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Thursday, Nov. 12, 1970 The I incoln Stair DEFENSE 9 PS TOP Ml Huskers Lead Big 8 In Offense, KState In Defense mm urns ft ft ft By Randy Eickhoff Star Sports Writer will be strictly a game of against a giant defense, it noted that Nebraska does total defense, with a 296.9 that this game a giant offense should be duly rank second in to fourth the last two weeks, as it attains more steam and balance. Despite a fancy passing show put on by Nebraska's Jerry Tagge of 27 for 223), Iowa State was able to maintain its passing-defense lead for the fourth straight week. The Cyclones are allowing 122.4. Missouri stayed atop the table with its 134.3 reading.

Offensively, 429 rushing yards kept Colorado ahead iri that department, with a 265.8 average. How effective the complete attack has been shows up readily in the scoring column. Nebraska has averaged just shy of 50 points each of the last three games Oklahoma State, Colorado, and Iowa State. Kansas State, on the other hand, has put together a strong front against the rush (159.7) and the league's second-best pass defense (125.2), to weekly limit foes to 284.9. Wormed out of this has been an average of 14.9 points.

Lest Big Eight football fans get the idea Kansas City, Mo. What happens when the Big Eight Conference's most well-oiled offensive machine, spitting a fantastic scoring average for the last three outings, meets the league's most stubborn defensive talent will be answered Saturday when Nebraska hosts Kansas State. The undefeated Huskers hold a commanding lead in total offense with their balanced 428.5 reading. That includes almost 240 on the ground and 188 through the air each game. reading, and second in scoring defense (15.9).

Meanwhile, Kansas State's Lynn Dickey-led offense has more than enjoyed being a part of the space age. The Widcats lead all in passing, with a 216.7 average. What's more, their total-offense average has crept to 338.5, jumping the 'Cats from seventh Mercury Residues Found Though high mercury levels discovered in game fish Canadian provinces will nrobablv have liitlp of fori. in on Nebraska's game fish, the waterfowl consuming the fish carry RUSHING OFFENSE Alt. Yds.

Colorado 8 458 5134 Nebraska 9 2158 Missouri 9 49 1960 Oklahoma 8 461 1729 Kansas 9 447 1869 lowa Stale 8 35 1220 Oklahoma Stats .8 357 1091 Kansas State 9 39 1096 Avq. 765 8 ni 1 517 8 216 I 217.7 152 5 1.36 4 121 8 DEVANEY HOPING ROGERS7 KICKS TAKE CARE OF RETURN PROBLEMS- Huskers Well Aware Task At Hand PASSING OFFENSE K-Slale 15.3 323 21 .44 1950 7 Okla. State 111 225 15.493 1544 193.1 Nebraska 124 202 9 .614 1698 188 7 lowa State 104 234 17 .444 1329 166 1 Missouri 107 22 15 .393 1253 139 Colorado 75 181 12.414 958 119 8 Kansas 75 173 11 .414 1070 118 9 TOTAL OFFENSE Alt. Yds. Avq.

428 5 385,4 357.0 338 5 329.8 326 6 318 6 313.2 Nebraska 9 Colorado Missouri 9 Kansas State 9 Oklahoma State 8 Kansas 9 lowa Slate 8 Oklahoma 8 723 639 741 702 582 620 590 566 3856 3084 3213 3046 2637 2939 2549 2506 Branch ran five kickoffs for 140 yards against the Huskers. Kansas State quarterback Lynn Dickey ranks 23rd in the nation in total offense with 1,549 yards for a per game average of 172.1 yards and is 13th in passing, hitting on 138 of 279 attempts for 49.5, 1.633 yards, six TDs and a 15.3 yards per completion average. The Wildcats' Hawthorne also ranks seventh in the nation in all-purpose running with 368 yards rushing, 438 yards on pass receptions and 562 yards in returns, a total of has been returning kickoffs well," Devaney observed. "Rut if Paul Rogers kicks the ball the way he's capable of kicking it, we wouldn't have to worry about people returning it. "If he would start kicking it the way he did down in El Paso (last year's Sun Bowl game), it wouldn't make any difference who was back there to return it." Devaney also indicated he had hopes of better things from the Husker kickoff return outfit, noting, "We should be returning kicks better than we have been." Quarterback Van Brownson, who sat out last week's game at Iowa State with a sore arm, "It's hard to work on the passing game, cither from an offensive or defensive standpoint indoors," Devaney pointed out, "so we have to do that outside.

