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Set We Emmm IS tioii tor their most productive seasons as ball carriers. "I think being fresh most of the time has a lot to do with it," says Kinney. "One person can take the ball to the 20 and the other can come in and be as strong as the first one was when the drive started." Orduna accounted for 457 "yards' as a sophomore and 667 as a junior, but averaged only 3.7 yards a carry during his first two Kinney rushed for 590 averaged just three yards a carry as a sophomore. This. year he netted 661 yards on 45 less carries.

With each averaging 4.5 vards a carry through 11 thing, he's really come a long way. I remember watching him when I was a freshman. He's improved 100 per cent since then." Orduna claims Kinney "reads" better. "His style may be a little different, but the results are the same and that's the important thing," says Joe. The I formation puts a premium on "reading" the holes.

"You have a general idea of the area you're attacking, but mainly you just look for daylight," says Kinney. "But the holes are so big this year you have no trouble finding them," he says. When Orduna was sidelined ByDONFORSYTHE Fla. The eyes of the nation will be on Nebraska's New Year's night. But Cornhusker coach Bob Devaney's basic I formation to be employed against Louisiana State in the Orange Bowl really isn't an I.

It's a 'we formation alternately featuring the talents of Joe Orduna and Jeff Kinney at the vital I-back position. Despite the fact they're sharing time at the same position the Orduna-Kinney tandem is the greatest 1-2 rushing punch in the Devaney era. When Devaney stacked his top rusher from 1968 (Orduna) last fall with a knee injury and Frank Vactor followed him to the sidelines, Kinney suddenly became the Cornhuskers' indispensable back. He not only led the team in rushing, but set a new season record with 44 pass receptions. "I did a lot of running last year," Jeff recalls.

"It was hard to. keep my weight up. This year has been much easier." Much of the running was to and from the flanker position the I-back played last year when the Cornhuskers shifted into the spread formation. That kind of running was eliminated this season with wingback Johnny Rodgers taking over the wide receiving and his top rusher from 1969 (Kinney) at the same position last spring hs stated there would be plenty of action for both of them. Joe and Jeff admit they were skeptical at the outset, but they're unanimous in ap- -plaudlng the move now.

"I was fearful it might develop into competition, but it has developed into a beautiful thing. It's the best situation I've been in' since I've been at beams Orduna. sold on it," says Kinney. VYou have to have two I-' backs. It might not be the best situation for an individual, but it's good for the team." Both Joe and Jeff have had position in the spread.

Now the I-backs are primarily runners, but they get out as receivers often enough to keep enemy defenses honest. Kinney has caught 18 passes and Orduna 11 for a combined total of 264 yards. Their combined rushing total of 1,495 yards easily overshadows the best previous two-man totals in the Devaney era. Orduna (667) and Dick Davis (606) totaled' 1,283 yards in 1968, six more than Harry Wilson (672) and Frank Solich (605) registered in 1965. Kinney and Orduna com-Cont.

on Page 2C SECTION 8 PAGES LINCOLN, "NEBRRASKA DEC. 27, 1970, PAGE 1 choose between the pair. "I like to think Joe and I are about the same," says Jeff. "He may have more deceptive snow one games there's not much Tiger Plays Role Kansas, Iowa St, Winners By HAL BROWN Miami Nebraska's football team might hope it doesn't find the LSU Tigers as ambitious as Mike III, the LSU Tiger mascot was before LSU's -opening Miami workout Saturday afternoon for their New Year's night engagement against the Huskers in the Orange Bowl. Mike III, a cute little baby tiger, wrestled a photographer to the ground during a picture coco inn nrnnninrt tts a CTT PL 1 1 wornoui aiier me team ar- V- i r'V i Aj I Xr'-- -1i By RANDY YORK Kansas City, Mo.

Eighth-ranked Kansas, the favorite in the 25th annual Big Eight Conference basketball tournament, kept to the script at Municipal Auditorium here Saturday night, ripping Missouri, 96-63. Iowa State, a six-time loser, hijacked Oklahoma, 74-71, in another first round game, causing Cyclone assistant Arnie Gaard to exlaim, "that ruins all predictions. Those whose picked us for eighth place are wrong right now." Those who put Kansas in the favorites role, however, obviously knew what they were doing. It may require a super effort to derail the powerful Jayhawks, who raised their season record to 7-1. Nebraska, which has won the tournament title only once (1967), opens another bid Monday at 7 p.m.

against Oklahoma State, which has never won the event. Kansas State and Colorado are matched in the Monday nightcap. KU, which has won the championship more than any other school (nine times), hit 11 straight points midway the second half to build a 73-50 bulge, roaring away from a shakey 44-38 halftime lead. Bud St all worth, who deposited 18 points in the first half, finished with a career high 28 to pace the Jayhawks, who saw an early 11-2 margin evaporate to an eventual 26-25 Missouri advantage (the only Tiger lead of the game). Nebraska's double I-back threat of Joe brduna (31) and Jeff Kinney (35), who accounted for 1,773 yards in total offense and 20 touchdowns for 116 points during a 10-0-1 Cornhusker season in 1970, will be running against the toughest defense in the nation against scoring in the New Year's Night Orange Bowl game against Louisiana State.

