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rTryrtT -n HrrrrrrrrrytTfyryyyy Try ryry rr mw 10DC 3 HUSKERS NOVEMBER 20. 1 98B SUNDAY JOURNAL-StAR EES slip-ups scarce insoUdlluskefr ing the name correctly by the end of the game. By Michael Larsen broadcast booth and Pat O'Brien handled the sideline duties for the game, which was played in Plugged in bnj; Sports key play late in the fourth quarter. Nebraska punter John Kroeker was hit and a flag thrown on what turned out to be NU's final punt of the game. However, after the officials conferred, Oklahoma was given possession of the ball with good field position because, as the broadcasters explained, the ball was tipped by a defender and a roughing-the-kicker penalty cannot be assessed in that situation.

When Nebraska had stopped the final Sooner drive and needed only to run out the clock to win, the cameras provided plenty of elation shots; especially from the sidelines and the Husker band. And, when the game was over, viewers saw NU Coach Tom Osborne accepting congratulations from Switzer for his first victory over Oklahoma since 1983. In addition to honoring the NU defense, CBS named Carl as Oklahoma's player of the game and presented Toyota Leadership awards to Nebraska's Mark Blazek and the Sooners Scott Evans. Ara Parseghian said on CBS' halftime show Saturday what many Nebraska followers were no doubt thinking: "If I were a Cornhusker fan, I wouldn't get too Overconfident" Parseghian was referring to Nebraska's 7-0 lead in its football game with Oklahoma. As he Sand the other announcers noted more than once tturing Saturday's telecast of the game at the Comhuskers also led 7-0 at half-time a year ago before dropping a 17-7 decision.

I It turned out that Parseghian's words of cau-Jtion were unnecessary as Nebraska held on for a victory. CBS, which typically chooses a player of the game for each team, selected the entire Nebraska defense for a performance that was With a few exceptions, the broadcast also was Sirst-rate. Brent Musburger and Pat Haden worked the Lulls in the action were filled by O'Brien's reports from the sidelines, the stands and the Sooner Schooner, which never got a chance to parade around the field because of OU's failure to score a touchdown. One O'Brien interview, a sideline talk with Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer's son, was inter- rupted just in time to show the first of Scott Carl's two interceptions. That was the closest CBS came to missing a play.

Had Haden been coaching the Huskers, the final score might have been On the drive preceding Carl's first interception, Nebraska went for a first down on a fourth-and-shgrt play on which Haden said trying a field goal would have made more sense. Nebraska made the first-down yardage, but the interception in the end zone ended the drive. The Sooners also drew criticism for early use of timeouts, but there was little second-guessing from the booth beyond that The announcers did a good Job explaining a cold, wet, windy weather. Because of the elements, occasional shots were shown through rain-splattered camera lenses. For the most part, however, the cameras provided a clear view of the action.

One exception was R.D. Lashar's 28-yard field goal in the third quarter, which accounted for the Sooners' only points. Darkness and what, appeared to be a foggy lens made it practically impossible to see the balL The use of unusual angles on plays from scrimmage was distracting but the odd camera work was kept to a minimum, giving way to more traditional, and effective, angles. On one OU offensive play, viewers saw the Sooner backfield from behind, making it impossible to tell how much yardage was gained or lost on the play. Another strange angle earlier in the game made it difficult to tell how a Husker back was faring.

Husker linebacker LeRoy 'Etlenne not only caused problems for the Sooners, but for the announcers as well The correct pronunciation of his name is "AY-tee-enn," which Musburger and Haden said correctly at the beginning and end of the game. But through most of the telecast, both announcers lapsed into pronouncing the name "Ay-TEE-enn" with Musburger managing a double blunder by referring to him as "Larry Ay-TEE-enn." He quickly corrected himself on the first name. 1 Haden bottomed out with a pronunciation that resembled but both men were say Huskers 10 Statistics Nebraska Offense Rushing No. Yds. wvwttss 167 4 rjf Clark 24 Taylor 21 Carpenter 5 Bell 1 Knox 2 Turner 1 67 25 3 2 1 i i Ave; 7.0.

3.2 5.0 3.0 1.0 .10 PI 2 Yds. 48 32.8 Yds. 8 0 Yds. -rat a Passing No. Co.

Yds Taylor 12 2 48 Receiving No. Bell 2 Punting No. Yds. Kroeker 7 230 Punt returns No. Brlnson 2 Bell 1 Kickoff returns No.

