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4D Sentemhtr II. 1171. Ltaeria. InUn Jamai ni i ft or r. -mKY XdpJ: Sophomore Richard Berns (35) scored his first varsity touchdown on this run late in the second quarter.

Berns takes the pitch from Vince Ferragamo (15) as the blocking forms out front" (1). Dan Schmidt (51) and Ken Spaeth (86) pick out an opponent to block and Berns cuts toward the goal line (2). Schmidt crunches Tim McVay (49) as Berns charges through the opening (3). The Hoosiers' Steve Sanders (58) is too late to cover but Derek Foree (88) is slipping Spaeth's block (4). It appers Foree has the Husker ball carrier stopped (5) but Berns' momentum pays dividends as he drives through Foree and falls across the goal line (6).

Field Position Key Theme In Different Husker Storv said. "I wasn't a bit apprehensive because of the problems of last week." Lessman was pleased with his hang time. "Usually, if you punt the ball 45-55 yards, you may over-kick the coverage," Lessman said. "But they didn't run back any of them. The coaches timed the punts from :04.8 to :05.0 in the air.

That gave the linemen time to get down there." Players Banged Up Osborne noted that "we had a lot of guys banged up today, but hopefully everyone will be okay for the TCU game and our home opener next week." At one time the Huskers were down to two linebackers. Co-captain Cletus Pillen was the only Husker who made the trip but didn't play. He was injured during a mid-week no-contact drill. Jim Wightman suffered a sprained ankle and Percy Eichelberger had to be replaced with minor hurts. The most serious injury was an apparent hip pointer suffered by defensive end Ray Phillips.

Split end Chuck Mallto wound up with a leg bruise after his pass reception. Middle guard Oudicus Lee went down on the opening kickoff, forcing Jeff Pullen to play the entire game. -n t'AAi Touchdown 1 4" HI 0 MwT Individual Statistics Nebraska Defense Offense Linemen dp RUSnS8 Avt. Prujtt .4 A2 Donnell 8 14 Andrews 4 2 Anthony 16 S3 S.2 Samuel 4 2 6 T' Berns 15 7 S.3 Gast 1 3 4 -v 4 Hlgg 2 2 1.0 Phillips I 2 3 Ferragamo 2 1 0.5 Fultz 1 2 Craig 3 14 4.7 1 2 3 "rd 3 17 5.7 poeschl 2 0 2 Sorey 3 4 5.3 LindquW 2 0 2 ,1 clllMP'e Pullen 3 2 5 A Linebackers (V4 Vm 'i Garcia 3 1 13 0 Sorley 1 1 32 0 flchelberger 3 2 5 V. Pass Receiving Carpenter ...3 1 4 Thomas- 35 4 'S 11 2 rv Mallto 1 32 2 Berns 1 7 Anderson 2 13 Smith 1 1 2 Nf Punting Valasek.

1 12 No. Yds. Ave. Fischer 2 0 2 Lessman 4 114 44.0 Young 1 1 2 Indiana 1 1 -1 game experience in past years when we were well ahead. Looking down the road, we have to give that same kind of playing time to this year's second stringers." Kiffin thought his defense was the target of some questionable calls.

One, in the closing seconds which aided Indiana's final TD drive, was against Kiffin himself. "We trap their passer back on the one-yard line and they're, going to have to punt," Kiffin related. "Instead they call a face mask and it leads to their first touchdown. Then, that so-called 'roughing the passer' call at the end. That wasn't any worse than what they did to Randy Garcia (who was twice helped from the field with a rib injury).

I take responsibility for arguing too much and getting the second penalty tacked on. But, I'm going to fight for my players when they're out there giving "100." Tough Going Despite rolling to a 384 advantage when the Nebraska shock troops made their appearance the Huskers had trouble scoring from close-in on two occasions, once taking four plays to move the last yard and a half. "Our performance has got to improve when we're down there close," Osborne admits. "We're going to be meeting better teams than Indiana, although they got in a 'gap-eight' defense down there and that's a tough alignment to run against." Osborne thought the offense "mixed it up pretty well between running and passing, however. We talked to the offensive linemen about coming off the ball a little quicker.

After that, I thought we controlled the line of scrimmage pretty well." Indiana did have an edge in the final passing statistics, gaining 213 yards through the By Virgil Parker Bloomington, Ind. Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne preached one theme all week after his Cornhuskers suffered an opening game tie against LSU. "Field position," he said, "is one of the most important aspects when it comes to deciding the outcome of a football game. LSU never committed an error deep in its own territory." The story was different here Saturday. After driving to a touchdown with the opening kickoff, Nebraska recovered an Indiana fumble on the Hoosiers' second play and soon ran to a 14-0 lead.

Happier Players "I don't really feel that much different right now than at the end of the LSU game," Osborne observed in the midst of a much happier dressing room. "LSU was a better team than Indiana and this week we got some breaks that enabled us to get a couple of scores from close in. Field position was the whole difference. "I think we've got a good football team," Osborne added. "But we still have to show continued improvement from to week." Both Osborne and defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin were upset with the officiating which enabled Indiana to score a pair of second-half touchdowns.

