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5nndag Jonraal-far SEPTEMBER 25,1988 mini DeYiM i 1 Quota of the game NU center Jake Young: "We were rolling. That's Nebraska football. That's our kind of game." Scoring, team stats Arizona Stata 13 3 0 016 Nebraska 9 21 0 1747 NU FQ Drannan 40 NUTaykx 11 run (kick failed) ASU Garrett 64 pass from Ford (Zen- dejas kick) ASU Perkins 2 run (pass failed) NU Clark 31 run (Barrios kick) NU Brinson 75 punt return (Barrios kick) ASU FGZendejas22 NU Gregory 9 pass from Taylor (Bac-rioskick) NU Safety, Perkins tackled in end zone NU Rodgers 3 run (Rodgers run) By Ken Hambleton Running game? Check. Defensive game? Check, Kicking game? Check, An systems go. Nebraska ready fa fiftoft Ignition.

The Cornhuskers blasted off to a 47-16 victory over previously unbeaten Arizona State Saturday night before 76,312 fans at Memorial Stadium. "We were rolling. That's Nebraska football," NU center Jake Young our kind of game." Nebraska outside linebacker Broder-ick Thomas echoed Young's sentiments. That was the Nebraska defense controlling the line of scrimmage. Playing our game," be said.

"Now maybe we wont be talking about what happened with UCLA and weH start to bear about what happened with Arizona State." Three Nebraska backs, Ken Clark, Steve Taylor and Terry Rodgers, each rushed for more than ICO yards. No Nebraska back had run for more than 100 yards since November, 1987. At least as far back as 1948 when they started keeping track of such things the Cornhuskers, even the famed 1983 team that included Turner Gill, Mike Rozier and Irving Fryar, never had a game where three players an rushed for mgre than 100 yards. NU defense came alive After surviving some scary moments' during takeoff early in the game, when Arizona State took a 13-9 lead, the Nebraska defense answered in a similar manner. Arizona State's Daniel Ford passed the Sun Devils into the lead when he hit Chris Garrett on a 54-yard touchdown pass and connected with Leland Adams on a 46-yard pass to set up another touchdown.

1 "For a minute, it looked like that old nightmare of UCLA was back with us," Thomas said. It apparently scared Nebraska because the Sun Devils scored just three- Nu Joseph run (Barrios run) A 76.312 ASU NU First downs 16 29 Rushes-yards 38-116 74-441 Passing yards 186 29 Total yards 302 470 Return yards 0 141 Passing 9-22-2 3-10-1 Punts FumMes-lost 3-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 5-30 4-50 Time of possession 25:49 34:11 Third-down conversions 2-9 5-11 Fourth-down conversion 0-1 1-3 i 6) vi I A i On the inside Three NU backs top 100 yards rushing. Page eo. points and were held to 109 yards of total offense the rest of the pme. Meanwhile, Clark followed blocks by teammates Tyreese Knox, John Nelson, Jake Young and Doug Glaser to score on a 31-yard run that capped a seven-play, See HUSKERS on page 60 TEO KIRKSUNOAY JOURNAL-STAR Nebraska l-back Ken Clark (32) runs away from ASU defenders, including Shane Collins (83) in the first quarter.

1 I Victory over ASU perfect ending for book of memories TVl Virgil lr i Columnist night's meeting with Arizona State were the most memorable? As you might suspect, the 35-31 game has to be the topper. The score is the only identification that game needs. You know we're talking about Nebraska-Oklahoma in 1971' The Huskers were ranked No. 1 going into the game, the Sooners No. 2.

And that's where they finished after Nebraska handled Alabama more easily (38-6) in the Orange Bowl and Oklahoma was a Sugar Bowl victor. In fact, Colorado, which tost its only games to NU and OU, wound up third in the country, the only time three teams from the same conference topped the final national pol So many of those 245 games were Nebraska victories, they have a tendency to blur together. As a result, the most vivid memories seem to come from the infrequent but critical The only toss of the 1982 season was as hard as It ended the way it started on a high note. "It" was my 20 seasons of covering Comhusker football for this newspaper. My first Nebraska game was the 1968 season opener against Wyoming.

Paul Rogers had to kick a then school-record 51-yard field goal with 21 seconds left in the game to give the Huskers a 13-10 victory. It didnt. produce as much excitement, but. Saturday night's 47-16 win over Arizona State was my finale before retirement A lot of wonderful memories have been packed between those two games. Nineteen consecutive post-season bowl trips head the list For two reasons, the most memorable was the Orange Bowl game against Alabama following the 1971 season.

