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page 1C 6D Nov. 18, 1979 Lincoln. Sunday Journal and Star Huskerfr Midland eliminated from NAIA race fensive player, engineered a 70- maybe control it, but the mis fullback Andra Franklin climaxed a six-play drive by powering in from two yards' out. NU dominates i The game was much more lopsided than the 284) halftime score would indicate. Nebraska ted 18 first downs at intermission Iowa State 3nd two of those came in the final 53 seconds against a prevent defense.

Iowa State had 51 yards in total offense the Huskers 299. "I was pleased with the way we played both offense and defense, especially in the first half," Osborne said. "We had lost some of our momentum in the last couple of games. We really regained it. today." "It's easy to coach the defense for a team that has an offense that controls the ball all Kentucky sinks Florida, 31-3 mingk connected wilr.

junior Klson Schut on a nine-yard scoring pass and Mike Brom-mer booted the extra point with 45 seconds left in the opening period. "We have a lot of confidence in our offense," Northwestern Coach I.arry Korver said. "We can score a lot of points if we're executing The Red Raiders, who passed for 233 yards in the first half, were indeed executing in the second quarter as they rolled up 19 points. Midland's pass defense was hurt by the absence of senior safety Casey Micek, who missed the game due to a knee injury. Linebacker Mark Kruthoff, the game's most valuable defensive player, blocked Henry Schollmeyer's punt through the endone for a safety on the second play of the second quarter to give the Red Raiders a 9-7 lead.

Following Midland's free kick, Kaemingk, who was named the most valuable of Watchorn was referring to the offensive show put on by both teams that produced the most points ever in a Division II quarterfinal or semifinal game. The teams combined for 8K8 total yards and 40 first downs. The game was billed as a battle between Northwestern's passing attack and Midland's ground game, and that's just what materialized as the fourth-rated Red Raiders passed for 299 yards and No. 3 Midland rushed for 317 yards. Midland sophomore Dave Nettles got the scoring battle off to a rousing start by racing 76 yards for a touchdown with 11:58 remaining in the first quarter.

Nellies, whose TD run set an NAIA quarterfinal record, finished as the game's leading rusher with 126 yards on 10 carries. Northwestern, now 9-1, unleashed its potent passing attack midway through the first quarter and lied the score at 7-7 when senior (ialen Kae- First downs It Rwhfs-vords 317 39-148 Passing yords 104 7W Posses 4-14-4 17-2 3 Total yords 447 Return vords 11 73 Ponts-ave J-39 0 Fomolevlosl 3-3 2-2 Penalties-yards. 4-53 MS By Brian Hill State College Writer VKRMII.LION, S.D. During the regular season. Midland Lutheran College won six games by 12 points or less.

The Warriors were used to playing close games, but always coming out the winner. Just the opposite happened here Saturday, as Northwestern College of Orange City, Iowa, oulstored Midland, 40-27, in an NAIA Division II quarterfinal playoff game before 2.343 at. the University of South Dakota's DakotaDome. "All year long we've been on Hie other side, winning the close ball games," Midland Coach Don Watchhorn said. "Thirteen points that's not many points in a game like this." Peru St.

takes hurt us." I.anik hooked up with West on another bomb on Midland's first possession of the second half. This time, the pass went for a touchdown of 42 yards and after Schollmeyer's kick, the Warriors were within five at 26-21. After Schollmeyer missed a 52-yard field goal attempt. Northwestern scored a pair of quick touchdowns that, for all practical purposes, put the game out of reach. The first came on a 14-yard Kaemingk to Johnson 'aerial -After a Midland fumble, Kaemingk capped a short drive with a one-vard run to make the.

lead 40-21 with 2:04 left in the third quarter. Midland got one touchdown back on a strange play that saw I.anik catch his own four1 yard pass for a touchdown. The pass was batted into the air by a Red Raider defender and Lanik hauled it in and scored. Schollmeyer's kick sailed wide to the left. That proved to be all the scoring as Midland turned the ball over three limes in the final 11 "It was a great effort lo keep coming back like that," Watchorn said.

