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MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER Sept. 15, 1968 4-S DES on lowan's Kick field goal-and did it again later for Nebraska victory. SUNDAY REGISTER PHOTOS BY LARRY NIEBERGALL CONCERNEDA Wyoming cheerleader shows obvious concern as she watches her Cowboys in action against Nebraska Saturday at Lincoln. Bradley Takes 41-6 Drubbing PEORIA, ILL. (AP) Central Michigan gained 402 yards, 246 by rushing, Saturday, crushing Bradley, 41-6, in a football opener for both schools.

Led by Craig Tefft and Dave Lemere, the Chippewas piled up a 27-0 halftime lead. Bradley scored on Larry Selinger's nineyard pass to Mike Dofferner after the visitors had a 34-0 lead in the third quarter. Tefft gained 89 yards in 18 carries and scored one touchdown and Lemere grabbed touchdown passes of 22 and 59 yards from quarterback Bob Miles. SUNDAY REGISTER PHOTO BY LARRY NIEBERGALL Nebraska's Frank Patrick gets nailed on keeper I.S.U. Victory a Thrilling Experience for Majors Last-Minute 51-Yard Boot Does It, 13-10 Statistics Wyoming Nebraska First downs 12 15 Return yardage 44 115 Passing 3 yardage 114 84 Rushing vardage 144 122 Passes 6-20-2 6-19-0 Punts 9-43 9-33 Yards re so penalized 112 35 Fumbles a lost al SCORING Wyoming 10 0 0--10 Nebraska 13 WyoFG Jacobs 35 Wyo--Huey 54 pass from Synakowski Jacobs (kick) Neb -FG Rogers 26 NebMcFarland 17 pass from Sigler (Rogers kick) NebFG Rogers 51 A 65,018, By Jim Moackler (Sunday Register Staff Writer) INCOLN, NEB.

Paul Rogers, a sophomore from Rock Rapids, kicked a 51- yard field goal with 21 seconds left Saturday to give Nebraska a 13-10 victory over Wyoming in its football opener. The dramatic conclusion to the fourth-quarter rally brought nearly the entire Cornhusker squad streaming onto the field to engulf the 19-year-old Iowan, who had booted a 26-yarder for the first Nebraska points to start the comeback from a 10-0 deficit. Rogers' winning kick was just three yards off the Big Eight Conference record by Jerry Hillebrand of Davenport, for Colorado against Oklahoma State in 1961. It is believed the distance is a Nebraska school record, but that could not be definitely determined. The Cornhuskers appeared in danger of losing their first opening game under Coach Bob Devaney in seven years before No.

2 quarterback Ernie Sigler pumped life into a drab offense and directed them 71 yards for a touchdown and a 10-10 tie with about five minutes gone in the fourth quarter. Rogers' kick came after the Huskers' bid for victory before a sellout crowd of 65,018 appeared to have wilted in the 85- degree heat because of an illegal use of hands penalty. Poor Punt Helps The Huskers, with Sigler at the helm, took over Wyoming 36 after Bob Jacobs' punt skidded off his foot and out of bounds just 18 yards up field. With fullback Rick Davis and halfback Mike Green carrying the ball and a pass interference call against Wyoming's Jim House accounting for eight yards, the Huskers stormed to the Cowboys' 15. Green cracked the middle again for five yards but the penalty shoved the ball back to the 25.

Sigler was thrown for a nine-yard loss on the next play and missed on two throws before Rogers came in for his big effort. It was on target all the way, sailing along with the help of a 13-mile-per-hour wind. The Big Red fans had had only Rogers' first-quarter kick to be happy about (he missed earlier from 37 yards) until Sigler replaced Tom Patrick at quarterback. and got the attack rolling. Sigler guided them 36 yards to By Bill (Sunday Register AMES, 33-year-old -Johnny head coach Majors, affectionately and told why it experiences in my life to see these This was a few minutes after in what he called "sort of a spontaneous prayer" in the dressing room.

No Injuries "Not entirely for the said Johnny, "but also press gratitude for coming through with no injuries. We had a lot to be thankful for today." Majors was especially thankful for the pleasant shortage of critical mistakes, including costly penalties, by a team that started just two lettermen on offense and five. on defense against veteran Buffalo U. "In our last full-scale scrimmage," said Majors after Saturday's 28-10 victory, "we had 15 penalties and one of them took away a touchdown by Jock Johnson. "I was afraid our young players would be so over-eager that they would have a lot of offside and motion penalties.

I was worried, too, that our green offensive line wouldn't be able to protect the passer enough so he could get the ball away." The Cyclones had only four penalties. Two were for clipping. Their one illegal motion plaster did cost a touchdown run by Obert Tisdale, sophomore reserve quarterback, in the closing seconds. Gaffin Leads Tisdale got it back three plays later, however. "I said Obert, "that was Larry Gaffin (sophomore guard) who caused that penalty.

