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C3 Oct. 24, 1982 Lincoln, Sunday Journal and Star i- Huskers- From page 1B- By Wayne Gonyea 8tsff8porl Writer -a --p I villi "sv .1111 -X A -v 8TAFF PHOTO BY HUMBERTO RAMIREZ Nebraska's Mike Rozier (30) tries to elude Missouri's Bobby Bell (96), Statistics on his feet and totally disoriented." Gill spent the second half in the training room and was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital after the game for overnight observation! A red-clad crowd of 78,406, Memorial Stadium's 122nd consecutive sellout wit-, nessed a brawling donney-brook from start to finish. Nebraska gained a 3-0 advantage on a 33-yard Kevin Seibel. field goal late in the first quarter, but fell behind 7-3 when Missouri opened the second stanza with a 66-yard drive, climaxed when quarterback Brad Perry flipped a 1-yard pass to tight end Andy Glbler. Eight plays after Gill was hurt with just 17 seconds left in the first half Seibel booted a 24-yard field goal to pull the Huskers within one point 7-6, at intermission.

Nebraska's first possession, after gaining three first downs at the Mizzou 11-yard line, ended when fullback Doug Wilkening fumbled. NoTD's In every game this year, except against Penn State which resulted in Nebraska's only loss, the Huskers have scored the first time they had the ball By halftime it looked like Nebraska's failure to convert on its first opportunity against Missouri might result in a similar fate. "But our players showed a lot of courage out there in the second half," Osborne said proudly. "They made a lot of mistakes today, enough of them to get beaten. It was encouraging the way they came back to win." The Comhusker coach had special words of praise for the courage displayed by I-back Mike Rozier, who was not expected to play after suffering a hip-pointer last weekend against Kansas State.

"Mike was hurting bad before the game and he certainly is now," Osborne said after the game. "He amazed me. I didn't expect him to be able to play and expected that if he did he wouldn't last more than three or four plays. We waited for a good time to get him in and see whether he could hold up. It's pretty obvious, from what happened, what he means to our team." Go-ahead touchdown Rozier, who had gained over 200 yards against both Colorado and Kansas State on back-to-back weekends, carried 17 times for 139 yards after his entrance midway through the second quarter.

He had runs of 15 and 28 yards before his "biggest" of the game. In the fourth quarter, with the Huskers trailing, 13-9, he dashed 27 yards to the Missouri one. That set up a go-ahead touchdown by fullback Mark Schellen to give Nebraska a lead it never lost i Reserve senior quarter-, back Bruce Mathison, who played the rest of the way after Gill's injury, also drew' accolades from Osborne. the first time Bruce has ever had to come into a pressure situation like that To do so and have us come away with a win was really great." After halftime and before Nebraska's final comeback, the Huskers fell further behind the Tigers. Missouri extended its 7-6 intermission lead to 104 with Brad Bur-ditt's 23-yard field goal with about seven minutes left in the third quarter.

That opportunity came when the Tigers recovered Wilkening's second fumble of the day. Within one Before the third quarter ended, Seibel hit his third fielder this one from 29 yards out to pun the Huskers within one point again, 10-9, going into the fourth quarter. Nebraska appeared to turn the momentum in its favor when defensive back Dave Burke intercepted a Tiger pass and returned it near midfield. But when he was tackled, he fumbled. Missouri capitalized on the extra opportunity by moving into field goal range for Burditt once more.

His 51-yarder gave the Tigers a 13-9 lead. That meant Nebraska could no longer move in front with afieldgpal. Mathison responded by engineering a 79-yard drive in 11 plays, highlighted by Ro-zier'sruntotheone. Wasted no time It didnt take the fired-up Huskers long to get on the scoreboard again. Two plays after the.

ensuing kickoff, NU linebacker Brent Evans picked off a Mizzou pass and returned it to the Tiger 19. Two plays gained three yards and then Mathison, on a keeper around the right side, galloped 16 yards for a touchdown. Seibel's extra-point kick gave the Huskers what appeared to be a comfortable 23-13 lead with just 2:36 left inthegame. But things got a little tense in those two minutes. Missouri came down to score a touchdown with 53 seconds left on another TD pass to Glbler.

hen Powers ordered a 2-pointconversion try, hoping that the short kickoff to follow could be recovered by the Tigers. That would mean a last-second field goal would spell victory for Mizzou. But two things went wrong for the Tigers. The 2--point try failed and NU wingbaek Shane Swanson pounced on the short kickoff, enabling the Huskers to run out the clock. Evans 2 0 2 McWhlrter 3 2 5 Knox 2 13 Nebraska Offense Rushing Backs Lyday 4 4 0 i4 1 )5- No.

