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jcmnuGziEn highlights. TAP SEPTEMBER 1PM SWnAY JQI "WWt 2 7D By Randy York seen Mark play on film and I've seen what he Graeber said of Nebraska's twice Outland national championship," Traynowicz said. Assistant Sports Editor 4 PASADENA, Calif. Now that Bill Fralic and Pittsburgh are 0-3 and cant beat Temple, the state of Nebraska officially nominates its foremost candidate for the (Jutland Award Mark Traynowicz. The Huskers' senior center was a smashing success in a 42-3 win over UCLA Saturday and NU offensive Harry Grimminger thinks it's time Traynowicz got his share of the national publicity.

"With the problems Pitt's having, I think Mark's going to take some of the limelight," Grimminger said. "I've seen Fralic play on film and I've seen things he can do," Gnmmtngcr said. "And I've UCLA's defense middle guard. can ao. I think Mark may be the best offensive lineman in the nation right now." Graeber praises Grimminger is not alone in that assessment.

Listen to Husker middle guard Ken Graeber. "This is an honest fact," he said Saturday. "I was younger, but I went against Dave Rimingtdn a lot in scrimmages; And I can honestly say that Mark Traynowicz does a lot of things Just as well as Dave and a few things a little better than Dave." Traynowicz "hook blocks better and he has a better pass protection" than Rimington, Graeber said. "That's not taking anything away from Dave," Award-winning center now with the Cincinnati "But Mark comes off the ball just as hard as Rimington did and he run-blocks just as well He's got my vote for whatever awards are com- ing to lum." "Ken said that?" Traynowicz asked rhetorically. "I guess that $5 I gave him must have Thinks championship Seriously, even though Traynowicz got rave reviews from his coaches and teammates, he: was not ready to lobby for the Outland.

1 "You lay in bed and you think about things. But I dont want to think about anything but the "I like to think of the team first If I was Bill Fralic (Pitt's All-American offensive lineman) right now, I'd really be down. When you're 0-3, you think about getting the team things more than anything Mark Traynowicz would rather be a longshot for the Outland and 3-0. "We're more of a ball team this year," he said. "We've got a great offense and a great defense.

We're not playing perfect football by any means. But that combination right there makes a great It also makes a great center forget about himself, even when he's had a great game against what NU coaches thought was the strength of "I don't want to start to think I'm pretty good," Traynowicz said. "That happened to me last year. Then I had a bad game. I don't want that to happen again." Clete Fischer and Milt Tenopir, NU's veteran offensive line coaches, aren't expecting anything remotely resembling a collapse.

"Mark's not as overpowering as Rimington," Tenopir said. "But he probably does a little more overall for our offense. He stands right at the top of the list with Dave and Dean (Steinkuhler) Fischer said Traynowicz "has good feet, he's good drive blocker and does a great job on pass pro. All things considered, he's probably the best lineman in the country this year." 1 ijft. i a wwwwwhiiaawglF warn wijwwjwwwwwmpmw Bosaaliiie praises nsker showing ffv --0 If- Jt i Nebraska receiver Scott Kimball is brought down by UCLA's James Washington after making a catch during the fourth quarter.

I-hack depth lets offense churn on time this season, two Nebraska backs have rushed for more than 100 yards in one game. Smith and fullback Tom Rathman did it in the opener. Diverse attack I 1 mm Cc -i 1 fee t4 PASADENA. Calif. UCLA suffered its worst home defeat in 44 years when Nebraska registered a 42-3 victory at the Rose Bowl here Saturday.

Bruin Coach Terry Donahue could find few words of praise for his own team, but plenty for Nebraska. "They are an awesome team," Donahue said of the Cornhuskers. "I don't see much difference from last year's team, except they lack the speed that Turner Gill had at quarterback. But they are very powerful on the offensive line and their defense and kicking game is improved over last year. "I had a lot of respect for Nebraska coming in," Donahue added, "and, obviously, I have a lot of respect for them now." Donahue was disappointed his ball-, club could not capitalize on two first-quarter breaks an intercepted pass, and a blocked punt.

