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i Sm Bedevils 17-114 Llseora, Try Feir or Gambling Devils Bust' Huskers THE LINCOLN STAR Sports Saturday, December 27, 1975 1 1 drive next when safetyman Jimmy Burrow intercepted at the NU 2 and ran it out to the 21, but the Huskers were caught on a clip and had to start from their own three. Another penalty after the Huskers had been forced to punt, set up the Sun Devils for their only touchdown of the game, starting from the Husker 36. The scoring plays were from Mortensen, first to wide receiver John Jefferson for a 10-yard touchdown and then to wingback Larry Mucker for the tieing two-point conversion. The Huskers avoided a disaster momentarily following Randy Lessman's 11-yard punt on the next possession when Dave Butterfield intercepted a pass at the Husker one. But, again, Luck didn't get a first down.

Arizona State took over at the NU 49 and moved to the 12 in seven plays. Then young Kush came in and booted the winning field goal. Nebraska's Last Gasp Nebraska still had a chance to win or tie the game, but the fourth turnover of the game ended all hopes. It came after Luck had marched the Huskers to the Cont. on Page 14, Col.

2 plagued by penalties the first two possessions and he was sacked for a loss on the third one. Anthony Leads Drive Then, early in the second quarter he launched a 73-yard, eight-play touchdown drive that gave the Huskers a 7-3 lead with 7:50 remaining in the half. The drive featured a 34-yard run by I-back Monte Anthony, who later scored on a one-yard plunge, and was aided by a 15-yard personal foul against ASU. The Huskers next took over at the ASU 41, the only time in the game they launched a drive in Sun Devil territory, but a fumble stopped them at the ASU 33 seven plays later. Luck engineered a 91-yard, 16-play scoring drive that consumed 7:11 of the third quarter and put the Huskers in a 14-6 lead, but his last four efforts in the game met with failure.

Nebraska stopped an ASU The official signals touchdown and things look good for the Bowl paydirt. Anthony's touchdown and the accompanying STAFF PHOTO BY RANDY HAMPTON Huskers at this point as Monte Anthony (49) finds Fiesta extra point staked Nebraska to a 14-6 advantage. Osb rne Cifs Ea ir Pro is riHSS If wwmm I mMmmMmMmm tsaJ Jr mi in -pi ASU Nab First downs 20 Rushs-yards 37-162 57-198 Passing yards 173 90 Raturn yards 0 20 Passat 15-37-2 12-23-1 Punts Pumblas-lost 0-0 2-2 Panaltlas-yards 4-54 4-38 By BOB OWENS Star Sports Editor Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State, gambling from the opening whistle and playing loose all the way, upset Nebraska 17-14 here Friday afternoon in the Fiesta Bowl football game. The loss ended the Cornhuskers' bid for an NCAA record-setting seventh bowl victory and undoubtedly will stir up enough controversy among rabid Nebraska fans to give them something to talk about until next season rolls around.

Field goals of 27, 33 and 29 yards by Danny Kush, son of veteran Sun Devils' coach Frank Kush, and a pair of passes from reserve quarterback Fred Mortensen for a touchdown and two-point conversion settled the issue. In the final analysis, it was Nebraska's inability to consistently move the football against the stunting Sun Devil defense and the failure to stop Arizona State's draw plays and quick traps run by fullback Fast Freddie Williams. "Our defense played exceptionally well," Kush, the coach, day's first game, matching Colorado and Oklahoma. The Buffalos and Sooners, although not considered threats for the league title, have been laced in spoiler's roles this season. Winston finished with 16 points while Chuckie Williams, hitting from the outside, led the Wildcats with 24.

