The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 27

Rough Buffs Bluff 21-16 Huskers: BY DON FORSYTHE score indicate it, but I absolutely thought we had the better team Cornhusker captain Ben Gregory observed after Colorado claimed a 21-16 victory Saturday. There were no dissenters in the NU camp. hard to realize you lose when you dominate them like offered all- America defender Wayne Meylan. think we found out we should be the best team in the Big Eight. going to come he stated.

effort was the best had since been her offered Gregory. used to say it a all breaks because it was good defense by Colorado at the same time. going to get a few breaks and play good ball. It will work our he added. thought we could come back all the added end Dennis Richriafsky.

was the best game we played all Joe Armstrong explained the second half surge by Nebraska as just a matter of being fired up. was teed off that they were getting the breaks. In the second half we had whipped and they knew it. When you went up to the line you could feel he said. Statistics CIT NU First Downs 14 20 RushinR Yardagr110 178 Passing Yardage 72 224 Return Yardage 244 64 Passes 15-28-4 Punts 3-37 5-20 Fumbles Lost 1 4 Yards Penalized 84 40 like this can go one way or said Joe of the effects of the near miss, I think go from now' is a real fine team, but we did give them what they Frank Patrick noted.

The big quarterback will never be convinced he failed to pick up the necessary inches on his fourth down sneak at the Nebraska 29 in the second quarter. we had to do was get to the line and I was over the line before they pushed me back. No, I he explained as a reporter indicated that such an explanation had been given in the press box. was a little surprised wtien the play came in, but I kind of wanted to go for it Patrick said of the play. thought we could make just like at the goal line.

When any part of the ball is over a touchdown. We were over the he added. Patrick termed the effort of his offensive mates as was one too said linebacker Barry Alvarez of the only touchdown the Buffs got against the Nebraska defense. NU 4th-Doim Ruled As Both Fumble, Short Referee Vance Carlson, in a post-game session, said Saturday his ruling on Frank fourth down plunge with one yard to go from the NU 29 in the second quarter against Colorado was that he had both fumbled and failed to make the needed yardage. had ruled that he did not make the yard and by the time I got to the pile-up, Colorado also had the Carlson explained.

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and Crosscountry, JFK College, Wahoo, 3. Kansas Page 3C Purdue Page 5C By CL 3 Huskers TKOed By Hal Brown The record will record it a.s a knockout, but those in the record crowd of 65,766 will remember it as a TKO since Nebraska was still on its feet and fighting at the end in a 21-16 loss to Colorado Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. The I 0 virtually eliminated Busker chances of picking up a fifth straight Big Eight championship, but the red-jerseyed grid- ders went down fighting just as head coach Bob Devaney had promised they would. Nebraska was the winner in the three major statistical categories, outgaining the Buffs by 178-110 rushing, 224-72 passing and leading in first downs by 20-14. But that is little consolation to the proud Huskers since they lagged on scoreboard by five points.

The rontest that gave Colorado its fifth victory and made its Big Eight mark 3-0 was loaded with turning points for those who like to discuss such things over coffee. tVNDAT lOOBIIAL AMV R4B VrAIT OOLOftPHOTO BT WEB BAT Dick Davis (45) upends Rocky Martin (54) while Frank Patrick (10) passes. Number 32 is Dave Bartelt. Huskers Gambled On Offense In Near-Win Devaney Would Repeat Tactics Buffalopd First Quarter Cl' NU How Scored Time left 06 17 pass from Patrick 8:28 07 Bomberg. placement Second Quarter 6 i Plantz, 6 run 5:35 7 7 Bartelt, placement 13 "9 Veeder.

72 lateral from Anderson after pass interception 0:48 147 Bartelt. placement Third Quarter 14 13 Orduna. 27 run 11:.12 20 13 Raymond, 76 pass interception 3:09 2113 Bartelt, placement Fourth Quarter 21 16 Bomberger, 33 field goal 7:43 Colorada 1 .................6 14 7 Nebraska ...............7 0 6 If Colorado were to come back this week Nebraska coach Bob Devaney change a thing. shoot the works again. threw the book at today.