"We had a couple of opportunities early in the game to make It Interesting," he said, "but we were never able to generate any momentum and they just kept pounding at us." No running game UCLA managed just 41 yards on the ground. "You just can't play good offensive football without a running attack," he said. "It makes it very difficult when the defense is in a position that they can pin their ears back and just come after the quarterback. "I don't know if having Steve Bono (injured senior quarterback who couldn't play) would have made a difference or not Our kids rallied behind Matt Stevens and did the best they could." i Stevens, a redshirt sophomore who had attempted just one pass this season, was told Friday he would start NU ends crashed hard "Nebraska was really bringing their defensive ends in hard," Stevens said, "and we weren't expecting that Even Huskers ID to see action, closed out the scoring -with 5:43 left in the game on a 4-yard run. Defense halted Bruins Sundberg completed 10 of 17 attempts for 104 yards.

Coupled with 364 yards on the ground, the Huskers piled up 468 yards to just 206 for the Bruins. UCLA managed just 41 yards on the ground. Although the Bruins had 165 yards in the air, Stevens and junior replacement David Norrie completed less than half of their passes 20 of 43. UCLA managed its only points at the start of the second half on a 34-yard. John Lee field goaL It made Lee a per-, feet 10-10 for the season and gave the -junior kicker an even 200 points for his career.

Only one other player in UCLA history, quarterback Gary Beban (1965-67), has scored more (214). "Even though we were ahead 21-0, 1 thought it would be very important for us to go out and re-establish the -momentum," Osborne said. "Instead, they held the ball for seven minutes and got their field goal I was afraid that might get them pumped up and turn things around. But although we didn't move the ball the first time we got it in the second half, the defense came on to play real well Made some mistakes "We had some mistakes," Osborne noted, "including a couple in pur kicking game. But fortunately, UCLA had even more, on which we were able to capitalize." ky From pg1P Ends net of 41 yards and passed for 165.

Twenty-two of their 43 passes fell incomplete, and one was intercepted by NU safety Bret Clark. Their quarter backs were sacked eight times. More intensity Even though Cornhusker quarterback Craig Sundberg could empathize with Stevens, he enjoyed watching Nebraska's defense. "I was excited. I'm not a coach, but I thought our defense played great" he said.

"It seemed like Uiey had more intensity today." The ends' performance looked good from Nebraska cornerback Dave Burke's perspective, too. "We were getting great pressure on-their quarterback, and we weren't even blitzing," said Eiirke. "When the guys then, I thought my line up front played well." After blocking the NU punt, the Bruins took over on the Nebraska yard line. But on the very next play Husker defensive tackle Jim Skow grabbed Stevens, pulling the ball loose. Scott Strasburger recovered the fumble.

"One of my ends was double-covered and the other didnt get. into the tern," Stevens said. "I was trying to throw it away, but that guy (Skow) knocked the ball out of my hands before I could." Stevens impressed 1 Stevens said there are a lot of teams besides Nebraska against which he would have liked to get his' first start "Nebraska is a tough team, a very tough team" Stevens said. "And they're a 60-minute team. They never quit coming at -you full speed, no matter, who is in there.

Coach Osborne should be very proud of those guys." UCLA all-American linebacker Neal Dellocono said every time he thought, the Bruins had Nebraska stopped bust one. "It seems like we had them third and eight a lot of times, then they'd make 15 yards on the next play." 1 Nebraska converted eight of 15 third-down tries while UCLA managed but one of 11. "They came to our field and humili ated us on national TV," Dellocono added. "I think they were every bit as explosive as the team they had last year. "Our defense was just out on the field too much of the time, especially in the first half," Dellocono said.

"Then, when we started getting tired, Nebraska just got into its system and they were almost Impossible UCLA takes on another Eight Conference team next Saturday, traveling to Boulder to play the Colorado Buffaloes. Osborne insisted there are still several teams who could lay claim to being No. 1 in the country. "We just happen to be there," he said. "But we have some tough teams to face yet including Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in our own conference.

We have a good team, but we're not invincible. We showed some improvement today over our first two games. And I'm particularly pleased with the play of the defense. It's been several years since our defense has played this weE" Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride and his Black Shirts enjoy such words of praise. "UCLA has a great field goal kicker," McBride noted, "and when they, can only get close enough for mm to try oncethat tells me something about the way our defensive Wds played.

