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THE SUNDAY OKLAHOMAN SPORTS and Business Octobor 19, 1975 1 Business en Pegs 11 of Odd Penally, Stand at Goal SaveHuskers Tony Boots Three Goals In 25-3 Win Nebraska's Vine Ferragamo gets off a pass to John O'Leary 114) as Oklahoma State's William Miller charges in. (Staff Photoby J. Pat Carter) By Bob Hurt Sports Editor MANHATTAN, Kan. Oklahoma used the skills of quarterback Steve Davis and fullback Horace Ivory to score on two of its first three possessions Saturday and then referred matters to the good, hands of the defense and the tested toe of Tony DiRienzo. And both, thank you, were equal to the task-as OU defeated Kansas State, 25-3.

The tested, defense yielded only 15 second-half And. Di--Eienzo kicked field goals of 50, 34 and 49 surpass the school record. 4.V It was not a breather, like the Sooners" firsttwo wins of the season. Nor was it breathtaking like the Sooners' last three. But it was After the first 11 minutes, there was -little-doubt the Sooners would record their 26th straight win and proceed through their 35th game, without Quarterback Davis served the doubt remover.

Operating neatly off option, he gained 46 of the 12 yards as Oklahoma marched for a touchdown on its first possession. Ivory, who was to gain JOG yards on this ideal autumn Saturday, slammed five yards for the touchdown. And after a brief pause of one possession, the Sooners came storming back as Davis unsheathed his passing arm to hit Billy Brooks for 13 yards and freshman tight end Victor Hicks for 33 yards and a touchdown. But it was not to be a ho-hum game. K-StateV offense perked for only a 35-yard field goal by Bill Sinovic in the second quarter but its' "alert and eager defense kept OU's halfbacks reaching for the Excedrin bottle.

Indeed, the homecoming crowd of 34,700 got its kicks by taunting All-Ameridan Joe Washington. They cheered when, on four he was chased out of bounds without being touched. And they teased when he did more retreating than advancing on punt returns. It. was not one of Joe's better days.

It was, in fact, his worst, statistically. He gained 49 yards on 18 rushes. He lost soven yards on one pass reception and lost five yards on three punt returns and returned three kickoffs for 27 yards. But while K-State shut down the feared Oklahoma pitchout, 'the Sooner defense shut down virtually everything K-State did the second half. If there was a turning point in this one, it was manufactured by the OU defense 1:12 before half-time.

The K-Staters, with a 66-yard march to a field goal, had narrowed the count to 14-3 early in the second quarter. The Wildcats, now 3-3 for the season, seemed in mild danger of wresting momentum when quarterback Joe Hatcher scrambled for 18 yards and fullback Verdell Jones ran for 11 to. the OU 28. Up rose the defense. OU safety Zac Henderson threw all of 180 pounds into K-State halfback Ros-coa Scobey, a defector from Oklahoma City 1 Up popped the ball.

Dewey Selmoh foil on it for OU at the 27. The Sooners used the remaining 72 seconds Avell. The Sooners moved in four plays to the K-State 26. Washington, attempting to reverse on a screen piuss, lost seven but DiRienzo was able to salvnge three with his 50-yard boot into a mild breeze. That was the three for the Brazilian import, who raised his career field goal total to 16.

The old school record was set. by Rick Fulcher with 15 in 1972-73. Davis hit seven of 14 passes for 117 yards and rushed for 63 more as OU outgained the Wildcats, And it was a Davis pass that led to an OU field Continued on Page 5, Column 1 By Ray Soman Staff Writer STILLWATER It was hard to believe, the way unbeaten Nebraska started out, that the Huskers would be so limp at: the finish, relieved and even a bit lucky to escape with a 28-20 victory over the Oklahoma State Cowboys. In less than 11. minutes the Huskers sprinted into a 14-0 lead.

They soon were back in Cowboy territory, threatening again. But it was a far different story at the finish. Oklahoma State had a touchdown taken away early in the fourth quarter which would have given the Cowboys a shot at a two-point conversion for a tie. The ruling was offensive pass interference on a ball caught in the end zone by Cowboy Ricky Taylor. But more about that later.

The game didn't end then. With two minutes left, the Cowboys were presented another chance. Husker long-snap specialist Tom Thomas', usually reliable, had been threatening his team with disaster all afternoon. Four snaps, three on punts and one on a field goal try, one-hopped to the kicker. This time, with the ball on the Nebraska 40, Thomas put a little extra zip into his snap.

Too much, in a t. Leaping high, punter Randy Lessman got a hand on the ball, but only enough to keep it from sailing completely over him. Lessman retrieved it and tried to run, but' Cowboy Lorenzo Turn-; er whose third down! sack of the Nebraska quarterback had forced the punt nailed him on the Husker 23. Five plays later, Oklahoma State stood on the Husker two. clock had ticked down: to 49 seconds.

It was: third down. One yard, would produce a first; down. Two, of course, would bag the clown. The Cowboys called a play which. had worked -so well all day, a out left to Terry who already had scored three times.

Nebraska cornerback Chuck Jones apparently sensed the-call. He met Miller at-about the same instant: that the ball arrived. It was a three-yard loss to the five. On fourth down, the Cowboys tried the same play the other way. Miller was dragged down on the- four by Dave Butter-field, Jerry Wied and Tony Samuel.