"I ish we could have won il, but we were happy lo just be here. We got a lot far-i her than most learns." The loss ended the Warriors' season at 9-1. Northwestern will hosl No. 1-raled Bethany (Kan.) in a semifinal game Dec. 1 at Orange City, Iowa.

Midland 7 7 7 i 27 Northwestern 7 14 0 40 Midland Dove Nettles 76 run (Henry Schollmeyer kickl Northwestern Elson Schut 9 pass from Goien Kaeminyk (Mike Brommer kick) Northwestern Mark Kruthot blocked Schollmeyer punt lhrou9h end zone for sotetv Northwestern Koemingk 1 run (Brommer kick) Northwestern Terry Johnson 32 pass trom Kaemingk (Brommerkick) Northwestern Brommer 27 Held gool Midland Kent Beckman 2 run (Schollmeyer kick) Midland Grandee West 41 pass from Doug Lonik (Schollmeyer kick) Northwestern Johnson 14 pass trom Koemingk (Brommer kick) Northwestern Kaemingk 1 run (Brommer kick) Midland Lonik 4 pass trom tanik (tipped bvdelender) (Kick foiled) Attendance 2,343 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Midland, Nettles 10-126, Lonik 16110, Diller 22-89; Northwestern, Gulhmiller 15-75, Kr user 9-40 PASSING Midland, Lonik 4 13-4 104; Nettles 0-1-0-0, Northwestern, Koemingk 16-26 2-265, Gulhmiller 1-1-0-34, Calvert 0-2-10. RECEIVING Midland, West 2-92; Northwestern, Schut 8-122, Johnson 7-169. Boot Hill loss Kentucky Florida 16 6 57-232 27-28 157 133 7 5 6-8-1 13-24-0 4-37 8-36 2-0 0-0 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 0- GAINESVILLE, Fla. (UPI) Juan Portela combined with Felix Wilson for touchdown passes of 62 and 43 yards in a 17-point Kentucky second quarter Saturday and the Wildcats downed hapless Florida 31-3. Freshman running back Chris Jones added TD runs of 8 and 1 yards in the second half to ice Kentucky's victory.

The win evened Kentucky's record at 5-5, with its season finale Saturday at home against Tennessee. Florida is now 0-8-1. Wilson, a 179-pound wide receiver, caught six passes for 157 yards to break the all-time Kentucky career yardage record for a receiver. He needed only 81 yards entering the game to tie Larry Seiple's mark of 1,422 set in 1964-66. Wilion needs only five more pass receptions to tie Kentucky's all-time pass catching record of 94 set by Tom Hutchison in 1960-62.

Kentucky 0 17 7 731 Florida 3 0 0 0-3 FLA-FG Clark 52 KY FBStrein 31 ky Wilson 62 pass from Portela (Strein kick) KY Wilson 43 pass from Portela (Strein kick) KY Jones 8 run (Strein kick) KY Jones 1 run (Strein kick) A 55,760 suffers Peru cut the deficit to 28-14 when Alvin Holder capped an K0-yard drive with a 5-yard scoring run with just under nine minutes left in the game. Pittsburg scored next alter a short Peru punt into the wind which sel up llitlner's 35-yard keeper with 5:14 remaining. Pittsburg extended Us lead to 36-14 ith a 2 point Ilittner conversion pass. Peru was again forced to punt on its next possession, but the center snap sailed over punter Terry 1 1 inkle's head into the end zone and was recovered by a host of Pittsburg defenders for the final touchdown with 4:51 left. Peru State 0 7 0 7 14 Pittsburg Slate 21 0 7 15 43 Pitt Wilton Jones 4B pass from Mark Hittner (Joe Bollou kick) Pitt Richard Overton 3 run (Bollou kick) Pitt Steve Krull 46 pass from Hittner (Bollou kick) Peru Rick Neubauer 8 pass from Brod Kreifels (Don Todd kick) Pitt Hittner 2 run Bollou kick Peru Alvin Holder 5 run (Todd kick) Pitt Hittner 35 run (Hittner pass to Jones) Pitt Fumble recovery in end zone (Bollou kick) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Peru, Holder 24-133, Morv McGiil 13-51, Keith Flogler 6-12, Brad; Pittsburg, Overlon 22-126, Hitlner 7-91, Potion 10-45.

