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A lincoin Journal Friday, Nov. 9, 1979 1 9 Nebraska-Kansas State lineups Wurth is only healthy NU hack NEBRASKA (6-0) OFFENSE KANSAS STATE (1-5) No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr.

Po Yr.wt. Ht. Name No. 89 Miller 6-4 222 Sr. TE Sr.

227 6-3 Whitley 26 72 Goodspeed 64 260 Sr. LT Sr. 240 6-4 Miller 67 69 Havekost 64 230 Sr. LG So. 260 6-1 Donaldson 64 57 Saalfeld 6-3 248 Sr.

Jr. 256 6-3 Wilson 69 53 Sctileusener 6-5 232 Jr. RG Sr. 250 6-2 Bowling 68 58 Steiner 6-1 238 Sr. RT Sr.

270 6-4 Vvvwadis 75 84 Smith 6-2 192 Sr. SE Jr. 174 5-11 Liebe 18 10 Hager 6-1 175 Jr. QB Fr. 188 6-1 Dickey 4 30 Johnson 6-1 198 Jr.

RB Jr. 200 4-3 Brown 34 39 Franklin 6-1 218 Jr. FB Sr. 200 5-11 Duncan 30 22 Brown 6-0 182 Sr. WB Sr.

180 5-11 Pickard 32 DEFENSE No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pot Yr.

Wt. Ht. Name No. 81 Cole- 6-2 206 Sr. LE Jr.

227 6-1 Walker 55 55 Horn 6-3 254 Sr. LT Jr. 228 6-2 Landry 54 51 Weinmaster 6-0 216 Sr. MG Sr. 226 6-3 Crews 91 97 Barnett 6-5 240 Sr.

RT Jr. 235 6-4 Bennett 60 98 Lindstrom 6-2 202 Jr. RE So. 235 6-7 Wentling 73 41 Baker 6-2 207 Jr. LB Jr.

208 64 Cole 71 66 Williams 6-1 221 Jr. LB Jr. 205 6-2 Faerber 45 23 LeRoy 6-2 190 Sr. Sr. 208 6-1 Wilson 85 15 Llndquist 5-10 175 Sr.

CB So. 178 5-10 Switzer 43 34 Means 5-11 172 Jr. CB Sr. 200 6-2 Owen 37 9 Gary 6-0 180 Jr. Fr.

208 6-3 Kopsky 8 Site: KSU Stadium, Manhattan. Kickoff: 1:30 p.m. Broadcasts: KLIN, K.FOR, from Oakland, who, like Johnson, will be getting his first collegiate start. Lindstrom and his NU mates will try to put pressure on Kansas State's freshman quarterback Darrell Dickey, the son of Coach Jim Dickey who has passed for 493 yards and three touchdowns in the Wildcats' last two games. "We might have a couple of surprises for them," Dickey said, anticipating only his third collegiate start.

As in past seasons, Kansas State relies heavily on its passing attack. Tight end Eddy Whitley and wide receivers John Liebe and Phil Pickard are Dickey's main targets. "Their offense is predicated on throwing the ball," said NU head Coach Tom Osborne. while compiling a 3-5 record, including tackles Rob Houchin (knee) and Steve Clark (elbow), cornerbacks Steve Schuster (knee) and Greg Best (elbow), and free safety Brad Hor-chem (knee). Early in the season, a talented junior flanker, Eugene Goodlow, quit the team.

Nebraska's defensive unit, which ranks first in the nation against the run, will line up without end Derrie Nelson. The junior from Fairmont, who sacked Missouri quarterback Phil Bradley on the final play of last Saturday's 23-20 victory, was left to nurse a sprained ankle in Lincoln. Nelson will be replaced in the starting line-up by junior Dan Lindstrom, until Friday morning, when he was cleared to make the trip to Manhattan. The swift junior is still recovering from a knee injury suffered last Saturday against Missouri. Johnson, who has rushed for 385 yards and scored six touchdowns, was bothered early in the week by a hip-pointer, but expects to be near full speed.

