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rt Mia rzr77 Lincoln Journal-Star Thursday, November 26, 1992 54 s7 XYsjti Gundy key reason for OU meeting and success By Ken Hambteton Lincoln Journal-Star Cale Gundy was one of the first Oklahoma players to exit the Soon- ers' "team meeting" last! week. He was an important I part of the reason Oklahoma had its first walkout- TV, and the Sooners will be passing. The Sooners' switch to a passing game with the emergence of Gundy put Oklahoma in the thick of the ratings to open the season. Gundy eclipsed the Sooners' single-season passing mark. He is already the all-time career passing leader at OU and is 18th on the all-time Big Eight passing chart with one game and a season left to play.

As for facing Nebraska, Gundy said he is ready to let everything go for he game. "I think it's going to be like most of the great Nebraska-Oklahoma games," Gundy said. "We're ready mentally, and we're in the best shape we've been physically since the beginning of the season." Oklahoma has had up to nine starters miss at least two games with injuries this year. But the squad is almost completely healed, Gundy said. "Injuries have hurt us tremendously," he said.

'The training room was packed every morning at 8 a.m. for a while there. "And this was the year we knew we'd be hardest hit by the NCAA probation (of 1987-90) in terms of numbers of people we had to begin with." Only 19 seniors, on a team of 77, will be playing their final home game Friday. "A lot of us know that this is the season of what-might-have-been if we had gotten just a little lucky and avoided the injuries," Gundy said. "A win over Nebraska could give us a big boost in the right direction, not only in terms of beating a great team but proving that on our way back, too." we wanted to discuss them." After the team meeting with coaches, where gripes about the playing time of Gundy and backup Steve Collins were a primary source of dissension, there were two interpretations of the outcome.

"I think it's a sign we're closer," Gundy said. "It's better that a team talk and get a lot resolved than to sit and build up steam." However, some players have been quoted in Oklahoma papers as saying there are still problems with communication. "Some guys wanted the past to just go away, and that's not realistic," Gundy said. "What happened happened. There were a number of people who thought Steve Collins should have been in the Oklahoma State game at the end when we had a chance to win.

I even thought I'd be taken out and Steve would Husker opponent be put in. But it didn't work out that way, and some people got upset. Now, we've talked it all out" Collins subbed for Gundy when Gundy was sidelined with a shoulder injury in a loss to Kansas. The Sooners switched back to their old standby rushing game and posted significant numbers on the ground in beating Kansas State and Missouri. However, Gundy, who started all of last season and was the quarterback this year in three wins, two losses and a tie (with Colorado), returned and was in charge when the Sooners tied Oklahoma State.

Gundy will start Friday against Nebraska in the 12:30 pm matchup in Norman on ABC- boycott-emereency team 1 meeting in the 98-year his tory of football at the Nor-1 man, campus. "We all realize our first Cale Gundy obligation is to play Nebraska," the junior quar terback said. "We all felt that there were some things that could make a difference, and Tentative Nebraska travel roster 285 Jr. 310 So. 275 Jr.

305 Sr. 300 Jr. 280 Sr. 210 Jr. 250 Jr.

210 So. 230 So. 230 Sr. 260 Sr. 240 Jr.

220 Jr. 290 Sr. 240 Sr. 215 Jr. 250 Sr.

255 Jr. 270 So. DT 6-4 OT 6-5 MG 6-3 OG 6-1 OT 64 OG 6-5 SE 6-3 DT 6-5 OLB 6-2 TE 6-3 TE 6-3 TE 6-2 DT 6-6 OLB 6-1 DT 6-5 OLB 6-2 TE 6-2 OLB 6-2 ILB 6-1 MG 6-5 67 Kevin Ramaekers 72 ZachWiegert 73 David Noonan 75 WHI Shields 77 LanceLundberg 78 T.J.SIansky 80 Trumane Bed 83 Billy Wade 84 Donta Jones 85 Matt Shaw 88 MikeVedral 89 William Washington 90 Bruce Moore 91 Lance Gray 92 JohnParrella 93 Travis Hill 95 Gerald Armstrong 96 David White 98 Darren Williams 99 Terry Connealy 29 KareemMoss CB' 5-10 180 So. 31 Steve Carmer SS 6-2 210 Sr. 32 Ed Stewart I LB 6-0 205 So.