"Working inside doesn't hurt your preparations in the running game much, however," he added. Devaney said, however, he hoped to get outside for a full session today and one of the things they'll concentrate on is the kicking game as is normal Thursday practice procedure. Kansas State has the nation's No. 3 kickoff returner in Henry Hawthorne. "It seems like every week, we run into somebody, who By HAL BROWN Star Sports Editor Nebraska's coaching staff hasn't had to waste any time this week pointing out to the Husker football squad the importance of their task coming up Saturday, head coach Bob Devaney noted Wednesday.

"This team wants to play well this week," Devaney said. "They are well aware of what's at stake and we haven't had to say to them about it." The cold, wet weather Wednesday forced much of the workout to be held insides however, the coaches took their charges outside for part of the drill. SCORING OFFENSE Pts. Nebraska 9 330 Colorado .8 230 Kansas ,9 229 Missouri '9 196 Oklahoma 8 166 Oklahoma Stale 8 165 lowa State 8 162 Kansas Slate 9 IO Avq. 36.7 28.8 25.4 21 8 20 8 20.6 20 189 RUSHING DEFENSE Alt.

Yds Missouri 424 1209 Missouri 9 424 1209 Nebraska 9 31 1285 Kansas State 9 464 1437 Oklahoma .8 386 1350 Colorado 8 409 1437 Oklahoma State 422 1807 lowa State 8 481 1848 Kansas 9 517 2368 Avq. 134 3 134.3 142 8 159.7 168 8 19.6 225 9 231 0 263.1 mg the residues just might find their way to some hunter's pot in the state. Fortunately, the probabilities of a hunter collecting one of these birds is very slim indeed, but caution now can prevent severe repercussions. During (lie height of the fishing season, the game department warned each angler to be careful in cleaning his game due to slight traces of mercury found some of Nebraska's fishes and the same holds true for waterfowl. Jf-a-hu-aier is careful in the cleaning of his game, he will suffer no consequences.

Foolish cleaning and game preparation, however, is just asking for trouble. A word to the wise Ringnecks Plentiful Pheasant season is now in full swing and success stories arc pouring in from hunters who are enjoying the full reap of the harvest. It's not unusual for an enthusiastic hunter to call and inform his friends that he has just fulfilled his limit for the day on both pheasants and quail. It's hard to realize that this could be the same hunter who last year was crying about the poor hunting and wondering why the game and fish department didn't do something about, it. Fortunately for the game department, the weatherman came to their aid and kept the weather nice for nesting while last year several broods were drowned out.

The only thing needed to make it a perfect year would be for the big flights of geese and ducks to slip down from Canada before the weather turns too bad for hunting or the season runs out. But according to Sports Afield's Jimmy Robinson in St. Ambroise, Manitoba, Canada, the weather has been made for bluebirds outside of a few snow flurries in late September. Ten inches of snow fell at Edmonton which sent the ducks down into tentral and southern Alberta, but weather has been mild elsewhere in Canada. And ducks are just like people lazy.

They don't want to move anymore than they have too so flights into our part of the country have been few and far between. But perk up. According to the Fanners Almanac and the weatherman, the weather will be turning for the worse or better if you're a duck hunter. Chances are we'll be able to pull down on some decent shooting yet. More Timber Lines Perhaps you've heard the joke about the husband packing for a deer hunting trip who loads up on all sorts of booze, clothes and other sundry items, drives ten miles then has to return home to pick up his license and gun? Don't laugh! Someone will undoubtedly be so excited that they will pack everything but their rifle then have to turn around and return for it looking a trifle sheepish when they take the case from their wife.

PASSING DEFENSE Comp. Alt. Int. Pet. Yds.

Avq. 79 85 980 122 5 .110 265 166 18 229 217 lowa State K-State Okla. State Colorado Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma .48 .411 .473 .476 .469 .501 ,402 .499 90 107 109 1127 1132 115S 1386 1391 1587 1448 92 229 1 3 116 233 IS TOTAL DEFENSE Alt. Yds. 1,368 yards, 152 yards per game.

