Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 29

Journal anb tar Nov. 19, 1978 Hnskers find Tigers too tough to cage contest with them," Osborne added, "but that's what happened They had trouble stopping us, but we couldn't stop them. And they scored the last one." The score was identical and the game was reminiscent of Nebraska's 35-31 victory over Oklahoma in 1971. An even, seesaw game that went to the team to get the last touchdown Missouri won the coin toss and chose to have a strong 25-MPH wind at its back The decision didn't look too smart when Husker I-back Richard Berns scampered 82 yards on the first play of the game to stake Nebraska to a 7-0 lead. Berns, who was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week, didn't let the so-called "SI jinx" bother him personally.

He finished the day with 255 yards the most ever gained by a Cornhusker in a single game. The slashing senior first had the record after gaining 211 yards as a sophomore against Hawaii two years ago. But last season, I.M. Hipp snapped the mark with 254 yards against Indiana. Berns exceeded that by a single yard Saturday.

But the personal accomplishment was little consolation to the Wichita Falls, native, even though he also became Nebraska's alltime career leading rusher in the process. Berns was third on the list going into the game, needing 70 yards to catch previous runnerup Jeff Kinney (2,420 yards) and 95 to catch Tony Davis He went by Kinney and almost caught Davis on the game's first play, eventually pushing his total to 2,605 yards NEBRASKA: Continued page 3D Nebraska's dream of a national football championship turned into a nightmare in Memorial Stadium Saturday. Missouri, so often cast as the giant-killer in recent years, played that role to perfection once again by registering a 35-31 victory over the Orange Bowl-bound Cornhuskers. In a rare move and unprecedented in Big Eight history the Orange Bowl elected to stage a Big Eight championship rematch between co-titlists Nebraska and Oklahoma New Year's night. The one other time a bowl committee scheduled an intra-conference rematch came in the 1960 Sugar Bowl after LSU and Mississippi played to a regular season S-6 tie.

LSU shut out Ole Miss in the bowl game, 21-0. (See related bowl story, page 1A). The biggest Missouri villians were a bunch of ex-Huskers masquerading in Black and Gold parkas as Missouri coaches Warren Powers, John Fai-man, Dick Beechner, Zaven Yaralian, Mark Heydorff, Bill (Thunder) Thornton and Dave Redding. They had an excellent supporting cast in quarterback Phil Bradley, tight end Kellen Winslow and a bull-like sophomore running back named James Wilder. It was the second-straight year for Powers and his staff to return "home" to Memorial Stadium and sidetrack their alma mater.

Powers, who played as a Husker and then coached eight years under Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne, brought Washington State to Lincoln for his head coaching debut last fall and went away with a 19-10 victory'. Saturday's game was an even more difficult defeat for the Huskers to swallow. They were No. 2 in the nation and on the threshold of playing top-rated Perm State for the national championship. "If we could have just slowed them down," Nebraska defensive coordinator STAFF C0L0RPH0T0 8Y WEB RAY The Missouri Tigers lived up to their nickname Saturday as they fought, scrapped and clawed their way to a 35-31 win over Nebraska Saturday.

The meanest Tiger of all was running back James Wilder, a sophomore. Here Wilder (32) scores the first of his four touchdowns, despite the efforts of the Huskers' Jeff Hansen (48) and Derrie Nelson (92). Jim PiUen (29) and Tim Fischer (16) move in to aid their teammates. Powers: 'This is a great place Virgil Parker Lance Van Zandt lamented about Missouri's relentless offense. "Our offense was moving the ball well enough.

But we couldn't stop them. We tried everything we have. We tried our standard 5-2 defense, we tried to blitz, dog, a '59' alignment, eagle everything. It seemed like the game lasted two weeks. It was a nightmare." Cornhusker Coach Osborne, fighting back tears which many of his Husker players could not contain admitted there wasn't much he could say.

"They just beat us. We (the coaches) were worried whether the players could play with the same intensity two weeks in a row. We didn't. We weren't as crisp, not as emotional as against Oklahoma last week. "We had a chance there at the end," Osborne observed of the final four minutes after Missouri had tallied a touchdown to produce what proved to be the final score.

"But the clock was against us as well as a strong Missouri defense. They knew we were going to have to pass and they were able to blitz successfully. "We didn't want to get into a scoring Bowls at Garden State BOWl Saturday, Dec. 16 At East Rutherford, N.J. Team to be determined vs.

