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LcoiN fctlMMV AND STAR November 4, 162 NU Suffers How Roland Escaped Huskers for 1st TD Defeat First Kansas Next-Big 8 Foe; Coicboys, 01) Follow Continned from Page ID. 95 yards, scored in the first quarter on a 46 yard run. Missouri had been given the ball on. a Qandge fumble at the NU 46. pass misfired then Roland took off right cut inside, the end and raced down the east sidelines.

He was caught by NU's Kent McCloughan near the goal and the ball flew forward and out. of the end zone. Officials ruled that the ball had been the goalline before Roland let loose of it. Bill Leistriti kicked the extra point was only able to get mtb Tiger territory once in the first half and that drive waS stopped cold at the Tiger 37 after Thornton got things goin witb a bull rush of.20 Husker hopes weren't bright'-as the -Tigers got another drive going then Andy Russell picked off a Claridge pass at the Tiger 37. Hll Vi' "lolalJ (M)I (H) $sv fgti SeVcik (M JLJ 'A -5-5 xv yJif A (0r? jg 1 Sfuewc (N) 0.

itnnne ana mizzou pressmz f6r more points, Roland swept right on a halfback pass. Nebraska put on good pressure and Roland threw off ance. John Kirby deflected the ball, and Martin gobbled it in on the sidelines at the Husker 12. A wave of blockers, all Huskers who had pursued on the play, formed around Martin and the senior fullback set off fortthe Tiger goal. No one laid a hand on him and McCloughan eliminated the final Tiger.

John Faiman kicked the extra point and the, Huskers were very much in the ball game. But Nebraska wasn't going to dent the Tiger wall and Devine's club was not about to give any belp.r-r? Nebraska got to the Tiger 29 in the 4th period but it was a vain effort as another pass interception halted things, The Tigers did it the easy way. i -A booming 45-yard field goal by Leistritz in the 3rd quarter broke the tie after Claridge fumbled at the Nebraska 21. Leistritz missed from the NU 29 In the first quarter. The clincher was applied after the Huskers had forced a Tiger tunt escaped JDave'Theisen and Faul Underbill Johnny Roland's 46-yard carry gave Missouri the lead.

1 for Missouri got it at the NU 26. It took-8 plays JJut4he-precision Tigers moved it with quarterback Jim Johnson scoring from a yard out Leistritz' kick was blocked by Warren Powers. Nebraska's which hai been sputtering through the past 3 came unglued under the Tiger, pressure. NU errors did more harm than Missouri's defense. Clawdge had total offense of 48 yards, his low of the year, on 41 yards running and 7 yards passing.

Missouri Not Guilty Of Foul on Punt if, mormon was destructive iff his running with 48 yards Trouble Combination r- wir I vv The Husker coach said and Wilile Ross chipped in with 31.. That was about it Roland, with 95 yards, has now rushed for 717 yards. He was 5th in the nation going into the game. Devaney will be working on handling the ball this week as the Huskers prepare for a rugged assignment down at Kansas. The Husker offense of 148 yards was considerably short of the 399.7 yard average which had put Nebraska 4th in the nation; However, chances are good that the Jayhawkers won't host such a generous bunch of Cornhuskers next week.

While it looked like Mis souri was guilty of roughing the- kicker in the 1 a minute when Husker Dennis Claridge was injured, there was no infraction. After talking with officials, Devaney said they acted correctly because Claridge fumbled the ball before kicking it. -i'0nce4he kicker, fumbles-the ball, he is no longer pnK tfU quarterback Dennis Claridge's sub-par performance wasi probably due to a combination of several things. 'Missouffliad a good rusff and good coverage. Denny tected," Bob said.

"He be -Lu xr-v, '--f I -j Ross (N) Stucwe (N). comes the same as a run- didn't throw as well, per-ner and subject to haRs, we had some receiv- cis ufwj uie oau ana on J-- rpjT amp Tntrns i we had some fel-, lows who didn't run the Same play: Husker Kent McCloughan's tackle jarred football loose, but Roland crossed the Starters and coaches for right patterns," Bob said. goal. both teams were introduced individually on the west sideline for. the TV audience.