Yds. Ave. 7 35 5.0 Gill Van ....3 1 4 ..2 0 2 Clark 5 2 7 Harris 1 0 1 Missouri Offense' Rushing No. Yds. Ave.

Perry ,8 -17 Mack 13 36 2.8 -1' .8 52 6.5 Scpring How scored Wllkenlrto 2 Cralo 4 11 2.2 30 7.5 NU-MU Time left Defensive end Tony Felici On the rough play: "I saw some late hits that could have been avoided I dont know if they are coached that way or if they do it on their own. That's when the defense knew we were in for a dogfight Actually, it was more of an alley fight than a football game. On trailing at halftime: "Coach Osborne always tells us if things dont go the way we want in the first three quarters, that we are the type of team that can put things together in the fourth quarter. He feels we are the best fourth-quarter team in the country, and I agree with him. It seems like every time we get on TV we give the guys a great show." Quarterback Bruce Mathison "I'm not the hero of this game.

I didnt play a really-good game, but the backs and the others played welL Everybody hung in there they are all heroes." On his 16-yard, game-winning TD: "It was a 21-Iso option. Some of the Missouri guys took the fake up the middle, and Jamie (Williams) made a real good block coming down. Then the corner was wide open and it was just a matter ot running in the end zone." Placekicker Kevin Seibel On the two field goals he missed, a 51-yarder and a 42-yarder: "I got under the long one too much. I hit the ball too low, but it was straight enough. I would have liked to make that one.

All the others I hit pretty well The one that went off to the left, I just allowed for too much wind." On the ice bag wrapped around his right foot after the game: "I tape my ankle so it doesnt wobble, and I taped it too tight today The tape was killing me. At halftime it was hurting so bad, I didnt know if I could come back. The right side of my foot is really sore." On preparing tor Missouri after last year's in which he missed on three field goal attempts and missed the only extra-point kick of his college career: "I prepared for this game quite a bit throughout the week. I thought we'd have at least a couple of cracks (at field goals), and I visualized what I was going to do so I wouldn't be uptight. I was hoping I'd get a chance." Linebacker Steve Damkroger On the play of Nebraska's defense: "Maybe we had a little bit of luck on our side, I don't know.

I suppose considering the field position, we held 'em pretty good. I think we played better toward the end of the game." Tight end Jamie Williams On the play of quarterback Bruce Mathison: "He came in fresh off the bench, but all our quarterbacks are well-coached. He knew what he had to do and it's just a matter of rising to the occasion and doing it You need leadership from a quarterback and he gave it to us." On the injury to quarterback Turner Gill: "I couldn't believe it It hurt me, I mean really hurt me. He didn't even have the ball it was unnecessary. He's a great buddy of mine.

I wanted to put somebody's lights out I'm not usually like that but when you see your buddy down, it hurts. "We weren't out there to make any cheap shots. We could have cried to the refs about cheap shots, but that isn't going to do the trick. We felt we had to be the aggressors and not let them dominate us. How can a guy cheap-shot us when he's lying on his back?" "Wingbaek Shane Swanson On his recovery of an on-side kick In the closing moments after Missouri closed to within 23-19: "We knew they would come up with something like that We knew they had two plays: they would either kick it to the side or lay it flat and let it creep up there.

We practiced it during the week. Coach Osborne said as soon as it was rolling to get on the ball Missouri hoped we would sit back and let it roll 10 yards, but we don't have to do that It's our ball until it goes 10 yards and then they can have it, too." Wingbaek Irving Fryar On trailing throughout most of the game: "I never thought we were going to lose during the entire game. I just knew we were going to score, even when Turner wasn't In there. Bruce is a good quaf-terback and everybody showed confidence in We went down the field like we were supposed to. "This win is just one more step toward the Big Eight championship, and then the national championship.

