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fffvm Mft r-pmim tvp rr rr f'f rpm pp p'p'r'p'p rr yyr rrri" 9 rr rry r-r-r i Sports SECT tOW isuntup Journal anb Nov. 18, 1979 Lincoln, Neb. for 0U9 bowls np Big ISO Neb First dowm. I 30 Rushra-rords 28-29 M-311 Possino vords 96 143 Toto offense 127 474 Reum yards 22 -4 Passes 18-9-1 1H1-2 Punts 1-27 Fumbtes-tost 2-1 0-0 5-40 4-42 Time possession 19:01 40:59 Third down conversions 1-11 8-14 Fourth down conversions 0-0 0-2 By Virgil Parker Season's records Iowa State (3-7) Nebraska (1M) Bowline Utah State 35-14 Texas 9-17 Iowa 24-21 Iowa 14-30 Penn State 42-17 Pociflc 7-24 N.Mex.St 57-0 KonsasSt 7-3 Kansas 42-0 7-24 Oklo. SI 36-0 Oklahoma 9-38 Colorado 3S-'0 Colorado 24-10 Missouri 23-20 Missouri 9-18 Kansas St 21-12 Nebraska 3-34 lowoSt 34-3 24 Oklo St.

N24of Oklaftomo bama. IF 'Bama deleats Auburn in its final regular season game. A lot of "its" remain in the major bowl lineups, with just four teams knowing for sure where they stand. Florida State is in the Orange Bowl; Ohio State is headed to the Rose: and Nebraska and Oklahoma are assured of berths the winner of their matchup next week is headed to Miami, the loser to Dallas. See related bowl game story, page I A Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne, who will be taking his team to a seventh bow 1 game in as many years at the Husker helm, has his sights set only on Oklahoma.

"We have a better defensive team than we had when we played Oklahoma last year (a 17-14 Nebraska victory)." Osborne said. "I think we have the best defensive team with which to play Oklahoma since the national championship team of 1971. "And you've got to have good defense to play them," Osborne added. "You can't go up and down the field and get in a scoring match with Oklahoma and hope to win. Osborne said he is particularly pleased that his Huskers will go mto the Oklahoma game at or near full strength.

"We came out of the Iowa State game in fairly good physical shape," he noted. "Derrie Nelson (defensive end) and Jar-vis Redwine (I-back) sprained bad ankles again, but I don't think either one ls HUSKERS: Continued page6D I JQ Iv rfl vj-4" Lr 'A 51 f.Vf "A ir 1 rn. I Sports Editor Because the win assured that Nebraska's football team will appear in a major bowl game its 11th straight post-season invitation and the 16th in the last 18 years Nebraska's complete dominance of Iowa State was overshadowed while the Cornhuskers rolled to a 34-3 victory at Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon. Cotton Bowl officials, after learning Oklahoma had survived a 24-22 scare against Missouri, invited next week's Nebraska Oklahoma loser to the Dallas classic. The winner of the annual Husker-Sooner shootout in Norman this Saturday will claim the Big Kight Conference championship and be Miami-bound to play unbeaten and fifth-ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl.

"I'm proud of the Cotton Bowl committee for not hedging or waiting around until next week to make a decision," Nebraska Athletic Director Bob Devaney said. "Of course, this wouldn't have happened if Oklahoma had lost to Missouri. "I had mixed emotions on that game. I would like to have seen Warren (Powers) in that game," Devaney said of the Miz-zou coach who played and coached at Nebraska, "but from the standpoint of getting our bwl situation solved, as far as we're concerned it was good it worked out the way it did and that Oklahoma won The matchups for the four major bowl games are far from settled. Ohio State, after coming from behind to beat Michigan.

18-15. by blocking a Wolverine punt and running it back for a touchdow ill lace the PAC-10 champion in the Rose Bow 1. That is expected to be USC, but the Trojans must beat UCLA to earn the berth. Washington, after having a loss to Arizona State reversed because the Sun Devils used ineligible players, would be Ohio State's opponent should L'SC lose. Washington has agreed to meet Texas, Arkansas or Houston (probably Houston) in the Sun Bowl should the Huskies not make it to the Rose Bow 1.

