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KU 25 ouu OSU 20 Iowa St. 14 Wisconsin 16 Solomon 28 MHS 23 Colorado 14 Miacouril4: OhioSt.l4 LHS 19 Junction City 13 Class of the Big Eight? It's the Cornhuskers only concern today as Saturday they will bring their Top 10 national ranking into KSU Stadium. James Ricketts was K-State's ground leader, but with only 31 yards. "We're in a quandry right now," Dickey said as far as KSU's offensive woes and the fact that Stan Weber may be back for next week's game. "We have to make a strong decision for the rest of the year on how we plan to move the ball down the field.

v. til EES vW aJ eight yards and Doug DuBose running for a 5-yard score. Four more times NU would score in the second period (29 total points) on runs of 1 and 16 yards by Wichita Southeast product Jeff Smith, Tom Rathman's 1 yarder and Turner's run from the two. It was a first half in which NU would generate 20 first downs, hit nine-of-nine passes and rush for 189 yards on only 39 carries. "We had a tough time defending their option play.

They execute the option as well as anyone in the league," Dickey said. "They assault up the middle with their fullback and then fake to him and run the option. We just don't handle that play very well. "It may take two practices a day, but we're going to keep working on it (the option)," Dickey added. "Oklahoma State's not an option team, but if they watch this film, they'll put one in." Kansas State parted the red sea only twice all afternoon and both times were given a helping hand.

Grady Newton made the hit and Renneth Reed the fumble recovery in the second quarter that set up the Cats' first score a 28-yard halfback pass from Todd Moody to Kent Dean. "We knew their free safety came real hard on option plays," Dean said of his first catch of his career. "He went by me pretty quick so I knew it would be a TD if he got the ball to me." Moody caught his first TD pass since his prep days in Ashland. "It (TD pass) makes me feel better, but it's still a loss and a bad feeling," Moody said. After Rathman scored from the one in the third quarter, K-State scored again following a dropped NU punt that was recovered by John Stonner at the NU 25-yard line.

Two plays later, Randy Williams hit Gerald Alphin in the end zone. Williams hit on 8 of 17 passes for the day including 6 of 11 in the second half. "Our game plan wasn't to throw right off, but to see what we would do running and then work the passes in," said Williams after making his first varsity start. The running game never got going. K-State managed only 19 yards on 19 carries in the first half and 53 yards on 39 carries in the game.

Not helping -State's offense was the fact that seven of KSU's eight offensive possessions started inside the 25-yard line and five inside the 20-yard line. for 145 yards. "Nebraska's the dominant team in the league," Dickey said. "Oklahoma has had a difficult time moving the ball this year and they will have a very difficult time moving it against Nebraska." Today, that's the least of Dickey's worries. Oklahoma State is Dickey's AH Laserphoto both grimace on impact.

By MARK JANSSEN Sports Editor LINCOLN, Neb. Sixty-two points, 31 first downs and 491 offensive yards. Those are mighty fancy" numbers when it comes to a single football game, but a person shouldn't dare insinuate that Tom Osborne's men ran the score up on Jim Dickey's Wildcats. Don't even hint about that possibility. "You can mark Tom Osborne as being very humane today.

He was very compassionate," said Dickey following a 62-14 drubbing at the hands of Osborne's men. It's true that NU piled up the points including 48 in the first half with 20 first downs, but it's also true that Osborne needed a shuttle bus as fast as he was moving players in and out of the game starting in the closing minutes of the first quarter. By game's end, 98 of the 111 dressed Husker players had seen field-time. The Manhattan Mercury Bl Mcury Sports Sunday, October 28, 1984 That included 17 running backs, seven split receivers and four QBs. "I was pleased.

Obviously the top units did a good job," said Osborne. "We didn't have to extend ourselves so our front line players would get hurt. "I think our effort was good," Osborne continued. "I was a little concerned that we might be flat today." "Nebraska's an outstanding football team, but we knew that before we came here," Dickey said after the loss which left his team at 2-6 for the year and 1-3 in Big Eight play. "We were also very ineffective on offense and defense early in the game.