It's a big win and it shows us we can pull -out a close game." snowden 48 4i4 Malvern 3 8 2.7 Drain 3 6 2.0 1 6 6.0 Punting No. Yds. Ave. Adler A 270 45.0 Passing No. Co.

Yds PI 18 150 3 Hyde 7 3 61 0 Pass Receiving No. Yds. ...7 90 ..4 21 4 5 Gibler 4 68 White 1 13 1 14 Kickoff Returns 17 139 8.2 Moravec 2 10 5.0 8 37 4.6 Schellen 3 5 1.7 Punting No. Yds. Ave.

Campbell 3 115 38.3 Passing No. Co. Yds PI Gill 10 4 42 0 10 5 0 35 Pass Receiving No. Yds. Krenk ..1 6 Fryar 2 14 Williams 2 19- Brown 1 14 Rozier 3 24 Punt Returns No.

Yds. 2 46 Fryar 2 28 Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Smith 1 9 Frvar 1 58 Interception Returns No. Yds.

Clark .....1 20 Burke 1 21 Evans 15 Defense Linemen UT AT TT 2 3 5 Praeuner 1 0 1 Williams 4 4 8 Menrell 6 2 8 Graeb'er 1 0 1 Stuckey 2 0 2 Herrmann 1 0 .1 Fellcl 2 0 2 Strasburger 2 13 Linebackers Damkroger 9 4 13 FIRST QUARTER 3-0 Seibel 33 field goal 5:24 Drive; 39 yards In 7 plays. Highlighted by Smith 33 run. Drive stalled after Wilson sacked Gill and Incomplete pass. SECOND QUARTER 3-7 Glbler 1 pass from Perry 11:34 Drive: 66 yards In 12 ploys. Highlighted by Perry passes of 13 to Glbler, Whits and Caver.

Conversion: Richmond kick. 6-7 Seibel 23 field goal :17 Drive: 70 yards In 14 plays. Highlighted by -Rozier runs for 25 yards on 6 carries, Brown 14 pass from GUI. THIRD QUARTER 6-10 Burditt 23 field goal 6:56 Drive: -1 yard In 3 plays. Set up when Bell recovered Wilkening fumble at NU 5.

Stalled when Van Norman broke up pass and second pass fell Incomplete. 9-10 Seibel 29 field goal 1:50 Drive: 25 yards In 8 plays. Set up by Smjth 36 punt return. Highlighted by Smith 14 run, Rozier 10 pass from Mathison. FOURTH QUARTER 9-13 Burditt 51 field goal 9:07 Drive: 12 yards In 8 plays.

Highlighted by Cover. 30 pass from Perry, Drain 14 pass from Perry. 16-13 Schellen 1 run 4:46 Drive: 79 yards In 11 plays. Highlighted by Rozier 17, 27 runs, 10 pass from Mathison. Conversion: Seibel kick.

23-13 Mathison 16 run 19 yards In 3 plays. Set up by Evans Interception and 5 return of Perry pass. 23-19 Glbler 24 pais from Hyde :53 Drive: 80 yards In 10 plays. Highlighted by Glbler 30 pass from Hyde, Snowden 15 run. Conversion: pass failed.

Missouri 0 7 3 9 19 Nebraska 3 3 3 14 23 No. Yds. 17 S. Smith 1 Defense Linemen UT AT TT ...8 2 10 Bell .,,.3 .14 Jostes ..4 1 '5 Sklllman ......5 1 6 Lockette 2 13 3 0 3 Green 10 I 5 16 2 5 2 3 LineDacKers Wilson 11 Macoubrle Harris. Backs 4 15 Potter 4 3 7 2 6 Smith .......4 Major College Penn St.

blanks 1. Virgiiua Independents1 News Wires tany Lion 20-yard line twice, but both times ninth-rated Records Cenf. AHfomti it 39 yards to toil the first Mountaineer march. Early in the fourth quarter, Radecic stepped in front of a sideline pass and the 230-pound line 0 PwMSt. 6 I Wmivirvlnloi 5 I FlorWaSt.

