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Oct. 14, 1973, Lincoln, Sunday Journal and Star 3fJ Old Devaney Speech Applies to Present NU Situation Huskers Must Now Bounce Back Big Eight four plays in one minute and one second. Humm pitched 31 yards to Ritch Bahe, then hit Larry Mushinskie with a 20-yarder and completed the comeback drive with a 22-yarder to Bahe, setting up a win or tie decision with only one minute left in the game. Osborne chose to go for the win, but Humm's two-point conversion try, a pass to Tony Davis, was Intercepted by Tony Gillick. Missouri fans began celebrating, remembering the Huskers had beaten their Tigers, 36-0 and 62-0 in the last two games.

The biggest burden of guilt unfortunately falls on the shoulders of Borg, who, along with his fellow Black Shirts, played a superb game. Five times in the first half, Missouri started drives at mid-field or in Husker territory and the NU Black Shirts defensive plays later the Tigers were back on their own 45. Then after another Sanger field goal, this one from 29 yards with IS seconds left in the opening quarter, the Huskers avoided Moseley with an onslde kick and Missouri started at the NU48. Borg ended that threat by intercepting a Cherry pass at the NU40. Borg's mistake was the most obvious to the Faurot Field record crowd of 68,170 as he stood under Jim Goble's punt at the NU 10 with 2:36 to play and the score tied at 6-6.

Missouri's Greg Hill had matched Sanger's two first quarter field goals with two of his own in the second period, from 35 to 31 yards away. But other key Husker mistakes also made a difference in this close game. There was the missed block permitting Missouri's. Herris Butler- to block a Sanger field goal attempt from the 8 yard line with 4:14 left in the third quarter. And there was Sanger's field goal try from the 24 that was wide to the left with 6:58 left in the game.

Success on either field goal try would have removed some of the tears from. Borg's eyes. While the game was close all the way on the scoreboard, it was far from close in the statisticians booth with the Huskers owning a 21-7 edge in first downs, trailing in rushing yardage by only 152-163 and leading in passing yardage by 292 to 7 for a total offense edge of 444 yards to 170 yards. But the scoreboard is where it counts. The score read: Missouri 13, Nebraska 12.

The Scoring Story Humm Confident On Two-Pointer STAFF PHOTO BY WEB RAY John Dutton (90) wraps up scrambling Missouri quarterback John Cherry (12) for a short gain. statistics Neb Miss First downs 21 7 Rushes-yards 47-152 53-163 Passing yards 292 7 Return yards 18 29 Passes 20-30-1 2-10-2 Punts Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1 Penalties-yards 5-35 5-32 By Hal Brown Columbia, Mo. Since turning over the Nebraska football coaching chores to Tom Osborne, Bob Devaney has made a conscious effort to avoid any interference with the Osborne program. But after Saturday's 13-12 heartbreaking loss to Missouri here Saturday, the former Husker master might provide a needed service by going to his scrapbook and finding a Clipping of the speech he gave his Husker team that bowed 17-7 here in 1969. The essence of that speech in the sad and subdued NU dressing room four years ago was, "You're not dead until they bury you." Those words so sparked the 1969 Huskers that they didn't lose again until the 1972 opener with UCLA a 32 games without another loss.

The situation now facing the Huskers, who went into Saturday's game with the No. 2 team in the country, is almost identical to that 1969 season. For the Huskers to gain a share of the Big Eight title, they must win the next six and someone must beat Missouri. In 1969, the Huskers did win the next six and someone did beat Missouri Colorado and the Huskers and Tigers tied for the league championship. But Saturday's was an even tougher loss for Nebraska since the Huskers outplayed the Tigers in virtually every category and Missouri never came close to threatening the Husker end zone until the fumble recovery at the NU 4.

Even after the Tigers drove in the ball on the next two plays to go ahead 13-6 with 2:01 to play, the Huskers rallied on the passing arm of Humm, who took his team 72 yards in Big 8 Standings Conference All Games WLT Mo 1 0 0 5 0 0 Kan 1 0 0 4 1 0 Colo 1 0 0 4 1 0 Okla 0 0 0 3 0 1 Okla. St. 0 0 0 3 1 0 Nebr 0 10 4 10 Kan. St. 0 1 0 3 2 0 la.

