The Courier from Waterloo, Iowa • 39

If Smith's E-4 Drake caught E-4 Big 8, Big 10 E-3 Ref dies E-3 U.S. Open E-3 second front Sunday Sept. 12, 1982 Section Sailors run wild CF, Central win East tumbles late Utotcrloo Courier iters even score nusi with Hawkeyes 42-7 I the 13th play of the march and came with 9:03 remaining in the first quarter. Fryar got behind cornerback Keith Hunter and scored on a 41-yard pass from quarterback Turner Gill for the second TD with 1:30 left in the stanza. That was the fifth play of that 61-yard drive.

Craig scored the 22nd touchdown of his career when he went over from six yards out 8:50 from the end of the half. Craig, who rushed for 57 yards on 15' carries in his first game at fullback after being moved from I-back, now has 132 career points. "I'm just happy to beat Iowa, that's the main thing," said Craig. "They are just another team on our schedule that we have to knock off. The players were relaxed today.

We went out and took one See IOWA Continued on page E-2 col. 5 Iowa 1 0 0 7-7 Nebraska 14 0 14-41 Neb-Wilkening 3 run (Selble kick) Neb-Fryar 41 pass trom Gill (Seibie kick) Neb-Craig 6 run I Seibie kick) Neb Praeuner recovered tumble in end lone I Seibie kick) Iowa Grogan 4 run (Nlchol kick) Neb Brown 9 pass trom Gill (Seibie kick) Neb-Smith 00 run (Seibie kick) Team Statistics By BURKE EVANS Assistant Sports Editor LINCOLN, football coach Hayden Fry's worst fears became a reality here Saturday afternoonhis young and inexperienced Hawkeyes were no match for the powerful Nebraska Cornhuskers. Fry had said all along he didn't know how his club would perform in the 1982 season debut against the Cornhuskers, the third-ranked team in the country. Nebraska riddled the Hawkeyes 42-7 behind a 503-yard total offense performance and a defense that limited Iowa to 190 yards. The game was won in the first quarter and a half when the Huskers jumped out to a 21-0 lead.

An Iowa mistake, one of the few the Hawkeyes were guilty of on this hot summer afternoon before a vociferous crowd of 76,013 fans, led to another Nebraska touchdown and a 28-0 halftime advantage. At that stage Nebraska had run 44 plays from scrimmage and netted 250 yards. Iowa, on the other hand, had run just 19 plays and the Hawkeyes' total offense for those first 30 minutes was one yard. They recorded their only first down of the half on the final play before intermission. "I THINK you probably saw one of the top college teams in the nation this afternoon," said Fry.

"They jumped on us pretty good. "It was a good learning situation because we got to play a lot of young men, but it's kind of ridiculous for an inexperienced team like we have to have to open against a quality team like Nebraska. It's going to be real tough for our young guys to bounce back." Even though he feared the worst, Fry admitted he and his staff felt there was at least an outside chance to knock off the Huskers for the second year in a row. Iowa upset them 10-7 in Iowa City last fall after being humiliated 57-0 two years ago. "We thought if we played good sound football we had a chance.

It was apparent after we got behind 21-0 that we didn't," he admitted. "It's obvious we are exactly what we thought we were inexperienced and we made a lot of mistakes. Thank goodness we didn't fold our tent." To be sure, the Hawkeyes did not fold their tent. They battled the Huskers on even terms through much of the second half although it also was obvious that Nebraska wasn't playing with the same intensity after building its 28-0 halftime lead. Nebraska scored on three of its first four possessions, driving 80, 61 and 84 yards.

The fourth Nebraska TD was scored by defensive end Wade Praeuner, who recovered a loose ball in the Iowa end zone with 30 seconds remaining in the first half. The ball was loose because Joel Hilgenbergs center snap to quarterback Chuck Long sailed far over his head and rolled over the goalline where Praeuner made a diving grab, just ahead of Long. IOWA was faced with a second and one play at its own 29 at the time and Long was lined up in the shotgun formation. Reserve fullback Doug Wilkening, wingback Irving Fryar and starting fullback Roger Craig of Davenport scored the first three Nebraska TDs. Wilkening went over from three yards out to culminate the initial scoring march that started after Iowa won the coin toss, elected to kick off and Reggie Roby boomed the kick into the stands beyond the end zone.

