The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 27

use RoUs 5C Outdoors 6C Jiiuiriial anii Best ktad in Sportn Is the Sport Red LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 13, 1967 12 PAGES SECTION Husker Frank Patrick passes in fourth quarter But Jayhawks surround intended receiver Dennis Richnafsky and Tommy Ball intercepts to kill comeback attempt. Jayhawks 10, Buskers Pinch Me By DON FORSYTHE Lawrence. Kan. The clock struck midnight for downtrodden hawks Saturday, turning their football pumpkin into a big blue carriage which rolled over Nebraska, 10-0 here Saturday afternoon. The Jayhawks, a cellar team last year while Nebraska was winning i fourth straight Big i title, were winless in three non-conference games entering battle.

But they came to play juid turned back Nebraska at every turn with an alert, aggressive defense. The stunning shutout by the team which had given up 69 points in three losses was a feat no other team has accomplished against a Bob Devaney-coached Nebraska team. The Cornhuskers had scored in 58 straight games under Devaney. personal string was 83, counting his last 25 a at Wyoming. Kansas just one big Saturday, then threw up a ten- SUUitics Neb.

Kaai First dowM 11 13 Rushing yardage 72 91 Passing yardage 119 93 Return yardage 44 S4 Passes f-19-l 10-22-1 Punts 8-37Jt Fumbles lost 1 0 Yards penalized 2 S3 acious goal line stand while the clock ran out at the end of the first half. There was to be no other hope of a patented n- husker comeback after that failure. The Jayhawks, kept deep in their own territory while Colorado Rambles, 23-9 Buffaloes Trample Tigers for 4th Win Pint downs Rushing yardaga Passing yardaga Return yardaga Passea Punts umblea lost arda penalized Statistics Missouri 5 128 21 97 4-18-1 7-43 2 15 Calarada 20 238 71 87 710-0 3-54 1 74 By HAL BROWN Boulder, fullback Wilmer Cooks running only slightly less effectively than the live buffalo who parades the field before home games here, Colorado rode over a previoulsy-unbeaten Missouri outfit for a 23-9 victory Saturday afternoon. The victory pushed the unbeaten mark to 4-0 going into next test against Nebraska at Lincoln in a game that was supposed to decide the Big Eight that was prior to the 10-0 upset defeat at Kansas. Cooks carried 23 times for 86 yards and was outgained by teammate William Harris, who had yards on the same number of carries.

But yardage came the bard way the middle of the Missouri line and most of It on key third down plays. But Cooks going inside and Harris going outside Green Clicks Doane Bombs NWU, 49-7 Statistics First downs Yards rushing Yards passing Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized By JOHN HINES Crete Quarterback Larry Green threw four touchdown passes as the Doane Tigers obliterated Nebraska Wesleyan, 49-7, with a four-touchdown barrage in the second quarter sealing the final outcome before a Tiger homecoming throng of about 3,000 Saturday afternoon. Doane ran its record this year to 4-0 and has now gone undefeated in 14 straight games dating back to 198S. Wesleyan is now 3-2. Green accounted for 300 total yards, 82 rushing, including 18 and 53-yard rollouts for touchdowns, and 218 by connecting on seven of 14 passes.

From late in the first quarter to midway the third, when the reserves took over. scored on seven 'I 1 Larry Green Four TD Passes of nine possessions and reached tiie NWU five a 10th time. After Wesleyan made the first serious threat of the game, an advance to the Doane 21 that ended in a partially-blocked field goal attempt, the Tigers choked ground attack with just 40 yards. Continued on Page 3C, Col. 6 the only things the Nebraska Black Shirts must stop in the upcoming clash.

also a fellow named Bob Anderson, a spohomore quarterback who completed seven of 10 passes for 71 yards with Mike Pruett and Monte Huber the key receivers. Anderson also carried the baU for 48 yards. can hit you in a lot of Nebraska assistant coach Tom Osborne, who scouted the game, observed. is the best offensive team faced since Bob Devaney came to Nebraska with the possible exception of Alabama and offense much better than It only on offense that the Buffs were far superior to a supposedly strong Missouri team. With the exception of Gary 75-yard touchdown Jaunt when he got around the right end and caught right cornerback Dick Anderson blitzing, Colorado held the Tigers to only 53 yards rushing and 21 passing.

Showing one of the most versatile offenses ever seen in the Big Eight, Colorado scored three of the five times it had the ball in the first half and the first two times they gained possession in the second half. Jay successful placement gave Missouri a 7-6 lead with 6:14 left in the first quarter, but that was short lived. The Buffs march the length of the fleld before Dave Bartelt kicked the first of three field goals to give Colorado the lead for good. As the end of the game neared, Colorado fans in crowd of 44,517 began chanting No. The chanting ended when the Southern Cal-Notre Dame score was announced.

