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Nov. 16, 1973 DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER 3D Just ore bad marc nniM mm IU1 ffl guisss SUNDAY REGISTER PHOTOS BY JACK BRINTON flvfcFARlANP (IS) y7 Cr-V- S-y rr. i. li-J J-; ''A: CRAIG (N)j Jf "VVli1 iVrfv, P'MM 1513, VW'Vri'- STENSRUD (IS) Tsjft FERRAGAMO (N) A ANTHONY (N) CYCLONES Continued from Page One a Nebraska trip to the Orange Bowl. Some of the afternoon's biggest cheers had come in the final minutes when radio reports indicated Missouri was going to upset Oklahoma.

Even long after the game, Nebraska's players thought this had happened, but as it turned out the Oklahoma comeback for a 28-27 victory was the only thing that went wrong for the Cornhuskers all afternoon. So now they must do it themselves at Oklahoma next Saturday, if they are to get an outright Big Eight title. Clinch Tie They are sure of a tie with their 6-0 conference record in a 10-0 season that has brought them a No. 2 national ranking, but unless they win their finale it will be the Sooners (9-1) who earn the coveted Orange Bowl bid. Nebraska rolled up 567 yards in an awesome display of power and finesse, and afterward Iowa State Coach Earle Bruce summed up the Huskers in one word "Devastating." "Personally, I think they are the best-coached football team I've ever seen," said Bruce, a statement covering a California transfer, riddled the Cyclones for 163 yards through the air with seven completions in nine attempts, passing for two touchdowns and scoring one himself.

Meanwhile, a seemingly endless array of Nebraska ball carriers were running wild Monte Anthony for 80 yards, Tony Davis 60, John O'Leary for 49, Dave Gillespie for 48, and a reserve named Dodie Donnell for 37. Craig picked up 28 in his five attempts and netted another 28 with two pass catches. More Mistakes Iowa State wasted no time in making the critical mistake something that has killed the Cyclones all year. Ray Hardee fumbled the opening kickoff and Nebraska's Dave Butterfield pounced on it at the Iowa State 21-yard line. Three plays gave a portent of things to come Davis for eight yards up the middle, Anthony for five, then Craig on a wingback reverse for the score.

Iowa State is playing with a crippled lineup and there was another injury here. Starting fullback Mike Williams didn't dress because of a thigh injury, and quarterback Buddy Hardeman dislocated a thumb on his throwing hand in the second quarter. "I fell on it the wrong way when I got tackled," said Hardeman, who undoubtedly won't be able to play in Saturr day's game against Oklahoma State at Ames. "Just some more bad luck, I guess. I've had a broken wrist this year, a bad elbow, a dislocated thumb you name it and I've had it." Ineffective Offense Sophomore Mike Tryon and senior Tom Mason shared the quarterbacking the rest of the way, but the offense was ineffective against a brutal Nebraska defense that limited the Cyclones to nine first downs and 202 yards.

Nebraska's second touch Nebraska's Curtis Craig is wide open to score second touchdown of first quarter on pass from Vince Ferragamo 1 SUNDAY REGISTER PHOTO BY LARRY E. NEIBERGALL Individual Statistics RUSHING I Nebraska No. Yds. lew Stat No, Yds Anthony 16 80 77 I T. Davis i Winqender IS 60 49 A fV earv 9 5 28 Donnell 9 2 13 Craig 5 3 5 Hiqgs, 3 Pennetnn 1 37 28 11 10 Green Hardeman Mason Isler Hardee Tryon 9 I Ferraaama 2 (-1) Luck nt.

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31 23 (-2) Hardee 1 Wingender 1 Panneton Mushinskie Craig Malito Shamblin maining question was how high the score would go. "Nebraska controls the line of scrimmage both offensively and defensively they're really something," said Bruce. "And they don't make any mistakes, either, which is a very important thing in football." Two touchdowns by Gillespie and one by Anthony on short runs wrapped up the scoring in the second half, while the fans were making their short-circuited (temporarily, at least) Orange Bowl plans. Scouts from the Orange, Sugar and Cotton Bowls were on hand. Gene Autrey, vice-president of the Orange Bowl Committee, had planned to present the automatic bid to Nebraska in person if Oklahoma had lost.

Now that must wait a week. Test Next Week "We're happy to be co-champions of the Big Eight," said Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne, "but the real test is coming up at Oklahoma. We want to win that one and complete a perfect season." Is this the best Husker team Osborne has seen in his 14 years here, the last three as head coach? down, the pass to Craig, was helped along by a 15-yard pen Season's Records NEBRASKA 10 LSU 7 45 Indiana 0 56 TCU 14 31 Miami (F.) 16 16 Kansas 0 28 Okla. St. 20 63 Colorado 21 30 Missouri7 12 Kan.

St. 0 52 lowa St. 0 N. 22 Okla. A IOWA STATE 21 UCLA 37 17 Air Force 12 10 F'lda St.

6 31 Utah 3 17 Kan. St. 7 10 Kansas 21 7 Oklah'a 39 N. 1 Colorado 14 Misso'ri 44 0 Nebraska 52 N. 22 Okla.

St. H. lh -XSw 4 "4i7 i lot of territory because he saw some great ones when he was an assistant at Ohio State. "They are a very powerful, physical football team no doubt the best we've played this year. They do everything so well.

