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fctf 8. 19B9 SUNDAY JOtlRNAI strut HUSECEHS 7D iOI 113 ozier cubs neio yiarK revive Heisman drive -r im i jK" f.M "I start out every season trying to be a finesse runner, and I end up tiptoeing around and not getting the yards," he said. Clark's change in attack impressed flU Coach Tom. Osborne. "He was splattering people," Osborne said.

"It's hard to say splattering, but hitting people head-on, Clark sail "Maybe splattering is the right word Today, was just a matter of turning it loose. Ym a reckless runner. "Whatever, it's better this way. You dont get banged up; as much as if you try to finesse. If you don't make the hit first, the defensive guy will get the best shot at you, and that's the way you can get hurt." Kansas State safety Erick Harper said he noticed ClarkwaS initiating contact with the defense.

"He has good vision and good cuts, and he makes you put a good lick on him to put him down," Harper said. "He's a legit Heisman Trophy candidate." What Clark wants to hear That's what Clark wants to hear. "I hear that USA Today wrote 'forget if with my name In their Heisman Trophy watch," Clark said. "Well, that may be. But I haven't seen anybody jump out way ahead like Barry Sanders did last year.

I say I have a chance. If I'm out; I'm out But I think I've got a chance." As long as Clark runs hard and eliminates the fear of injury, which made him tentative earlier in the season, he should have a chance at postseason awards, he said. "It's easy to see that in the films." Clark said. "It's easy to see that Rozier got a lot of his yards breaking tackles. That's what I need to do." Saturday's total boosted Clark to No.

4 on the Nebraska career rushing chart With 2,464 yards, he passed Rick Bern? (1976-1978) and trails third-place Keith Jones (1984987) by 24 yards. If Clark averages 58.5 yards a game in the next, six. games, hell pass I.M. Hipp (1977-1979) and move into second on the chart behind Rozier. Rozier, who played for Nebraka in 1981-83, had 4,780 career rushing yards.

"If I can pass everybody else on the list being second would be a pretty good deal," Clark said. "I should get there." ir By Ken Hambleton "Mike Rozier, Breakfast of the logo might read on Nebraska I-back Ken Clark's favorite breakfast. it might read the same on his favorite bedtime snack, meal and dinner, too. After spending a lot of time watching film clips of former Nebraska Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier, Clark was convinced he had the motivation to get up and go after the Heisman Trophy again. "I got Leodis Flowers (his roommate and backup) to spend last night and this morning and right before the game looking at film clips of Rozier, and it didn't hurt," said Clark, who rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns Saturday against Kansas State.

"I wanted to get back to running the way I was at the end of last season, and I don't think I had gotten there yet" Disappointed by Oregon State game Clark rushed for 457 yards in his first four games this year. But a 59-yard performance against Oregon State last week disappointed the senior from Omaha Bryan, "Some of the film clips were clips of me running," he said. "And compared to the end of last season, I could see I was trying to be a finesse runner instead of just banging into people." Clark broke away on a 32-yard run on the second play of the game. He followed blocks by tackle Doug Glaser and guard Bill Bobbora. He carried three more times for 16 additional yards on the drive to the K-State 9.

He rushed for 21 yards on Nebraska's first scoring drive and finished the march with a 2-yard touchdown run. Clark had six runs of 10 yards or more. Seventeen of his runs were for 5 yards or more. "Clark is a great football player," Kansas State Coach BUI Snyder said. "Of course, there are 10 other guys who play pretty doggone good football with him.

He's so explosive, he can make it happen anytime." Running without fear Clark said the keys were good blocking, a good play mixture and running without fear. if- 5, HARALO DREIMANI6SUN0AY JOURNAL-STAR Nebraska's Ken Clark (32) scores on a five-yard run in the third quarter. NU's Doug Glaser (70) blocks Kansas State's Matt Hennesy (54) to help open the hole. Mealed enough, Glaser gives booster shot to teammates By Mike Babcock On Nebraska's second play from scrimmage against Kansas State Saturday, Cornhusker I-back Ken Clark took a pitchout and gained 30 yards around bis left end. Doug Glaser, Nebraska's right tackle, threw a key block on the play.

