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Lincoln, Sunday Journal Star, Oct. 29, 1972 3E 1 Lm 1 i vwj There were times Saturday when the Huskers just couldn't get away from the upset-minded Cowboys. Jerry List (85) is halted by Daryll Stewart (28), left photo, and Dave Humm (12) is grabbed by Bill Bryan (69). NU Owns Range -Black Shirts Snap Another Wishbone Oklahoma St. Nebr.

First downs 6 29 Rushes-yards 57-228 Passing yards 71 338 Return yards 37 16 Passes 6-23-0 18-10-4 Punts 15-34 5-45 Fumbles-Iost 3-1 2-1 Penalties-yards 3-35 1-15 By HAL BROWN The wishbone attack may te magic in some quarters, but to Nebraska's Black Shirt defensive forces, it's just another formation. The Husker defense racked up its fourth straight shutout Saturday with a 34-0 blanking of Oklahoma State and you have to go back to 1937 to find a similar feat in the Husker history book. But in 1937 when the feat defense that Oklahoma State was unable to put together back-to-back first downs even once. The Cowboys were able to cross midfield on their own only twice and at no time was the NU goal line threatened. By the time the Huskers had taken a 13-0 first quarter lead and because of the way the Husker Black Shirts were dominating the game, only one segment of the capacity crowd of 76,432 had anything to worry about the gambling segment which had taken Nebraska and given from 31 to 33 points, the oddsmakers spread on the game.

That segment had to worry until Steve Runty hit Ritch Bahe with a 20-yard pass with only 38 seconds left in the game to get the count above was last accomplished, the offenses weren't as varied. In the past four weeks, the NU Black Shirts have blanked a veer-T (Minnesota 49-0), a wishbone (Missouri 62-0), a pro-I (Kansas 56-0) and a wishbone (Oklahoma State 34-0). The only formation that hasn't been blunted by the Husker defense is a single wing attack and that may only be because no one has yet tried to run that against "the Black Shirts. A Tulsa writer observed during the past week that no one may score against the Huskers the rest of the year and if Saturday's effort means anything, he may turn out to be a prophet. So tough was the Husker previous six games despite facing such pass-happy foes as Arkansas and Virginia Tech.

The Huskers matched that total early in the second half when Humm hit Bob Revelle with an eight-yard scoring strike and they surpassed it when Runty found Bahe with the 20-yarder to complete the scoring with 38 second's left in the contest. The Husker offense looked the worst it's looked all year in the second quarter when it was able to get only five first downs. The 40 yards the Huskers gained rushing in the first half was the most paltry figure for an NU team in recent memory, but that changed drastically in the second half when the Huskers rushed for intercepted, the Huskers were clearly in control of the situation from the opening drive that ended with a 21-yard Rich Sanger field goal. Just as the NU offense sputtered at times, so was it brilliant in spurts, scoring the first 10 points in less than a two-minute span in the first quarter. Two plays after Sanger's field goal, Joe 1 a a recovered an Oklahoma State fumble at the Cowboy 31 and quarterback David Humm wasted little time, hitting Johnny Rodgers with a 19-yarder on the fifth play of the drive for the tally at 9:54 of the first quarter.

Oklahoma State's defense had yielded only two touchdown passes in its 188 yards to get the rush-pass ratio back in line with the way coach Bob Devaney believes it ought to be. The 228 yards rushing and 338 passing for a total offense figure of 566 yards was well above ihe Huskers season average of 480.8 which had them second nationally going into the game and also well above Arizona State's nation's leading average of 4J7.3. But it was that Husker defense which was really superb, holding the Cowboys to 134 yard's on the ground and 71 through the air, more than 200 yards below Oklahoma State's rushing average of 345.7 yards per game, a figure that had the Cowboys ranked third nationally in that departnent. the 33-point figure. Oh yes, there was one other worrier a bowl scout in the press box, who observed, "Whichever bowl gets Nebraska is going to have a problem, a problem finding anyone, who can get in the game with them." It was billed as a battle for the Big Eight lead, but that was only on paper with both owning 2-0 Big Eight records.

