The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 458

mi i mn imvrr mnnnniiiimtf urn ft- SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1997 IB i Rally Stuns OSU Cowboys Suffer 2nd Straight Overtime Loss South Division Conference Pts OP All Games Pts OP 2-275 ,152 2 291 120 4173172' 5 212 284 6 186 276 6 152 271 0 362 106 1 270 120 3 288 263, 4 130 186 6 6 3 3 2 8 7 6 5 4 1 Oklahoma St. ...3 2 171 138 Texas 3 2 130 104 Texas Tech .....3 2 70 66 Texas 1 4 123 173 Oklahoma ...1 4 79 165 Baylor .....1 4 98 153 North Division Nebraska 5 0 238 54 Kansas St 4 1 142 93 Missouri 4 2 192 187 Kansas ....3 3 82 142 Colorado 2 3 159 126 Iowa St 1 4 100 173 4 213 193 7 159 345 Next Week's Games Oklahoma St. at Oklahoma Baylor at Texas Colorado at Iowa St. Kansas at Kansas St. Nebraska at Missouri Texas Tech at Texas Saturday's Games Nebraska 69, Oklahoma 7 Texas 28, Okla.

St. 25, OT Baylor 23, Texas 21 Missouri 41, Colorado 31 Kansas 34, Iowa St. 24 Kansas St. 13, Texas Tech 2 By Mac Bentiey Staff Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas De' Andre Hardeman scored from 6 yards out, and Oklahoma State lost in overtime Saturday for the second straight week, 28-25. The Aggies scored two touchdowns in the final quarter to tie the game at 22-22, then held the Cowboys to a 39-yard, Tim Sydnes field goal in overtime.

The Aggies needed just three plays to score from the 25-yard line, with Sirr Parker carrying 9 and 10 yards to set up Hardeman's winning TD. The Cowboys lost to Missouri 51-50 in two overtimes last week. A crowd of 60,776 in the Kyle Field saw the 19th-ranked Cowboys fall to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the Big 12 South Division, where they share the lead with Texas Tech, a loser to Kansas State earlier in the day, and Texas improves to 6-2 overall. The Cowboys led 13-7 when they went on an 80-yard, 10-play drive the third quarter to take a 19-7 lead. Quarterback Tony Lindsay got it rolling with 11- and 12-yard scrambles, then sent tailback Ja-maal Fobbs off on a 20-yard jaunt to the 35.

Fobbs and fullback Brian Aikins went 5 and 6 yards to the 24, from where Lindsay ran a naked bootleg to the 1-yard line. Nathan Simmons was stopped for a 2-yard loss to the 3, then Lindsay got 1 back with a quarterback draw before again running a bootleg around the right side and crashing into the end zone with 3:36 left in the third quarter. A pass for conversion failed, and the Pokes were left with a 12-point advantage. They expanded that quickly, though, after tailback Dante Hall fumbled a pitch and Golden recovered the ball at the 26. Statt Photo by Paul Hellatern UCO Upset Central Oklahoma's Johnnie Jones intercepts a pass intended for Southwestern's Damon Willis on Saturday in Edmond.

Southwestern defeated UCO, 33-17. Story, Page 5-B. Florida Upset by Georgia Page 4-B Baylor Beats Texas Page4-B Tulsa Defeats Utah Page 5-B Start Photo by Steve sisney Oklahoma State fullback Brian Aikins (45) dives into the end zone for a first-quarter touchdown during Saturday night's game. ome Nittany Lions Nip Northwestern Paterno Reaches Milestone Huskers Waste No Time in Handing Sooners Their Most Lopsided Loss Ever By Bob Hersom Instead of being blue birds, the Sooners Staff Writer were fodder for the boo birds. Those rascals LINCOLN, Neb.

No sooner had Nebraska will inevitably come out of hibernation this taken a 55-0 lead Saturday than a huge rain- week, especially with OU hosting Oklahoma bow appeared behind an end zone. It was the State on Saturday. north end, where the Cornhuskers had "We're fortunate to come out of this game notched the ninth of their 10 scores against with just one injury, to Dale Allen," said OU Oklahoma. coach John Blake, referring to Allen's season- The rainbow was wider than yawning Me- ending knee injury, morial Stadium, where 75,926 people were sit- "We've got a three-game season left, begin-ting. The rainbow was even wider than the ning with Oklahoma State at home, and we've gaping margin by which got to get ready to go play No.

1 Nebraska beat OU. hiexhraeles RQ tnnse guys and get back or And the margin was 55 olf the right track." points, for the most lopsid- Oklahoma 7 If the Sooners were on the ed loss in OU history, as right track Saturday, it was the Cornhuskers cruised a railroad track, and Ne 69-7. No wonder NU was fa- Game Stats Page 7-B braska was a very large vored by 38 points. More on the Game 9-B ancj very fast train. This sure wasn't Kansas The Cornhuskers scorec (or even Kansas State), but the rainbow re- on five straight possessions in the first l' minded at least one pundit of a "The Wizard minutes.

of Oz" verse: The Huskers also scored on five straigh "Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds possessions in the first 27 minutes of th fly. Birds fly over the rainbow, why then oh second half. why, can't Nebraska, forced to punt only once, out On a windy and wacky Saturday that began gained OU 552 yards to 154. with 58 degrees and ended with thunder- It is the most yards allowed by OU sine storms, the Cornhuskers were the blue birds. Gary Gibbs' final game as head coach, whet They did most of the flying.

BYU had 556 yards in the 1994 Copper Bowl The Sooners? They did much more fumbling than flying, losing four of their seven bobbles. Sec ou Page 7-B EVANSTON, 111. (AP) iJoe Paterno doesn't count Victories. He just enjoys them, breaks them down and looks for ways his team can be better. Maybe that's why the Nittany Lions have been so successful for so long.

When Penn State reached another milestone of sorts Saturday by beating Northwestern 30-27, Paterno wasn't really interested that it was the school's 400th victory since he joined the coaching staff in 1950. "That's nice," he said. "I really haven't given it that much thought." Paterno now has 296 victories in 32 years as a head coach and is ensured of his 30th winning season in that role. His current team has the nation's longest Division I-A winning streak at 12 games. His emphasis Saturday after the No.

2 Nittany Lions held ofT a late Northwestern comeback was how much room his team has for improvement. "We just lost our poise a little bit at the end and that's about it," Paterno said. "Interceptions, fumbles, we had four holding penalties, delay of game, offsides. You just can't do that. We're not doing some things smart.

Until we do, we're not going to be as effective as we should be." Curtis Enis was effective, as usual. He gained 153 yards on 27 carries, his fourth straight game of 100 yards. "He's a patient and a smart runner. Some players fold under pressure and he doesn't," Northwestern linebacker Barry Gardner said. "I'd like to get 25 plus carries each game.

I feel we can wear down the defense," En-is said. "We played well when we needed to. We're 7-0 and a win is a win." Anthony Cleary had two short touchdown runs for the Nittany Lions. Staff Photo by Goorge R. Wilson OU receiver Chris Blocker and Nebraska defender Ralph Brown reach for a pass during Saturday's game.

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