Nebraska's other travel-squad I-back, Isaiah Hipp, is still nursing a sore toe on his left foot, but hopes to be available. Hipp, NU's all-time leading career rusher with 2,798 yards, had his best game of the season against Kansas State a year'ago, gaining 183 yards in 26 carries to spark a 48-14 victory. Fullback Andra Franklin has played the last four weeks with a broken finger, which is- nearly recovered, and Jim Kotera, a back-up, still isljothered by a jammed neck. Franklin, a junior who has rushed for 378 yards this season, is within 49 yards of moving into a fifth-place tie with Bill Olds on the all-time career rushing list for Nebraska fullbacks. Olds finished with 953 yards; Dodie Donnell currently stands fourth with 965 yards, well behind No.

1, Tony Davis. Davis, who also played I-back, gained 2,445 yards in his career. The nation's No. 1 rushing offense may be plagued by an excessive number of bumps and bruises, but it's not likely to get much sympathy from Kansas State. The Wildcats of second-year head Coach Jim Dickey have lost five starters off their defensive unit this season Here's rundown of Big Saturday By Mike Babcock Staff Sports Writer MANHATTAN, Kan.

Nebraska running back Coach Mike Corgan is not one to complain. So his evaluation of the deplorable physical condition of the Cornhuskers' offensive backfield, heading into Saturday's Big Eight football game with Kansas State, was as matter-of-fact as his 18 seasons at Nebraska make it. "Right now, I think Tim Wurth is the only one (running back) who's completely healthy," Corgan said of his battered backfield corps. He was not looking for sympathy. "We'll make do with what we've got," he said.

What second-ranked Nebraska has is an 8-0 record which it will put on the line on the artificial surface of KSU Stadium. Kickoff in the 64th renewal of a series which began in 1911 is set for Saturday. Nebraska has won the last 10 games, and K-State has not defeated the Huskers in Manhattan since 1959. A capacity crowd of more than is expected, at least 7,613 of whom purchased tickets through the NU ticket office "We certainly didn't have any to return," ticket manager Helen Ruth Wagner said Thursday. Junior Craig Johnson, previously the Huskers' No.

3 I-back, will get the first start of his varsity career against the Wildcats, stepping in for Jarvis Redwine, the leading rusher in the Big Eight with 925 yards. Redwine's availability was in doubt Northeast rallies, wins district title KFAB.WOW, KRNU-FM. 8 games this OKLAHOMA STATE (4-4) at COLORADO (1-7), 2 p.m. CST, Folsom Field, Boudler Quickly Both seeking rebound from loss. History Colorado leads series, 13-8-0.

Cowboys won last year, 24-20, in Stillwater. Last Poke victory in Boulder was 38-24, in 1973. The Coaches Jimmy Johnson 4-4 in first year at OSU. Chuck Fairbanks 1-7 in first year at Colorado. Is 53-22-1 overall.

Notes CU's Charlie Davis set Big Eight record by rushing for 342 yards in 1971 Different Charlie Davis, CU sophomore, moved from quarterback to halfback against Iowa State, rushed 11 times for 47 Pokes concerned about health of QB Harold Bailey. Taylor slammed 70 of Cowboys' 81 rushing yards against Oklahoma. without too two centers, halfback Wiilie secondary's yielded only 51 .8 yards passing per game in last four contests. in prep Prep Picks Chuck Sinclair Bui in the five year history of the playoffs, with that same matchup each year, the Trans-Nebraska holds all the trophies. Here is one prep raters assessment of the semifinal games.

For the quarterfinals, the record was 18 right, 6 wrong for 75 percent. Class A Omaha Creighton Prep (9-1) at Omaha Westside (90), 7:30 p.m. The rest of Westside's season has been geared towards a game like this since the Warriors were beaten by Prep earlier in the season when a touchdown was called bock in the final seconds of the game because of an interior line penalty. Since Westside and Prep are the only two Omaha teams to ever make the finals, things have gone true to form for another year of the plavofts. The Warriors have the home field, and should have the upper hand if they aren't too emotionally involved in what happened in the last encounter.