That was I -A ,.41 'V AP Laserphoto Nebraska's Irving Fryar is about to slip from the from quarterback Turner Gill and rambled 41 grasp of Iowa defender Bobby Stoops on the way yards for the score. Iowa's Keith Hunter (14) to the endzone with the Cornhuskers' second moves in on the play, touchdown Saturday in Lincoln. Fryar took a pass FG defeats ISU UNI blanks SW Missouri tional, very hard-fought football game," said ISU Coach Donnie "I see a lot of teams fumbling in the early part of the season. You don't have contact in practice like you do in a ball game." Duncan said it also took a time for the Cyclones to adjust to the speed of the Tennessee pass receivers. "You can talk to your players about speed, but until you're on the field and get a feel for it, you can't make adjustments.

"I thought that David Archer did some good things in moving the team." Although Tommy Davis was announced as the starter at tailback, Brown actually was on the field for the first Iowa State play, but it was Davis that got the team in the game with a 75- Michael Wade for a 14-yard touchdown on the only pass he threw in the game. It came with 14:48 left to play and gave Iowa State a 21-17 lead. Tennessee bogged down on the 4-yard line and had to settle for a 21-yard fieldgoal to cut Iowa State's lead to a point with 9:23 left. One first down later, new tailback Harold Brown fumbled and Carlton Peoples fell on the ball for the Vols. Tennessee gained eight yards in three running plays and Reveiz boldly kicked a line-drive between the goalposts to all but settle the issue.

Tennessee picked off an Iowa State pass to stall the Cyclones' first attempt to get back into the game and Iowa State gave up the ball on downs the second time with less than a minute to play. "I THOUGHT we played a very emo Mid-Continent at-a-glance STANDINGS Conf. I 0 I 0 0 0 All 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 E. UNI W. SW 0 1 SATURDAY'S RESULTS Northern Iowa 10, Southwest Missouri 0 Eastern Illinois II, Northeast Missouri )7 GAMES NEXT SATURDAY Wayne State at Eastern Illinois Illinois State et Western Illinois (N) Southwest Missouri at Harding (N) on the Southwest 30 and after a first down, the Panthers were moved back to the 18 because of a penalty.

But Schonert's kick was perfect and the scoring ws completed with 3:49 left in the third period. Early in the final period the Panthers put together one of their better drives but it netted nothing. Starting at their own 20, the Panthers put together four first downs to the Southwest 18. But quarterback Larry Miller was sacked twice and with a penalty the Panthers were forced to punt from the Bears' 44. The final sack of Miller before Johnson's 44-yard punt in the final period was a 14-yarder on a bootleg which started from the Bears' 25.

That play put the ball out of Schonert's range. "That was my fault," said UNI coach Stan Sheriff. "It was not a good call. now lewa 11 37-97 93 3 10-71-1 HI 7-1 Neb S6-343 160 91 10-1S-0 S-4S 4-40 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 4-29 Individual Statistics RUSHING lOWA-Long I-mlnus 3, Phillips 14-57, Granger 3-15, Grogan 2-minus 5, Gilt 7-58, Robertson 2-4, NEBRASKA Gill 9-40, Craig 15-57, Roiier 10-127, Fryar 1- 4, Mason 1-minus 10, 6-32, Swanson 2-5, Smith 2- 87, Sundberg 1-minus 2, Bnngardt 1-1 PASSING lOWA-Long 5-7-1, 31 yards; Grogan 4-10-0. 55 yards; Robertson 1-4-0, 7 yards NEBRASKA-Gill 9-1M), 144 yards, JTD's; Mason 1-2-0, 14 yards PASS RECEIVING lOWA-Phillips 3-5, Hutlord 447.

