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SECTION Sports Oct. 22, 1978 Lincoln, Neb. Buffg clli on NU's sandwich uibeii for the game while Hipp finished with 92). We're just fortunate to have some good I-backs who are are interchangeable." Before the afternoon was over, four players in that position scored a touchdown. Berns had two the second on a run of five yards while Tim Wurth tallied on a 43-yard scamper.

That was the longest touchdown run by an NU back this season, topping Wurth's own 37-yard effort against Indiana. Hipp got one on a one-yard smash, and Craig Johnson mopped up with a 33-yard TD dash to complete the scoring with 58 seconds left in the game. "We just started blowing them off the line in the second half," Osborne noted. "We changed the blocking scheme on a few plays, but the secret was just knocking their defense off the ball." Colorado Coach Bill Mallory is under fire locally after winning the first five NEBRASKA: Continued page 5E crowd of 53,262 fans, who thought the Buffs could break what seems like a longstanding jinx, the script was changed only slightly. Nebraska scored first on a 27-yard Billy Todd field goal for a 3-0 edge.

But then Colorado stunned the Huskers with two touchdowns within two minutes to go ahead, 14-3. Once again, for the third year, that was the last point the Buffs could manage, while Nebraska amassed 49 unanswered points for a lopsided 52-14 victory. It was the 11th straight Nebraska victory over Colorado and the 16th Husker triumph in the last 17 meetings between the two teams. "I've never really believed in jinxes," Comhusker Coach Tom Osborne said after his club came back from the deficit to pile up 641 yards in total offense, tying the most ever administered a Colorado club. "But," Osborne added, "I suppose if you want to hang your hat on a jinx, this is as good a one as any." ond Todd field goal to close the gap to 14-6.

Enter Rick Berns at I-back. Berns, who had one of his finer games here two years ago in sparking the come-from-behind victory, took over for Hipp and carried five times in a seven-play drive which netted a touchdown. Sorley then found tight end Junior Miller over the middle for a two-point conversion pass to knot the count at 14-alL That ended the first-half scoring. From then on, it was no contest Nebraska took the kickoff to open the second half and marched 80 yards in nine plays to go in front for good. Berns started things with a 16-yard dash, added an eight-yarder and finished the drive with runs of 11, 12 and 10.

The Huskers went on to score four of the next five times they had the ball "Berns had a super game," Osborne said, "as good a game as he's had in a long time. Hipp came back to play well in the second half (Berns netted 132 yards Neb Colo First downs 31 Rushes-yords 70-47? 49-170 Passing yards 178 66 Return yards 94 0 Passes 12-18-1 4-13-3 Punts Fumbles-lost 3-3 6-2 Penalties-yards 3-25 8-70 By Virgil Parker Sports Editor BOULDER, Colo. It was another verse to the same old song here Saturday. The Colorado Buffaloes made the same mistake for the third straight year against the Nebraska Cornhuskers they got ahead at the outset. Two years ago, here at Folsom Field, the Buffs zipped to a 12-0 advantage, then didn't score another point as the Huskers registered a 24-12 victory.

Last year in Lincoln, Colorado jumped in front 15-0, then was blanked again as Nebraska tallied 33 consecutive points for a 33-15 triumph. This time, before a partisan sellout Osborne said even when the Huskers trailed by 11, "I was never really worried. I had confidence and the players displayed the same feeling that we would come back and win." Osborne felt "We weren't being manhandled, it was a matter of our own mistakes that gave them those two touchdowns." Following Todd's first field goal he had three for the day Howard Ballage took the ensuing kickoff three yards deep in his end zone and raced the distance. It was reminiscent of a 98-yard TD dash by Ballage on the opening kickoff against the uskers last year. "We even changed our kickoff coverage especially for him," Osborne admitted, "but we failed to fill all the lanes and he made a nice cutback once the wedge opened the hole for him." Nebraska only had the ball for one play after the next kickoff.

It was a swing pass from quarterback Tom Sorley to I-back I.M. Hipp. A hit by CU defender Season's records Nebraska (6-1) Colorado (5-2) Alabama 3-20 Oregon 24-7 California 36-26 Miami, Fla 17-7 Hawaii $6-11 San Jose 22-7 Indiana 69-17 Northwestern 55-7 Iowa St 23-0 Kansas 17-7 Kansas State 48-14 Oklahoma St 20-24 Colorado 52-14 Nebraska 14-52 0-28 Oklahoma St. 0-28 at Missouri N-4 at Kansas N-4 Oklahoma N-l 1 Oklahoma N-l 1 at Kansas St. N-18 Missouri N-18 Iowa State Mark Haynes popped the ball loose.

