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0utdoor' 1 1 Pocketbook, 1 3 Sunday Journal-tar NOVEMBER 4, 1984 Prepared. 9 HegkeFs Jbiuury' memory of 983 By Virgil Parker SportBEditor AMES, Iowa Nebraska's Black Shirt defense recorded its first shutout since midway through the 1982 season Saturday. The Cornhuskers blanked Iowa State, 44-0, before 52,919 fans, the sixthrlargest crowd in ISU history. The result wasn't all that unusual for a matchup between the two Big Eight Conference rivals. The Cyclones have failed to score in just five games since the beginning of the 1971 season, but all five have been against the Huskers.

"Our defense played very well," NU Coach Tom Osborne sail "This was one of the better defensive games we've played since I've been the head coach." Defensive coordinator Charlie McBnde said the Black Shirts were ready. "We prepared for this game as good as any we have played this year," a happy Nebraska defensive coordinator Charlie McBride said. "What really helped us was the way they ripped us up last year especially (wide receiver They just went up and down the field on us last year. That was a very good incentive for us this time." Henderson stifled Henderson, who broke the conference career reception record a week ago, was limited to just two catches for a total of 11 yards. Overall, Iowa State netted just 16 yards on the ground and 37 through the DuBose's burst breaks Cyclones NU 44, Cyclones 0 Nebraska 3 7 28-44 Iowa State OOOOO NUFG Klein 20 NU Turner 1 run (Klein kick) NUDuBose 4 run (kick failed) NU DuBose 80 run (Klein kick) NU Turner 8 run (Klein kick) NU Hlemer 13 pass from Sundbtra (Klein kick) NU Jones 47 run Klein kick) NU ISU First downs IS Rushes-yards 70-358 34-16 Passinavards 49 37 Total yards 407 53 Return yards 91 0 Passes 5-12-0 9-20-4 Punts 5-34 11-40 Fumbles-lost 4-2 3-2 Penalties-yards 2-15 5-41 Time of possession 34:46 25:14 Third-down conversions 6-18 1-13 Fourth-down conversions 2-5 0-0 air.

Nebraska countered with 358 jards rushing and 49 passing while intercept-ing four Iowa State aerials and recovering two fumbles. "The turnovers were a big factor," Osborne said. "So was the wind." The stiff breeze was a steady 30 mph, with heavier gusts. Nebraska held a slim 3-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, a 10-0 advantage at halflime and a narrow 16-0 count after three periods before exploding for 28 fourth-quarter points. "The score certainly wasn't indicative of the game," Osborne-said.

"The key was our ability to move the ball well enough against the wind (second See HUSKERS on page 8D one in the fourth quarter not set up by an interception. The Cornhuskers' other three scoring possessions in the final' period all began deep in Iowa State territory, at the 6-, the 23- and the 13-yard lines. Nebraska finished with 407 yards of offense, 358 on the ground, against an Iowa State defense that had played well recently. The Cyclones "didn't do anything we hadn't seen before. We were pretty well prepared for what they gave us," said Nebraska quarterback Travis Turner, who ran for two touchdowns and passed 13 yards to tight end Brian Hlemer for another.

The Cornhuskers' other points came from Dale Klein, who kicked a 20-yard field goal and five extra points, and freshman I-back Keith Jones, who raced 47 yards to score the first touchdown of his college career. Nebraska held only a 10 0 lead until DuBose's 6-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter, but "it was only a matter of time until things broke open," he said. "We were coming at them pretty hard, and that showed in the fourth quarter. It was just a matter of waking up to some things they were doing. I knew we were going to put some points on the board." By the fourth quarter, Iowa State "didn't want to play anymore," Corn-husker fullback Tom Rathman said.

Like DuBose, Rathman credited the defense with the lopsided score. "The second half, we got a lot of breaks created by the defense" he said. "We want to have a plus-3 turnovers, and we got more than that." Nebraska's defense froze Iowa State's defense Saturday until the-Huskers' offense could strike for 28 fourth-quarter points. Scott Strasburger (90) and Bill Weber manhandle ISU quarterback: Alan Hood. At left, NU fullback Tom Rathman breaks between ISU-defenders Lester Williams, left and Anthony Mayze.

1984 Black Shirts better than triplets 2 f-OMJ to sparks total offense. "Danny Bradley made the difference today," Oklahoma Head Coach Barry Switzer said. Switzer said up until warm-ups, he didn't know who would play quarterback, but that Bradley had asked to play. "We went along with him," Switzer sail "You dont think Danny Bradley was a super quarterback in the first half? His scrambling and passing made the difference. We don't have a as good as Danny Bradley." 3 From News Wires Quarterback Danny Bradley, returning after a one-week absence, scored two touchdowns and revitalized Oklahoma's offense Saturday as the Sooners crushed Big Eight Conference foe Missouri, 49-7.

