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The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 29

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li- il Last-Ditch Drive Overcomes 21-1 7, for Ninth Straight By CURT MOSHER Stillwater. Okla. Next lime you throw a party, whether serving tea or orangeade, invite Cowboys. They have any class and their manners are horrible. They got into one here Saturday and almost wrecked it.

Ornery and strong and full of fight, the Cowboys (Oklahoma State style) took advantage of Nebraska bobbles and forced the Corn- huskers to stage another of their great comebacks before the Miami-bound bullies of coach Bob Devaney could pull off a 21-17 victory. It came hard and it over until Billy Johnson tackled rugged Walt Garrison on Nebraska five-yard line as the gun sounded, relieving considerably the ities for mass coronaries for the Lewis Field crowd of 31,000 rally, forced when a 14-10 Husker lead was covered up by a three- yard touchdown run by Glenn Baxter with 5:19 to play, will have to rank right up there when the all-time comebacks are listed. Seemingly reeling and at times not the smooth Husker machine which has whipped nine opponents this year, Nebraska pulled itself together for slightly less than five minutes of brutal, nose-to-nose football. The Huskers, who would have gone to the Orange Bowl anyway but wiU obviously feel better about it now, struck 75 yards in 15 plays after Frank Solich had returned the kickoff following TD to fhe 25. With Ron Kirkland, the LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 14, 1965 SECTION leading rusher with 123 yards, and Harry Wilson, who added 95, leading the way, the Huskers etched five first downs on the drive, the last one at Oklahoma State four-yard line.

Pete Tatman took two cracks to get the touchdown, going in over i Osberg, Jim Brown and Dennis Carlson for the touchdown with 0:38 to play. Larry Wachholtz, who on his first of three kicks established a school record for extra point successes, got his final one through the uprights, eliminating the chance of a field goal tie. During that successful drive for victory, Fred Duda, who have one of his better days, rediscovered the completed pass, connecting on two of them, the only two of the day which go on the plus side of the ledger. Earlier in the first half he connected with FTee- man White, but the big senior end fumbled the ball, one of three for NU, and Oklahoma State recovered. But the good ones were gold-plated.

The first came on a third-and-seven situation from the Husker .38 and went to Wilson, who made a tremendous diving catch at midfieid. On the next play, Duda fired successfully to Dennis Richnafsky along the sideline at the Oklahoma State 40. Wilson then raced for a dozen to the 28 and a personal foul against 0-State moved the ball to the 14. Wilson got five more over left guard behind LaVerne Allers, Duda kept for four and after a play of no gain, Wilson dived high over left guard for the first down in a do-or-die situation. The game still over.

0-State got the kickoff at the 44. After two incomplete passes by Baxter, Garrison, who had 120 yards in a great day, raced for 25 to the Husker 31. With eight seconds left, Baxter threw to Tommy Boone, who got out of bounds with a nine-yard gain. three seconds showing, Garrison cracked through the line, found all kinds of room in the Husker prevent defense and raced to the five, he Johnson nailed him as the game ended. Nebraska was running hard and well in that first half, but it was wasted by the fumbles.

And the fired up 0-Staters, who looked like anything but a team which has won only once in eight games, took advantage of things. The big one came hen Duda, back to pass, found not one friendly-looking jersey unattended and fumbled as he was hit by tackle Dennis Randall. Big Charles Harper recovered on Nebraska eight. On the third play, Larry Filliott cracked in Continued on Page 3C, Col. 6-7 7-7 How Thrv First Quarter Nl -OSU Time Klliot, one-yard nin 2:03 placement Second Quarter Kirkland, 2 yard run 2:53 Wachholtz, placement Third Quarter Kirkland.

2-yard run 1.1:06 Wachholtz, placement Fourth Quarter Oiirkee. 45-yard field Hoal 10:56 Raxtor, run 5:19 Durkee, placement Talman, 2-yard run 0:38 21-17 piari'ment 1.3-7 Statistics NU osu First downs 17 14 Rushing yardage 267 147 Passing yardage 10 92 Passes1-11 8-20 Passes int. by 1I 6-42 Fumbles 1 Yards 50 Sloan Paces 35-14 Statistics First downs Bushing yardage Passing yardage Passes Passes intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Sou. Carolina Ala. 21 147 21 22 25 171 9-13 1 5-47 0 72 Tuscaloosa, Ala.

artist Steve Sloan smashed two Joe Namatli passing records Saturday and led Alabama to 35-14 football victory over South Carolina. The Crimson Tide senior signal caller threw two touchdown passes and set np two others with i throwing arm. Sloan also scored A 1 a first touchdown on a two-yard plunge. During that initial drive he set a school season completion record when he hit end Ray Perkins with a nine-yard pass. It was 77th completion and broke the old record of 76 set by Namath in 1962.

In the fourth quarter, Sloan hurled a 39-yard scoring pass to halfback Dennis Homan and brought his season passing total to 1,227 yards, another school record. South Carolina dominated play in the first half after Alabama drove to its first touchdown. But the Game- Cocks were not able to find the scoring range until the third quarter after Alabama bad scored another touchdown. Unable to move consistently against the Alabama defense, South Carolina quarterback Mike Fair took to the air and teamed with end J. R.