1 Boston Collm a y. 1 NotrtDom 4 1 MtomLFIo. SaMlululM i i Novy 4 1 So.Corollno 4 Army 1 4 TuKmt I Syrocun I 4 Pitt struggled past Syracuse. Pitt's offense; which has, sputtered most of the season, could not score-again against a stubborn Syracuse offense until Joe McCall dived over the line from a yard out early in the final period. Marino's touchdown pass' to Dawkins capped a 70-yard drive and enabled the senior quarterback to equal the mark of at least one scoring tiger tales- By Ken Hambleton Staff Sports Writer starting quarterback Mike.

McKay came off the bench in the fourth quarter Saturday night to direct two scoring drives and give Tulane a victory over still-winless Mem-, plus State, i So, Miss. 48, Louisville At Hattiesburg, quarterback Reggie Collier ran for three touchdowns to' lead' Southern Mississippi, over Louisville and avenge two straight losses to the Cardinals. Collier scored the second of three touchdowns in the opening quarter, then got the first of three in the third period to break open the contest against the team Wat had beaten bowl-bound Golden Eagle squads in 1980 andl98L Mlurwnrtmuin PtnnStol 1. Wt Virginia 0 Plttjbursh 14, SyroeuM 0 Boston Collm SI Army 17 NavyMCItadtl) -Notr, Dom, Ortjon 1J I Louisiana Stat 14, S. Carolina 4 So.

Mississippi 41, Loulsvllli 0 Florida Stat, Miami, Fla. Ml NuttatwrdavltoitMS Pom Stat at Boston Collts LoulsvllltotPlttstiuran Florida Stotoat Miami, Flo, Notro Dam at Navy South Corollna at N. Carolina St. Coloatt at Syracuse East Carolina at Watt Vlralnlo Columbia at Army SW Louisiana ot So. MIsslsslPOl Baylor at Tulano(N) Penn State's defense was waiting with open arms for former teammate Jeff Hos-tetler on Saturday.

On a sore knee, Hostetler, -the West Virginia quarterback who transferred from Penn State, passed for 250 yards. But when the Mountaineers moved within scor- ir.g distance, the Nittany Lion' defense found a way to turn him and his teammates away as Penn State pulled out a 24-0 victory. In other games involving major independents, Pittsburgh held off stubborn Syracuse 14-0, Boston College -rallied past Army 32-17, Navy toppled The Citadel 28-3, Notre Dame tied Oregon 13-. 13, LSU nipped South Carolina 14-6, Southern Mississippi bombed Louisville 48-0 and Tulane stopped Memphis State 17-10. Florida State and Miami, Fla.

were both idle. At Morgantown, W. Va, with 13th-rated West Virginia trailing 10-0 in the second, half, Hostetler passed the Mountaineers inside the Nit Penn State came up with interceptions. Mark Robinson picked one off in the third quarter, but the big one came in -the fourth, when linebacker Scott Radecic stepped in front of a Hostetler pass and returned it 8S yards for a touchdown. "Jeff started to scramble," Radecic said.

"I came up a couple of steps and I went for the ball when he threw it I dont think Jeff saw me, Jeff was scrambling 'and I got lucky." "I didnt see the guy. I just wish I could have it back," said Hostetler, who also fumbled to set up a Penn State field goal in the first half. Penn State running back Jon Williams ran four yards for a touchdown with 1:57 left in the first half to help key the Nittany Lions to the West Virginia drove Inside the Nittany Lion 20-yard line, twice in the second half. Robinson intercepted a Jeff Hostetler pass and returned backer lumbered down the sideline to give the 'Nittany Lions a 17-0 lead with im remaining. Penn State tacked on a final touchdown with 2:42 remaining when wide receiver Kenny Jackson ran nine yards on a reverse play.

Penn State's Nick Ganci-. taho kicked a 31-yard field goal in the first quarter to give the Nittany Lions a 3-0 lead. That score was set up when Hostetler, who transferred to West Virginia from. Penn State, fumbled, and. Steve Setter recovered at the West Virginia 44.