Westside 21, grep 20. Fremont (7-2-1) vs. Lincoln East (9-1) at Sea-crest Field, 7:30 p.m. The last of me possible rematches for this year puts surprising Fremont across from Lincoln East for the second time. The first time around, East ripped off to 21-0 lead, then ollowed Fremont the opportunity to charge back and almost win the game.

East was best the first time with its aerial attack, and if there's no Spartan letdown. East should handle the Tigers. But Fremont has the proven ability to get the iob done under adverse circumstances. Lincoln Southeast can vouch for that. Grand Island's Ken Fischer says there's no team that can defense East's passing same.

If that's so, East 27, Fremont 15. Finals Hosted at school farthest east. Class McCook (9-0) vs. Norrls (9-1) at Nebraska Wes-leyan, 7:30 p.m. Everyone knows about the McCook iniury situation, but the outcome of this game may hinge on the status of Norris quarterback Lenny Hoover.

Without a hvper-extended knee, Hoover and his Titans would probably be favored despite McCook status as the No. 1 Class football team in the state. If the knee holds up, It may still work out that way. But McCook has been under the iniury ilnx for so long, this may be the year the Bison shake the In'ury woes and take it oil the way. McCook Coach Dave Dunham has his fingers crossed that everyone of the remaining plovers continue their good health for another week.

McCook 21, Norrls 19. Piammouth (9-1) at Columbus Lakeview (9-1), 7:30 p.m. Plottsmouth was one Class team figured to be at the top of the heap when the season storied, but lost Its first gome of the season and played catch-up ever since. The Blue Devils op-pear to hove cought up while Lakeview may be on borrowed time after upsetting No. 2 rated Aurora in the quarterfinals.

The fact still remains that Lakeview was not totally impressive during the regular season, and even with a back like Ryan Went, Plattsmouth should be too much despite having a home-field advantage working against it. Plattimouth 20, Columbus Lakeview 6. Flnali Hosted at school farthest west Class C-l Fremont Bergan (9-0-1) at Mllford (9-0-1), 7:30 p.m. Even with quarterback Dave Mendlik playing with a smashed middle finger on his throwing hand, the Bergan senior passes the ball better than the malority of quarterbacks in the KANSAS (3-5) at OKLAHOMA (7-1), 1 :30 p.m., CST, Owen Field, Norman Quickly Switzer seeks victory No. 70.

History Oklahoma leads series, 48-22-6. Sooners won, 17-16, last year. Kansas' last victory was in 1975, 23-3 at Norman. The Coaches Barry Switzer 69-7-2 in seventh season at Oklahoma. Don Fam-brough 22-30-1 in fifth year at Kansas.

Notes Kansas' John Hadl set Big Eight record with 94-yard punt in 1959 DiRienzo of OU set league mark with 60-yard field goal in 1973.. worry injuries to LB Mike Reilly, QB" Kelly Phelps (throat), OG Terry Crouch (ankle). hope for return of backs Wayne Capers, Walter used two tight ends vs. George Cumby had 15 tackles, two interceptions at consecutive sellout due at Norman. state of Nebraska.

His brother Mark heads a running attack that is devastating. Milford mov not appear devastating, but the Eagles have certainty gotten the iob done this year. Bergan was rated No. 1 in the Sunday Journal and Star football eai-tion back in August, and should get the final ctock at finishing there, providing the Knights are looking ahead to that possioiiity. Fremont Bergan 26, Milford 20.

Grand Island Central Catholic (9-1) at Battle Crock (10-0), 7:30 p.m. In its first year oown from Class Grand Island Central Catholic nos been difficult to measure against other Class C-l schools because of its predominantly Class schedule. Many Class schools don't ploy as many Class teams as the Crusaders have. If it hasn't already paid off. which Coach Carl Tesmer would say it has, it will at Battle Creek.

Bottle Creek has stingy defense when it comes to allowing points scored, but it hasn't ploved the likes of Grand Island Central Catholic either. Grand Island Central Catholic 20, Bottle Creek 14. Finals Hosted at school farthest east. Class C-2 Grant (10-0) at Coleridge (8-1-1), 7:30 p.m. Gi ant demolished Weeping Water in the quarterfinals, and there's no reason to think Coleridge will be much tougher semifinal opponent.

