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THE LINCOLN STAR Saturday, Nov. 23. T085 PAGE 11 more bulletins it's time to play the game 1 Nebraska and send the Huskers to Probable starters OFFENSE OKLAHOMA (7-1) Yr Name No Ht Pos wt Yr Sr. Sr. NEBRASKA (M) No Noma 80 Todd Froln 65 Tim Roth 70 B.

Blonkenshlp 241 266 Ht 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-1 So. Keith Jackson Sr. Eric Pope So. Mark Hutson Jr. Travis Simpson Sr.

Paul Ferrer Fr. Anthony Phillips Sr. Sr. 63 79 53 55 68 68 Bill Lewis 280 263 260 274 6-3 230 6-0 275 6-1 270 6-6 275 64) 250 6-4 275 5- 9 170 6- 0 195 6-3 61 John McCormlck So. 69 Tom Welter Jr.

85 RobbSchnltzler Jr. 7 M. Clayton So. 3 TE LT LG RG RT SE QB LHB IB RHB FB WB Jr. Derrick Shepard 186 5-11 175 5-11 Fr.

J. Holieway 4 25 A. Stafford 22 Doug DuBose Jr. 5-11 190 165 5-7 185 5-10 215 6-2 Fr. So.

So. Patrick Collins 33 LydellCarr 45 64 220 5-10 195 26 Tom Rathman Sr. 23 Roger Llndstrom Sr. NEBRASKA 89 Scott Tucker Sr. 76 Chris Spachman Jr.

DEFENSE By Virgil Parker of The Lincoln Star NORMAN, Okla. Linebacker Brian Bosworth, a key cog in Oklahoma's No. 1-ranked defense, is often called "Bulletin Board" by his teammates. The 6-2, 234-pound sophomore, who earned all-Big Eight Conference honors last season as a redshirt freshman, doesnt hesitate to say what is on his mind even if it is critical of the Soon-ers' upcoming opponent Such statements wind up on the opposition bulletin board. Thus the nickname.

Bosworth has not been himself this past week, He's been calling Nebraska "a fine team with a lot of talent" In fact he said, "It's the whole season for us. This is what we've been preparing for since Texas. We dont want to share the Big Eight championship. We want to have it outright" IF YOU HAVE the feeling you've heard such statements before, it's only because you have. After all, it's Oklahoma vs.

Nebraska this afternoon. The Big Eight Conference championship Nebraska snared last year's title after winning the crown the three previous braska has the nation's most potent running game. But in this case, the Sooners are not far behind. Oklahoma is ranked No. 3.

EACH TEAM lost one key player because of injuries last week Nebraska will be without linebacker Marc Mun-ford, who underwent knee surgery Monday. He was the Huskers' leading tackier, despite missing one game with earlier knee problems. Oklahoma will play without Greg Johnson, a 6-4, 303-pound mainstay in the offensive line. "My impression is that they are as good as they've ever been," Osborne said of Oklahoma. "I wouldn't have said that earlier in the year, but they're a very fine football team right now." Switzer had equal words of praise for the Huskers.

There's not much you can say about them that hasnt been said or isnt evident" Switzer said, "They will be a sound, wen-coached, physical team. I expect the same thing Saturday that I expect every year a tight fight to the end with very little margin separating the two teams." Related story, Page 14 played. Saturday will mark the ninth time (in the 14th meeting between Osborne and Switzer) that both teams have been in the Top 10. Does playing at home give Oklahoma a big advantage? Hardly. The two teams have split the last eight games played in Norman.

Lincoln is not exactly home sweet home for Nebraska, either. The Sooners have won six of the last nine played there. THIS WILL BE the 66th meeting between the two teams in a series which began in 1912. Oklahoma leads 35-27-3 after winning last year in Lincoln 17-7. That loss ended a three-game Nebraska win string in the series and a 27-game win string in Big Eight play.

