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Saturday, Sept. 11, 1971 The Lincoln Star 15 Fr obSos uskers yrine SENIORS HAVE DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT at thin air and something were going that he popped in his knee. took a kick By HAL BROWN Star Sports Editor Nebraska's senior footballers, who two years ago got their first look at college football with their heads tilted backward, will get their first look at it from another position Saturday afternoon when Oregon invades Memorial Stadium. Two years ago, the fuzzy cheeked sophomores who are now poised seniors admittedly looked at their first foe, Southern California, with awe. The Trojans of 1969 had been picked by some for the national championship that year and by nearly everyone to finish in the top two or three teams in the final poll.

The Huskers, meanwhile, coming off a second straight 6-4 season, weren't even being pegged to win the Big Eight. Southern Cal won that one, but since then, those Nebraska seniors have been 20-1-1 with the only other loss coming against Missouri three games later. A year ago the picture was much the same as NU prepared to meet Southern Cal with the Trojans highly rated and the Huskers not in the top ten. They wound up in a tie and Nebraska went from there to national chamr pionship. Now the tables are turned as the Huskers, ranked No.

1 in many a pre-season poll, goes against Oregon in their first game carrying the national championship albatross around i A 'fy vf f' -k tU I t- Kj, 1 ft- I vf J't r-" i First On Television When Nebraska and Oregon last played, in Lincoln in 1953, it was the first college football game ever carried nationally via television. The Ducks won that one by 20-12. Edge Over Pacific-8 Nebraska head coach Bob Devaney holds a 2-1-1 edge against opponents from the Pacific-8 while Nebraska is 9-7-2 against the Pacific Coast foes. Ducks Face Tough Slate Oregon plays four of its first five games on the road and they're against defending national champion Nebraska, 1971 Rose Bowl champion Stanford, Texas and Southern Cal. Moore No Myth Oregon's Bobby Moore is no myth, no matter what you think.

In the Ducks' last scrimmage before the Nebraska game, he carried the ball 10 times and scored three times, on a swing pass from quarterback Dan Fouts which covered 64 yards, a four-yard power play and a 49-yard run up the middle. He rushed eight times for 94 yards and caught two passes for 85 yards. 7,000 Includes Governor A contingent of 1,000 Oregon fans, including Gov. Tom McCall, will be among the 67,000 persons jamming Memorial Stadium. "We turned back another 1,000 ticket orders," says Oregon sports information director Hal Cowan, "And I'll bet I answered 300 phone calls from Nebraska fans wanting tickets." their necks.

Nebraska has been picked No. ratings and are second in four STAFF PHOTO BY JOHN HENNINGS Arkfeld (22) evades the rj f3 (q IMS Three Interceptions Halt Scoring Threats By JIM JOHNSTON Star Sports Writer Lincoln East used three timely pass interceptions in the second half all inside its own 10-yard line to thwart three Grand Island drives and score a 21-0 win over the Islanders at Seacrest Field Friday night. THIN AIR Fast's in their season opener. East used the big play to get on the scoreboard. Quick-dealing quarterback Scott Copple hit Jack Ball for a 46-yard scoring play on the fourth play of the game to give East a 6-0 advantage.

Bryce Carlson's kick made it 7-0. East threatened again in the first quarter, but was forced to give up the ball on the Grand Island 17. Grand Island took command and used eight minutes of the second quarter to march to the East 11 before three penalties stopped the drive. East used the big play again in the second half. After failing to move the ball up the middle, Copple pitched to halfback Ball who scooted 80 yards down the sidelines for a.

them for fifth and one for 11th. Oregon on "the other hand has received no rating higher than 10th and only one of those. Rubber Game In Series Saturday's game is the rubber contest in the Nebraska-Oregon series with each team owning one victory. Nebraska won by 23-13 in 1952 at Portland, and the following year, the Ducks took a 20-12 verdict in Lincoln. Kinney Nears No.

6 Nebraska tailback Jeff Kinney can move into the No. 6 position on the Nebraska rushing chart (since 1950) with only 45 yards against Oregon-Kinney, who has rushed for 1,284 yards in two seasons and 45 yards Saturday afternoon would move him ahead of Nebraska assistant coach Bill (Thunder) Thornton, who wound up his career with 1,328 yards. And Tagge Nears No. 1 Similarly, Husker quarterback Jerry Tagge can take over the No. 1 spot in Nebraska passing history with 45 yards against the Ducks.

