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28 Lincoln Evening Journal Nebraska State Journal Friday, Nov. 28, 1971 'Plagued9 NU Offense Goes Back to Basics Cont. From Page 27 but we all knew we had just as good a chance to win as they did. We'd outscored people before. We just had to come back and play well," said Anderson.

"I felt bad at halftime," said Rich Glover. "But coach Devaney told us there was no reason to have our head down just to go out and play our game put it to 'em in the second half." And that's what the Cornhuskers did. Perhaps fortunate to be only three points down on the scoreboard (Oklahoma led 310 to 91 in total offensive yardage) at the intermission, Nebraska came out doing what it does best punishing the opponent with its "here we come" ground game, mixing in a few passes and playing the tough defense. The change was evident on the first play of the second half as Kinney took a handoff and cracked over left tackle. Apparently stopped for a short gain, he broke the tackle and thundered for a 22-yard gain.

That first drive reached the midfield mark before faltering. Then the defense got the ball back as John Adkins jarred the ball loose from Oklahoma quarterback Jack Mildren and Dave Mason recovered the fumble at the Nebraska 47. Then the Cornhusker offense, plagued by inconsistency, put things together. Kinney cracked for six yards over right guard and five over left tackle as it became evident that the Cornhuskers were going back to basics. On third and three at the Sooner 35 Tagge brought the Cornhuskers out in a spread formation and ran the option with fullback Bill Olds to the right side.

Faking a pitch, Tagge turned upfield and steamed to the Sooner three. Kinney then blasted into a pile over right guard, spun away after the initial impact and lurched into the end zone. That put Nebraska back on top with 8:54 left in the period. After the Black Shirts had thrown Mildren for a 12-yard loss on third and four on Oklahoma's next possession the Sooners punted out to the Nebraska 39. Damkroger hit for five yards, then Kinney blasted for gains of 5 and 15.

Tagge faked the option run and threw 20 yards to Rodgers. On third and four he came back to complete a nine-yard pass to Rodgers. Tagge was short on a sneak from a foot away, then Kinney followed Keith Wortman and Al Austin's blocks over the right side to score with 3:38 left. The Cornhuskers had run 28 plays to just for Oklahoma in the second half and the momentum was swinging back to Nebraska, as evidenced by a 28-17 margin on the scoreboard. Or was Oklahoma, using bit of trickery on a pass from split end Harrison to tight end Al Chandler for a 51-yard gain, moved 73 yards in seven plays to narrow the gap to 28-24.

The Cornhuskers marched from their own 27 to the Sooner 24, apparently on their way to a clinching touchdown, when Tagge's sleight-of-hand efforts on an option play were ruined by tackle Lucious Selmon. He shook the ball loose from Jerry and linebacker Dan Mullen recovered at the Oklahoma Then the Sooner offense showed the stuff it was made of. The stuff which made them the nation's top ground-gaining team. Mildren moved the Sooners to midfield in three plays, then caught the Cornhuskers in their first mistake against the wide aP Change of Pace Sooner Coach Is Proud Man allium I IINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiilllllllliiH A By After spending a whole summer scrimmaging against a guy like Rick Mount, you're bound to improve. So, watch out, state college basketball fans! Chadron State College guard Rick Brown, who grew up with Mount in Lebanon, should be even better than last season's 21.2 scoring average.

"I worked out with Rick every weekend last summer," Brown says of Mount, the former Purdue star who now starts for the American Basketball Association Indiana Pacers. "He really helped me," adds "We went a lot of one-on-one, at was two-on-two or three on Norman, Okla. Nebraska football coach Bob Devaney wasn't the only proud coach after the Huskers' 35-31 victory over Oklahoma here Thursday. Oklahoma coach Chuck Fairbanks also was proud proud of his Sooners and proud of Devaney and his team. "I am proud for coach Bob Devaney and his team," Fairbanks said.

"Nebraska has a great team; they are true champions." But the Sooner coach also was proud of his team. "We played it down to the wire and came up short," he analyzed. "I'm obviously very disappointed, but I'm not disappointed in my team. "They played their hearts out and came up short. They have no reason to hang their heads, even though they are a very disappointed group of young men.