Nebraska has won the last two games played in Norman, 37-14 in 1981 and 28-21 in 1983, but the Huskers have not won three in a row in Norman since 1932-34-36, Oklahoma may have the best defense in the nation, but Nebraska is not far behind. The Huskers are ranked No. 3 and have not given up a touchdown in the last 15 quarters. On the other side of the coin, Ne 6-3 220 LE 211 6-2 So. Tempe, Ariz, for a New Year's Day date in the Fiesta Bowl An Oklahoma win will give the Soon-ers the inside track for a dear-cut' league title (should they beat Oklahoma State next week), and Orange Bowl berth against Penn State.

THIS YEAR'S annual shootout which kicks off at 2:30 before a sold-out Memorial Stadium crowd of 75,000 plus a national ABC-TV (Channel 7) audience matches the two winningest active major college coaches in the country. The Sooners Barry Switzer is tops with an .827 winning percentage on a 122-24-4 record in 13 years, all at Oklahoma The Huskers' Tom Osborne is second with an .815 percentage based on a 127- -28-2 record over exactly the same stretch of time, aU at Nebraska. Both teams have lost just one game this year and are ranked in the Top Ten. Nebraska (9-1) is rated No. 2 in both the AP and UPI polls, while Oklahoma (7-1) is third in UPI and fifth in AP.

That's nothing new either. Since Switzer and Osborne came on the scene, at least one of the teams has been in the Top 10 every time they've 95 Danny Noonart Jr. Sr. Sr. OKLAHOMA Darrell Reed 40 Jeff Tupper 78 TonyCoslllas 92 Steve Bryan 86 Kevin Murphy 39 PaulMigliazzo 42 Brian Bosworth 44 Sonny Brown 8 Derrick White 14 Derrick Crudup 15 TonyRayburn 35 6-5 250 LT 274 6-5 Sr.

6-3 275 MG 280 6-3 Sr. 6-3 250 RT 254 6-3 Jr. 6-3 225 RE 230 6-2 Sr. 6-2 235 LB 222 6-1 Jr. 6-3 230 LB 234 6-2 So.

6-1 205 190 6-2 Jr. 6-3 195 LCB 187 5-9 Fr. 5- 11180 RCB 212 6-3 So. 6- 2 195 193 6-3 Jr. 96 JimSkow 84 Gregg Reeves 44 Mike Knox 35 Kevin Parsons 5 B.Washington 32 Brian Davis 42 Mike Carl 45 Chris Carr Sr.

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Klckoff: 2:30 p.m., Owen Field, Norman, Okla. Telecast: ABC (Channel 7) 2 p.m. Broadcast; Omaha KFAB (1100), Lincoln KFOR (1240). seasons in a row will be at stake for the Cornhuskers. Also, a victory would enable Nebraska to gain an Orange Bowl bid and a matchup against No.

1 ranked Penn State for a possible national championship matchup. A loss will dash the hope of No. 1 for (1 North' Piaffe SP's reserve OB sinks Wahoo Neumann ft Class C-1 AY By Ryly Jane Hambleton of The Lincoln Star WAHOO Mark Dodson and Mike Young did the running, but Shawn Bur-bach bad to do a little scrambling. It wasn't the kind of scrambling one normally associates with football. The sophomore quarterback for North Platte St Patrick replaced starter Terry Pell late in the second quarter with the Irish leading 7-6.

Burbach led the fourth-ranked North Platte team to a 30-12 victory over No. 7 Wahoo Neumann Friday in the Class C-1 State High School Football championship game. "Burbach came in and did a great job," said St Pat's Coach Mark Skillstad, who directed the Irish to their second straight title and a 134) record. "He might have made the difference in the ball game and you couldn't ask him to do a better job." Pell suffered a deep thigh bruise, according to Skillstad, and wasn't able to continue. With 4:19 left in the second quarter, Burbach came in to spark a 52-yard drive, capped by Dodson's 1-yard plunge off right tackle for a 134) lead.

lisiiitliii '1 if some of our kids nave been starting for three years and they know what's going on." Shawn Fleck kicked a 28-yard field goal with 2:41 left in the third quarter and Young's 69-yard touchdown run on the first play of the final quarter sealed the victory. NEUMANN TOOK a first-quarter lead when Brian Tumwall recovered an St Pat fumble at the Cavaliers' 29-yard line and then raced 71 yards for the. touchdown. Tumwall capped the scoring in the game with a 2-yard run late in the fourth quarter after Bill Dostal ran 23 yards to set up the score. "They are really quick and pursue so wen," said Neumann Coach Tim Tur-man, whose club finished the season 10-3.