Texas and Arkansas will likely be in the Cotton and Sugar Bowls. Arkansas can win the Southwest Conference and be the Cotton Bowl host against the Nebraska-Oklahoma loser by beating SMU (a 5 5 team) this weekend. That would put Texas in the Sugar Bowl against Ala- nr Sports 1 Scene Sunday Bowling Leisure Lanes, noon, Football Notre Dome football, 8 a.m., Dolphins vs. Browns, noon, 0 Cowboys vs. Redskins, noon, CD Chiefs vs.

Raiders, 3 p.m., Canadian Football, Western finals, 3 p.m., Specials Outdoor Nebraska, 5:30 p.m., Hockey Flames vs. Capitals, 6 p.m., (5! Rangers vs. Blues, 6:30 p.m., (E Basketball Nuggets vs. Kings, 8 p.m., GD Nebraska's Tim Worth (25) carries Iowa Stale defenders Terry Earnest a Jeff Quinn TD pass covering 13 yards. Wurth was one of 25 Husker sen-(73) and Jeff StaUworth (29) after a short gain which set up the Cornhusk- iors making their final appearance in Memorial Stadium.

Each was indi-ers' first touchdown Saturday. On the next play, Junior Miller latched on to vidually introduced to the packed house before the game Seniors say thanks to McBride Revived aerial game cheers Cornhuskers By Mike Babcock Staff Sports Writer The senior members of Nebraska's defensive bne were determined to get Coach Charlie McBride a game ball following Saturday's 34-3 victory over Iowa State. As soon as the game ended, Dan Pensick grabbed the first football he could find, but "we ended up with one of Iowa State's, so I threw it back," said Rod Horn. After each game, Cornhusker co-captains L.C. Cole and Tim Smith present a game ball, and "we decided if they weren't going to give him (McBride) the ball, we'd just take it," Horn said.

Tackles Pensick, Horn and Bill Barnett, and middle guards Kerry Weinmaster and Oudious Lee presented their case to the Nebraska captains. "All five of us surrounded L.C. and Smitty, and there wasn't much they could say. We were really persuasive," Pensick said. Added Lee: "We're seniors and we're bigger than everybody else, so we kinda took the ball." "It was just a token of thanks for everything he's done for us," said Barnett, who was credited with seven tackles in Saturday's near-shutout McBride cradled the football in his hands; on one of its sides were the words: "Official Intercollegiate TD." "I may have to change that to 'no TD'." he said, referring to the fact that his defenders haven't yielded a touchdown to Iowa State in two seasons.

McBride was as proud of the ball as he had been with the play of his defensive bne Saturday. The Husker Black Shirts shut down Iowa State's offense so much that with 1 :37 remaining and the game already decided, Cyclone Coach Donnie Duncan elected to kick a field goal to avert a shutout "You can't really blame him," said Lee, adjusting a new, brown cowboy hat recently presented to him as a gift "But I cant say by who." The big senior from Omaha dropped Iowa State's Mike Payne for a one-yard loss on first down at the NU six yard line during the series which ended in three points for the Cyclones. "they just wanted to score," Pensick said. "But tins being our last game here (in Memorial Stadium), we wanted a shutout, and when you get down to the last five or six minutes, you start thinking about it." "Nobody wants to be shut out, but it ticks me off," said Horn, admitting that it probably did make sense considering Iowa State's offense had gone nowhere all afternoon. The Cyclones managed only 29 yards rushing in 28 carries and 127 yards total offense for the game.

It was the ninth straight week Nebraska's defense has limited the opposition to under 100 yards on the ground. Iowa State's passing attack wasn't much more effective. The Husker defense produced seven sacks for a total of 41 yards in losses. "I was really proud of our pass rush today because everyone contributed," said McBride. McBnde said the game ball was his first since he was an assistant at Wisconsin and his players presented him ith one following a 52-7 pounding of Northwestern.

"I plan to get this signed (by his players) on Monday and have someone paint on the final score," he said. "Then I pian to put it on my mantel and look at it for awhile." The only other football that means as much to him right now came from Mike Webster, a center on the world champion Pittsburgh Steelers. Webster played for McBride at Wisconsin. "When Mike made it with the Steelers, he sent me the ball, which he had signed: 'To a friend, coach and This ball and that one mean the most," McBride said. When he smiled, the red 'N' embedded in one of his front teeth was visible.

He hardly looked the part of a tyrant. The victory was an emotional one for McBnde especially since the graduating seniors, playing their last home game, were the first group of players he's coached at Nebraska. "It hurts to see these guys play here for the last time, and McBRIDE: Continued page 70 Bowls at a glance NEW YORK (UPI) Following Is 0 list of teams ttiot have accepted bowl invitations. Garden State, East Rutherford, N.J Saturday, Dec 15; Temple (8-2) vs. undetermined opponent, noon.