Brlnson 1 Interception returns No. Hicks 1 Defense Tackles UT AT IS 1 i.t ill. Yds. in 'fi'trfnii ii iirnffafr Pete 8 Callendo 7 Griffin 5 Thomas 6 BUTCH IRELANDSUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR Nebraska fans, banners and a flag line the balcony at the Lincoln Municipal Airport on Saturday night as part of a delegation welcoming home the victorious NU football team. TT-8 2 2 1 Wells Etlenne Jackson Cooper Mills Hicks Fryar Welcome, home! Thousands of fans greet Big Eight champions fis Ave.

3.8 1.7 3.3 0.2 PI .1 Yds. 28 8 3 Ave. 38.1 Yds. 39 Yds. 19 Oklahoma Offense Rushing No.

Yds. Gaddls 12 45 Thompson ..17 29 Anderson 7 23 Stafford 9 2 Perry 2 -l Passing No. Co. Yds Thompson 9 3 39 Receiving No. Guess 1 1 Bross 1 Punting No.

Yds. Thomson 9 343 Kickoff returns No. 2 Interception returns No. Garl 2 Defense Tackles UT AT Dillon 7 4 McMlchel 5 3 Dickson 4 2 Evans 4 1 Blevins 3 2 K. 4 1 Kaspar 1 3 Parks 2 2 Garl 1 2 C.

Williams 2 1 D. Williams 2 1 Goode 1 2 Gordon 1 1 Backes 1 0 Woods 0 1 fence the days of Thomas Lott," said JThomas. Thompson was OU's biggest threat and without his net gain of 29 yards rushing, the Sooners would have had even jnore trouble. I "The quarterback was the responsibility of the tackles Willie Griffin and Kent Wells," Thomas said. "Lawrence Pete had the fullback.

The linebackers jiad the halfbacks and the options. The jest were for me and the secondary." after Thomas and the NU'second-ary was done, there wasnt that much left took a page from Miami's defensive book," Osborne said. Miami handed OU of its four losses in the last three years. "We call it the Husker defense. It's a 4-3 defense, with the help of an extra linebacker so we got more penetration and better pursuit" Worked on 4-3 When asked earlier in the week about trying a Miami defense, Osborne specifically said Nebraska didn't want to try something completely new.

After Nebraska's win, he revealed the Comhuskers had worked on the 4-3 defense, specifically for the wishbone, a little bit every Monday this seasoa "Our defense flat stuffed them," he said. Oklahoma's defense, especially two Interceptions by Scott Garl, helped the' Sooners stay close to the Comhuskers. Nebraska got just a 1-yard touchdown dive by Taylor on its first possession of the game. Taylor and Nebraska I-back Ken Clark helped put the Comhuskers in position to score more points. Clark-gained 187 yards, becoming the first Nebraska player to rush for more than 100 yards against OU since Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier did it in 1983, the last time Nebraska won in the series.

Taylor also completed two passes for 48 yards in the first half and rushed for 67 yards in the game, but one drive ended in a missed 41-yard field goal and two others were halted by Carl's interceptions. OU gets field goal Oklahoma's only score followed a fumble by Clark that bounced to the Nebraska 30. Six plays later, R.D. Lashar kicked a 29-yard field goal to close the Score to 7-3 with 1:50 left in the third quarter. "Our line did a heck of a job and we got plenty of yards and had the ball plenty of time, but this was a game for the.

defense," Clark said. "It seemed like we got what we needed except for the scores. "Then, I got real nervous when we had to punt the last time. I got that feeling in my stomach that I can't describe," he said. That feeling was brought about by Jason Belser, who tipped John Kroeker's punt before he knocked the NU punter down.

The punt fell dead on the Nebraska 48 with 1:45 left "I wasnt worried. We had been having a good time on defense, so what was one more time on the field?" Pete said." "I honestly don't think anybody on defense was worried. Things had been going too good for us to let up with a minute or so left" 'Day belonged to defense' Osborne said it was not a good feeling when Oklahoma got one last chance. "But the day belonged to the defense. We struggled early and came through at the end" Osborne said there was relief in beating Oklahoma.

"The problem is, Nebraska brings such a sense of identity to this game. This is almost out of propor-Uon. So it's good to win it" Finally, it was time for a phone call from the Orange Bowl committee, inviting Nebraska. "Tell Jimmy Johnson we're looking forward to seeing him," Osborne said, referring to the head coach of the Miami Hurricanes. By Colleen Kenney Cornhusker morale was flying high Saturday night as thousands of fans lined the tall barbed-wire fence outside the Lincoln Airport runway to wait for the Nebraska football team's return to Lincoln.

