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The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • 42

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7 77 I I S-eV 1 -i jCr Ncbroito Strjit I lrtl 1'' cV 1 i INI I 7 7 At fa (M 1 ii II III I I 11 1 Deportini: from his usual crash-thc-line role, Ncbrailta's Jeff Kinney angles clear for a 12-yard Jerry Tasgetcorinz pass Devaney: Tough Cornhusker Defense Choked Missouri No.9Aubum OKLA. STATE Hits Quickly i ROMPS, 34-20 21-7 TRIUMPH TO NEBRASKA mmm 9 ii- ijiji i it I vSt tv In 44-0 Rout 1 (LKMSOV. (AP -Quartrrharkral Sullivan i if ii I ncoied the firsl wi lime An-burn had the football, leading ff II- 410 ninth ranked Auburn In a of (1emnn Saturday. The rtainnmen manhed 85 in three plasi after the OS ic kofr, Sullivan iweep- ink inj; 13 yards for the touchdown. V1." a moved his team yards STILLWATKB.

OKLV CAP) in iix plays the next time, w- Optunistic Oklahoma ing from two ards out. Vhrn Sullitaa sparked a 7ft-rd drive to another touch-down, the third time Auburn had the hall. Coach Shug Jordan put in his second unit. Slate turned four Texas Chris-tian mistakes into touchdowns Saturday and iicld olf the Horned Frocs. 34 20.

The triumph lifted the Big Kicht Cowboys record to 2.1. 'uhila Tfll nt Ika The reserves had to punt ronforrWp fr ,0 3 IC0IIM9 VMrt rnj(wi I tv ft I By Jim klrr lutxlif V'H ltt 1N(Y)LN, NKB. Ncbrav-" ka's err-chnkrd off Missouri's o(fcti and jt.iincd Ihe came S.ilurd.iy for what Coach Bob Povanry irrwed suprrb job from right nff thr bat," The trrnvndmn prrformanrf Nebraska time to Rot its p'frnse oprrating ilh Van ProTiwn of Shmandnah, at the controls for a 217 triumph in a showdown between last jear'a Rig KiRhf Conference co-championi. Linebacker Jerry Miir-tauch. ked his appraisal of (he drfrnse caid, "It a pretty darned Rood tame as it ban been all year." Murtaugh said that it didn't really bother the defense when anintcrceptionof Jerry Season Records once hefore Ihev also scored.

rolling more than So ards he fore settlmi; for a .11 yard field coal by C.ardner Jett. Jordan reinserted Sullivan Follow ing a scoreless first quarter. Oklahoma Slate struck for 17 sernnd-quartrr points with the aid of a fumble recovery and a pass interception. The Cowboys scored two more touchdowns in the third period after recovering TCU fumbles. Junior quarterback Tony Pounds passed for two Okla- and his crew before the inter-; mission.

He promptly took the team 57 yards on three pass plays, scoring with a 15-yard toss to Terry Beaslee. I 4. Season Records TEXAS CHRISTIAN 1 OKLAHOWt ST. II Ul Arlina. Mim 14 Purou IS Arltam) 7.1 14 W.Moni.n 14 HouMnn It DUKE SHOCKS WEST VIRGINIA MORGANTOVVN, W.

VA. (AP) Duke's surprising Blue Devils I MISSOURI 1 14 Arkm 49 WKsour 4f) 70 Ok I SI. 34 J4 TCU VI wk FfW" II Jl Cl. in Army (I 70 .11 Minnevrl 10 Jl 71 Miyiow It AtW(N) 0 Nfhravil M) II Air Fo.rt 40 Ovia M. 0)1 RavlorlH .1 Tka ik 7 tvM.

17 Wntr. I 14 TpvattfHJ IN 14 folnraliMl 6 C'f UlOlH) 71 mtr li Iowa si H) I So M.lho'UlM) Oklahonai ran. si (hi 0 Jl nlorartrt SI 7 Iowa SI. K) 14 Knva. ll OklariomalM) shut off West Virginia's football 71 runlkAs SI.