Independence, Shreveport, Saturday, Dec IS: McNeese State (11-01 vs. undetermined opponent, 1 :30 p.m. Holiday, San Diego, Friday, Dec 21: Indiana (7-4) vs. Brlghom Young (10-0) or San Diego State (7-2), 8 p.m. Liberty, Memphis, Ternv, Saturday, Dec 22: Penn State (7-3) vs.

Tulane (8-2), 12:30 p.m., ABC-TV. Sun, El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Dec 22: x-Woshlngton (9-2) vs. Texas (8-1), Houston (8-1) or Arkonsas (9-1), 11:30 a.m., CBS-TV. x-if Southern Col wins Pac-10 title, Washington will play In Sun Bowl. Tangerine, Orlando, Saturday, Dec 22: Woke Forest (8-3) vs.

Louisiana State (6-4) 7 p.m. Fiesta, Tempo, Tuesday, Dec 25: Pittsburgh (9-1) vs. undetermined opponent, NBC-TV. Gator, Jacksonville, Friday, Dec II: Michigan (8-3) vs. North CarcHino (6-3-1 8 p.m., ABC-TV.

Noll of Fome, Birmingham, Ala Saturday, Dec 2: South Carolina (7-3) vs. undetermined opponent, 6 p.m. Peach, Atlanta, Monday, Dec 31: Clemson (8-2) vs. Baylor (7-3), 2 p.m., CBS-TV. Blue bonnet, Houston, Monday, Dec 31: Purdue (9-2) vs.

undetermined opponent, 7 p.m. Cotton, Dallas, Tuesday, Jan. 1: Southwest Conference Champion (Texas, Arkansas, or Houston) vs. Big Eight runner-up: Nebraska (104) or Oklahoma (9-1), 1:10 p.m., CBS-TV. Rose, Pasadena, Tuesday, Jon.

1: Ohio State (11-0) vs. Poc-10 champion (Washington 9-2 or Southern Col 9-0-1 4 p.m., NBC-TV. Sugar, New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 1: Southeastern Conference champion (Alabama 10-0 or Georgia 5-5) vs. Arkansas or Texas, 1 p.m., ABC-TV.

Orange, Miami, Tuesdoy, Jan. 1: Florida State (100) vs. Big Eight champion (Nebraska or Oklahoma), 7 p.m., NBC-TV. OU Sims By Randy York Staff Sports Writer Is everybody happy? Now that Nebraska has put air back In the ball Junior Miller is happy, the fans are happy and Tom Osborne doesn't have to answer so many questions about the usker passing attack. If the aerial attack took ill against Colorado, stayed the same in Columbia and died in Manhattan, it was born again Saturday in the Huskers' 34-3 win over Iowa State.

The best thing is that the Cyclones came into the game with the nation's 13th best defense against the pass. Junior quarterback Jeff Quinn, making his first start in eight games, and Miller, the All-America tight end candidate who's 14 days away from marriage, gave the passing game a transfusion. Quinn hit 8 of 9 passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns in the first half and finished 11 of 17 for 163 yards. That's 16 yards more than Nebraska accumulated against CU, Mizzou and K-State combined. "I'm happy," said Miller, who caught six of the passes for 83 yards and two touchdowns.

"To tell you the truth, I was getting kind of down and losing interest" "I'm glad Junior's happy because when he's happy, everybody's happy and everything rolls," Quinn said. "A guy with the talent he has wants to get the ball and it's important that he does." That's because whenever Junior gets the ball, the scoreboard operator looks at his buttons. lie had to push them twice in the last nine minutes of the second quarter. Quinn hooked up with Miller on a 13 yard touchdown pass with 8:56 left, then found him in the end zone again on a 19-yard scoring play 53 seconds before halftime. On the second TD catch.

Miller out-wrestled Iowa State's Mike Schwartz for the ball at the flag. Even though Schwartz is a three-year starter and an All-Big Eight safety, he never had a chance. "It was like a pair of pliers competing against a fork lift," quipped Iowa State Coach Donnie Duncan. Miller is 6-5 and 242 pounds. Schwartz is 64 and 176.