About 9:20 p.m. the players' chartered plane landed then taxied between blue runway lights to buses parked on the tarmac about 100 feet from the crowd The plane, however, wasn't the only thing to land at the airport Saturday night Oranges, oranges and more oranges symbolic of the Huskers' trip to Miami in the Orange Bowl were crash-landing in and around the airport One hit an airport official who was waiting to guide the plane to a halt Go Big Red The crowd was reserved until the door of the plane opened. Then, shouts of "Go Big Red" and "Defense, defense" cracked the cold night air as Coach Tom Osborne led his team from the plane. With an orange in his left hand and a blackshirt flag in his right, 11-year-old Kevin Berryman waited eagerly for his team to arrive. "I came to see the defense and because I have my flag and I like Broder-ick Thomas," said Kevin, who attends almost all Nebraska games.

"I thought the defense really won it for us." Five Nebraska students hung signs from the glass railing on the second floor of the terminal: "Huskers Rock the Big 8" and "Orange Bowl Bound." "Let's go page Steve Taylor," joked Glen Masters, an NU freshman, referring to the Nebraska quarterback. The five watched the game itf a university residence halL then heard on the radio when the Huskers would arrive and drove to the airport "We were just crazy," Masters said Flight delayed The Huskers' flight was delayed about 40 minutes in Oklahoma because of inclement weather, said Larry Hickok, deputy director of operations at the airport. But the wait didn't seem to bother the fans. Claire Buchman, 1200 Crestdale Road said she has been a Nebraska fan for a long time. She was in the first class of a course called "Football for Women" taught by Nebraska defensive secondary coach George Darlington.

This isn't the first time she's been ready and waiting to greet the Nebraska football team. "We've been here before and we've been here when they've lost" she said "I think this team has shown a lot of class." About 50 people waited at Memorial Stadium for the players' buses. TT 11 8 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 AVOIiLD HLfiS BUTCH IRELANDSUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR Nebraska l-back Ken Clark Is surrounded by Husker fans south of Memorial Stadium Saturday night after returning from Norman, where NU defeated Oklahoma 7-3 to win the Big Eight championship. it i Ex-NU athlete Bos well dies FOLLOW THE CO HI! HUSKERS Nobrosko Bowl Game Tours held today in Moorhead He will be buried Tuesday morning in Lincoln at Lincoln Memorial Park. There will be a graveside ceremony only.

See The Comhuskers in Sunny Florida! Allied has two great tours to choose from: a deluxe air tour or a carefree motorcoach tour. For more Information call Allied Tour Travel 475-5111 or Toll Free 800-672-1009 it Boswell recovered the ball The score helped Nebraska win 16-7 en route to an 8-1 season record The Comhuskers were 8-2 and 7-1-1 the two previous years. Boswell's coach at Nebraska, D.X. Bible, once was quoted as saving his dream backfield would have been Boswell, George Sauer, Henry Bauer and Bernie Masterson, and he would compare them on any day to Notre Dame's legendary Four Horsemen. Boswell was a sales manager for National Cash Register in Moorhead until retiring in the early 1970s.

Funeral services for Boswell will be ALLIED 'few md wwt Columbia runs wild in gaining 2nd win NEW YORK (AP) Greg Abbruzzese and Solomon Johnson led a record rushing assault Saturday that carried Columbia to a 31-13 Ivy League victory over winless Brown, giving the Lions their second victory in the last 51 games. MOORHEAD, Minn. Hubert "Hub" BoswelL an all-conference football player and basketball starter for Nebraska in the early 1930s, died Thursday night of a massive stroke. He was 76. The Ravenna native lettered in football in 1931, '32 and '33, helping Nebraska to Big Six Conference championships each of his three years.

He lettered in basketball as a 6- foot forward in 1932 and '33. Boswell was an All-Big Six running back in 1933. Charlie Winkler, a fellow Ravenna native, dedicated his popular Nebraska football book, "My Big Red Obsession," to BoswelL Boswell also earned a temporary spot in "Ripley's Believe It or Not" for scor-ing the fastest touchdown in history at the time. It came on a Nebraska kickoff to Oklahoma in 1933. The ball went into the end zone and while the Oklahoma kick returner watched without downing E2) Includes up to 5 IhI qta.

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