33 Tyrone Hughes SE 5-10 175 Sr. 34 Trev Alberts OLB 6-4 230 Jr. 38 Vincent Hawkins WB 5-11 210 Sr. 40 Cory Schlesinger FB 6-0 220 So. 42 David Leader OLB 6-2 215 Sr.

44 Calvin Jones IB 5-11 210 So. 47 MikeStigge 6-2 190 Sr. 48 Mike Anderson ILB 6-2 235 Jr. 49 Aaron Penland ILB 6-1 215 Fr. 51 Jim Scott 6-2 265 Sr.

52 Jason Pesterfield DT 6-3 240 So. 54 Troy Branch ILB 6-0 235 Jr. 55 TerrisChomey 6-1 275 Sr. 56 RobZatechka OT 6-5 315 So. 59 JoelGesky OT 6-2 285 So.

62 Ken Mehlin OG 6-0 265 Jr. 63 Aaron Graham OG 6-3 265 So. 64 ChnsZyzda OG 6-2 290 Sr. No. Name Pos Ht Wt Vr 1 Mike Grant 08 6-3 205 Sr.

2 Corey Dixon SE 5-8 155 Jr. 3 Toby Wright SS 6-0 195 Jr. 4 Troy Dumas FS 6-3 205 So. 6 John Reece CB 6-0 200 Jr. 7 Andre McDuffy FB 6-0 200 Sr.

8 Tyrone Byrd FS 6-0 180 Sr. 12 TomSieler 6-5 195 So. 13 Byron Bennett P-K 6-1 180 Jr. 14 Barron Miles CB 5-8 160 So. 15 Tommie Frazier OB 6-1 190 Fr.

16 Tony Veland OB 6-1 190 Fr. 19 Kenny Wilhite CB 5-8 175 Sr. 21 Derek Brown IB 5-9 190 Jr. 22 David Sazys WB 5-9 185 Jr. 23 Ernie Beler SS 5-11 200 Jr.

24 Jeff Makovicka IB 5-10 190 So. 26 Lance Lewis FB 6-0 225 Sr. 27 ADdul Muhammad WB 5-9 155 So. Probable starters v. i 't kr OFFENSE NEBRASKA (7-2, 4-1) OKLAHOMA (5-3-2, 3-1-2) No.

Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. No.

Player Ht. Wt. Yr. 33 Tyrone Hughes 5-10 175 Sr. SE 1 Albert Han 5-11 186 So.

77 LanceLundberg 6-4 300 Jr. LT 64 Paul Moriarty 6-5 306 Sr. 62 Ken Mehlin 6-0 265 Jr. LG 62 Broderick Roberson 6-2 294 So. 51 Jim Scott 6-2 265 Jr.

78 J.R.Conrad 6-5 315 Fr. 75 Will Shields 6-1 305 Sr. RG 71 JeffResler 6-2 267 So. 72 ZachWiegert 6-5 310 So. RT 65 Jason Comer 6-3 279 Fr.

89 William Washington 6-2 260 Sr. TE 82 Joey Mickey 6-5 274 Sr. 15 Tommie Frazier 6-0 190 Fr. QB 12 Cale Gundy 6-0 193 Jr. 26 Lance Lewis 6-0 225 Sr.

FB 33 Kenyon Rasheed 5-11 241 Sr. 44 Calvin Jones 5-11 210 So. IBTB 20 Earnest Williams 5-10 185 Jr. 38 Vincent Hawkins 5-11 210 Sr. WBFL 2 Corey Warren 5-11 196 Jr.

13 Byron Bennett 6-1 180 Jr. 16 Scott Blanton 6-2 211 So. DEFENSE .93 Travis Hill 6-2 240 Sr. LOLBOLB 56 Aubrey Beavers 6-2 232 Jr. 92 JohnParrella 6-5 290 Sr.

LTLE 95 Russell Allen 6-6 292 Jr. 73 David Noonan 6-3 275 Jr. MGNG 59 David Campbell 6-0 281 So. 90 Bruce Moore 6-6 240 Jr. RTRE 57 Cedric Jones 6-4 249 Fr.

