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Lincoln Journal-Star SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1993 -if. Missed two leaves EiU lbtae; 21-2 (NU) If A- (f (--7 15 ft V' BY KEN HAMBLETON Lincoln Journal-Star- Kan. If Kansas was ever in dead-solid-perfect position to beat Nebraska, it was Saturday afternoon at the Cornhusker, 3-yardline. Instead, Nebraska, in near-total defensive disarray, dodged disaster and held on for a 21-20 victory at KU's Me- morial Stadium. The win came on a day when one team ahead of No.

6 Nebraska in the Associated Press poll (No. 5 Alabama) lost and another (No. 3 Ohio State) tied. Kansas scored on a 3-yard leap by running back June Henley with 52 seconds left in the game. The Jayhawks, never thinking of a tie according to Coach Glen Mason, chose a rollout pass for the two-point attempt that would have given them the lead.

Meanwhile, Nebraska tried to rally for a saving play in its fourth come-f rom-behind victory this season. "We panicked," said Nebraska safety John Reece. "We were in deep trouble, and we weren't even lined up right. We had backs in the wrong posi- tion, and we had two guys blitzing from the wrong side." But and maybe only in 1 seasons when a team manages to be 9-0 overall and 5-0 in the Big Eight. Kansas' two-point pass attempt fell short.

"Somebody helped us out on that said Nebraska outside linebacker Trev Alberts, looking at the sky. "It was a pretty helpless feeling." Nebraska defensive tackle Kevin Ramaekers made Kansas quarterback Asheiki Preston hurry the pass to Ashaundai Smith, who was closely covered by NU safety Toby Wright and cornerback Barron Miles. The ball the ground before Smith had a chance to even try to end Nebraska's string of 25 straight victories against Kansas. "It didn't work," said KU's Mason. "We had worked on it and decided it would be our two-point play." Asked when he chose to go for the win, instead of a tie, Mason answered, "When I first took this job and saw what a lopsided series this was." But Nebraska had something else Please see HUSKERS on page 10C Tide falls; OSU tied Loss to LSU ends a 31 -game streak TUSCALOOSA.

Ala. (AP) No. 5 Alabama learned a lesson that might come in handy the next time it challenges for a national football title. The nation's longest unbeaten streak ended at 31 games Saturday as Louisiana State capitalized on mistakes to upset the defending champions 17-13. "It's a game where we didn't perform on a championship level," said Alabama Coach Gene Stallings, whose team already has clinched a berth in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

"We can't turn the ball over four or five times and not stop them when we have to and win good, tough games." Alabama was more than a three-touchdown favorite over LSU. But four second-half interceptions led to two LSU touchdowns and killed what could have been game-tying scores. The Tide hadn't lost since Sept. 14, 1991, a 35-0 defeat at Florida. The only blemish since then was a 17-17 tie with Tennessee earlier this year.

No. 3 Buckeyes block Badger bid MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin students didn't rush the field after Saturday's football game against No. 3 Ohio State, and tight security wasn't the only reason. There was little to celebrate after the Buckeyes blocked a 33-yard field goal attempt with one second left to preserve a 14-14 tie and damage the Rose Bowl hopes of the No.

15 Badgers. Ohio State rallied for the tie with a 99-yard scoring drive and denied Wisconsin the victory when Marlon Kerner blocked Rick Schnetzky's kick on the next-to-last play. "1 was stretched out as far as I could," said Kerner, a junior cornerback who blocked a field goal against Penn State a week ago. "It was, 'Please, please, please, let me block Then 'Thank you, thank you, thank Although their national title chances were hurt, the Buckeyes can clinch a Rose Bowl berth by winning their last two games against Indiana and Michigan. Ohio State tied it on a 26-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Bret Powers to Joey Galloway with 3 48 left.

