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Page 12 The Lincoln Star HUSKERS Monday, December 7, 1992; Football almost a sideshow in extravaganza TOKYO There was a rumor that Kansas There were dancins teams from Lons in English. "For the most part, I think the cheerleaders impressed the crowd the most," said NU offensive tackle Zach Wiegert. "We may have gotten some cheers for big plays, but it didn't seem like they were cheering for anything particular." Nebraska tight end William Washington said he wished he could stay in Japan longer. "I'd like more time to visit and tour," he said. "For football, back home is better because we're used to the Big Red faithful.

These people tried, but I got the feeling they didn't know what was going on." Osborne said game organizers apparently didn't have a good idea of college football either. He said verbal spats about pregame warmups, time to clear customs, demands on players to keep up with school a week before finals and the long trip made this the most stressful game he's coached. "I hope we all benefited from the experience of a new and different culture," Osborne said. "I admire the work ethic, the cleanliness, the politness and friendliness of the people here. "But we won't know if the trip is worth it completely until we see everybody pass finals and see if we didn't get hurt too bad by missing the first week of face-to-face recruiting." Maybe the game was a mixed-blessing.

Ne-a braska gets $180,000 more than if it played at' K-State. The Wildcats get a bowl game, and Nebraska finally won a bowl game for the first time in six years. As for the rest, maybe freshman quarterback Frazier said it best. "I'd like to visit here sometime," he said. "But for football, I'd like to stay in the states.

I'm ready to go home." State was ready to boycott the Coca-Cola Bowl because the Wildcats had to take the sideline in front of the Texas Southern band. Nobody from Kansas State would confirm that fact But it was just one of many problems with the 17th annual regular-season college football game moved from the United States to Tokyo. American football is not well-known in Japan, and after the game between Nebraska and Kansas State, it's unlikely that many locals were ready to slip on a helmet, cleats and shoulder pads. Nebraska's Tom Osborne said it was the strangest game he'd coached. The game is about 50 percent of the entire afternoon production in what is commonly called "The Big Egg- Beach State and Florida State, a halftime extravaganza and a drawing for cars, TVs and other merchandise at the end of the game that kept most of the 50,000 fans in their seats.

The concession stands offered a sad version of a hot dog with gelatin for 1,000 yen pop for 2.50, beer for $5.50 and a Japanese-style dinner-snack for $3. The Japanese haven't discovered popcorn yet, but you can buy a bottle of Chevas Regal for $120 at the concession stand. Every seat is accompanied with pompons. Except for the few Nebraskans and even fewer Kansans at the stadium, if you sat in a seat with red pompons, you cheered for Nebraska. Purple, you were for Kansas State.

Everybody cheered big plays. Everybody cheered Calvin Jones' runs, Tommie Frazier's dazzling dislays and the quarterback sacks by Toby Wright, John Parrella, Trev Alberts and Mike Anderson. (Note: the crowd cheered louder for the winner of the car at the end of the game.) And, of course, all game long, there was music, dancing and the battle of the public address announcers one in Japanese and one Ken "tz? Hambleton LlEJ Supporting cast assists Jones rrr ft If tv jf -r Net fi Sophomore l-back helps Husker offense get off to fast start. By Ken Hambleton of The Lincoln Star TOKYO The public address announcer in the Tokyo Dome roared "Calvin Jones-san" every time the Nebraska I-back escaped for runs of more than 2 yards. The crowd of 50,000 roared back with praise.

-rr mvj 1 J. i.nar. w-r 11 ft I. Randy HamptonLincoln Star Nebraska defensive tackles Kevin Ramaekers (left) and John Parrella congratulate each other on the victory. Scoring Summary NU-KSU How scored Time left 7-0 6:35 "They may not have understood what was going on, but I think they liked a well-executed play." said Jones, who gained 186 yards rushing and another 41 on two screen passes and three shovel passes.

Even though Jones was without I-back mate Derek Brown, he had plenty of shared time in the spotlight of the Coca-Cola Bowl. Fullbacks Lance Lewis and Cory Schlesinger hammered the Wildcat defense, and freshman quarterback Tommie Frazier sliced the Kansas State hopes of another winning season. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG. K-State defenders were on their knees during the first timeout in the first quarter. "They were taking their helmets off, almost gasping for breath, and we were ahead 21-0." Nebraska center Jim Scott said.

