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SECTION Sports wnbap Journal anb BUix Lincoln. Oct. 24, 1982 I I a9' NU 22 54-319 -77 396 120 9-20-0 3-36 4-3 -4 19 28:44 9-17 i 0-0 First clowns 20 Rushes-yards 40-86 Passing yards ...211 Total yards. 297 Return yards 0 Passes Punts Fumbles-lost 0-0 Penalties-vords 4-15 Time of Possession 31 16 Third-down conversions 10-21 Fourth-down conversions 1-1 V. i t' 1 2 4 '1 I By Virgil Parker Sports Editor Tough, hard-nosed football and Missouri have become synonymous words in recent years when the Missouri Timers play the Nebraska Cornhuskers! That was certainly the case again Saturday when Nebraska had to fight from behind with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to claim a harrow 23-19 Big Eight Conference victory.

However, since Jarvis Redwine suffered a serious knee injury on an extra-point play in Columbia three years ago, and after quarterback Turner GUI was knocked cold by a blow to the back of the head at Memorial Stadium ofl Saturday, many Cornhusker fans think the words "tough" and "hard-nosed" should be changed to "cheap shot" But Mizzou Coach Warren Powers became incensed when he was accused of promoting unnecessarily rough football Nebraska native Randy Jostes, the Tiger defensive tackle involved in the play, justified his action carrying out a fake and I have to assume he still has the And Cornhusker Coach Tom Osborne refused to discuss the incident "I didn't see it and I have nothing to say about it," was Osborne's answer to a query aboutthe play whicli came late in the first haft. "We've been through this before. Things have been smoldering (between the two teams), but it is history now. It's water under the bridge. We've just got to let it go as part of the game," Gill to Moravek 1 The clash between the two long-time rivals was regionally televised by ABC.

On the play in question, Gill handed off to fullback Mark Moravek, who went up the middle for a 6-yard gain. The play was shown three times to the television audience (picture on page 4B), causing sportscasters Bob Murphy and Tom Gatewood to remark that they felt Jostes knew the ball had been handed off while also suggesting that he STAFF PHOTO BY RANDY HAMPTON Nebraska's Mike Knox (44) tries to make the stop on Missouri's Tracey Mack (36) and teammate Steve Damkroger (35) closes in, as the Huskers put up a goal-line' standi the Tigers scored on the next play to take a 7-3 second-quarter lead. Kozier displays courage Crowd's emotional ByPandyYork Staff SDOrts Writer (Jostes) should be removed. support helps NU all 139 of his yards on 17 carries. Not his body at a Missouri defender in a only were his shoulders bent at an angle, determined effort to reach the goal line.

So were his hips. "I felt I had a little pressure on me," i According to Sullivan, "after we said Rosier, $vho entered the game 3'4 that last touchdown; Roziercame over minutes' into the second quarter after to me, asked for the icebag and 'Ttoger Craig had been forced to the side-cant nick it ud no more" lines with a reinjured ankle and Jeff But Gill was the player who was re One was 'a performance so coura-moved. Nebraska coaches 'dnd players "We practically had to drag him off 9 described it in the rhetoric of a-Heisman the field," assistant trauier and physical Trophy winner. The other was a gut therapist Jerry Weber said. "He was out check so unexpected and so dramatic, By Mike Babcock rJ Staff Sporte Writer The game was a study in the emo- 1 1 1 if fitrtiM witi si si iiiiv in in See HUSKERS on page 6B there was jnothuis with which to torn- The nation's third-leading 1 rusher hmim had some prpmems solving M12- rrB mMimiriii Brinks tionaj aspects of college football pare it.

1 off the field before the vidtory' At the most critical times during Ne "The guy can play with pain," Mis 11 mere were uniiKeiier neroes man a was complete and remained in the train- ing room for at least 30 minutes. sophomore defensive tackle Rob Stuckeysaid. The second spark came midway through third quarter when the Cornhusker defense forced Missouri to settle for a 23-yard field goal after a fumble had given the Tigers a first-ahd-goal at the NU 5-yard line. "We would rather have not let them score," Felici said. But a field goal, after three plays which netted one lost yard, was a moral victory for the charged-up NU defense.