Forty-five yards Saturday afternoon for Tagge would give him 2,936 yards, one more than the record held by Bob Churchich. Brownson-Tagge 20-2- With Jerry Tagge and Van Brownson doing the signal calling for Nebraska, the Huskers are 20-2-1 going into Saturday's game with Oregon. The only losses were to Southern Cal and Missouri in 1969 and a tie to Southern Cal in 1970. Band Traces Devaney Era The Nebraska band in its halftime salute to Nebraska head coach Bob Devaney will trace the Huskers' football success in the nine years under him. The band will trace the years with music, starting with "This Could Be The Start of Something," following with: "It Was A Very Good Year" for 1962.

"Moon Over Miami" for 1963, "Eyes of Texas" for the 1964 season that ended with the Cotton Bowl, "Down Among the Sheltering Palms" for another Orange Bowl appearance, "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" for the 1966 team that went to the Sugar Bowl, "Gillette's Look Sharp March" for Devaney being named athletic director, "You Gotta Be A Football Hero" for 1968, "Lucky Old Sun for the 1969 Sun Bowl, and "Hail Varsity" for a finale. Costly Kick For Frei When Oregon had to settle for a 22-22 tie with Army last season, Ducks' coach Jerry Frei had to settle for knee surgery also. The Oregon coach became so frustrated at how things- The Lineups grasp of Degan (84). Copple then engineered the Spartans to five straight first downs climaxed by a 22-yard scoring pass to split end Rick Samuelson. Carlson's pass to Putman was good for two points on the extra point attempt and gave the Spartans a comfortable 21-0 cushion withj just 1:58 remaining.

Copple, although displaying a cold spell in the second quarter, connected on 16 of his 24 passes for 205 yards. The Spartans rushed for just 49 yards in the first half, but finished the night with 149 yards on the ground 1 by Ball with 115 yards rushing on just seven carries. The East defense yielded only 52 yards rushing to Grand Island. Grand Island 0 0 0 Lincoln East .7 0 6 121 East Ball, 46 pass from Copple (Carlson kick). Ball, 80 run (kick failed).

Samuelson, 22 pass from Copple (Putman, from Carlson). Statistics Gl East First downs 14 17 Rushing yardage 52 149 Passing yardage 133 205 Return yardage 29 Passe 11-27-3 16-24 Punls Fumbles lost 0 1 Yards penalized 30 25 FIRST TIGER WIN OVER LHS asrmgs Lincoln High, 8-7 'a no osts By STEVE GILLISPIE Star Sports Writer Blair Nebraska Wesleyan's football team will open the season Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Vikings' Stadium in a Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game. The Plainsmen will not only face Dana's football team but will also face the "Dana curse." That's the term opponents have given the Vikings' football field. The Dana campus and stadium are located on the North edge of town on a hillside.

"Being on a hill, the wind blows all the time," Dana coach Bob Simpson says. "There's just some days it blows harder than others. "And we're used to the wind because we practice here but it can be a problem to a passing team like Wesleyan." Also worrying NWU Coach Harold Chaffee besides the wind is Dana's experience. "They return nine starters on both offense and defense plus they've always given us a good "We'll have to contain their running game and not make the same mistake twice; we feel we'll make some mistakes this being the first game." The Wesleyan mentor believes his first and second units are pretty even in ability. "We'll probably play between 25 and 30 boys while trying things out," Chaffee said.

Neither Simpson nor Chaffee have decided on starting quarterbacks and both report there were no major injuries incurred in practices this week except for minor bruises. Chaffee said he feels his club has "come as far as we a without playing a game." Simpson conceded the Vikings have "eternal optimism" concerning their chances this season. "The kids have worked hard and we're ready for action," Simpson noted. NWU beat Dana, 28-8, last year. The rest of the MAC teams also open the season Saturday with Concordia at Concordia, St.

Paul, a sister school, Doane at Yankton, S.D. and Hastings at Midland. Fairbury also starts the season by hosting Butler County, Junior College. Nebraska College Conference members a and Kearney also begin their seasons by hosting Southern State, S.D. and Colorado Mines respectively.

Peru, also of the NCC, plays its second game at Nebraska City against Tarkio, Mo. NCC member Wayne kicks1 off its season next Saturday at Emporia State, Kan. tended target and returned five yards to Northeast's 30-yard-line. Fremont's tally came at the start of the second quarter on a drive of five plays. The Rockets moved down to Fremont's 10 in the same period but couldn't score.