Wilburn on a 58- yard pass play that carried to the Alabama seven. On the second play Fair founi Wilburn in the end zone for the first Gamecock touchdown. kickoff return specialist, Gene Raburn, slipped free from grappling South Carolina tacklers and ran to the 50. On the next play, Sloan whipped a long pass to Homan who had out-raced his defender and scampered into the end zone. Alabama ran the count to 28-7 in the fourth quarter after Sloan and sophomore quarterback Kenny Stabler drove the Tide 82 yards in nine plays.

South Carolina .0 0 7 Alabama 7 0 14 2 run (Ray kirk) 2 run iRay kick) 7 pass from Fair (Poole 50 pass from Sloan (Ray kick) 39 pass from Sloan (Ray kick) 3 run (Poole kick) 3 run (Ray kick) Only 38 seconds to play, Pete Tatman surges over with game-winning Husker mates cheer. Devaney Kid About This Victory Page 2C This was Orange Bowl halftime scene two years ago when Cornhuskers made their appearance at Miami. The game is now a night affair. By HAL BROWN Stillwater, Okla. There will be no kidding about spotting anyone points when Nebraska coach Bob Devaney discusses at the Monday noon Extra Point Club luncheon his 21-17 come-from-behind victory over Oklahoma State here Saturday.

not even going to kid about this he offered with a wide grin as he chewed on an orange in the Husker locker room. The Husker coach was referring tQ bis joke following a comeback victory over Missouri that NU had voted to spot the Tigers 14 points two weeks ago at Columbia, Mo. Stillwater, Okla. formal acceptance of an Orange Bowl invitation here Saturday afternoon sets up a sixth Comhusker bowl appearance. When the Huskers meet Alabama in the Orange Bowl Stadium Jan.

1, they will be appearing in Miami, Fla. for the third time and be seeking to go over the .500 mark in the Orange Bowl. Nebraska is 2-3 in bowl appearances and 2-1 in bowls since Bob Devaney took the NU coaching job for the 1962 season. The first Nebraska bowl appearance came in the 1941 Rose Bowl after coach Biff team completed the 1940 season with an 8-1 mark, the sole loss coming against Minnesota in the season opener, 13-7. Stanford srjored a 21-13 victory over Nebraska in the Rose Bowl.

NU fans had to wait 13 years before another bowl appearance when the Huskers received a trip to the 1955 Orange Bowl after finishing second to Oklahoma in the Big Seven. At that time, a conference ruling prohibited a team from appearing two straight years in the Miami game. The Huskers made the bowl trip despite finishing the season with only a 5-5 record and were humiliated by Duke, 34-7. Nebraska has been in a bowl in each of first three seasons and the signing of the Orange Bowl contract Saturday made it four for four. Devaney took his first Husker team to the Gotham Bowl in 1962 after finishing the regular season with an 8-2 mark, the losses coming against Oklahoma and Missouri.

With less than 5,000 fans in Yankee Stadium, the Huskers outpointed Miami. 36-34, on a frozen turf. The next year, Devaney took his charges to Orange Bowl after rolling to a 9-1 season. They scored a 13-7 victory over Auburn at Miami. A year ago, Nebraska made its first appearance in the Cotton Bowl, losing to Arkansas, 10-7, on a Razorback comeback in the last quarter.

Nebraska announced its acceptance of the Cotton Bowl pact a year ago the day after scoring a 27-14 victory over Oklahoma State at Lincoln, then saw their unbeaten season ended the next Saturday by Oklahoma, 17-7, at Norman, Okla. Devaney, who had stressed all week that he was more worried about Oklahoma State than anyone other than Missouri, was obviously relieved as he discussed the comeback with writers. am as proud of i team as any ever he beamed. had their backs to the wall when they were behind, 1714. with about five minutes remaining.

showed they arc a fine football team and they showed the same tremendous spirit that they have shown all season. I am very, very proud of he emphasized. comeback will go into the Husker logs alongside last Minnesota game and this Missouri contest. Continuing his praise of the comeback effort, Devaney added, (the Husker players) took the ball down the field methodically with no flaws in execution. were no fumbles.

They knew they had to do it and they did The Husker coach explained that he decided to go with quarterback Fred Duda all the way even though Duda was not having one of his better days. thought of switching to (Bob) Devaney admitted, we probably would have had we decided to throw the ball, but we thought we could do it on the ground and Fred is a little better runner than While showing a fatherly pride in his own boys, Devaney also had nothing but praise for the foe. (Oklahoma State) are a good team and they always play good at he pointed out. had only played two games at home prior to this one and in those tw they beat a good Tulsa team and played a good game against Missouri. knew that with the two weeks they had to get ready for us that they would be tough.

They have a lot of fight and quickness. Their coaching staff did an excellent job of preparing them. that Garrison, a tremendous offensive football player. the fullback ever seen in the Big Defensive tackle Richard Czap agreed with the Husker head man. why you recruit Czap asked.

wished we could Devaney replied. I could trade him for know, coach, that might be a good trade for Czap answered with a wide grin. Grinning back, Devaney calmed any fears Czap might have of leaving the Huskers, telling his big tackle, I trade you for Page 3C I Page SC iiifliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiminl Wachholtz Boots His Way Into NU Record Book Stillwater, Okla. Larry three conversion kicks after touchdowns here Saturday, gave him the Husker record for extra point kicks with 33 this season. Wachholtz last week had tied the record at 30 set by Owen Frank in 1910.

Frank got 17 of his conversion kicks that season in one game, a 119-0 decision over Haskell. Wachholtz is still six short of the Big Eight record of 39 set by Les Ming of Oklahoma in 1948 and tied by Jim WeatheraU in 1951. J- I 'i I i.

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