According to Stuckey, Missouri contributed to Nebraska's emotion with its aggressive play. At times, the Tigers seemed overly aggressive to him. i "I dont know if they thought they souri Coach Warren Powers said of Rozier. "He musthave been hurt, but he came iii. there and they were counting on Mm.

He can go out there' and play and he's the difference. He's much different than those other ball players they have," Rozier didnt know he'd play until stretching Saturday morning. He tried to wear a flak jacket in the first half, but it was too bulky and he couldnt bend braska's 23-19 victory over Missouri on Saturday afternoon, the emotion of the fans in Memorial Stadium matched that of the Cornhuskers on the field. As dusk settled on the stadium and the clock wound down in the fourth quarter, the audience chanted: "Defense, defense, defense." According to NU defensive end Tony Felici, "It helped a lot That was the first time in a long time the crowd was really with us," he said. "I was Mike Rozier so hurt he could hardly get in a three-point stance or a Bruce Mathk son so green he had to give himself repeated pep talks, then apply to ABC.

The network could use another Emmy Award. Rozier, the junior I-back, accounted for 66 of the 79 yards in Nebraska's game-winning touchdown drive in Saturday's 23-19 triumph over Missouri. He fi- nished with 139 yards rushing despite a painful hip pointer and was voted Ne- braska's Most Valuable Player. Vote for Matliison SpUt end Todd Brown, who received After most of his teammates had showered, dressed and left, Sullivan escorted Rozier to his locker and told re-, porters he could field a few questions. Despite what he said was intense pain, Rozier told defensive end Tony Felici to halt his mock interview because laughing only made it worse.

I was feeling the pain in that last drive, but we needed the points," said Rozier, who galloped 27 yards to the Missouri 1 to set Up Nebraska's first touchdown and stake the Huskers to a 16-13 lead with 4:46 remaining Rozier started the drive with a 17- "In the first half, people were trying were intimidating us by the way they to be lpud; they were trying to make were acting or what" said Stuckey. noise, but they weren't emotional. In the "I dont understand what they were down. He took off, the jacket and ignored the pain to burn Missouri for 105 yards on 10 carries in the second half. By the end of the game, Rozier was having trouble just bending over.

"He's a' tough kid," said NU offensive back-; field Coach Mike Corgan. "That takes a lot of mental discipline a lot of pride" And a lot of talent wish I had half the talent in my little finger that he has the same honor for last year's (M) win in Columbia, said he would have voted for yard run and also contributed a 10-yard Mathison, the senior quarterback whose pass reception. He began his 27-yarder second half, we created some situations where they could get emotional" The Cornhusker fans did. Defense responds That emotion translated into action msiae, men cui oacx ana urune 11 uui- talents have sat on a shelf for four years in his whole body," Rimington said of by; an oft-maligned Nebraska defense Went straight ahead' "I couldnt get a sharp cut so I went 'straight ahead," said Rozier, who threw Rozier "I have all the respect invthe which responded to the challenge of an world for him. He's pure equally emotional Missouri team.

Chances good Gill to play About an hoiu- after Nebraska's 23-19 regionally-televised' win over Missouri Saturday, Husker quarterback Turner Gill was taken to St, Elizabeth's Community Health Center where he spent the night as precautionary measure for a mild concussion. "It's just a matter of observation' and we want him to get some rest," said George Sullivan, NU's head! trainer and head physical therapist Gill, injured on a hit by Missouri' defensive tackle Randy Jostes two, minutes before the end of first half, became so disoriented that he had. to be dragged off the field by trainers. "He couldn't think of some so we kept him in the training room1 with a couple of student trainers during the second Sullivan' said. "He knows what's, going on, now.

