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pOPBgO.IS 81JN0AV JQ) IBNAL-8TAW Arc 1' jeycame out and took the lead. 1 i i-'fi to Ay yK' the most! 7 major I A 'is MlssourlS i ill W4 COLUMBIA. the most major Missouri Mo. The first olay of the came was "They worked the little hitch oattenu because our i embarrassing, but it also told the story of a guys had to play off them and then couldnt cover them problem the Nebraska defense faced, against real close because of the lack of traction. We weren't Saturday at Faurot Field.

getting enough pressure on then-quarterbacks. I flred off and sllpoed and fell flat on mv face." Part of 11 war (Warren, Seitz is verv fast and Carr did Intercept a pass in the second quarter to set up Dale Klein's fourth ield goal that put Nebraska' ahead 12-7. h- "We should have gotten a few more (interceptions but they marched up and down the field on us pretty, good and it's a credit to them and a lesson for usne SkoW said that tome of Nebraska's defensive tcndenJ des may have tipped off Missouri's offensK.vM we got caught in what we were doin and It took some changes to stop their offense," he said. 'r- Missouri Coach Weody.Wldenhofer said after. Uk? game Uiat the quick throws were designed to take advantage of the Husker f' -f "We had Nebraska confused early the qufc throws ao the c'ltslde and the roll outs.

Warren (Seitz) did a good Job of scrambling and when he threw in the open it caught Nebraska a couple of times." 1 braska defensive tackle Jim Skowsald. "It was embar- (Marlon) Adler Is a lot faster than you'd expect from rasstag to do that in front of so many people. But you an injured player," i M-. just couldn't get a good grip to the sentiments. Stow finally did get going with four quarterback v' rHeytte sacks for 33 yards in losses and three, other tackles be- They caught us in the wrong defense a couple of times hind the line of scrimmage among his eight tackles.

and the corners had to play off the receivers because. -t 1 donl know If I was ever eomfortable with this -of the footing," he game. It was tough ail the way and we were playing a To be honest, rm also a Uttle embarrassed because lot better team than yoiTd think with an record," be we eouM have played better. We missed some tackles, 'L-- missed some containment on the quarterback and "I knew we were In a paD game right away when we missed some coverages," -t Vk-r SHuskiers Missouri threw The Tigers fin ished 17-of-32 for .245. yards and two touchdowns, the.

second a 24-yarder :0 00: from Marlon Adler to Patrick Over-shown with no time remaining on the clock. the second game in a row Nebraska has yielded a touchdown on the final play. Missouri got its chance to pull without eight by recovering a fumble with four seconds left The Tigers also scored their first touchdown on a pass, a 33-yarder from-Warren Seitz to Victor Moore less than a minute after Klein's first field goal. Missouri led until Klein kicked his third field goal with 12:30 remaining In the first 'half. That gave Nebraska the lead for good, the Tigers did have an opportunity to tie the game after Seitz rand! yards for a touchdown early in the third quarter to make the score 1J43, Nebraska.

A two-point conversion failed when the snap from center was mishandled. Two games ago, Klein had lost his job' as the No. 1 field goal kicker. He had' missed on five field goal attempts in a-row, dating back to the Oklahoma game last season, in which he had missed twice. r.

It H'- ft 8 7 I Things had gotten so bad, Klein almost wasn't-included on the travel rosier for Oklahoma There was a time pot long ago when nobody had much use for Dale," said Os- I but we occasionally had to make some changes. We weren't giving up on him, though. Pale knew we never gave up on Nm" Klein never gave up en himself. Nebraska you've got to do your job right or theyTl find a replacement for you," he said with a smile. Who wouldVe thought he could kick seven field goals Saturday afternoon? HeandBlakemandkL "I was happy to see Dale get his conf i-dence back," Blakeman said.