1 'VI. Flying Tiger Sunday Missouri RUSHING Att. Gain Loss Net Roland 14 97 2 95 Underhill .....11 52 0 52 Hinkley .......11 22 3 19 Otto 4 9 0 9 Johnson 9 23 16 7 Weber 1 6.0 6 Turner 2 6 1 5 Russell 2 4 0 4 Tobin 3 8 6 2 PASSING Att. Compl. Intc.

Weber 3 1 0 33 Johnson 1 0 0 Roland 1 0 I 0 PASS RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Roland 1 33 0 PUNTING Krugman .7 31 PUNT RETURNS Yds. Krugman 1 5 Young 'Shortchanged' Devaney-s a i d-he "felt badly because Gene Young didn't play more." A Kansas scribe asked Bob if Bill Thornton was now his "first team fullback" and Devaney said: "When he's well, Bill is our best fullback. But -1 probably shortchanged Gene some today and I feel badly about it We played Noel Martin on defense and it seemed like he was in the whole game." "1 Nebraska RUSHING Att.

Gain Loss Net Thornton 7 52 6 46 Claridge 12 50 9 41 Ross 5 31 0 ,31 Powers 1 11 0 11 Johnson 2 5 0 5 Young 1 5 0 5 Steuewe 3 8' 2 4 Martin 1 2 0 2 McCloughan 1 0 1 -1 Theisen 1 0 3 4 PASSING Att. CompL Inic. Yds. Claridge. 13 2 3 7 Theisen .1 0 0 0 PASS RECEIVING No.

Yds. TD McCloughan 2 7 0 PUNTLNG No. Avg. Oaridge .4.. 1 54 Baffico 6 36 PUNT RETURNS I', i-v No.

Yds. Theisen -im 3 11 McCloughan 1 0 Local Bowlinf Nebraska Match. Game Championships, Men's and Women's p.m.T-Hollywood Bowl. 920 No. 48th.

National Football Green Bay Chicago. TV-6 10, 1 p.m.; Houston v. Dallas, TV-7. 2:30 p.m. f-f' (If im Monday Local ansasJNext Football Cornhusker Quarterback Club luncheon, Lincoln" Jonnson 1 Hotel, 11:45 a.m.

South Soo Team Quitsi Forfeits Omaha (if) Omaha 6 1 Name won 1-0 on a forfeit from South Sioux City Satur day night in a high school Roland -1 3 KICKOFF RETURNS No.Tds. Russell 1 20 Underhill 13 PASS INTERCEPTIONS 0 No. Yds. Russell 2 23 Hitchler 10 Missouri Left Ends-Gene Bob Rrtter, John Sevcik. Left JTacUes-Joe Buerkle, Jerry Wallach, Bobby Brown.

Left Guards Ron Lurle, Roger Philips. Tenters Mack Gilchrist, Jim-mie Vermillion. Right Guards-Ralph Kubinski, Tom Hertz. Right Tackles-Bill Sjekier-skr. Dave Gill.

Rieht Ends TnnraI iritkt. football game. South Sioux City coach Ken Kasparek took his team off Devaney, looking ahead to Kansas at" Laiwrence, said, "Kansas is a team similar to Missouri sound and' tough, with a boy (Gale Say- ers) similar to Roland. "We're worried and we worry every week because that's part of the job. But we're not giving up on these kids." No Surprises Devaney said Missouri didn't, do anything we had not expected.

"We knew about their shift, but they use it so' seldom we jumped offside," Bob said in reference to the Huskers drawing a penalty when the Tigers pulled a sudden shift. the held with .06 remaining after his team had been charged with a "roughing the kicker" penalty on a punt. The game was a scoreless tie up to that point. If 1 i I i-fl'- 1 f- -'-P I Kubinski (M)i KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds.

Thornton 21 Stuewe 1 18 Ross 8 Johnson 1 8 PASS INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds. Martin 1 88 Nebraska Left Ends Bill Comstock, Larry Tomlinson, Larry Donovan. Left Tackles-Tyrone Robert-' son, Larry Kramer. Monte Kif-jfm.