The game's best run was turned in by Northeast's Randy Schlegel who rambled 30 yards to Fremont's 45 before fumbling when he was tackled. The game was a tight defensive battle most of the way with neither club able to generate much of an offensive attack. Lincoln Northeast 0 0 0 00 Fremont 0 7 0 07 Fremont Echpenkamp, 1 run. PAT May, kick. Statistics LNE Fremont First downs 8 14 Rushinq yardaqe 114 167 Passinq yardage 14 il Return yardaqe 52 65 Passes 6-u-l Punts Fumbles lost 1 0 Yards penalized 50 35 Rockets Capture Harrier Victory Fremont Lincoln Northeast compiled 86 points enroute to a cross-country win here Friday afternoon.

Omaha South's Dave Pim-para was first in tiie individual scoring with a 9:42 clocking. Team Scoring LNE 86; 0. Burke LSE 111; Bellevue 122; Grand Island 147; LHS 147; Fremont 190; Hastings 200; East 207; Ralston 231; 0. South 234; Norfolk 269; Kearney 321; Columbus 407. Individual Top 10 1.

Dave Pimpara, 0. South, 42; 2. John Gulick, LSE, 3. Phil hunt, LHS, 9.58; 4. Paul Luke, LNE, 5.

Jerry Wolford, LHS, 10 04; Bob Happoid, Grand Island, 7. Jim Pendagast, Bellevue. 8 Frank Hasea, Kearney, Paul Watson, LSE. 10. Marshall Tofte, Fremont, 10:19.

FEATURE RACES At Delaware Jerall Around The Horn 3.80 3.00 2.80 13.40 touchdown with 4:54 remaining in the third quarter. The kick failed giving the Spartans a 13-0 lead. Grand Island threatened late in the thrid quarter, but East's Jeff Putman intercepted Rocke Senkbeil's pass on the 10. East failed to move the ball and fumbled three plays later on its own 19. Grand Island's John McDermott recovered the fumble.

But then it was safety Kurt Stacey's turn for glory as he intercepted another Senkbeil pass in the endzone. After East failed to gain a first down, Senkbeil moved the Islanders 30 yards to the East 14 before linebacker Jim Neal m- the tercepted endzone. an ariel in STAFF PHOTO BY WEB RAY Offense -ECHPENKAMP SCORES ONLY TD- OREGON (0-0) 1 in six of 12 pre-season oiherg with one pegging NEBRASKA (0-0) Stadium. KLIN (1400), KFAB (1110), WOW was redshirted in 1969 and saw only back-up duty last season. But Morrison should be well-surrounded in the backfield.

Bill Butler, a bruising 220-pound senior halfback who led Wildcat rushers with 497 yards in 127 carries last year, and speedy sophomore Isaac Jackson, another halfback, should give the Manhattan crew the durability and speed to keep the defenses alert. Defensively, graduation grabbed the four secondary starters leaving Gibson with a serious patch to glue together. But he can rely on veteran tackles Gary Glatz and Charles Clarington and linebackers Keith Best and Joe Colquitto to perk up the newcomers. Switching from a passing-oriented game to a running at- tack, the Wildcats hope to snap the series tie with Utah State (one game apiece) as Gibson begins his fifth year as head coach. Northeast Edq No.

Nanje lit. t. CI. Pos. CI.

Wt. lit. Name No. 89 Bradley 6-5 225 Jr. TE Jr.

218 6-1 List 85 74 Drougas 6-4 257 Sr. LT So. 238 6-4 White 72 6fi Arnold 6-5 242 So. LG Sr. 221 6-2 Rupert 77 54 Figoni 6-0 214 Sr.

Jr. 237 6-3 Dumler 54 60 McKean 6-1 230 Sr. KG Sr. 238 6-3 Wortman 65 70 Stokes 6-5 258 Jr. RT Sr.

252 64 C. Johnson 71 87 Spccht 6-3 191 Jr. SE Sr. 167 5-9 Cox 32 11 Fouts 6-3 187 Jr. QB Sr.

215 6-2 Tagge 14 23 Moore 6-2 212 Sr. II Sr. 210 6-2 Kinney 35 84 Glass 6-0 180 Sr. II Jr. 171 5-10 Rodgers 20 41 J.

Anderson 6-0 213 Jr. FB Jr. 215 6-1 Olds 44 By Fremont, 1:7" Iff Defense Grand Island, which trailed 7-0 at the half, managed to control the football in the second half and ran IS more plays from scrimmage than East. But East's three interceptions halted long drives to give the Spartans a shutout surprises Weaver. Folsom then booted the extra point to give the Links a short-lived cushion.

