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O'Gorman races past Westpage D2 BColorado shades Texaspage D3 BWayne State frolics, 40-1 7page D6 The Sioux City Journal Sunday, Oct. 2, 1994page D1 rring raiiiiy 5 Wyoming proves to be stubborn foe Berringer in hospital LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -Brook Berringer, who replaced ailing Tommie Frazier as Nebraska's starting quarterback, was hospitalized Saturday night with a partially collapsed left lung. Berringer, injured during No. 2 Nebraska's 42-32 victory over Wyoming, was in good condition, said Mary Mattox, nursing supervisor at Bryan Hospital.

The injury did not appear serious and it looks like Berringer will be able to play next week, Coach Tom Osborne said. "He's just being kept overnight as a precaution," Nebraska sports information director Chris Anderson said. LINCOLN (AP) Coach Tom Osborne didn't give No. 2 Nebraska or its coaching staff high grades after the Cornhuskers struggled to a 42-32 victory over Wyoming on Saturday. Lawrence Phillips and backup quarterback Brook Berringer each scored three touchdowns to rally the Cornhuskers from a 21-7 deficit in the first half Saturday.

"I don't think we played terrible football today, but we can do better than that," Osborne said. "If we don't play better, we're going to have a hard time from here on out." Osborne took much of the blame for that. "I didn't get things in sync very well," he said. "You've got to get a rhythm going and anticipate what they're going to do. And I didn't do it." Despite the sputtering start, Osborne had praise for his backup quarterback, who made the first start his career in place of Tommie Frazier, out at least two weeks because of a blood clot in his right leg.

"Brook was great today," Osborne said. "A lot of times, if you're taking over and things aren't going too well, you get a little jittery or panicky. He never did." "I think the Nebraska team probably had to deal with a tremendous amount of distractions this week with the Frazier situation," Wyoming Coach Joe Tiller said. "And to our credit, we came down and executed well. We had some success, and to their credit, they adjusted to it." Berringer scored on runs of 5, 24 and 10 yards and the Cornhuskers (5-0) needed each one to get by Wyoming (2-3).

He rushed 12 times for 74 yards and hit 15-of-22 passes for 131 yards. Redshirt freshman quarterback Jeremy Dombek, making his first start for Wyoming, threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Harris on the Cowboys' second possession, then found Jeremy Gilstrap from 6 fe 1 I IJt IfiMf', against Wyoming Saturday in Lincoln. Nebraska outscored the Cowboys, 42-32. (AP Photo) Nebraska's Lawrence Phillips (1) leaps over the pile to score the Huskers' first touchdown yards out with 25 seconds left in the first quarter. Nebraska, using a conservative game plan without Frazier, managed only 58 yards in the first quarter and didn't get on the scoreboard until Phillips vaulted in from 1 yard out with 5:25 remaining in the half.

And Nebraska didn't put the game away until Phillips' 8-yard run following a Wyoming turnover in the fourth period. "The turnovers really hurt us," Tiller "said. "We matched them on turnovers in the first half. When we turned it over, they scored and when they turned it over, we scored. In the second half we weren't able to match them on turnovers." Phillips ended with 27 carries and 168 yards in a one-sided duel with Cowboys back Ryan Christopherson.

Phillips is third nationally in rushing at 154 yards a game, Christopherson fifth at 152. Christopherson was held to zero net yards in 12 carries. Wyoming picked up another score when Lee Vaughn intercepted Berringer' pass at the Nebraska 22 to set up Terry Hendricks' 1-yard sweep for a 21-7 Cowboys lead with 2:12 left in the half. The, Huskers, who ended with 322 yards rushing and 453 total, put together another scoring drive before intermission, however, with Berringer hitting seven straight passes, SEE PHILLIPS continued on page D2 Oklahoma whacks Cyclones NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma's return to the wishbone Saturday turned out to be mostly cosmetic.

The No. 21 Sooners, who had seen their ground performance struggle in their first three games, ran for a season-high 334 yards in a 34-6 victory over Iowa State in the Big Eight opener for both. But Oklahoma (3-1) only used the 'bone 22 times and passed the ball five of those times. They gained 93 yards on the 17 runs, and the only touchdown out of the formation was a 3-yard run by James Allen in the second quarter. That was about what Coach Gary Gibbs expected.