"We thought we could run at them, but they really took it to us. They beat us in "the line. "And we had trouble stopping their backs. There were a number of times we had them stopped behind the line and then couldnt hang on. "We knew Dodson was a hard runner inside, and we had seen on films that Young was fast We knew we had to keep him inside us and he got outside a couple of times." DODSON FINISHED the game with 158 yards on 32 rushes while Young had 181 yards on 18 carries.

"I'm not as fast as Mike, but I like running inside because I like hitting people," said Dodson, a senior. "The field didn't give us too many problems because we'd played in a lot of cold this year and we brought several pairs of shoes to find the ones that worked best Iq 1 4 4 1 THE IRISH opened the second half with a 63-yard drive, as Burbach hit both Dodson and Young with play-action passes for 9 and 8 yards, respectively. Young also raced 22 yards on a pitch play and then capped the drive with a 3-yard run with 6:26 left in the quarter. "This was by far the most varsity action he's seen," Skillstad said of the 5-foot-10, 140-pound Burbach. "He's mainly come in to games we already had in hand But in the second half, he was able to hit that short pass and that really kept us going.

"It looked like they started coming up on our running plays and he was able to find our running backs open for play-action passes. "Wahoo Neumann did a lot of things defensively to give us problems, but OavKI FoMtMnLMaMn Star Wahoo Neumann quarterback Dave Snitily (1 5) rolls out behind a teammate's block as North Platte St. Pat's defenders Dave Larson (84) and Doug Steffes give chase. "I slipped once or twice, but most of weather. played all year.

Wahoo Neumann is a Neumann finished the game with 157 us found the right shoes." "The game was really well played by fine team, but I think our defense shut yards rushing on 28 carries while St The field had some snow and ice on it both teams, considering the conditions," down some of the things they like to do Pat's had 395 yards on 63 rushes, and the game was played in lMegree said Skillstad. "This was the best we've better than they were able to stop us." Summaries, Page 1 3 G.I. Northwest warms to task, Blair gets burned 35-0 Class Bancroft-Rosalie gives coach close shave Big play gives Lawrence D-2 championship Grant overcomes 1 0-point deficit to win Stories, Page 1 3 on the first play of the fourth quarter. On Blair's first play after the kickoff, Sellon fumbled, the ball bounced into Hansen's hands, and the Northwest senior defensive end raced 30 yards to score. THREE MINUTES LATER, after GINWs Mike Katzberg sacked Sellon and Blair punted short, Tom Janky scored on a 9-yard run to give Northwest a 35-0 lead "They (Northwest) are by far the best team we've seen this year," Lehl said.

"We thought we could pass on them and they rushed us so hard and covered us so well, we couldn't get much done." Blair finished with two completions and two interceptions in 15 attempts. The Northwest defense posted seven sacks for 48 yards in losses. The Vikings finished with 13 tackles for losses. "People talk about our offense because we score a lot" Northwest Coach Dick Anderson said. "But I think our defense is there all the time and they are just as good as our offense.

"Our defense scored at least one touchdown in playoff game and really mixed up our coverages well" he said. By Ken Hambleton of The Lincoln Star GRAND ISLAND Grand Island Northwest fought off the sub-zero wind-chill by roasting Blair 35-0 in the Class State High School Football Playoff championship game Friday night at Memorial Stadium. Northwest also champion in 1981, sizzled behind two long runs for touchdowns in the first half and then blazed past the Bears for 21 points in the first seven minutes of the fourth quarter. Blair had given up just 25 points all season and had held its first three playoff foes without a touchdown. But Northwest which finished the season 134, ripped the battle of unbeatens open when Joe Bauer tore through the line on a 66-yard touchdown trap play with 37 seconds left in the first quarter.