Broghamer 1-5, Gill 1-9, Oleiniclak 1-7 NEBRASKA Fryar 6-127, I TD; Craig 2-10: Roiier 1-14; Brown 1-9, 1 TD Why take a chance on a play that could end up in negative yards." Sheriff was obviously pleased with the win and with the upcoming week off. "The offense was good at times, but we killed ourselves too often with mistakes. The offensive line, when we stayed in a perimeter game, did a good job. I think they did a better job of blocking for the running game, but the statistics might not show it." MILLER, in his second start, completed 14 of 20 passes for 153 yards and didn't throw an interception. "Larry did a fine job," said Sheriff.

"What was he, 10 of 13 in the first half, and look at the ones that were dropped. I think we probably made a mistake in putting it up just three times in the third period. "Our receivers, the wide outs and backs, made some dam good catches. The one thing we were disappointed in was the guy who never drops the ball tight end Tom Roberts dropped two catchable balls. "And I was disappointed in our fumbles.

We need better ball control." The Panthers now have two weeks to prepare for Eastern Illinois and get some of the injured players back. One new player was added to the injured list. See UNI Continued on page E-4 col. 1 Courier Photo by Mike Weber By KEVIN EVANS Courier Sports Writer CEDAR FALLS-The University of Northern Iowa opened its home and Mid-Continent Conference football season on the right foot Saturday night, posting a 10-0 shutout over Southwest Missouri State before 11,500 fans in the UNI-Dome. The win was the first of the year for the Panthers after a season-opening 40-13 loss to Drake, and was just the third shutout recorded by a UNI team since 1976.

The last shutout was against the same team here 41-0 in 1980. The Panthers, who gave up more than 400 yards in total offense in the opener, never let Southwest Missouri Slate get inside their own 20 yard line, but also had its troubles on offense. PART of the UNI offensive trouble was the loss of four fumbles, yet there was enough offense to get off to a 1-0 start in the conference With an open date next week before a Sept. 25 date with Eastern Illinois here in the Dome. After taking a 7-0 halftime lead, the Panthers managed just a field goal by Steve Schonert in the second half.

That came late In the third period after linebacker Jim Spani had intercepted a Bears pass after teammate Tom Jones had tipped it. That theft gave the Panthers the ball 'mum i 52-yard By RUSS L. SMITH Courier Sports Editor KNOXVILLE, State turned over the football four times Saturday night and two of them led to Tennessee fieldgoals. The third field goal of the night by Fred Reveiz, set up by a fumble, was from 52 yards with 4: 18 left to play and gave Tennessee a 23-21 victory to spoil Iowa State's season opener before 90,201 fans at Neyland Stadium. The Cyclones out-gained their opponents from the Southeastern Conference 397 yards to 266 in the game that gave Tennessee its first win after a 25-24 season opening loss to Duke last week.

Dave Archer started at quarterback for the Cyclones and hit 8 of 20 passes. But he took a blow on the jaw late in the third quarter and Jon English passed to Pros will By MICHAEL MADDEN (c) 1982 Boston Globe BALTIMORE First of all, despite the scare talk, the NFL players will not strike until after the games of Oct. 3 unless the NFL owners escalate the war between now and then. But strike they will. All indications point to the players striking following the fourth game of the season after they have four paychecks in their pockets, have played enough games to qualify for another year of pension benefits, and their Ted Turner All-Star League is ready to go.

Insiders report that the "NFLPA League" has talked to Oakland authorities about renting the Col- iseum for their first game on Sunday, Oct. 10. So disregard the rhetoric and propaganda of the last week, both by the owners and the union. More than most labor-management negotiations, the "talks" between the NFL players and owners so far have been empty grandstand plays, especially by the owners. The Seattle Seahawks decided Friday night not to strike the club's season opener against Cleveland Sunday.

The players had threatened the wildcat strike over the coaches' decision to cut Sam McCullum, the Sea-hawks' player rep, because they thought the cut was a direct offshoot of McCullum's union activities. New player rep Dave Brown said the Seahawks owed the game to the fans and that the NFLPA asked Seattle not to strike. Since the meeting of the player representatives in Chicago two weeks ago, the image put forth by the union has been of coolheaded leadership keeping the reins on some hotheaded players (and teams) anxious to strike immediately. Although some naive types have swallowed this scenario, the truth is that the union realizes selective strikes would be counterproductive. A more definite strategy is that the union: is determined to strike the entire league as a unit and the strike date was set in Chicago two weeks ago.

