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in Ji 43-12 as Mildren Outdoes Pruitt By Maury White (Sunday Register Staff Writer) NORMAN, OKLA. One of the jokes hereabouts as the first six victories was that the defense might not be invited to a bowl. "We're gonna take you ai rushing star Greg Pruitt promised the Sooner defenders Saturday, shortly after the nation's No. 2 football team used Jack Mildren's passing and rushing more than usual in a 43-12 conquest of Iowa State. Why not? Oklahoma's de fense, coordinated by former Cyclone aide Larry Lacewell, held the Cyclones to three first downs in the second half, at a time when Sooner mistakes could have reopened the Big Eight battle.

"Our defense played well enough to hold them under 40 but our offense let us down in the second half," sighed Cyclone Coach John Majors, whose team is now 5-2 for the season and 2-2 in Big Eight play. The Sooners, now 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the conference, showed remarkable speed, considerable poise and good ability to adjust against a Cyclone first-half defense designed to force the pass and inside running game. Aided by an intercepted pass and a recovered fumble. Okla ISU's way, the Cyclones couldn't batter down Oklahoma defenses. Spotting the Sooner powerhouse a 17-0 lead is a poor way to start the day.

When an offense has everything, as does Oklahoma's, the opposing defense must gamble. The Cyclones, by bringing up halfbacks in a hurry, didn't let Pruitt Co. sweep wide. Oh, how quarterback Mildren made hay. The senior, sometimes criticized as being a so-so passer, hit seven of 12 tosses for 175 yards and two touchdowns, and cut inside the spread defenses on the keeper for 148 yards and two touchdowns.

This blast of 323 yards of to- CYCLONES Please turn to Page Five Statistics homa scored 17 points in the Iowa Statt eW. First downs Hushing yardage Passing yardaqe Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost 13 32 33-99 1T4 130 11-322 7-37 3 14-504 W5 36 7-13-0 1-4 7 7S Season Records IOWA STATE I OKLAHOMA' 24 44 Idaho 7 30 N. Mex 20 55 SMU 0 Pitt use Texas Colorado Kansas St. Iowa St. Missouri 2 ..20 ,..27 17 .21 Yard penalized 39 17 14 24 40 12 N.t Kent St.

14 33 Srnpiun Colorado Kansas St. Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska Missouri 24'4 .0 5 24. 75 43141 Iowa Stat 4 0 4 It Oklahoma 17 12 7 741 OU Mildren 1 run (kick failed) OU FG Carroll 22 OU Harrison 41 past from AAildrtn (Mildren run) ISU Carlson 1 run (run failed) OU Pruitt 2 run (kick failed) OU Chandler 27 pass from Mildren (run failed) OU Bell 2 run (Carroll kick) ISU Jones 95 kickoff return (run failed) OU Mildren 9 run (Carroll kick) N.t N.13 N.20 N.27 N.13 Kansas N.2S Neb. 0.4 Okla St. Okla.

St. San Dieqo undefeated Oklahoma's Wish- bone-T offense racked up staggering amounts of yardage in first 9 minutes. Early in the second half, when breaks came IS o)f 1 v. section (g) M3iiitef Sunhay ito flKBBOT; Copyright, 1971, Oes Moines Register and Tribune Company Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday Morning, October 31, 1971 Touchdown With 30 Seconds to Go Snaps 7-Game Losing Streak, 20-16 Ml rn Ui 1 If -y III li rr fRV vl -a) try or- If I v- btJ: 1 3 I I REGISTER PHOTO BY BOB MODERSOHN Elated after seven losing Saturdays, Iowa Coach Frank Lauterbur rides high toward locker room on shoulders of jubilant Hawkey es consin's ends all day, so we tried a slant up the middle. It Statistics Penney, who has started most of the Hawkeyes' games at fullback but was hampered First downs Season Records Rushes-yards Passino yardaqe Return yardage Passes Wisconsin Id 43-265 4 10-21 0 7-36 2 117 low 11 44-11 ,70 8-14-1 "I 74 surprises: Lauterbur moved fullback Frank Holmes to halfback, switched defensive back Craig Johnson to tailback and inserted Bob Sims at fullback.

"We felt that we had to do something different this week since Penney and Levi Mitchell 31 Robert D. Ray made a speech. The Hawkeyes had just won their first game after seven futile Saturdays and the team's dressing room was absolute bedlam. "Hey, great," shouted Lauterbur, who finally coached his WISCONSIN 1 N. III.

0121 Syracusa LSU 38 1)4) Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized with a knee injury Saturday, said: "I knew I had to get over the goal line. I have enough pride to know that I can get three 'Western .24 13 spectators until the final 30 seconds. And It was Steve Penney, who carried the ball only two times Saturday, who punched the final V' yards to turn scared looks to laughs and cheers for Iowa players. "Elroy Morand called the play from the press box," explained Lauterbur, who was lugging around the game ball. "We had been sweeping Wis IOWA Ohio St 51 Oregon St.