He had said the Sooners would use three backs more often, but also vowed that there wasn't about to be a return to the days when Oklahoma ran it all the time. "We rushed the football much better than we had in our first three ball games," Gibbs said. "It will give us an opportunity to do a variety of things," he said of the wishbone. "It's a formation that will help us along with the rest of the formations we'll use throughout the course of this season. Allen ran for 111 yards and scored twice.

A three-touchdown second quarter was too much to overcome socles naside 1 7 iy Jrxi Conference Overall North Dakota State 3 0 0 4 0 0 Northern Colorado 3 0 0 4 1 0 South Dakota State 2 10 4 10 Augustana 2 10 3 10 St. Cloud State 2 .1 0 3 10 North Dakota 1 2 0 2 2 0 South Dakota 1 2 0 3 2 0 Mankato State 1 2 0 2 3 0 Morningside 0 3 0 1 4 0 Nebraska-Omaha 0 3 0 0 5 0 Chiefs employ 4 quarterbacks BROOKINGS, S.D. Sophomore quarterback Bill Perron completed 17 of 29 passes for 229 yards Saturday as South Dakota State stormed to a 56-17 North Central Conference football win over Morn-ingside. Playing before a Hobo Day crowd of ,10,327, the Jackrabbits scored four touchdowns in each half and punted only twice, improving their record to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in NCC play. Despite gaining early leads of 7-0 and 10-7, Morningside sustained its third consecutive loss, tumbling to 1-4 for all games and 0-3 in conference action.

Perron, who has divided the quarterback duties almost evenly with junior Brook Parent, went nearly all the way as South Dakota State, manufactured six touchdown drives ranging from 58 to 75 yards. The Jacks also punched into a pair of close-range opportunities, both in the second half after taking a 28-10 lead into intermission. The contest saw Morningside resort to four different quarterbacks as senior starter Brian Romero sustained a knee injury on the Chiefs' first series and junior Brian Keating, last year's starter, proved ineffective in his stead. That pressed true freshman Kent Ackmann into service early in the second quarter and he took over until redshirt freshman Vince Mathis came off the bench for the fourth quarter. game in Iowa City.

Looking on is Iowa's George Bennett (49). (AP Photo) Michigan's Tyrone Wheatley (6) is tackled by Iowa's Bobby Diaco (45) during Saturday's Parent, the usual starter, completed his only pass of the day for nine yards as SDSU went 18-for-21 through the air for 238 yards. The Jacks cranked up their running game, meanwhile, for a season-high 224 yards on 42 attempts. Scott Sievers (4, 13), Travis Mercer (2, 13) and Paul Klinger (6, 3) each ran for two SDSU touchdowns, while tight end Jake Hines did the rest with a pair of scoring receptions from Perron measuring eight and 15 yards. Pinned down at its 10-yard line after a penalty and a quarterback sack, Morningside got out of early trouble as freshman halfback Joel Rogers bolted 40 yards on the game's second official play from scrimmage.

Four plays later, David Fielder's punt was bobbled at the SDSU 16-yard line by the Jacks' Matt Beier and the recovery by Morningside's Mike Mollet helped the Chiefs gain the early lead. SEE KRAMER continued on page D5 Hawkeyes can't hold early lead; Michigan zips, 29-14 eccnAirc Bucs outlast Muskies in overtime duel, 4-3 But two illegal procedure penalties contlnued on page D2 stymied the Hawkeyes and Tony 8 Henderson blocked Brion Hurley's 40-yard field goal attempt. Michigan Oklahoma 34, Iowa State 6 then drove 77 yards in 11 plays to the Iowa 0 0 0 r- game-clinching touchdown, a 12- oki.hom 20 7 7 -34 yard run by Wheatley with 6:56 left. ISU: Branch so pass from St. clmk blocked) "It IS real difficult for the Coaching Staff when our kids play SO Okla: Moore 2 run (kick failed) hard and we still end up on the short end," Iowa coach Hayden Fry said, owa: mcqm 1 run (Bianton kick) "I have never had a team play harder.