Unitas. Defense Triumph Cowboys Nip Lions By 5-0 Statistics Cont. on Page 4C Statistics Bengals Colts Cowboyi J09 22 65 18-4-1 1-45 0 Lions First downs 7 Rushing yardage 76 Passing yardage go Return yardage 51 Passes 22-7-1 Punts 8-4 Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalized 7 16 63 170 76 r. 6 28 121-0 el 7-0 8-39 38 0 63 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardags Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized 47 Dallas, Tex. Dallas' savage Doomsday Defense victimized Detroit quarterback Greg Landry for a safety and intercepted a pass on a desperation last-minute Lion drive Saturday for a 5-0 victory in the National Football League playoffs.

The victory pushed the Cowboys into the National Football I Cuss Leaves I Journal Steve Guss, a sports writer with the Lincoln Evening Journal for the past 40 months, left the newspaper today for a position with the National Collegiate Ath tivai licic ocliuiuay iiuuil, U1UI1 wrapped himself around the leg of another and attracted more attention than did the Tiger gridders at their Miami Military Academy practice site. Before turning his attention to playing briefly with the rolicking Bengal tiger, LSU coach Charlie McClendon told writers the most impressive thing to him about the Nebraska team was its size and physical strength. "I said after our game with Notre Dame that I didn't think I'd ever see another team with the size and physical strength that Notre Dame had," he offered, "But I had to retract that when I saw films of Nebraska. "Of course, at the time I made the original statement, I didn't know we'd be playing Nebraska. Many opponents appeared to be holding their own against Nebraska in the first half, but that size and strength seemed to tell in the third and fourth quarters.

"Nebraska is a team that hasn't beaten itself and that's why they've gone 18 straight games without being beaten." The LSU coach pointed out that his Tigers hadn't faced any team similar in style to Nebraska, but added, "we've faced a lot more formations than Nebraska will throw at us. "They aren't a complicated team, but they just do what they do well and that's why they win and that's why Bob Devaney is the most successful coach in the nation. "Nebraska just lines up at you and gets the job done." la addition to their size and physical strength, McClendon points out he is impressed with the Huskers' passing ability and the completion percentages attained by quarterbacks Jerry Tagge and Van Brownson. "They are more effective passers than anyone I've seen," he observes. "One of them is hitting 63 per cent and the other one 65 per cent and that's phenomenal.

"We've seen some great college passers such as Joe Theismann of Notre Dame, Archie Manning of Mississippi and Pat Sullivan of Auburn, but none of those can match the completion percentage of those Nebraska quarterbacks. "And it's not a matter of just throwing a few passes to get that great percentage. They throw 25 or 30 passes a game." The LSU coach said he viewed a bowl game much in the same vein as does Devaney as a reward to the players for a good season. "We're planning all our workouts for right after our lunch period he pointed out, "because I don't think we should lose track of the fact that a bowl game should be a reward for the players for a successful season, "They have made sacrifices and they deserve to have some fun. When we're out on that football field, we're serious about football, but when we're off it, we want to have some fun.

"We think it's important to know when to be serious about fcX -v'V ilk i't JJzL zr W- Lffi letic Association. Employed by The Journal since August, 1967, Guss has accepted a post as general editor for Conference finals next week against the survivor of Sunday's San Francisco-Minnesota clash. The safety came with 4:45 remaining in the game. Dallas held a thin 3-0 lead at the time forged on a 26-yard field goal by Mike Clark in the first period. Furious Goal Liue Stand The Lions stopped Dallas with a furious goal line stand at the Detroit one.

Trying to pass out of trouble, Landry was dropped in his own end zone by George Andrie and Jethro Pugh. Bill Munson entered the game for the Lions. He faced a fourth-and-10 situation with 59 seconds to play. Throwing the bomb, Earl McCullough made a sensational catch' over Dallas rookie free safety Charlie Waters at the Dallas 29. On third-and-10, Renfro snared a tipped Munson pass and that was the game.

It was a brutal defensive struggle from the opening kickoff. Detroit was held to only seven first downs and only made one serious threat other than Munson's last-minute fireworks. The Lions drove to the Dallas 29 in the second quarter, but Altie Taylor coughed up a fumble to thwart the march. Detroit also played vicious defense, allowing Dallas only 22 yards passing. Dallas, however, ground out 209 yards overland, including 135 on 30 carries by rookie Duane Thomas.

The Lions' top rusher was Mel Farr with 31 yards on 12 carries through the Cowboy defense. It was a bad day for the quarterbacks Landry hit only five of 12 passes in the nationally televised contest for 48 yards. Craig Morton of Dallas hit 4-18 for 38 yards. Waters set up Clark's field goal when he recovered a Landry fumble on the Dallas 45 early in the first period on a perfect football day with temperatures in the mid-50s. Runs by Thomas and fullback Walt Garrison put Clark in position for the field goal.