Missouri 7 0 Colorado 9 I 5 run (Uck failed) 73 ru niWallace kick) Bartelt 10 7 run (PtaaU Bartelt 38 Bartelt 29 Mo-Safety Wallace tedded Kelly la cm! zone fighting the wind in the first quarter, methodicaiiy drove 62 yards through the Nebraska Biack Shirts iate in the second period. Don a 1 i punt which was downed on the Nebraska three set the stage for the Kansas touchdown march. The Cornhuskers were able to move to their own 32 before a Frank Patrick fumble caused a punt from the 28. Dana Stephenson kicked to the KU 35 and Shanklin returned to 38. Husker Players Solemn Lawrence, Kan.

football players, filed slowly into the dressing room hesitant about discussing their stinging 10-0 loss to Kansas here Saturday. Barry Alvarez, who was in on 10 tackles in the downfall, spoke in a strained, soft voice. expect to win it, could he asked in return to a question. were ready for the game and they wanted to win it bad. say we up for it but they beat us by playing a good game.

It was no accident. We have BO the senior veteran said. hurts to lose any game but it hurts even more to lose one in the Big Bob Best also spoke of the game with a pained expression on his face. knew they had a quick kick in their game plans and they really surprise us with them. We just get ready for those two that put us in the hole a couple of times.

feel they blocked too hard but they did a good job. They were much better and much faster with their patterns than Kansas Bob said. Frank Patrick, the sophomore quarterback who played scramble with the Kansas defense during the afternoon, felt the hawks had as good a defense as seen all year. played a great game on defense and they had good coverage on my receivers most of the afternoon. But I should have completed more.

never really believed we were beaten until the time ran the big quarterback answered slowly. RUey HaU Kansas quarterback Bob Douglass wasted little time in generating momentum. escaping containment by Frank Avolio on the left flank and rambling 16 yards. Three plays later he threw a 12-yard strike to little Tommy Anderson and the Jayhawks were at the Nebraska 29. Four plays later, with a second and eight situation at the NU 16, Douglass connected with tight end John Mosier for 12 yards.

Then, with burly Mike KU Coup NU KU Time leK Second Quarter 0 Douglass, 4-yd. run 1:14 0 7 Bell, Placement Fourth Quarter 10 Bell, field goal :36 Reeves serving as a one- man screen against a I f- back Jim Hawkins, the lanky junior rolled out around left end for a touchdown. Tommy Bell made It 7-0 with his kick. There was just 1:31 left in the half. But the Cornhuskers struck back to threaten in four plays after taking over on their own 23.

Dick Davis rambled for seven yards on a draw and Ben Gregory was stopped for a yard before Davis burst up the middle for nine more to the Nebraska 40. A personal foul called on a late tackle advanced the ball to the KU 45 before Patrick threw to Tom Penney down the right sideline. Penney tnade a diVlng grab and skidded to a halt at the Kansas three with nine seconds remaining in the half. Gregory found no hole over right tackle, but a quick time out gave the Huskers one more chance with five seconds left. They tried the right side again, this time on a option play with Patrick pitching to Gregory.

But a swarm of Jayhawks forced him out of bounds at the two as the gun sounded. The Black Shirii pressured Douglas ferociously Continued on Page 3C, Col. 7 Nothing to cheer about for Nebraska Coaches George Kelly and Bob Devaney. Devaney Says: NU Beaten Way By RILEY HALL Lawrence, dressing room was a gloomy scene here Saturday afternoon. Players showered and dressed quietly, exchanging few words between one another while off to the side a dejected coach Bob Devaney spoke freely of the 10-0 loss to Kansas.

just beat us in any one aspect of the game, they beat us all the way a 0 the coach said. game plan was to move the ball on the ground because I thought going into the game that it was the best way for us to go. Maybe we should have passed A more, but who is to know? certainly contained our running attack and our pass action work either. We had good field position early but we cash in on it. Then in the second half they kept us in the hole real The Husker coach, who had never lost to Kansas in his six seasons at NU, explained the touchdown try Just before the half.

Frank Patrick had com-' pleted a 42-yard pass to Tom Penney to the KU three and it looked as if Nebraska would score. But defense held and the half ended. had the same thing happen last against I Kansas Bob said, at that time we tried to pass the ball in for the touchdown and failed. we decided to try and run the ball and still make it. I know what a person is to try next.

many mistakes on our offensive and defensive units. They just beat us man to Devaney said. take this guy John Zook, we block the guy last year and we do it today. We have one more chance next season and I hope we do a better job. tried to come up with some different plays I that we thought would work in the second half but Kansas halted us again.

We would trap up the middle for good yardage and when we came back with it again, they would be ready. receive any consistency in our offensive running and passing attack. They double teamed (Dennis) Richnafsky for the most part in the second half and that hurt the passing Asked if he thought this was a team that could bounce back and get ready for its encounter with Colorado in Lincoln next Saturday, Bob said, sure hope they can. If not, going a long.