Although the Links gained more total yardage (286-135), four fumbles by the Capital City crew proved costly. Lincoln High achieved 146 yards rushing and 140 passing while Hastings gained 102 rushing yards and just 33 passing yards on three completions in 14 attempts. Hastings had never won in 18 previous contests with the Capital City crew. Lincoln High ft 0 7 07 Hasting 0 0 0 88 Lincoln High Weaver 30 pass from Folsom. PAT Folsom (kick) Hastings Eckert 7 run.

PAT Eckert (run) Statistics Lincoln Hastings First flowns 14 9 Rushing yardage 146 102 Passing yardage 140 33 Passes 8-15-1 3-14-0 Punts Fumbles lost 4 Yards penalized 55 60 Boys Town Tabs Pfeifer To Post Boys Town iffi George Pfeifer has been named vice principal of Boys Town High School, officials said Friday. He also will continue as assistant athletic director and head basketball coach. Oscar Pulliam, art instructor and assistant track coach, will take over Pfeifer's former duties as coach of cross country running. Sports Menu Saturday HORSE RACING Madison, 2:30 p.m. FOOTBALL Big Eight: Oregon at Nebraska, Memorial Stadium, 1:30 p.m.; Stanford at Missouri; Colorado at LSU; Mississippi Stat at Oklahoma State; Utah State at Kansas State; Washington State at Kansas; State Colleges: Nebraska Wesleyan at Dana, 2 p.m.; Southern, S.

State at Chadron; Concordia at St. Paul Concordia; Doane at Yankton; Butler County, JC at Fairbury JC; Hastings at Midland; Colorado Mines at Kearney; Tarkio at Peru at Nebraska City; Lincoln High Schools: North Platte at Southeast, Seacrest Field, 7:30 p.m. Sunday Nothing scheduled. Monday FOOTBALL Nebraska Extra Point Club Quarterback Lunchion, Hotel Lincoln, noon. Gauthier Scores At Crete Event Crete Corbie Gauthier of Pius posted the best time but Crete nudged Pius, 14-27, in a dual cross country meet here Friday afternoon.

Crete 14, Pius 27 .1. Corbie Gauthier, 2. Randy Olsen, 3. Tom Carson, 4. Dave Haushel, 5.

Rog Van-lanlntiham, 12:57. 96 Davis 6-4 221 So. LE Sr. 221 6-3 Adkins 57 82 Guy 6-6 222 So. LT Sr.

250 6-6 Jacobson 75 MG Jr. 234 6-1 Glover 79 78 Osterkamp 6-2 244 St. RT Jr. 228 6-3 Jansscn 55 95 Buettner 6-2 219 Sr. RE Jr.

207 6-3 Harper 81 56 McConnell 6-1 217 Sr. LB 52 Graham 6-3 243 Sr. LB Jr. 224 6-1 Sloey 42 90 Rennie 5-10 204 Sr. LB Sr.

209 6-2 Terrio 45 27 Steber 6-1 178 Sr. DB Jr. 199 6-0 Mason 25 37 Manuel 5-11 175 Jr. CB Jr. 184 5-10 Blahak 27 38 Drake 6-0 190 Sr.

CB Sr. 180 6-0 J. Anderson 18 46 Green 6-1 174 Sr. Sr. 176 6-0 Kosch 24 SHORT AIN 'Bolts' McEniry (22) heads around end.

Kiekoff 1:30 p.m. Memorial Broadcasts KFOR (1240), (590). KRNU (90.3 FM). Hastings Hastings High School scored its first football victory ever over Lincoln, by shocking the Links, 8-7, here Friday night in the opening tilt for both clubs. Coach Rick Kearns, in his second year at the Tiger helm, equaled his total victory output of last year as junior halfback Dennis Eckert accounted for all the Tiger scoring.

Eckert scored the touchdown on a seven-yard run on the option play off the Wishbone formation with 4:48 left in the game. He also ran for the extra point on the identical play. The Hastings' scoring effort was aided by a roughing the kicker penalty. The Links of coach Andy Loehr took the lead on the last play of the third quarter when junior quarterback Bob Folsom tossed a 30-yard touchdown pass to senior halfback Mark Alabama Upsets Southern Cal Los Angeles UP) Alabama quarterback Terry Davis and his battery of running backs built up a 17-10 lead Friday night in the first half and made it stand up through a scoreless second half in upsetting favored Southern California to avenge an embarrassing loss one year ago. Although the Aggies compiled a mediocre 5-5 record last year, they scored impressive triumphs over Wyoming and Kentucky Led by split end Bob Wicks, who ranked as the nation's second best punt returner last year, the Aggies have enough standout individuals among 34 lettermen to make amends for last year's blanking.