Nebraska sophomore Johnny Rodgers is eighth in punt returns, carrying back 21 punts for 314 yards, two touchdowns and a 15 0 average per return. NU kicker Paul Rogers is tied for 10th among the nation's scoring leaders by kickfng with 56 points coming on 38 of 41 extra point attempts and six of nine field goal tries. NU Seventh In Scoring Nebraska is the seventh highest scoring team in the nation with its 37.6 points per game average, only four points behind the nation's scoringest team, Arkansas at 41.9 points per outing. was throwing the ball Wednesday and Devaney observed, "His arm appeared to be okay. He was throwing some passes well and some not so well, but he does that any way.

"If he doesn't have a setback, he should be okay for Saturday. More Trouble Ahead In the past three weekends, Nebraska has faced two of the nation's best pass receivers and two of the country's best kickoff returners. But in meeting Kansas State Saturday the Huskers will be facing a pass receiver who outranks Oklahoma State's Hermann Eben and Iowa State's Otto Stowe and a kickoff returner who tops Colorado's Clifford Branch and O-State's Dick Graham in the national statistics. The Wildcats' Mike Montgomery is the nation's No. 18 man in pass receiving with Eben ranking 19th and Stowe No.

21 on the national charts. Kansas State's Henry Hawthorne is the nation's third leading kickoff returner with Branch ranking seventh and Graham ninth. Montgomery has caught 45 passes for 344 yards for an average of five catches per game while Eben has grabbed 40 for 731 yards, also a five per game average, and Stowe has snared 40 for 583 yards, again an average of five per game. But Montgomery has yet to catch a TD pass while Eben has grabbed six six-poiuter touchdowns. Graham returned four Eben got two of his Jquclidown, against, Nebraska." also catching "his average of five for 92 yards while Stowe against Nebraska grabbed six for 63 yards and two TDs.

In the kickoff return department, Hawthorne has returned 16 kicks for 483 2564 2671 2794 2592 2798 2828 2939 3759 Kansas State 729 Nebraska 60O Missouri 9 653 Colorado 8 598 Oklahoma 8 619 lowa State 8 660 Oklahoma Slate 8 608 Kansas 9 734 125.2 141.5 144 4 154.0 154 6 176.3 181.0 Avq. 284.9 296.8 310.6 324 0 349 8 353.5 367 4 417.7 Avq. 149 159 18 7 19 4 19 6 24 4 25.9 26.8 LJ I SCORING DEFENSE Pts. Kansas State 9 134 Nebraska 9 Colorado 8 Missouri 9 Oklahoma 8 Kansas 9 lowa Stale .9 Oklahoma State 8 KSU Frosh Also Invading Kansas State puts the wraps on its freshman season by traveling to Nebraska Friday for a bout with the unbeaten Cornhuskers. The Wildcats, who opened the year by beating Kansas and Ipsjpg Oklahoma jState a siiiicrei key blow last week when starting quarterback Drake Gardner broke his right arm in practice.

K-State earlier lost running A good thing to do before the "Big to make out a checklist then check each Day" arrives is item off as you load it into the car. And no cheating! STAFF PHOTO BY WILLIS VAN SICKLE If you're new to the hunting game, stop off at any checking station or state headquarters and obtain a map of the area you're hunting. You might even ask the game officials if they know of any herds they want thinned out. You might get a surprise. SPORTS TALK Veterans Hospital patient Luther Smith, left, talks about an avid interest, sports, with Husker footballers, from left, Jerry Tagge, Dan Schneiss, Guy Ingles, Jerry Murtaugh, Donnie McGhee and coach Bill Thornton.

backs Larry Johnican and Bill His Job? Bodyguard For Lynn Dickey KANSAS STATE'S LATIMORE LIKES THE WORK Holman due to shoulder separations but Coach Gene McDowell says both should be ready for spring practice. "Nebraska has big, good athletes," says McDowell. "We expect them to throw a lot. The (the Huskers) compare favorably to Missouri and it should be a good game." The Wildcats' probable lineup: OFFENSE SE-Fred Merrill (185); LT Dave Dille (235); LG-Jerome Ran-doloh (205) Fred Rothwell (215); RG yards, an average of 30.2 per return Branch has run back 19 for 540 yards, an average of 28.4 and Graham has brought back 12 for 336 yards, a 28.0 average. Branch and Graham each have returned two for touchdowns while Hawthorne, despite his high average, is still looking for his first touchdown with a kickoff run-back.

Graham returned four kickoffs for 141 yards against Nebraska, including one 98 yards for a touchdown. have been little, silly things. We can't afford them this week. This is a big game, I mean a BIG game." The name Marion doesn't sound like a tough offensive lineman. "I don't like that name (Marion) but the girls do," he explains.