Thai i. taking anything away from Coleridge, but when you talk about Grant, Class C-2 is not the place to group the Plainsmen. Coach Al Gaston's club is in a ciass of its own this year. Maybe the Nebrasko School Activities Association would like to offer an extra trophy in that class as a sacrifice. Grant 35, Coleridge 7.

Camoridge (9-0) at Anslev (9-0), 7:30 P.m. Cambridge is the only team in the playoffs to defeat its first-round foe bv a larger margin than Grant when Overton tumbled 70-0. But the Troians will have a battle on their hands against tradition-rich Ansley. But despite Ansley Class tradition, the home-field and the fact Cambridge is a Class team forced to play for an 1 1-man schedule, there's been a lot of momentum rolled up throughout the season. Cambridge 14, Ansley 13.

Finals Hosted at School farthest west. Class D-l Spalding Academy (9-0) at Shelby (10-0), 7:30 p.m. Either team has the firepower to puli this victory out, but Ed Colleran, the veteran of 45 veors of coaching at the Academy who is in the process of relinquishing his reigns to Poul Nord-hues, thinks this may be one of the best eight-man teams he's seen. Nordhues' brother Nick is one of the reasons as Colleran colls him one of the best bocks he's ever coached, and he's orobobly second-best on the team. Colteran might have the opportunity for his first Eight-man state title, even if it shared with Nordhues.

Spalding Academy 34, Shelby 20. Beemer (9-0) at Dawson-Verdon (10-0), 7:30 p.m. Beemer was underestimated one time it won't happen again. The Bobcats and Dawson-Verdon are in a rematch of last year's Eight-man final with one maior exception. Beemer hos almost everyone returning and the Jets supposedly lost almost everybody.

If that's the cose, Beemer should roll. But Dawson-Verdon didn't get its record to 10-0 by luck. Beemer 3d, Dawson-Verdon 26. Finals Hosted at school farthest east. Class D-2 Wheatland (9-0-1) at Hildreth (9-1), 7:30 p.m.

Hildreth was a whisker away from being selected the preseason No. 1 team in E'ight-man division 2, and Wheatland Coach Jack Sunderland thought he might hove a contender before the season started. Sunderland should know since he's hod two playoff qualifiers and a state champion. But Hildreth has been sitting behind Wheatland now for several weeks unable to move up. Now's the chance for the Greyhounds to prove basketball is not the only game in town.

Hildreth 22, Wheatland 20. Dim (8-1) vs. Arthur (9-1) at Ogallola, 1:30 p.m. The battle of the west sends two schools to Ogallola to play on a remarked 11-man field with identical successes after season-opening losses. Dix lost its opener convincingly to Harrlsburg, but bounced bock to win eight straight games while Arthur dropped its initial gome to Thedtord before winning nine straight.

Look tar Arthur to continue its success. Arthur 24, Dix 20. Finals Hotted at school farthest west. playoff? MISSOURI (4-4) at IOWA STATE (3-5), 1:30 P.m., CST, ISU Stadium, Ames Quickly Both coming off "super efforts" last week. History Missouri leads series, 43-22-7.

Tigers won, 26-13, last year. They've met every year since 1919. The Coaches Warren Powers 12-8 in second year at Mizzou. Donnie Duncan 3-5 In first year at Iowa State. Notes Tigers set Big Eight record by intercepting eight passes in 1946 and Goodwin were first Cyclone backs over 100 yards since Rocky Gillis went 169 In can't be too disappointed in general about the outcome," Tiger Gerry Ellis said after Nebraska loss.

"We iust came out on the short was back at full speed after missing three weeks with rib iniury. Cyclones without MG Chris Tiger QB Phil Bradley playing with ribiniury. STAFF PHOTO BY TED KIRK WEEKEND Hockey Rangers vi. Nordlqucs, 12:30 P.m., GD Sunday Bowling Leisure Lanes, noon, Football Notre Dame football, 8 a.m., Steelers vs. Chiefs, noon, Rams vs.