As a sophomore quarterback last year, Tony Adams hit on 108 of 232 passes for 1,394 passing a and 16 touch-1 downs and should improve as he starts his junior season for coach Chuck Mills. Last year's leading scorer and rusher John Strycula and Ed Giles who averaged more than four yards per attempt both return to bolster a camp that features 22 junior college transfers. Utah State meets Nebraska in Lincoln on Oct. 2. 37 TIMES FOR 177 YARDS -UTAH STATE NU FOE OCT.

2 Graduation-Depleted K-State 'orts Spark 'pens Season With Aggies Fremont Quarterback Gordie Echpenkamp scored on a one-yard sneak as the Fremont Tigers nipped Lincoln Northeast, 7-0, here Friday at Military Memorial Stadium. Echpenkamp had tried from about two yards out one play before but the Rockets' defensive line had stopped him short of the goal. Fremont's Mike Cook intercepted a Gaylcn Kennell pass to set up the score. Cook picked off Kennell's pass which was short of its in- I J- three of three passes, the biggest of which was a 45-yard strike to right end Paul Jablonski, to advance the ball to the 11 from where McEniry scored on the next play. A 15-yard pass interference penalty against Beatrice also aided the scoring drive.

Although neither team scored in the first half, Pius penetrated as deep as the Beatrice 13-yard line once before bogging down. And Beatrice advanced to the Thunderbolt seven, but Cramer fumbled an errant pitchout to end the threat. Beatrice 0 0 7 4-13 Pius 0 0 0 77 Beatrice Cramer 4 run (Dell kick) Beatrice Cramer 10 run (kick failed). Pius X-McEniry, 11 run (Franssen kick). Statistics Beat.

Pius First downs 10 Rushinq yardaqe 220 Passing yardaqe 1 7 10! Rerutn yardaqe 41 0 Passes 1-2-0 7-13-0 Punls 5-40 S-30 Fumbles lost 1 0 Yards penalized 30 CARRIES Cramer's Beatrice Paul Cramer, a 165-pound senior tailback, carried 37 times for 177 yards and two touchdowns Friday night to power Beatrice to a 13-7 football decision over Lincoln Pius at Thunderbolt Field- Cramer shook loose for touchdown eftorts of four and 10 yards late in the third quarter and early in the fourth quarter to break open what had been a scoreless duel at halftime. Pius the defending state Class champion, averted a shutout when halfback Bob McEniry swept left end for an 11-yard touchdown with 3:19 remaining in the game. The Thunderbolts, however, got few d-h a i opportunities advance offensively because of their inability to defense Cramer, whose 26 second-half carries provided Beatrice with ball control. Oa'-'er carried 14 'vws in IS? HUS Beatrice's first touchdown march, which covered 85 yares in 20 plays. He accounted for 72 yards in the drive, capped by his four-yard -1 a 1 touchdown slant with 4:17 left in the third quarter.

Pius managed only three offensive plays and one punt in the third quarter against the Orangemen's time-consuming ground attack, which netted 220 yards for the game. After the Thunderbolts stalled, Beatrice struck for another touchdown less than six minutes after its first. Again, Cramer was the primary thrust in the 59-yard, 10-play drive. He returned a 45-yard Pius punt 21 yards to set up the march and accounted for 18 yards before cracking off-tackle again for a 10-yard touchdown with 10:57 left. Pius drove 97 yards in only six plays for its touchdown.

OuTrback 'Mike Aldrich hit Pa By MARK GORDON Star Sports Writer Manhattan, Kan. Utah State will literally see purple and probably red when it tackles Kansas State in the football opener for both clubs Saturday at K-State Stadium. En route to a 6-5 record overall and a second place tie last year in the Big Eight Conference, K-State swamped the Aggies, 37-0, in the opener for both teams here. That should give the Logan crew enough incentive to see red when they invade the Land of Purple Pride. Although coach i Gibson's crew won't be quarterbacked by white-shoed Lynn Dickey, who virtually rewrote the Wildcat and Big Eight record books, Dennis Morrison is counted on to fill the void.

The 6-3 junior from Pico' Rivera, has seen limited action in the Wildcat den he 6.30 3.40 UFair Ye Well A.