It was our game plan to gamble. We felt that we had to gamble to win. We want to let them iype us as to what we would the Cornhusker boss explained after the battle with the Buffs Saturday. The gambling was in opening up the offense. The Cornhuskers came out in a new alignment, threw the ball more on early downs and took chances they might not ordinarily take like running on fourth down at their own 29.

they lined up the stake we had just that far to Devaney demonstrated by holding his hands just inches apart. play was called from the bench and we would have called It again. We see how a big fellow like Frank Patrick fall forward for a couple of inches. We were in a quick kick formation and we knew they blitz their safety and we thought it should he said of the gamble early in the second quarter. Devaney emphasized that he was not questioning the decision.

play what beat us. We had plenty of he stated. knew we had to put the ball in the air. Colorado is too strong to just haul off and run as consistently. When you put the ball in the air some good things can happen and some not so good things can he analyzed.

the period of years played Eddie teams we have had a lot of breaks go our way. Some have turned games into big games for us and others have enabled us to he pointed out. was ironic today that two interceptions were turned into Colorado touchdowns. Last year Bill Fairband dropped what looked like an interception for a he added. feel honestly that our team played well enough to win.

With the amount of yards we gained in comparison to Colorado we feel we well could have Devaney observed. The Cornhusker mentor had high praise for his team's effort. was probably our best game of the he said. team went out with tremendous desire. It wanted to win this football game as much as any team had has wanted to he said.

we go on to play like we did today we can make it tough on the teams we he added. The 402 yards gained by the Huskers was the best showing of the season. Devaney pointed to improvement by the offensive line and passing in passing situations as being major lactors in making the attack more potent. Bv Don Forsvthe This Steal Broke Back Texas Shuts Out Froggies Statistics AAM First dow ns 13 Rushinc yardage 187 Passing yardage 9.i Return yardage 177 Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalized 55 179 157 55 0 80 Jeff Raymond of Colorado makes the interception which kills the Husker rally in the final :49 seconds of play. 'I Fort Worth.

Tex. Billy Hobbs streaked 100 yards with a solen pass Saturday night as Texas foiled to a 20-0 Southwest Conference victory over Texas Christian. Hobbs, a junior linebacker, picked off a Dan Carter pass two steps deep in the end zone on the first play of the final period and outran a flurry of frantic TCU defenders to the goal. The record-equalling romp pushed the Aggies into a 14-0 iead and insured their second straight conference win. The Cadets, with a storybook victory over Texas Tech last week, moved into a contending role with a 2-1 conference record.

dropped its first four games. The loss was the fourth straight for the winless Horned Frogs, their second in conference play. it was the eighth straight loss dating back into the 1966 sea- 5on. 1 AAM 7 lesas ChrltUaa 0 Ait.M—Long 28 lateral from Hargett (Riggsi (Riggs kick) 101) pass intricei'Uiin return 26 run tktck tailed) Attendanco 37,166. But In the end, it was a Colorado defensive secondary that had intercepted 13 passes this season which turned the win for the Buffs, intercepting four of Frank passes and returning two of them for touchdowns.

The first of many turning points came midway in the second quarter with the Huskers leading 7-0 and a fourth and one situation at their own 29. Nebraska chose to go for the first down rather than punting and Patrick failed to get the needed yardage. Five plays later, speedy Larry Plantz took a pitchout from quarterback Bob Anderson and galloped six yards into the end zone. Dave first of three successful conversions was good for a 7-7 tie with 5:35 left in the half. Then with the Huskers fighting to gain the a 1 f- time lead, Dick intercepted a Patrick pass at the 28 and appeared to be stopped at the Nebraska 43.

However, the Coloardo senior handed the ball back to defensive end Mike Veeder, who carried it another 45 yards into the Husker end zone and Colorado had a 14-7 lead with 49 seconds remaining in the half. Nebraska, still fighting as they did throughout the contest, came back with another effort in the final 49 seconds and a pass interference call on the Isaac Howard against Dennis Richnafsky put the ball at the Colorado four with no time left on the clock. Since a quarter cannot end on a penalty, the Huskers were given an extra play and Dick Davis bolted toward the end zone, but fumbled and Bosch recovered in the end zone, ending the half. Nebraska made its most impressive offensive effort of the season after taking the second half kickoff and moved 80 yards to score what looked like the tying touchdown with Joe Orduna bursting through a big hole on the right side of the Colorado line and going 27 yards for the TD. But Dick broke through to block Bill extra point kick and the Huskers trailed by one with left in the third quarter.

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