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COLOR 1 I ft 3 rm (if .4 STAFF COLORPHOTO BY HARALD DREIMANIS Johnny-Rodgers (OUetilsail on a reverse with, Bob Newton (74) blocking ahead of him during the Huskers' first drive in the opening quarter. The tackier is OSU's Tom Carraway (31). Mm Over 65-31 Cowboy. 7 A nue Pounds as he dropped back to throw on second down. Harper got a hand on the ball and deflected it into the hands of the onrushing Adkins.

The 6-3, 222-pound junior showed some of his old prep track talent as he fielded the ball on the Oklahoma State 37 and raced into the end zone. ahead of a pack of white-shirted pursuers. Van Brownson pitched a pass to Joe Orduna for a two-point conversion with 4:56 to play in the opening quarter to make it Cont on Page 2E I Love a Parade Time NU OSU Left First Quarter 6 0 6 6 6 7 12 7. 14 7 Orduna, 3-yard run 8:39 (kick failed) Graham, 98-yard kickoff return 8:26 Pruss, kick Adkins, 37-yard pass Interception 4:51 Orduna, pass from Brownson Second Quarter FG. Rogers, 42 13:22 Ingles, 40-yard pass from' Brownson 10:22 Rogers, kick Orduna, 2-yard run 5:34 Rogers, kick Rogers, 66-yard punt re turn 4:03 Rogers, kick FG.

Rogers, 41 4 0:00 Third Quarter Eben, 10-yard pass from Pounds (run failed) FG. Rogers, 38 6:15 Kinney, 2-yard run 0:11 Rogers, kick 17 23 24 30 31 37 38 .41 4113 44 13 SO 13 51 13 Fourth Quarter 1 Eben, 35-yard pass from Pounds 12:52 (run failed) Cox, 26-yard pass from Tagge 9:07 Rogers, kick Decker, 73-yard Interception 8:16 Rogers, kick Graham, 13-yard pans from Pounds 4:31 (pass failed) Graham, 84-yard pass from Pounds 0:00 (run failed) 5119 57 19 58 19 64 19 65 19 65 25 65 31 eillllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUI ifll. 1 i now if i i Ton 2ii bared i I' t. Ohio Slit 04) dif. Illlnoil, 1.

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Nebraska MM) dafeattd dtf. Oklahoma 45-31. 1. Mirhlaart rtf. Mlnnatot.

M. 11. I. Auburn (5-1) lost to LSU. 17-.

7. Air Fere (74) dtf. Boston 15-10. I. Stanford (4-1) def.

UCLA. 7. Arkania (5-1) def. Wichita Stl, 2-0. 10.

Southern California (4-1-1) toil to Oregon, IO-7. II. J.B. VWl im iu. 17.

Arizona Stat (-0) def. Texas El Paso, tin. II. Mississippi (5-1) def. Vamtorbllf, JHe.

44 1 tilt tm 4 U.t 15. Houston lost to Alsbame, 30-21. tin A I ill liul In ttanfnrrf. day night. San Dieoo 51.

(40) played Frein 51. Saturday night, II. Pittsburgh (5-1) def. Miami, 1. (lie Colomrte (5 3) Inst M'Mnu'i.

3014 Toledo (-O) det. Kent hJ ffift WJ2) -ci 1, 1 Statistics OSU 18 64 329 NU 30 270 275 First downs Rushing yardage Pasting yardage Return yardage -4 225 Passing 19-29-0 Punts 7-44 4-43 Fumbles lost 0 0 Yards penalized 28 88 By DON FORSYTHE The bid football axiom "statistics are losers" never had more truth than Saturday. Nebraska's pride in one meaningful statistic defense against scoring was damaged Oklahoma State's 31-7 point explosion. And the Cowboys ripped- Nebraska's pass defense for 329 yards. Who cares? i Bob Devaney obviously does, but few of the 67,822 i 1 d-eyed Memorial Stadium fans who saw Nebraska put 65 points on the board Saturday got overly concerned about it.

The 65-31 rout of the Cowboys marked the biggest Nebraska scoring spree i the Corn-huskers the 1922 season with a 66-0 whitewashing of South Dakota and the most points they've ever scored against a conference opponent. When the game still had some meaning even the statisitcs were lopsided in favor of the Cornhuskers. Nebraska coach Bob Devaney has never seen one of his teams take an opponent apart like the Cornhuskers dismantled Oklahoma State in the first half as they rolled up i ti- ii 8U uuueuevauie ti-i icau. The Cornhuskers made two i obvious mistakes in succession after a workmanlike 15-play, 75-yard drive which produced a 6-0 lead. Paul Rogers missed the extra point, for the first time; this season and i 1 folks Were shaking their heads over that misfortune Oklahoma State's Dick Graham took Rogers' ensuing kickoff at the two-yard line and skittered 98 yards for a tying touchdown.

Uwe Pruss then gave the Cowboys a 7-6 lead with his conversion. a WfflW) SECTION 10 PAGES LINCOLN, NEBRASKA OCT. 25, 1970, PAGE 1 It was like waving a red flag in front of a snorting bull. And it was the defense which got in the first big lick. The Cornhuskers were forced to punt from their own 49 on their second possession.

For an instant it looked like it was a replay of last week's Kansas game as Oklahoma State's Tony Pounds hft tight end Tom Dearinger for 15 yards and sent Bobby Cole over left guard for 13 yards on the Cowboys' first two plays. From that point on it was all Nebraska. Tackle Larry Jacob-son made the first of his seven unassisted stops to halt Cole for a one-yard gain on ths next play and defensive ends Willie Harper and John Adkins collaborated on a forceful blitz of 1 1 Big Eight Standings Conf. All Games WLT WLTI Nebraska ..3 Kansas St. 3 Kansas ....2 Missouri ...2 Oklahoma .1 Colorado .1 Okla.