Safety Tim Roberts grabbed the ball in midair and returned it 48 yards to the Nebraska three yard line. The Husker defense gave up that short distance grudgingly. It took a fourth-down smash by fullback to James May-berry to dent the goal line. "We had them right where we wanted them after that," Nebraska defensive coordinator Lance Van Zandt joked later. "That was the same score Colorado had against Oklahoma State last week before they went on to lose." Nebraska came right back with a sec I-formation dated? Ash NU opponents I Nebraska yr Touchdownr (A I fluff 7 Of r'fl ''-JmT if Cmiii ii if trl Husker I-back Richard Berns (35) scores Nebraska's first touchdown ley's conversion pass to Junior Miller gave the Huskers a 14-14 halftime against Colorado Saturday with this five-yard plunge in the second quar- tie.

Berns, who had 132 yards rushing, scored two touchdowns in the game, ter, as fullback Andra Franklin (39) leads the play. Quarterback Tom Sor- as Nebraska continued its mastery of Colorado, 52-14. Texas outlasts Arkansas for win. 28-21 By Randy York Staff Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. Stop the world, please, but don't let Nebraska get off without its I-formation.

The offense which a couple months ago was supposedly headed for the horse and buggy days is cranking itself up and running better than ever and it doesn't seem to make any difference who's in the driver's seat to step on the gas. Richard Berns stepped on it the most here Saturday against Colorado, but he was only part of the show in the Cornhuskers' continuing Big Eight drama of musical chairs at I-back. Fortunately, whoever thought a split backfield was the best way to get more mileage out of a surplus of good backs had no influence on Tom Osborne. The I-formation may be his favorite antique, but he makes sure it's polished every weekend before he puts it away. Saturday, Nebraska's stable of hard-running I-backs put Colorado away for an 11th straight time, 52-14, exploding in the second half like fuel-injected dragsters making their last runs at Bonneville Salt Flats.

Berns, accustomed to a supporting role after a sophomore year with his name on the marquee, slashed and knived his way to 132 yards and two touchdowns. But the overall performance digs much deeper than his re-entrance into the lights on the stage. Isaiah Hipp generated 92 yards and a touchdown. Tim Wurth had 69 yards and a touchdown and Craig Johnson zipped for 65 more and another touchdown. This particular day, Nebraska's awesome I-back position produced a whopping 358 yards and five touchdowns.

It may not be appropos, but Nebraska's I-back position accumulated eight more yards than the NCAA single game rushing record of 350 yards by Michigan State's Eric Allen against Purdue. Of course, Nebraska's pie is split into four pieces, but it might be interesting to know how many yards Allen's back-up gained on his record-breaking Saturday in late October seven years ago. The point is, Nebraska kept pounding Colorado from the same position, using only a different hammer. More than occasionally, Buff defenders must have felt like they were trying to tackle a ghost Nebraska I-backs lugged the ban 49 times for a remarkable 7.3 yard-per carry average. "I can't tell the difference," CU Coach Bill Mallory admitted afterwards.

"You see Berns, Hipp, Wurth and Franklin (he didn't mention Johnson). None of them are fancy. They just all overpower you and I have no explanation for it." Mallory had particular praise for Berns, who ran for 127 yards on this same Folsom Field turf two years ago in Nebraska's come-from-behind 24-12 triumph. "He's killed us every year we've played him," Mallory said. "He really fires up for us.

I tell ya, the other guys are good, but he's something else. I've always said he's one of the most unsung backs in the league." It's a role that's never really bothered Richard Berns. "I try not to let anything bother me," he said. "I'm a Christian and even though I've felt a lot of things taken away from me, I just try to leave it in the hands of the Lord. "I'd be a fool, though, to say that I did How AP's 1.

Oklahoma (7-0) def. Iowa State, 34-6 2. Penn State (7-0) def. Syracuse, 45-15 3. Arkansas (4-1 lost to Texas, 28-21 4.

Alabama (6-1) def. Tennessee, 30-17 5. Nebraska (6-1 def. Colorado, 52-14 6. Maryland (7-0) def.

Wake Forest, 39-0 7. USC (5-1) def. Oregon State, 38-7 8. Texos (5-1 def. Arkansas, 28-21 9.

Michigan (5-1 def. Wisconsin, 42-0 10. UCLA (6-1 def. California, 454) 11. Houston (5-1) def.

SMU, 42-28 12. Texas AIM (4-2) lost to Baylor, 24-6 13. Missouri (5-2) def. Kansas Stote, 56-14 14. Arizona State (5-1) Idle 15.

Pitt (5-1) def. Florida State, 7-3 16. LSU 15-1) def. Kentucky, 21-0 17. Navy (64) def.

Wm. Mary, 9-0 18. Georgia (5-1) def. Vonderbilt, 31-10 19. Purdue (5-1) def.