Lett Guards Dwain Carlson, John Kirby. Centers Lyle 1 1 1 1 Ron Michka, Jim Baffico. Right Guards Bob Brown, Gary Toogood, Jed Rood. Right Tackles-Lloyd Voss, Al Fischer. Right End-Dick Callahan, Jim Huge, Mike Eger, Quarter Backs Dennis Clar-.

kige, Doug Tucker, John Fat iiian. Left Half Warren Rowers, Willie Ross. Dave Theisen. Right Half-Rudy Johnson, Kent McOougban, Dennis Stue- we. Fullbacks Bill Thornton.

Noel Martin, Gene Young. Offlcialtv-Referee, Pat Hag- gerty; Umpire, C. H. Kellogg: Linesman. Earl SliSstrwrk; Tield Judge, Bob Luschen; Back Judge, Bill SchmiU.

Missouri 7 18 Nebraska 1.7 7 MU Johnny Roland (46, run). Bill Leistritz (kick ffrwrt). Patriots, BUlsrie The quarterback stood i a Buffalo, N.Y.. WV-The Bos -aiier iu-si assummg nis ton Patriots scored twice in the last half to salvage a 28- 28 tie with the rejuvenated Buffalo Bills ISaturday night before a chilled and a i n-soaked crowd of 33.247. der-the-center stance, thea 0 the guards shifted and the Huskers charged.

I "Our kids key on the clos- A est offensive man and when they move we just 1 Bobsald. "It" wasn't, a sucker deal we i knew they had it" 4 xy jl A Xt It was the first deadlbcfof the American Football League Unit Effort Jack Palmer, George Seals; Quarter BackK-Keith Weber, Jim Johnson, Daryl Krugman. "-Left Half-Bill LeiitriUr Johnny Roland, Vince Turner. Right Half-Cart Crawford, Ken Hinkley, Bill Fullback Andy RusselL Gus Otto, Paul Underbill. Tigers Prafsei.

Devaney said MijsoarVi Johnny Roland "ran weU at traps were used effectively. "Their line is made up of -a very agile 0 of football players." No Card Section Elaborateplansfora rousing card-section show before the game and at half-time of the TV'd Missouri-Nebraska game were ruined by pranksters. SomehoV and sometime Friday night, the fun-lovcri mixed up all the cards to form pictures than-those 1 a d. So there" were no card tricks at the game. season and only the second in the history of the 3-year-old circuit.

Boston, directed brilliantly by quarterback Babe Parilli, maintained its hold on the first place in the Eastern Division with a 5-2-1 mark. Buf; falo had a 3-5-1 record. Bob declined to single out any Husker linemen for out- i it jr sianmng aeiensive piay. y-v H' lei srt. I 1 Ul OU1C iyu3 llftC (DUU Brown and (Ron) Michka made some good plays," De- -Bwitim 14 (1 1tt 'lal 14 7 tt vaucjr boiu.

ui 11 ic inuvit's- will orobably show Brown, 1 NU Noel Martin (88, pass interception). John Faiman (kick good). MU Bill Leistriti (45, field goal). MU Jim Johnson (1, plunge). Bill Leistriti (kick failed).

Attendance 38,000. Cops Handicap Chicagd W) American Comet was never headed as he battled to a three-quarter length victory in the $11,475 Littletown Handicap Saturday at Sportman's Park. Bno-ClirhrW ran (GilrhrM kirkt Bttn Girroa fS ktcfcnff rctura k'ti Wr) RtnCarroa 3t ttm ParUli (C-prllrttl kk-k Blle-Duhf nlo ktrkoff it urn (Gil-ehnat klrkl Hilo-Moor 4 ptm IntfmDtioa (CU-ofcri kirk) pno-CUrhriat 7 ram (Gllcfcriat kk-k) Ba(-CmHMtl rm frgm ParilU (CanwDrtU kirk) Batn-Cairoa paaf from PulUl Caj-frllrtu kick) AIUnUac WJ47. for examnle, made some bad pays. "It was more of a unit i effort, a lot of different boys making good plays.

No one 111 1 1 aaaiw aV- it mm 1 laiiain- 1 i -v. they played well as a Mizzou ground game included dives like this -A 1 l1.