Art Johnson led Iowa State with 21 points with Hercle Ivy, the conference scoring leader, picking up 20. Kansas State, upset by Iowa State in the preseason tournament the past two years, appeared on the verge of making the game a rout in the first half, outscoring the Cyclones 22-2 during and eight-minute span and taking a 32-12 lead. Boosts Kansas which loses only four of 22 starters to graduation, ran up 372 yards rushing against an uncertain, often inept Jayhawk defense that had scored a regularly-season 23-3 victory over mighty Oklahoma. Tony Dorsett and Elliott Walker each scored two Pitt touchdowns. Pittsburgh 7 12 0 14-33 Kansas 0 0 7 12-19 Pitt-Walker 60 run (Long Kick) Pitt-Dorsett8 run (kick failed) Pitt-Dorsett 2 run (pass tailed) Kan-Smith 55 run (Switt kick) Pitt-Walker 2 run (Long kick) Kan-Smitti 17 run (kick tailed) Pitt-Jones? pass trom Haygood (Long Kick) Kan-Sharp 38 pass from WcMichael (run tailed) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING-Pittsburgh, Dorsett 7-142, Walker 11-123, Haygood 14-104.

Kansas, Smith 16-118, Cromwell 24-99, Banks 13-64. RECEIVING-Pittsburgh, Jones 4-26, Corbett 3-25, Clark W. Kansas, Snarp 1-38, Fender 116, McCamy 1-14. PASSING-Pittsburgh, Haygood 8-11-0, 60 yards, Cavanaugh 1-0-1, 0, Walker 1-0-1, 0. Kansas.

Cromwell 6-0-1, 0, McWichaei 8-4-0, 76. it iV'tSP said. "We did a lot of stunting, but we had to because that was the only way we could beat Nebraska keep them off balance." Ferragamo Removed Second-guessers among Nebraska fans long will question Coach Tom Osborne's decision to replace starting quarterback Vince Ferragamo with senior co-captain Terry Luck after the latter had thrown an intercepted pass on the Huskers' first possession. "I just felt Vince seemed a little nervous before the game and then he had the interception," Osborne explained outside the subdued NU dressing room. "Terry had practiced a little bit better than Vince.

I thought Terry could do the job and I think he played fairly well." Luck took over after the Sun Devils converted Ferragamo's interception into Rush's first field goal, but his efforts were But then Iowa State coach Ken Trickey inserted senior Mike Benjamin and the 6-6 forward sparked the Cyclones to within one, 36-35, with 1:33 to play in the half. Evans then hit a shot from the top of the key as the halftime buzzer sounded to give Kansas State a 38-35 lead. After Benjamin, who finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds, opened the second half with a jump shot to pull Iowa State within one, Kansas State ran off 12 straight points and took a 50-37 lead which it never relinquished. Tigers Prevail Missouri, meanwhile, combined the late shooting of Jim Kennedy, Willie Smith and substitute Scott Sims for a victory over a surprisingly stubborn Oklahoma State. The Cowboys fell behind by 13 points four times in the second half before striking back until they were within one point twice, but could get no closer.

Dave Kragel's shot with six minutes, 19 seconds left sliced Missouri's lead to 68-67. Smith, Kim Anderson and Kennedy dumped in consecutive baskets for the Tigers, and the Cowboys never got that close again, although they did trim the gap to two points on two occasions. OKLAHOMA STATE (79) Holder 9 3-4 21, Threatt 6 1-1 13, Kragel 3 3-4 9, Daniel 2 6-7 10, Stevenson 7 2-2 16, Jonnson 4 0-0 8, Rehrig 0 2-2 2, Boeckman 0 0-0 0, Maughan 0 0-0 0. Totals 31 17-20 MISSOURI (81) J. Kennedy 6 3-6 15, K.

Anderson 6 6-7 18, Ray 5 1-2 11, Smith 9 5 23, Currie 3 2-3 8, Clabon 0 OO 0, Anderson 2 0-0 4, Sims 0 2-2 2. Totals 31 19-26 Halftime: Missouri 43, Oklahoma State 33. Fouled out: Holder, K. Anderson. Total fouls; Oklahoma State 25, Missouri 14.

