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J' j'-M-' 71 Lincoln Journal-Star SUNOAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1991 IpJ nap 1 5 ttliemi alom came Joinies Scoring, team stats 1 Nebraska 0 17 14 28 Si Kansas 17 3 3 02? KU FG EfcNoff 19 KU Chandler 50 pass from Weary (Ekrtoffkiek) KU Hieary 34 run (EfcNoff kick) NU Jones 3 run (Bennett kick) NU FG Bennett 47 NU Jones 47 run (Bennett kick) i KU FG BcNoff 21 NU Jones 9 run (Bennett kick) I NU Jones 1 run (Bennett kick) KU FG Eicrtorf 52 NU Jones 68 run (Bennett kick) NU Jones 12 run (Bennett kick) i NU Acnola 31 run (Sieter kick) NU Acnola 15 run (Steter kick) A 40,000 NU Ktf 32 15 60-490 35-145 103 210; 593 255 16 12-20-0 11-26-2 3-53 6-38 1-0 04 1-5 4-35 33:47 26:13 9-12 3-13 OO 1-t First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Total yards Return yards Passing Punts Fumbtes-lost Penalties-yards Time of possession Third-down conversions FourtfHtown conversions i a Top NU rushing efforts Plover Yr. Yds; Opp. jBW- --aw -sf kw 1 Calvin Jones Kansas Mikt Rotier Kansas TED KIRKAJNCOLN JOURNAL-STAR 1991 1983 1988 1978 1977 1982 1987 1987 1981 1983 294 28S 254 255 254 Si 24 234 227 Ken Clork RickBerns I.M. Hipp Mike Roller Keith Jones Keith Jones Roger Craig Mike Roller Okla. St.

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Kansas St. By Ken Hambteton Lincoln Journal-Star LAWRENCE, Kan. Nebraska went to both extremes to smash Kansas 59-23 Saturday at KIT Memorial Stadium. It would have been hard for Nebraska to play worse than it did in the first quarter. And it seemed almost impossible the way the domuiated Kansas the rest of the football game.

1 cant believe it worked out this way," said Nebraska freshman Calvin Jones, who gained a school-record 294 yards and scored six touchdowns to 'help the Cornhuskers overcome a 17-0, first-quarter deficit "111 look back, and the rest of us will and say, Wow, we did Jones said. No question There is no question. No. 11 Nebraska did it and kept a share of the Big Eight lead with a 4-0-1 conference mark, part of a 7-1-1 overall record. Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said he was sure the odds were against his team after the first quarter.

"We made just about every mistake we could in the first quarter," he said. Things just snowballed in the first quarter." If the first quarter snowballed against Nebraska, the second half saw Kansas buried in an avalanche of Nebraska offense. Kansas scored on a field goal after blocking Nebraska's first punt of the game. The Jayhawks, 5-4 overall and 2-3 in the Big Eight scored on a 50-yard pass from Chip Hilleary to Dwayne Chandler. Before the end of the first quarter, Hilleary scored on a 34-yard run to boost the score to 17-0.

"If you had told me after we blocked a punt and score 17 points in the first quarter that we could come back and give up that many points in the second half, I would have told you you were crazy," Kansas Coach Glen Mason said. Brown's vision blurry Crazily enough, Nebraska bounced back with a touchdown by Jones with 11: 15 left in the first halt Jones, a redshirted freshman from Omaha Central, had played sparingly this season behind Derek Brown. But Brown had blurry vision after he was poked in the eye in the first quarter and took himself out of the game after gaining 75 yards on 12 carries. Nebraska cornerback Kenny Wil-hite intercepted a Hilleary pass to set up a 47-yard field goal by Bryon Bennett that cut the deficit to 17-10. -Three minutes later, Jones scored on a 47-yard run around the left end to tie the score with 5:09 left in the first halt Nebraska running back Calvin Jones (44) waltzes Into the end zone untouched on a 9-yard run midway through the third quarter Saturday at-Lawrence, Kan.

Jones set a school record with 294 yards rushing and six touchdowns in NU's 59-23 victory. Muskers always have Fsfor Kansas Mike Babcock Columnist Kansas regained the lead at the half on a 21-yard field goal by Dan Eichloff, but that was the last time the Jayhawks controlled anything Saturday. "We got a good scare," Osborne said. "I had no idea we could put it away when we were down 17-0 in the first quarter." That idea reached reality as Jones ran wild. The Cornhuskers scored on all six of their possessions in the second half.

That was fun' "Oh, that was fun because everything was working the way it should," NU quarterback Keithen McCant said. "Our line was blocking, the op- i tions were working, and Calvin was running great "We all felt like it was just a matter of time before we got rolling." Nebraska finished with 593 yards of total offense, including 490 rushing. Two-thirds of those yards came in the second half. "I was surprised we could run the ball, because Kansas had not given up the running yards, and nobody has had' a consistent running game against them this year," Osborne said. SeeHUSKERSonpage4E That wasnt the case Saturday.