The 76,068 sea of red had things to cheer about from the opening snap. That was a 20-yard pass from Travis Turner to Scott Swanson and the Big Red was on its way toward the first of seven first half TDs and a 48-7 intermission advantage. NU scored first-quarter touchdowns on Turner's 2-yard run, Turner passing to Jason Gamble for Jayhawks LAWRENCE (AP)-The victory went to the most deserving team, said Barry Switzer. "I have to say congratulations to Kansas. We didn't deserve to win in no way," Switzer said Saturday after" Kansas, a four-touchdown underdog, stunned second-ranked Oklahoma 28-11.

"Our inability to move the football was obvious." Because of an injury to senior Danny Bradley, Troy Aikman became the first freshman since World War II to start at quarterback for Oklahoma. He threw three interceptions and the offense, which had struggled all season, never got untracked. Oklahoma's lone touchdown came with three seconds remaining. "It's a terrible situation to put a young man in," Switzer said. "The "In defense of our linemen, right now we're asking a lot of them to block for the wishbone and block for a drop-back passing game," Dickey said.

That's one thing NU had little trouble doing. Their 17 running backs generated 346 yards while their four passers and seven receivers teamed sacks Kansas State's Randy Williams, as Sooners the second quarter and never again trailed the previously unbeaten Sooners. Kansas, dominating the game the final three periods, added a 2-point. safety by blocking a punt through the Oklahoma end zone. Facts 'n figures Oklahoma Kansas 3 0 0 811 0 I03 IS 2B OU FG 22 Lashar KU Williams 1 run (Schwartzburg kick) KU FG 29 Schwartzburg KU FG 19 Schwartzbure KU Safety, Garner blocked punt out of end zone KU Ziegler 63 pass interception Schwartzburg kick KU FG 45 Schwartzburg KU FG 31 Schwartzburg OU Irvin 1 run (Irvin run) OU 14 First downs 47-115 Rushes-yards 48 Passing yards 7 Return yards 5-21-3 Passes 8-30 Punts 2-2 Fumbles-lost 5-23 Penalties-yards 29:57 Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Oklahoma, Sewell 12-65, Tillman 14-26.

Can- 7-23. Kansas, Williams 25-76, Henderson 2-5 PASSING-Oklahoma, Aikman 2-14-3-8, Irvin 3-7-040. Kansas, Norseth 12-17-0-152. RECEIVING Oklahoma, Carr 3-12, Shepard 2-36. Kansas, Williams 4-30, Rogers 2-27, Long 2-12.

head in the end zone, the other when Oklahoma State's Rodney Harding tackled Colorado's Lee Rouson in the end zone. Facts 'n figures Colorado 0 8 3 Okla. St. 8 7 2 OSU Crawford 1 run (kick failed) OSU Safety, snap out of end zone Colo Brown 80 pass from Keenan (Keenan rum OSU Lewis 47 pass from Hilger (Roach kick) OSU Safety Rousoirtackle in end zone Colo-FUDehne21 Colo FGDeline43 OSU-FG Roach 31 CU OSl First downs 25 Rushes-yards 65-265 Passing yards 181 Return yards 12 Passes 13-21-0 Punts 5-36 Fumbles-lost 6-4 Penalties-yards 6-30 Time of Possession 31:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 16 44-59 217 6 12-28-0 5-35 1-1 5-29 28:11 RUSHING-Colorado, Rousonj 26-84, McCarly 6-8 Oklahoma Crawford 28-107, Jones 14 81, Thomas 13-43, Hilger 7-27, Cook 2-7 PASSING Colorado, Keenan, 25-10-0-178, Votel 3-2-0-39. Oklahoma Hilger 21-13-0-181 RECEIVING Coloreado, Brown 4-141.

Alexander 3-36. Rouson 4-24. Embree 1-16. Oklahoma Lewis 4-76, Werner 2-36. Crawford 2-34, Hanna2-19.