Illinois, 13-0 20. Notre Dame (4-2) def. Air Force, 38-15 n't want another chance at I-back I knew it would come eventually and I just wanted to make sure I seized the opportunity." Berns, seeing by far his most action at tailback since sputtering against Alabama, smiled in the locker room as most cameras and microphones found.their way to his face for the first time this season. You would have thought he was the new lead singer in a rock band, but Berns handled the attention in typical style. Later, more at ease addressing a few writers with pads and pens instead of lights and mikes, Berns admitted he didn't want to dwell on his success against the Buffs.

And he wasn't about to get drawn into a discussion about how much fullback he should play as opposed to how much I-back he should play. "I don't want to bring up any controversy," he said. "I'm not like Steve Martin. I'm not a wild and crazy kind of a guy." Rather, he's a serious-minded, dedicated family man, who had a very special reason to play well Saturday. His father, Chuck, was in the stands for only the second time in two seasons.

"He wanted to share my experience," Richard said, explaining that his mother's health in the past year has prevented thai, for the most part. Three months ago. Josephine Berns died of cancer. Richard Berns, a senior and a team player above everything else, has shown the patience of Job to climb back into the picture. "I guess I enjoy playing here," he said.

"I remember when Colorado tried to recruit me (out of Wichita Falls, Tex I didn't want the Rocky Mountains to blind me from what I really wanted out of college football -bowl games and a national championship." The national championship, he said, is getting closer every week. It ts getting closer because Nebraska's star-studded cast of unselfish I-backs has rewritten a familiar name into the script. Sports 1 Scene Sunday Football Notre Dame vs. Air Force, 8 a.m., NFL 78. 11 :30p.m., (S Bears vs.

Buccaneers, noon, CD Packers vs. Vikings, 1 p.m., NFL Football, noon, Broncos vs. Colts, 3 p.m., College Football 78, 1 p.m., NFL Football, 3 p.m., Tom Osborne Show, QD Bowling Leisure Lanes, noon, Monday Football Oilers vs. Steelers, 8 p.m., IT) Maverick football, 11:15 p.m., College Football 78, 11 :45 p.m., Tuesday lioolUl NU highlights, 7 p.m., East vs. Southeast replay, 7 p.m., S3 Wednesday Hockey Bruins vs.

North Stars, 7:30 p.m., (3D Specials Las Vegas Sportsline, 7 p.m., CB Basketball Hawks replay, 2 a.m., IX) top 20 fared Next week's opponent Kansas Stote atw Virginia Qt Houston Virginia Tech Oklahoma State at Duke California SMU Minnesota Arizona Arkansas Rice' Colorado at Washington at Now Idle Pift at Kentucky at Iowa Miami, Flo. Ark 19 54-206 115 30 6-17-2 1-1 2-30 Tex 17 50-162 173 22 11-22-0 2-1 5-55 First downs Rushes-yards Possing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards AUSTIN, Texas (UPI) Lou Holtz, who has' lost only to Texas in two years as Arkansas' head coach, said Saturday it was the Longhorns' passing to Olympic sprinter Johnny "Lam" Jones and freshman Lawrence Sampleton that enabled Texas to upset the third-ranked Razor-backs 28-21 in a contest of Southwest Conference leaders. "It was a disappointing loss," said Holtz. "The difference was when Texas had one-on-one passes they caught it. When we had one-on-one, we didn't." Lam Jones caught two touchdown STAF PHOTO BY RANDY HAMPTON for 110 yards, including a 36-yard scoring pass in the second quarter when Texas erupted for 13 points in a 36-second span.

Halfback Johnny "Ham" Jones scored the other Longhorn touchdown on a 1-yard dive at the middle of the Arkansas line and caught a crucial pass for a 2-point conversion after Texas' fourth touchdown. Arkansas, which had lost only once before in Lou Holtz' 15 games as head coach a 13-9 defeat by Texas last year was a 3-point favorite and appeared ready to rout the Longhorns. Arkansas scored easily on its first possession, driving 80 yards in eight plays with halfback Ben Cowins going the final eight yards for the score. But Texas struck back in the second period, going 51 yards in 13 plays after a short Arkansas punt, then intercepting a Ron Calcagni pass on the next series to set up McEachem's pass to Lam Jones that gave Texas a 20-7 halftime lead. Arkansas roared back in the second half, shutting out Texas in the third period and grabbing a 21-20 lead with 4:06 left in the quarter after Calcagni raced 1 yard for a touchdown and passed 28 yards to Bobby Duckworth for another.

Texas drove 60 yards for the winning touchdown with McEachern hitting Lam Jones for the score with 6:15 remaining. A key play in the drive was a 32-yard pass to Sampleton on a third-andJ situation from the Arkansas 43. Lam Jones' two touchdown receptions gave him 12 for his career, which ties a Longhorn school record. The loss was Arkansas' first in five games and Texas is now 5-1, losing only to top-ranked Oklahoma. Arkansas 7 0 14 021 Texas 7 13 0 8-28 Ark Cowins 8 run (Ordonez kick) Tex H.