"That was a pretty good feeling after our starts the last two times out." Two games ago. Nebraska struggled throughout the whole game, especially in the first half while being upset by Iowa State. A week ago, NU had just three offensive plays in the first quarter before beating Oklahoma 33-9. "We wanted to get out of the gate and get going, and we tromped them," Scott said. BEHIND THE BLOCKING of Ail-American Will Shields and the rest of Rondy HamptonLincoln Star Nebraska l-back Calvin Jones breaks away for a 38-yard touchdown run to give NU a 31 -1 0 lead.

NU wingback Abdul Muhammad is behind Jones. 14-0 1:14 groggy, out of breath and feeling like my legs were rubbery in the first half." said. Frazier had KSU defensive end Reggie Blackwell in his face when he faked a windmill-like throw and sped FIRST QUARTER Corey Dixon 18 pass from Tommie Frazier Drive: 62 yards in 8 plays. Highlighted by Frazier 19 shovel pass to Calvin Jones, Frazier 6 run, Lance Lewis 19 run. Conversion: Byron Bennett kick.

Frazier 19 run Drive: 68 yards in 10 plays. Highlighted by Lewis 12 run, C. Jones 12, 10, 2 runs, Frazier 12 pass to C. Jones. Conversion: Bennett kick.

SECOND QUARTER Frazier 4 run Drive: 70 yards in 14 plays. Highlighted by C. Jones 6, 5, 7, 12, 11 runs, Frazier 10 pass to C. Jones, Frazier 14 pass to Dixon. Conversion: Bennett kick.

Andre Coleman 10 pass from Matt Garber Drive: 76 yards in 8 plays. Highlighted by Garber 23 pass to Brad Seib, Garber 12, 27 passes to Coleman. Conversion: Tate Wright kick. Wright 40 field goal 21-0 THE SOPHOMORE from Omaha 8:53 nntmmhorl An a IQ-irarH frtiiifirlnurn run for NU's second Central ran through the Wdc 21-7 6:41 fense for 89 yards and added another 41 in receptions in the first half. It took some work to get him ready for the second "I took some medicine for 'my FRAZIER ALSO BENEFITED from two acrobatic catches by Dixon, including a ballet leap for an 18-yard touchdown in the end zone to open the 21-10 2:27 scoring.

asthma and got some liquids, and by Offensive tackle Zach Wiegert said the second half, I felt like I could run Frazier shook off blitzes with pump fakes, ran free for a pair of touchdowns and threw a touchdown pass to Corey Dixon while helping Nebraska roll up 420 yards of offense. "He made a couple of big plays individually that a lot of guys couldn't make," said NU Coach Tom Osborne. "The pump fake and the ability to run that well is instinctive as much as learned on the run." KANSAS STATE COACH Bill Snyder said he was impressed with Frazier. "You don't see true freshmen play that well but he did," Snyder said. "His bootleg passes were a big factor, and he got out of the gate on the options a couple of times, and that helped get Jones loose, too." Frazier said he was just avoiding the tackles.

"I was running to get away from them, and the pump fakes were just something I did to protect myself," he the success was inevitable. forever," Jones said. 24-10 8:46 Drive: 35 yards in 6 plays. Highlighted by Garber 11 pass to Coleman, Garber 7 run. THIRD QUARTER Bennett 42 field goal Drive: 43 yards in 9 plays.

Set up by Tyrone Hughes punt return shortened from TD to 19 yards to KSU 32. Highlighted by Frazier 16 pass to Vincent Hawkins, Frazier 20 pass to Dixon. C. Jones 38 run Drive: 69 yards in 6 plays. Set up by Hughes 15 punt return to KSU 31.

Highlighted by Frazier 19, 9 passes to Dixon. Conversion: Bennett kick. FOURTH QUARTER 31-10 3:48 "I felt we controlled the scrimmage well enough Tommie and Calvin were playing well enough, and Corey was making these amazing catches we could have impressed even those people who came to the game just to look at the cheerleaders and dancing girls," he said. Still, it wasn't all that easy, Jones said. "I'm not used to all that running without a break," Jones said.

"I was Kansas State might have thought he would. On NUs initial drive of the second half, Jones ran five times for 20 yards to set up a field goal. He then ripped off a diagram-like run around the left end for a 38-yard touchdown to ice the game. "This shows that Nebraska, with its offensive line, can make the big plays and the grind-out drives anywhere, anywhere in the world," Jones said with a grin. the offensive line, Jones became the first sophomore in the Big Eight since Thurman Thomas to rush for more than 2,000 yards in his first two seasons.