Oklahoma saw its option offense stall completely in a 28-11 loss to Kansas last week with Bradley, a senior, sidelined with ankle and hand injuries. But everything clicked for the Sooner offense with Bradley at the helm Saturday as Oklahoma amassed S26 yards in QB Bradley By Mike Babcock AMES, Iowa Doug DuBose had reservations about the play called in the huddle when he got to the line of scrimmage and heard an Iowa State linebacker warning his teammates: "Watch for a countersweep." Nebraska stood first-and-10 at its own 20, on the first play from scrimmage in the fourth quarter of a 44 0 victory at Cyclone Stadium-Jack Trice Field. "I thought maybe we were going to audible since they knew where the play was going "DuBose said, A little bit of knowledge was a bad thing for the Cyclones. What they knew hurt them. ISU pursued to stop a countersweep, and "it looked kind of clogged up," said DuBose.

Nebraska's sophomore I-back "cut back across the grain, and a guy hit me in the thigh." That was the last Iowa State defender to make significant contact with DuBose, who sprinted 80 yards for the first touchdown in a 28-point fourth quarter. "I never think they're going to stop me," DuBose said. "I always expect to make five or six yards. "Bull didn't expect to go 80 yards on that play." DuBose rushed for more than eight times as many yards as the Iowa State team did. He earned 12 times, gaining 134 yards (ISU had 16) and scored two touchdowns, the first on a 6-yard run with 7:00 remaining in the third quarter.

ufn 4Va ilnirA anrf fourth nnartprfi WP were trying to put points on the (score) "We owed it to them." DuBose's 80-yard run was the only AMES, Iowa I don't know how you spell belief. But I saw something here Saturday that made a rational man make an irrational statement. Iowa State Coach Jim Cruier made the observation: "Nebraska is probably a better overall team this year than last And you know what? I agree with him. If Saturday's 44-0 win over the Cyclones was one small step to another Big Eight championship, it was one giant leap for the defense. Turnovers arrive The Black Shuts not only got their first shutout in 26 games.

They finally got the other team to turn the ball over. Six times. Four interceptions and two fumbles. Turnovers. They've been the missing ingredient between a very good Nebraska defense and a great Nebraska defense.

Turnovers. Now that the Black Shirts know they can get 'em, it may turn them into a whole different team. I never thought I'd write this. But the 1984 Huskers really are better than the 1983 Huskers because they can stop somebody, maybe anybody. I've always thought Tom Osborne was the greatest football coach in America.

But one thing always puzzled me. His teams seemed to be better in September and October than they were Sooners Bradley completed five of eight passes for 91 yards and scored on a pair of 1-yard quarterback sneaks before leaving in the third quarter. In other Big Eight Conference games, Nebraska crushed Iowa State 44-0, Oklahoma State lassoed Kansas State 34-6 and Kansas edged Colorado 28-27. At Norman, Sooner running backs Spencer Tillman, Lydell Carr, Jerome Ledbetter and Damon Stell all scored on short runs. See BIG EIGHT on page 2D minute I STAFF PHOTOS BY RANDY HAMPTON.

Randy York in November and December. This team appears to be different This team is peaking instead of fading. This team may be his first national champion. Sorry, I got carried away. But those turnovers really do turn you on.

They make you think a stingy, ball-hawking defense will be that much better next week and the week after that. And I can't help remembering last; year when Nebraska beat Iowa State, 72-29. Personally, rd rather score 28 fewer points and still win by one more. No buried heads lasi year, the Black Shirts buried their heads in the locker room. They were mad.

Frustrated. And no one felt worse than Bill Weber, the Academic Ail-American defensive end who said the Huskers were going to have to change their philosophy. Theydid. See YORK on pageSD Traynowicz nominated for award HOUSTON (AP) University, of Nebraska center Mark Trayno- wicz was one of 12 football players nominated Saturday for the 1984 Lombardi College Lineman of the Year Award. The trophy is named for Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, who died of cancer in 1970.

The winner will be announced Nov. 24 or 25, the committee said. Last year's Lombardi trophy winner was University of Nebraska AU-American Dean Stein-, kuhler, who is a rookie defensive. lineman for the National Football' Leape Houston Oilers. Another Cornhusker, center; -Dave Rimington, won the award- inl982.

Traynowicz, 21, is a 6-foot-, 265-pound senior from Bellevue. Other college seniors nomi-: nated for this year's award are in side linebacker Gregg Carr of Au- burn University; outside linebacker Jack Del Rio, University of Southern California; and offensive tackle Bill Fralic, the University of Pittsburgh. Also named as senior nominees: are nose guard William Clemson University; defensive 1 tackle Bruce Smith, Virginia Poly technic Institute; offensive tackle' Lance Smith, Louisisana State University; and defensive tackles i Ray Childress of Texas Unk versity and Tony Degrate of ther University jof Texas. Columnist How AP's Top 20 fared Result This week's opponent 1. Washington (9-0) def.