But he made up for it. He was the one who led me in for the touchdown." Gaffin also had set it up by recovering a fumbled punt at the Buffalo two. "There was one bad mistake," said senior quarterback John Warder, "and it was made by a veteran--John Warder." It was, however, the kind of mistake Majors would like to see more of. It brought Iowa State's clinching touchdown early in the third quarter. The margin was a precarious 12-10 and the Cyclones had third and goal at the Buffalo 5.

Warder spun to his right on an apparent pass-run option and kept going wide until he was in the end zone. Didn't Yell "I made a mistake by not yelling 'block' 11 confessed the good-looking senior from Hoffman Estates, Ill. "On the option, the linemen all hold back until they're sure I'm not going to pass. "In order to release them. I'm supposed to yell John's smile was sheepish.

"I forgot to yell. Fortunately, I didn't need any blocking. "In my mind, it was going to be a run all the way. I was going to fake the off-tackle play and try for the corner. When I saw their defensive halfback coming up, I was able to cut inside him and get the score.

But I should have yelled." The turning point of the game, though, in Warder's opinion, came a few moments before. That was when Tom Elliott of Swea City, a transfer from Estherville Junior College, lashed back 38 yards to the Buffalo 16 with a punt. It was Elliott's first chore after replacing Sammy Davis in the -return department. To Majors, the turning point was "when Buffalo went for it on fourth down early in the fourth quarter." The Bulls' Dan Martin had just intercepted a Warder pass in the end zone. Buffalo drove to the Iowa State 45, where it was fourth and three.

Mason Stopped Quarterback Denny Mason tried to get the job done himself. He broke away from George Dimitri behind the line, but Fred Jones, letterman midBryson Staff Writer) who found instant success as a Saturday, clutched the game ball was "one of the most thrilling kids win." Majors led his kneeling players die guard, and Steve Powers, sophomore linebacker, stopped him a yard short of a first down. Warder said he wasn't worried about mistakes by a supporting offensive cast that was all-novice except for fullback Ben King. As it turned out, King was the only Cyclone who fumbled the ball away, losing it at the Buffalo 21. "Our kids showed me a lot right there," said Johnny.

"They rose to the occasion--as they did most of the day and we were lucky to get out of it with only a field goal against us." "I knew these sophomores would come through," said Warder. "They have a lot of character and enthusiasm. "No, I wasn't worried about Johnson fumbling on that play that got us our first touchdown. He had already shown that we could count on him to hang onto the ball and drive hard. "And, with Jock carrying, that gave us King to block for him.

Ben is a tremendous blocker." Paul Rogers of Rock Rapids kicks one was for 54 yards and so easily executed that Husker followers must have wondered what happened to the defensive secondary, supposedly a strong point. Split end Gene Huey, who also doubled as a defensive cornerback, streaked behind the Nebraska defenders at the Husker 35, caught Synakowski's pass and was home free. Nebraska, which ended up with 206 yards total offense to 258 for the Cowboys, got a break right after that. Personal Foul A personal foul helped move the ball from the 50 to the Wyoming 15, but a defense led by ends Frank Pescatore and George Kellerman and linebackers Jim House and Brent Engleright, shoved the Huskers back five yards. Rogers then came in to try his off-target field goal.

By the end of the first quarter, Wyoming had gained 118 yards to just 11 for Nebraska. It became a closer battle after that. Neither could move outside its own territory in the second quarter, with Jacobs' kicks--one a 63 -pinning the Huskers deep. The defensive battle waged through the third quarter. Wyoming's deepest penetration with No.

2 quarterback Skip Jacobson directing was to the Husker 35, and Jacobs missed a 51-yard field goal try. Nebraska was checked at the 11 after sophomore Schneiss put the Huskers there with an eight-yard bolt up the middle. The loss of an opener was the first for Wyoming under Coach Lloyd Eaton, who succeeded Devaney. The only other previous meeting was won by the Huskers, 50-0, in 1934. Davis Top Gainer Davis led Nebraska a rushers with 93 yards in 21 tries.

Fullback Dave Hampton accounted for 73 yards in 17 tries for the Cowboys. Sigler, who had appeared for only two plays last season and had his only pass intercepted, hit three of six for 51 yards. Nebraska opposes Utah here next Saturday. Wyoming faces Utah State at Laramie. Johnson Surprised Paul Rogers 21 Seconds to Go the Wyoming 11 on his first try before the" Cowboy defense, which was rugged most of the afternoon, blunted his efforts and took over.

The senior from Dallas, ignited the fourth-quarter surge by turning an apparently busted pass play into a 23-yard romp that put the Cornhuskers on the Wyoming 48. As he danced around, looking for room, Sigler directed his blockers. Then he hooked up with halfback Larry Frost on a 17-yard pass and 'called on Davis and Green to rush it to the 12. After a penalty pushed Nebraska back to the 17, Sigler hit a falling Jim McFarland in the end zone for the touchdown. Saves Busted Play McFarland was shoved by safetyman Dennis Devlin as he reached for the throw but managed to hang on.