It's just inexperience and in- kjmmBtsaaaa wjaamaq juries." Wheatley carried eight times for JJ 50 yards on the decisive drive and Passing yards 72 126 had runs of 19 and 22 yards to help Michigan run out the final 2:48 of U'll the game. He ran 35 times in all and Fumbies-iost 3-0 looked much more sure of himself Ptis-yardi 4-so a na than the previous week, when he lT 'I'VwufuMB gained only 50 yards in 17 carries l0L. Branch 11. Va. Qu A couple ot plays early, I don e-42, Knon e-23.

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"1 also think we might have s-11. Comer 1-7, worn 'em down later." PASSING Iowa St. Clair 7-14-0-72, Duncan Wheatley scored on a 2-yard run o-o-o. Oklahoma, McGee 11.13.1-126, Brown o- to cap a 76-yard, 14-play drive that receiving-Iowa Davit 3-a. Branch 1-50, Williamt Ml, Horacek 1-8, Knott 1 -(minus 3).

nATrucn Oklahoma, Hall 4-57, Penny 1-31, Alexander 1-20. SttCAItntU Mwn ,.6 Brown Mi Mi McOamel 1-3, continued on page D2 Frazier i-(mmut 1). in the game, things just start coming back to me." Michigan, which lost to Colorado on a 64-yard touchdown pass on the last play of the game, trailed Iowa 7-3 after the Hawkeyes' Ryan Driscoll scored on a 1-yard run with 12:23 left in the second quarter. But Iowa (2-3, 0-2) didn't make another first down until the 2:23 mark in the third quarter and by then, Michigan was in control. The Wolverines scored 10 points in the final 2 minutes of the first half to go up 13-7 and led 22-7 before Iowa's offense regrouped.

"I'm really proud of our kids. This is a tough place to play," Michigan Coach Gary Moeller said. "Was it tough today because of last week? No. It was tough because (Iowa) really put a ballgame together." Iowa kept it interesting despite using a revamped defense brought on by injuries. Driscoll's 11-yard touchdown pass to Scott Slutzker on fourth down pulled the Hawkeyes to 22-14 with 14:11 remaining, and they got the ball right back when Michigan's Seth Smith fumbled the ensuing kickoff, Pat Boone recovering at the Wolverines' 29.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Any lingering doubts from Michigan's shocking loss to Colorado were erased in the Wolverines' Big Ten opener. Tyrone Wheatley saw to that. Wheatley got untracked after a slow start and so did the seventh-ranked Wolverines, who also got three field goals from Remy Hamilton and beat Iowa 29-14 Saturday for their 13th straight victory in a conference opener. Starting for the first time this season, Wheatley ran for 182 yards and two touchdowns and seemed to get stronger as the game wore on. After getting just 51 yards in 16 first-half carries, Wheatley helped Michigan (3-1) dominate the second half and scored the game-clinching touchdown midway through the fourth quarter.

"I wouldn't say I got stronger, just more loosened up," said Wheatley, who separated his right shoulder in preseason practice and played for the first time in a 27-26 loss to Colorado a week ago. "I'm not trying to create," he said. "I just went in and ran. As I get poll to win the 1994-95 USHL title, while Sioux City was ticketed for 10th in the 11 -team league. Last year, the Musketeers lost their opening game of the season at Thunder Bay in overtime by an identical 4-3 count.

The next night, though, Sioux City won 4-3, taking the measure of the Flyers in Thunder Bay for the first time since Jan. 27, 1990. "It's very disappointing to lose," said Lohrei of the overtime setback Saturday. "We can't accept DES MOINES Dejavu. The Sioux City Musketeers, who weren't supposed to dent the point standings during the opening weekend of the 1993-94 United States Hockey League season and did repeated the performance Saturday night.

Coach David Lohrei's Musketeers kicked off the 1994-95 season with a 4-3 loss to highly-touted Des Moines, but all was not lost because Lohrei's skaters earned a precious standings point by losing in overtime. Des Moines was picked by the league's coaches in a pre-seasoni SEE SILVERMAN continued on page D7 DEAN'S GOLF FACTORY'S BIG REMODELING SALE IN LEMARS mcc A Ll Cilnr CHQ95 OtvCf. flnclr C11Q95 Ctiirlnnt. 15 Central AV. N.W.

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