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y-y-y, yr-y mllHyrp II I ly yl tyay II Unndag Jburna1-far. NOVEMBER 3, 1985 rlmskers HCO TIC SI I Inspire beacli jbeiiis v. rLw 1 terim head coach. A foretaste of the future? What Cornhusker fans probably will remember occurred two plays earlier and set up Kelley's touchdown. Freshman quarterback Steve Taylor kept the ball on an option and ran 32 yards before, being knocked out-of-bounds.

The stadium public address announcer identified Taylor, No. 11, as "Jeff Tomjack," a sophomore monster back who didnt make the trip. The program listed Tomjack as No. 1L Nebraska fans knew it was Taylor, though. As long as we're daydreaming, let's imagine the day he finally comes of age.

"You've got to remember, what happens when you're ahead 34-3 is not the same," Osborne said. Even so, Taylor may have earned a spot on the varsity roster. Osborne said he'd look at the films and decide Monday whether to keep Taylor or send him back to the junior varsity for its final game against Ellsworth Junior College on Friday at Memorial Stadium. See HUSKEFtS on page 7D Tackle Jim Skow is close to tackling some NU records. Page 60.

Huskers late score upsets Wildcats. Page 60. Brian Davis has learned the system. Page 60. Dale Klein ties school season record for field goals.

Page7D. Tom Rathman Is a fullback who runs like an l-back. Page7D. 0 Kansas State interim coach Lee Moon on NU's touchdown at the gun: "I'll remember that." tory this season, would no doubt settle for some of the Comhuskers' inconsistency. Nebraska rolled up 4S0 yards of offense against the Wildcats.

Rathman pure fullback The Comhuskers rushed for 375 of those yards, with fullback Tom Rathman leading the Vay. The Grand Island senior called by Osborne the best "pure" college fullback in the country carried 11 times for 84 yards and two touchdowns, including a 37-yarder on the first play of Nebraska's second possession. Rathman deserves All-America recognition, and he may be the best all-around fullback in Nebraska history, Osborne said. "Andra Franklin was close, but Tom is probably the best running fullback we've had and the best blocking fullback, too," Osborne said. "Most pro scouts feel he's as good as there is." Considering that the Cornhusker defense limited Kansas State to 186 total yards and extended to seven its string of quarters in which it basnt allowed a touchdown, Rathman's 37-yard TD run was quite good enough for Nebraska Saturday.

It was all the Comhuskers really needed. For good, measure, nowever, Rathman added a 5-yard touchdown run late in the first half; I-back Paul Miles, who rushed for 83 yards, scored two touchdowns, and Dale Klein kicked two field goals to tie the Nebraska single-season record of 12. Jon Kelley wrapped up the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run as the final gun sounded. "IH remember that," warned Lee Moon, Kansas State's in iJ- 7 Tom Rathman breaks away from RANDY HAMPTONSUNDAY JOURNAL-STAR KSU's Jeffrey Hurd (in background) en route to 37-yard TD ramble. 7 in.

mi 8 9 half seven on a pair of Rich Spangler field goals and an extra point, two on a safety when Sonny Gordon blocked an Iowa punt out of the end zone, and six more on John Wooldridge's 57-yard touchdown romp. But Iowa came back with an 88-yard drive to make it 15-7 at halftime as Ronnie Harmon took an option pitch in on ourth-and-2 from the 3-yard line with 28 seconds left in the half. Iowa fullback David Hudson scored on a 2-yard dive with 8:19 left in the game to make it 22-13. Illinois 3, Michigan 3 Chris White's 37-yard field goal attempt for Illinois with four seconds left was partially blocked and bounced off the crossbar to leave the Dlini tied with Michigan at Champaign, HL Illinois drove from inside its own 10-. See BIG TEN on page 4D Bt i awkeyes find no -fiyars By Mike Babcock MANHATTAN, Kan.

Two Nebraska football fans carried a banner around KSU Stadium midway through the Corn-buskers' 41-3 victory over Kansas State Saturday afternoon. "To the beach," said the homemade banner. It was that kind of game. By halftime, Nebraska had control, with a 24-3 lead, and a Cornhusker fan's thoughts could turn to other things, like Miami Beach, the Big Eight championship, the Orange Bowl and maybe even the national title. After all, didnt Ohio State upset top-ranked Iowa 22-13 Saturday? A fan has a right to dream, and the mind is bound to wander during a game such as Nebraska and Kansas State played.

The head coach can worry about the other, more important, things. Even though Nebraska still must play Iowa State, Kansas and Oklahoma, let's talk about the beach. Cornhusker Coach Tom Osborne wanted to talk about 'something else after his team's seventh consecutive victory before 41,200 fans, more than half of them dressed in red. If Nebraska is to make a run at a fifth consecutive conference title, "we need to Osborne said. "We've got to be more consistent" Kansas State, which has but one vie- NU 41, KSU 3 Nebraska 7 17 3 14-1-41 Kansas St.