Detroit then moved to the Cowboy 29 where Taylor was smashed hard by linebacker Lee Roy Jordan and fumbled. Waters picked up the ball and returned it 20 yards. Dallas could do nothing with the break. Baltimore UP) Old pro John Unitas and a veteran Baltimore defense dashed the hopes of Cincinnati's upstart Bengals as the Colts ground out a 17-0 National Football League playoff victory Saturday. Moving a step closer to another appearance in the Super Bowl where they fell flat on their faces before the New York Jets in 1969 the Colts qualified for next week's American Conference championship game in Baltimore against the winner of Sunday's Miami-Oakland game.

The. 37-year-old Unitas, who directed Baltimore to two NFL titles when most of the Bengals were in high school, pitched touchdown strikes of 45 and 53 yards on a cold, blustery day to dispel worry over his sore right shoulder. The Baltimore defense, meanwhile, held the Bengals to 139 net yards, including just 63 on the ground. The Colts' front four put constant pressure on Cincinnati quarterback Virgil Carter, dumping him three times for 17 yards in losses and forcing one interception. Cincinnati advanced beyond midfield only as it had its seven-game winning streak stopped in the nationally-televised game.

Baltimore ran 66 plays to only 46 for the Bengals and stayed with a time-eating ground game that proved successful. Rookie Norm Bulaich gained 116 yards on 25 carries, 20 yards more than his previous best Unitas completed only six of 17 passes, but he hit wide receiver Roy Jefferson with a 45-yarder in the first period and connected on the 53-yarder to wide receiver Eddie Hinton in the fourth quarter. Cincinnati coach Paul Brown, who molded a division winner in three years with the expansion team, said he was "not particularly disappointed, but rather flattered that we got here. Cincinnati 0 OO Baltimore 7 3 0 717 Bait Jefferson 45 pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) Bait FG O'Brien 44 Bait Hilton S3 pass from Unitas (O'Brien kick) NCAA publica- Guss tions at the College Athletics Publishing Service in Phoenix, Ariz. Guss, who begins work in his new post Jan.

1, will oversee the production of 23 annual publications produced by the NCAA which includes guides rulebooks and scorebooks. The NCAA, headquartered in Kansas City, also controls a statistical bureau in New York City (National Collegiate Sports Services) and a publishing service in Phoenix (College Athletics Publishing Service.) Official NCAA guides are sports bibles for more than 50,000 subscribers across the country in newspapers, radio and television stations, colleges and universities. While with The Journal, Guss was responsible for coverage of the state colleges and makeup of The Journal, including Sunday Journal and Star Sports Red. He also covered annually the College Baseball World Series in Omaha, the National AAU Swimming and Diving Championships and the AAU Wrestling Championship's among other events. His state college writing revolved around Nebraska Wesleyan University, but also included the 19 four and two-year schools across Nebraska.

A Friday column, A Sporting Glance, was often times devoted to state sports personalities. AP WIREPHOTO Baltimore's Roy Jefferson (87) gets ready to haul in a 45-yard bomb from Johnny Unitas in the first quarter of their AFC playoff game. Defending against Jefferson is Cincinnati's Lemar Parrish while the Bengals' Al Beau-champ (58) watches. The Colts went on to winy 17-0. Sunday Personal Fouls Hurt Dallas Holding a 3-0 halftime lead, Dallas was pinned deep in its own end of the field by three personal fouls and Detroit's defense during the third quarter.

A 15-play drive, featuring runs by Thomas and Garrison, whipped Dallas 76 yards to the Detroit one deep in the fourth period. But on fourth down, Paul Naumoff and Jim Mitchell slapped Thomas down for a yard loss. Then Landry, who guided Detroit to five consecutive victories to get the Lions into the playoffs as the "Wild Card" team, suffered the safety. Dallas, which has never won the National Football League title, entered the game as the NFC East champion with a 10-4 record. Detroit finished the year with a 10-5 mark.

It was the first NFL playoff game without a touchdown since 1950 when Cleveland downed the New York Giants, 8-3. Detroit 00 Dallas 3 0 25 Dal FG Clark 36. Dal Salety Landry tackled In end zone. vt All events free utile followed' by tine a.m. unfeM boldfaced for p.m.

Pro Football San Francisco v. Minnesota. Noon (6-10). Pro Football Miami v. Oakland.

3 p.m. (3). Crcifibton Highlights 11:45 p.m. (7). Tjdpl Monday Iassling 10:25 p.m.

(7). football and when to hr.ve Along this line, McClendon Regional College Basketball Big Eight Tournament at Kansas City, Nebraska v. Oklahoma State, 7. (KLIN-KFOR-KFAB); Colorado v. Kansas State, 9.

Monday State College Basketball Chadron Holiday Tournament, Chadron v. Metropolitan Colo. St. Cont. on Page 4C.