It took just two plays on the Vikings' next possession as Tom Janky broke free to score on a 68-yard dive play that was just added to the Northwest offense for this game to give the Vikings a 140 lead. NORTHWESTS DEFENSE, which had held opponents to 17 points in the first half of 13 games this year, then stopped Blair on seven plays inside the GINW 10-yard line just before the end of the first half. Blair's only scoring threat came when Brad Lehl grabbed a 38-yard pass from Dave Sellon and was run out of bounds on the Vikings' 5-yard line. Greg Hansen and Steve Eriksen slammed Sel- Ion on two straight sacks, and even through Blair was given four more chances from the 6-yard line after a pass interference penalty, the Northwest defense jammed the Bears offense. "That goal line stand was the thing that really hurt us," Blair Coach Mike Lehl said.

"If we scored we're within one touchdown. But they found us everywhere we went and really sucked it up." Northwest had a drive stall on the Bears' 31-yard line, but after Mark Mattingly intercepted a Sellon pass, the Vikings drove 35 yards to score "We condensed our defense in the second half and it seemed to really help a lot" he said. Blair finished with a net gain of three yards on 12 carries in the second half. The Bears total offense in the second half was just 11 yards of their game total of 128 yards. "We talked about a shutout before the game, but we weren't really sure about it until the fourth quarter," said Hansen, who had three of Northwest's sacks.

"WE'RE PRETTY SOLID on defense and it's because we have to play against a pretty good offense in practice all the time," he said. The Vikings' offense was impressive, too. Northwest scored 145 points in four playoff games, almost exactly what the Vikings' offense "scored throughout the season. "I thought the game was questionable, but I thought every game this year was until it was over," Northwest quarterback Russ Harvey said. "We'd get scoring in every game, and that helped me forget the cold tonight.

But I was never relaxed." Anderson, whose last two teams have a 23-1 record after losing to Omaha Roncalli in the quarterfinals of the playoff last year, said he was pleased with the balance of this year's team "This is a great great team and there was nobody better this year. We were so solid in so many different ways," he said. "The chemistry was there and these kids worked to get here." Photo, Page 13 Rutgers-Newark basketball team joins infamous company of it We only lost by one point tonight We've come a long way." Rutgers-Newark is a Division team that lost all of its games for two seasons 22 games in 1984-85 and 24 games in 1983-81 But in October it hired Coach John Adams, who led William Paterson to six New Jersey State Conference titles and a 220-76 record in 11 years. Rutgers-Newark is in the same conference as William Paterson. "We beat them by about 58 last year.

My starters were mad because they only played seven or eight minutes," Adams said after the loss. "Did we look like a team that's the worst in the country? I have no doubt we're going to be able to turn this thing around. I dont know how quickly. But we've already taken a major step." About 70 people witnessed the historic loss at the Bin Williams Memorial Gymnasium on Western Connecticut's campus. "It's a shame they have the record because these kids they have now aren't losers," said Dwight Datcher, the first-year coach of Roger Williams, a Division III school from Rhode Island.

"Those kids didnt die." But Rutgers-Newark didnt go down without a tenacious fight The Red Raiders were ahead, 53-52, with 1:56 remaining when their center and leading scorer, Deron Jenkins, fouled out Roger Williams' Kevin Herrick then stepped to the foul line and sealed the Red Raiders' ill fate. "It's tough corning back this year, because last season we lost most of our games by 50 or more points," said Jenkins, who made 9-9 shots from the field and finished with 26 points. "I think even though we lost the game a lot of good came out DANBURY, Conn. (AP) Rutgers-Newark joined the infamous company of such all-time American losers as General Custer's cavalry, comic strip character Charlie Brown's All-Stars and the 1962 Mets Friday when it was beaten for an NCAA-record 47th consecutive time, 56-55 by Roger Williams in college basketball The loss, in the opening game of the Western Connecticut State University Tip-Off Tournament left the Red Raiders all alone in the record book They had previously been tied for the mark with Olivet (Mich.) College and Southwest (Minn.) State..