This game meant so much to them." The Sooner coach said he saw a number of great football players on the Owen Stadium AstroTurf Thursday afternoon. "For Nebraska, Tagge, Kinney and Rodgers were great," he said. They have a great offensive line that was difficult for us to handle in the second half. "For us, Mildren and Harrison played well and so did all our backs'." helped me on how to shoot when you're pitches which the Black Shirts had so successfully stopped. End Willie Harper went for Mildren and Jack slipped a pitch to Greg Pruitt, who got outside for an 18-yard gain his longest of the day in a sub-par afternoon in which he netted just 53 yards in 10 carries, he came into the game averaging 158.

Oklahoma picked up another first down at the 21 as the dangerous Mildren gained four yards on fourth and two. Three plays later it was fourth and five. Then Mildren and Harrison, old high school teammates in Abilene, hooked up again on a down and out pattern against Nebraska defender Bill Kosch, who had been moved into an unfamiliar role of Huskers Return To Basics Cont. From Page 27 tried to get "a little too fancy" at the outset of the game. "We didn't establish our running game and probably threw the ball too much at the beginning," Kinney analyzed.

"So when we came out for the second half we went back to doing what we had done best all season run right at 'em." Kinney found himself running off tackle and to the outside more than in any game this fall. "They were pinching us off up too middle," Kinney said. "So in that final winning drive we went to our power play off tackle. I'm sure that's the hardest I've ever run. But it was certainly the most important game of my career.

If we hadn't won, the whole season in fact my whole career would have seemed for naught." Coach Bob Devaney, the nation's winningest active tor, also called the triumph "the greatest of my career." On the offensive side of the picture the NU grid boss had particular praise for Tagge and Kinney. "Jerry called a good game," he said, "and Jeff had as fine a day running the ball as any back we've ever And it wasn't just the yards he gained but the way he got them breaking tackles and powering over people on every carry. The way the kids won this one, coming from behind against a great Oklahoma team, made me very proud." Guns Banned At Louisville Louisville Lakes State Recreation Awa, near Louisville, was closed to the use of rifles and handguns effective Monday, the Game and Parks Commission reports. Since the area supports no big-game populations, heavy covering Harrison man-tc-man as the Cornhuskers altered their basic defense to curtail the Oklahoma running game. Harrison's second TD catch came with 7:10 remaining, giving the resurgent Sooners a 31-28 lead.

The Cornhuskers had the burden of proof facing them again. Were they really No. The whole game rested on the offense then," said White, the only sophomore who became a regular for the na-tional championship Cornhuskers. "We just knew we had to do it." The Cornhuskers set up shop at their own 26. On third and one Kinney took a pitch around left end for 17 yards to the Sooner 48.

Two plays later it was third and eight. Tagge scrambled out of the pocket and found Rodgers between a crease in the Sooner zone. Johnny, whose brilliant 72-yard punt return had given Nebraska a 7-0 lead with less than four minutes gone in the game, made a diving grab for a first down at the 35. Then Kinney veered outside left end for 13 yards, Rodgers slithered seven yards on a reverse and Kinney hammered seven yards to the Sooner eight. There was 3:15 left and not much doubt about what the Cornhuskers would do.

Kinney, who had already punched across for three touchdowns, was going to get the call. He got only two yards on a pitch around right end and with 2:20 left Tagge huddled with Devaney and offensive aides Mike Corgan and Carl Selmer on the sideline. The decision was to hit the left side behind tight end Jerry List, tackle White and guard Dick Rupert. The first assault netted four yards and the next play produced the touchdown. Rich Sanger's conversion made it 35-31 with just 1:38 remaining.

The Sooners took over on their own 19 and everybody in the park knew they had to pass. Nebraska, which plays the pass as well as anyone when in its regular defensive scheme, then discarded its wishbone defense and turned loose its pass rushers. Mildren threw incomplete on first down and scrambled for four yards on second down. Then Outland Trophy winner Larry Jacobson, named the nation's -top interior lineman, stormed in to toss Mildren for an eight-yard loss. Rich Glover, who had a field day all afternoon with three tackles and 19 assists, batted down a Mildren pass to give the the ball at Oklahoma's 15 with 1:10 left.