The Huskers rank 12th in total offense with a 428.4 yards per game average with Notre Dame leading the natfon with its 553.3 average. 4,000 K-State Fans Saturday's crowd of more than 67,000 that will watch the Nebraska-Kansas State game at Memorial Stadium will include 4,000 Wildcat fans. The, K-State allotment of -was tiu'iuittS several weeks ago. Field Goals Win Nebraska's last two victories over Kansas Slate have come on field goals. In 1967 at Manhattan, Bill Bombergcr kicked a 31-yard field goal with 1:11 to play for a 16-14 NU triumph in a game played in a heavy rain.

Last year at Manhattan, Paul Rogers' 39-yard field goal in the third quarter was the winning margin in a 10-7 Husker win. In 1968 at Lincoln, Kansas State blanked the Huskers by 12-0. World-Wide Audience The Nebraska-Kansas State game will be heard by a world-wide audience with American Forces Radio and Television Services in Washington, D.C, joining the K-State Network for the broadcast. The network comprises approximately 450 radio stations in 29 countries. American forces in Eurcpe will receive the broadcast via statellite.

Huskers By I6V2 Nebraska has been made a 16'2-point favorite over Kansas State by the nation's oddsmakers for Saturday's contest. Huskers The Choice Nebraska is the choice over Kansas State in the opinion of both foptball forecasters for The Associated Press this week. Will Grimsley sees a 31-23 Husker victory, adding, "The customers always write and Nebraska fans write that this team is Bob Devaney's best." Herschell Nissenson, picking a Nebraska triumph, says, "Wildcats are on probation from post-season play but that can't stop them from winning the a i 0 i The Cornhuskers, however, can." Bob Brandt (230); RT-Joe Diesko (215); TE Henry Childs (205); OB-Larry Roth (215); TB Isaac Jacskon (175); FB-Frank Davis (205); WB Bert Oettmeier (225). DEFENSE LE-Paul Steininaer (215); LT Axel Hedberg (230); LB Greg Jones (210); NG-Brent Behrens (205); LB Don Lareau (201); RT-John O'Leary (240); RE-Mike Gabel (210); Steve Nicks (195); LH-Terry Brown (205); RH Alan Cheatwood (1B5); S-Gordon Chambliss (185). "I just like to get my little bit in," he says about his new chores.

"I handled the kicking last year at Hutchinson. Yeah, it's all right," he says of the duty. Latimore, who is seldom called Marion, except by the girls, has one reason for the Wildcats' offensive mistakes the past few weeks. "The signals they're hard to hear when the crowd is yelling. You always learn as an offensive lineman to go on the snap of the ball and then sometimes you wait for the signal.

But in one series against Oklahoma State it was so noisy that I couldn't hear Dickey calling the signals. "Our offensive mistakes protection. It (the pass protection) wasn't very good earlier in the season but I've built up my confidence and just started playing like I knew I could." Latimore credits K-State's off-season conditioning program as truly being a lifesaver. "Down at Hutchinson I ran about a 5-second flat 40 yard dash. After I got through with the off-season program I'd cut my 40-time down to about 4.8." Latimore has also inherited another job in the Wildcats' closing part of the season.

Because of his strong leg, Latimore is now the kickoff man. He got the job after Max Arreguin hurt his leg against Oklahoma. Manhattan, Kan. It has sort of gone unnoticed but Marion Latimore is the newest member of The Family. His job? Bodyguard.

For whom? Lynn Dickey, Kansas State's record-breaking quarterback. Latimore, 6-1, 244-pound junior from Byron, has taken over at starting offensive left guard, and in his first year with the Wildcats has been one of the guys responsible for K-State's Bit; Eight title showdown this week at Nebraska. A former junior college all-American at Hutchinson, Latimore disagrees with those who feel offensive linemen don't ever get rewards fo-their work. "That's our job," Latimore quickly answers about his role as a Dickey protector. "Yeah, I've heard and read about a lot of guys who say offensive linemen don't get any publicity.

But I figure I have a job to do." Latimore admits he had a little trouble getting into the football swing of things after he transferred to K-State the second semester last year. "I was having a few problems early in spring ball," he said. "Most of it concerned my pass protection. At Hutchinson we just ran the ball, we didn't throw much. "There wasn't a lot of new techniques to learn when I came here but I had a long way to go to improve my pass Gl Northwest Upsets Geneva Grand Island A fircd-up Grand Island Northwest upset Geneva.