At no time was Oklahoma State in the same class. Even with an offense that sputtered at times, losing one fumble and having four passes INDIVIDVAL STATISTICS The Scoring story I Victorious Oklahoma 'Look Like Nebraska9 Oklahoma Stale Offense Rushing Nebraska 13 0 7 14-31 Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0-0 How Scored Nebraska Offense Rushing No. Yds. Ave. FIRST QUARTER Sanger, 21 field goal 11:47 Drive went from Husker 30 to Oklahoma State 5 before being stopped with 50 yards coming on Kansas State Oklahoma II 37 17- 85-494 171 181 3 17 20-43-3 12-17-1 6-36 1-44 2-1 6-4 10-7? 10 First downs Rushes-yards Passina vardj Return vards Passes Punts Fumblcs-lost Penalties-vards Humm to List pass.

10-0 Rodgers, 19 pass from Humm 9:54 Blahaks fumble recovery gave NU the ball at OSU 31, the Huskers scoring in five plays. Sanger kicked PAT. No. Yds. Ave.

Blackman 15 15 1.0 Smith 5 49 9.8 Gerard 5 17 3.4 Palmer 12 36 3.0 Nunn 3 2 0.7 Nclms 3 16 5.3 Boxell 1 3 3.0 Reuben 1 -9 Elliott 1 5 5.0 Passing No. Com. Yds. PI Blackman .22 6 61 0 Ratliff 1 1 10 0 Humm 5 -22 Dixon 11 42 3.8 Rodgers 3 26 8.7 Olds 7 26 3.7 Goeller 6 13 2.2 Damkroger ..3 8 2.7 List 2 13 6.5 Powell 1 16 16.0 Runty 4 41 10.3 Moran 9 34 3.8 Garson 1 5 5.0 Bahe 3 11 3.7 Westbrook 2 15 7.5 13-0 Sanger, 27 field goal 0:42 Two Humm to Rodgers passes for 13 and 47 yards moved ball from NU 32 to OSU 8. Sanger's field goal coming on fourth and goal at the 11.

THIRD QUARTER very much in the picture as far as the conference title is concerned. "A lot of good things happened today, particularly on defense. However, the offense also played well. I was concerned over the fumbles and penalties, but I felt we made more bigger plays today than at any other time this season on offense." Kansas State coach Vince Gibson summed up the game this way: "They just completely wore us down that's the whole thing." "I'm not ashamed of Our boys," Gibson added. "They fought hard and tried all the way.

We'll keep fighting. But to beat Oklahoma you have to keep the ball and control the game. We couldn't do it. Oklahoma has a fine team, a great team." Gibson was most impressed with Oklahoma's defense. "They look like Nebraska," he said.

"Their secondary coverage is the biggest improvement I saw. It was tremendous today. We knew to have a chance we would have to throw, and we just couldn't do it." Halfback Greg Pruitt, whose 121 yards rushing put him second only to Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens in OU history, did not think he had a particularly good day despite scoring three touchdowns. "Sometimes I hit the hole too early, and that kept us from breaking some long runs," he said. "We thought it would be rough getting outside, but we practiced blocking hard this week, and it paid off." Pruitt did get off on three long junkets of 22, 21 and 27 yards this despite K-State's 20-0 Revelle, 8 pass from Humm 12:23 NORMAN, (AP)-Things were back to normal in the Oklahoma dressing room Saturday as the Sooners racked up another win, this one a 52-0 drubbing of Kansas State, as they rebounded from last week's 20-14 upset at the hands of Colorado.

But there was a bit of sadness amid the joy as it was announced that fullback Tim Welch had suffered a shoulder separation and would be out the rest of the season. He is to be operated on Sunday. "I was really proud of the victory in terms of the squad's spirit, and effort," said Sooner coach Chuck Fairbanks. "It was a fine win and leaves us 55 yards in seven plays with longest gainers a 12-yard Humm to Damkroger pass and a 14-yard run by Dixon. Sanger kicked PAT.