14 lrw 31 KantaslH) PfcGISTC THOTO HENRY iARNETT scoring machine here Saturday hnma S(, lnllrhdnwns ran ann iipsev ine cievenm-ramsea Missouri speedster Mel Gray dodges Dave Morock on 17-yard pass and run louch- Mountaineers, 21 13. Duke quarterback Lee Hart, down that enabled Missouri to! the Cornhuskers moved to the tie at 7-7 on the first play of the all the sixteenth ranked Tigers 'throw and we knew if we could really got momentum a 41-were to get nff Murtaugh and get the ball for our offense yard romp by Joe Orduna up his defensive teammates. they'd put some points on the, the middle to the Missouri 15. Missouri 12. Then TaRge threw second quarter the nation's leading passer, turned to his running backs throughout the afternoon's intermittent rains.

time II was derided to "try to quit doing some of the things we were like throwing too much. "We wanted to develop a bet fill fiinniriiY rtimA HntQiiCA VflC. Maybe the offense sputtered (bis firsl and il for the touchdown The Nebraska defense set the board. Brownson, who said the un- was good but it was terrific," he said I 1 1 A. it It was Duke's third victory in "You can't complain about that letdown and it just made us go "That Missouri touchdown annui we qua gave us something more to ck job is if "somebody stum-shoot for." the her 'rhanpo nisi fo he fair." moved i i in ii i il tan ic lino n.

i souri was coming at us real lvf hlle West lost its first since game mid- for another. He completed of 30 passes for 199 yards. Cowboy split end Hermann Eben caught five passes for 68 yards, breaking a 2Uearold school record for career receiving yardage set by Neill Armstrong. Texas Christian had il; individual standouts, too, beaded by sophomore defensive! back Danny Colbert and sophomore defensive tackle Ken Stcfl. Colbert intercepted ore pass and returned a punt 8f yards for a touchdown in lhj fourth quarter.

Steel blocked one pun) to set up the Frogs' first touchdown, bad against our pass attack. in a yard for the score early Nebraska ended up with 217 tempo of how it was going to perform at the very start. Johnny Rodgcrs, who later was to streak 46 yards for the final Nebraska touchdown on a punt return, fumbled after returning the opening kickoff and Jack Bastable recovered at the Nebraska 23. Missouri came up with an eight-man line after that, inviting the pass, hut Nebraska couldn't take advantage of it. But Missouri, which had been denied any points by Nebraska in the opening minutes of the game, got a glittering chance on the first play of the second quarter.

Halfback Lorenzo Brinkley yards rushing and 71 passing. Missouri was held to 87 yards out and go at 'em harder because we knew we had a job to do." Quick Score Near the beginning it looked as if sixth -rated Nebraska might romp about as it pleased hefore a crowd of on a Cl.lVCl IUUIUI1 i Ull niij- thing with the football either until it got a drive going following the third recovery of a Missouri fumble in the third quarter at its own 34. Kinney came up with the football for the on the ground and 131 by The Tigers got upfield to the fourth quarter. "At the half we knew what we were doing wrong but Missouri's defense put a lot of pressure on us on the roll-outs and the options. We decided to go right at them." Asked what made Orduna's run go so well, he answered: "Joe made it work.

I peeked a little and saw him get hit on 13, and eventually Baslable'si who cashed in by go nicked off a Tacee pass in ing fi6 yards for the go-ahead 41-yard field goal try was wide season a year ago. The Mountaineer offense, averaging more than 500 yards a game in four victories before Saturday, was held at bay by Duke's defensive line. West Virginia drew first blood when senior quarterback Mike Sherwood capped an 81-yard drive that took 19 plays after the opening kickoff. Sherwood scored on a three-yard keeper. Duke stormed back, grinding out 5fi yards in 18 plays.

Hart pitched out to split end Brad and deflected a punt to1 set up "Pursuit they call it, was the way monsternian Dave Morock described the Husker de- score. Orduna Romps Brownson, who had moved throwing. Moore Injured The Tigers were stripped of Iheir top running threat late in the first quarter when tailback Joe Moore, who had averaged nearly five yards a carry in previous games, was sidelined with a separated shoulder that is expected to put him out for the season. The Tigers' standout defensive tackle Rocky Wallace went their second score. SO-degree afternoon, wheeling EO yards for a touchdown in nine plays for a touchdown after the defense had blunted an early Missouri threat.

With Jeff Kinney reeling off 35 yards in seven plays up the middle and end Jerry List streaking 27 on an end-around, tended for Guy Ingles and returned it 21 yards to the one. Quarterback Mike Farmer sneaked in for the score on the next play. Tough Defense But that, it turned out, was fense. "Our guys hustle audi the Huskers to the Missouri 31 they took plays away from earlier before a pass inter-them. We knew their quarter- ception ended the drive, di-back would rather run thanrected the operation.