"Our defense took a little abuse from the press and the fans last year," he added, "They lived with that all sum-, mer. But they've come back strong this falL I credit our pass rush improvement and the sacks to the fact that we have two defensive line units that are equal and can be interchanged. That's the key, to have fresh guys in there all the time." Nearly half of the crowd of 71,355 was dressed in red. The Husker fans had the nation's largest "tailgate" party, when 2,500 gathered in a red and white circus tent just outside the stadium before the game. Nebraska will complete a coast-to-coast tour next Saturday with another televised game at Syracuse.

'V up-front are doing the job, we can play tighter in the secondary, "It makes our job easier." According to Weber, that works both ways. When the defensive front has confidence In those behind it the pass rush is better because "you've got the quarterback second-guessing whether his receivers are going to be open." The Nebraska defense never let down, even when the opportunity arose. On the first play after a blocked punt gave UCLA possession at the Nebraska six-yard line. Cornhusker defensive tackle Jim Skow stripped the ball, and Strasburger fell on it "There were a lot of times when we could've let down," Strasburger said. "That might've been the biggest turning point said Sundberg.

TiM might've been the end. -i i -mm Some 15,000 Nebraska fans had to show their pride at the Rose 3 injuries not expected to be serious PASADENA, Calif. The Nebraska have been bothered by back spasms, football team came through its 42-3 vie- and offensive tackle Mark Behning, who tory over UCLA on Saturday afternoon was a doubtful starter because of an with only three significant injuries, ac- ankle sprain, "all held up pretty good," cording to Cornhusker assistant trainer Weber said. 1 Jerry Weber. None of the new injuries were be- I-back Jeff Smith and offensive lieved to be serious.

tackle Bill Lewis suffered ankle sprains. Nebraska was due to return to" Lin- and linebacker Marc Munford left the coin on a charter flight at 3 a.rit Sunday, game with a concussion. The Cornhuskers visit Syracuse. -next Wingback Shane Swanson and defen- week: The Orangemen lost 19-0 to Rut- sive end Gregg Reeves, both of whom gers Saturday. By Mike Babcock PASADENA, Calif.

The Nebraska football team's 42-3 victory over UCLA at the Rose Bowl Saturday afternoon provided a variation on the familiar bit of wisdom: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" It was: The Cornhusker offense without Jeff Smith can be as potent. Because of an ankle sprain that occurred late in the first half on a 46-yard punt return, Smit sat out the second half. That should have been' good news for UCLA's beleaguered defense, considering Smith rushed for 123 yards on 20 carries and caught one pass for 13 yards before intermission. But it wasn't Exit Smith, enter redshirted sophomore Doug DuBose. Take out DuBose and put in Paul Miles.

"All three are capable of going in and playing well," said Nebraska offensive backs Coach Frank Solicit. NU displayed depth 5 Cornhusker fans may already have known what UCLA and a national tele-. learned DuBose turned -near-disaster into a 64-yard touchdown run. Nebraska has depth at I-back. DuBose slipped taking a handoff i from quarterback Craig Sundberg on a draw play, bumping Sundberg ever-so-slightly.

"When we collided, I was thinking about going to the right" DuBose said, adding that for an instant "I thought I was going down." When he regained his balance, how-" ever. DuBose cut to the left broke one tackle, and out-raced everyone for Nebraska's fifth touchdown. w. The run helped DuBose finish with 104 rushing yards. It was the second Scoring NU-UCLA How scored Time left FIRST QUARTER -0 Smiths run 4:54 Drive: 80 yards in 11 plays.

Highlighted by Smith runs of 18 and 13. 1 Conversion: Livingston kick failed. SECOND QUARTER 14-0 Sundberg 4 run 11:20 Drive: 28 yards In 5 Following Frain recovery after punt hit UCLA player. Highlighted by Smith 13 run. Conversion: Gamble pass from Sundberg.

21-0 RathmanSrun 2:01 Drive: 69 yords In 12 Highlighted by-Sundberg passes of 14, IS and 12 yards. Conversion: Livingston kick. THIRD QUARTER 21-3 Lee 34 field goal 8:02 Drive: 43 yards In 8 plays. Highlighted by Stevens 25 pass to Andrews. Aided rt by three Nebraska penalties.

28-3 Swanson19run 1:57 Drive: 70 vards in 8 plays. Highlighted by 15 and 13 Sundberg passes. Conversion: Livingston klcK. FOURTH QUARTER 35-3 DuBose 44 run 13:42 Drive: 82 yards In 4 plays with all yardage coming on three DuBose runs. Conversion: Livingston kick.

