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Sports 17 isv Journal anb October 16, 1977, Lincoln, Neb. SECTION i Cyclones sweep up defenseless Hiiskers Iowa St. Nebraska ITT 1 IT1" JIJ" hum J) J.m mill-ill 'S-gy mm-niinn. PiaHw 1 if I if rirsi aowns 21 19 Rushes-yards 74-294 41-178 Passing yards 89 129 Return yards 22 4 Pmm 8-14-0 10-190 Punts 5.42 Fumbles-lost 4.2 Penalties-yards 4-52 MS Time-of-possession 37.30 23.30 Third down conversions 2-10 By Virgil Parker Sports Editor Iowa State didn't need its trick plays." Coach Earle Brace's Cyclones aided by phenomenal success on third-down conversions used basic, fundamental football to run through a porous Nebraska defense and record a 24-21 Big Eight Conference victory over Huskers in Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon. The "trick play" controversy arose Friday night in Omaha and boiled over in the ISU dressing room before the kickoff Saturday.

An Omaha TV station (KETV, Channel 7) wanted to film Iowa State's Friday afternoon practice. The workout was held at UNO because Memorial Stadium was being used for the JV game between the two schools. Bruce asked the station's cameraman to leave. He did, but set up shop in a fifth-floor window of an adjacent It ft --i -ii jr -ir-n dA rWi v'Mvv oO. X' v- liv v-'-t i.

v. I -MJ I 'Tl" 1 Iw 1 I itiv WiiWtiii1ilWIIMiliiillMr fiwwifWiiwWimiMwmiiBllMMiiiMiiW records Season's IOWA STATE (5-1) NEBRASKA (4-2) Wash. St 10-19 Alabama 31-24 Baylor Indiana 31-13 Kansas St 26-9 Iowa St 21-24 0 22 at Colorado 29 at Okla. St. 5 at Missouri 12 Kansas at Oklahoma Wichita St 35- Iowa 10-12 Bowl.

Green 35-21 Dayton 17-13 Missouri Nebraska 24-21 0 22 at Oklahoma .0 29 Kansas Colorado 12 at Kansas St. 19 Okla. St. STAFF PHOTO BY RANDY HAMPTON Teammate Mark Boehm (56) stops NU linebacker Lee Kunz (38) so the speedy tailback has no problems striking paydirt. This touchdown made the score 14-14 with 9:06 left in the period.

Iowa State had a stunning 8 out of 11 third-down conversions in the first half of the ballgame against Nebraska Saturday afternoon. Here Dexter Green (24) sweeps toward the end zone for the Cyclones' second quarter touchdown, made on a 3rd and 16 situation. Van Zandt takes blame I Yankees beat LA, By Dave Sittler Green's 19-yard second quarter touchdown run on a third- lead Series, 3-1 chemistry building. The results, which included a "secret" halfback reverse-screen pass, were shown on the 10 o'clock news. "I got out to our motel just at that time," ISU athletic director Lou McCuIlough recalls.

"I thought the place was on fire. The players were all storming out of their rooms. They'd just seen it on TV. Everyone was really mad." After the game, Bruce said "you can tell that guy he won the football game for us. Maybe it'll cost him his job it should.

In my opinion it wasn't ethical or moral. My kids went berserk when they saw it." At the outset of the game, it appeared to a packed-house, partisan Big Red crowd of 76,090 that Iowa State would need lots of secret plays before the afternoon was over. ISU received the opening kickoff, but three plays and a punt later Nebraska had the ball on its 37 yard line. Husker I-. back Isaiah Hipp, who has gained enough yardage in his last three starts to win a cross country race, gained four yards on the first play.

On the very next play, Hipp came up with one of his patented long-distance runs. The sophomore showed the acceleration, power and speed which has already gained him national acclaim by zipping 59 yards for a touchdown. It was the shortest of four long runs Hipp has had in the last three games. The helium-filled balloons sailed skyward. The scoreboard flashed the word "Hipp-notize" in big letters.

Revenge for last year's upset loss Nebraska's first in 15 years to ISU was underway. But the Cyclones weren't hypnotized for long. Undazed, Iowa State marched 74 yards with the ensuing kickoff to knot the score at 7-7. Iowa State faced a third-down situation twice in that drive. Once it was fourth and seven at the Husker 28.

Each time the Cyclones made the needed distance. During the first half, while grabbing a 21-14 intermission advantage, Iowa State converted 8 of 11 third-down situations plus the fourth-down success for a 9 of HUSKERS: Continued page 3D World Series At A Glance Game 1 New York 4, Los Angeles 3, 12 innings Game 2 Los Angeles 6, New York 1 Game 3 New York 5, Los Angeles 3, New York leads series 2-1. Saturday's game New York Guidry 16-7 at Los Angeles Rau 14-8, 3:15 p.m. Sunday's game New York at Los Angeles, 3:15 p.m. Tuesday's game Los Angeles at New York, it necessary, 7:15 p.m.