Pitt 14, Syracuse At Syracuse, N.Y, Dan Marino tied an NCAA record by throwing a pass for the 18th consecutive game a two-yard lob to Julius Dawkins in the first as second-ranked pass in 18 straight games set by Steve Ramsey of North State in 1968-69. McCaU's touchdown run climaxed a 60-yard drive which began on the opening play of the final period. B.C. 32, Army 17 At.West Point, N.Y, Doug Flutie fired touchdown passes of 40 and 23 yards to Paul Zdanek, and Bob tek plunged 'over from the 1 in the second half, leading Boston College over Army. Tulane 17, Memphis St.

10 At New Orleans, former The victory may have been a costly one. Quarterback Marco Paenanelli. tha mninc4nu tt Ktoini'o nffanoa- Navy 28, Citadel 3 Navy, aided by the running and passing of third-string tailback Bryan Caraveo, overcame a slow start and defeated The CitadeL this season, was taken from the field on a stretcher in the third quarter, possibily with a broken leg. Quarterback Brad Perry On the Brent Evans interception that set up final Husker score: "I shouldn't have thrown the bU. It was only the third or fourth time one of the Nebraska blitzes worked and I was hurried." On NU defense: "They stunted the linebackers a lot and they did welL But most of the game I had.

ample time to throw the ban. We moved the ball a lot better than we have in previous games. I think some of that was us, some of that was Nebraska's defense." Nose Guard James Lockette "I have to say it was in the backf my mind that we had held them all last year and they still won.We held them and none of us had any negative thoughts until the final gun, but I have to admit in the back of my mind there was some wondering if the same thing would happen again this year." On Nebraska's offensive line: They played well, They always nave a good offensive team. Riming-' ton was tough, as good as Tve seen. "When Gill got hurt, their line seemed to take it as an insult and they came out harder.

It was like i they were trying harder because they knew the new QB (Bruce Mathison) wasnt as good as Gil He was' good, but he's no GUI I dont know, if anybody is." Safety Kevin Potter "We had a good effort that came up short Nebraska just had real good execution on the touchdown at the end (a 16-yard run by Bruce Mathison). They faked everybody out with something we hadnt seen an He's a good quarterback. "That shows Nebraska's depth. Heck, Gill's out Roger Craig's out and they're still the most explosive offensive team in the nation "We got killed on the blitz a couple of times, but it seemed to help us more than hurt us." Wyoming rally era WAC Standings CHI. AN gave Wyoming a 10-3 lead ln the third quarter when he passed 24 yards to Gothen-; burg's Jay.

Novacek for a touchdown. half. Fahringer kicked his on Utah's first possession and Wyoming's Steve Tobtn booted one with just two sec T. 1 1 onds left in the first half. But Utah tied the eamp BYU NowMnlco Howall Son Dim St.

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Long Beach State at San Diego State was a night game. At Laramie, Wyo, Johnson turn by Richie Hal Hall intercepted two of Young's passes and also had a 47-yard punt return. BYU's Kurt Gunther added field goals of 29 and 42 yards in the second half. Ne Mexico 66, i New Mexico St. 14 At Albuquerque, N.M, halfback' Michael Carter and quarterback David Osborn triggered an unstoppable New Mexico offense, After spotting CSU 'J-0' lead, Young ran for two first period scores 13 yards on a quarterback sneak to cap an 80-yard drive and 21 yards when he had to scramble.

Young rushed nine times for 90 yards and also completed 19 of 38 passes for 259 yards. He threw four Inter-; Colorado State fullback Doug Jones scored oa a 3-yard run midway through the second quarter, a touchdown set up by a 47-yard punt re taturfloyt rmrttl At Provo, Utah, BYU quarterback Steve Young ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more. Young, the nation's total offense leader, threw second-half touchdown passes of 21 and seven yards to tight end Gordon Hudson after BYU held a 14-10 haUttoe lead. recovered tailback Carl Monroe's fumble in the end zone for a touchdown. The L'tes then took the lead with 8:50 left in the game on a 44-yard field goal by Tim Fahringer.

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