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Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • 29

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Nov. 18, 1973, Lincoln, Sunday Journal and Star 3C I 1 nans Second NU I 'AZ I I "ganger i 1 Mt a That made Nebraska mad. The Big Red overcame another 15-yard clipping penalty to score one touchdown and quickly added two more on a Runty pass and a super sprint by third-string quarterback Earl Everett. Those last three TDs quieted down a capacity crowd of 42,000 K-State partisans who were smelling an upset for a while. The crowd included about red-clad fans, however, who had their moments of glee later O'Leary bobbled one and the Wildcats pulled within nine at 23-14.

Dave Humm threw an interception on Nebraska's next possession. Another K-State TD at that stage of the game could have turned it all around. But Bob Thornton came up with a key pass interception to equalize things. K-State got within nine again (30 21) on a fluke 52-yard run with a recovered fumble by center Fred Rothwell. Scoring Story it.

v55t 1 1 Iff 1 1 1 during the first half and during the closing surge. Two individuals one trom each team caused a rewriting on their school record books Saturday. K-State's Isaac Jackson pushed his total yards gained to 1.048 for the season, eclipsing the 1,028 record set by Cornelius Davis in 1966. Nebraska kicking specialist Rich Sanger, with a field goal and five PATs, has now scored 213 points during his career. That total moved him past Jeff Kinney (206 from 1969-71) and Bobby Reynolds (211 from 1950-52) and into second place on the alltime Cornhusker list.

Johnny Rodgers (1970-72) is a distant leader with 300 points. Now comes Oklahoma. The Cornhuskers will need to maintain the game-long offensive momentum they found here Saturday, while at the same time eliminating the mistakes, if they hope to win that one. FGSilvertown Trailmaker STORE WIDE CLEARANCE OFF 1973 Mfg. list Price BFG's BEST 4 PLY NYLON ANY SIZE No Shortage The previous highs were 48 points scored in a 48-7 win over Minnesota and 17 points allowed Oklahoma State during a 17-17 tie game.

Critics who claimed the Cornhuskers lacked a running game (they averaged 219 yards a game until Saturday) saw 11 ball carriers paced by I-backs Tony Davis and John O'Leary and fullback Ralph Powell slash for 434 yards on the ground. Though that is short of a team record, Davis and O'Leary became the first two Huskers to' gain 100 yards rushing in the same game. Davis pounded out 111 yards in 21 carries, while O'Leary finished exactly on the century mark after toting the ball 17 times. Powell almost became a third runner to reach the magic figure in the same game after gaining 89 yards on just eight carries. The offensive power is shown after adding 178 passing yards for 612 yards in total offense.

That's only 16 yards short of the alltime NU record, set during a 50-0 romp over Hawaii in 1954. How then did Kansas State get within a scary nine points of Nebraska twice in the second half (23-14 in the third quarter and 30-21 early in the final frame)? The answer is mistakes. Something the Cornhuskers are going to have to avoid if they hope to beat the Sooners Friday. Nebraska fumbled three times and lost them all. Equally as damaging were seven penalties.

The first time they had the ball the Huskers marched from their 39 to the K-State 7, only to have the drive end with a Davis fumble. The next time a holding penalty forced NU to settle for a field goal instead of a touchdown. A motion penalty stalled the next drive and forced a punt, although on the bright side, that turned into a touchdown on a Wildcat miscue. The Huskers clipped on the return of the next K-State punt. All those things were happening during the first half while Nebraska was building up a 23-0 lead.

The mistakes started to catch up with the Big Red after intermission. A Steve Runty fumble led to a quick KSU score and moments STAFF PHOTO BY WEB RAY Nebraska 10 13 7 20-50 Kansas State 0 0 14 7-21 NU-KSU How Scored Time Left FIRST QUARTER 3- 0 Sanger 30 field goal 4:50 Drive stalled by two penalties after 16-yard pass from Humm to Anderson and 20-yard run by Powell. 10- 0 Davis 6 run :35 Drive: 1 play following recovery of K-State fumble of Nebraska punt. Conversion: Sanger kick. SECOND QUARTER 17- 0 Humm 1 run 12:09 Drive: 91 yards in 6 plays.