Technical; Missouri Coach Stewart. 10,142. IOWA ST Alt (6) Johnson 10 1-3 21, Peake 1 0O 2, Smith 0 0-0 0, Ivy 10 0-2 20, Butkus 1 OO 2, Benjamin 6 2-2 14, Murphy 0 00 0, Butler 3 0-0 6, Varley 0 2-2 2. Totals 31 5-9. KANSAS STATE (81) Winston 5 6 16, Noland 3 OO 6, Ger-lach 7 0O 14, Williams 12 00 24, Evans 8 3-4 19, Dassie 1 0-0 2, Dorge 0 0-0 0, Fra-zier 0 0-0 0.

Totals 36 9-10. Halftime: Kansas State 38, Iowa State 35. Total fouls: Iowa State 17, Kansas Stats 15. STAFF PHOTO BY WEB RAY Things eventually turned sour for the Big Red as Dan Kush (14) booted the winning field goal for Arizona State in the fourth quarter. The ASU holder is Bruce Hardy (15) and the blocker is Freddie Williams (36).

uskers To Meet Kansas By BOB OWENS Star Sports Editor Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State fans and sports writers have a king-sized inferiority complex which surfaced again after the Sun Devils had scored their 17-14 upset victory over Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl football game in Sun Devil Stadium. And even Coach Tom Osborne of the Cornhuskers became tired of being asked to make comparisons of the Sun Devils and such teams as Oklahoma and others in the Big Eight Conference. "Could Arizona State play in the Big Eight week in and week out?" was the question that brought a mild explosion from the Husker coach. "I don't know why people down here keep putting them (ASU) down and keep asking those questions," Osborne said.

"They're a fine team. They can play with anybody. They deserve to be among the top three or four teams in the nation." That was the same thing he had been trying to tell writers and broadcasters all during Nebraska's pre-game preparation period here, but nobody seemed to want to believe him. 'Great Football Team' "They have a great football team," he added. "We thought so before the game.

They have a great defense and their offense played better than I thought they would and they certainly deserve the victory." Before he tired of answering that type of question, Osborne said ASU's linebackers and defensive ends and secondary are better than those at Oklahoma, but that the Sooners had better down defensive linemen. "Arizona State is about as good as Oklahoma in the skill positions," he said. Coaching rival Frank Kush was elated with the outcome and called the victory "a great win for Arizona State and the Western Athletic Conference." He said the Sun Devils have had big wins, such as the Arizona game this year, which clinched the WAC championship. "I've had more meaningful games as far as I'm concerned," he added. "But from the players and fans standpoint this was probably the most important game since I've been here because it will do more for national recognition next season than any we've played." Kush said the touchdown and two-point conversion that tied the game early in the fourth quarter were the same plays.

"We just threw to two different receivers," he explained. "The quarterback reads the strong safety and then picks his receiver." Osborne said the Sun Devils did very little different than the Huskers had expected. More Passes "They threw the football more than most anybody we've played," he said. "We didn't move the ball as well as we have, particularly early in the game. They did some things a little bit differently than they had, but you expect that in every game." Offensively, the Huskers were hampered by very poor field positions.

"That made it hard to open up and do very much," he said. "Defensively, we gave them some key third down conversions and they made some big plays that I had hoped we wouldn't give them." The Huskers' pass rush wasn't very good as evidenced by the 173 yards ASU gained through the air. Sun Devil quarterbacks were sacked just once. "We didn't get to the quarterback much and that was a little discouraging," Osborne said. "It was a combination of not rushing well and their getting great pass protection." On the Luck-Ferragamo situation at quarterback, 0oorne said he had Ferragamo ready to go back in the game in the fourth quarter, but when Dave Butterfield intercepted a pass to give the Huskers the ball at their own one with 9:38 left, he said he decided he didn't want to put in a fresh player in that situation.