PASSING Peru, Kreifels 12-31-5 139; Pittsburg, Hittner 411-0 143. RECEIVING Peru, Roosevelt Brown 6-73, Holder 3 J4, Neubauer 3-32; Pittsburg. Krull 2-85, Jones 2-58. too bad Jarvis just got stung a little. He wanted to go back in, but it looked like we were in good shape and going to win without him, so we didn't take any chances." Osborne was also pleased with the performance of LM.

Hipp at I-back. Hipp wasnl expected to play after missing most of the week's practices with a lingering sprained big toe. "Isaiah was feeling better than he has in some time," Osborne said. "He didnt even run until Thursday. Maybe the rest was the best thing." Possession football Although Nebraska didn't light up the scoreboard early in the game against Iowa State, the Huskers played possession football to perfection.

The Huskers took the opening klckoff and consumed half the first quarter, driving nearly the length of the field to the Iowa State nine yard-line where they settled for a 27-yard Dean Sukup field goal and a 3-0 lead. Iowa State had the ball after the ensuing kickoff for three plays and a punt That was it for the rest of the quarter. The Huskers used the rest of the period to drive from their own 20 to the ISU 7. Nebraska had the ball nearly 13 12 of the 15 first-quarter minutes. Sukup kicked another fielder this one from 24 yards out on the first play of the second quarter to extend the lead to 6-0.

Huskers roll After that, quarterback Jeff Quinn, who hadn't started any of the last seven games, got the Huskers offense in high gear. Three touchdowns in the second quarter delighted Memorial Stadium's 105th consecutive sellout crowd of 76,049. Two of the three came on passes lo tight end Junior Miller. The first was a 13-yard play on which Miller flashed between two defenders. His other came just 53 seconds before intermission when the 6-foot-5, 242-pounder snatched the ball out of the hands of Cyclone defender Mike Schwartz at the goal line to complete a 19-yard play.

In between, NU linebacker Brent Williams pounced on Iowa State's only lost fumble of the day at the Cyclone 28 and tap I has seems I there Peru Pitt First downs 20 17 Rushes-yards 53-161 45-277 Passing vords 139 143 Passes 12-31-5 4-12-0 Return yards 46 107 PuntS-avg Fumrxes-lost 4-1 3-2 Penalty vords 29 45 DODO CITY. Kan. -Peru Slate was blitzed lor three first-quarter touchdowns and fell to Pittsburg Stale of Kansas. 43-14, here Saturday in the Bool Hill Bowl. "Pittsburg was the Central States co-champion, sharing Hie crown with Kearney State.

Pittsburg scored the first lime it touched the ball on a 48-yard flea flicker pass from Mark Ilittner to Wilton Jones. Pittsburg's other first quarter scores came on a 3-yard run by Richard Overton and a 46-yard Ilittner to Steve Krull pass. Peru's offense was shut down in the first period as they tried to move against a 15 mph wind. Peru moved the ball well in -the second quarter but could manage only one score on an yard pass from Brad Kreifels to Rick Neubauer on a fourth-down play with 1:24 remaining in the half. Ip the third quarter Pittsburg's Ilittner scored on a 2 -yard keeper set up by a 39-yard Ilittner to Krull pass.

yard, six-play drive and scored the TD himself on a one-yard run. Brommer's kick made it 16-7 with 12:06 remaining in the half. Two plays after a Midland fumble, Kaemingkhit senior Terry Johnson with a 32-yard scoring strike. Brommer again booted the PAT and added a 27-yard field goal after a pass in-ierceplion to give the Red Raiders a 26-7 lead with 6:21 still to play in the first half. Midland then got what Watchorn called a badly-needed touchdown on a two-yard run by Kent Beckman with 45 seconds left in the half.