Big gainer, 51-yard pass from Bahe to Longwell. Conversion: Sanger kick. 23- 0 Davis 4 run 2:48 Drive: 58 yards in 8 plays, Big gainers, 14-yard end-around by Mushinskie and 13-yard run by Powell. Conversion: Sanger's kick blocked. THIRD QUARTER 23- 7 Jackson 29 run 12:14 Drive: 36 yards in 3 plays, following recovery of Runty fumble.

Conversion: Brumley kick. 23-14 Jackson 1 run 8:09 Drive: 31 yards in 9 plays, following recovery of O'Leary fumble. Jackson carried on 6 of the 9 plays. Conversion: Brumley kick. 30-14 O'Leary 5 run :18 Drive: 54 yards in 5 plays, following pass interception by B.

Thornton. Big gainer, 33-yard pass from Humm to Shamblin. FOURTH QUARTER 30-21 Rothwell 52 run 13:05 Drive: 65 yards in 7 plays. Center Rothwell picked up a Calhoun fumble and ran for score. Conversion: Brumley kick.

37-21 Davis 4 run 7:42 Drive: 74 yards in 12 plays. Big gainers, 12 by Davis, 13 each by Damkroger and Powell. Conversion: Sanger kick. 44-21 Shamblin 31 pass from Runty 4:00 Drive: 30 yards in 4 plays, including a 15-yard holding penalty against NU. Drive started when KSU tried fourth-and-one and failed.

Conver- sion: Sanger kick. 50-21 Everett 36 run 1:55 Drive: 43 yards in 3 plays following pass interception by Burrow. Conversion: Sanger kick blocked. Dave Humm (12) holds as Rich Sanger (43) boots the extra point that tied Bobby Reynolds' second best, all-time NU scoring record of 211 points. Sanger later added two more conversions to put him all alone in the second spot behind Johnny Rodgers, the leader with 300 career points.

Errors Hurt NU Player Statistics INSURANCE NEEDS OR QUESTIONS Call PAT EGAN Commercial Insurance Auto Fire Life 1 Pat Egan Insurance Ltd. NU KSO First downs 30 10 Rushes-yards 71-434 50-234 Passing yardage 178 33 Return yardage 35 33 Passes 7-16-1 2-8-2 Punts 1-51 5-37 Fumbles-lost 3-3 4-3 Penalties-Yards 7-72 4-30 By Virgil Parker Manhattan, Fn The Nebraska Cornhuskers, unable to maintain first-half momentum in their last few starts, shook off that post-intermission lethargy with 27 points in the second half and post a 50-21 Big Eight football victory over Kansas State here Saturday. Despite what sounds like a lopsided win, coach Tom Osborne's Big Red troops needed three fourth-quarter touchdowns to pull away from a clawing band of KSU Wildcats who came scratching back from a 23-0 halftime deficit. The victory iced a bid to the Cotton Bowl for the Cornhuskers and pushed their season record to 8-1-1. That's the same mark last year's Big Red team (which went to the Orange Bowl and ended the campaign as the No.

4 team in the nation) had prior to a closing regular-season loss to Oklahoma. Nebraska travels to Norman to face the potent Sooners Friday. The 50 points produced against K-State was the biggest total of the season for the Cornhuskers. But the 21 counters allowed the Wildcats was also a high for NU's defensive 'Black make it 37-21. Just for insurance, the Huskers added two more touchdowns in the closing minutes.

The win pushed the Nebraska record to 8-1-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the Big Eight, keeps their slim hopes alive of catching Oklahoma, 8-0-1 overall and 5-0 in the Big Eight, in the conference title chase. To win the Big Eight championship, Nebraska must beat Oklahoma Friday, then get help from Oklahoma State, which meets the Sooners on Dec. 1 at Stillwater, Okla. Osborne thinks that's still possible. "Getting the Cotton Bowl invitation gives us one of our two goals," he says.