A year ago, trailing 10-0 against Florida and the ball on their one, Luck took over for Dave Humm and directed a 99-yard scoring drive that ignited a rally that produced a 13-10 Husker victory. The situation was different this time, though. Humm had thrown four interceptions and the Huskers were going nowhere. Against ASU, Luck had not been intercepted and his ball handling had been flawless and the Huskers weren't losing the game. Although Osborne is certain to be criticized, it's like athletic director Bob Devaney said after the game: "You're on top of the world when you win, you're in the gutter when you lose.

There's no in-between." By RANDY YORK Tempe, Ariz. Tilk all you want about Arizona State's speed and defense. The Sun Devils' 17-14 Fiesta Bowl win over Nebraska here Friday belongs inside the shoe of coach Frank Rush's semi-talented, but hard-working son. Dan Kush, a 5-9, 175-pound junior, kicked field goals of 27, 33 and 29 yards just 24 hours after his father claims "he couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a handful of popcorn." Amidst the biggest victory celebration since Arizona discovered Mexican food, Dan admitted his incompetence in the Sun Devils' Christmas Day practice. "I made one of six (field goal tries) from the right side and two of seven from the left side in practice Thursday," he said with a grin.

"That made me a little shaky coming into the game, but I had a good warmup and tried to visualize positive results in my mind." If he was nervous, it was understandable. Although he's already ASU's career record-holder for field goals and extra points, Dan missed the Sun Devils' final two regular season games after aggravating a hamstring injury. "He's like his dad ice water in his veins. It must run in the family," said Craig Millbranth, ASU's kicking coach. "It took sheer guts and courage to come back from that painful injury.

But that's the type of competitor Dan is." Father Pleased "Yes, I'm pleased for him," his father said. "He's not a talented guy, but he works at it." The lockerroom was too emotional for Kush to dwell on his son's kicking. "Everyone else will tell you what a great kid he is, if I don't," he said. "I know his mother will. She's the one who insists he plays." Players expressed their exultation in varying ways.

Here's how some viewed the upset victory. Linebacker Larry Gordon, the game's outstanding defensive player with 6 unassisted tackles, 6 assists, 1 tackle for a loss and 1 interception: "I didn't like getting ejected from the game (because of a fight with NU center Rik Bonness with 10:35 remaining in the fourth quarter). Their ail-American gave me a forearm and I wasn't going to take him giving me that. Even though I left, that fired us up." Fullback Freddie Williams, who rushed for 111 yards on 18 carries: "The '75 Fiesta Bowl is ours and I'm happy as hell. Our defense played great.

Kush kicked three spectacular field goals and our offensive line fired out to get us all those yards. To hell with the yards though. We're No. 1. We beat Nebraska THE Nebraska Cornhuskers." Second team quarterback Fred Mortensen, who came in in the fourth quarter to throw a 10-yard touchdown pass and two-point conversion: 'Both passes were the exact same play.

I just fake into the line, read the strong safety and pick the receiver. I wasn't supposed to run on the punt (in the first half). I just thought I could make it and I had it made until I dropped the ball. I got chewed out pretty good for taking the chance on my own." Split end John Jefferson, the game's outstanding offensive player with eight catches for 113 yards and a touchdown: "We've been put down by a lot of people, but we knew we could win. We were well prepared.

Nebraska's a great football team, but the Western Athletic Conference is underrated." Middle guard Zack DiBrell, who was recruited by Nebraska, but chose the Sun Devils: "Seventeen points, 12-0 and No. 1. Put this down. Nobody can play with the WAC. Nobody." Dr.

Fred Miller, ASU's, athletic director, kept the victory in a little better perspective. He said: "We're all floating around on the roof right now, and it's easy to get excited. 'Beautiful Game' "It was a beautiful football game," he added. "That's a super Nebraska team, but the right team won. We were the best on the field today.

There'll be one great party tonight, then we've got to continue to surge forward." WAC commissioner Stan Bates called the Sun Devil triumph "the biggest thing ever to happen in WAC football, not to mention ASU's program." Kush initially sidestepped calling the win his biggest as ASU's head coach. "It's certainly the biggest for our kids and for the fans," he said, finally conceding "I guess this would have to stand on top of my 18 years, too." Lack of recognition is a major factor in his reasoning. "We've been somewhat belittled for our schedule," he said. "Even our own fans have criticized our schedule. This helps put us on the level with everyone else.

