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nrrr knrX( Kti Two Champs Meet and Ours Loses, 35-31 t-j tVI-irarl oain that carried OU to the Nebraska 16. The 51-yard gain that carried OU to the iseDrasKa Minifou Holmes of the Bit? Eight office had an idea. member forever. He rushed for 171 yards. He began makin signs of that in the second quarter.

He pounded acrossfrom the one to elevate tbe Huskers to a 14-3 lead in the second period. If OU could now cut the deficit to 14-10, it would be a contest for sure. But yardage is yielded most grudgingly by Nebraska's fine defense. It was frustrating to watch it at times, sort of like when the car dies and you know there ain't nobody to help push but your wife. Yet the Sooners did it, moving 80 yards in 13 brutal plays.

Now then, you'd think, let's get on with this game for the national championship. Never has a stadium exploded like this one did when Jack Mildren, who Fairbanks said played his finest game ever, twice passed to his old buddy from Abilene, Jon Harrison. The least was for 24 yards and a touchdown five seconds before halftime, and the Sooners were ahead 17-14. Continued From Page One dripped sweat. Stomachs stayed warm because they kept turning first this way and then that.

'Same as at Texas in October, the Sooner won the toss, and took the wind instead of the football. It is not something you expect the nation's most outstanding offensive machine to do, but Nebraska punted without making a first down, and therefore the strategy had succeeded. Johnny Rodgers returns punts for Nebraska. He is the best in the business. He returned one 72 yards, and by the time he had broken loose and reached midfield, there was little doubt but what he would run forever.

They weren't joshing when they said Nebraska could play defense. The Huskers held the Sooners to a 30-yard field goal by John Carroll and most in this largest football crowd in state history felt encouragement. Jeff Kinney is the Nebraskan the Sooners will re a Mildren took complete charge, slicing his way jnto the teeth of the Husker defense four straight times. He scored, and OU trailed only 28-24. Nebraska cut loose with razzle-dazzle plays faster than you can type much of that second half, But once it didn't work, and Tagge fumbled and Lucious Selmon recovered at the OU 31: It was masterful drive the Sooners staged then, ending when Mildren passed to Harrison in the corner of the end zone.

It was dark and spitting rain, and colder than ever and yet life was beautiful and cheery, with the Sooners wrangling a 31-28 lead with 7:10 to go. For a team to be a bonifide champion, it must respond at such times as this. Nebraska responded, advancing 74 yards 12 plays and winning when Kinney scored from the two with 1,38 is the greatest victory of my career," said Nebraska coach Bob Devaney. "I'm very proud and toow it's a great Thanksgiving in the whole state of Nebraska. This is a great Oklahoma team we beat.

"There is no way to hide my own disappointment, said Fairbanks. "But I am very proud of tins team. It is "Why not go through the stands and tell everybody they'd have to pay another six bucks to watch the second half?" He predicted the stadium would sell out twice the same afternoon. It would have," too. The score didn't seem right at halftime, somehow.

OU had 311 yards total offense; Nebraska 91. But it was ever so close on the scoreboard, and there nowhere else is where kings are crowned. In the third quarter, Bruce Deloney blew through the Huskers and trampled upon quarterback Jerry Tagge for an eight-yard loss. Shortly after Mildren lost a fumble, and suddenly the OU defense was giving up ground sometimes in gaping chunks. Kinney scored a touchdown.

Nebraska zoomed back on top, 21-17. Then he scored again to lift the Huskers into a 28-17 lead. That was supposed to have been the knockout punch. When a team plays the best and finds itself knocked flat-again, it is most unusual for it to pull itself back to its feet. OU did.

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