Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 30

1 4C Sept. 22, 1968 Uncoln Sunday Journal and Star Spp -Wooly Game, Hot Day 4V With the proverbial hole Wool sweater and 85 pom pon girl Pam Rash degree gametime temperature made it as hot for NU of Lincoln as for the 65,624 fans and their sunburns. big-enough-to-drive-a-truck-through, Joe Orduna scores the Huskers' second touchdown over right tackle with 2:33 left in the first quarter. Utes' Opening Attempt at Big By VIRGIL PARKER "You're bound to have a "Nebraska has one heck of certain amount of bobbles a fine ball club. They've got and mistakes in an opening size and depth, speed and a game," Meek admitted.

"Our good passing game to go with ki(Js were pretty jittery. It's it," Utah's new coach, Bill just a wonder that with new Meek, drawled in his best "aches and a new system Alabama accent. that we didn't have even "They just gave us a good more. old country whippin," he The new Redskin mentor added. is up on the Huskers.

For fans who wonder wry Es Kansas State teams Nebraska was allowed 13 rasared lire wins in four receive the kickoff tie tow sn earlv aTs. "But start of both halves, Me ruing to hrfag for supplied the answer. iinuulf of be ad- "We'd made up our ais Kta-ad a new to try to gamble wi 4a onside kick. We kner Mwi xxjteinri in re- were outmanned and rvsx i3 Ute have needed a real lift to get off rtVaiilv junior col- to a good start. If it had we transfers and have paid worked it would have been to freshman a real morale booster." nrnsnts Onside Kickoff Surprise Lift The grid boss 'from Utah even when they were ob- did find a bright spot in the viously beaten.

That kind of drubbing. "I really was spirit will pay off when we pleased with the guts our get the offense going." defensive kids showed. Ex- Meek said that one -of the cept for a few long bombs, troubles with the offense was they really slowed Nebraska the huge Husker defensive down in the second half." line. "They kept batting down Meek felt the i a 1 11 our pass a 1 1 s. statistics didn't really tell the And of course we had to start story Sure they gained a gambling with more passing mMm yards," he said, "but than our game plan called ta 0enS(1 couidn't for once we got so far Kon Tf hPhind JdSASTtta? sniiiiiiiiiiHiimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiliiimiiiB An(m at i fang i PllOtOS DV 1 troops aU he time.

lne iPersonaWe Ute coach, who also was the head man Bob Gorhani at Houston and Southern i Methodist, added that "they Willig Van Sickle kept in there plugging away, av When the gamble the Huskers got on: the scoreboard first with a field goal. "Then when they did kick off a another mistake trying to run the ball out from so deep in the end zone," Meek said, Jim Street fumbled on the return, leading to Nebraska's first touchdown. 1 "esPeDiaUffle enerSy recruiting a good group of freshmen," he said, "The JC's from last year all now are seniors, and the only other people I've got are the raw, inexperienced sophomores from last year's mediocre frosh team. I don't A 11 have a junior class at all." the day, from, Frank, Patrick to Tom Penney, accounted for. 59 yards, but touchdown.

I Web Ray I Harald Dreimanis I Jim Palmer John Nollendorf 1 I Chuck Roberto 1 Silllllinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllln Engaging in a sideline LI Lld INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Nebraska RUSHING Att. Gain Loss Net Patrick Orduna Davis Siglcr Green Frost Schneiss Vactor Zicgler 3 9 2 18 74 10 25 2 1 12 60 4 19 6 30 4 9 2 4 67 PASSING Att. Com. Intc. Yds.

12 8 1 1G5 18 8 1 122 2 2 0 27 Slgler Patrick Dvorsak PASS RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Topliff Ingles McFarland Frost Penney Davis Schneiss 1 8 3 47 3 11 5 56 4 122 1 46 1 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Rogers 1 15 PUNTING No. Avg. Stephenson 1 34 Armstrong 4 36 KICKOFF RETURNS No.

Yds. Williams 13 Davis 1 17 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds. Larson 2 9 Stephenson 1 11 Heller 3 34 Utah RUSHING Att. Gain Loss Net 5 11 17 -6 8 27 5 22 4 7 6 1 3 12 4 8 11 27 21 6 4 11 0 11 Grolh Soulds Fowler Tyler ColUns Molnar Poulson (Cal) 3 4 PASSING 0 4 Att, Com.

Int. Yds. Groth 11 3 0 34 Collins 19 7 0 58 PASS RECEIVING No. Yds. Fowler 3 20 Souldg 2 13 Andrews 2 18 Thomas 3 36 Poulson (cal) 15 PUNTING No.

Avg. Smith 8 45 KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds. Street 5 98 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds.

Barker 2 13 Street 1 PASS INTERC No. Yds. C. Smith 1 0 Galaci 1 0 Longest pass play, of discussion on a previous i A- if, i fry''- iW 2 i i V-'f A- jlkJ lira Facing the foe, Coach Hob Dcvaney expresses early concern as lie watches the Huskers start to roll against the Utah Redskins. i play defensive line coach defensive back.

George Kelly enumerates several points to Bob Best,.