Jones 1 run (Erxleben kick) Tex Sampleton 36 pass trom McEach-ern (kick failed) Tex L. Jones pass from McEachern (Erxleben kick) Ark Calcagni 1 run (Orriane; kick) Ark Duckworth 28 pass from Calcagni (Ordonez kick) Tex L. Jones 4 pass from McEachern (H. Jones pass from McEachern) Okla. State stops KU, 21-7 passes and Sampleton, a 6-foot-6, 215-pounder, caught one.

Sampleton said Longhorn Coach Fred Akers had advised him early in the week to be prepared to play against Arkansas, his first varsity action. Sampleton apparently heeded Akers' words, catching four passes for 108 yards, including a 36-yard touchdown that boosted Texas to a 13-point halftime lead. "He is terrific to throw to," said quarterback Randy McEachern. "He's got hands that pull down anything." McEachern, who earlier in the season was temporarily benched in favor of freshman Donnie Little, guided the Long-horns flawlessly and completed ll-of-22 passes. Lam Jones, a member of the U.S.

gold medal sprint relay team at the 1976 Season's records Kansas (1-6) Okla. State (2-5) Texas A8.M 10-37 Wichita St 10-20 Washington 2-31 Florida St 20-38 U.CL.A 28-14 Arkansas 7-19 Miami, Fla 6-38 N. Tex. St 7-12 Colorado 7-17 Kansas St 7-18 Oklahoma 16-17 Colorado 24-20 Oklahoma St 7-21 Kansas 21-7 0-28 Iowa State 0-28 at Nebraska N-4 Nebraska N-4 Missouri N-l 1 at Missouri N-l 1 Iowa Stote N-18 at Kansas St. N-18 at Oklahoma Defensive left end Curtis Boone recovered a Kansas fumble at the 39-yard line early in the third quarter and eight plays later Burk powered across for his second touchdown.

Fuellentrop carried on five of those eight plays to gain 25 of the 39 yards needed. Fuellentrop scored his own touchdown at the end of a 67-yard march that was highlighted by 39-yard pass from Burk to freshman wide receiver Ron Ingram. Higgjn's touchdown climaxed a six-play drive for 41 yards, 27 of them on a penalty against OSU for pass Season Arkansas (4-1) Vonderbilt 48-17 Oklahoma St 19-7 Tulsa 21-13 TCU 35-3 idle Texas 21-28 0-28 at Houston N-4 Rice N-Uat Baylor N-25atSMU D-2 Texas Tech records Texas (5-1) Rice 34-0 Wyoming 17-3 Texas Tech 24-7 Oklahoma 10-31 No. Texas St 26-16 Arkansas 28-21 0-28 SMU N-4 idle N-ll Houston N-18at TCU N-25 at Baylor D-2 Texas Montreal Olympics, caught touchdown passes of 5 and 4 yards from McEachern, each time making over-the-shoulder grabs an instant before stepping out of the corner of the end zone. Sampleton, a 6-foot-6, 215-pound freshman playing on the Longhorn offensive unit for the first time, caught four passes Boone, whose fumble recovery set up Burk's second touchdown, recovered another Jayhawk miscue on the first play after the ensuing kickoff to give the Cowboys possession on the Kansas 17-yard line.

The Pokes, however, returned the favor on the very next play when Burk dropped the ball and defensive tackle Charles Casey recovered for the Jay-hawks. It was the Cowboy's second consecutive win after five losses and kept alive OSU's conference title hopes. The Pokes are 2-1 in the league after losing to Kansas State and upsetting highly favored Colorado. Oklahoma State's next game will be Saturday in Lincoln against Nebraska. Kansas 7 0 0 07 OklahomaState 0 7 7 7-21 Kan Higgins 7 run (Hubach kick) OSU Burk 1 run (Ankersen kick) OSU Burk 1 run (Ankersen kick) OSU Fuellentrop 5 run (Ankersen kick) Kant OSU 13 21 40137 68229 78 92 59 22 5-20-0 8-12-1 9-4 6-2 7-61 5 -63 First downs Rushes-yards Passing-yords Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards sTTi.i.WATER.

Okla. (UPI) Quar terback Scott Burk scored two touchdowns on 1-yard keepers to lead Oklahoma State to a 21-7 Big Eight Conference victory over Kansas Saturday. Freshman fullback Terry Fuellentrop added an insurance touchdown with a 5-yard run at 9:59 in the fourth quarter. Colin Ankersen kicked the extra point after each touchdowa The Jayhawks scored on a 7-yard run by halfback Mike Higgins near the end of the first period and could not maintain a sustained drive the rest of the game. The Cowboys, playing a ball control game, used up 9:14 of the second quarter while driving 94 yards in 20 plays for Burk's first touchdown and a 7-7 halftime tie..