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23,1968 SUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR HUSKERS i Cornhusker JEST notes quotes AW sisted and one assisted tackle. The unassisted tackle moved him into a tie with Clete Men (1974-76) and Mike Knox (1981-85) for fourth place on the all-time tackles chart with 124 unassisted iS Nebraska defenders broke up seven pass attempts, had three quarterback sacks for minus 23 yards and three tackles for losses for another minus 13 yards. -State avoided three sacks with late throws by quarterback Carl Straw while he was in the grasp of a Nebraska 1 pip mm v-i defender. NU defensive coordinator Char lie McBride joked that cornerback Gregg Barrios, who kicked fieldt goals of 38 and 37 yards In the second quarter, has now kicked five field goals HiarOW. f-'; Barrios won a heated battle in prac-m- fki last week with Junior Chris Drennan to tie Nebraska's place-kicker for the Kansas State game.

was glad to get another chance," said Barrios, a redshirt sophomore from Creighton Prep. "It's been awhile." Barrios kicked a record three field goals in the Kickoff Classic to open the -season but lost his job to Drennan. But Z3Df ennan missed a 41-yard field goal attempt last week against Oklahoma Barrios was given a chance to compete for the job this week. charted best by about 1 percentage te-point," Barrios said. "The constant competition for the job is a pain.

It's like itf Steve Taylor has one incomplete pass, Jjfte's out But it keeps us sharp and keeps J53is going through every day and every JpraeticeV Barrios also ran his string of extra fA kicks to 17 in a row without a miss. Vf Nebraska's Injury list included a-sprained ankle by cornerback- Charles Fryar and a severe shin bruise by tight end Monte Kratzenstein. Outside line- backer Broderick Thomas severly in-J jured his right hand, possibly breaking it Thnmac rrotiUoA tnr una unac. Bruce Pickens might be moved to running back on Monday when the staff gets to watch the film of his 18-yard interception return that set up Nebraska's final score. "He was all over the field on that one," McBride said.

Pickens said he was a running back in high school Tyreese Knox, who had 108 yards and four touchdowns, said he hadn't scored four touchdowns in a game since high school. "They called on me when we got close to the goal line. It gives me a lot of confidence to know they have' confidence in me." Knox also played some at fullback: "Just to keep in touch witb the position." ROBERT BECKER SUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR MV1HM VIVVUIlVW IVI VltV IUHIU iftlc Tyreese Knox (34) bolts up the middle for two yards and a touchdown in the first quarter. Knox scored four times for the Cornhuskers. Coach saysiWildcats playing for pride I I i ii i I (i- i I- A By Mike Babcock MANHATTAN, Kan.

Stan Parrish may have resigned his job as Kansas State football coach, effective at the end of a season in which the Wildcats have yet to win a game. But he rejects the notion that Kansas State would be better off without a football program, channeling its resources, instead, into basketball and competing in a conference other than the Big Eight. "I don't think anybody should give up anything," Parrish said after Saturday's 48-3 loss to Nebraska. "Participating and being part of this conference is vitally important to Kansas State," he said. "Kansas State has some very fine young players in its program right now who are going to be very good.

Kansas State's numbers are on the rise. I think Kansas State will commit to their new coach, financially, to the hilt "And I think that guy has a chance to make them respectable. For them to think about doing anything else after struggling for 100 years is lunacy, in my That pride enabled the Wildcats to'' play respectably Saturday, according to Parrish. "I thought we battled very hard today, particularly on defense," he said. "For those who saw us last week, this was a marked improvement" The Wildcats lost to Oklahoma, in Norman, 70-24 a week ago.

As was the case last Saturday, "we were obviously outmanned (by Nebraska)," Parrish said. "But I thought we made 'em work. We moved the ball well We just didn't do as good a job as we've been doing in the scoring zone. That was obviously due to the tremendous pressure of Nebraska." Parrish came away with renewed respect for the Cornhuskers, and Steve Taylor in particular. "Taylor's that team," he said.

"You've got to keep him contained. Every time you don't you're going to get hurt." Taylor completed of 11 passes for 129 yards and one touchdown and carried 11 times for 34 yards. Cornhusker I-back Ken Clark earned Parrish's respect by rushing for 225 yards and one touchdown Saturday. "He's really improved," said Parrish. "He didn't break tackles like that a year ago, I don't think.

This year he breaks tackles. That's the difference. That kid's really turned into a quality I-back. "I thought when they lost (Terry) Rodgers, personally, they'd be hurting because they lost their home run threat But this kid (Gark) is playing very well," Parrish said. Kansas State has been beset by injuries, which made preparing for Nebraska even more difficult according to Parrish.