Harris 1-15, Riley 1-7. "KL' 7 38-68 152 105 12-19-0 9-34 1-0 9-68 30:23 Facts 'n figures KSU 12 -53 137 9-18-1 7-33 1-1 5-39 26:33 NU 31 73-346 145 48 19-12-0 1-53 5-2 8-61 33:27 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts 1 Fumbles-lost 'Penalties-yards Time of Possession INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Kansas Ricketts 11-31, Smith 5-27, James 5-12, Kenrick 4-5. Moody 2- -2, Williams 12- -20. Nebraska, Smith 7-42, Rathman 11-57, DuBose 12-64, Jones 8-54. Blakeman 3-16.

Douglas 2-11, Kelley 2-13, Woolen 3-12. Hoskins 2-10. Porter 4-11, Swanson 2-8, Sund-berg 6-31 Turner 7-7. Gatson 1-6, Kaelin 1-4. PASSING-Kansas Williams 8-17-1-109, Moody 1-1- 0- 28.

Nebraska, Turner 5-6-0-73, Sundberg 5-5-0-72, Douglas 0-1-M. RECEIVING Kansas Alphin 2-54, Dean 1-28, Moody 1-19. Nebraska, Swanson 3-51, J. Smith 2-24, Hiemer 1-29, Kimball 1-13, Frain 1-15, Gamble 1-8, Porter 1- 5. TACKLES Kansas MacDonald 15, G.

Newton 13, Epps 9. Nebraska, Daum 7, Parsons 6, Cartwright 4. Forch4. A 76,068 Kansas State 7 0 7 014 Nebraska 19 29 7 762 How They Scored First Quarter Nebraska 7. Kansas State 0.

9:25 NU's Travis Turner scores from the two completing a 13-play. 79-yard drive to open the game. Turner hit two-of-two passes in the drive for 39 yards while fullback Tom Rathman had four carries for 25 yards. PAT-Dale Klein. Nebraska 13, Kansas State 0 6:36 NU's Turner passes to Jason Gamble for eight-yard score.

The 34-yard drive followed a 23-yard Scott Fulhage punt. Nil scored four plays, later. PAT Kick failed. Nebraska 19, Kansas State 0. 3:59 NU's Doug DuBose scored from the five.

The 13-yard, three-play drive was set up by Mark Daum's pass interception and 14-yard return to the KSU 13. PAT Try for two failed. Nebraska 19. Kansas State 7. 0:34 KSU's halfback Todd Moody passes to Kent Dean for 28-yard score.

KSU's two-play drive was set up by Renneth Reed's fumble recovery at the NU 25-yard line. PAT Steve Willis. Second Quarter Nebraska 27, Kansas State 7. 18.51 NU's Jeff Smith scores from the one completing an U-play, 70-yard drive. Craig Sundberg hit on four-of-four passes for 43 yards in the drive.

PAT Smith ran for two-point conversion. Nebraska 34, Kansas State 7. 6:42 NU's Smith takes it in from 16 yards out completing a five-play, 68-yard drive. Sundberg hit on two-of-two passes in the drive for 48 yards while Smith accounted for 19 rushing yards on a pair of carries. PAT-Klein.

Nebraska 41, Kansas State 7. 3:12 NU's Tom Rathman leaps in from the one completing a seven-play, 35-yard drive. The drive was set up by a Fulhage 23-yard punt. PAT Klein. Nebraska 48, Kansas State 7.

0:41 NU's Travis Turner scores from the two. The three-play, 27-yard drive was set up be Charles Cart-wright's fumble recovery at the KSU 27. Keith Jones ran two plays for 25 yards to set up the score. PAT Klein. Third Quarter Nebraska 55.

Kansas State 7. 12:46 NU's Rathman scores from the one completing an eight-play, 46-yard drive. A 47-yard kickoff return by Swanson opened the second half for NU. PAT Klein. Nebraska SS, Kansas State 14.