That same offensive wall gave Frazier plenty of time to build up enough credentials to win the offensive player of the game honors. 31-17 12:36 38-17 9:19 Garber 8 run Drive: 61 yards in 12 plays. Set up by Coleman kickoff return to KSU 39. Highlighted by Garber 9 pass to Brian Rees, Garber 8 pass to Ger-aid Benton, Garber 15 run, Garber 4 run on fourth down at NU 20, Mitch Running 7 throwback pass to Garber. Conversion: Wright kick.

Frazier 1 run Drive: 65 yards in 9 plays. Set up by Hughes kickoff return to NU 35. Highlighted by C. Jones 11, 5, 6, 5 runs. Frazier 11,9 runs.

Conversion: Bennett kick. Seib 21 pass from Garber Drive: 74 yards in 7 plays. Highlighted by Garber 17, 18 passes to Benton, Garber 9 pass to Coleman. Conversion: Wright kick. NU, KSU sidelights 38-24 1:20 Notes From Page 9 NU Scoring, Team Stats v'" 14 7 10 7 38 0 10 0 14 24 18 pass from Frazier Nebraska Kansas State NU Dixon (Bennett kick) coln, Neb.

68501-2848. A $3 handling charge is required with each order. A separate sale for NU students will be held Wednesday and Thursday. NU linebacker David White's parents got a chance to watch their son in action in Tokyo. White, a New Orleans native, spent the night after the game with mother Sheila, father Leroy and younger brother Chris, who made the six-hour flight from their home in Jakarta, Indonesia, where Leroy White is an engineer for Mobil Oil.

"I haven't seen David play in a year, but I gave his mother an anniversary present of a ticket back to the states this fall for a couple of weeks, and she saw him play four games," Leroy White said. Seven Nebraska coaches will travel with the team to Kansas City and then immediately fly to recruiting trips around the country. Cornhusker players will get almost a two-week break, including time for final exams. Practice is scheduled to resume Dec. 18.

NU Frazier 19 run (Bennett kick) NU Frazier 4 run (Bennett kick) KSU Coleman 10 pass from Garber (Wright kick) KSU FG Wright 40 NU FG Bennett 42 NU C. Jones 38 run (Bennett kick) KSU Garber 8 run (Wright kick) NU Frazier 1 run (Bennett kick) KSU Seib 21 pass from Garber (Wright kick) A 50,000 (est.) RoOdV HarT)Dtoni Inmln Nebraska split end Corey Dixon scores the first touchdown on 1 an 1 8-yard reception from Tommie Frazier in the first quarter. Nebraska senior offensive guard Will Shields and Kansas State punter Sean Snyder left Tokyo soon after the game to fly to Los Angeles to tape the Bob Hope special for Associated Press Ail-Americans. Shields, also a Kodak All-American along with teammate Travis Hill, is the first NU guard named All-American since John McCormick in 1987. Nebraska won its second consecutive NCAA rushing title and seventh in the last 13 seasons.

The Cornhuskers totaled 3,610 yards of rushing offense in 11 games, an average of 328.2 yards per game. Hawaii was a distant second at 293.3. Nebraska also won national titles in net punting (an average of 41.7 net yards per kick) and turnover margin per game). The Huskers finished second in scoring offense (38.8 points per game). I-back Calvin Jones was the only Husker to crack the top 10 in an individual category, taking eighth in scoring with an average of 8.18 points per game.

Nebraska had no significant injuries in the Coca-Cola Bowl. Reserve I-back and fullback Andre McDuffy did not play because of a sprained ankle. I-back Derek Brown, who didn't make the trip because of a separated shoulder injury, is expected to be ready for the bowl game, as is defensive tackle Jamie Liewer, who suffered a broken right fibula in the loss to Washington in September. Orange Bowl tickets will go on sale at the Nebraska South Stadium ticket office Monday through Friday, with the office open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 pm Preference will be given to orders made by Thursday.

"We encourage phone orders (472-3111), and we will be open extended hours at the ticket office," NU ticket manager Joe Selig said. Tickets are $35 and may be ordered over the phone using a Visa or MasterCard, in person or by writing to the Athletic Ticket Office. Box 82848, Lin Individual Statistics NU KSU First downs 25 19 Rushes-yards 59-292 30-62 Passing yards 128 253 Total yards 420 315 Return yards 50 4 Passing 11-18-0 20-30-O Punts FumWes-tost 3-1 3-i Penalties-yards 6-51 6-60 Time of possession 34:04 25:56 Third-down conversions 13-19 4-14 Fourth-down conversions 1-2 2-3 Byron Bennett Kansas State clicked off five first downs in six plays but stalled on downs at the KSU 46 with 5:31 left in the quarter. The Cornhuskers immediately pounced on the opportunity when Dixon made a diving catch for a 19-yard gain to the KSU 49. Dixon grabbed another Frazier pass for a 9-yard gain, and finally Calvin Jones broke away on a simple sweeping pitch play around the left end for a 38-yard touchdown to put Nebraska ahead 31-10.