Because of the lack of numbers, "we didn't hit all week," he said. "We had no chance to do hardly any physical work and that's not always good when you're playing these guys." Parrish said he's tried to work harder at coaching since he announced his resignation three games ago. That way "I don't have to think about all the other things, like retirement or what I'm going to do with the rest of my life," he said. vz 'Afs 1 III ''MMWMJflf Hi I I nr r) TED KIRKSUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR K-State Coach Stan Parrish is pointedly upset with a receiver after NU's Reggie Cooper intercepted a pass at the NU l-yard line. Statistics i Nebraska Offense Rushing TED KIRKSUNOAY JOURNAL-STAR Ken Clark is all alone on the end of a 32-yard TD run to the game's scoring.

From Huskers mixed in so many things on offense," McBride said. "And you have to look up to Kansas State for the way they played, too. "The thing we need to develop on defense is confidence, and I think that to hold someone to three points on their Osborne said the game was one of the best for the Nebraska defense this season. "Kansas State has a good offense," he said. "We didn't play with a lot of emotion, but we did play with a lot of effort." Pressed by constant pressure from "blitzing safety Reggie Cooper, outside Marco 1 0 Fryor 1 0 Jackson 0 1 Kansas St.

Offense Rushing No. Yds. Pickett 9 54 Dillon 3 13 Sr. Jones 3 5 Straw 5 -28 Passing No. Co.

Yds 34 14 137 2 18 Receiving NO. 5 Dillon 5 Frledrlch 3 Hernandez 1 M. Smith 1...1 Punting No. Yds. Pouch 4 171 Kickoff returns No.

Dillon 1 Madden 1 Interception returns No. Scott 1 fighter today because he was playing a sore foot and he was still break-. ing tackles like he did last week," Kncic 'said. Clark rushed for 256 yards and tthf ee touchdowns a week ago in a 63-42 over Oklahoma State. He made his last run with five -minutes left in the third quarter and was J.u'only 26 yards' away from becoming the tl.tlrst Big Eight back to gain more than 250 yards in back-to-back games.

Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said he scored 39 seconds later on a 26-yard run after an interception by cornerback Bruce Pickens. The Nebraska defense also shook off a lot of heat from the passing panorama shown by Kansas State, which leads the Big Eight and was 13th in the country in passing. 61 -yard field goal Kansas State managed a school-record 61-yard, wind-aided (25 miles per hour) field goal in the first quarter by Ave. 6.0 4.3 1.7 5.4 PI 2 0 Yds. 57 35 35 10 8 Ave.

28.5 Yds. 0 Ycls. field is a good accomplishment linebackers Broderick Thomas and Jeff Throate thwarted more than one-half of the time Nebraska had on offense. "When they won the coin toss and took the wind, we figured they'd come was more worried about Clark than the vninininx whv th ii.ninr Mark Porter but was held without a ffback never returned to the game. "We touchdown for the Mart! straight year out throwing at us right away," said felt he had a eood dav of work." he said, nemuui.

KSU quarterback Carl Straw, who Knox also qualified for rest by the fourth quarter. No. Yds. Ave. ........20 225 11.3 Knox .......19 108 5.7 Flowers ......8 41 5.1 Taylor ..11 34 3.1 Joseph 2 23 11.5 Carpenter .....4 18 2.0 L.Lewis 3 18 4.0 Brinson 4 8 2.0 Harchelroad 1 4 4.0 Passing No.

Co. Yds PI Tavlor 11 6 129 0 1 1 14 0 Joseph 10 0 1 Receiving No. Yds. Brinson ....2 55 Milllkan 2 52 Turner 1 19 1 14 Carpenter 1 3 Punting No. Yds.

Ave. Kroeker 1 54 54.0 Punt returns No. Yds. Brinson 2 -1 Kickoff returns No. Yds.

Brinson 1 25 interception returns No. Yds. Cooper 1 0 Pickens 1 18 Defense Tackles UT AT TT Sanders 2 3 5 Mills 2 2 4 Tvrance 3 1 4 Blazek 1 3 4 Jobman 0 3 3 Cooper 3 0 3 T.Lewis 2 13 Crippen 2 13 Etienne 1 2 3 3 0 3 Callendo 2 1 3 Ferguson 1 2 3 12 3 Thomas 1 12 Sims 0 1 1 1 0 1 Edgren 0 1 1 Croel 0 1 1 Nebraska's defense stopped two first-half KSU scoring threats with an interception and a fumble recovery. Cooper picked off a pass at the Nebraska line with 2:35 left in the first quarter. Thomas and Cooper provided an oppressive rush on consecutive plays to stop a KSU drive early in the third quarter.