The Cornhuskers needed Jones' record-setting performance after spotting Kansas a 17-0 lead. Frank Solich, Nebraska's assistant head coach and running backs coach, wasnt surprised by Jones'play. "You could really see the last two weeks in practice Calvin was coming along to the point where he was ready to put it all together," Solich said. "I had a strong feeling he'd have a great game today." Jones didnt play in Nebraska's tie with Colorado aweekago. "He made up for it this week," Brown said.

1 knew he was capable of that" Record or not, Jones' status on the depth chart might not change if Brown is healthy. "I don't want people to forget what Derek has done, week after week, in tough situations, for entire games," Solich said. "Well work the playing (time) problem out as we go along." Nebraska's offense will benefit regardless of how Solich solves that problem. It's really not much of a problem for anyone but him. Jones is bigger; Brown is a little bit quicker.

But "we can put two backs in there who will get after you," Solich said. "We can always have a back on the field who's going to be aggressive and wear you down." See BABCOCK on page 4E Calvin Jones probably was trying to be modest "I was supposed to go left and attack-block the 'end, but I went to the right instead," Jones said. That's what I'm thinking about now." The "now" to which Jones referred was a half-hour or so after Nebraska's 59-23 victory against Kansas Saturday afternoon. That's a zero on my grade," Jones said of his mistake. Even so, the grade for his performance Saturday ought to have been pretty good Jones rushed for a school-record 294 yards and six touchdowns.

The six touchdowns also represented a Big Eight record. Under the circumstances, the redshirted freshman I-back from Omaha could be forgiven a missed blocking assignment or two. But the competition is such at his position, there can be little tolerance for mistakes. Consider that Jones is Nebraska's second-string I-back and probably would be No. 3 if junior Scott Baldwin had avoided injury this season.

I Consider also that Jones wouldn't have played nearly as much on Saturday if Derek Brown, the starter, had been able to see clearly. Brown suffered from blurred vision after taking a "good shot" to the helmet while being tackled. "For a while, I couldn't see any thing," said Brown, who rushed for 75 yards on 13 carries before leaving the game in the second quarter. "I was blind; it was scary. I've never felt like that" Even though his sight returned eventually, Brown saw no reason to risk further injury to his eye.

"I thought we were doing fine," he said. "I had nothing to prove out there." So Brown stood and watched as Jones ran though the Kansas defense like, well, several reserve Cornhusker I-backs before him. The Jayhawks often have been victimized by reserve running backs from Nebraska, most notably Craig Johnson, who gained the bulk of his career yards against Kansas. Johnson set Nebraska's single-game record for average yards per carry, with a minimum of 10 carries, against Kansas in .1978, rushing for 192 yards on only 10 attempts. The Cornhuskers have had other reserve I-backs do well against Kansas, but rarely have they played out of necessity.

Usually, Nebraska has taken control of the game then turned the reserves loose. Lack of the Irish kicker helps Tennessee escape with upset Hentrich, one of the best kickers in Notre Dame history, strained his right knee while trying to tackle Miley on the blocked kick re- turn near the end of the half. The junior returned in the third quarter and kicked his second field goal of the game a 20-yarder that put the Irish ahead 34-21. But Hentrich aggravated the injury on the ensuing kickof and had to be helped off the field. Tennessee, which lost a 34-29 heartbreaker to Notre Dame last year at Knoxville, seemed to be heading for a blowout loss Saturday after the Irish capitalized on three turnovers to take a 31-7 lead.

Colorado escapes Oklahoma State. on game's final play. Page 2E Second-ranked Hurricanes looking for Orange Bowl berth. Page 2E But the Volunteers rallied behind Kelly, who completed 24 of 38 passes for 259 yards and three touchdowns. 'There were no magic words in the locker room at halftime," he said.

"Everyone realized that we had been good to them in the first half. We just wanted to stop making mistakes and try to get back in the game." "Words cant express how satisfying this is," Miley said. "This will be the biggest victory in mylife." Notre Dame Coach Lou Holts was downcast after the game. "This is the most difficult loss I've ever been associated with," he said. "It's the most disappointed I've ever been in my life." After Hayden's TD catch, Notre Dame drove from its 25 to the Tennessee 9.