No. 1, the trip to Miami doubled as my honeymoon. No. 2, the victory capped a perfect 134) season and a second-straight national champion- any to accept That was the game where Nebraska was prevented from winning a national championship when a Perm State receiver, who was obviously out of bounds, was credited with a legal catch. I cant remember another single official's call for or against Nebraska that had a greater impact on a game or a season, That afternoon, the Nittany Lion spectators also earned the "worst fans" title because of their actions.

While down on the field, trying to make my way to the dressing rooms to interview the coaches and players, I heard one insult after another aimed at anyone dressed in red. "Why dont you go back to the Big Eight and play somebody you can beat," was a typical comment after Perm State had lucked out in the final seconds with the aid of a terrible can. Although the hope is to maintain neutrality as a reporter, the most heartbreaking Nebraska loss to anyone close to the Nebraska program had to be the Orange Bowl toss to Miami at the end of -the 1983 season. That game, as well as the Orange Bowl loss to Clemson two years earlier, would have produced a national championship for the -Huskers with a victory. But it's been such a great 20 years, one.

shouldn't dwell on the negatives. There have been far too many positives. During that stretch, Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne combined to win more than 100 games each in a shorter period of time than any two coaches at the same school in collegiate history. Before this season is over, Nebraska will be in sole possession of the NCAA record for consecutive winning seasons. And IH be watching it happen as a fan in the stands.

That will be a new experience. And, I hope, as much fun as the years in the press box have been. ship for the Huskers. Since Ginny and I were married on Dec 26, we haven't been home for Christmas since. So, we've the pleasure of our anniversary dinner in such places as Miami, Dallas, New Orleans, Phoenix, Houston, Memphis and El Paso.

I'm not sure it's a good trade, but now we can look forward to dinner in Lincoln and a Christmas tree in the house for the first time ever. Which of the 245 Nebraska football games that nave been played from the opener in 1968 to last' 52 ,0 Southern Gal defense a rude host to Sooners, Holieway Thrs woflk RmuK no 1 Miami, Fla. (2-0) clef. Wisconsin 23-3 Missouri 2. UCLA (3-0) was Idle at Washington 3.

Oklahoma (2-1) lost to Southern Cal 23-7 Iowa State 4. Auburn (3-0) def. Tennessee 38-6 North Carolina 5. Southern Cal (3-0) def. Oklahoma 23-7 at Arizona 6.

Georgia (3-1) lost to South Carolina 23-10 Mississippi 7. Louisiana State (2-1 lost to Ohio State 36-33 at Florida 8. Notre Dame (3-0) def. Purdue 52-7 Stanford 9. Florida Siate (3-1) def.

Michigan St. 30-7 atTulane 1 Ngprasa (3-1 df Arizona State 47-1 6 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 1 West Virginia (4-0) def. Pittsburgh 31-1 0- at Virginia Tech 1 2. Clemson (3-1 def. Georgia Tech 31-1 3 idle 13.

Alabama (2-0) def. yanderbilt 44-10 at Kentucky 14. South Carolina (4-0) def. Georgia 23-10 Appalachian St. 1 5.

Penn State (2-1 lost to Rutgers 21-16 at Temple 16. Pittsburgh (2-1) lost to West Virginia 31-10 at Boston College 17. Washington (3-0) def. San Jose St. 35-31 UCLA 1 8.

Oklahoma State (2-0) def. Texas 52-1 5 Tulsa 19. Michigan (1-2) def. Wake Forest 19-9 at Wisconsin 20. Florida (4-0) def.

Mississippi St 17-0 LSU LOS ANGELES (AP) JameEe Holiewas homecoming turned into a nightmare as the Southern California Trojans scoured the Oklahoma Sooners wishbone clean. Southern Cal's defense forced six turnovers, including three by Holieway that Rodney Peete and the fifth-ranked Trojans turned into 13 points. That boosted the Trojans to a 23-7 victory over the third-ranked Sooners Saturday before a crowd of 86,124 at the Coliseum. "They shut us down all around," said Holieway, a senior from nearby Carson. "I was very surprised.

I thought we were capable of getting the ball outside on the pitch and getting it around the I think (Trojan safety Cleveland) Colter played a great game. They have a good defense and an offense that can assault you at any time. didnt play our game today. We turned the ban over and we gave them 10 or 16 easy points. And with those kinds of mistakes, we wont be able to win a game." Tailback Aaron Emanuel scored 4 twice and Peete, the senior quarterback, became Southern Cal's career leader in total offense.

This was a great great victory and a tot of fun," Peete said. "To see our line come off the ban like it did, and our backs run up there and the receivers catch the ban like they did it's fun when you beat a great team like Oklahoma." Peete, who already held 13 school records, added another as he gained 238 total yards to push his career total to 6,462, surpassing Charles White's mark of 640 from 1976-78. Peete completed 16 of 34 passes for 198 yards with one interception, and rushed for 40 yards. One of Peete's runs was for 22 yards on Southern Cal's second possession. "We thought we could get some draws them on third-and-long," Peete said.

