendennlna 1-3, Hottmon I-X Sanders 2 (1), Dunn l-(-2), Bex l-t-4). Passing Elmhurst, Wagner 4-1-1-37, Loudont 1-2-0-4. Receiving Elmhurst, Stevens 2-30, Sullivan Bolt 1-4, Sanlllllppo 1-4. No.

Iowa 21, E. III. 20 CEDAR FALLS, Iowa Carl Boyd scored all three Northern Iowa touchdowns and the Panthers held on for a win over Eastern Illinois when Tim Moses intercepted a pass on a two-point conversion play. The win gave Northern Iowa the Gateway Conference, championship with a record of 5-0-1 and 8-1-1 overall The Panthers jumped out to a 14-0 halftime lead on Boyd's first two scores, a 5 yard pass from Mike Smith in the first quarter and a 12 yard dash in the second.).