FOURTH QUARTER 27-0 Rodgers, 17 run 14:02 36 yards in four plays with Runty at quarterback, getting 11 of the yards on an option play, putting ball at the 18. Sanger kicked PAT. 34-0 Bahe, 20 pass from Rnnty 0:38 39 yards jn four plays with Powell getting 16 from the 39 to 23. Sanger kicked PAT, Passing No. Com.

Yds. PI Humm 32 15 271 2 Runty 8 3 67 2 Pass Receiving No. Yds. List ...3 65 Rodgers 7 124 Revelle 4 70 Bahe 2 60 Damkroger 1 12 Longwcll 1 7 Punting No. Yds.

Sanger 5 227 45.2 Punt Returns Pass Receiving No. Yds. Gant 1 10 Pettes 3 2t Stremme 2 17 Garrett 1 20 Punting Ratliff 15 508 33.9 Pass Interceptions No. Yds. Stewart 1 19 Brown 1 0 Buck 1 5 Stone 1 0 Punt Returns No.

Yds. Stewart 3 9 Brown 1 4 OSU Wins Big Eight Golf Title Manhattan, Kan. () Oklahoma State players placed one-two-three in medial scores to give the Cowboys the title in the Big Eight Golf Tournament Saturday. Oklahoma State's score totaled 841. Oklahoma was second with 873 and Colorado was third with 886.

Other placings were: Missouri 887, Nebraska 889, Kansas State 909, Kansas 922 and Iowa State 946. Low medal scores over the par 70 Manhattan Country Club course: Danny Edwards, OSU, 206, Chris Cole, OSU, 208. Ted Goin, OSU, 211, Bob Stephenson, OU, 215, Tim Brach, 215, Teddy Mitchell, OU, 217, Dan Bahensky, 218. Don Johnson. OU, 219.

Tim Mehl, 219, Paul Iloose-r, 219, Lane Sterling, 220, Henry DeLozier, OSU, 221, Mark Witt, OU, 222, Dale Kutz, 222, and George Kelly, 223. Other Cornhuskcr finishers were: Rick Schultz, 224, Gary Anderson, 226, Larry Schmidt, 227, and Steve King, 229. Big Eight Standings Conf. All Games Nebraska 3 0 6 1 Iowa State 2 1 5 1 Oklahoma State ..21 43 Colorado 3 2 6 2 Oklahoma 1 1 5 1 Missouri 1 2 4 3 Kansas State 1 3 2 5 Kansas 0 3 2 5 Saturday's Result Nebraska 34, Oklahoma St. 0 Missouri 20, Colorado 17 Iowa State 34, Kansas 8 Oklahoma 52, Kansas State 0 Saturday's Games Nebraska at Colorado Oklahoma at Iowa State Missouri at Kansas State Kansas at Oklahoma State (fSE Monday Channel In Colic je Football Johnny Majors Show, 6:30 p.m.

(3). Pro Football Detroit Lions V. Dallas Cowboys, 8 p.m. (7). (jg Tuesday Cliannrl in CoIIpkc Football Cornhuskcr Football, p.m.

(12). Amundson Ignites 34-8 Win Over Kansas 'Finest Player' Paces Iowa State Iowa State Kansas 18 34 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-Iost Penalties-yards 4W07 247 IS 1S-37-3 2-1 1 J-5 55-332 178 60 13-27-1 5-30 21 2-24 No. Yds. Kickoff Returns ..7 16 No. Yds.

Boxell 5 71 Rodgers Pettes 2 39 164 yards on 29 carries against Kansas. "I think Kansas is more aggressive than they have been in a long time," said Majors. "They really come at you. Thank goodness we have some big strong runners like Amundson and Strachan who can break tackles and some receivers to make some big catches. Amundson, Strachan and our receivers give us balance." Majors said a big factor was that Iowa State was able to Defense Lineman UT AT Tl game plan of containing him wide.