Milt Tenopir, a Cornhusker offensive One coach who is assigned to the press-box during games, must have smiled when he saw Glaser hustle across the Held to spring Clark. "I knew he was pumped up and ready to come back," Tenopir said. But at that precise moment he knew for sure "we had big Doug back vv The Moot-7, 295-pound senior co-captain from Balch Springs, Texas, has been sidelined by a broken big toe, suffered in the opening game of the season. There was talk Glaser might be red-shirted. But No.

70 was in the lineup Saturday. And his teammates were happy. "I think everybody (in the offensive line) was a lot more confident" said Bill Bobbora, who plays alongside Glaser at right guard "Doug is such a solid player, you don't have to worry. "Half the time when you don't have the best block in the world hell come through and help out" How much Glaser's presence affected the offense wasn't clear. But the Corn-huskers rolled up 723 yards of total offense, including 542 on the ground And that was without Ail-American center Jake Young, who was held out of the game because of a hip flexor.

Because of Glaser's presence, "a lot of players were more confident today," said Tom Punt Nebraska's starting offensive tackle on the left side. "The way he does things seems so smooth. The rest of us try to copy him. We're really glad he was back" And Glaser was glad to be back. He surprised even himself by his quick return.

"I was hoping I'd get in for a few plays at Missouri (next week)," excited" And after the first play from scrimmage, "I was feeling all right" Nebraska has started five different combinations of interior offensive linemen in five games this season because of injuries, according to Tenopir. "We've played a lot of different kids," he said That should help as the season wears on because "we've got some depth now we didn't have before." David Edeal, for example, started for the first time in his Cornhusker career at center, in place of the injured Young, and did well, Tenopir said The 6-2, 285-pound junior from Loomis "is an intelligent kid, a strong kid and he's alternated with the No. l's all year," Glaser said "The doctors gave me the OK. It was all up to me." Glaser was told he wouldn't run the risk of reinjuring the toe by driving off of it He would however, have pain. It was painful, said Glaser, but not enough to keep him on the sideline.

"Doug's the kind of guy who can play with some hurt," Tenopir said Glaser was running stadium steps to get back into shape some two weeks ahead of schedule, said Punt "Doug worked harder (at rehabilitation) than anybody I've ever seen." Glaser said he was a little apprehensive during pre-game warmups, but "when I went out for the coin toss, I got ansas State coach calls it a whipping in every sense Tenopir said "Dave can do a good: job. That wasn't a shock" Saturday's performance was the ot-, fensive line's best of the season, said Punf'We had a great day." i At least part of the reason was Glaser's return to action. Clark, who rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns, was one of those who benefitted from Glaser's presence. It was unmistakable. "I'm sure Glaser was in there because we had some running lanes today.

I saw one play where he drove a guy out of the stadium almost" Clark said. Welcome back Husker notes, quotes The only serious Injury reported' on the Nebraska team was a back strain to outside linebacker Jeff Mills. "We' don't know how bad it is," NU defensive coach Charlie McBride said "He just-planted and turned too quick. But he was moving pretty good by the end of the' game." Quarterback Gerry Gdowskl said he had the wind knocked out of him when' he was hit in the middle of the back by a K-State defender. Receiver Morgan' Gregory had a sore ankle, and tight end Chris Garrett was hampered by a sore shoulder.

McBride said he held tackles Kent' Wells and Ray Valladao out of the game after the first few series. Wells missed the last two games with a knee and Valladao has a sore ankle. "We didnt need them to win after a point" McBride said "I was very pleased with the younger, or newer, guys on the de-, fensive line. They got some sacks and; kept the pressure on and that was good to see." He praised the play of reserves Junior. Monarrez, Rick Wendland and Mark! Hagge.