0:44 KSU's Gerald Alphin caught a 25-yard scoring pass from Randy Williams. The drive was set up on a fumble recovery by John Stonner at the NU 23-yard line. The Cats scored two plays later. PAT Willis. Fourth Quarter Nebraska 62, Kansas State 14, 12: IS NU's Clete Blakeman scores from the seven completing an eight-play, 67-yard drive.

All eight plays were running plays. PAT Scott Livingston. was NU? in Big Eight play setting a school The victory at home was NU's 21st in a row and was played in front of the 135th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium. The Husker's top ball carrierDoug DuBose gained 64 yards. It ended a string of 19 consecutive games that NU's single-game rushing leader did not hit the century mark.

for KSU It should be added that NU went three toVf our deep at each position as the scorVcontinued to mount. For that reason, it was tough for the Wildcat players to compare NU's to that of Oklahoma a defense that is No. 1 in the nation (213 yards per game), No. 5 in scoring (10.5 points per game "We didn't go against the first team very much, but from what I saw Nebraska wasn't as dominating," said KSU center Andy Harding. "Oklahoma just said 'come at us and we'll shut you We didn't move the ball at all against them, but we moved it a little today.

But when the Cats moved the ball, it was against the lower half of the 40 players who played on the defensive side once, not even then. Late in the fourth quarter, the Cats failed four times from inside the 4-yard line against NU's third and fourth teamerS. "They were pretty said KSU quarterback Randy Williams, who was stopped for no gain from the -yard line on fourth down. They are real aggressive and really get to the ball in a hurry. It's a great defense." Agreeing were offensive linemen Calvin Switzer and Tim Stone.

''They're better than last year," Switzeisaid. "They are smaller, but Continued on Page B4 How good LINCOLN, Neb. How awesome were the Cornhuskers? Let's count the In NU's 48-point first half, they hit on nine-of-nine passes, didn't punt once and not only did NU not punt, they were faced with only five third-down NU's first punt of the game didn't come until the 9:34 mark in the fourth The win was NU's 25th in a row Nebraska's Ken Graeber 2 ranked switched places. I lined up in the middle and busted through and got it." Another Jayhawk hero was Wayne Ziegler, who iced the victory with a 63-yard interception return for a touchdown. "I kept expecting it," he said of the interception.

"They were running guys through and I just broke on the ball. We played with a lot of enthusiasm." The Jayhawks were encouraged by the fact that Iowa State came within two points of upsetting the Sooners the week before. "We saw what Iowa State could do," said Ziegler. "We wanted to get ahead. The turnovers were the key." "We were as high as possible for this game," said Kansas quarterback Mike Norseth.

"We were talking upset all week. They weren't expecting too much from us Dodge Schwartzburg kicked four field goals in the game for Kansas. The Jayhawks took a 7-3 lead on Lynn Williams' 1-yard run early in 'Black Shirts make it fM ISU rallies to tie Mizzou upend No. boy was scared to death. It's not all his fault not at all." Aikman wound up with two completions in 14 attempts for eight yards.

"Neither team moved the ball. If you can't make first downs, you can't win," Switzer said. Bradley, out with a hand and ankle injury, may return next week against Missouri, Switzer said. "We'll just have to come back, show our character and play hard," he said. "I think we can come back next week and play better.

"It's great to win," said Kansas' Milt Garner, who crashed through the Oklahoma line to block a punt for appoint safety. "We were talking upset all the way. The coaches said I wasn't getting to the punter fast enough from the outside so me and Willie Pless yard field goal, his second of the day, with 7:35 remaining. Three fumbles and three interceptions plagued Missouri, which started the day ranked No. 3 nationally in both total offense and scoring.

