Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 35

7D Oct. 21, 197? Lincoln, Neb Sunday Journal and Star 1 if atfP tfNsy "IIS-' Means "V.VX quarterback hit Means after he had already been forced out of bounds (top right). Means was shaken up on the play and was forced to watch the remainder of the game from the sidelines. NU head trainer George Sullivan tended to Means on the sideline (below) before play could continue. What looked like a big break for Nebraska defensive back Andy Means (34), turned into a nightmare in second quarter actioa Means intercepted a Harold Bailey (12) pass and started up field (top left).

Bailey was the last person to have a shot at Means on his 23-yard runback, and the OSU -From page ID- Huskers- aged to cross the 50 yardline on two occasions, and one of those came as the result of a pair of back-to-back pass interference penalties against Nebraska. The other came early in the second quarter when OSU gained the NU 41 before being forced to punt. "Our goal isn't to get a shutout, although they are nice when they come," Nebraska defensive coordinator Lance Van Zandt observed. "We don't talk shutouts. What we want to do is play better than the defense of the other team.

"We (the defensive unit) compete against the other team's defense not their offense. We just want to allow fewer points than the other guy allows. When we do that, we win. And our offense helped a lot today. Our defense didn't have to get out there in the heat and play as many snaps as the OSU defense." Oklahoma State won the coin toss before the game and elected to take the strong wind.

The strategy didn't help. Fake backfired The Huskers moved all the way from their 32 to the OSU seven before a "sure" touchdown pass from Tim Hager to Junior Miller was tipped away by OSU linebacker John Corker. Dean Sukup came on for what appeared to be a field goal try. A fake, with Hager running, backfired and 58 yards of total offense went for naught. "The wind was blowing across the field," Osborne noted, "so we weren't too keen about trying field goals." The wind was out of the southwest, but Lewis Field is one of the few in the country that runs east to west.

During that first drive, starting I-back Jarvis Redwine carried the ball five times on the way to his fourth consecutive 100-yard-plus game. He finished with 102 yards on 15 carries. Brown also touched the ball for the first time, sweeping to a 14-yard gain with a pitch around left end. "The play is not really new, although this is the first game we've used it this year," Osborne reported. "We pull both guards to lead the interference.

Yet Oklahoma State's linebackers were more concerned with the movement of our backs than the lineman. As a result, all of our counter plays worked quite well. We got a lot of mileage out of that pitch to the wingback coming wide." Settle for field goal Late in the first quarter, the Huskers took over at their own 32 and drove all the way to the OSU two before Hager was trapped while trying to pass and Nebraska settled for a 23-yard Sukup field goal to take a 3-0 lead on the first play of the second quarter. On its next possession, Nebraska went 64 yards in six plays to push the count to 9-0. Brown ran 14 yards, then gained 22 more by catching a Hager pass.

Then Redwine took a pitch around the right side and zipped 29 yards to score. Sukup's PAT try was blown wide right. The Huskers closed out the first-half scoring after Russell Gary tipped an OSU pass into the hands of fellow NU defensive back Andy Means who returned it to the Cowboy 35. Nebraska clipped on Means' runback and OSU was charged with piling on after the play. There was a report that Means had swallowed his mouthpiece.

NU trainer George Sullivan set the record straight. Means knocked out "He took a hard shot to the soler plexis," Sullivan said. "He couldn't get his breath at all and was out cold for a while. But he never swallowed his mouthpiece." As a precautionary measure, Means was removed on a stretcher, but came back to sit on the bench in the second half. Three plays later, after another penalty against the Huskers, Hager hit Smith with the 42-yard touchdown pass.

A two-point conversion try failed, but the Huskers had a 15-0 lead. "I didn't like to see that little flurry of personal fouls," Osborne said. "Things got a little heated there for a minute. But then they settled down. Actually, this was one of the cleanest OSU games in a long time and that's a credit to their coaches." Missouri led Oklahoma State a week ago, 13-0, at halftime, then wound up losing, 14-13.

"We were in about that same position," Osborne felt. "We didn't want the momentum to shift as it had against Missouri. I didn't feel that there was any danger of losing the game unless we left the ball on the ground (fumbled) or let them get away with a big play." The NU offense took care of that. Nebraska didn't care about the wind, taking the ball to open the second half and moved 60 yards to the OSU 20 before the drive faltered. Another 60 yards of offense without any points.

But the next possession paid off. NU went 75 yards in 10 plays to score. Miller gained 24 yards with a Hager pass and Brown scooted for 16 more on one play before Redwine got his second TD, this time from six yards out. Sukup's PAT made it 22-0. Quick scores Jeff Quinn and Mark Mauer came on to quarterback the Huskers in the final frame.

Craig Johnson slashed for some good gains. He and Quinn carried six straight times on one drive to get the ball to the OSU five from where reserve fullback Jim Kotera powered in to make it 29-0 after Sukup's PAT. On the first play after the ensuing kickoff, linebacker Steve McWhirter picked off a Cowboy pass and ran it back to the OSU 19. McCrady's "shoe" play followed (another wide wingback pitchout), gaining the five, from where still another wingback Anthony Steels swept right end to complete the scoring. Next up for the unbeaten Huskers is Colorado at Memorial Stadium.

Scoring Story NU-OSU How scored Time leH 4:25 THIRD QUARTER 22-0 Redwine 4 run Drive: 75 yards In 10 plays highlighted by 24-yard pass from Hager to Miller and 16-yard run by Brown. Conversion: Sukup kick. Staff plwtos by Randy Hampton Harald Dreimanis Web Kay Ted Kirk SECOND QUARTER 3-0 Sukup 23 field goal 14:55 Drive: 61 yards in 13 plays highlighted by 22-yard run by Brown, 15-yord run by Hipp and 12-yard run byWurth. 9-0 Redwine 29 run 11:34 Drive: 64 yards In six plays highlighted by 22-yard pass from Hager to Brown and 14-yard run by Brown. Conversion: Sukup kick failed.

154 Smith 42 pass from Hager 5:54 Drive: 35 yards In three plays following 15-yord penolty against Nebraska. Conversion: pass failed. FOURTH QUARTER 29-0 Kotera 5 run 3:48 Drive: 43 yards In seven plays highlighted by 11-and 17-yard runs by Johnson. Conversion: Sukup kick. 3(4 Steels run 3:28 Drive: 19 yords In two Plovs following pass Interception by McWhirter, highlighted by 14-yard run by McCrody.

Conversion: Sukup kick. Nebraska 8 IS 7 1434 Oklahoma State 0 0 0 00 Attendance est. Saturday's game against Oklahoma State proved to be quite physical. Here, Craig Johnson (30) is stopped and thrown back by Cowboy defenders Steve Helnzler (76), Dean Prater (95), and Curtis Boone (S3)..