34 Trev Alberts 6-4 230 Jr. ROLBOLB 40 Reggie Barnes 6-1 232 Sr. 48 Mike Anderson 6-2 235 Jr. SLB 48 Bryan Gorka 6-0 220 So. 32 Ed Stewart 6-0 205 So.

WLB 46 Tremayne Green 6-0 231 So. 19 Kenny Wilhite 5-8 195 Sr. LCB 1 8 Gerald Farley 5-8 177 Fr. -31 Steve Carmer 6-2 210 Sr. SS 39 John Anderson 5-11 180 Jr.

8 Tyrone Byrd 6-0 180 Sr. FS 5 Maylon Wesley 5-10 175 Fr. 6 John Reece 6-0 200 Jr. RCB 8 William Shankle 6-0 196 Jr. :47 MikeStigge 6-2 190 Sr.

84 BradReddell 6-2 190 Sr. Kickoff: 12:30 p.m. Friday, Owen Field, Norman, Okla With 11:28 left in the first quarter of the Game of the Century, Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers took a punt and twisted his way to a 72-yard touchdown (above). Nebraska's defensive standout in the victory against Oklahoma was nose guard Rich Glover (right), who made 22 tackles. At season's end, NU defensive tackle Larry Jacobson was the Outland Trophy winner, and he, Rodgers, Glover, Willie Harper, Jerry Tagge and Jeff Kinney all earned All-America honors.

The victory at Norman, was part of a 13-0 1971 season in which Bob Devaney led the Comhuskers to their second straight national title. Devaney coached 11 seasons (1962-1972) at Nebraska, turning around the program. In January, Devaney also will step down from the NU athletic director's post he has held since 1967. Next week: the 9-2-1 1972 season, Devaney's last as head football coach. if Television: ABC (Channel 7).

Radio: Lincoln KFOR (1 240 AM), Omaha KFAB (1110 AM). Oklahoma roster Oklahoma was main obstacle in NU's national title repeat 61 Keith Sparks DB 5-9 193 So. 62 Broderick Roberson OG 6-2 294 So. 63 Milton Overton OG 6-0 271 Fr. 64 Paul Moriarty OT 6-5 306 Sr.

65 Jason Comer OT 6-3 279 Fr. 66 ChrisCampbel 6-4 280 Fr. 67 KyleKrout OL 6-3 265 Jr. 70 RomHuf OT 6-4 245 Jr. 71 JeffResler OG 6-2 267 So.

72 Robert Aden DL 6-2 239 Fr. 73 Marc Manuel 64 240 Fr. 74 Chris Watkins OT 6-8 342 Sr. 75 Chuck Langston NG 6-1 257 Fr. 76 Harry Stamps 6-5 295 Fr.

77 Jason Byers 6-4 255 Fr. 78 R. Conrad 6-5 316 Fr. 79 Mark Parry OG 6-5 274 So. 80 PeteSchmrtt TE 6-2 238 Sr.

81 Patrick Byerty SE 5-11 180 Jr. 82 Joey Mickey TE 6-5 274 Sr. 83 John Nelson SE 5-11 179 Jr. 84 BradReddell 6-2 190 Sr. 86 Rickey Brady TE 6-4 243 Jr.

87 TonyPena TE 6-2 218 Jr. 88 TreyTlppens OLB 6-3 241 Sr. 89 JaJuan Penny SE 5-10 193 Fr. 90 Greg Wikins DE 6-2 266 So. 91 Ben Cavil DE 6-1 280 So.

92 Ricky Wren NG 6-1 268 Jr. 93 BlarCutley 5-11 185 Sr. 95 Russell Allen DE 6-6 292 Jr. 96 Arthur Atkins 6-4 245 Fr. 97 Stirling Luckey OLB 6-4 210 Fr.

98 JoeComsa 6-4 278 Jr. 99 CoreyWilson DE 6-3 250 Jr. No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr 29 ArtisBums DB 6-1 185 Fr. 1 Albert Hall SE 5-11 186 So.