Six players scored Nebraska's six touchdowns. "We were going to come with everything we had. We were kind of conservative the first two games, but today we let everything hang out" said Nebraska wingback Shane Swanson. He scored the Cornhuskers' fourth touchdown on a reverse, late in the third quarter, and UCLA's defense never laid a hand on him. Miles threw the final block.

"It was excellent," Swanson said. Nebraska rushed for 364 yards and passed just enough to keep the Bruins off-balance. Quarterback Craig Sundberg completed 10 of 17 passes for 104 yards. Swanson caught three for 33 yards. "I figured we'd throw the ball more," he said.

"Today, we did what we had to do." Smith carried load Smith played one series after spraining his ankle, but at halftime, Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne told DuBose and Miles they'd carry the load in the second half. Until the sprain, Smith was relentless in his assault of the UCLA defense. He opened the scoring with an 8-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter, set up the second with a 12-yard burst which carried to the Bruin 4-yard line and gained 14 of the final 17 yards prior to the third. "I could've played in the second half," said Smith. "But the trainers told me I had to come out and the coaches thought, 'Why make it He was refering to his left ankle, but he could've meant the score.

42-3 Miles 4 run 5:43 Drive: 49 yards In 8 plays. Highlighted by Miles 14 run and Gatson 11 run. Conversion: Klein kick 4 15 7 14 42 UCLA 0 0 3 0 3 Statistics. Nebraska Offense Rushing No. Yds.

Ave. No. Yds. Ave. Rathman ....11 52 4.7 J.

Smith 20 123 4.2 Sundberg ,..8 4 0.5 DuBose 8 104 13.0 Turner 3 2 0.7 Kaelin 0 1 1.0 1 11 11.0 Miles ..8 41 5.1 1 19 19.0 2 7 3.5 Passing No. Co. Yds PI 17 10 104 1 Turner. 2 0 0 0 Receiving No. Yds.

Swanson 3 33 Porter 1 3 Kimball 2 21 J.Smith 1 14 1 12 Gamble 1 15 Miles 1 4 Punting No. Yds. Ave. 5 192 38.4 Team 4 0 returns No. Yds.

17 J.Smith 1 45 r- i nr iJ plenty of reasons Bowl. at least 42 ....7 52 Garibaldi ..1 3 Craig 1 11 Young 1 10 Wiley 8 Farr .........1 -3 Punting No. Yds. Ave. 9 382 44.4 Team 1 3 3.0 Punt returns No.

K.Alexander 1 14 Pitts 2 10 Shlnnick i KickoH returns No. Yds. Dorrell ..........,2 34 fA 21 Sherrard 2 38 Interception returns 'M No. Yds. Price ..................1 0 Defense Tackles UT AT TT Welch 7 -) 7 Washingtpn 4 io Price 1 i 1 Rutledge 8 2 10 Miller 1 0 1 Dellocono 3 3 4 Taylor 2 3 i 5 Pitts 9 1 10 Phillips 1 1 2 Jordan 2 2 4 Pankopf.

1 0 1 Randle 3 2 5 Block 4 0 4 Knowles 3 3 4 Butler 4 0 4 Jorecki 2 0 2 Wassil ...3 4 7 Hutchins 1 0 1 Shinnlck 1 0 Tumey 1 0 1 I 0 i interception returns No. Yds. Clark 1 0 Defense Tackles UT AT TT McCashland 5 -2 7 Clark 2 0 2 Burke 4 0 4 Munford ........4 2 4 Daffer 4 5 9 Daum 1 5 4 Stuckev 0 3 3 1 0 1 B.Smith 11 Weber 4 3 9 Strasburger 5 2 7 Noonan 2 0 2 Skow 5 0 5 Shead ...4 15 2 2 4 Carl 1 0 1 Parsons 4 0 4 Graeber 1 0 1 Tvrer 2 0 2 Hiemer ...0 1 Washington 1 0 1 Grimminger 1 0 1 UCLA Offfense Rushing No. Yds. Ave.

Stevens 9 -34 Andrews 8 32 4. Wiley 4 19 4.8 5 184' 3.4 8 1.1 Passing No. Co. Yds PI 28 13 119 1 Norrie 15 7 44 0 Pass Receiving No. Yds.

1 v- 18 Sherrard 3 37 Tennell 3 14 1 13.