At that point, time was the most precious commodity. As the vocal Nebraska contingent on the opposite end of the field chorused "who the hell is Oklahoma? We're No. Tagge played it safe and ran out the clock. It had been all it was advertised maybe more. closely guarded and on how to when you don't have the bail.

"Rick Mount is one of the greatest, guys you ever want to meet," says Brown, who was named to the Sunday all-state college basketball season. "I've never gotten tired of with him." Brown says. "Ut grew up together. He lived three houses1 down from mine and we played on the Fairbanks Gtes No Turning Point The Sooner coach wasn't able to cite one turning point, but said, "There was Rodgers' punt return. I didn't like that very much.

And there were a couple of fumbles I'd like to have back. But we played pretty well. Those were two'great teams out there today." Oklahoma quarterback Jack Mildren called the Nebraska defense the best the Sooners have faced this year, but added, "But we didn't do too badly moving the ball against them." Mildren said the Husker defense shut off the Sooner outside game and dictated his running more. "The only thing they took away from us, though, was that we didn't get any 70-yarders against them. They kept us from going wide with Pruitt and I didn't think I would break any 70-yarders." Pruitt added, "They just weren't giving us the pitchout.

A defensive man was staying right with me. They always had two guys outside and they did a great job of reading the blocks of the backs." Oklahoma linebacker Steve Aycock pointed to two big plays as toning points. "I believe the punt return by Rodgers and the first-down pass to Rodgers were the big plays in the game," he said. Kosch Old Job Norman, Okla. Nebraska defensive back Bill Kosch heaved a sign of relief in the Cornhusker dressing room Thursday and said, "I hope to go back to safety next week." The Columbus senior played a new and unfamiliar role as the nation's leading defense altered its look to go against Oklahoma's explosive wishbone-T attack.

Kosch, normally a zone-playing safety, was assigned man-to-man responsibility as a cornerback against Oklahoma split end Jon Harrison. "I don't think you can fault Kosch," said defensive backfield coach Warren Powers. "Whenever you make a switch of positions, sometimes you get good things and sometimes bad things. We used Joe Blahak in the middle because he's a better tackier. And he caused one fumble when he made a good tackle on Greg Pruitt." Kosch was beaten twice by Harrison for touchdowns.

"We asked him to do a thing he hadn't done much of in three years," said Powers. Kosch, when reminded that Nebraska will face another wishbone offense against Alabama in the Orange Bowl, laughingly admitted that he wasn't likely to volunteer for the job of covering 'Bama wide receiver Dave Bailey in the same manner. Coach Bob Devaney felt Nebraska's basic defensive theory was sound. "With the exception of the pass coverage and a counter option which (Sooner quarterback Jack) Mildren ran real well, we did a good job. I didn't know Mildren could throw the ball that well.

He looked like Johnny Unitas out there today." Though Oklahoma gained 279 yards on the ground, it was the Sooner's lowest total of the season. Middle guard Rich Glover and defensive ends Willie Harper and John Adkins drew particular praise from Devaney. "The ends came across deep enough to shut ofif the pitchout and force the play inside," Devaney explained. "Just looking at the statistics and the number of tackles, one might not think the ends did much. But by preventing the wide pitchouts they were doing their job." Harper and Adkins combined for a total of ten tackles, white Glover led the Black Shirts with 22.

"Early in the game," Devaney revealed, "I kiddingly told the other defensive linemen that they ought to give Rich a hand in there once in a Glover called his effort "my best game ever. My job was to handle the center, read the play and flow to whichever side the fullback was coming. I think middle guard is my spot," he added, as though he had just discovered something 11 Nebraska foes this fall already knew. "I was looking forward to the challenge of playing against an aH-American," Glover said of Oklahoma center Tom Brafaaney. "He was good, but not as good as I thought he'd be." Feature Races At Bay Meadows Rock Bath 4.40 3.40 2.60 Dick Schllitr 7.80 4.20 Gold Seal 3.20 At Narragansett Park Sandy Relect 11.40 5.40 4.40 Surtsey 4.20 3.40 Plerton 4.60 mwmmm Jim Splictial Bob Haberman ftORt 477-6955 I IT AT I FARM INIWIANCI Cliff DeBoer seekin Ws'w' Texas, Georgia Triumph By Associated Press Will there be a national col-ege football championship game on New Year's Day? If so, it will take place in Miami on the night of Jan.