Kansas State rallied for a touchdown on an 8-yard run by Garber, but Nebraska clicked off a 10-running-play drive that ended on a quarterback sneak by Frazier with 9:19 left in the game to pad the lead to 38-17. "We had a nice drive and score, and I thought we were back in the game, but Nebraska had a drive equally as good right after it, and that slowed us down in terms of getting, any control of the game," Snyder said. Nebraska didn't score again, sputtering after reaching the K-State 16 and giving up a long scoring drive to the Wildcats, but the game was never in doubt. "We have to ride back with these guys on the same plane," Osborne "We took Calvin Jones out and got in everybody we brought here but Andre McDuffy, who was injured, and there were some letdowns. "And there was the problem, like when we got the 21-0 lead and again at 38-17, we seemed to relax a bit, and Kansas State kept battling." Kansas State picked up almost one-third of its 315 yards of total offense after Nebraska's final score with 9:19 left in the game.

game was a little disjointed after we got the big lead Osborne said. "We played well to get the 81 Yds 4 Nebraska Offense Rushing No. Yds. C.Jones 30 186 Frazier 13 51 Lewis 7 44 Veland 2 4 Schlesinger 2 7 Hughes 1 1 Grant 4 .5 Passing Ave. 62 39 63 20 3.5 1.0 -13 PI 0 No.

Co. Yds Frazier .18 11 128 Receiving Defense Tackles UT AT TT Parrella 3 4 7 Hi 4 6 10 Alberts 2 5 7 White 1 4 5 Noonan 0 11 Connealy 14 5 0 3 3 Gray 1 0 1 D.Jones..... 1 2 3 Wade 10 1 Mi. Anderson 2 1 3 Stewart 12 3 Branch 0 1 1 M. Penland 0 1 1 Hems 1 0 1 Moss 10 1 Miles 1 0 1 Carmer 14 WUhrte 3 1 4 Byrd 2 2 4 0 2.2 Beler 1 6 7 Wright 4 4 8 Dumas 2 13 Hughes 1 0 1 Brink ley 1 0 1 Werti 10 1 Seizys 2 13 Schlesinger 0 11 Kansas State Offense Rushing No.

Yds. Ave. Gallon 13 39 3 0 1 Smith 3 11 3 7 1 3 30 Garber 13 9 0.7 Passing No. Co. Yds PI, 29 19 246 0 Running 11 7 0 Receiving No.

Yds. Benton 7 93 4 64 Seib 4 61 Rees 2 20 Running 2 8 Garber 1 7 Punting No. Yds. Ave. Snyder 5 230 46.0 Kickoff returns No.

Yds. Benton 4 85 1 3 Punt returns No. Benton 2 Defense Tackles UT AT Williams 3 2 Butler 2 Griffith. 0 1 Colston 1 0 KKitan 2 Moten 0 1 Hemphill 10 Barta 4 11 3 10 Patterson 4 3 Garst 0 1 Simoneau 0 1 1 0 2 0 RawNngs 2 4 Masters 3 8 Mendez 7 3 1 0 rr 4 3 1 0 1 lead. We did it again in the third quarter.

"But even with our experience at Iowa State this year (a 19-10 upset), at 21-0 and at 38-10, the guys think, "Oh, Kansas Osborne said. "They get up for Colorado and Oklahoma, and they were excited at times in this game. But there were letdowns. I wouldn't think that'd be a problem in Miami, no matter who we play." The Nebraska contingent is scheduled to return to Lincoln at about 6 p.m. Monday at the South Stadium.

The Huskers will arrive by bus from Kansas City, Mo. 5 7 1 1 3 1. 1 15 is 7 i 1 1 1 2 6 9 10 -1 No. Yds. Dixon 71 C.Jones 5 41 Hawkins 1 ig Punting No.

Yds. Ave. Stigge 3 106 35.3 Punt returns No. Yds. Hughes 3 go KickoM returns No.

Yds. Hughes 3 88 Bel 1 0 1,.