Only 25 seconds remained and Nebraska had merely to fall on the football once to notch its sixth straight victory and No. 2 in Big Eight play. Few football games have contained so many of those telling 1 a commonly referred to as breaks. The offensive pass in-: terfcrence was only one of them the biggest one to be The score "wasj; al-Oqnt. on Taw Col.

1 Texas Flips Hogs, 24-18 FAYETTEVTLLE, Ark. (AP) Texas sophomore tackle Brad Shearer intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble and quarterback Marty Akins turned those breaks into touchdowns Saturday to send the eighth-ranked Longhorns to a 24-18 Southwest Conference victory over 20th-ranked Arkansas. The Longhorns, rebounding from a 24-17 loss to Oklahoma last week, paralyzed Arkansas' offense in the first 30 minutes of the regionally televised game as though they were in the Razorbacks' huddles. And the Texas defense took the ball away from Arkansas eight times-five fumbles and three pass interceptions. Akins' one-yard touchdown run and Russell Erxleben's 27-yard field goal gave the alert Longhorns a 10-0 halftime lead as Arkansas could manage only two first downs.

But the Eazorbacks came out sizzling in the third quarter and Steve Little's 30-yard field goal narrowed the gap to 10-3. Shearer then made the biggest defensive play of the day, leaping high to spoar a Scott Bull pass at the Arkansas 37. Akins hoodwinked the Arkansas line with an excellent fake to fullback Earl Campbell. Heathen handed to halfback Gralyn Wyatt, who sped 31 yards untouched through the surprised secondary for a touchdown. Trailing 17-3, Arkansas marched to the Texas 10-yard line, where Shearer recovered fumble.

i Akins unveilel some sleight of hand with a double fake, and then he ran 55 yards. The Akins passed 33 yards to Alfred Jackson, setting up Campbell's game-clinching two-yard touchdown plunge, which put Texas ahead 24-3 early in the fourth period. Bull 13-60. RECEIVING Texas, Jackson PASSING-Texas, Arkansas Tox-AWns- 1 kick) yards. Arkansas, Bull 7-15-3, 100; Tex-WvJtf 31 ruun (Erxleben fax-Campbell run (Erxleben M4I Ark-Forla run (Bull rum Rush.wrds 5M3J issslnsMaras 10J RfRmvsrds 0 Passes HH (Utile kick) Penalties-yards INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Texas, Akins I5-13S, -7 Campbell 20-33.

Arkansas, Forla Running in traffic, OU's Horace Ivory is swamped by Wildcat defenders. (Staff Photo by Jim Argol Buffs Cash Missouri Errors Statistics third quarter. Several minutes later, however, Colorado defensive back Tom To-sone intercepted and returned 47 yards to the Missouri 21. Six, plays later Williams scored from the one for the go-ahead touchdown, and Reed raced 42 yards midway MU-Marshall 34 pass, (rem PI- Ohio State Wins, 56-0 PAGE TWO Park Hunting A Problem AGE THREE Port Worth Rips Blazers BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Junior tailback Tony Reed scored two of Colorado's four touchdowns in the second half as the 12th-ranked Buffaloes capitalized on Missouri turnovers to rally for a 31-20 Big Eight victory over the Tigers Saturday.

Missouri, ranked 10th, jumped out to a 17-3 lead early in the third. tuar-ter after Steve Fisarkicwicz threw his. second touchdown pass of the larklewlct Gibbons Kick! Colo-FG Mackemlc MU-Ooualasj 3 pats (rom PI-nrklewlct (Glbboni kick) Colo-Hosselbeck 0 oass from (Mackenile kick) Colo Reed run (Mackcnila ''miI-FG Glbboni colo-Wllllamt I run IMackenile olo-Reed run (Maekemla Although; Reed carried for 58 yards in the first the Colorado offense was stymied, principally because Williams threw incomplete on all seven passing attempts in the half. Two Colorado fumbles helped take a 10-0 lead in the half. Colorado's only sustained drive of the half culminated in Tom Mackenzie's 29-yard field goal cutting the deficit to 10-3.

Pisarkiewicz completed 14 of 28 passes for 264 yards. Tailback Tony Galbreath led the Tiger rushers with 86 yards, SO of them in the first half. minute. Archer belted Pisnrkiewicz on an attempted pitchout to produce a fumble and give the Bufrs the ball at midfleld. Reed's 21-yard run helped set up a nine-yard scoring pass from Dave Williams to Don Hassolbeck.

On the ensuing kickoff the Tigers fumbled "and Colorado took possession at the 1G. Three plays later Reed ran eight yards for the tying score. The gritty Tigers, refusing to fold, then marched deep Into Buffalo territory before settling for Tim Gibbons' 32-ynrd field goal. The' kick put Missouri on top 20-17 with 1:56 left In the through the final period for the clinching score. Reed carried 22 times for 153 yards.

The 5-foot-ll, 193-pound Reed was 'forced into handling the bulk of Colorado's ground game due to. the absence of fullback Terry 'Kunz, who was sidelined with a foot injury. inspired play, especially from end Troy forced two turnovers that wore converted into a pnlr of nnViriftm ivtlhfll tl SIM11 Of OI1C.