Nebraska converted 10 of 16 third downs and was successful in converting three fourth-down situations in the fust half. "That's the kind of confidence we have in our offense," said Brinson. "We could have had the 700 yards rushing like Oklahoma did last week against them. But that would have been real boring We had to show our balance and that's what was good about this game today." passed for 336 yards and three downs against Oklahoma last week, completed 14 of 34 attempts with two interceptions for 137 yards against Nebraska. The Wildcats were limited to 189 yards of total offense.

Defense Tackles UT 4 4 5 5 Charlie McBride, Nebraska's defensive coordinator. "They opened with a beautiful pass that was well-covered. I wish for a moment I wasn't coaching because that play would have been fun to watch." But after Straw hit Greg Washington on the 38-yard pass on the Wildcats opening play of the game, Kansas State managed just 151 yards of offense the rest of the game. Nebraska also kept Washington from scoring, something no other team has done this season. "We had to figure we'd have some mixups with a lot of people going in for us on defense and the way Kansas State Price Henry Miller Whittle Zele After Nebraska quarterback Steve Taylor hit Dana Brinson on a 52-yard "scoring pass with 9:19 left in the first half, Knox scored his second touchdown Vf the first half after NU defensive tackle Kent Wells forced a fumble and Griffin recovered at the K-State f226.

The' Cornhuskers' last two touch-downs came in the final minutes of the 'thlrd quarter when Knox scored from -the 2 to finish an 89-yard drive then 1 "They got me once, but they really didn't get us again the rest of the game," said Pickens, a junior college transfer who started his first game for Nebraska. "We wanted to play the complete defensive game, and I think keeping them from the end zone shows we did." TT 15 i 3 1 AT 11 5 4 3 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 Lawrence 1 Enln-Okut 2 Lowe 2 Needhgm 2 2 Blackbourne 1 Young 3 Bradford 2 1 Green 2 A. Smith 1 2 Scott 1 Slngletary 0 Allison 1 Travis 2 Mears 1 0 Herds 0 Scorjng How scored 'r: FIRST QUARTER Time left 11:03 Drive: to yards In 11 plays. Highlighted by six Clark runs for 59 Wildcat notes, quotes yeras. conversion: earnos rich.

Porter 1 field goal 10:24 Drive: 28 yards In five Plays. Knox 2 run 4: Drive: 80 yards In 11 plays. Highlighted by Clark 28 run. Conversion: Barrios kick. SECOND QUARTER Barrios 34 field goal 14:38 Drive: 80 yards in 11 plays.

Highlighted by Clark 14, runs, Taylor 28 pass to Milllkan. Brinson 52 past from Taylor 9:19 Drive: 44 yards in two plays. Conversion: Barrios kick. Barrios 37 field goal 4:28 Drive: 29 yards In nine plays. Highlighted by three Knox runs for 31 yards.

Knox 4 run 8:39 Drive: 24 yards In 5 plays. Set up by Griffin recovery of KSU fumble and highlighted by Taylor 14 run. Conversion: Barrios kick THIRDQUARTER Knox 2 run 1:14 Drive: 89 yards In 10 plays. Highlighted by Taylor 24 pass to Mtlllkon, 19 pass to Turner. Conversion: Barrios kick.

Knox 24 run 1:47 Drive: 24 yards In one play. Set up by Pickens 18 Interception return. Conversion: Barrios kick. 34-3 IS Wildcat place-kicker Mark Porter, a senior from Salina, on his 61- yard field goal: "I didn't hit it as well as I wanted. I got under it a little, but I was pretty sure I made it I was a little surprised I was given the chance since it was the first quarter.

I was glad Coach Parrish gave me the opportunity." Porter's field goal was 1-yard short of the Big Eight record, held by Missouri's Tom Whelihan. Kansas State linebacker Maurice Henry, who was a running back last sea- -son, on the Wildcats' defensive play against Nebraska: "On a scale of 1 to 10, I would give our defense a 6. Some of the touchdowns came on blown assignments." Henry on Cornhnsker I-back Ken Clark, who gained more than 200 rushing yards for the second game in a row: "Clark? Oh, No. 32? He's all right nothing special He has a good line blocking for him" Henry, comparing the Nebraska and Oklahoma offensive lines: "It looks like they both come off the ball before it's even snapped." "41-J two-. ROBERT BECKcnSvNUAY 4-3 A Nebraska fan is all ears as he views the action.

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