30 Terry Collier LB 6-0 210 Fr. 2 Corey Warren FL 5-11 196 Jr. 31 Larry Bush DB 5-10 188 Fr. 3 Terrence Brown QB 6-1 175 Fr. 32 Dwayne Chandler TB 6-0 212 Fr.

4 P.J Mills SE 5-11 172 Fr. 33 Kenyon Rasheed FB 5-11 241 Sr. 4 Tommy O'Hara DB 6-3 196 Jr. 34 Mike Fields LB 6-3 226 So. 5 Maylon Wesley DB 5-10 175 Fr.

36 Robert Neal DB 6-0 190 Jr. 6 Russell Jones DB 5-9 177 So. 36 William Steines FB 5-8 218 Sr. 7 Chad Davis QB 6-2 185 Fr. 37 JayHoutman LB 6-1 208 Sr.

8 William Shankle DB 6-0 196 Sr. 38 Allen Zeno OLB 6-1 215 Fr. 8 Jeff Gibson SE 5-10 170 So. 38 Arthur Donnelly 5-10 180 So. 9 Tmk Collins SE 5-9 168 Sr.

39 John Anderson DB 5-11 180 Jr. 10 Steve Collins QB 6-0 200 Sr. 39 Charley Means 5-9 160 So. :11 Otis Taylor FL 5-6 182 Sr. 40 Reggie Barnes OLB 6-1 232 Sr.

'12 Cale Gundy QB 6-0 193 Jr. 41 Mike Coats LB 6-0 230 Jr. 13 Kyle Hill OLB 6-2 218 Sr. 41 Derek Swann DB 5-10 180 So. i 14 Melvin Carter DB 5-8 161 Sr.

42 Darrius Johnson DB 5-9 172 Fr. 14 Michael McDaniel SE 6-2 210 Fr. 43 Scott Harper FB 5-9 184 Sr. 15 DougSwitzer QB 6-3 198 Fr. 44 Mario Freeman LB 5-9 213 Fr.

16 Scott Blanton 6-2 211 So. 44 Derrick Smith LB 6-0 220 So. 16 Bobby Warner QB 5-10 175 Jr. 45 Michael Thompson TB 6-0 171 Fr. 17 Pete Norwood DB 6-1 180 Jr.

45 Larry Ross DB 6-0 175 So. 18 Gerald Farley DB 5-8 177 Fr. 46 Tremayne Green LB 6-0 231 So. 18 Joey Alfred QB 5-10 175 Sr. 47 Brent OeQuasie OLB 6-2 215 Fr.

19 Jeff Frazier RB 6-2 210 Fr. 48 Bryan Gorka LB 64 220 So. 19 Bryan Stmson SE 5-10 182 So. 48 Chns Dawson LB 6-1 210 So. 1 20 Earnest WiHiams TB 5-10 185 Jr.

50 Rod Henderson DB 6-3 200 Fr. 21 Inurell Chester PB 5-9 195 Fr. 51 Brodenck Simpson LB 6-2 210 Fr. 22 Dustm Caldwell FB 6-1 216 Fr. 52 Brent Koontz 6-5 250 Jr.

23 Dewell Brewer TB 5-9 205 Sr. 53 Mike Reed 6-1 253 Fr. 24 Drew Chnstmon DB 5-9 195 Jr. 54 MikeKaighan L3 64 220 Jr. 24 Scott Hewlett SE 5-10 189 Sr.

56 Aubrey Beavers OLB 6-2 232 Jr. 26 Perry Collier DB 5-11 178 Fr. 57 Cedric Jones 6-4 235 Fr. 26 Travis Thompson TB 5-8 181 Sr. 58 Jason Keith OT 6-4 276 Sr.

28 Darnell Walker DB 5-8 181 Sr. 59 David Campbell DL 6-1 281 So. 28 Jon Wyatt DB 5-9 175 So. 60 Matt Wilson 6-2 274 So. In my mind, Rodgers was the greatest punt return man I've ever seen in college football.