Wednesday's game Los Angeles at New York, it necessar, 7:15 p.m. Staff Sports Writer In a manner befitting late President Harry S. Truman, Lance Van Zandt, Nebraska's secretary of football defense, announced Saturday afternoon that the buck stops here squarely on his shoulders. Looking like he had just spent the day in the middle of a Cyclone instead of being whipped by a team of them, a drained Van Zandt shouldered the entire blame for Nebraska's leaky defensive effort in the Cornhuskers' 24-21 loss to Iowa State. Kicking his cowboy boots wearily up on a desk, a shellshocked Van Zandt said, "don't blame the players for this, blame me.

I didn't do the job coaching." Pointing to numerous missed tackles and Iowa State's high degree of success running draw plays and traps, Nebraska's defensive coordinator replied, "hell that's (tackling) basic fundamentals. It's my job to teach those fundamentals. And we work on those plays every day. Evidently I haven't done the job." The first-year Nebraska coach's deflated spirits dipped a notch lower when he was informed Iowa State converted eight of 11 third down situations to move to a 21-14 halftime advantage. "We work on third down conversions at least twenty minutes every day in practice," Van Zandt said.

Uttering "Lord, that's a lot of yards" as he glanced over the final statistics and saw Iowa State had amassed 294 yards rushing, Van Zandt said he was encouraged by the second half defensive play of the Huskers. "I just told the players at halftime to go out and do a better job," he said. "And they did, 18 points better or the score would have been 42-21." Van Zandt refused to remove the monkey of blame from his back when discussing Iowa State running back Dexter and-16 situation. "In the past they had not been running the ball in that situation," Van Zandt recalled. "I called the defense expecting the pass.

I made a bad call. "Shoot, the players gave us a good effort. We are not going to start whipping them around in practice. We just have to return to coaching the fundamentals." Two floors below Van Zandt's office, in the Husker dressing room, the players who had been so confident of victory prior to kickoff, were struggling with the reality of defeat. Middle guard Kerry Weinmaster, head bowed and a flood of tears apparently only an eye blink away, said, "we have to become a team with more emotion.

We let down out there. We can't do that." After battling Iowa State center Mark Boehm chinstrap-to-chinstrap all day, Weinmaster echoed the feelings of several of his teammates when he recalled Boehm's comments throughout the game. The Cyclones, who have turned into giant Nebraska killers the past two years, enjoy talking about it, according to the Nebraska players. "Our coaches told us they would be mouthy and they Weinmaster said. "He (Boehm kept saying things like 'I'm going to eat your lunch' after almost every play." The lack of turnovers by the Huskers (Iowa State had one fumble) had Nebraska's defenders shaking their heads in disbelief.

All agreed with Van Zandt they had to work the problem out pronto. "We've had to make the big plays all day and we didn't," linebacker James Wightman said. "We need to get fumbles and interceptions all through the game, every game." Wightman, who strained a knee that was causing him a VAN ZANDT: Continued page 4D connect solidly most of the game. But the one big play he got from Piniella seemed to take the starch out of Los Angeles' attack. After falling behind 3-0 in the second inning, the Dodgers appeared to be getting to Guidry in the third when pitcher Rick Rhoden doubled with one out and Lopes ended an 0-for-13 Series slump with a 400-foot homer to straightaway center.

Then in the fourth, Cey led off by hitting a rising liner to left which appeared to be headed into the seats for a game-tying homer. But Piniella, not known for his defensive prowess, leaped high against the wall and extended his arm above the fence to make a spectacular catch. Stunned Colorado will be ready for NU Colorado Kansas records First 17 24 Los Angeles (UPI) Ron Guidry, a Picasso in pinstripes, painted the Los Angeles Dodgers into a corner with an artistic four-hitter Saturday and pitched the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory which moved them to within one triumph of their 21st World Series championship. Aided by the hitting of Reggie Jackson, who had a double and a home run, and the defensive play of left fielder Lou Piniella, who robbed Ron Cey of a home run, Guidry manhandled the Dodgers and practically left them for dead in their quest to win the World Series. The Yankees, seeking their first World Championship since 1962, will try to wrap it up Sunday with left-hander Don Gullett on the mound, while the Dodgers will go with right-hander Don Sutton.

The Dodgers, though, are faced with the grim statistic that only three teams in baseball history have ever rebounded from a 3-1 deficit to win the Series. "We're not out of it yet," said philosophic Los Angeles Manager Tom Lasorda. "If it was done before, it can be done again." After winning Friday night's game behind right-hander Mike Torrez, Yankee Manager Billy Martin felt he had the upper hand because his meal ticket, Guidry, would be working the fourth game on five days rest. Martin was right. Guidry survived a two-run homer in the third inning by Dave Lopes and went on to allow the Dodgers only two hits both by Cey over the final six innings.

With his fastball as hot as the 82-degree weather, Guidry struck out seven and retired the Dodgers in order in four separate innings. "I can't brag enough about Guidry," said Martin. "He's one of the hardest throwers in all of baseball and just as gutty out there as a guy can be." Guidry's victory is perhaps the final chapter in an amazing success story this season. In spring training the Yankees weren't sure whether he would be a starter or reliever and, in fact, he began the season in the bullpen. But once he got a chance to start he emerged as the club's most dependable pitcher, winning 16 games and posting a 2.82 earned run average.

