Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 46

4E Oct. 31.1982' Lincoln, Sunday Journal and Star attack Nebraska bffen Jaynawk se stop By Randy York Staff Sport Writer s. Kansas quarterback Mike Bonn had more than he could think about Saturday. He was buried under an avalanche of Nebraska blitzes from the monster and defensive ends. 1 "He had a little trouble reading," NU safety Bret Clark said of Bona "We blitzed a lot, but he hardly ever checked of f' LAWRENCE, Kaa Although Nebraska's fense showed progress in all areas here Saturday, most noticeably Improved was the pass rush, a sea- cAn.fnnolQroDt nf fan Titipicnn "We're finally eetting to the quarterback," said rrtiin Uorrminn iha iiminr Aafandxra alrta wfin nil.

nLmiiaDfi wnrLofl thoced Nebraska's most convincing ri of Bonn's problem was Nebraslaabmty to sack in a 52-0 win over Kansas. disguise Its blitzea And part of the Huskers' effec- Herrmann's tackle resulted in an 11-yard loss. It tivpnpss with their msh was an parlv hnHinp L-L was one of six quarterback sacks by the Black penalty on the Jayhawks. Shirts, who went in with only 13 sacks in their first helped Herrmann makes a seven gamea bie difference when a team knows the officials are Joining Herrmann in the "sack attack" were line- watching 5. oacKers Brent t-yans, sieve Mcwmner, monster; Toby Williams-shared his fellow defensive tack-' i'TS; iiis van iiuimaii, ueieiisive enu ocuii ouaauuigei and middle guard Mike Tranmer.

le's assessment "They seemed to be looking for holding a lot more' today," he said "That helped our pass rush more than anything. We seem to improve in some phase of the defense every week. We're also getting better at stopping the outside Merrell did a good job of plugging up the middle, even though his only tackle was a vicious hit for a 'Young dudes' Minus yardage Van Norman had a 16-yard sack. Evans had a "nine-yard sack. McWhirter and Tranmer each had eight-yard sacks.

Strasburger, the team leader with four sacks this season, had one against Kansas for a two-yardloss. The damage did not end there. Overall, Nebras 'fit i 1 -Si iflii ka's defense smothered the Jayhawks for a minus 80 "People have been giving us a hard time, but yards, reducing their net rushing figure to only six we've been playing a lot of young dudes," Merrell yards. 1 said. "We're aU getting better and we're playing Middle guard Jeff Merrell had a tackle for a loss, more as a unit We've been coming hard all year I So did defensive ends Wade Praeuner, Dave Ridder long.

When you do that, you can't help but get bet- and Bill Weber. Van Norman also had a tackle be: ter." hind the line of scrimmage. Van Norman registered the afternoon's biggest rt 1 r-i rv i i i l-J l. .1 I i n.l i capuun sieve Lianuu uger nau iwu laciues ueiuiiu aacn wneu iie uuuxu anu uiuuueu ouiui lur a iD-yaiu i the line, one of which was the result of a "stacked loss seven seconds before the first half ended. p.

dog" defense in which the senior linebacker linetf up "No one saw me coming," Van Norman said, but at defensive tackle. Damkroeer nailed KU fullback added that Nebraska's improvement still may not E.J. Jones for a two-yard loss on a trap play. receive full fan support -wJ6 "Tf'c nf thnco thinac thnt'c niro frt hnvaw Wo'll hpnr tnnrp rritirkm' fhic wik ahnnt ij.uu Damkroger said. "It gives people something to think something," he said.

"We cant win unless we're A Kansas defender grabs Husker running back Mike Rozier (30) by the ankles as Jayhawk Ken Powers (99) comes in to help. Rozier gained 123 yards on 1 6 carries. perfect" J. Scoring NU-KU How scored Time left FIRST QUARTER 7-0 MoravecUrun 8:56 Drive: 80 yards in 14 plays. Highlighted by Craig 7 runs for 45 yards on opening drive of game.

Conversion: Seibel kick. SECOND QUARTER 10-0 Seibel 33 field goal 5:24 Drive: 45 yards in 14 plays. Field goal attempted after 22 yard loss on bad pitch out after reaching KU 7.. 17-0 Williams 12 pass from Gill 1:44 Drive: 44 yards in-6 plays. Highlighted by 18 pass from Gill to Swanson.

Conversion: Seibel kick. THIRD QUARTER 24-0 Rozier 25 run 11:26 Drive: 56 yards in 4 plays. Highlighted by Craig 15 reverse, but iniured and left game with 82 yards for season high. Conversion: Seibel kick. 31-0 Smith 1 run :57 Drive: 13 yards In 4 plays.

Set up when Lvday sacked KU quarterback Bohn and recovered fumble. Highlighted by Williams 10 pass from Gill. Conversion: Seibel kick. 38-0 Rozier 27 run 5:55 Drive: 72 yards In 5 plays. Drive opened with Williams 33 pass from Gill.

Conver-' sion: Seibel kick. I I t--'" -rf -7 Ay -v. plSilliillllllillll iiiliilliillllPiH FOURTH QUARTER Smith 65 punt return 45-0 9:06 First punt return for touchdown againsr punter conversion: kick. Mason 1 run 52-0 2:59 Drive: 66 yards 10 plays. Highlighted by tsrungarat zu ana 15 yards, conversion: Seibel kick (ties school record of 56 consecutive set by Seibel).

Nebraska 7 10 21 14 52 Kansas .0 0 0 0 0 Attendance 50190. Nebraska running back Jeff Smith (28) is stopped on this punt return by Kansas back Robert Gentry (14), but the Husker sophomore returned a Bucky Scribner punt 65 yards for a touchdown in the final period. It was the firstjtime in three years anyone had scored a TD on a punt by the all-Big 8 Staff photos by: Humberto Ramirez Web Ray Harald Dreimanis 1IP1S A i.V? I if v. -r J' -17 c7f 5 Husker middle guard Jeff Merrell (74) charges after KU quarterback Mike Eohn. The Jayhawk QB A was sacked six times for minus 54 yardsv i i Kansas quote i.

vv kft is. ISoseguard Dave Mehrer On Dave EEmintfon: "He's real quick, very good," probably the best I'll play against this year. I would.say their line is better than Oklahoma's they're bigger than most and also quicker." I Punter Bucky Scribner On having a punt returned for a touchdown for the first time In career; "We were missing some regulars today on the punt team, but, I didn't think tiiey would return one all the way on us. They just did everything right on that play." On Nebraska: "I really thought we would play theni tougher than we did, but they're so big and so deep they just wear you Quarterbck Mike Bohn On his first start for KU: "I'm glad I got my shot. I'll always be able to talk about getting to play against the best team in the country.

"I'll be sore' in the morning, but I'm excited for our possibilities the next three weeks. It can't be any tougher than we saw today." Senior safety Robert Gentry On his tipped pass that prevented Nebraska front scoring a second touchdown early In second quarter: "I just looked at. the quarterback's face and read where tie ball was going. It wasn't that easy the rest of the game." Nil's Roger Craig (21) looks for open ground as teammate Doug Wilkenlng blocks Jayhawk Elvis Patterson (32)..