The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 29

Th Lincoln Star 29 Friday, Wov. 26, 1971 Mi-3. ir'' 0-Bll 4 I i Wit -v ttm'Yi si yy ji'Jii A' 1 -cf- vr 1 I II is. If ft i-' 111-. If 0-Unruhr 11 a ill IWrWWlmiititiiWiiWltafiil.iii All THE WAY Johnny Rodger (20) catches ball after Oklahoma punt and combines fancy footwork and blocking from Jim Anderson (18) to leave Sooners far behind.

4 air banks Proud Of Sooner Effort "'V- I 1 is N-Harper o-wyise r-f N-Adkins ij 4 i-ih imiii nn-in inr iliwiirnwHu-iimi MiwirMHIi1wnlrifiMWlr im-iummi 7i '5Sr -1 1 1 Norman, Okla. Nebraska football coach Bob Devaney wasn't the only proud coach after the Huskers' 35-31 victory over Oklahoma here Thursday. Oklahoma coach Chuck Fairbanks also was proud proud of his Sooners and proud of Devaney and his team. "I am proud for coach Bob Devaney and his team," Fairbanks said. "Nebraska has a great team; they are true champions." But the Sooner coach also was proud of his team.

"We played it down to the wire and came up short," he analyzed. "I'm obviously very disappointed, but I'm not disappointed in my team. "They played their hearts out and came up short. They have no reason to hang their heads, even though they are a very disappointed group of young men. This game meant so much to them." The Sooner coach said he saw a number of great football players on the Owen Stadium AstroTurf Thursday afternoon.

"For Nebraska, Tagge, Kinney and Rodgers were great," he said. They have a great offensive line that was difficult for us to handle in the second half. "For us, Mildren and Harrison played well and so did all our backs." The Sooner coach wasn't able to cite one turning point, but said, "There was Rodgers' punt return. I didn't like that very much. And there were a couple of fumbles I'd like to have back.

But we played pretty well. Those were two great teams out there today." Oklahoma quarterback Jack Mildren called the Nebraska defense the best the Sooners have faced this year, but added, "But we didn't do too badly moving the ball against them." Mildren said the Husker defense shut off the Sooner outside game and dictated his running more. "The only thing they took away from us, though, was that we didn't get any 70-yarders against them. They kept us from going wide with Pruitt and I didn't think I would break any 70-yarders." Pruitt added, "They just weren't giving us the pitchout. A defensive man was staying right with me.

They always had two guys outside and they did a great job of reading the blocks of the backs." 1 v.v 1 V' PROBLEM SOLVED John Adkins (57) interferes with Joe Wyle (22). 'Sv- (v HOLDING ON Husker Larry Jacobson holds Jack Mildren (11). jfh- 4 2 ys -k: ll'u'- i 1 ffrAf' ips2fv 9 A 1 Il O-Wekh i. ff -I: UP 0 i 4 I 1J ny.riTO..YoT Photos by Bob Gorham Harald Dreimanis Web Ray Randy Hampton GIVING CHASE picks up a Sooner parade. HUSKER WARNING Nebraska fans warn Sooners of their fate.

il 5 "'VT, vf; Nebraska v- VV (V ,1 v. AS sr. -i 5 1 i It SA- -sS Nebraska 1 -r-'- Touchdowns 1 SlTUSH RACE CANCfUroV Joe Blahak (27) gef in FINAL BtOV Jef Kinney (35j fas over goo line in closing minutes to clinch NU vicfory. Rodgers for the first Nebraska touchdown..