The touchdown was set up by a 52-yard pass from Doug lanik to Grandee West that carried to the 9. Sehollmever's PAT made it 26-14 at the half. "That touchdown before halllime kept us in it, but we fumbled a couple of times when we had the momentum," Watchorn said. "We felt we could move the football and -From pogelD- for awhile," Quinn said. "Tim and I can both throw the ball.

In Junior, Tim and Kenny (Brown), we have three of the best receivers in the conference and maybe the country." "You gotta take what the defense gives you," Miller said. "Iowa State didn't hold me up like some people have been doing. We took what they gave us. I wasn't the game plan." He just became an important part of it. Now, Miller wants the thrill of beating Oklahoma, so he can prepare for his Dec.

1 marriage to Carol Manley at Lincoln's First Baptist Church. "I've got a pretty good game plan," Junior said. "I've been invited to play in the Hula Bowl in Honolulu and the Japan Bowl in Tokyo. I'd like to make Miami the Tirst stop on the honeymoon and those the last two." "Maybe we can give Junior the Oklahoma game for a wedding present," Huey said. "That ought to make him happy." It ought to make everybody happy.

My mmsfi I Ml the time," defensive coordinator Lance Van Zandt offered. "We have a high confidence level going into the Oklahoma game. We dont want the players to go into that one tight and tense. We want them to go in loose, with the feeling that they're going to win." After a scoreless third quarter Nebraska punted for the first time in the game with just 13 seconds remaining before the final frame the Huskers put up their final points on a one-yard sneak by Quinn to climax a 65-yard drive in 12 plays, overcoming a 15-yard penalty along the way. The big gainers were passes from Quinn to split end Tim Smith and another to Miller.

For the game, Nebraska completed 11 of 18 passes for 163 yards the same number as against Oklahoma State and more than in any of the last three games. Throw a lot "I was getting tired of answering questions from the fans on where our passing game had gone," Osborne joked, "so we tried to throw the ball a lot so I wouldn't have to answer those questions." Iowa State avoided another shutout at the hands of the Huskers the last three times the Cyclones went scoreless (in 1978, 1975 and 1971) they were all against Nebraska when Alex Giffords kicked a 22-yard field goal with 1:37 left in the game. "I can't get mad at them for spoiling our shutout that way," Van Zandt laughed. "In 1976 when I was coaching at Kansas, the year before I came to Nebraska, we did the same thing. The Huskers were leading us 31-0 and we went for a field goal to keep from getting shutout." Now, THE game So, it's time for THE game.

All season, Osborne has been warning his team and Big Red fans not to look ahead to Oklahoma. Now, Oklahoma is ahead. Then the Orange or the Cotton BowL This week, in some ways, looks like 1975. That year, Nebraska was 10-0 when it headed for Norman. A loss sent Nebraska -reeling to the Fiesta Bowl and another defeat The Huskers don't want the consolation prize this time.

always have jjJL 'I SSffWS The Great GM r-f Service Special A at Randolph Olds 111 byDliDo Passing make Oklahoma think twice about using one." "They've got to cover the whole field against us," Smith said. "Even though we're basically a rushing team and lead the country, we have the potential to strike with the pass, too, and Oklahoma will have to respect it." "That should make Oklahoma's defensive backs hesitate a little now, instead of coming up real quick to support the run," Mdler said. "They have two options to stop instead of just one." Nebraska receiver Coach Gene Huey isn't jumping to conclusions. "Oklahoma always has a great secondary and what happened to Iowa State today won't scare them," he said. "It'll just make them prepare harder and be more intense in practice this week." Huey could tell all week in his own practices that Nebraska was ready to clean out the pistons in its passing attack.

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