St. ...0 1 0 2 2 0 Lincoln Netters Deadlock NU-MU How Scored Time Left FIRST QUARTER 3-0 Sanger, 42 field goal 6:23 Drive started when Tom Ruud stopped Missouri's Tommy Reamon on fourth and one at NU e8. Nebraska drove to Missouri 18 and Ritch Bahe gained 10 yards for apparent first down at the eight, but illegal procedure penalty, moved ball back to 23 and Huskers had to settle for field goal. 6-0 Sanger, 19 field goal 0: 15 Huskers drove from their own 22 to Missouri 13 before being stopped, big plays being back-to-back passes of 15 and 17 yards from David Humm to Brent Longwell that moved NU from its own 3e to Missouri 35. SECOND QUARTER 6-3 Hill, 35 field goal 8:11 Missouri started drive after stopping Huskers on fourth and four at MU 29.

Missouri stayed on the ground all the way except for incomplete halfback pass by Reamon that was incomplete on third and nine from NU 17 on play preceding field goal. 6-6 Hill, 31 field goal 0:29 Field goal set up by fumble on handoff mixup between Humm and Dahe, Missouri's Butler recovering at NU 24. FOURTH QUARTER 6-13 Mulkey, 1 run 2:01 Score set up by Borg's fumble of Missouri punt with Anderson recovering at NU four, Hill kicked PAT. 12-13 Bahe, 22 pass from Humm 1:00 72 yards in four plays, Humm passing 31 to Bahe, 20 to Mushinskie on first two plays and after Davis lost one yard, Humm threw TD pass to Bahe. Two-point conversion pass from Humm intended for Davis ihtercepted by Gillick.

Nebraska 6 0 0 6-12 Missouri 0 6 0 7-13 iNcmbUAL Missouri Offense Rushing No. Yds. Avt. Cherry 20 70 3.5 Bybee 1 4 4.0 Mulkey 7 13 1.9 Reamon 69 3.3 Moss 3 5 1.7 Musa 1 2 2.0 Passing No. Com.

Yds. Pt. Cherry 9 2 7 2 Reamon 1 0 0 0 Pass Receiving No. Yds. Ziegler 4 Reamon 1 3 Punting No.

Yds. Ave. Goble 8 296 9.0 Pass Interceptions No. Yds. Moseley 1 16 Punt Returns No.

Yds. Moseley 2 13 Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Moseley 2 91 Defense Linemen UT AT TT Vanarsdall 2 8 10 Johnson 3 11 14 Butler 3 2 5 Schreiber 2 3 5 Johnston 1 2 3 McRoberts 2 2 4 Anderson 1 0 1 Linebackers Willard Nebraska Offense Rushing No. Yds.

Ave. Davis 27 109 4.8 Powell 1 6 6.0 Bahe 3 10 3.3 Humm 6 6 1.0 Runty 2 4 2.0 O'Leary 4 22 5.5 Passing No. Com. Yds. Pt.

Humm 29 20 292 1 Bahe 1 0 0 0 Pass Receiving No. Yds. Mushinskie 1 20 Anderson 1 9 Longwell 3 34 Damkroger 2 13 Davis ...4 36 Shar.blin ......4 84 Bahe 5 96 Punting No. Yds. Ave.

Sanger 5 182 36.4 Pass Interceptions No. Yds. Borg 2 25 Punt Returns No. Yds. Borg 4 -7 Kickoff Returns No.

Yds. Bahe 2 37 O'Leary 1 13 Defense Linemen UT AT Martin 2 7 Pruitt 3 6 Dutton 4 4 Manstedt 0 6 Bell "...5 1 W. Thornton 1 1 Crenshaw 0 1 Lee 1 0 Linebackers Nelson 1 8 Ruud 2 6 Backs Farallan 4 1 Heydortf 2 5 B. Thornton 2 3 Borg 1 1 Johnson 1 0 O'Halleran 1 0 Sure Start unit kept them out of the end zone. And Borg was instrumental in stopping two of those drives, intercepting a John Cherry pass at the NU 5-yard line after John Moseley had returned the Huskers' opening kickoff to the Missouri 49.