Rogers kicked the point for a 10-10 tie with 10:46 left. Wyoming built its 10-0 lead by tallying twice in 2 minutes 13 seconds midway in the first quarter. Get Field Goal Sophomore Ed Synakowski directed the Cowboys from the Wyoming 32 to the Nebraska 19 in nine plays, with his 13-yard pass to tailback Joe Williams and a 14-yard romp by Williams the big items. But the Cowboys finally had to settle for a 35-yard goal by Rogers. It took Wyoming just two plays to go the distance the next time.

The first one was for no gain and the second "I was surprised when I got the call," said Johnson, former -stater from East Des Moines. "But I was over my jitters by then. I knew I wouldn't fumble. And Ben really blocked for me. I was able to go in standing up." Warder was a "little surprised" that another sophomore, Jeff Allen, was able to go 32 yards for the next Cyclone score.

Wingback Allen, a transfer from Central Community College at Fort Dodge, went all the way on an inside reverse on the first play of the second quarter. "It was the first time we used the play," said Warder. "Partly because of the surprise element, I thought Allen would gain about 10 yards. "Jeff did the rest of it with just tremendous running. I still don't know how he was able to break so many tackles." "I expected.

a good effort from these youngsters," said Majors, "But I got even more than I had counted on. "They completed quite a few passes against us (14 of 23), but we gave them a lot of those short hooks. Our young secondary didn't let them have any of the long ones that would have hurt us critically," Majors added. FANS RIOT, CANCEL GAME DECATUR, ILL. (AP)-A high school football game scheduled here for Saturday night was canceled after police had to use tear gas to end a disturbance that broke out in a racially mixed crowd attending a Friday night game.

Fighting among spectators erupted after a scuffle between two fans resulted in one youth being stabbed in the stomach. The victim, Alan J. Downs, 15, was hospitalized in good condition. Six other persons were less seriously hurt. No one was reported arrested.

Thirty-five city, county and state police were called to the scene after the fighting broke out in the fourth quarter of a game between Eisenhower of Decatur and Central Peoria high schools. Following the game, Mayor James H. Rupp, Police Chief Harold Lindsten and other city officials met with community Negro leaders. Afterward it was announced a football game scheduled on the same playing field between MacArthur of Decatur and Stephen Decatur High was canceled. Rupp said anything else he might say would be premature.

He declined to elaborate. E. ILLINOIS LOSES CHARLESTON. ILL. (AP) Jim Brumfield sparked Indiana State to a 23-0 triumph over Eastern Illinois here Saturday.

FLOWERS BACK AT TENNESSEE FOR FOOTBALL KNOXVILLE, TENN. (AP)Richmond Flowers, who failed to qualify for the U.S. Olympic track team Friday, said Saturday he will talk to Tennessee Coach Doug Dickey and expects to return to football. "I gave it the best I had to make the Olympic team, but that's said Flowers, one of the nation's top hurdlers and a star on Tennessee's 1967 football team. "If it had been last May or a year ago, it might have been different in the qualifying," said Flowers, who suffered an injury in early summer and never regained his earlier form.

Flowers said he had prayed nightly for nine years to make the Olympic team, "but I'm not going to cry about it." Weber's Rally Trips S.D. State BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) Weber State of Ogden, Utah, broke away for two touchdowns in the final minutes to record a 27-12 victory over South Dakota State Saturday. The Jackrabbits of Coach Ralph Ginn led, 12-7, after three quarters but speedy tailback Sam Gipson galloped 31 yards to open the final period and put the visitors ahead to stay. State scored its only touchdown of the game on a 10-yard pass from quarterback Bob Bozied to wingback Tom Settje.

An interception by Mel Thomas and his 58-yard return to the Weber eight-yard line set up the field goal. DRAKE FOOTBALL HILITES with Head Coach Jack Wallace and Ron Gonder 12:15 P.M. SUNDAY Preceding NFL Redskin-Bear Game Sponsored by: Acme Piano Organ Company Des Moines Super Cleanser KRNT-TV Ch. 8 Powers Intercepts "The defense rose to the occasion again when Tom Powers intercepted that pass on their nine in the second quarter. "That came at a time when it looked like they might be wearing down our defense." It looked that way, indeed.

Buffalo had ripped 75 yards in 12 plays before sophomore Powers plucked off that pass. Then the Bulls came back for a 10-play touchdown surge of 60 yards. "It was very gratifying to have the defense come back so strong after that," said Majors. "It was our pursuit that got them," said Steve Dimitri, senior defensive tackle. "That and our enthusiasm.

Those kids of ours didn't lose their enthusiasm during that letdown late in the first half." 3 Badgers Injured During Scrimmage MADISON, WIS. (AP) Jim Nowak, starting defensive tackle for Wisconsin, injured an arm in a scrimmage Saturday and underwent X-rays to determine whether it was broken. Linebacker Brad Monroe had to have six stitches in his forehead and offensive tackle Ted Jefferson suffered a toe injury. IOWA STATE GAME FILMS with Head Coach Johnny Majors and Bud Sobel 3:45 P.M. SUNDAY Following NFL Redskin-Bear Game Sponsored by: lowa Power Light Co.

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