Iowa State upsets Kansas State. Page 2C. Memories linger at Madison. Page 2C. TED KIRKLINCOLN JOURNAL-STAR Nebraska l-back Calvin Jones heads downfield on a 51 -yard run during the drive that ended with Trumane Bell's touchdown reception and put the Cornhuskers ahead 21-14.

Kansas defenders include Clint Bowen (47) and Don Davis (right). Cornhuskers survive life on the edge Bennett's winning extra-point kick -with 8:20 remaining. "Basically, I think they were lucky," Kansas offensive guard Hessley Hempstead said of the Cornhuskers. It's better to be good than lucky. But it's also better to be lucky and 9-0 than to be good and 8-1.

Besides, the distinction between lucky and good is subjective. Regardless of how it was accomplished, Nebraska avoided what happened to undefeated Ohio State (it was tied) and previously undefeated but tied Alabama (it lost) Saturday. Now, the only undefeated and untied teams ranked ahead of the Cornhuskers are Florida State and Notre Dame, which play each other Saturday. "That's too much excitement for one day," Nebraska offensive guard Rob Zatechka said in the media confusion and diesel fumes outside the locker room as the team prepared to board the bus for home Saturday. Zatechka's broad smile was one of relief.

"Just win, baby," he said. Welcome to life on the edge. In Lawrence, Kan. After victory No. 9.

MIKE BABCOCK Sports A tie was all but guaranteed for the Jayhawks, who played Nebraska to a standoff Saturday afternoon. Mason had only to send place-kicker Dan Eichloff onto the field. Eichloff, first-team All-Big Eight the last two seasons, has been successful on 110 of 113 extra-point kicks during his career. It's a reach to suggest he would have missed. But Mason played to win, which is how he should have played it, even though the percentages were against succeeding.

Two-point conversions are less than 5050 propositions. By playing to win. Mason gave Nebraska's defense some measure of control in determining the outcome. And as it has all season, the Cornhusker defense was up to the challenge. 4V LAWRENCE, Kan.

Yes, this is Lawrence, not Ames, Iowa. The Nebraska football team did not ourney back in time and place when the bus pulled out of Lincoln Friday. It might have seemed like Ames of a year ago. The conditions were comparable cold, intensified by a bitter wind. And the performance was much the same: But this time, the letdown didn't translate into defeat, or even into the limbo of a tie, which it could have if Kansas Coach Glen Mason hadn't been willing to do the right thing.

It had all the symptoms of the "Iowa State syndrome" about which Tom Osborne talked throughout the week, except for one the outcome. Once again, the Cornhuskers showed that the theme for this season -ought to be: Living on the Edge. And once again, they won, 21-20. More accurately, perhaps, they avoided disaster. That's a semantic distinction, but it fits.

A tie would have been as disastrous as a loss for the Cornhuskers, whose national title aspirations remained intact because of Mason's decision to go for a two-point conversion after Kansas scored a touchdown with 52 seconds remaining in the game. Surprising Holyfield regains title LAS VEGAS (AP) Evander Holyfield did the unexpected by winning back the heavyweight championship of the world from Riddick Bowe on Saturday night. The shocking upset was interrupted for 20 minutes in the seventh round when a parachutist crashed against the ring and apparently broke his neck. After 12 rounds, judges Patricia Jarman scored it 115-il4 and Jerry Roth had it 115-113, both for Holy-field, who became the fourth man to become heavyweight champion at least twice. Judge Chuck Giampi called it Evander Holyfield oane keeps dream season alive ir Nebraska's hopes of playing for a national championship on New Year's night in the Orange Bowl, of playing in the Orange Bowl at all for that matter, depended on a two-point pass that fell incomplete in the end zone.

The Cornhusker defense had something to do with the incompletion. even though defensive coordinator Charlie McBride guessed Kansas would try to run for the -victory. The Jayhawks not only didn't run, their best runner, freshman tailback June Henley, watched the two-point attempt from the sideline. McBride anticipated a running play similar to the ones the Jayhawks had used effectively all afternoon and called for blitzes from both sides. There was confusion, however, and the two players who blitzed ended up on the same side, opposite the direction in which Kansas quarterback Asheiki Preston ran as he looked, desperately, for a receiver.