Missouri started its next drive at the NU 48, but Tom Ruud was the Husker hero this time, stopping Tommy Reamon on a fourth and one play at the NU 39. After Rich Sanger's 42-yard field goal gave Nebraska a 3-0 lead with 6:23 left in the first quarter, Moseley returned the kickoff to the NU 43, But four but when I covered the ball to start running, it slipped right on through. I was so anxious to get the offense good field position I started running too soon and probably bumped my elbow with a knee," Nebraska's passing attack was hurt early in the game when leading receiver Frosty Anderson dislocated his right shoulder following his first reception. "It was sure a helpless feeling watching from the sidelines in my street clothes," Anderson said with his arm in a sling. "It was a good clean shot that hurt mc.

They tell me I should be okay in two or three weeks, but never having been hurt before, I have no idea." Sanger, who staked the Huskers to a 6-0 lead with two long field goals in the first quarter, didn't want to talk about his later troubles. "No comment," he barked. Then he admitted he didn't know what happened on the short attempt that was blocked and added, "I was just way off missed the other one a mile." Hunuii, the holder, said the missed attempt floated "three or four yards wide." Osborne's career continued to parallel the first year of Bob Devaney. Both had trailed North Carolina State, which had tallied the same number of points through three quarters, only to stage a rally to win. Devaney 's first loss also came against Missouri.

"We did a few funny things that day too," Devaney remembers. "But there are damn few teams who can go through a season without losing a game. We bounced back to finish with a 9-2 record that year. And our first game on the road back was a 40-16 win over Kansas when they had Gale Sayers and that fine team." Kansas, now 4-1 like the Huskers after beating K-State 25-17 Saturday, is next on Nebraska's schedule. It will be homecoming in Lincoln.

"Now we'll see if we can bounce back," Osborne said. "We set winning the Big Eight title as our goal this year. I think we still can. I just hope the players do, too, and that they'll come roaring back from this disappointment." FREE ESTIMATES Wliithtr Wl Ol ThiWork or Not! Ph. 475-7626 HTTP Battery Sale LSE Harriers Cop T-N Team Scoring Southeast 67 North Platte Hastings 85 Lincoln High 105 Grand Island 88 Northeast 108 East 93 Grand Island Lincoln Southeast captured its first Trans-Nebraska Cross Country title since 1965 in dethroning defending champion Lincoln High School here Saturday.

Competing in ideal conditions over the flat 2.5 mile American Legion Golf Club course the Knights showed over-all balance as their runners placed 6, 9, ll, 15, and 26, with Hastings finishing second. A pair of North Tlatle runners swept the first two spots in the seven-team meet, with Lincoln High's Dan Oberheu fourth-place finish the best showing by a Lincoln runner. Individual Results I. Joe Martens, NP, 13. 14; 2.

Dale Johnson, NP, 13 27; 3. Mark Aphel, Gl, 13 29; 4 Dan Oberheu, LHS, 13 33; S. John Slat-ford, LHS, 13.34; 6. John McCracken, LSE, 13 43, 7. Doua Carver, 8.

Scott Resi, LNE, 13-46; 9 Tom McNaught, LSE, 13.52; 10 H. WisKer, Hastings, 13 54, 11. B. Fausch, LSE, 13 55; 12. Bottollson, Hastings, 13 56; 13 K.

Cole, Gl, 14 00; 14 Engelhart, Hastings, 14 15. D. Ruthsatz, LSE, 14 09, 16 B. Thompson, LNE, 17. Sheddon, 14 11; 18.