3 0 0 03 NU Rathman 37 run (Klein kick) KSFG Porter 44 NU Miles 21 run (Klein kick) NU Rathman 5 run Klein kick) NU FG Klein 39 NU FG Klein SO NU Miles 4 run Klein kick) NU Kelley 1 run (Klein kick) A 41,200 NU 25 62-375 75 450 KSU 15 39-58 128 186 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Total yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Tim of possession Third-down conversions 77 13 6-17-215-34-3 3-41 7-45 0-0 2-0 V7-50 32:58 5-14 4- 20 27:02 5- 17 QBskey iMPrep showdown By Byly Jane Hambleton The quarterbacks may be the key in Lincoln Southeast's first-round playoff game against Omaha Creighton Prep Wednesday in Omaha, according to both coaches. "Southeast's quarterback (Troy Ranter) is a real fine player," said Tom Jaworski, coach of top-ranked Prep. "He's a real key to their offense. They don't throw a lot, but it looks like he can throw pretty welL And of course, he's dangerous as a runner on the keeper, options and that kind of thing." The game may be played at the University of Nebraska-Omaha's Al Cani-glia Field, but arrangements are tentative right now, Jaworski said. In other first-round Class A games, Papillion won the first coin toss needed in the playoffs and will travel to third-seeded Alliance while Omaha Westside will go to second-seeded Norfolk.

The official pairings, released by the Nebraska School Activities Association, 1 have 15 rematches in the lower five classes, which were paired geographi-- cally, from the West to toe East, rather' than on the points system used in the past "And Dave Jandric certainly is a key for our offense. He's been tremendous all year and he leadsHhe state in punting," Jaworski said. "He's a very good passer, although we havent thrown the ball much. He just has all the qualities you look for in a quarterback." Southeast Coach Chuck Mizerski said Jandric is a key for Prep, "but they have a team full of good players. They have the state's leading punter and place-kicker and it will be a real challenge for us.

"We played them last year (a 14-0 victory in the first round of the playoffs) and we've seen them play this I expect they will do about the same thing See PLAYOFFS on page 9D x03 but Buckeyes win 22-13 APUPI Nextgame 17 I.Iowa (6-1) lost to Ohio State 22-13 Illinois 2.1 Florida (7-0-1) def. Auburn 14-10 atGeorgia 3. 2. Penn State (8-0) def Boston College 16-12 at Cincinnati A.l 4. Michigan (6-1-1) tied Illinois 3-3 Purdue 5.

3. Nebraska (7-1) def. Kansas State 41-3 Iowa State 6. S. Auburn (6-2) lost to Florida 14-10 East Carolina 7.

6. Air Force (9-0) def. San Diego State 31-10 Army 8. 7. Ohio State (7-1) def.

Iowa 22-13 at Northwestern 9. 8. Oklahoma (5-1) def. Kansas 48-6 at Missouri 10. 9.

Florida State (6-2) lost to Miami, Fla. 35-27 South Carolina 11-12. Miami. def. Florida State 35-27 atMaryland 12.

13.0klahomaState(6-1)def.Colorado14-11 KansasState 13. 10.Baylor(6-1)wasidle Arkansas 1411. Arkansas (7-1) def. Rice 30-15 Baylor 15.14. UCLA (6-1-1) was Idle at Arizona 16715.

LSU (5-1) def. Mississippi 14-0 Alabama 17716.BYU(7-2)def.Wvoming59-0, atUtahState 18717. Georgia (6-1-1) def. Tulane 583 i Florida 1 971 8. Tennessee (4-1-2) def.

Rutgers 40-0 at Memphis St. 207 SMU (4-3) lost to Texas 19-17 Rice 19. Texas (6-2) def. SMU 19-17 idle 20. Alabama (6-2) def.

Mississippi St. 44-28 at LSU From News Wires Even though he didnt play a down, injured tailback Keith Byars still made his presence felt in Top 10-ranked Ohio State's 22-13 upset of No. 1 Iowa Saturday at Columbus, Ohio. Byars, still bothered by nagging injuries to his broken right foot, spoke at an Ohio State team meeting Saturday morning. "Keith was more emotional than I've ever seen him," Ohio State defensive back Terry White said.