1, when Nebraska and Alabama clash in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska maintained its position on top of the heap by defeating second-ranked Oklahoma- 35-31 Thursday. Alabama, 10-0 and ranked third, could move up a notch Saturday. But the Crimson Tide has to get past fifth-ranked Auburn, and its Heisman Trophy-wiiming quarterback Pat Sullivan, in their battle at Birmingham, Ala. In Thursday's other big games, No.

12 Texas 8-2, clinched the Southwest Conference championship and a berth in the Cotton Bowl against Penn State by scoring four first half touchdowns and going on to defeat Texas 34-14. Mississippi, 9-2, ranked 18th and head for the Peach Bowl against Georgia Tech, exploded for six touchdowns in the second period three of them scored on runs by tailback Gregg Ainsworth and whipped Mississippi State 48-0. In Thursday night's top game, seventh-ranked Georgia, 10-1, came from behind to defeat Georgia Tech 28-24. Georgia's sophomore quarterback, Andy Johnson led his team on a 65-yard scoring drive in the final 1:29, Jimmy Poulos scoring the winning touchdown from one yard out with 14 seconds left on the clock. Several hours after the Longhorns had rolled over the board of directors announced that Athletic Director and head football coach Gene Stallings would be relieved of all his responsibilities effective Dec.

1. Marvin Tate, associate athletic director, was named acting athletic director. "A committee consisting of representatives of the athletic council, administration and board of directors will be formed to begin a search for a Stallings' successor," the terse statement said. The brief statement ended a seven year tenure for Stallings, during which he compiled a 27-45-1 record and took the Aggies to the Southwest Conference championship in 1967 and a 20-16 Cotton Bowl victory over Alabama. It was the Aggies' only winning season under Stallings.

It also ended rumors that had circulated since the Aggies lost five of their first six games before catching fire for four straight victories prior to Thursday's loss to the 12th ranked Longhorns. Set NU Marks school record for rushing yardage. Kinney's 174 yards Thursday gave him a career total of 2,265, wiping out the mark of 2,196 set by Bobby Reynolds during the 1950-52 span. same grade school team which won the city championship three years in a row. "He was a grade ahead of me," points out Brown, "so I was a junior when we made it to the semi-state finals (last eight teams) when he was a senior.

Had to Guard Him in Practice "It was quite a thrill to play with someone like Rick Mount," Brown says, "although I was his backup man. That means I was always the one who guarded him in practice in junior high and high school before I got to start myself. "And, yes," admits Brown, "he scored just as much, if not more against me than anyone else. He's the most fantastic outside shooter you ever want to watch." Chadron's Nebraska College Conference opponents have been impressed with Brown's outside shooting, too. The 6-3 senior, who transferred to Chadron two years ago from Casper, Junior College, deposited 552 points last season in helping the Eagles to an 18-8 record, which included the NCC championship.

"I shoot mostly from 20 to 25 feet," offers Brown. "I can't really say if my shot is better than last season's, but I know it isn't any worse. I think I'll be shooting off me run and behind picks more this year." If he does, Brown's scoring average may shoot into the 30s, although he won't predict such an astromonical, Mount-like figure. "I don't want to be just a shooting guard," Brown says. "For one thing, we have another guard (Scott Jones) who averaged 20 -points last year, and I expect to help set him up.

And, for another, I'd like to think my defense has really improved, too, from playing with Rick so much last summer." Matched Against Keller, too Mount, however, wasn't the only standout with whom Brown matched talents last summer. "He'd bring other former Purdue guys down for the weekend sometimes, too," Brown says of Mount. "A couple of times, for instance, I found myself playing against Bill Keller (the other guard for the Indiana Pacers). "At first, I was unbelievably ineffective against such great competition," admits Brown, "but before the summer was half over, I honestly felt I was holding my own against them. It really boosted my confidence." Although most teams were wary of Brown's shooting talents last season, his renewed power of positive thinking should cause even more alarm by the time the season gets into full swing next week.