S. Moser, Gl, 14 II; 19. K. Barth, 20. M.

Hammer, 14: 14. FC Sacred Heart- 28, Nemaha Valley 8 Nemaha Valley 0 0 8 0-8 Falls City SH 16 6 6 0-78 Nemaha Valley Wear 70-kickotf return. PAT Morris Pass from Teten. FC Sacred Heart Fleskoski 1-run; Hoy 3-run; May (2) 1, 50-runs PAT -May run; Metmer pass from Fleskoski. Weeping Water 34, Bennington 0 Weeping Water 14 6 14 0-34 Bennington 0 0 0 00 Weeping Water Sorensen (2), 20-run, 55 pass from Wiles; Wollen (2), 70-run, 4-run; Wiles, 3-run; PAT Wollen run, Wilei run.

Newcastle 19, Allen 7 Newcastle 6 6 0 7-19 Allen 0 0 0 7- 7 Newcastle Miller, l-run; Nelson, 45-runj. PAT Miller kick. Allen Vunmmden, S-run; PAT Boak kick. String Broken Nebraska's soccer team broke Concordia's 12-game unbeaten streak Saturday with a 3-1 win. iVbraskas record is now 5-2-1, while Concordia's is 6-1-1.

Reserve Football Lincoln East 48, LHS 8 East 14 7J1 6-48 LHS 0 0 0 8-8 East Wilkerson 13) 47, 14, 7 runt; Haberman, i run; Moreiand, 3 run, Hayes, 5 run; Ahlquitt, 22 pass from Waters; PAT; Waters run, Wilkerson kick (4). LHS Kumato, 4 run; PAT; Wurster, pass from Kumato. om Summaries WITH THIS I ifotimo fi larantoorl Rotfoni Continued From Page 1C Humm figured he had the crucial two-pointer completed. "Tony had his man beaten and there was a little opening," the Las Vegas lefthander remembers, "but just as I let it go I saw those big arms go up in the air (McRoberts) and the ball got tipped." Though attention was focused on the fumbled punt and the missed two-point conversion, Nebraska muffed three excellent scoring chances earlier. One came at the outset of the second quarter when the Huskers lost the ball on downs at the Mizzou 29.

Another was in the third period when Nebraska reached the Missouri two, after driving from its own 34, yet failed to put any points on the board when a Sanger field goabtry was blocked by Tiger middle guard Herris Butler. Early in the final frame the Big Red powered to the Missouri 26, but Davis fumbled. Then, moments later, the Huskers gained the Tiger 17, but Sanger was wide with still another field goal Add to those miscues another Nebraska fumble which set up Hill's seemed field goal and a pass interception which stopped another Husker drive. Then there were five penalties which kept the Big Red offense in the hole. "The blocked field goal and the fumbled punt were big factors," Osborne admitted, "but we had other chances and didn't get the job done.

Missouri has a fine team and deserved to win. "There are going to be games when a lot of bad things happen. You've just got to try to play your way through the breaks and we didn't." Osborne said he didn't want all the blame to rest on Borg's shoulders. "He's played very well for us and had some great punt returns. He must have taken his eye off the ball to see where he was going to run." Borg remembered seeing the ball all the way into his arms, but started running before he had a good grip on the pigskin.

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Southeast swept both the number one and two singles titles as well as the number two doubles en route to 14 team points, while Lincoln High captured the number one doubles and was second in the other three events as the two teams continued their year-long struggle. The Knights' Dan Weaver and Randy Johnson copped the singles title, while Bob Heins and Mark Kramer combined in the number two doubles. The Links' Gerd Anderson and Mark Meyer fought their way to the number one doubles crown. Team Results LSE 14, LHS 14, East 8, LNE 0 Individual Results N. 1 Singles Bete Allman, East Over Mike Schmidt, NE, 6 0, 6 Dan Weaver, SE over Larry Rugg, LHS, 6-4, 7-5; Rugg over Schmidt, 6 2.

60, Weaver over Allman, 6-2, 6-2; Weaver over Schmidt, 6-I, 61; Rugg over Allman, 6-0, 6-1. No. 2 Singles Randy Johnson, SE over Rich Barclay, NE, 60, 6-0, Eric Shanks, LHS over Ron Peterson, East, 6-4. 3-6, 7-6, Peterson over Barclay, 4-3, 4-1; Johnson Over Shanks, 41, 6 Shanks over Barclay, 61, 60; Johnson over Peterson, 6 0, 6-4. No.

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