Bears, 1 p.m., CD Broncos vs. Patriots, 3 p.m., Maverick highlights, 10:45 p.m., Special! Outdoor Nebraska, 5:30 p.m., CB Hockey Flames vs. Bruins, 6 p.m., GD Rangers vs. Penguins, 4:30 p.m., 93 Monday Football Falcons' Coaches Show, 7 p.m., GD Eagles vs. Cowboys, 8 p.m., Donnie Duncan, 11 15 P.m.

mm NEBRASKA (8-0) at KANSAS STATE (3- 5), 1 :30 p.m., CST, KSU Stadium, Manhattan Quickly Compare scores? Nebrasko 23, Missouri 20. K-State 19, Missouri 3. History Nebraska leads series, 51-10-2. Huskers won, 48-14, last year. Last Wildcat victory was 12-0 In 1968.

Last KS victory in Manhattan was 29-14 in 1959. The Coaches Tom Osborne 63-16-2 in seventh season at Lincoln. Jim Dickey 7-12 in second year at K-State. Notes Wildcats checking ribs of OB Darrell primary hurts are to IB Jarvis Redwine (right knee) and DE Derrie Nelson (left ankle). in-iury report is the worst of the year, by far," Husker trainer George Sullivan said after Missouri 306 yards passing against Kansas was seventh-most ever by a game-winning Husker drive at Missouri, Craig Johnson had runs of 14, 20,5, 5and 12 yards.

eja vu It's been five weeks and a day since Omaha Westside Coach Dan Young had the nightmarish experience of seeing a game lost then won then lost again to then top-ranked Omaha Creighton Prep when a last-second touchdpwn was called back because of a penalty. And it's been four weeks to the day that Fremont Coach Jerry Gdowski saw his Tigers totally blown away the first half by LincohTEast only to have a back that could won the game stopped by a fourth-quarter fumble on the East 29-yard line. Thanks to the miracles of state high school football playoffs, coaches of the four teams have the opportunity to relive some of the more exciting moments of their careers. Prep and Westside match up in one Class A state semifinal at Westside Saturday while East and Fremont are filming at the same location as before, Lincoln's Seacrest Field. Both games have scheduled 7:30 p.m.

starting times. Given the right set of circumstances, victories by No. 1 ranked East and No. 2 Westside, the final next week in Omaha would be more than a battle between the top two rated Class A football teams it would be a rematch of the initial year of the playoffs when East defeated West-side 20-6 in 1975 to capture the state championship. If Prep should defeat Westside, it would give the Junior Jays something old and something new.

Prep has made the finals in each of the past three years, but finished second each time. That's old for Coach Tom Jaworski. What's new is the opportunity to play a team it has never met under those circumstances. East has made the finals just that once and Fremont has never made it. Whatever happens, it's assured that the Metro Conference and the Trans-Nebraska will each provide an entrant to the finals.

Both Westside and Prep are from the Metro and East and Fremont from the T-N. Legislator challenges Too Tall' AUSTIN, Texas (UPI) A Texas legislator says Ed "Too Tall" Jones is a terrible boxer and challenged the former Dallas Cowboy football player to a three-round bout that would force either the politician or the fighter to retire. Rep. Clay Smothers, D-Dallas, said he is convinced the Cowboys are in dire need of Jones' services, but boxing is not "Therefore in the Interest of the Dallas Cowboys, Ed 'Too Tall' Jones, and canvasses everywhere, I would like to present this challenge," Smothers said. "I hereby challenge Ed 'Too Tall' Jones to a three-round bout on the following conditions.

Should I win one of the three rounds, you Immediately terminate your boxing career and return to the Cowboys. "Should I finish three rounds standing up, you immediately terminate your boxing career and return to the Cowboys. Should I suffer a technical knockout or a knockout I promise to quit politics forever." Smothers signed the letter, "a great football fan." By Ken Hambleton Prep Sports Writer It might have been fitting for a gun to go off, or a buzzer to sound at the end of the furious Lincoin Northeast district volleyball championship win over Lincoln East before some 600 fans Thursday night at East High. The third-ranked LNE Rockets rallied from a 9-3 deficit in the third set to post a 15-12, 13-15, 16-14 victory in the finals of the A-l district that looked as much like a track meet as a volleyball game. East, which finished 13-7, soared to a commanding lead in the final game as seniors Kay Crouch and Helene Brosseau combined for seven ace spikes.

