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28 HUSKIER FOOTBALL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1993 LINCOLN, NE. JOURNAL i I vis 4. I i if -vv I 4i 1 'l i TED NRKUNCOLN JOURNAL 1. Af Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne discusses defensive strategy with linebacker Phil Ellis in the first quarter. Osborne earned his 200th career win, becoming the 1 2th Division l-A coach to reach that plateau.

New resolve boosted Huskers Better tackling shut down Cowboys after intermission 0 BY KEN HAMBLETON Lincoln Journal said. "When we started blocking, we got the big drives and we got the big touchdown because our kids met the challenge of picking up the pace." He cited a 44-yard touchdown run by Calvin Jones as a difference-maker in the game. "We picked up the blitz and caught them cold with a play right up the middle," Tenopir said. Quarterback Tommie Frazier said the mental approach may have made all the difference in the game. "We didnt have doubts, we were just taking too much time to figure out what to do," he said.

"But it's possible that if Oklahoma State kept its confidence up, we would have had more trouble." Stewart expanded on that thought "I don't think Oklahoma State thought it was going to win in the second half. They thought they might win. "We knew we would win and that was the difference." cause we simply wrapped up people and tackled them." In the first half, OSU converted on fourth down once, and on third down five times, including third-and-7 during its 16-play, 80-yard scoring drive. "They picked up the level of intensity when they got a fumble and a field goal early in the game," said NU defensive tackle Kevin Ramaekers. "Then, we had to pick up our level a notch.

We didnt do that until the second half. But when we did, the offense was rolling and we were all making things happen. This season is going to be like thai Nothing is going to happen until we make it happen. We have to play like it's the last down of the last game on every play. That means the first half, too." The Husker offense went through the same mental changes, according to offensive line coach Milt Tenopir.

"We weren't executing and we weren't blocking in the first half," he STILLWATER, Okla. Eddie Stewart said a change of attire made a major difference in the Nebraska defense in the second half. "We were playing like we had skirts on in the first half," said Nebraska's leading tackier. "We knew what we had to do tackle people, quit reaching, quit playing like we were going to be handed the game and get it ourselves." In the first half, Nebraska's defense was hammered for 13 points, 161 yards and 11 first downs by the worst offense in the Big Eight. After halftime, OSU was shut out, managed just 59 yards of total offense and never got past the NU 42-yard line.

"If you're going to win, you've got to win with defense," Stewart said. "We did a whole lot better on third down-and-long in the second half be IAN DOREMUSUNCOLN JOURNAL Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier (15) tries unsuccessfully to get away from Oklahoma State defensive end Jevon Langford (89) in the first quarter. Langford, who had earlier recovered Frazier's fumble to set up OSU's first field goal, stopped the Husker sophomore for a 2-yard loss. (to! i 'trW Xhy.y MS illllji Mkm 0 RANOV HAMPTONrtJNCOLN JOURNAL DAMrW UUIDTVJfl BkWU mi MMJAI OKianoma state rresnman quarterback Tone Jones (left) throws a pass in the first quarter as Nebraska Husker l-back Calvin Jones (44) makes his first carry since injuring his knee in the season opener. OSU outside linebacker Trev Alberts (34) tries to bat it down.

Jones' pass, intended for Shannon Culver, fell defenders Cleavon Williams (8), Norman Williams (90) and Keith Burns (44, right) close in. Jones carried for incomplete, setting up the Cowboys' first field goal. 136 yards in the game, including a 44-yard touchdown. CO i 4 IF i 1 $sy S3 tl v' jJtif. 52? SI 1 ft TEO KIRKAJNCOLN JOURNAL iwranraunuwivwniw A I nftHUT nWVnrfUfwUNCOLN JOUnWAL Donta Jones (84) outs on the pressure.

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