"Looking at it realistically," he added, "I can understand why the Rocky Mountain area doesn't get the national recognition. We play our games at night, don't get on television and people don't hear much about us." Even though he's a member of the board of coaches voting for UPI, Kush said he'll reserve judgment on a possible No. 1 Sun Devil rating. "I'll wait and see how the other bowl games come out first," he said. "I sure enjoyed this one though.

It gives you an opportunity to compare. It not only helps us. The conference needed it, too. "It's just great in many respects," Kush said. "I damn glad Bear Bryant made his decision.

You know, I ought to send the Bear a telegram." State, 81-79 to advance to the semifinals opposite Kansas State. That game will be at 7:05 p.m. Monday at Kemper Arena. Nebraska and Kansas, meanwhile, meet in a game that could very well decide the tournament's title. In a semifinal event here last year, Kansas scored a 63-62 victory on a basket with less than 15 seconds left.

Four Straight The Huskers have won four straight games, including three consecutive road contests over the University of Pacific and New Mexico State in the Roadrunner Invitational and an upset verdict over Vanderbilt at Nashville, Tenn. The Nebraska-Kansas winner will face the winner of Satur Probable Lineups NU (5-3) Pos. Jerry Fort (6-3) KU (3-5) Clint Jonnson (6-2) Milt Gibson (6-0) Ken Koemgs (6-10) Steve WillisO-10) Larry Cox (6-6) Bob Sieyel (6-7) Norm LOOK (6-8) Herb Nobles (6-7) Allen Holder (6-3) Tlpoff: 9 05 p.m., Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Mo. Radio broadcasts: KFOR, KLIN and KFAB. Kansas City, Mo.

Nebraska and Kansas, each with a 5-3 record against nonconference opposition, collide at 9:05 p.m. Saturday here at Kemper Arena in the final first-round game of the Big Eight's annual preseason Basketball tournament. In Friday's opening game, Kansas State tallied 12 straight points early in the second half en route to an 81-67 victory over winless Iowa State. In the second game Friday, Missouri tripped Oklahoma First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Majors' Pittsburg Pit Kan 16 19 53-372 67-332 60 76 no to 7-13-2 4-121 5-35 0 5-37 0 1-0 6-2 10-95 5-25 Decision Past other would mind if I let him go all they way. They said for me to do what I thought was right." He went with Haygood, a junior.

And Haygood responded with an inspired performance that triggered a 33-19 rout and won him honors as the game's outstanding player. He scrambled for more than 100 yards on the ground, completed 8 of 11 passes, including one for a touchdown and deftly directed a wishbone attack that left the favored Kansas defenders if not bewitched then certainly bothered and bewildered. "I'd practiced good," Haygood said. "I'd consistently worked hard all year. I had confidence in myself.

You have to believe in yourself-and your teammates. In all, the youthful Pitt team, Rodgers Gains All-Star Spot EL PASO, Tex. (AP) Until two days ago, Pittsburgh coach Johnny Majors wasn't sure whether he'd start Robert Hay-good or Matt Cavanaugh at quarterback in the Sun Bowl football game against Kansas. "It was kind of like flipping a coin," Majors said of the two young men who are roommates. Haygood had started Pitt's first seven games and was injured.

Cavanaugh then took over. Now he had both of them healthy. "Really, Haygood hadn't lost his starting job," Majors said. "I talked to both of them the game and I asked if one of them got a hot hand, if the i Toronto (AP) Former Nebraska standout Johnny Rodgers was named to the Canadian Football League's all-star team. The 24-year-old former Heisman Trophy winner was one of the eight Montreal Alouettes named to the team.

Rodgers previously made the all-star team as a wide receiver in 1973 and 1974. He made it this year as a running back with backfield mates Willie Burden of Calgary and Art Green of Ottawa..