East, which had lost to LNE twice this season, apparently boosted the lead to 8-0, but the Spartans were penalized for serving out of order and after East scored on dinks by Lynn Svoboda and Barb Slaughter, the Rockets tallied on three straight ace serves by Kim Brazee to close the score to 9-3. A pair of blocks by Colleen Weygint and Peggy Loos, plus an unforced error helped LN narrow the gap to 9-6, before Crouch slammed three straight ace serves to give the Spartans a six-point lead again. Gale Hannan kept the Rockets close, serving four straight points, as Weygint tallied on two ace spikes, but a pair of unforced errors put East at 14-11. A serve into the net and a spike for a sideout by Weygint that brought LNE's Kristal Johnson to the serving line. Johnson scored on an ace and the Rockets scored on three straight unforced errors to take a 15-14 lead, setting up the final serve point by Hannan.

"I figured the girls needed to relax after getting down 9-0, so I called a timeout, told the girls it looked like we'd get a wild card berth in the state meet anyway, and made a couple of subsitutions to break up East's momentum," LNE Coach Sandi Genrich said, "Those breaks, plus the serving error on East gave us a chance to get rolling. "Then with Johnson's serving to get us started, and to give us the lead finally, we got our offense going again and took the offensive," she said. "I've said all season long that defense wasnt going to get us anywhere, and when we started to sit back and wait, East spiked, blocked and dinked the heck out of us," she said. East outhit the Rockets In the final game with 14 ace spikes to LNE's 5. The Spartans also counted on 22 dip (diving saves) during the three games, compared to 7 for Northeast i "That's the best defensive game I've seen East play all year, and I think it took a little out of us in the second game, when they won," Genrich said.

Northeast rallied from a 12-10 deficit In the first game with ace spikes by Loos, Johnson and Brazee helping the Rockets score five straight points for the win. East broke away from an 11-all tie In the second game as Crouch, Brosseau and Florence Mannix scored on ace spikes with set assists by Slaughter. "We've been digging up spikes all season and we did a pretty good job tonight," East Coach Myron Oehlerking said. Scorn: Paa 2Q Kay Crouch was a key member of East's unsuccessful bid for a Class A district championship Thursday night. TV'S SPORTS Friday Football Devaney Football, 10:30 p.m., (Q Special! Boxing, 7:30 p.m., () Saturday Specials Neb.

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State, 10:30 p.m., 3D Tom Osborne Show, 10:30 p.m., CD COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S SPORTS WEEKEND AP I Top The Line 1. Alabama (8-0) at LSU (5-3) Alabama by 14 2. Nebraska (8-0) at Kansas State (3-5) Nebrasla by 31 3. Ohio State (9-0) hosts Iowa (4-5) Ohio State by 16 4. USC (8-0-1 at No.

15 Washington (7-2) USC by 8 5. Houston (8-0) hosts No. 8 Texas (4-1 Houston by 1 4. Oklahoma (7-1 hosts Kansas (3-5) Oklahoma by 24 7, Florida St. (8-0) hosts No, IV So.

Carolina (4-2) Florida St. bv 9 9. Arkansas (7-1) hosts No. 17 Baylor (4-2) Arkansas by 4 10. Michigan (8-1) at No.

14 Purdue (7-2) Michigan by 2 11. Brigham Young (8-0) at Long Beach St. (4-4) Brigham Young bv 42 12. Pitt (7-1 at West Virginia (54) Pitt by 22 13. Notre Dame (4-2) ot Tennessee (4-3) Notre Dame by 11 14.

Auburn (4-2) hosts Mississippi State (3-5) Auburn bv 4 18. Clemson (4-2) ot North Carolina (5-2-1 Clemson by 2 20. Wake Forest (7-2) hosts Duke (2-5-1 Woke Forest by 18.