Rut9ers (9-1-0), noon Independence Bowl Saturday, Dec. 16 At Shreveport, La. Team to be determined vs. Louisiana Tech 16- 4-0), 1:30 p.m. Hall Of Fame Game Wednesday, Dec.

20 At Birmingham, Ala. Tews (6-3-0) vs. Iowa State (8-3-0), 8 P.m. Holiday Bowl Friday, Dec. 22 At San Diego Brigham Young (7-3-0) vs.

Now (7-3-0), 9 p.m. Sun BOWl Saturday, Dec. 23 At Tempe, Ariz. Morvland (8-2-0) vs. Texas (7-2-0), 12:30 P.m.

Liberty BOWl Saturdoy, Dec. 23 At Memphis, Tenn. Missouri (7-44) vs. LSU (6-3-0), 3:30 p.m. Tangerine Bowl Soturdov, Dec.

23 At Orlando, Fla. rflh VS' Nrtn COrOMna m' How AP's 1. Penn State (10 0) idle 2. Nebraska (9-2) lost to Missouri, 35-31 3. Alabama (9-1) idle 4.

Oklahoma (10-1 det. Okla. 62-7 5. USC (9-1) def. UCLA, 17-10 6.

Houston (8-1) idle 7. Michigan (9-1) def. Purdue, 24-6 8. Georgia (8-1-1 tied Auburn, 22-22 9. Texas (7-2) def.

TCU, 41-0 10. Notre Dame (8-2) def. Georgia Tech, 38-21 11. Maryland (9-2) lost to Clemson, 28-24 12. Clemson (9-1) def.

Maryland, 28-24 13. Arkansas (7-2) def. Texas 26-7 14. UCLA (8-3) lost to USC, 17-10 15. Purdue (7-2-1) lost to Michigan, 24-6 16.

Michigan St. (7-3) def. Northwestern, 52-3 17. LSU (6-3) lost to Miss. 16-14 18.

Pitt (8-2) def. Army, 35-17 19. Ohio State (7-2-1 def. Indiana, 21-18 20. Georgia Tech (7-3) lost to Notre Dame, 4.

Marty Coniglio LB Pius Si- 1 -ass 4 -8 Ken a glance Peacn Bowl Monday, Dec. 25 At Atlonta Purdue (7-2-1) vs. team to be determined, P.m. Fiesta Bowl Monday, Dec. 25 At Tempe, Ariz.

UCLA (8-3-0) vs. Arkansas (7-2-0), 3:30 p.m. Gator Bowl Friday, Dec. 29 At Jacksonville, Fla. Clemson (9-1-0) vs.

Big Ten runner-up, 9 p.m. Rlnahnnnot Rnuil Dec 31 At Houston Stanford (7-4) vs. SEC runner-up, 8 p.m. rnHnn HauiI Monday, Jon 1 At Dallas' Notre Dame (8-2-0) vs. SWC champion, 2 p.m.

Monday" Jan. 1 At Pasadena, Calif. Big Ten winner vs. Southern Cal (9-1-0), 5 p.m. cuaar Bowl Monday.

Ja 1 At New oneons Penn State (10-0-0) vs. SEC champion, 7:30 p.m. Oranae Bowl At Miami Nebraska (9-2-0) vs. Oklahoma (10-1-0), 8 p.m. top 20 fared Next week opponent Pitt season completed idle season completed Notre Dame at TexosTech at Ohio State idle at Baylor at USC season completed S.

Carolina at SMU season completed Indiana lowo Tulane at Penn State Michigan idle By Mike Babcock Staff Sports Writer The Angel of Death to Nebraska's hopes for a national championship wore a baby-face and a big smile. Warren Powers couldn't have been more pleased he and his Missouri football team were headed for a bowl game. "The players bailed me out of that one. I've got too many debts as it is," he said. Earlier in the week Powers indicated that if the Tigers could upset Nebraska Saturday, they would go to a bowl even if he had to foot the bill himself.