I jiii.ii.imib i. mm i I i (T it ff 111 i 'Yi mistakes and missed assignments," Snyder said "You have to be ready to play hard on 75 snaps if there are 75. If you play hard on 73, you can get burned We probably didnt play on 40 of 70 snaps." Quarterback Carl Straw wouldn't fault his offensive line, even though he was dropped for 18 yards in losses and was hurried on at least seven other pass plays. "For a quarterback, as long as you can get the ball off, the offensive line is doing its job," he said "I had to let go of some a bit early to prevent a sack and I took some shots. They are big guys and can bit you pretty hard "But the offensive line didnt do that bad a job.

They let me throw the balL Nebraska just has a real good defense." Snyder said the youth in the offensive line made it difficult for Straw to have much time to work. Five of the Wildcats top 10 offensive linemen are freshmen. "It's a hard learning process for freshmen trying to pass block," said Snyder. "I felt bad for Straw because he didn't have a chance to play like he can. Every time he threw, he was on his back." As impressive as Nebraska's size and quickness were to several of the Wildcats, junior transfer running back Pat Jackson was more impressed with the Husker defensive depth.

"They were three and four deep at every position. If one got hurt or went down, there was someone else just as good right there," he said "Any time you play football, there are always plateaus. I dont think we gave up. But when you're playing against four deep, you get sort of beat down." Snyder said the loss was a step backward for Kansas State. "As distasteful as it might be, and as much as you'd like to say get this behind you and forget about it that it's a nightmare, a bad dream, we still have to go back and find out why this happened" ne said By Ryly Jane Hambleton BUI Snyder's assessment of the Nebraska football team hasn't changed "I think the same thing I thought about them a week ago, a year ago, and eight years ago.

They're a heck of a football team and a great program," the Kansas State coach said "They're the epitome of collegiate football. They're a very physical football team, and they can do a lot of things. They have excellent skill people and tremendously fine football "We got whipped every way you can get whipped" The euphoria of last week's win, the first in JO games, disappeared as the Wildcats were dismantled by Nebraska. "Defensively, we missed the kind of guys who can hang in and play physical football for 70 or 75 snaps," said Snyder. "We didn't get our defense much rest and we missed tackles.

We made the kind of mistakes that will get you beat not just by Nebraska but by any football team in the United States." Snyder said the celebration of the victory over North Texas State may have lasted one day too long, but it didn't affect preparation for Nebraska. "We got the kids back down and their feet on the ground but we executed very poorly," Snyder said "Sometimes when you get yourself in a comer, you come out swinging. Sometimes the common sense and technique you've learned gets thrown out the window. "Maybe the kids bit on some things the; wouldn't ordinarily just because they were so anxious to play harder. What we have to learn is that you can play hard and smart at the same time." Those gambles resulted in big plays for Nebraska.

"The reasons Nebraska moved the ball so well were, one, that Nebraska has great talent and two, that we made a lot of it ts V'" 1 TED KIRKSUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR Nebraska quarterback Gerry Gdowskl gets past K-State's Anthony Williams (92) en route to an 11 -yard gain in the first quarter. Statistics Wildcat notes, quotes Klehrnekn Legette 0 Bvrd 1 F. White 3 Thomas 1 Hicks 3 Kurtz 2 I Offensive guard Bill played with a lot of intensity. They came at us pretty good in the first' quarter. But after we got ahead they werent coming at us with the same In--tensity.

I dont know why." i I Bryan Carpenter's touchdown ception on a 29-yard pass from Mickey Joseph was the first touchdown catch by a Nebraska fullback since Tom Rath man caught a 9-yard scoring pass from Turner GUI against UCLA in 1983 '75 games ago. "I'm glad to see the fullback in the pass patterns. That fullback screen that I scored on was something we tried last year and it didnt work too welL The last time I caught a pass, against Colorado, then I fumbled Carpenter said Klckoff returns No. Yds. Herds 2 29 Scott 4 55 Jackson 2 9 Price 1 21 Interception returns No.