The drive 81 -YARD PASS LIFTS FLORIDA both sides, stay on his feet and keep going. "The I-backs (Orduna' and Kinney) did a great job and Dan Schneiss (fullback) was doing a great job of blocking." Brownson said he took a step out in the second quarter with Evans on an end-around that TALLAHASSEE, FLA. AP) produced a score from three yards out. SCORINO back on his touchdown play, John Reaves fired an 81fard a groin injury. Nebraska faces Kansas next at Lawrence and Devaney said: "Now we've got to meet a Kansas team that's 1-0 scoring pass to Jim Yahcey saw an opening created by 255-pound guard Donnie McGhee and followed him in for the Duke 14 7-51 West 7 0 0 613 vvvu qiiciwuw run isamueison kick uah and Florida outran FHrida State, 38-27, Saturday.

The pass was the longest scoring toss in Florida history noil, i UM iruuil MLKI touchdown. Duke Jonas run IP 'uoh kick) Duke Jones run (Puqh kick) Right after that, Morock said WVU Sherwood 3 run (pass failed) in the league and they're going to be higher than a kite." Coach Dan Devine said his and wiped out a 7-0 Florrla State lead. Reaves finished with 13 of 22 for 246 yards and two that he knew the Huskers had their fourth triumph of the season (they were tied 21-21 by Southern California). LATE TULSA DRIVES FAIL squad now 1-1 in the Big Eight played well. "Our defense played better than we had a right to expect," he said.

"You can't fumble three touchdowns. Sophomore Gary Huff drove Bill Mauser returned the Nebraska kickoff to the Ne Florida State to three fourth- times like we did in the third braska 49 and the Tigers had good field position. quarter and expect to beat a good football team. The fum- Farmer went to throwing and LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) -Louisville, picked as pre-season doormat in the Missouri Valley Conference, struck for two second period touchdowns and held finally moved them to the 32 on bled punt was the big play.

I think a turning point was when quarter touchdowns, on passps 'of 66 yards and one yard to Barry Smith and 42 yards to Mike Gray. j( Florida State suffered three interceptions and a los't fumble. r' Reaves fumbled a handoff, to open the door for the Semi-noles' early touchdown. Jim Mel Gray's reception good for 25 yards. On fourth down with we missed that field goal be fore the half (from the 21-yard off a late Tulsa rally to defeat the Golden Hurricane, 14-8, four yards to go, Farmer faked a punt and ended up gaining only a yard, Nebraska taking Yale Wallops Brown by 28-0 over.

"We knew if 'it got to the here Saturday. Quarterbacks Gary Inman and John Madeya threw scoring passes to boost the Cardinals' league-leading mark to 2-0. First Inman hit end Cookie Brinkman with a four-yard point where they had to throw Garrett's three-yard dive. SCORING Florida 7 21 3 7-38 Fla. St.

7 0 0 30 27 FSU-Jarrett 3 run (Fenles kick) Fla Yancev 81 nai from Qau NEW HAVEN, CONN. (AP) the ball, they were beaten, he said. Rodgers Rambles Yale walloped Brown, 28-0, Saturday on Dick Jauran's two (France kick) Fla-Jackson it pass from Reave (France kick) Fla Durrance a run (France kirk) Fla-Doel 22 run (France kick) Fla FG France 3ft Fla Doddridge 27 interceotion (France If there was any doubt, Rodg touchdowns and the passing and ers erased it with about lour running of quarterback Joe minutes left when he took off Massey. with the punt return for his touchdown. pass early in the second period, and nine minutes later Madeya connected on a 70-yard bomb to flanker Larry Hart.

Tulsa, now in the league, rallied when senior quarterback Johnnie Dobbs came off the bench and drove the Hurricanes KICKl FSU Grav 42 cess from Huff (Gavdoj pass from Huff) FSU-Smith 1 Dass from Huff (pass failed) FSU-Smith ee pass from Huff (oass failed) A The Bulldogs, who shared the "The wall, that's what did! Ivy League title with Dartmouth it," Rodgers said. "They had it- and Princeton last year, took a 14-0 lead at halftime on two FIDDLES TO VICTORY ARCADIA, CALIF. (AP) -Fiddle Isle won the feature at Santa Anita. set up for me great and all I had to do was run. Our line was Devaney said that at half- 18 plays in the two-yard runs by Javian in thejSO yards in SUNPAr REGISTER FOOTBALL PHOfd BY HENRY BAKNETT Jeff Hughes punt barely escapes Missouri's leaping John Brown second period.

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