"Winning the conference championship is going to be more difficult, but I've got faith in Oklahoma State. "They were the best team, on the day we played them, that we have faced all year." Big 8 Standings Conference All Games WITWLT Oklahoma 5 0 0 8 0 1 Nebraska 4 118 11 Kansas 3 2 1 6 3 1 Oklahoma St 2 1 2 5 2 2 Missouri ......3 3 0 7 3 0 Colorado 2 4 0 5 5 0 Kansas St 1 50 4 60 Iowa St 1 50 3 6 0 This Week's Results Nebraska 50, Kansas St. 21 Oklahoma 48, Kansas 20 Iowa St. 17, Missouri 7 Oklahoma St. 38, Colorado 24 Friday's Game Nebraska at Oklahoma Saturday's Games Oklahoma St.

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Davis got 111 of the 434 rushing yards on 21 carries, 29 of them on three straight earries early in the fourth quarter after Kansas State had pulled to within 30-21 as the Davis' carries launched the Huskers on a 74-yard touchdown drive. "I was mad," Davis explained' simply of those three bursts of nine, eight and 12 yards. Osborne also was pleased with the play of his offensive line, noting, "We controlled the line of scrimmage all afternoon and when you do that, you're going to move the football. "That's a comfortable feeling, the fact that we did that today." The Husker coach agreed with the suggestion that his offensive line would play a key role in Nebraska's success or lack of it against Oklahoma. But while the final score of 50-21 indicated a rout, it was not that and Osborne had his anxious moments on the sidelines.

"One more turnover in the third quarter and we'd have been in bad shape," he pointed out. "When the margin was at nine, I was just hoping we could score and not turn it over again." That was the point at which Davis got "mad" and started the Huskers on a 74-yard scoring drive that Davis also ended with a four-yard burst into the end zone with 7:42 left in the game to Kansas State Offense Kuhinfi No. Yds. Ave. Jackson 23 108 4.7 Grogan 13 30 2.3 Calhoun 9 26 2.9 Specht 3 3.0 Johndrow 2 13 6.5 Rothwell 1 52 52.0 Holman 2 2 1.0 Pacing No.

Com. Yds. Pt. Grogan 8 2 28 2 Puss Heceiviiijj; No. Yds.

Childs 1 16 Peterson. 1 12 I'liniinj; No. Yds. Ave. Spare 5 187 37.4 I'uss Interceptions No.

Yds. Chambliss 1 31 Punt Heluriis No. Yds. Jackson 1 2 Kickolf Keturns No. Yds.

Jackson 4 85 Dixon 2 36 Calhoun 1 18 Steiner 1 6 Defense UT AT Total Linemen Brown, 2 Thomas 1 Eubanks 3 Shine 0 Gray 2 Batdorf 2 Wegerer 3 Oettmeier 3 Crosby 2 Cullars 4 Linebackers Vohoska 2 Osborn 1 Jones 3 -Pennington 8 Lareau 0 Bryant 2 Hacks Chambliss 6 Lembright 2 Brown, 6 Smith 4 Solt 2 Peterson 1 Chaves 0 Specht 1 2 1 6 11 2 4 case, your Nebraska Offense liiishinfi No. Yds. Ave. Davis 21 111 5.2 O'Leary 17 100 5 9 Damkroger .10 47 4.7 Bahe 6 33 5.5 Powell 8 89 11.1 Westbrook 2 6 3.0 Mushinskie 1 13 13 0 Goeller 3 8 2 7 Humm 1 1 ,0 Everett i 36 36.0 Runty 1 -10 No. Com.

Yds. Pt. Humm 12 4 76 1 Bahe 1 1 51 0 Runty 3 2 51 0 Va iWeiviiifj No. Yds. Anderson 2 26 Bahe 2 37 Longwell 1 51 Shamblin 2 64 I'linliiif; No.

Yds. Ave. Sanger 1 51 51.0 li Inlcrccplioiis No. Yds. Thornton 1 3 Burrow 1 26 I'iiii I Itfl urn No.

Yds. Borg 1 6 kickolT Returns No. Yds. Davis 1 6 Defense UT AT Total Linemen Thornton, W. .5 4 Pate 2 2 Lee 2 1 Mills 1 1 Manstedt 1 1 Wieser 2 0 Dutton 3 2 Pruitt 2 3 Gissler 4 3 Anderson 0 0 Alward 1 0 Linebackers Schmit 3 1 Rogers 1 0 Ruud 6 2 Starkebaum 5 2 Nelson 1 5 Backs Thornton, B.

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