Yds. Miller 1 5 Defense Tackles UT AT TT Henry i 3 Davenport 1 1 2 Williams 1 1 2 Griffith 5 1 4 Crawford 2 0 2 Hubbell 4 0 4 Killian 1 1 2 Alexander 2 2 4 Blackwell 1 0 1 Boone 3 2 5 Patterson 4 1 7 Barta 5 2 7 Hennesy 3 5 8 Madden 1 0 1 Herds 3 2 5 Green 3 0 3 Needham 4 1 7 Masters 7 0 7 Harper 2 4 4 Miller 4 3 9 Scott 0 2 Price 4 1 7 Punt returns No. Yds. Bell 4 20 Gregory 1 8 Reece 1 24 Klckoff returns No. Yds.

Flowers 1 23 Hughes. 2 40 Interception returns No. Yds. Legette 1 22 Defense Tockles UT AT TT Murray 2 0 2 Brungardt 2 0 2 Engelbert 2 0 2 Volladao 0 1 Gelken 3 0 3 Svehla 1 0 1 Schmidt 1 0 1 Creel 0 1 1 Petko 11 2 Tyrone 4 .1 5 Hill .....2 0 2 D.White...., 1 1 2 Hogg 1 0 1 Reece 1 0 1 Pickens ..0 1 1 Lewis 2 0 2 Cooper 1 0, 1 Crippen 3 1 4 Pat Jackson, who scored eight touchdowns in Memorial Stadium the last two years as a member of the Waldorf Junior College team, on his touchdown run: "It relieved me. A lot of people were looking for me to do something.

There was a big hole because the guys really blocked well" Asked If there were any positives to come from the game for the Wildcats, Jackson said: "Kansas State hadnt scored on Nebraska In five years. That's one of the few things we did accomplish." Jackson on the KSU passing game: "I dropped one bomb and was really disgusted about it I just didnt get my hands out far enough. We dropped quite a few. It seemed like when Straw had time, the receivers were not open, But if the receivers were open, he didnt get anytime." I Receiver Michael Smith on Nebraska's defense: "They were well prepared and they play a physical ball game. You have to give them a whole lot of credit We came here believing we Offense could win, but It didnt happen for us." Rushing No.

Yds. Ave. Clork XI 144 7.5 Strong safety Erich Harper: "We. Gdowskl 10 81 8.1 Just made too many mistakes and we' Flowers 4 77 19.3 didnt wrap up on tackles. They did a lot Rra 8 li 4 4 of good things.

They ran five or six run- 5 43 t.6 nlng backs and they all did welL When Grant 4 28 7.0 you play a team of Nebraska's McDuHv 3 is 5.0 you worry about coming out to 2 6 Johnk 2 4 3.0 Quarterback Carl Straw on his 14- Haase 1 2 2.0 for-40 passing performance with one in- 2 -20 tercepUon: "You can't expect every1 no Co. Yds pi pass to be complete. The receivers were Gdowskl 4 4 112 1 trying to catch the balls they're in the Grant 4 3 40 0 game as much as anyone else." 1 0 Straw on Kansas State's initial drive No. Yd. 3 71 first downs before turning the ball over Bostl'ck 3 77 on an incomplete fourth-down pass: "We were feeUng good when we came out I wanted to get the offense pumped up no Yds Ave and move downfleld The offense was std9e 2 75 37.5 clicking then." 1 34 34.0 Kansas State Offense Rushing No.

Yds. Ave. Jackson 11 12 1.1 Straw 5 11 2.2 Dulan 1 5 5.0 Madden 2 2 1.0 Cobb 3 -14 Passing No. Co. Yds PI Straw .40 14 1 37 1 Cobb 5 0 0 0 Receiving No.

Yds. Jackson 3 34 Hernandez 3 35 M. Smith 5 32 Ff tederlch 2 27 Gallon 1 7 Punting No. Yds. Ave.

394 39.4 Punt returns No. Yds. Smith 1 44 I Leodis flowers' C7-yard TD run was the longest of the season for the Comhuskers and the longest since Ken Clark's 73-yard run against Oklahoma State last season. Receiver Jon Bostick, who has three touchdowns and 138 yards on four receptions since being taken off the red- shirt list last week, said he's having a good time. "My dad's going to have to come down here and see a game or the phone bill is going to get real high, he Bellevue, Wsn, native said.