"Miller's ability to run after the catch makes him outstanding," Duncan said. "He's awesome. He's like an avalanche." Duncan could have said a happy lanche, since Miller improved his season stats to 20 catches, 384 yards and seven touchdowns. "When Junior scored a lot early, he came to expect it," spUt end and offensive captain Tim Smith said after catching four passes for 62 yards himself. "Junior needed a big day to get bis confidence back, there's no question about that "We needed to open up," Smith said, "so we could go back to controlling people like we were.

When we play our game, we're as good as anyone in the country." Now that Nebraska has taken its passing game out of storage, Oklahoma will have more to worry about in next weekend's NU-OU shootout in Norman. "We've been seeing too many eight-man lines," Quinn said, "Today should PASSING: Continued page 6D in win over Mizzou How AP's top 20 fared Okla MU First downs 25 24 Rushes-yards 70-390 40-238 Passing yards 37 222 Return yards 7 IB Passes 5-3-1 23-164 Punts 3-37 1-40 Fumbles-lost 2-0 3-0 Penalties-yards 7-45 2-27 1. Alobomo (10-0) del Miami, 2. Ohio Stott (11-0) def. Michigan, completed 3.

Nebraska (10-0) def. Nextweekl UCLA Florida 0VT1W .1 Nobresko i-SMU ue. of Son Dttoo Staff leeeeee.Ot PfOA StOtf sationaP That's precisely when Nebraska and Oklahoma will tee it up for the Big 8 Conference championship and Orange Bowl bid. The pressure of weathering that storm when strong fronts from the two perennial contenders collide Is on the shoulders of Nebraska now that Billy Sims Is back in lleisman-stride. Sims was one of those forecasters himself after Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer called the performance of last year's llelsman winner "Sims-satlonal" as he established a personal rushing record of 282 yards In 36 tries In the Sooners' thriller before 71J291, the fourth largest crowd to ever see a Tiger football game at home.

"The pressure Is on Nebraska now," Sims said after erasing the single game rushing record against a Missouri Tiger team held previously by Richard Bents of Nebraska. "This is what we've been wanting, to be 9-1 after the Texas loss. The pressure Is on them. Coming In 10-0 the pressure Is theirs." There's a different kind of pressure that could be measured from Saturday's clash barometric pressure. From the performances of both teams on Missouri's turf, the Tigers are an easy target as a barometer of the two teams.

Nebraska narrowly defeated the Mizzou, 23-20, when quarterback Phil Brad-Icy was sacked on a fourth down while trying to find a receiver In the end-zone after Tiger Coach Warren Powers shunned a possible field goal attempt that could have tied the game. But Saturday, it was a missed field goal by Ron Verrilli from 37 yards out with 2:21 left that preserved the OU win. Not only did the trussed Verrilli field goal preserve the OU win and the expec tations of the title game next week, it solidified a major bowl berth for Oklahoma, and Nebraska, win or lose the finale. "At the official time for extending bids, we'll be tied to the Cotton and Orange Bowls," Switzer said. "Nebraska has accepted the agreement and we're happy because both of them are fine classics." Switzer alluded to another great classic in the same breath Sims.

"Billy Sims Is the greatest football player In the world," Switzer said. "He's right th the middle of the Heisman. With another great pme against Nebraska, hell be up around 1,400 yards rushing, and he leads the nation In scoring. He's a great one. 1 have no doubts about him being the finest In the country, and the pros will prove It when Billy ls drafted first." Sims Is still not yet ready to say he's OKLAHOMA; Continued post 70 4.

USC (91) Mlt 5. Florida State (10-0) def. Memphis Stat, A. Texas (H) def. TCU, 35-10 1.

Oklahoma (9-1) def. Missouri, 24-22. I. Arkansas (9-1) def, Texas AIM, 22-10 f. Houston (8-1) mm 10.

Brlghom Youno (104) def, Utah, 274 11. Pitt (9-1 def. Army, 40-0 12. Purdut (9-2) art. Indiana, 17-21 11 Mkhtaon (0-3) lot to Ohio Stott, I-I3.

14. Clemson (1-2) def. Notre Dome, le-10 By Chuck Sinclair Staff Sports writer COLUMBIA, Mo. There was a high-pressure cell centered around Faurot Field in Columbia Saturday following Oklahoma's narrow 24-22 escape over Missouri and according to the best of forecasters the high is due for a southerly move Into central Oklahoma during the early part of next week. The long-range forecast shows the conditions ripe for a whale of a storm to be kicked up around Norman by the weekend.

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