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LINCOLN JOURNAL-STAR HUSKERS 12E SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16. 1994 I it At II V'" I I f' iX rs TED KIRKAJNCOLN JOURNAL-STAR Nebraska linebacker Troy Dumas (4) breaks away from Kansas State's Barrett Brooks (73) and Kevin atter intercepting a pass late in the second quarter, as Husker fullback Jeff Makovicka (22) shouts encouragement. Dumas returned the ball 54 yards, ending Chad May Big Eight-record streak of passes without throwing an interception. Dumas has hand in big defensive plays 'nil him il ifir inrcv 7Kr RANOY HAMPTONUNCOLN JOURNALTAR A. BY KEN HAMBLETON Lincoln Journal-Star MANHATTAN, Kan.

It may have been the biggest play of the game and Troy Dumas wasn't sure about what happened. The Nebraska senior linebacker from Cheyenne, sat out last week with a knee injury but made up for lost time by blocking Kansas State's extra-point attempt and intercepting KSU quarterback Chad May. NU fullback Jeff Makovicka (22) celebrates his fourth-quarter touchdown with fullback Cory Schlesinger. Makovicka carried seven times In the final period for 56 yards and his 15-yard TD run with 11:01 to play was his first score of the year. va-'-vi (yft-, VSii "The kicker kicked it and I reached up and the ball was down," Dumas said.

"I don't really know what part of my body I got it with. But later, I was thinking that might last because we were getting better as the game went along." Nebraska scored first but Kansas State bounced back to score a touchdown on the first play of the second quarter. Dumas blocked the PAT and the Wildcats didn't fcr Si. I 1 Troy Dumas i TED KIRKUNCOLN JOURNAL-STAR Husker defenders Ed Stewart (32), Christian Peter (55), Terry Connealy (center) and Donta Jones (bottom) pressure Chad May (5), forcing the KSU quarterback to throw his first interception of the season. Barron Miles 4 V.

A A K' i i uri i.i i.i.i.j.i..LL BLACK SHIRTS STEP IT UP Game-by-game defensive totals Rushing Passing Alt Yds Com Att bit Yds West Virginia 38 8 West Virginia 6 19 2 81 Texas Tech 42 147 Texas Tech 11 29 1 150 UCLA 35 129 UCLA 21 35 2 285 Pacific 25 84 Pacific 27 51 2 290 Wyoming 21 36 Wyoming 25 48 3 344 Oklahoma State 31 40 Oklahoma Slate 6 20 1 96 Kansas State 23 -7 Kansas State 22 48 1 249 Total '215 437 Total 118 248 12 1495 the time. I don't think he knew where he was throwing some times." In the second half, May completed just 10 passes for 76 yards, including passes of 16 and 13 yards. He also had a pass for minus-6 yards and was sacked three times for minus 36 yards. "It's not revenge or redemption for last year, but it's good to know we improved," Dumas said. A year ago.

May threw for a Big Eight record 489 yards and KSU rolled up 565 yards in a 45-28 loss at Lincoln. "We didn't have to be reminded again of what he did to us last year." Nebraska senior cornerback Barron Miles, who broke up three passes, said the Cornhuskers cut down on pass coverage mistakes. "This year, maybe three breakdowns and just one in the second half," Miles said. "We showed some different coverages and we said we'd play a lot of zone coverages. They tion," he said.

score again. "If the game was 7-7 it might have been different," Dumas said. "And if we don't get an interception it might have been a lot different, too." Dumas glided through the middle of the Nebraska defense, grabbed May's pass at the Nebraska 17-yard line and returned it 54 yards with 1:43 left in the first half. May hadn't been intercepted this year in 148 consecutive attempts. "I just read the quarterback and saw his arm action and broke on the ball," Dumas said.

"I was thinking I could go all the way with it, but somebody got me out of bounds." From that point on, Kansas State didn't threaten to score again. "After the interception he (May) wasn't the same," Dumas said. "We got a little more confident and we kept getting more pressure on him all (coaches) tricked us because it was almost all man-to-man today." Miles said it wasn't the secondary alone. "Our pressure on their quarterback was great and we really didn't have to cover that long," he said. "You know, to give up one touchdown to their offense is not too bad.

"We snowed everybody we can cover anyone and that our defense is probably the No. 1 defense in the na While that may be debatable, NU Coach Tom Osborne said he was impressed with Miles. "Barron Miles made some great plays. He's a phenomenal athlete. Sometimes it was just an inch but he made the plays.

"Tyrone Williams played well, too. Our comerbacks matched man-toman all day long and that's against a great passer and some very good receivers," Osborne added. RANDY HAMPTOHUNCOLN JOURNAL-STAR There was nowhere inside KSU Stadium for a pair of Nebraska fans to hide from the weather, so up went their hoods and even trash bags to fend off the rain. Tf 6W :1 aWA4, 1 v' .1 ItS) MHMJMXXM XWINAL-6rAN Cornhusker defenders Christian Peter (55) and Phil Ellis (right) hem In Kansas State running back J.J. Smith (22) on a H.JlA, DdMANtSfUNCCLN JOURNAL-STAn Nebraska rover Kareem Moss (29) goes head over heels trying to stop K-State quarterback Chad May (5) on a second-quarter scramble that netted only 1 yard.

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