You could put together a whole highlight film just on his punt returns. Bob Devaney NCAA leaders Graves.Syr Hancock.BYU (Through Saturday's games) Team RUSHING OFFENSE Car Yds PerGm 499 3001 333 4 522 2776 277 6 Alabama Anzona Miami (Fla.) Kaleo.Md Kkngler.Hou Hancock.BYU Nebraska's win against Alabama in the 1972 Orange Bowl gave the Comhuskers their second straight national football championship. But as any NU fan knows, Nebraska's biggest obstacle to achieving that prestigious goal came a few weeks earlier at Norman, Okla. In possibly the most exciting collegiate game played, the Comhuskers rallied twice in the second half to beat second-ranked Oklahoma 35-31. The contest was being billed as the Game of the Decade, but when it was over, the 61,826 fans in Owen Field and an additional 55 million more who watched the contest on television could argue that they had just witnessed the Game of the Century.

Nebraska entered as the nation's No. 1 team with a 29-game non-losing streak. Oklahoma was also unbeaten. Between them, the Comhuskers and Sooners had 17 of the 22 first-team All-Big Eight Conference players. They also were ranked first or second nationally in many of the major offensive and defensive statistical categories.

On this November day, however, the offenses starred. Nebraska didn't show many surprises. The Comhuskers lined up and powered their way to 297 rushing yards, with Jeff Kinney getting 174 of those on 31 carries. Meanwhile, Oklahoma relied on quarterback Jack Mil-dren, who had 130 yards on the same number of attempts. But Mildren also caught Nebraska by surprise, as he threw for 137 yards on just five completions.

One was a 16-yarder to Jon Harrison that gave the Sooners a 31-28 lead with 7: 10 left in the game. Undaunted. NU marched 74 yards in 12 plays. When Kinney, who carried all but one play during the march, banged through from 2 yards out, NU led with 1:38 to go. Keying the drive was a third-and-9 pass from quarterback Jerry Tagge to Johnny Rodgers and a play that was ruled dead near the OU goal line that at first appeared to be a Kinney fumble.

242 146 2296 14 149 2 288 164 2635 17 144.2 TOTAL OFFENSE Yds Avg YdPG 3472 5 9 315 6 3156 66 3156 2586 8.0 287.3 RECEIVERS ClYdsCtPG 10 89 840 8 9 11 81 1114 7.3 INTERCEPTIONS No Yds TO IPG 11 8 109 1 .73 10 7 152 2 .70 10 7 0 0 .70 SCORING Nebraska Hawaii Notre Dame Army Houston Maryland Miami (Fla.) Nebraska Alabama Akron Smith Hou Reeves.Nevada SCORING DEFENSE Pit Avg 10 88 8 8 11 98 89 10 110 11.0 TURNOVER MARGIN Gained Lost I Tt FIT 12 14 26 4 6 10 1 78 14 18 32 9 8 17 1 50 10 24 34 7 11 18 1.45 Individual RUSHERS Car Yds Avg YdsPG 265 1630 6 2 1630 197 1378 70 1378 231 1441 62 131.0 QUARTERBACKS Alt Cmp Yds TO Pts 169 112 1465 15 154.2 McDonakj.AFA Masters.KanSt Sawyer highlight film just on his punt returns. "Of all the plays I've ever seen in college football, I'd have to rate that punt return in the Oklahoma game as the best." Nebraska's defensive standout the OU game was nose guard Rich Glover, who made an astounding 22 tackles. At season's end, NU defensive tackle Larry Jacobson was the Outland Trophy winner, and he, Rodgers, Glover, defensive end Willie Harper, quarterback Jerry Tagge and Kinney all earned All-America honors. Other stars on the 71 team included offensive guard Dick Rupert, offensive tackle Carl Johnson, center Doug Du-mier and safety Bill Kosch. The game against Oklahoma would turn out to be Nebraska's only tight game of the season.

Prior to that contest, Colorado had come the closest to NU, 31-7, and unbeaten Alabama was no match in the Orange Bowl. Rodgers' 77-yard punt return for a touchdown on the final play of the first quarter of that game gave Nebraska a 14-0 lead. By halftime, it was 28-0, and Cornhusker fans started celebrating long before the eventual 38-6 outcome. In reality, though, the celebration began Nov. 25 at Normaa Oklahoma, which won its Sugar Bowl game against Auburn, and Colorado, which beat Houston in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, were ranked Nos.