Since he paid a tidy sum to become the Missouri head coach he bought up his Washington State contract the additional expense of taking an entire team to a bowl might have stretched the Powers' family budget just a tad too much. But late Saturday afternoon, Missouri announced it had accepted a bid to the Liberty Bowl opposite Louisiana State. Nebraska picked up the tab for the Tigers' trip to Memphis in the form of a 35-31 loss at Memorial Stadium Powers was beaming. "This is a great place to play, especially when you win," he said of his alma mater. "I love to play this school because Nebraska has a lot of character, and this is a tremendous program.

I -2 Tom Curry HB Northeast 2 sv 1 I Mil a Wt" 9r hi -41 JeffSvoboda DE here to prove it." To that end, he ripped apart the Husker defense for 181 yards in 28 carries and scored four touchdowns. It was his greatest collegiate performance. "The holes were there. I just picked the one I wanted there were so many," Wilder said. "Nebraska wasn't that good at tackling.

They weren't making solid hits; it was kinda side-tackling. "We just did what we've been doing all year. It was all basic stuff, nothing new," he said. Powers concurred. He said the Tigers analyzed films of Nebraska's 22-14 victory over Oklahoma State, and then, after losing to those same Cowboys (35-20), he decided to go back to some basic football.

Missouri rushed for only 23 yards in 29 carries against Oklahoma State. But Saturday, the Tigers gained 289 yards on the ground against the Big Eight's best rushing defense. "We felt we were coming off the line hard," Powers said. "We shoot for four yards a carry, and anything else is gravy. "When you're trying for 40 or 50 yards at a time, you're not going to make a thing," he said.

Behind a hard-charging offensive line, Missouri popped off over five yards a crack against Nebraska. Tiger center Pete AUard had one explanation for the success. Brad Muchling OG-Southeast Bill TE to play9 "I thought we controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game. You don't get long drives time after time just pussyfooting around," he said. No one was accusing the 'Cats from Missouri of pussyfooting.

No matter what the Huskers did, the Tigers went them one better. Not even Richard Berns' 82-yard touchdown run on the opening play from scrimmage could discourage Missouri. "Boy, I didn't have time to think about it," Powers said of the run. "It happened so fast, I was in shock and we didn't have time to get down. "Besides, we knew seven points weren't going to win it," he said.

The Tigers rebounded with a 13-play, 79-yard drive with Wilder covering the final nine yards to tie the score. Powers said his team's ability to rebound from adversity, time and again, was the difference in the game. "When Nebraska scored, our offense came back and scored. And when the defense had to be tough, it was," he said. That was best illustrated early in the second quarter when Nebraska picked up a first down at the Tiger two yard line and came away with Billy Todd's 27-yard field goal instead of a touchdown.

"One of the biggest plays was when we held them to a field goaL That was a key," Powers said. (O Weber Southeast Craig Sundberg QB-Southeast football W1 fJh 7 1 "I owe them a great deal, but what ever team I'm playing is the one I want to beat," Powers said. Saturday, second-ranked Nebraska had the misfortune of being that team. "We knew we were going to have to outscore them. Our offense did a great job," Powers said.

"We kept coming at 'em, coming at 'em Nebraska just couldn't get us off their backs. "We felt we could run the football, and we felt we could throw. Nobody has stopped us yet; we've just stopped ourselves. When things go right, we've got a lot of offense," he said. Sophomore James Wilder was something that went right for Missouri Saturday.

He went right; he went left; he went up the middle. And if Powers was the Angel of Death to NU's national title hopes, Wilder was certainly his messenger. "Wilder just had a fantastic day, and the young man doesn't even know how to carry the football yet. He's still learning," Powers said. You'd have a difficult time convincing Nebraska fans of that.

The Huskers just couldn't stop the 6-2, 220-pounder from Sikcston, Mo. "I didn't want to be stopped. I wanted to go somewhere for the holidays," Wilder said. "Our coach told us we have the best backs there are, and we came up Doug Moore CB- Lincoln High defensive back by Lincoln Southeast's Craig Sundberg (quarterback), Brad Muehling (guard) and Bill Weber (tight end), Northeast's Tom Curry (running back) and Jeff Svoboda (defensive end) and Lincoln Pius linebacker Marty Coniglio. Through all the change, football has remained a part of Doug Moore.

Minneapolis, where he was born, and Milwaukee, where he lived until the family moved to SL Louis, were the only two locations where football wasn't important. But that was only because he wasn't old enough. He donned full pads in organized play for the first time while in the second grade in SL Louis. The year after the death of his mother, Doug and his father moved on to Corpus Christi, Tex, for advancement in his father's business in heavy construction machinery. After that was Des Moines.