"Nobody has yet crossed the goal line against our Black Shirts (first unit defense)," Kiffin noted; "Though we go for a shutout in every game, we're going to play the other kids when we get well ahead. Gained Experience "We have nine redshirts on our first unit defense. How did they get good enough to play?" Kiffin asked. "By getting some air, compared with 160 for the Huskers. Secondary Play "I feel the first unit played pretty well," defensive secondary coach Warren Powers said.

"They made a couple of early mistakes, but then adjusted and did okay. "But the second group didn't seem mentally ready to play when we put them in. They fell asleep a couple of times, which really added to Indiana's passing yardage." Both Kiffin and Powers observed that Indiana's sprint-out pass-run option plays were difficult to stop. "They were sprinting out away from the pass rush," Kiffin said. "Indiana has a good running game.

Our defense shut that off and it would have shut off the dropback pass. The sprint-out pass picked up some yards, but it didn't hurt our first unit." Cornerback Dave Butterfield, who made a spectacular pass interception explained that "our first responsibility was to protect against the deep pass. Better Each Week "But, I liked the end result," Butterfield added. "I knew we could play better than last week. Now we just gotta keep getting better each Saturday." Osborne praised the running of I-backs Monte Anthony and Richard Berns and was particularly pleased with the kicking game.

Al Eveland, who missed one field goal, had another blocked and saw a PAT chance go awry when the snap was muffed against LSU, was perfect with six extra points and a 29-yard field goal. Lessman had a super day punting, hitting one for 57 yards and two others for 52 and 46. "For some reason the field goal looked real easy," Eveland Pass InterceotioiM ,5 i I I Tuesday Baseball Minnesota Chicago, 8 p.m., 8. Wednesday Baseball Minnesota Chicago, 8 p.m., OB. Thursday Baseball Minnesota Chicago, 8 p.m., v.

No. Yds. Butterfield 1 0 Rushing j. fv I 5 No. Yds.

Awe. l' Punt Returns "uww I no. Yds. 2 I Butterfield 1 35 i-" 1 Harvey 1 MUZS 33 1 ifeWS-l KlckoffRetums- fia.d.V 1 4 IS 18 No. Yds.

Burrell 1 30 30.0 fTJ's 's- passing i A rv-t I no Yd. pi I Kramer 8 5 51 1 illllllilMii, I Jones 13 8 145 0 i -J Ame 3 117 PassRecelvlng U. No. Yds. The thinker is Indiana head coach Lee Corso nl as he ponders defeat at the hands of Westover 2 17 NphraAa Burnett 2 5 NeDrasKa.

Burrell 1 48 Flshel 20 Scoring Story Scored NU-IU How First 7-0 Donnl! 1 run Drive: 74 yards In 13 plays. Highlighted by 33 yards by Anthony Including runs of 16, 10. Conversion: Eveland kick. 14-0 Anthony 1 run Tima Left Ouartar 9:24 4:55 4:29 irvw-'v'-Mn mfrt4 Vii i A9- ft I -'I fttfT Ci9 7f4 Punting No. Yds.

Zarllngo 6 236 Ave. 313 Punt Returns No. Calvin 2 Kickoff Returns No. Paar 8 Defense OT AT Linemen Marr 5 3 4 Flamming 4 2 Mcintosh 2 3 Smith 3 2 Compton 2 3 Eckert 2 1 Marks 1 2 Doehla ..0 2 Wenlnger 1 1 Laake 1 0 Dallay 0 1 Linebackers Ydj .3 Yds. 133 12:21 Drive: 14 yards In 7 plays.

Set up by fumble recovery by Samuel. Conversion: Eveland kick. Second Ouartar 17-0 Evtland field goal Drive: 80 yards In 10 plays. Highlighted by 20 run by Berns and 25 pass from Ferragamo to Spaeth. Stalled.

at Indiana 13. 24-0 Berns 3 run Drive: 26 yards In 4 plays. Set up by fumble recovery by Wightman. Conversion: Eveland kick. Third Quarter 31-0 Anthony 1 run Drive: 18 yards In 4 plays.

Set up by Butterfield 35-yard punt return and personal foul against Indiana. Conversion Eveland kick. 38-0 Berns run Drive: 80 yards In 11 plays. Highlighted by 26 pass from Ferragamo to Shamblln. Berns rushed for 40 I yards during drive.

Conversion: Eveland kick. 31-7 Calvin 3 past from Jones Drive: 86 yards In 9 plays. Highlighted by 45 pass from Jones to Burrell, and 20 pass from Jones to Calvin. Conversion. Freud kick.

Fourth Cjuareter 45-7 Gillespie run Drive: 87 yards In 9 plays. Highlighted by 32 pass from Sorley to Mallto and Indiana personal foul penalty. Conversion. Eveland kick. 45-13 Harkrador 1 run Driver 80 yards In 13 plays.

Highlighted by 15 run by Harkrader, NU pass Interference and roughing passer penalties. Conversion: Freud kick failed. Nebraska 14 10 14 Indiana 0 0 7 18 16 2 2:19 4:41 1:05 Sanders 14 Norman 13 Sybert 0 Backs Crump 3 Booth McVay Kanalpp 2 Swlnthart I When Indiana's Keith Calvin (22) decided to change intense NU defenders Percy Eichelberger (44) and Ted Harvey (31) changed right with him. i 7-45 6-13.