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4C October 21, 1973, Lincoln, Sunday Journal and Star Sayers: NU Great But 'Damn Lucky' To Win linebackers help the secondary any argument from the 76,498 by dropping very deep on fans who saw the thrilling con-passing plays," Jaynes said, test at Memorial Stadium. "That's possible because their a weary Kansas head coach offensive line does such a great pon Fambrough gave more job of rushing. When their praise to Nebraska coach Monte linebackers go deep, our Kiffin's Black Shirt crew, receivers can't curl back in like "ye knew exactly what they normally do." Nebraska would do defensively and we couldn't do a thing about More compliments came from it Fambrough said. "That's former all-pro running back with w'hat makes tnejr defense so the Chicago Bears, native of great. They don't change a thing 11 (f ik-v fix J-, rnl -'liaX fit! fJ i' 7 "yi: i I i umana ana graauaie oi Miaaa.

ant tney V0U-" Fambrough also praised his By Dave Sittler Plagued by frustration, depression and torment that follows a close loss In sports, Kansas University's football team showed the class of a winner as they spoke of their narrow 10-9 defeat to the University of Nebraska. To a man, the Jayhawks heaped praise on their conquerors as they quietly rehashed the game in a subdued locker room. It was Nebraska's defensive team that received the major amount of attention from the Kansas players, coaches and administrators. "Nebraska's defensive team is just super in every aspect," said quarterback David Jaynes. "They have good defensive backs, good linebackers and a fantastic line." Jaynes, who holds numerous KU passing records, lauded Nebraska rugged defensive unit.

"Their (Nebraska's) "Nebraska and Oklahoma are the two best teams in the conference," said Sayers, an assistant athletic director at Kansas. "I don't care about their loss to Missouri, they are a fine team with a great defense." Sayers had one final word before leaving the KU locker room: "I mean it when I say Nebraska is a great team, but I'll tell you this, they were damn lucky they won today. Damn lucky Sayers probably wouldn't get defense. "Golly, I'm awfully proud of the way our boys came through Against Nebraska's offense," he said. "After Nebraska scored in the first quarter our defense settled down and played tough football." Fambrough admitted Saturday's one-point loss to Nebraska was tougher to take than the one to Tennessee two-weeks ago.

"Today's loss was worse because it's to a Big Eight Conference team," he said. David Jaynes (12) enough to cause a fumble as Bob Martin (87) closes in to help. No matter what position h's in Cornhusker middle guard John Bell (66) always seems to make himself a menace to opposing quarterbacks. Here he bothers KgfieU Goal? VVJt if 1 -vi fir Huskers 9 Only Touchdown The Big Red offense found the end zone only once Saturday when Tony Davis (25) squirted through this opening for a two-yard touchdown. The six-pointer capped an 80-yard drive in the first quarter.

The Huskers made only 157 yards total rushing offense. Injuries have plagued Terry Luck (11) since his arrival on the Nebraska campus. Saturday was a lucky day for the North Carolina native because he had his first chance to see varsity action, as the holder for Rich Sanger (43) placements. He's all concentration as Sanger boots through the winning field goal. Photos By Hob Gorham llarald Dreimanis Handy Hampton Frank Varga Web Ray Willis Van Sickle Booing Bothers NU Players I f.Ajmm Continued From Paee 1C I ii of ill' WV 4 tJL If it- i if siiii -n Husker linebacker Bob Nelson stepped in front of a Jaynes' pass at the Kansas 29 and returned it to the 16.

Asked if he had any thoughts of running the pirated pass in for a touchdown, Nelson grinned and responded, "I just had visions of trying to catch it when I saw it coming, not of going all the way with it." The Huskers, nowever, could get only to the KU 11 and Sanger came in to boot the winning three-pointer. With the way his defense was playing, Osborne said he felt the 10-9 lead would stand up if the Huskers didn't get careless and his decision to turn ultra-conservative in the final 12 minutes may have brought on some of the booing. "In the fourth quarter, with a one-point lead and the way our defense was playing, I felt we could win with that," he pointed out. The Husker Black Shirts must now switch from preparing for a passing team to getting ready for an Oklahoma State team that is averaging 15.8 completions per contest and 193 yards per game, including a 394-yard effort two weeks ago in a 28-27 loss to Tennessee. "Teams have tried to defense Jaynes both by rushing him and by dropping a lot of people off for coverage," Borg explained, "But no one really seemed to have much success concentrating on doing one or the other.

"We tried to mix ours up." Bell added that the Husker pass rush always involved himself and tackles John Dutton and Ron Pruitt or John Lee. "But sometimes we'd rush more and sometimes we'd drop more people back. "Our secondary (Borg, Zaven Yaralian, Mark Heydorff and Bob Thornton) did a great job of covering Jaynes' receivers and that gave us more time to get to him." It was that pass coverage that set up Sanger's winning field goal. With the Huskers trailing by 9-7 on Swift's 26-yard field goal with 1:03 left in the first half and a KU touchdown with 2:05 left in "The game was closer than I thought it would be," he said. "I don't understand why our olfense is not moving the ball." Quarterback Steve Runty also agreed, noting.

"We've definitely got some problems on offense. But we're just going to have to go to work and find out what's wrong and get ready for next week (at Oklahoma State)." Of the fans' booing, Osborne allowed, "They have the right to boo. We apparently have lost some fans in the past week, but I guess if they want to boo, that's their privilege. "But I've" never heard a Nebraska team booed before." Like Osborne, Randy Borg, who played a key role in shutting off KU quarterback David Jaynes' passing, agreed, "They (the fans) pay their money and they can do what they want," but he also expressed some disappointment, adding, "After so many years that we've given them winning football, I can't understand why they'd do what they did." Borg and his Black Shirt mates shut Jaynes' passing down like it's never been shut down before, holding him to only 10 completions for 90 yards. mtrS Fumble I s.

r- i basically a running team from the third quarter, a score that the wishbone next Saturday at was set up when Beatrice native Stillwater, Okla. Mke Saathoff recovered Borg's The Cowboys dropped a 13-9 fumble of a punt at the NU 18 decision to Missouri Saturday in Maury Damkroger (46) picked up several yards on this running attempt but failed to hang on to the football. Kansas recovered the fumble and, with one minute left in the first half, turned it into a field goal that closed the Husker margin to 7-3. Goal posts can be used for more than just field goals and extra points. An unidentified Nebraska gymnast shows that not all the action was oq the field.

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