"He said he was tired of hearing things about our defense When we left the room, the defense took it upon themselves to win the football game." And it did, intercepting four Chuck Long passes and forcing a fumble as the Buckeyes ran their record to 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the Big Ten, matching the Hawkeyes for the top record in the The Ohio State defense ranked sev enth in the league going into the game, surrendering more than 400 yards per 1 contest while allowing 21 points. But against the highest-scoring team in the nation, the defense buckled down and allowed 345 yards and only two scores. "I feel sad for my football team," Iowa Coach Hayden Fry said. "They've come so far, and still we're just tied for the Bi? Ten lead. They are acting like they are in the grave." Long, who completed 17 of 34 passes for 169 yards in addition to his four interceptions, said, "That was one of my most frustrating days." The Buckeyes, even without Byars, still rolled up 219 yards rushing as fullback George Cooper ran for 104 yards on 17 carries and tailback John Wooldridge added 89 on nine carries.

Ohio State shocked the Hawkeyes with 15 consecutive points in the first Wesleyan unveils new stadium plan By Curt McKeever Nebraska Wesleyan's O.N. Magee football stadium began crumbling down Saturday afternoon. Actually, the facility began its decay a long time ago, but Saturday NWU President John W. White Jr. had a hand in the destruction.

At halftime of the NWU-Midland College football game, White announced that a new multi-sport stadium, Abel Stadium, will be built Following the game, he bulldozed a section of the concrete stands. The new stadium will be funded in part by a lead gift from the Lincoln-based Abel Foundation, according to Duane W. Acklie, chairman of the Board of Governors. The project will be part of a Centennial development program. The current stadium will be demolished in the next few weeks and construction will begin as soon as possible in the spring.

It is expected to take six months See STADIUM on page 8D ROBERT BECKERSUNQAV JOURNAL-STAB Nebraska Wesleyan fans gather concrete souvenirs from Magee Stadium after Saturday's game. Proud Truth shocks Van Berg in Breeders' Cup Last-second field goal gives Midland 15-13 win over Nebraska Wesleyan. Page 80. Omaha Marian reigns as Class A regular season high school volleyball champ. Page 9D.

Nebraska's pheasant and quail opener gets mixed reviews. Page 10O. Scoreboard Page 1 1 o. By Bill Christine 1985, LoAngl Times NEW YORK Late Saturday afternoon, trainer Van Berg had his back to the wall in a narrow, hallway off the Jockeys' room in the basement of Aqueduct Race Track. The Breeders' Cup races are only two years old, -but Van Berg's back has been against the wall in both of them.

Last year, at Hollywood Park in In-glewood, Calif, that wild and crazy colt named Gate Dancer came careening down the stretch and bumped into Slew o' Gold, costing both horses a potential win in the sport's first 33 million race. Saturday, in the second running of the Breeders' Cup Classic, Gate Dancer again appeared to be in the driver's seat as the eight-horse field roared through, the stretch. This time, there was nothing wrong with his behavior. Gate Dancer, owned by South Sioux City's Ken Opstein, had passed Imperial Choice, but maybe he should have tripped Proud Truth. Running fastest of all.

Proud Truth wore down Gate Dancer near the finish line and won the Classic by a head before a crowd 42,568, and minutes later, Van Berg was up against the wall again. The Columbus, Neb, native kept shaking his head. "I was trying to push my horse to the finish line," he said. "Can you believe it? I beat Chief's Crown and Track Barron and Vanlandingham by bow many lengths, and then a horse jumps out of the woodwork and still beats me." Proud Truth, a son of Graustark who was bred and owned by John Galbreath of Columbus, Ohio, had been in the woodwork for a long time. Winner Owner Gene Klein and trainer Wayne Lukas won two races, first with Twilight Ridge in the $1 million Juvenile Fillies and later with Life's Magic in the 1 million Distaff.

Klein also owns the second-place finishers in both races Family Style in the Juvenile FiUles and Lady's Secret in the Distaff. Precisionist, who had not run since June 23 because of sore feet, overtook Smile in the stretch to win the $1 million Sprint by three-quarters of-a length. Tasso, who had been supplemented to the race at a cost of $120,000 to his owners, nosed out Storm Cat in the $1 million Juvenile. Cozzene scored a Vfr length win over Palace Music, who was disqualified to ninth place for bothering Rouslllon and Tsunami Slew In the stretch, in the $1 million Mile. of the Florida Derby in March, he had finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby.

And then, in late May, while winning the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park, he fractured a bone in his left front leg. Proud Truth did not run again until Oct 7, winning an allowance race at Belmont Just last Satur- day, trainer John Veitch ran Proud Truth again, and the 3-year-old responded with a win by a neck in the Discovery Handicap at Aqueduct "He really needed that last race," said Veitch. Proud Truth paid $16.80, the largest win payoff on a day that included these impressive feats: The filly Pebbles lived up to her trainer's extraordinary advance billing with an electrifying' stretch run for the win in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Turf..