That date hasn't been disclosed but all indications point to the week of Oct. 3. o.m'njn-M".iuj ujwj.ak.v'e iwa'wmw wemi ji iti ieii (Jp (y. ki lit See ISU Continued on page E-4 col. 3 The league's offer reduced the compensation paid to a team losing a free agent by a sliding scale (for instance, if a player making $210,000 a year signed with a new team, his old team would receive only one first-round draft choice; now, two first-round choices would be the compensation).

Minimum salaries for rookies would increase from $22,000 to $30,000 and fifth-year players would jump from a $32,000 minimum to $50,000. Rookies' weekly pay for preseason camp would increase from the current $350 a week to $375 next year and $450 in 1986. Veterans would go from the current $350 to $425 in 1983 and $500 in 1986. PLAYOFF money would be increased. For instance, the Super Bowl winners would receive a total of up from the current $35,000.

Meal allowances for all players would go up from $28 a day to $32 a day. Various pension, insurance and disability adjustments. For instance, a permanently disabled player would receive $36,000 a year, up from the current $24,000 a year. As the NFL battle heats up in the next few weeks, keep these facts in mind: Football players have the lowest average salary of the major sports despite the fact pro football grosses much more than the other sports. The average NFL player made $83,800 last year, compared to $185,000 in baseball and $215,000 in the NBA.

By contrast, the NFL is expected to gross $570 million this season, some $175 million more than baseball and $400 million more than basketball. Football players, moreover, have the shortest career of major-league athletes, an average of only 4 6 years per player. Field News Service GAMES SUNDAY Atlanta at r. Sianti Cti'caflo at Detroit Cltvaiand at Seattla Houston at Cincinnati Kantai City at Buttalo CA Ramt vs. Green Bay at Milwaukee Miami at Jeti New England at Baltimore LA Raiders at San Francises St Louis at New Orleans San Diego at Denver Tampa Bey at Minnesota Washington st Philadelphia SAME MONDAY Pittsburgh at Dai'as AS STRATEGIES go, so far the union has badly beaten the owners.

The only kind words for management's offer last week was that it was at least a miscalculation, or, at worst, stupid. The offer was craftily designed to split the union by appealing to the older, veteran players with a hefty $60,000 bonus. Apparently, management felt the $60,000 would be so attractive to older players that the veterans would whip the younger players into line or, at least, cause a fatal split in the union. Management's strategy misfired badly. The response from the players was as universal as it was negative.

Even more significant when the strike and real negotiations start (whichever comes first), the union now seems more solid and united than it was two months ago. That may have been the owners' largest miscalculation. From the start, management seemingly has taken a J. P. Stevens approach of going after the union rather than a settlement.

Despite being the most profitable sport by far, now sitting on a $2 billion TV contract, the NFL seemingly was intent on breaking the union. For the record, here are the details of the NFL offer made to the players last Wednesday: A BONUS payment of $10,000 a year for each year a player was in the league from 1977 to 1982. The bonus, up to a maximum of $60,000, would be paid to players 15 days after a new collective bargaining agreement was signed. In their carefully prepared, professionally printed offer and in their news releases, the NFL failed to mention a hitch to the bonus offer it would be reduced by 25 percent for each game struck. A four-week strike would wipe out the package totally.

A severance payment of $10,000 annually for players in the league from 1983 to 1986. This means that a player whose career spanned the years from 1977-1986 could ultimately receive a $100,000 bonus. An apparent attempt to make free agency more than a paper promise. off to running back Steve Harris, who shoveled it back to Miller, who then hit Goree in the endzone for the game's first touchdown. Southwest Missouri's Doug Neier (6) and Damn New bold (41) defended on the play.

UNI' i Darryl Goree signals touchdown as does an official following a 34-yard flea-flicker in the second quarter of Saturday's Mid-Continent Conference game in the UM-Dome. To begin the play, Panther quarterback Larry Miller banded the ball Pennant race update Page E-4.