A Tiger homecoming turnout of 48,133 sat through rain in the opening half of a contest which left Missouri with a 3- 4- 1 record overall and 2-1-1 mark in the Big compared to Iowa State's records of 2-5-1 and 0-3-1. Facts 'n figures Iowa St. 3 0 0 1114 Missouri 7 0 7 014 MU Shorthose 31 pass from Adler Burditt kick ISU-FG Bachrodt 28 MU-Alder 16 run I Burditt kick ISU-FG Bachrodt 27 ISU Smoldt 7 pass from Hood (Wodka pass from Hoodl A 48,133 ISU MU 15 First downs 15 4542 Rushes-yards 42-160 168 Passing yards U0 40 Return yards 36 16-32-0 Passes 6-20-3 10-39 Punts 5-39 0O Fumbles-lost 3-3 6-61 Penalties-yards 2-19 32:40 Time of Possession 27:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Iowa Hanson 14-60, Posey 5-8, T. Davis 5- 7, Espinoza 9-1-7), Hood. 12 (-26).

Missouri, Barbosa 15-59, Redd 12-45, Hill 2-26, Adler 10-19. Drain 3-11. PASSING Iowa Espinoza 8-17-0-82, Hood 8-1586. Missouri, Adler 6-20-3-110. RECEIVING Iowa Smoldt 5-48, Anderson 4-50, Wodka 3-27, Minor 2-29, Hanson, 2-14.

Missouri, Shorthose 3-59. Hill 2-28, McBride 1-23. Cowboys edge Buffs black day By MARK JANSSEN Sports Editor LINCOLN, Neb. They wear red jerseys.Naut up here they are called the "Black Shirts." They ark the of Nebraska's football team, and without question its strength. "They just don't make mistakes on defense," said KSU coach Jim Dickey after absorbing a 62-14 shellacking from the Huskers, "Last year they were average on defense, but all of them are back and playing their positions with more confidence.

"They're just very sound and don't make mistakes," Dickey repeated. "They are very disciplined," added KSU offensive coordinator Jerry Boyce. "They play solid simple, straight def ense and rely on their personnel to make it work." Saturday, the "Black ShirtsV did their thing. Nebraska entered the game ashe No. 5 team in the country against the run (90 yards per game) and No.

against the pass (,131 yards per game). Overall, the Huskers ranked No. 2 in total defense and No. 3 in scoring defense (9.6 points- per game). Saturday, the Cats netted 53 yards on 39 carries and passed for 137 yards for a game total of 190 yards and the 14 points.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Reserve quarterback Alan Hood flipped a 7-yard touchdown pass to David Smoldt with 3:59 remaining and followed with a two-point conversion pass to Jeff Wodka, rallying underdog Iowa State to a 14-14 tie Saturday with Big Eight rival Missouri. Hood, who entered inf the third quarter for injured Iowa State starter Alex Espinoza, drove the Cyclones 40 yards in seven plays to their tying score. Featured were a 13-yard pass to Tracy Henderson, one of 10 yards to Smoldt and a 9-yarder to Bobbie Minor. After Wodka clutched Hood's pass for the tying points, Iowa State missed a chance in the closing minutes to win following linebacker Dennis Gibson's interception of a tipped Marlon Adler pass for Missouri at the 48 of the Tigers.

Adler earlier had been the hero for the Tigers, passing 31 yards to George Shorthose for a Missouri touchdown in the opening period and skipping 16 yards over a muddy field on a keeper to give his team a 14-3 lead late in the third period. After Adler scored his touchdown, Iowa State moved in a position to gain a tie when Marc Bachrodt kicked a 27- STILLWATER, Okla. (AP)-Rusty Hilger fired a 47-yard touchdown pass to Malcolm Lewis and lOth-ranked Oklahoma State used a stifling defense to make up for costly errors Saturday as the Cowboys edged surprising Colorado 20-14. The long scoring throw allowed the Cowboys, 6-1 overall and 2-1 in the Big Eight Conference, to break an 8-8 second-quarter tie. Colorado, 1-7 and 1-3, had tied the game on an 80-yard scoring bomb from quarterback Craig Keenan to Ron Brown, and a keeper by Keenan for the two-point conversion.

Hilger, a senior, became the first Cowboy player to surpass the mark in a single season for the second time in his career. The erring Cowboys lost four fumbles, including two within the Colorado 5-yard line. But the Oklahoma State defense, ranked ninth nationally, forced two safeties. One came when a Colorado snap "sailed over punter Allan Braun's.