The Irish called a timeout with four seconds left before Leonard, whose game experience was limited to one extra-point against Michigan State, at-, tempted the final kick. ending the slim Irish hopes for a national championship. "Whenever I go home, my mom teases me about my big butt," said Lincoln, a senior defensive back. "Today, that big butt paid off for us." Tennessee had taken its first and only lead with 4:03 left when Kelly threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Hayden. The score capped an amazing rally by the Volunteers, who trailed 31-7 before Floyd Miley sparked the comeback by returning a blocked field goal 85 yards for a touchdown with 14 seconds left in the first half.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Notre Dame, king of the miracle comeback, got a taste of its own medicine Saturday. Andy Kelly and Aaron Hayden helped 13th-ranked Tennessee overcome a 24-point deficit and beat the fifth-ranked Irish 35-34 when walk-on kicker Rob Leonard missed a 27-yard field goal as time ran out Leonard was called in to attempt his first career field goal after Notre Dame's standout kicker, Craig Hentrich, injured his right leg earlier in the football game. The sophomore's kick glanced off the backside of Tennessee's Jeremy Lincoln and sailed wide to the right, Knights' kick blocks knock down No. 2 GI iM'Mf Ni MTU rT Mfh nJ Omaha Westside.

Westside, 9-1 and rated No. 4, defeated Southeast 21-7 in the season opener. Saturday's game marked the end of Fischer's illustrious 42-year coaching career, the past 20 seasons at Grand Island. He finishes as the fourth-win-ningest coach in the state with a 214-69-9 record. Afterward, Southeast Coach Chuck Mizerskl called Fischer "the best coach in the state, period.

"I feel for him because I knew how much he wanted to win it (the state championship) in his last year," Mizerski said. "For our kids, this is awfully satisfying because we beat a great football team." Fischer said he had prepared himself for the day his coaching career would end, but "I didnt think today would be my last game. I thought we had the better team, but give Southeast credit, they played excellent defense. Their linebackers came up and plugged holes and we never adjusted." The Islanders' wishbone offense managed only 54 yards rushing and 135 yards total offense against a 6-3 By Ron Powell Lincoln Journal-Star "-'GRAND ISLAND Grand Island's path to a Class A state high school football championship for its retiring coach Ken Fischer was blocked Saturday afternoon by Lincoln Southeast 0 And so was a punt and a field goal. That's why the sixth-ranked Knights upset No.

2 Grand Island 7-0 in a first round playoff game at Memorial Stadium. Southeast's Jeff Kenna broke through the left side of the Islander line to block a Jon Schmidt punt, which the Knights' Jeff Wolgamott recovered at the Islander 3-yard line. Two plays later, I-back Jim Mahoney scored on a 1-yard run with 8: 13 left in the game for the only points in a contest dominated by defense, muddy field conditions that made footing treacherous and a brisk southerly wind that caused havoc with the passing and kicking games. Grand Island, which beat Southeast 33-7 on Oct 18, ended the season 9-1. Southeast takes a 7-3 record into a Wednesday night semifinal at Sea-crest Field against third-ranked State volleyball tournament pairings Peru State wins, awaits NAtA ruling Page3E Huskershalt ISU in volleyball lllilllsilllll Heart transplant doesn't slow down Lincoln bowler Page 9E JENMFER FOXGRAND ISLAND INDEPENDENT Southeast's Eric Anderson (78) and Jeff Wolgamott (middle) bring down' Grand Island quarterback Chad See KNIGHTS on page 8E Dethloff Saturday during the Knights 7-0 upset in the first round of the Class a piayoirs.

Call raises Kane's ire; Mount Michael still holds off Pius 1 By Ryly Jane Hambteton Lincoln Journal-Star ELKHORN Jim Kane says he's ready for another occupation. Despite a controversial 60-yard rumble return for a touchdown by Lincoln Pius X's Michael Volkmer, top-ranked Elkhorn Mount Michael k.u qi 1 oiMnn nvor Pins kick attempt didnt travel the necessary 10 yards. Mount Michael officially 8-1 after a loss was assigned for canceling the final regular-season game with Elk-horn, picked up a pair of first downs to run out the clock. "We were yelling "pick it up and See PUS on page 6E his whistle and didn't have the guts to admit it," said Kane, Mount Michael's coach. "He said he blew the whistle to start the play.

"If that guy's an official, I'm a submarine captain." The score came with 2 29 left in the game and, understandably, upset the Knights. They took over the ball at the 'Bolt 48-yard line when the onside I Both apparently thought the play was stopped and didn't attempt to run. But Volkmer came rushing by, snatched the ball out of Clyne's hands and raced for the touchdown. After a pair of unsportsmanlike penalties put the ball on the 1-yard line, the 'Bolts made the two-point conversion to make it 21-15. "That was a terrible caD.

He blew 3 advanced to a quarterfinal game at Tekamah-Herman Wednesday in the Class high school football playoffs. Facing fourth-and-inches at the Pius 33-yard line after a measurement, Mount Michael quarterback Jude Beller approached the center. He pulled back just as center Barry Roberts snapped the ball, and it rolled to I-back Jeff Clyne, who picked it up. 1 a ITCIUUll 1UI a l-w vivw.j Saturday. With the win, the Knights 1.