"I just wanted to prove myself to the people In spring training who didn't think I could do it," said the softspoken 27-year-old left-hander. "I got a little tired around the fifth and sixth innings, but I got my composure back in the seventh and eighth." "Gentlemen, don't underestimate what this man did out there today," said Lasorda. "He won a lot of games a lot big games -when they needed it and today he pitched one beautiful ballgame." Guidry didn't need too much help from' bis defense as the Dodgers failed to Season's COLORADO (5-H) Stanford 27-21 Rushes-yards 43-158 83-338 Passing yards 101 9 Return yards 29 2 KANSAS (1-4-1) Texas 14-28 UCLA 7-17 Wash. St 1412 Oklahoma 9-24 Miami, Fla 7-14 Colorado 17-17 0 22 Okla. St.

0 29 at Iowa St. 5 Kansas St. 12 at Nebraska 19 Missouri Kent St 42-0 New Mexico 42-7 Army 31-0 Okla. St Kansas 17-17 0 22 at Nebraska 29 at Missouri 5 at Iowa St. 12 at Oklahoma 19 Kansas St.

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"It's just the Big 8 Conference," Mallory added. "Everyone in the conference just keeps knocking each other around." "They say a tie is like kissing your sister," Mallory said. "I guess it is. I don't know. I do know the world's not over for us.

We're still in this thing. Both of us (Nebraska and Colorado) are going to have to fight for everything we get next week." About next week's attempt for either Colorado or Nebraska to turn their misfortunes around, defensive tackle Ruben Vaughan recalled the last meeting in Lincoln with not so fond memories. "I don't even want to talk about that game," Vaughan admitted. "If I get started on it, I might just give my true feelings and say something I shouldn't We'll be there. I remember." Htm Vnrk I.

DP-Los Angeles 2. LOB- let Kansas get back into the ball game, a ball game that appeared like Colorado might run away with after assuming a 17-3 lead with 9:40 remaining in the third quarter. Colorado's defense checked Kansas in three plays forcing a punt that Mallory called the key in turning the game around for Kansas. KU punter Mike Hubich sent a 42-yarder towards CU's Mike Davis on the Colorado 29-yard line. A mixup followed and Kansas tight' end Kirby Chriswell covered the ball on the 29.

Mallory and Davis contended there had been interference on the play and Davis had not had an opportunity to touch the ball, let alone catch it. "The referee said in the process of the punt, we were blocking near the area and the ball bounced off our man," Mfuiory said. "I thought the ball hit their man first. It was awfully close. They didn't give our man enough time to field the ball.

v. "I'm not trying to blame anyone, but it was such a key play," he added. "I didn't touch that ball," Davis explained. "I got hit by a Kansas player and never had a chance to field it." The Jayhawks turned the opportunity into points as fullback Norris Banks drove over from the one seven plays later. Following the score, the momentum clearly shifted and Kansas had the upper hand the rest of the way against an Inept Los Angeles 4.

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Passes 7-18-2 1-7-1 Punts 4-39 7-35 Fumbles-lost 3-2 4-2 Penalties-yards 3-46 S-S9 By Chuck Sinclair Staff Sports Writer Lawrence, Kan. Loss or no loss, buckle up your chinstraps Huskers the Colorado Buffaloes haven't forgotten or forgiven your Lincoln hospitality of two years ago when they suffered through a 63-21 humiliation. Any mental edge Nebraska might have had following its 24-21 loss to Iowa State in terms of bouncing back like the upset over Alabama should be neutralized by Colorado's 17-17 tie with Kansas before 39,320 screaming Jayhawk homecoming fans Saturday. It was a game Colorado probably should have lost considering Kansas fumbled the ball away on the Buffs' 27- -yard tine with :14 remaining in the game and a good kicker on the sidelines. But it wasn't a humiliation for coach Bill Mallory and the Buffaloes.

It wasn't 63-21. Granted, there aren't many Colorado players still around who were present on that fateful day in Lincoln, but the story is one passed down through generations, like Custer's Last Stand and other eventful massacres. To add fuel to the fire, Colorado will probably be steaming about a play that Buffalo offense. On the first play of the fourth quarter, substitute quarterback Brian Bethke, who replaced injured freshman Jeff Hines, capped a 79-yard drive with another one yard score. The point after by Hubich evened the score at 17-all.

Colorado never got out of its own territory the final quarter as Kansas turned an interception of a Jeff Knapple pass into a scoring opportunity in the final minute. The return near the Colorado 20-yard line by Leroy Irvin was nullified by a clip and returned to the KU 36, but the Jayhawks, with the help of a 22 yard run by Campfield, moved to the Colorado 22-yard line in just five plays. Then came the fumble on a missed audible that cost the Jayhawks a chance at a field goal. Going without a huddle, Bathke called a dive into the line, but Campfield thought he called a pitch to the short side of the field. Seeing Campfield moving to the sidelines instead of coming up the mid-(He, Bathke pitched the ball wide but it More Series, page 11D a.

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