The moving, Doug says, was just another part of life. "Football was something for me that never changed," Moore says. "The loca-ALL-STATE: Continued pooe 4D li Norfteast Rosburg DT-PiusX Class Seven Lincolnites selected to Super State squad Joe LeDuc NG-PiusX Class Yr. Sr Sr Sr Sr Jr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Super State football selections Super State Second Team Offense Pot. Player, School Ht.

Wt. QB Randee Johnson, Lincoln Northeast 6-2 180 HB Dwayne Johnson, Omaha Northwest 5-10 170 Ed Storm, Ralston 5-9 170 Kevin Bretschnelder, Pierce 5-9 165 SE Scott Schoettger, Lincoln East 5-8 135 Greg Stephens, Central City 6-5 200 Charlie Meyers, Creighton Prep 6-3 228 Roger Llnde, Norfolk 6-3 205 Joe LeDuc Lincoln Pius 5-7 170 Mark Rlgatuso, Omaha Central 6-1 215 Jim Lathrop, Omaha Westslde 6-0 210 Steve Murry, Grand Island 5-10 165 6-1 175 Defense Doug Rohweder, Grand Island 6-0 170 Floyd Stinson, Tecumseh 6-2 215 Ken Rosburg, Lincoln Pius 6-1 205 Kvm Rush, Axtell 6-6 220 NG Dave Hamersky, Lincoln High 5-5 160 LB Mark Cobelens, Bel levue West 6-2 185 LB Kurt Bostwlck, Omaha North 5-10 175 LB Clark Toner, Grand Island 6-1 180 CB Jeff Harelson, Lincoln East 6-0 165 CB Tony Ochsner, Sutton 6-0 185 Jerry Walton, Omaha Bryan 6-2 170 1978 Sunday Journal and Star First Team Offense Pos. Player, School Ht. Wt. Yr.

QB Craig Sundberg, Lincoln Southeast o-O 17S Jr HB Tom Currv, Lincoln Northeast 5-9 155 Sr HB Jim Bright, O'Neill 6-1 185 Sr FB Jim Jeffries, Grand Island 6-1 185 Sr SE 5-9 165 Sr TE Bill Weber, Lincoln Southeast 6-2 185 Jr Dan Schmeucker, Omaha Burke 6-5 232 Sr BUI Bolte, Omaha North 6-5 215 Sr BUI Wheeler, Grand island 6-3 205 Sr Brad Muehling, Lincoln Southeast 5-11 185 Sr Marty Rocca, Grand Island 6-1 220 Sr John Skubisz, Omaha Gross 64 160 Sr Scott Schug, Kearney 6-1 195 Sr Player of the year Jim Jeffries, Grand Island Defense Craig Holman, Omaha Northwest 6-4 215 Sr Jeff Svoboda, Lincoln Northeast 6-3 205 Sr John Sherlock, Omaha South 6-3 225 Sr Mike Keeler, Omaha Burke 6-4 230 Sr NG Randy Jostes, Ralston 6-4 235 Sr LB John Beldeck, McCook 6-4 200 Sr LB- Tab Burch, Papilllon 6-1 205 Sr LB Marty Coniglio, Lincoln Pius 5-10 175 Sr CB Kevin Roddy, Bel levue West 6-0 170 Sr CB Doug Moore, Lincoln High 5-10 180 Sr John Sorensen, Omaha Gross 6-2 175 Sr Player of the year Randy Jostes, Ralston By Chuck Sinclair Prep Sports Editor When Doug Moore was just a nine-year-old growing up in St. Louis, he lost his mother in an automobile accident Four years later in Des Moines, his father was killed in the crash of his private plane. Needless to say," the young man faced more grief and change in his few years on earth than most people must face in a lifetime. There was one thing, however, that always seemed to remain the same.whether he was growing up in St. Louis, Corpus Christi, Des Moines or Lincoln, and that was football.

Football has been special to Doug Moore and Doug Moore has been special to football As a 5-10, Impound senior defensive back-fullback at Lincoln High, Moore leads a list of seven athletes from the Capital City as selections on the Sunday Journal and Star Super-State football team. Moore is joined in first team status at Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Sr Jr Jr Sr Sr.