.33 Penn. St. H.44 Purdue 45 N'western .28 Mich. St. 34 Minnesota .19 Wisconsin ...14 Michigan job done out there today, didn't they?" Governor Ray made his first appearance in the Iowa locker room and told the players the state was proud of them.

"You have battled back all season. You're a fine group of young men and I hope you get many more victories," he said. With that, one Iowa player IOWA Please turn to Page Three Penalty Sets Up Winning Score By Phil Maly (Sunday Register Staff Writer) IOWA CITY, IA. It was wild. Frank Lauterbur was pulling his already-diminishing hair, Iowa's football players were jumping up and down and Gov.

SCORINO 1 3 20 2S 11 f. N.t N.13 Wisconsin 0 8 0 814 3 7 3 720 14 Indiana 29 Mich. St. ..28 Ohio St 31 Iowa 20 Purdue III. 20 N.t i were cruised up, commented N.13 inoiana i N.20 Illinois first winner at Iowa a 20-16 Lauterbur.

"It was last Monday that we yards. Credit the linemen, Wendell Bell and Geoff Mickelson, though. They just blew Wisconsin's defense out." The game began with some I FG Kokolus 27. Sateiy: Sims recovered Sunder-man's fumble In end zore. Ferquson 4 run (pass failed).

I Triplet! 80 pass from Sunderman (Kokolus kick). I FG Kokolus 32. Ferquson 8 run (Thompson run). I Penney 3 run (Kokolus kick). A 43.155.

tried the new backfield and it thriller over Wisconsin that wasn't decided before 43,155 worked, too," he added with a wide grin. looked good. Those guys got the FT3 SREBS pass c'a(3) E3 it LTU Jl La sure they have a better defense than Oklahoma. Statistics CiMocada Nebraska Scores of ah Sports day to pick a winner and Bob Devaney preferred to think more about Iowa State. Cliff Branch, though, was willing to make a comparison Season Records JO 58-l0 144 13 12-5M 6-32 1 downs Rushes-yd'ds I y.i!-caqe Relurn yardage Passes Pun's tjmbies 'oit Yaras S5-1C5 it r.1? 15-32 3 SO I NEBRASKA 7 jamid the wreckage of a 31-7 Buff: Better Than Sooners By Ron Maly (Sunday Reader Slatf Writer) LINCOLN, NEB.

Football fans across the nation may be anxiously awaiting Nebraska's Thanksgiving Day summit mpetinir with Oklahoma, but 31 54 20 31 24 17 97 COLORADO I tSO 21134 Wyomint Ohio St. ..14 34 Kansas St. .21142 Iowa Stat ..14 34 Oklahoma ..45 15 Missouri 7 41 Nebraska ...31 31 SM.il hi A Oregon Minn. Te. ASM Utah St.

Missouri Kansas Ovia. Si. Colorado Greg Pruitt, but they've got Johnny Rodgers, Jeff Kinney and Jerry Tagge. They have better balance." Colorado lost to second-rated Oklahoma, 45-17, on Oct. 16.

Saturday's defeat was just the second in eight games for the Buffs, who survived earlier tests at Louisiana State and Ohio State. "Nebraska is a mature, stable, sound football team," said Crowder, whose team came into the game ranked No. 9 nationally. "They do everything well and I mean everything. Brute' Team "They are a team with as much over-all brilliance as I've seen in a number of years.

They're a 'brute' of a team HUSKERS Please turn to Page Six SCORING loss by his Colorado squad to Colorado Nebraska 7 1-7, .7 17 7 31 i I 7 the No. 1-ranked Cornhuskers Michigan State 43, Putiiue 10 Ohio State 14, Minnesota 12 EIGHT Kansas State 28, Missouri 12 Nebraska 31, Colorado 7 Coahoma 43, loa Slate 12 Oklahoma State 17, Kansas 10 Please turn to Page Eleven 4 Football GREATER DES MOINES Hoove 18, East 13 IndianoU at U'bandalt, rain North Texas State 21. Drake 12 Teh fa. North (V TE1. lUino'S 24, Northwestern 7 loa 20, Wisconsin lb fcl, Indiana 7 Iowa St.

Nil Okla St. 13 Kansas St N.20 Air Forca 25 Onla "I think Nebraska has about the best defense in the Big nfl wail Keb K'nrey 11 run (Sanger kick) Na Damkrooer 5 pass from Taste (Santer Kic I Col Branch 34 pass from Jonnson i Dean kick) Neb 1 run (Sanger kick) Neo FG $a9r 14 Neo Kir.ney 3 run (Santer kick) 1 "I figure they're a better team. They don't have a swift Buffalo split end. "I'm Eddie Crowder declined Satur.