So were an estimated 12,000 Nebraska fans in the Faurot Field audience, announced at 62,733. Saturday afternoon, Klein was No. 1, and that's not meant to be a reference to his jersey number. ft Doug DuBose'turns the corner past Mil's Tony Faclnelll and it's clear sailing for a 22-yard NU touchdown in the fourth quarter. Missouri botches a fourth-quarter center snap and Nebraska's Mike Knox (far left, tdp photo)1 pounces on it at the Tigers' Backs W1P NU injury list dlewp fullback Tom Rathman, who had 13 carries for the game.

had a tough time with the offside tackle on that play," Rathman said. "He was coming down and making the play." Wit Nebraska stayed with the longer "rain cleats" they wore during Friday's practice, Missouri switched to the shorter "dry weather" cleats for the; game. "1 thought the wet weather shoes were going to help us," Rathman said, "but I thought they did as well or better with the shorter cleats they were wearing." DuBose said the Huskers were not guilty of taking Missouri lightly because with a great defense today." Quarterback Travis Turner, who came on in relief of starter McCatnorn Clayton, knew it would be a tough day. "This is my fifth year and I know that Missouri is always tough for us. I didn't care if they Were 0-5 or 5-0.

1 knew it would be a dog fight. Especially in their own back yard. There was no way they were going to lay down for us." With the baseball World Series start-' ing Saturday night, Turner likened his role to that of a relief pitcher. "I told Mac, 'You're the man and rm the relief He's the athlete and a very good quarterback," Turner added. -At 7 "ii mi- i i ft.saaij nut us lenginy COLUMBIA, Mo.

Trainer George Sullivan had a shorter than normal lib jury report after Nebraska's 28-20 victory over Missouri at Faurot Field Saturday. Sullivan said linebacker Kevin Parsons suffered a lacerated chin "which required about seven stitches to close, and (offensive guard John) McCormick suffered a mild concussion." Tony Holloway was sidelined by a bruised -knee cap to further deplete Nebraska's defensive end corps. "It was a pretty good bruise," Sullivan said, "but we don't think it was anything internal, Hopefully he'll be okay by next week." Of the Tigers 0-5 record. 'lie the quarterback and will play a lot Nebraska cheerleader Christ! Dewhlrtt Is pleased with the action. nVe 'go into every game with the i of good footbaa It was just fun for me to same aUitude," he said.They came up get in there and contribute a little." Nebraska-Missouri Statistics Tucker 6 2 8 2 -4 6 Knox I 5 6 Nebraska Offense Rushing No.

Yds. 29 199 Miles 8 59 Rathman 13 48 Clayton 5 14 K.Jones .........3 3 1 2 Punt Returns No. Lommers 2 Klckoff Returns No. Lammers ....3 Clark 4 Interception Returns No. McMillan 2 .....0 Spachman 2 3 5 3 0 3 Carr 3 ,8 3 1-1 2 Miller Siebler 0 2 2 B.Smith.....

2 0,2 N.Smith 10 1 Missouri Offense Ave. 6.9 7.4 3.7 2.8 1.0 2.0 5.0' PI 0 2 sneppard 1 .5 Passing No. Co. Yds Turner 7 2 44 Clayton 8 1 19 Receiving Rushing No, Yds. ,.12 43 Yds.

1 Yds JIVl tt 7N 13 I J-Al 1 5 Awp 1 -i; 4 TT 1 '-f i 3 1 EZZZZZ If seiti. i No. R. Smith 1 ....1 R.Schnitzler. ..1 Punting 1 No.

Yd Boyd 3 15 Ave. 3.6 2.2 1.0 2.5 Redd ii Henry 1 216 Punt Returns hi 1 I 'i i I 71 Yds. 29 19 15 Ave. 54.0 Yds. 63 2 Yds.

46 Yds. 10 Adler -15 Possing -i- -No. Co. Seitz 20 12 143 1 Adler It W.alloco 1 0 2 0 0 Defense Tackles UT AT Chapura 9 12 Stlnson. 2 13 3 10 4 Sherrlll 1 7 0 7 0 4 0 Riley 1 3 2 1 vVondegrift 0 3 i 1 2 Howery 1 1 Toben 0 1 Lesht 0 1 Whellhan 1 0 Henry 1 0 Wallace Rigman Mitchell 1 0 No.

R.Schnitzler 4 Siebler 1 Klckoff Returns No. 1 Interception Returns. No. COIT avca I Washington 1 1 receiving, H. Johnson 07 32 Thettard f.

41 Defense Tackles AT 7 7 Henry 12 Puntin No: Yds. Ave. 353 44.1 Count Dracula turned out to be a Mizzou supporter. TT 14 NU'ii Todd Fraln battles Tony Faclnelll for second quarter pass. i Which was incomplete.

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