He just has a severe I'd say chances are very good that hell play next week." 'v' The same is true for I-backs Mike: Rozier, bothered by a hip and Roger Craig, who reinjured an! ankle. "Mike didnt get hit on that hip again, so he should play," Sullivan said. "Roger will miss a couple days of practice, but he should -too." Other NU players injured SaturJ day were defensive tackle Doug Herrmann (strained knee), tight! end Mitch Krenk (bruised wingback Irving Fryar (bruised; thigh), defensive end Tony Felici! (neck) and fullback Doug Widening (shoulder). -inside Saturday's football scores: TSports OU27.0SU9 Big Eight roundup, Page 2B Illinois 29, Wisconsin 28 trying to do. Even though it might not have been as flagrant as it's been in the past, we wanted to retaliate.

But we didn't We showed some class." "It always happens (with so you might as well expect it," middle guard Jeff Merrell said. Merrell, who finished with eight tackles, is a veteran of three Nebraska-Missouri battles. Warned at halftone The Cornhuskers were warned at halftone about responding to provocations from Missouri players. "Coach 0 bome pointed that out," Felici said. "He told us not to retaliate, but he said everytime they (the Tigers) caught the ball or ran with it, they were sup posed to know we were there and that they were going to get hit" As the game progressed, Nebraska's defense became more and more aggre sive, spurred on by a responsive, c.

pacity crowd of 76,406. "Missouri scored 19 points, but you've got to look at where they got the ball sometimes, too," said Clark. "I think everybody who went out there played fantastic." i Felici agreed and gave an assist Nebraska's fans, whose enthusiasm was both infectious and genuine. "What a great feeling," he said. 1 hope it continues." and were dusted of just when they were needed the most I rJ- Mathison, indeed, had never before been under fire lit a collegiate football game.

Rozier had. That's why his coaches and teammates asked him to trade in his jersey for a Superman cape and fly over a Missouri defense that kept throwing up huge roadblock signs. "The problem with a performance like that is, Mike Rozier should win the Heisman Trophy THIS year, not NEXT year said Frank Solich, the coach who recruited him. 4 "That sllow Rozier put on today had to match up with anything Fve ever seen and I've been around here 31 years," offered George Sullivan, Nebraska's head trainer and head physical therapist 'Went in hurt' "If that had been Herschel Walker or anybody else, he would have been on the sidelines petting publicity. Not Mike Rozier.

He just went in hurt and still got '139 yards," said Dave Rimington, Nebraska's offensive captain and 19S1 Out-land Trophy winner. Rozier paid a heavy physical price for Big Ten roundup, Page 7B We knew if we were going to win, it was up to the defense because our offense wasnt going to score 35 points this time," said Cornhusker safety Bret Clark, who was credited with seven tackles and made one interception. -A "We knew we had to do the job, and I felt we did," Clark said. Felici and Clark pointed to a pair of incidents during the game which heightened Nebraska's emotion The first was when quarterback Turner Gin was helped off the Held with 2:12 left in the first half, after being knocked down by Missouri defensive tackle Randy Jostes. "That was a very emotional thing for the defense" said Felici, who sacked Missouri, quarterback Brad Ferry for losses of six and eight yards.

According to Clark, NU head coach Tom Osborne talked about it at halftone and "when we went out for the second half, we were more fired up than Fve ever seen us even before a game." halfUme, we really got fired up," Sunday Football Australian Rules, 5 a.m., GD Notre Dame at Oregon, 8 a.m. 11 p.m., Clemton at North Carolina State. 7 2:30 a.m., (D -Tom Osborne, 10:30 p.m., CD ID UNO highlights, 11 p.m., Other sports Wrestling, New York City Marathon, 9:30 a.m., Auto Racing: NASCAR American 500, 11 a.m., CD SportsAmerica, 1 p.m., ID 33 Boxing: Bumphus-Hollocy bout, 3 p.m., (S Horse Racing Weekly, 5:30 p.m., CD SMU 30, Texas 17 i SWC roundupPage 7B NWU 36, Bethany 25 State colleges, Page 33 Fremont 21, LHS 7 i Page2B Also in today's section: Outdoor news Page 83 NFL strike Page 83 lespast Texas Tecli: how ap's top 20 fared waGiiiiiftton strugg Next week's opponent! Washington (7-0) def Texas Tech, 10-3, 2. Pittsburgh (6-0) def. Syracuse, at Stanford'' News Wire "Jacque Robinson, who 'carried 35 times for 204 yards, broke loose for a 19-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter and Chuck Nelson added a 29-yard 3.