They pass well, they run well and they play great defense." Hedges on Outcome Does that mean he thinks the Huskers will win at Oklahoma? "I wouldn't say that," Bruce replied. "You never know about football." Very true, because at the time he made that remark, Bruce and everyone else fig ured Oklahoma had already lost to Missouri. Craig Sharp To make matters more embarrassing for Iowa State, which had not suffered a worse defeat than this since a 63-0 loss to Oklahoma in 1946, it was an Iowan who started Nebraska's stampede by scoring the first two touchdowns. Wingback Curtis Craig, the former all-Stater from Central Davenport, raced eight yards for the first one when the game was only a minute old, then hauled in a 10-yard pass from Vince Ferragamo to make it 14-0. "I was really up for this game," Craig said.

"I'd read where some of the Iowa State players said they thought they could beat us, but we knew they couldn't. It was a big thrill for me to get those two touchdowns." Ferragamo, the celebrated "If we beat Oklahoma then we can start making comparisons," he replied. "We've got a great football team to play next week." Wingender Tops Jim Wingender, a Nebraska native from Omaha, accounted for about one-third of Iowa State's offense with a fine effort. He netted 77 yards in 15 carries. Iowa State three times previously has lost 52-0 games to Texas Tech in 1967, Colora alty against Cyclone assistant Coach Tom Harper, who ran onto the field protesting a "I thought there was a fumble and that we had recovered the ball," said Harper about a nine-yard dash by Anthony.

"I just got excited." Ferragamo Scores Late in the first period, Fer-ragamo's 14-yard pass to Larry Mushinskie launched another scoring drive. Anthony chipped in with a 15-yard run and Ferragamo ended the march by sneaking over from the one to make it 21-0. Hardeman was injured on the next series, and soon Ferragamo was pitching a 46-yard pass to fleet Bobby Thomas, setting up a 39-yard field goal by Mike Coyle. A little later the Ferra-g a o-Thomas combination clicked for a 26-yard touchdown pass, the lead mounted to 31-0 with three minutes left in the half, and the only re- field goal by Husker's Mike Coyle, Second-ranked Nebraska jumped to 31-0 halftime lead and disposed of Cyclones, 52-0, to retain 1 Eight Conference lead. GOTCHA Iowa State's Jim Wingender (34) makes diving tackle of Nebraska's Kent Smith after Smith intercepted pass from Mike Tryon in first quarter.

Interception stopped Cyclone's only threat of first half and set up 39-yard Dorset! rushes for 303 yards do in 1956 and Oklahoma in Eight, never have much luck against Nebraska. They haven't beaten the Huskers in 15 years. They hadn't been shut out in 48 games going back to 1971, and the last opponent to do it was you guessed it, Ne- 1955. The only worse defeats were two shellackings by Statistics Oklahoma, the 63-0 game of 46 and a 55-0 loss in 1941. and threaded his way 49 yards for a touchdown.

Pitt put the game away with 9 minutes 3 seconds left to play when Cavanaugh capped an 80-yard drive with a one-yard scamper. Possible Sun Bowl foes for Pitt, which closes Us regular season this weekend against Penn State, include California, UCLA, Stanford, Kansas, Colorado and Missouri. The Cyclones, now 4-6 for Notre Dam Pin 19 50-149 50-411 IS8 94 19 84 17 32-0 S-14 I 7-41 841 2 2 4 2 7-68 -95 First downs Rushes-attempts Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost the year and 1-5 in the Big braska, 37-0. penalties just 57 seconds into the game when Cavanaugh swept three yards for a touchdown, which was set up by Dorsett's 57-yard jaunt. Dave Reeve kicked a 48-yard field goal and quarterback Rick Slager scored on a short run after a Pitt fumble to give the Irish a 10-0 lead midway through the first SCORING Pitt star stuns Irish, 34-20 PITTSBURGH, PA.

(AP) -Tony Dorsett's 303 yards rushing fired Pittsburgh to a 34-20 victory over No. 9 Notre Dame Saturday, knocking the Irish out of consideration for a major bowl. After the game, Pitt Coach SUNDAV REGISTER PHOTO BY LARRY im ill jr sn its xf3 rn o-rir Notre Dam 10 1 7 020 Pittsburgh 14 10 3 734 Pitl Cavanauoh 3 run (Long kick) ND FG Reeve 48 ND Slflsor 1 run (Reeve kick) Pitt dorsett 71 run (Long kick) ND FG Reeve 47 Pitt FG Long 42 Pitt Dorsett 71 run (Long kick) (Long kick) Pilt-FG Long 30 ND MacAlee 10 pass tro Slager (Reeve kick) Pitt Cavanaugh 1 run (Long kick) A 56,480 Johnny Majors, formerly of Iowa State, accepted a bid to quarter. Reeve and Pitt's Carson Long then exchanged field goals before Dorsett took a short toss from Cavanaugh take the 7-3 Panthers to the Dec. 6 Sun Bowl against an unnamed opponent at El Paso.

Dorsett, who rushed 23 WRESTLING times, scored first-half touch VETERANS AUDITORIUM downs on a 71-yard gallop and a 49-yard pass from Matt Cav- perb is not an adequate adjective." "This is the greatest win I've ever been a part of," he continued. "Tony's performance was the most outstanding I've ever seen in a key game." Notre Dame entered the game allowing an average of 11 points per contest. But with Dorsett rambling for 161 yards, the Panthers romped to a 24-13 halftime lead. The Irish fell behind, 7-0, DES MOINES, IOWA NOV. 19th 8 PM anaugh.

The 303 yards rushing by the junior, who carried 23 times, broke his school record Main Event THE OUTLAWS TED and JERRY OATES and was. the most ever against Notre Dame. "Man, I don't believe it myself," Dorsett shouted. "Never GEIGEL vs. PATTON in my wildest imagination did WHO OWNS THE MOST IMPORTANT HOUSE IN TOWN? You do! That's why you should ask about the new Replacement Cost Endorsement on our Home-Guard Policy.

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