Nebraska's defense overcame the miscommunication with effort, just as a determined effort by Cornhusker tight end Trumane Bell turned what looked to be an injudicious pass by quarterback Tommie Frazier into the touchdown that preceded Byron Mil-SM 0 Breeders' Cup simulcast, State Fair results. Page sc. were mediocre. Voters for the Eclipse Awards were left as perplexed as bettors, but Saturday's results in the seven races, each of which was worth at least million, suggested that Lure, the brilliant winner of the Mile, might have earned the trophy that goes to the best race horse in the U.S. Kotashaan, winner of the Turf, is a contender for the title, too.

But one colt left without honors was the most hyped horse on the card, the 2-year-old Dehere. Proclaimed by his Eastern fans as a budding superstar, he made an abortive move on the turn and finished eighth in the Juvenile behind the runaway Please see CUP on page 6C Second-ranked Tigers edge No. 3 Hastings, clinch NIAC titlel SCORING, QM STATS Nebraska 7 7 0 7 21 Kansas 0 7 6 20 KU Dwayne Chandler. 30 pass from Asheiki Preston (Dan Eichloff kick) fes NU Calvin Jones 4 run (Byron Bennett kick) NU Gerald Armstrong 8 pgss from Tommie Frazier (Bennett kick) KU Preston 5 run (Eichloff kick) NU Trumane Bell 10 pass from Frazier (Bennett kick) KU Henley 3 run (Eichloff kick) A 47,500. NU KU First downs 19 19 Rushes-yards 52-297 50-179 Passing yards 71 118 Total yards 368 297 Passing 13-19-0 Return yards -1 15 Punts Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 3-39 3-19 Time of possession 29:41 30:19 Third-down conversions 6-12 11-16 Fourth-down conversions 2-2 1-1 I Bell not impressed by his touchdown catch.

Page 12C. NIAC Standings Conference All games x-Doane 6 0 0 9 0 0 Hastings 5 10 8 1,0 Neb. Wesleyan 4 2 0 6 3 0 Midland 3 3 0 6 4 0 Northwestern, Iowa 2 4. "0 5 5 0 Dana 1 5 0 1 9 0 Concordia 0 6 0 2 7 0 -clinched conference title. 1 Saturday's results Nebraska Wesleyan 41 Concordia 13 Doane 17.

Hastings 14 Midland 37. Northwestern of Iowa 28 Teikyo Westmar 62. Dana 44 Saturday's games Peru State at Nebraska Wesleyan Colorado College at Hastings Wesleyan rolls. Page 5C. tings took over at the Doane 49 with 35 seconds left.

Two Roger Bingman completions moved the ball to the 11 with 20 seconds to go and the Broncos out of timeouts. On the next play, Bingman hit running back Tom Steer on a short pass in the flat, but Steer was tackled at the 5. Hastings tried to line up for one last play, but time ran out before the ball was snapped, ending Hastings' streak of 19 straight victories against conference teams. "That's exactly what we wanted to do," Hastings Coach Dan Kratzer said. "Throw to the fullback, line up and throw to the halfback, and it would have worked.

Everything was right and everything was perfect expect for the whistles and the clock, in that order." Doane's defense gave the Tigers two chances in the final quarter. The Tigers forced Hastings to punt twice in the final seven minutes of the game, and the Doane offense took advantage of its final opportunity. PRESS Jerry Bailey rides Arcangues to the Breeders' Cup Classic victory. Sacre bleu! French horse wins Classic, pays $269 The Tigers' final chance started with 2:48 left at the Hastings 32, thanks to a 24-yard punt by Bronco freshman Steve Small and 5-yard return by Brandon Cool. i McClatchey led the Tigers to the f.