"The game helped cur confidence, I think, and we worked together," Pruitt said. "We plan to this week just as if we had lost. 1 Knew I was close to being the No. 2 rusher, so I wasn't surprised by.it. I was pleased." OU had a good day passing, with Dave Robertson hitting 12 of 17 for 181 yards.

Asked whether he had gone into the game with the idea of having Robertson throw so much, Fairbanks said, "We dcfinixly wanted to pass more today and I think the resufis will be very helpful in making our passing attack more effective in the future." Gibson said he believed the Sooners were as good as 1971 over-all. Added K-State quarterback Dennis Morrison, "Mistakes, penalties that was It offensively. We just couldn't get going. Give credit to OU's defense, though. OU's defense is the same as last season, but they're better at least their front four Is better.

They're bigger and more physical." Kansas State I fr- Oklahoma II 14 ji-jj OU Satety Jackson tackled In end ton OU-Prultt 4 run (Pruill oats from Hobertsonl OU-f roitt 1 fun (Fulcher kick) OU-Wyiie 1 pass trom Robertson kkkt OU-ieobertson run (Fulcher kick) OU-prvit run (Fulclwr kickl OU- Ooiswhite 17 run (Fulcher kick) 0U-Oens If rvn (Fulcher kick) et to Kansas quarterback J. White 1 0 Barnes 4 2 Price 4 1 Williams 1 2 Buck 4 1 Jones 1 0 DeVorce 0 1 Tarrant 2 2 Robinson 4 1 ave Japes. Defense Linemen UT AT TT Manstcdt 1 0 1 Janssen 2 4 6 Glover 4 7 11 Dutton 4 4 8 Harper 3 6 9 Hyland 1 1 2 Johnson 4 2 6 Bell 1 2 3 Linebackers UT AT TT Branch 2 8 Pitts 3 8 Mason 3 0 3 Sloey 0 2 2 Nelson 1 1 2 Starkebaum 1 0 1 Backs IT AT TT Yaralian ..2 0 2 Blahak 4 2 6 Thornton 1 0 1 LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -Quarterback George Amundson, who led Iowa State to a 34-8 victory over Kansas was described by his coach Saturday as "the finest football player I've ever been around. "And I've been around some pretty fair country football players," said Cyclones' head man Johnny Majors, who won national acclaim as a tailback at Tennessee in the 1950s.

Saturday, Amundson rushed for 110 yards, Including a 71-yard touchdown carry, and passed for 178 yards, including -three touchdowns. "He's deserving of Heisman Trophy consideration on what he has done," said Majors. He noted that 'Amundson had played quarterback as a sophomore, moved to running bade as a junior and returned to quarterback as senior. "He can run, he can throw," said Majors. "He's the team leader.

He can call good plays. ft I "That was our objective this week, to get to Jaynes and keep him off balance," Majors said. Kansas coach Don Fam-brough said his team was "just pathetic, both offensively and defensively. We were out-charged on the line." Iowa State 17 0 14 J-J4 Kantat 4 I I ISU Jonei 4 paM tram Amundson IGoedlen kick) ISU FO Gaedlen 41 ISU Amundson 71 run (CoMltm kirk ISU Jones 1) Msl trom Amundson (Goerflem kick) ISU Harris II pass from, Amtmdsofl (Goedlen kick) KU-Edwards ti pass trom Jaunes (Schrolt oast from Jones) isu-fg Goedlen 4t A George Amundson Big Eight's Best? He's a super athlete, a super football player. He also maintains a C-plus average in engineering." Majors didn't mention it, but the 6-2, 214-pound Amundson is also a pretty fair discus thrower In track.

The Iowa State coach also praised the running of Mike Strachan, 195-pound sophomore who went Into the game as the Big Eight conference's leading rusher with a 135 yard per, game average. He added 1 Linebackers UT AT TT Vann 8 5 13 Hudson ..2 1 3 Ennls 3 6 9 Bain 1 I 1 Backs UT AT TT Jefferson 0 2 2 Brown 10 4 II Stover 2 2 4' Stewart 4 7 Yerry 1 3 0 A--51JJS. Kvros 2 2 i 1 4.