2 and 3, respectively, behind Nebraska in the final Associated Press polL It marked the first time that three teams from the same conference finished 1-2-3. The Devaney years 1971 (13 0) NU34.0regon7 NU31.Colorack7 NU 35. Minnesota 7 NU 37. Iowa St. 0 NU 34.

Texas 7 NU 44. Kansas St. 1 7 NU 42. Utah State 6 NU 35. Oklahoma 31 NU 36.

Mesoun 0 NU 45. Hawaii 3 NU 55. Kansas 0 Orange Bowl NU 41. Oklahoma St 13 NU 3d, Alabama 6 Big Eight 7-0. first place.

Final rnm: AP No 1: UPI No 1 Oklahoma, which relied on some trickery earlier in the game, had no magic left After a final drive was snuffed, the game belonged to the Comhuskers. "When that drive started, I felt fairly confident that if we didn't make a mistake, we could go down and score," NU Coach Bob Devaney said in his biography. "I don't remember being despondent, just because we were behind, or ever thinking that the game was lost. We had enough time, and I figured that if we kept moving the ball and didn't panic that was the big thing that we'd be OK." Actually, neither team had much to second-guess about both had just one penalty for 5 yards, although OU did lose three fumbles to Nebraska's one. The play that the Sooners would have liked to have back most occurred with 11:28 left in the first quarter, when Nebraska's Rodgers took a punt and twisted his way to a 72-yard touchdown.

It was Rodgers' third punt return for a TD of the season. 'In my mind, Rodgers was the greatest punt return man I've ever seen in college football," Devaney said. "You could put together a whole Houston Fresno St. Notre Dame FaulkSDSt Hearst.Ga Benjamm.Pac Grbac.Mch TD XP FG Pts PtPG Hearst Ga 18 0 0 108 10 80 AndereonPermSt 19 2 0 116 10 55 Hit.TexA&M 17 0 0 102 9 27 510 2760 276 0 622 2760 276.0 PASSING OFFENSE Alt Cmp Yd! YdsPG 543 319 3824 382 4 514 304 3628 329 8 418 236 3069 3069 TOTAL OFFENSE Plays Yds YdsPG 750 4938 493 8 8' 8 5254 477 6 749 4769 476 9 NET PUNTING No Yds No Yds Net Pt Avg Ret Ret Avg 47 43 7 19 79 42 0 54 46 2 33 24.3 41 7 80 41 8 25 83 40 8 SCORING OFFENSE Pts Avg 11 443 403 9 356 39 6 10 378 37 8 RUSHING DEFENSE Car Yds PerGm 337 610 61 0 384 716 65 1 372 856 85 6 Netaska Cokxado Arizona Harrah's odds Fresno St Nebraska Notre Dame Alabama Arizona Mississippi PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE NFL Thursday's games Houston -2 at tXrolt Datas -14 vs New York Giants Sunday's games New Orleans -3v vs Miami Kansas City -6 at New York Jets Wastvngton -9 vs Phoenix Cleveland -3W vs Chicago Atlanta -5Vi vs. New England Pittsburgh -6VJ at Cincinnati Green Bay -6 vs Tampa Bay at Mrtwaukae San Franasco -6i vs PhHadelprM Buao -16 at Inckanaooks Mmesota ai Los Anodes Rams San Diego vs Los Anges Raiders Monday's game Denver -5' at Seattle College Thursday' game Alabama -1 5 vs Auburn at Bimwigh3m Texas ASM -6 at Texas Friday's games Nebraska -8' at Oklahoma Arkansas -3'1 at LSU Saturday's games Florida State -1 5' vs.

Fonda Georgia -12 vs Georgia Tech Tennessee -9 at Vandertflt Mtssissco -1 vs Mississippi Stats Houston vs Rce Notre Dame -6 at Southern Cat Miami at San reoo State Fresno State -1 1 at Texas-El Paso Hawa'i -9 vs Tulsa AttCp Yds TDs Pts Alabama 256 120 1264 4 79 44 Western Meti. 283 121 1522 5 83 16 CcHo'ado 257 105 1461 8 84 87 TOTAL DEFENSE Plays Yds YdsPG Alabama 593 1674 187 4 Anions 747 2783 253 0 Memxw St. 766 2788 253 5.