On a crucial third-down play, he trieid to hit wide receiver Bobby Ingalls fn the end zone, but Hastings corner-back Scott Reynolds was called for interference, giving Doane a first down at the 2. Three plays later, McClatchey scored when he faked a handoff and dove through a hole on the right side of the line into the end zone. "The biggest play was the pass interference in the end zone," McClatchey said. "We-got it first-and-goal inside the 5, and I knew noboby was going to keep us out with four cracks at it." Doane's defense held Hastings to 274 yards of offense and one touchdown. That score was Kory Bumgard-ner's 5-yard run in the third quarter that gave Hastings its first lead, 14-10.

The Bronco defense also kept Doane in check despite the fact the Tigers benefited from good field position most of the game. The Tigers, averaging 514 yards per game coming into the game, were held to 262 yards total and 49 on the ground. "I couldn't seem them scoring 50 points on us," Kratzer said. "And I didn't think we'd score 50 on them." Hastings' playoff chances are still alive despite the loss. The Broncos end the season Saturday at Colorado College.

With the win, Doane advances to the playoffs for the first time since 1972. The playoff field will be announced Nov. 14. "Our kids were destined to be champions," Doane Coach Fran Schwenk said. "And we're not stopping here." BY MARK DEROWITSCH Lincoln Journal-Star HASTINGS Doane quarterback Brad McClatchey found another memento Saturday so he can remember his "dream" season.

Shortly after Doane's game against Hastings, McClatchey held up a sign that proclaimed the Tigers Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference football champions. His play in the final minute of the game made the sign's statement true. McClatchey scored on a 2-yard quarterback sneak with 41 seconds left in the game to give Doane the lead for good, and the Tigers held on for a 17-14 win over Hastings before 3,134 spectators at A.H. Jones Stadium. Hastings moved the ball inside the Tiger 10-yard line on the ensuing drive but couldn't get off another play, ending the matchup of the Nos.

2 and 3 teams in NAIA Division II. The win gives No. 2 Doane its first conference championship since 1984. The Tigers finished the regular season 9-0 overall and 6-0 in the NIAC. McClatchey, holding up the sign, said, "That says it all right there.

I feel so good right now it's like a dream." Hastings was the last team standing in Doane's way for the NIAC title and the automatic berth into the NAIA Division II playoffs. Two weeks ago, Doane cleared a big hurdle, defeating Nebraska Wesleyan. After that game, McClatchey kept a piece of turf from Wesleyan's field as a memento. If McClatchey, a senior from Lincoln Southeast, had given Hastings a few more seconds, he may have wanted to forget the game. Doane was penalized 15 yards for celebrating McClatchey's touchdown in the end zone.

After the kickof Has- BY ANDREW BEYER Washington Post ARCADIA, Calif. With only a few seconds remaining Saturday in the Breeders' Cup, the racing world appeared neat and Bertrando was cruising on the lead in the $3 million Classic, and a victory would make him the horse of the year. Moreover, the results of the day were going to confirm the superiority of California horses and jockeys, who had dominated five of the day's six previous races at Santa Anita, with Europe's contingent being blanked. Then an unheralded French horse named Arcangues made an explosive move to surge past Bertrando and scored the most stunning upset in the Breeders' Cup's 10-year history. His 269.20 win payoff was fully warranted, for he had never raced on dirt, and his only recent grass races in Europe 114-114, making the victory for the IBF and WBA titles a majority decision.

The Associated Press favored Bowe 115-112. Holyfield's victory came just one week short of a year from the date he lost the title on a unanimous decision to Bowe at Las Vegas. 1 It just, wasn't Bowe's night. In the chaos of the seventh round, his wife Judy, four months' pregnant, had to be taken to a hospital overcome after the chutist crashed into the ringside seats. According to David Goldman, who works for Bowe's manager, Rock Newman, the chutist broke his neck.

Immediately after the fight, a doctor was summoned to look after Bowe's 82-year-old trainer, Eddie please see FIGHT on page 6C.