California, at USC 2. Texas (6-0-1) def. Texas Tech, 13-10 Houston 3. Nebraska (8-1 def. Iowa State, 444 at Kansas 4.

Brigham Young (9-0) def. Texas-El Paso, 42-9 San Diego St. 5. South Carolina (8-0) def. North Carolina 35-28 Florida St.

6. Miami, Fla. (8-2) def. Louisville, 38-23 Maryland 7. Oklahoma State (7-1) def.

Kansas State, Missouri 8. Georgia (7-1 def. Memphis at Florida 9. Boston College (5-2) lost to Penn State, 37-30 Amnio. Oklahoma (6-1-1) def.

Missouri, at Colorado 11. Auburn (6-3) lost to Florida, 24-3 Cincinnati 12. West Virginia (7-2) lost to Virginia, 27-7 ot Rutgers 13. Florida (6-1-1 def. Auburn, 24-3 Georgia 14.

Florida St. (6-1-1 def. Arizona 52-44 at South Carolina 15. Lousiona State (6-1-1) def. Mississippi, 32-29 at Alabama 16.

Ohio State. (7-2) def. Indiana, 50-7 ot Northwestern 17. Iowa (6-2-1) tied Wisconsin, 10-10 Michigan State 18. Southern Cal (7-1) def.

Stanford, 20-11 Washington 19. Southern Methodist (5-2) def. Texas 28-20 at Rice 20. Texas Christian (7-1-0) def. Houston, 21-14 Texas Tech Southeast 9 Burke differences By Ken Hambleton Prep Sports Editor Lincoln Southeast Coach Chuck Mizerski isnt looking for any Omaha Burke secrets.

There probably aren't any. "You look at Burke and they're like a mirror-image of our team," Mizerski said on the final day of preparations for the Class A semifinal game against the Bulldogs, Monday at at UN-Omaha. Top-ranked Omaha Central will travel to Fremont for a 7:30 p.m. game in the other semifinal Earlier in the week, the game had been slated for another field, but scoreboard replacement parts have been found and the game will be played in Fremont "We run the veer. They run the veer.

We run a 5-2 base defense. They run the 5-2 defense," Mizerski said. "We have some speed. They have some speed. "It sounds like something you hear every coach say, but it'll come down to a game of defenses and one big break or one big mistake could make all the difference." he said, "The things that become important are field position and doing anything you can to get confidence early ta the game," Mize.sld said.

"That could mean a Football: Doane 27, Concordia 3 Wesleyan 29, Midland 23 State colleges, Page 4D Iowa 10, Wisconsin 10 Ohio State 50, Indiana 3 Blp Ten, Page 4D Penn St 37, Boston College 30 Independents, Page SD Texas 1 3, Texas Tectl 1 0 TCU 21, Houston 14 SWC, PageSD Florida 24, Auburn 3 SEC, Page 60 Washington 44, California 14 Oregon 20, UCLA 18 Pac-10Page7D BYU42.UTEP9 Virginia 27, W. Virginia 7 ACC, Page 11D Also: Bowling roundup Page no. I DKaaaint nnanw glow Pea 12D pola have also combined to gain more than 1,100 yards. "I don't know if there is much difference between them," Jaworski said. "We felt that both quarterbacks (Lenser for Burke and Dungan for Southeast) were the keys on offense.

We also felt that besides solid running games for both teams, we had to have our defensive backs play deep or they'd be watching passes fly over their heads and receivers with a 10-yard head start running toward the end zone. Southeast's defense has been outstanding, giving up one touchdown in its last six games. Burke's defense' slipped recently, as the Bulldogs lost their last three regular season games. But that was before Burke-stunned Grand Island, 35-14 in the first round of the playoffs. "Burke has a very good defense," Mizerski said.

"But they must have a very explosive offense. I am amazed because I didn't think anybody could score anything close to 35 points on Grand Island. "They did get some breaks, like four GI fumbles. But you make a lot of your own breaks," he said. SeePickonpagelOD big defensive series or getting on the scoreboard early." Mizerski isn't hedguig.

His assessment is correct according to Creighton Prep Coach Tom Jaworski. Prep topped Burke, 16-7, two weeks ago and fell to Southeast 14-0 Wednesday. s' "It's all pretty even. What do the bettors say? Minus one, minus one. If there is a difference, it's that Southeast has a little more experience and Burke has a little more speed," Jaworski said.

"But Burke has played 10 games, so the sophomores are the equivalent of juniors hi experience. And Southeast showed so much speed on defense against us," he said, Burke sophomore Lenser, sophomore receiver Terry Thomas and junior end Corey Makme present a deep threat "almost any time," Jaworski said. "They've gotten together enough times this year that they don't play anything like they did early in the year." The Kniguts, 8-2, also teve deep threat in the passing combination of quarterbr A Andy Dungan and receivers Tim McCoy, Andy. McDowell and Adam Sterns. Running backs Trevor Pavich and Scott Yam-..