18-7, here Wednesday afternoon to capture the Mid-Nebraska Conference title. GI Northwest 18, Genved 7 Geneva 0 0 77 Gl Northwest 6 6 0 618 Geneva Sorge, 59 tumble recovery. PAT Norrie, kick. Gl Northwest Burke, 5 run; Martinez, 2 run; Geyette, 4 pass from Redler. IN WASHINGTON D.C.

INTERNATIONAL Velasquez Almost Missed Riding Fort Marcy To Win Gibson Says Club Will Need Super Effort To Win Manhattan, Kan. UP) Watching his Kansas State football team working out in a cold rain Wednesday, coach Vince another five lengths back and a Laurel, Md. UP) Jorge nose in tront ot Howard a. Bartlett Captures Sandhills Crown Humphrey Bartlett Wheeler-Central had little trouble in downing Humphrey, 50-14. here Wednesday night to capture the Sandhills Gateway Conference title.

Bartlett 8 20 12 1050 Humphrey 0 0 14 014 Bartlett Olson (3), 28, 6. 2 runs; Foster (2), 25. 18 passes from Schmeits; Patrick, pass from Schmeits; Chlidrei, 20 run. PAT Childres (3). run.

Humphrey Bender (2), 11, 13 runs. PAT Werner, pass from Baumbard. Velasquez fretted over a flight delay in New York, hooked up said. "I'm going to give him a good tip." The cabbie however, was paid off earlier by a friend of Turcotte, and missed out on Velasquez's tip. If Velasquez and Turcotte had been a minute later they would have missed the deadline set by the stewards for their appearance at Laurel and would not have been allowed to ride.

Jesse Davidson would have replaced Velasquez and Eric Walsh would have been named to replace Turcotte. The time on a soft turf course Keek's Fiddle Isle of the United States in the $150,000 Vh mile grass race. The victory for Fort Marcy, owned by Paul Mellon, was the ninth for the United States in 19 runnings of the International and the first since Fort Marcy won in 1967. It also made the 6-year-old gelding racing's 10th millionaire and placed him eighth on the alUime earnings list with $1,043,230. Velasquez and Ron Turcotte, who rode Fanfreluche of with a heavy-footed Baltimore cabbie and rode Fort Marcy in the Washington D.C.

International Wednesday. A day in which he came within one minute of missing out on $10,000. "Next time I'll come one or two days early," the Panama-nain jockey said after he narrowly beat a stewards' deadline that would have cost him his ride on Fort Marcy and 10 per cent of the $100,000 first prize. "I was praying inside," Velasquez said of his one hour, 15 minute wait for his weather- Gibson said it would take a super effort by the Wildcats to beat Nebraska. "We're going to have to play our best game of the year," he said.

"We'll have to control the ball, and we've got to really shut down their offense." Majors Warns About Missouri Ames, Iowa UP) Iowa State coach Johnny Majors warned his squad Wednesday, "We have to try to move the ball against Missouri's rushing defense $3 tV I Sports Menu I was 2:42 4-5, one of the slowest Saturday Internationals ever. Big Eight: Karsas Sta'e FOOTBALL at Nebraska Memorial Stadium, PA 1 30 Fort Marcy paid $4.20, $3 and p.m.; lowa State at Missouri; Colorado at Oklahoma State; Oklahoma (t Kan- Thursday Nothing scheduled. Friday FOOTBALL Big Eight: Kansas State Freshmen at Nebraska, Memorial Stadium, 1:30 p.m.; Lincoln High Schools: Lincoln High vs. Lincoln Northeast, Sea-crest Field, 7 30 p.m. sas; Sta'e Colleges- Nebraska Aesevan at Concordia; Washburn at UNO; Peru delaved flight.

He had ridden Canada, got to Laurel about 2:10 p.m. CST after landing at Baltimore's Friendship International Airport, 15 miles away. Then the cab driver took over. "He was flying," Velasquez U-W, as the even money favorite of a crowd of 28,761 on this rainy day. Miss Dan II paid $6.80 and $4.80 and Bacuco was at Graceiand; Wavne at Hiram Scott; Northern.

at Kearney; Doane at Dana; McCook JC at Northeastern which is the best in the Big Fort Marcy to a one-length vie tory over Miss Dan II of France Bacuco of Italy was third DICKEY BODYGUARD Latimore. $7.40 to show. Eight Conference." I HUNTING Dee-.