"I saw they were in man coverage and in that situation usually every man is accounted for except the quarterback. I took off for the middle when I saw no one was there:" Emanuel gained 20 yards on a counter two plays later to set up his first touchdown. Peete overtook White, the 1S79 Heis-man Trophy winner, on the second play of the game when tie ran for 11 yards. On the first play, he threw 14 yards to split end Erik Affholter, who caught eight passes for 94 yards. "I thought the key to the game was our great defense in the first half," said Southern Cal Coach Smith.

They never really had a chance to get any offensive rhythm or synch." Oklahoma did not (toss into Southern Cal territory in the first half, and the Trojans capitalized on Holieway's three See USC on page 20 clambake PagelOD S.Carolina dumps Georgia Page 2D Peru Stato tops Concordia Page 3D Lchl Joins select group Page 4D Griffith Joyner speeds to gold; dreams end for Moses, Evert Boston uses up margin for error By Associated Press If the Boston Red Sox had any margin for error in the American League East theye used it up. The division that no team seems willing or capable of winning took another strange twist Saturday when Boston shortstop Jody Reed's bases-loaded misplay with two outs in the ninth Inning helped the New York Yankees rally for two runs and a 5-4 victory at New York. The Red Sox seemed ready to cut their magic number to three after Jim Rice, in some odd strategy, pinch hit for major league batting leader Wade Boggs in the ninth and got an RBI grounder for a 4-3 lead. But the Yankees, shocked Friday night when the Red Sox took advantage of a ninth-inning mistake and rallied for three runs to win 10-9, struck back and closed to 4 games behind the leaders. "We shouldVe buried them today.

We had our chances," said Boston Manager Joe Morgan. Instead, Clauden Washington's run-scoring double off relief ace Lee Smith tied it in the ninth. Then, with the bases loaded and two outs, Willie Randolph hit a routine grounder at Reed. The ban took a high bop, skipped over Reed's glove and hit See BASEBALL on page 90 A. Tve had a great career," Evert said.

Tve set records and streaks. I think my record has been one of the greatest If I was 18, I'm sure 1 would have won a The Olympics came too far into my career." Just starting her career was 18-year-old Danlela Sittvas of Romania, who won three gold medals in the women's gymnastics apparatus. She won the balance beam, uneven parallel bars and floor exercise. Phoebe Mills, 15, of Northfield, BL, prevented an American shutout when she tied for bronze in the balance beam. The medal standings looked like this: Soviet Union 58 total 26 gold; East Germany 54 total, 23 gold, and the United States 33 total, 11 gold.

On Saturday, Ben Johnson led Carl Lewis to the wire in the fastest 100. See OLYMPICS on page 90 won the 400-meter hurdles in 47.19, beat Moses Olympic mark of 47.64 in 1976 Montreal Amadou Dia Ba of Senegal won the silver in 47.23 as Moses faded at the end to third in 47.56. "I knew I was going against the odds from the beginning, said the 33-year-old Moses, who has dominated the 400-meter hurdles for more than a decade. The loss was only the third in 11 years for Moses, who still holds the world mark of 47.02 and won gold medals in 1976 and Evert's chance for an Olympic medal in tennis, which was bro ught back as a medal sport for the first time since 1924, ended in just 1 hour. 54 minutes when she was beaten by unheralded RaffaeSa Reggie of Italy in 2-6.

6-L. Nearing the end of a career that includes 18 Grand Slam titles, the 33-year-old Evert was beaten at her own baser line game. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) The old order fell at the Summer Games on Sun-; day. Florence Griffith Joyner entfed Evelyn Ashford's reign as the Olympics' fastest woman, and age put an end to; gold medal hopes of Edwin Moses and Chris Evert Griffith Joyner won the women's 100 meters in 10.54 seconds. That was five one-hundredths off her own world mark but under the Olympic mark of 10.62 she set Saturday in although it win not count because it was wind-aided.

4 "I wasnt chasing time. I was chasing the win," said Griffith Joyner, who won a silver in the 200 meters four years ago. "I fed so good that it's over." FloJo, as she's known, crossed the finish line, raised her arm, then dropped to her knees. Ashford, 1984 gold medalist won the silver in 10.83, and Heike Drech-sler of East Germany took the bronze. Andre Phillips, in his first Olympics, 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS Boston's Jody fced is dejected after making an error in the bottom of the ninth inning that allowed the New York Yankees to edge the Red Sox 5-4.

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