St. ..0 Iowa St. ...0 0 1 4 5 0 I 0 4 0 0 I 0 0 I I Saturday's Results I Nebraska 65, Oklahoma St. 31 Missouri 30, Colorado 16 Kansas 24, Iowa St. 10 I Kansas St.

19, Oklahoma 14 This Week's Schedule Nebraska at Colorado I Oklahoma at Iowa St. I Missouri at Kansas St. 1 Kansas at Oklahoma St. Lesson 7 I I 1 I Unlikely By HAL BROWN Nebraska defensive players John Adkins and John Decker had distinctively different feelfngs as they raced toward the goal line with pass interceptions to score in the Nebraska win Saturday over Oklahoma State. 'My mind sort of went lapooie and I wasn't really thinking of anything," Decker explained.

"I heard the crowd noise in the background It was just sort of a din. "I guess all I was thinking about was the goal line. I hope I get another chance to do it again so I'll be able to cdmpare the two Adkins, however, claimed a lot of things went racing through his mind when he picked off a Tony Pounds pass that had been deflected by teammate Willie Harper and scored to put Nebraska ahead after Oklahoma State had taken a 7-6 lead on Dick Graham's kickoff return following an opening Husker "When I saw the goal line I was thinking I've got to run as fast as I can," he explained. "I was thinking about not fumbling the ball and about not letting anybody catch me. "I guess I had a lot of things on my mind," added the Husker defensive end, who played some at tailback, fullback and tight end in high school.

He gave a great deal of credit to other people for his performance Saturday. "I've got to share that touchdown with Willie Harper because he made a great play In deflecting the pass," Adkins pointed out, "Ana coacn. vjviome; rwuiiii has been a big help to me and 7 to the rest of our ends," he added. worked with U3 a lot more dfd the ends a year ago, maybe because we'fe, all so young, but I know he has really helped me a lot." Devaney called Adkins' pasU Interception for the TD a key play in the game. "When he returned that pass for the touchdown that put us back ahead, that was pretty Important," he observed.

Flanker Johnny Rodgers also passed along some credits for. his touchdowns romp on a punt return. "I can credit the Black Shirts for that one," he said. "They had It all set up? for me and after they got me started there was only one man left and It was Just 0 foot race Cont. on FageSE (7S Sunday Notre Dame Football 10:30 a.m.

(3). Bob Devaney p.m. (7-10). College Football 19701 p.m. (7).

Pro Football Cincinnati f. Washington, Noon (3). Bowling Noon Pre Football Detroit V. Chicago, 1 p.m., followed by Dallas V. Kansas City, 3:30 p.o Recount Corriing up quickly from behind, Nebraska defensive back Jim Anderson (14) is in just the right spot to intercept this Tony Pounds pass which goes over the head of intended receiver, Oklahoma State halfback Dick Graham (12).

Devaney Unhappy Willi Sub Defenders Performance Huskers9 Reserve Defenders Get Big from our secondary and our linebackers and a good pass rush from our line. "Oklahoma State gained less than 50 yards in the first half and you can't fault a defense that does that." Devaney recalled that he had never had a team that had put 41 points on the scoreboard by halftime. "The closest we've ever come to that was 32-0 against Kansas in 1962. "It's very satisfying to see that happen," he added. The! only points Oklahoma State got the first half came on a 98-yard kickoff return by Graham.

"The last thing we told our players before that kickoff," Devaney explained, "Was that we had worked on their fake on the kickoff return, but the most dangerous thing they could do was run it right up the middle and that's exactly what Graham did." Devaney said the Huskers would be facing a different kind of problem next week against Colorado. "This week, we were playing a team that we had outweighed and perhaps outmanncd," he noted. "But Colorado 1 Is just as big as we are and they've got more veterans back than we've got." The Husker coach did mention that his second and third units were being asked to stop an Oklahoma State team that played its No. 1 units all the way. "I'm not blaming them (O-State) for that and I guess when you've got your second and third units In against another team's first unit, you can expect to see some scoring," he admitted.

"That Dick Graham is a tremendous player and I'm glad we've seen the last of him and Eben. "And Pounds (Oklahoma State quarterback) kept his poise and threw a couple of tremendous passes near the end of the game. I'm going to look at the films to find out who should have been covering the guys that caught those passes." While he was disappointed in the play of his alternate defensive unit, Devaney was pleased with his offense and the top defensive unit. "Our offense as a whole operated well," he said. "We gained over 500 yards again and that's good and getting 325 yards in returns (punts, kickoff and.

interceptions) is phenomenal. "From our first defensive unit, we had fine pass coverage By HAL BROWN Nebraska's first stringers were happy Saturday that some of their ates on the second and third units got to see some game action and head coach. Bob Devaney wasn't disappointed that they got the chance to play, but he was unhappy in the way they played. And he wasn't telling any tales out of school when he discussed his. feelings with writers after the big win over Oklahoma State because he had already informed his athletes of his feelings.

i ''I take a dim view of anyone scoring 31 points against us," Devaney mentioned. "I hope some of the players we had in there late in the game learned a lot because if 1 they didn't, they were wasting a lot of time." Devaney discounted the suggestion that it might have been a psychological thing since the Huskers were so far ahead early in the contest. i "It shouldn't have been any psychological thing," he pointed out, "Not with new guys going in there. They should have been raring to go to show that they should be playing instead of reaffirming the fact that they, should be over there on the bench with the coaches." "TV.