Georgia (6-0) def. Kentucky, Memphis State the game, after the Red Raiders broke a scoreless tie with a 39-yard Ricky Gann field goal early in the final period. Chuck Nelson padded the Husky margin with his field goal with six minutes left in the game played under wet and windswpet conditions at Husky Stadium, SMU (7-0) oet. Texas, 30-17 at Texas. 5.

Nebraska (6-1) def. Missouri 23-19, at Kansas' named Most Valuable Player to last year's Rose Bowl, was making just his second start of the sea- 1 son after coming back from an injury. i USC 33, Oregon St. At Los Angeles, Tailback Anthony Gibson scored twice on short runs as 12th-ranked Southern Cat built a 31-0 first-half lead Saturday and rolled to a 38-0 Victory over winless Oregon State. Rlcr i 6.

Arkansas (6-0) def. Houston, 7. Alabama (6-1) def. Cincinnati, t. Arlxona State (7-0) was Idle Mississippi St.

field goal Saturday to carry top-ranked Washington to a hard-fought 10-3 tri- awmm vol at Boston College nmnh nvjxr TuYalfi Tprh." Penn State (6-1 def. West Virginia, 24-0, 1 lUnrtti rnmllM (III uu The Trojans, winners of five straight after a season-opening loss to dorninant defensively, with Bne- backers RiM Gray and Keith Browner and tackle Bryon Darby leading the charge. -V'- UCLA 47, Cali 31 At Berkeley, California, Toni Ramsey, the jiation's top-rated quarterback, passed for 322 yards, tacluding two touchdowns, Saturday in leading 10th-ranked UCLA to a 47-31 victory over California. -t Ramsey, who went into the game with 14 touchdowns and 1,720 yards in v. SaqPAC-IOonpagaSa lrf-W IUI Oragon y1- le-a-uow.

California, In other conference action, USC shut Gusty winds and control problems out Orepn State, SH' Stanford edged plagued the passing game Jxho Washington State, 31-26, UQLA beat clubs. row- nn tw! rwsmn tiod Notre Washuurton quarterback Steve Feb vi. soumern cai (5-iroef. Oregon State, I3.1est Virginia (M) tost to Penn State, 24-0, at Arizona St." East Carolina Mississippi Gibstm, a senior elevated from fourth- i. is-o-u of.

soum caroiino, IS. Notre Dame (4-1-1) tied Of --i, 13-13. at Naw at Iowa 15. Hitnots 6-2) f. Wisconsin, ef i FterWaStat; HMIHMltNl 16.

ffWItli, FW. (5-2) 17. Florida State (S-l) Wle. Dame 13 13. Pacific ilayeA at Ariaa connected on just of-16 passesfcr string because of utjurtes the tailback in a late Eame while Ari2ana State was 45 yards and three interceptions in three position this season, scored on a 1-yard idle quarters of work.

Texas Tecs quarter-- na five miaates into the game, then At Seattle, Washington, 'Robinson's ba Jim Hart wrd 4-for-15 just 15 tallied on another 1-yard burst with yards and two interceptions. trniinutesteft in the opening period' miami, We- 18. Clemson (5-1-1) def. Nortn Carolina iU 38-29, i. Texas (S-2) lost smu, at Texas Tech at Colorado.

20. Oklahoma (5-2) def Oklahoma State, 27-9..