Glover Tops NU Tacklers Bandy York but mostly, I three. He; get openf Journal and team last practicing course, we Rick Brown in on 13, 8 of them assists, demonstrating the pursuit and gang tackling the Huskers used against the Sooners' Wishbone-T. Rodgers, Kinney Norman, Okla. In addition to Johnny Rodgers setting a season punt return yardage record with his 72-yard touchdown gallop that gave Nebraska a 7-0 lead, Husker I-back Jeff Kinney also cracked the NU Special IGNITION Tune-Up or Autolrto spark plugs (your condenser and rotor, adjust $12.78 $17.38 ml id weapons are unnecessary. CAUL MOW for details on Our ORANGE BOWL TOUR 475 JUL Results Georgia 28, Georgia Tech 24 Georgia 6a.

Tech First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardages Return yardages Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized 24 IS 61-308 107 21 9-20-0 6-38 20 44-183 118 i 8-14-1 7-33 0 40 Georgia 0 14 0 14-28 Georgia Tech 7 10 0 724 Tech Owings 31 pass from McAshan (Thigpen kick) Tech Healy 11 run (Thlgpen kick) Ga. Johnson 1 run (Braswell kick) Tech FG Bonifay 41 Ga. Shlrer 23 pass from Johnson (Braswell kick) 1 run (Braswell kick) Tech Healv 10 run (Thlgpen pick) Ga. Poulos 1 run (Braswell kick) Huskers Ready For Anything? Norman, Okla. Nebraska left nothing to chance in any area in getting ready for its showdown battle Thursday with Oklahoma.

The Huskers brought all their own food from Lincoln for their two-day stay here and trainer Paul Schneider donned a baker's hat to supervise the preparation of the food. The move was taken to avoid any possibility of food poison ing as nas nappenea to some football teams, the most notable one happening to the Oklahoma team in 1959 in Chicaeo before a game with Northwest ern, which the heavily-favored Sooners lost, 45-13. Your Choice Black or White College Mississippi 48, Miss. St. 0 Miss.

Miss. St. First downs Rushlnq yardage Passing yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized 27 60-233 181 14-28-1 4-33 2 33 9 26-47 9 8-30-1 10-40 3 54 Mississippi 0 42 3 3-48 Miss. Stat 0 0 0 00 UM Ainsworth 2 run Hlnton kick UM Ainsworth 1 run Hlnton kick UM Veazey 28 pass from Weesa run failed UM-Winsworth 20 run Allen pass from Weese UM Myers 35, pass from Weese Hlnton kick UM Moley 43 Interception return Hlnton kick UM FG Hlnton UM FG Hlnton 37 A 35,000 Texas 34, Texas 14 Texas 16 61-263 54 20 4-11-0 8-35 1 10 17 50-203 123 16 9-20-3 6-30 2 48 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles Inst Yards penalized Texas 7 21 7 10-34 Texas AeVM 0 0 7 7-14 Tex Bertelsen 1 run. Valek kick.

Tex Wlgglnton 1 run. Valek kick. Tex Ladd 1 run. Valek kick. Tex Wlgglnton 1 run.

Valek kick. Tex Bertelsen 8 run. Kick failed. Polasek 15 pass from King McDermott kick. Green 2 run McDermott kick.

A 52,090 record for Kyle field. Samford 20, Ohio Wes. 10 Owes Samf First downs 8 15 Rushes-yards 42-30 31-35 Passing yardage 03 259 Return yardage 92 18 Passes S-14-2 21-43-3 Punts Fumbles lost 2 0 Yards penalized 98 75 Owes 3 0 0 710 Samf 7 3 0 10-20 floti-FG Burke 35 yards Samf Clanton 40 pass from Nipper (Hawkins kick). Samf FG Hawkins 43. Owes Miller 1 run (Burke kick) Samf Parker 50 pass from Nipper Samf FG Hawkins 22.

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