The Daily Breeze from Torrance, California • 25

I Daily Breeze SUNDAY September 13 1SS7 Cl NFL preview: Rams Raiders take to the road to open the 1987 season a look at some of the key matchupsCll Me their same plan Nebraska wins with a surprise pass attack By Chris Ung 3i-r LINCOLN Neb The UCLA footbaC team has felt an embarrassng Lrd of pain after being thrashed by the Bg Eight powers Nebraska and Oklahoma But there ss different degree of hmt the Bruins' dressing rxm here Saturday evening Junior cornerfcack Darryl Henley tred to explain it after a 42-33 loss to Nebraska a game that really was not that close I fee! dfferert than last year" said Henley who also knew pain 1936 when the Bruins were belted by Nebraska's Bg Eight colleague Oklahoma 33-3 Last year I felt bah because we didn't compete This year I feel hat because we didn't wn "We didnt come here jus: to compete or just to do well We came here to win" UCLA 0-3 vs Nebraska UCLA which was ranked third in The Associated Press poll fell to 1-1 ard r-3 in tre 1930s against second-ranted Nebraska The Cornhuskers have scored 42 points in all three of those games The Brums' hopes of wmrmg a ratorai championship are severely tarnsred They began to disappear during Nebraskas third-quarter ttz wmch was fueled by a Brum fumble ard breakdowns in the UCLA secondary As the game evolved neitrer team could to its offensve game plan But the Cornhuskers led by quarterback Steve Taylor urveIed a rg attack UCLA 0 handle Instead cf grind away it was bomb? awav as Taylor set a Nebraska rec rd ard ted a bg Eight record wth five touchd-w-r passes Greens streak stops Conversely the Ccmhuskers put a dent the Heisman Trophy hopes cf UCLA tadback Gaston Green The Gardena Hgh grad sc red three touchdowns but two came the fral four minutes when the game was lost He gamed just 46 yards 19 caves wtr a 1 rg gam of THE ASSOCIATES WESS UCLAs Camell Lake (Culver Cty Hgh) iatcres onto the face mask of Nebraska QB Steve Taylor Satjraas contest at L'ncoln Neo Ignoring strength made UCLA weak seven And hs egrt-gane strtaic -van r- rx eames was st 4 made too many mistakes to beat a good football team said Terry Donahue UCLA's coach He was thinking about losrg three fumbles and allowing bg plays He should have been focused on the mistake he made in -using or net using hs best player Green earned 19 times for a ret cf 4c yards Sure his twj touchdowns which came on rms cf foe ard two yards pL? two PAT runs lock od The fact cf the matt effective LINCOLN Neb This is a nice place to visit You would not want to come here to play a football game Gaston Green can give you chapter and verse after having hi? Heisman dream turn into a nightmare among the rolling corn fields of America It's rr that tre u'n here are arytmng ether mar pchte During the slow march to the field iu'r Saturday after playing Nebraska UCLA's Brum? heard the red-clad Cr rrhu4er fans a ploui them effort UCLA had me -n with a big reputati'n whvh is why it was ranged No 3 among undergraduate teams ir the land But the Neither be any vf Nevada's runners were r- the game tetri And xkrgly A Was as "They smpr-ed -S wth them eff cert rg attack sad Her ley A it-? the rutes we knew tr-r -pt bt we dr they up as much and as well a- they ud were d-gred stp tre rr At the start we h-t them wr a-u -a that we ddr have ht hard re ere- Bixkirg and play re to do tn eectjr may rave had rraska's defence Bruins did not act the part of a power on the Nebraska artifical turf Clearly the Bruins are not the class of the Cornhuskers which is wn Nebraska ranked 2 won this game 42-33 This also is why Green's Heisman campagr went in the same drecti cf farm profits down peer pav NLre ti the point lack cf blkr seltctor rus- hxf- Gf- mac have beer wrat hbhed Greer WALDNER BiCh -ADI i A A jc UCLA Angels knuckle under but not without fight 1 Gere fc wt aireniri -7 hi- Amer-s'rar'ded' Mari 3 innings last year in Anaheim This tme the Angels hitters fared slightly better a 4-3 defeat that kept them 7 games behmd first-place Mnresc- whch had lost earner in the day Actually thanks to some sloppy by the Rangers and three un- By Jon Heyman The Argels faced a knuckleball pitcher caturdav night and that m-variaMv makes Argei iters weak in the krf-- arn? and cat in? average? The 24- raving average is Armas red -ga Added Mauch "That was the fastball Ive seer hs year fr Mse 'A tt I was t-'Med pmk the wav he started I said 'L here Mke Witt's here I rf vnaTel fv tre relcver teve Hwe's Rangers were v- -T- i re rg ed 1 -tart tre Hmr bt trer re satr MLem re tc trrd a a rare earned runs the Angels had taken a over the Argels is 13 0 Brier's home rr ws? preceded by a errjr by Argels second baseman Johnny Flay who had b-xted a Ruben Sierra gr under tv open the Ranger? ninth It wa? Flay- third err 12 Argels game? Before O'Brien'? home run Wtt (Ic-12i had beer almost the only blemsh com rg the first m-mrg when S'erra ht a heme mn a 2-0 Rangers lead The man Witt had the best stuff two yeahs sad Ahgts Manager arm mere- a plea-ant me: whenever jj iead mt0 the ninth inning err -e b- we Larger- ct ay a tertal tv -wtr tre rfeli ANGELS the Arms- have a date with the dancing pitches of Charne Hough the Niekro brother? or T'an Cardiotti This re the Angels' opponent was Hough tie Ttxa? Rangers' kruckie-aer wn i erred a '-rivcT through However a no-cut two-run home run by Pete O'Brien down the right-field Ime against Argels starter Mke Witt made it two straght defeats fer the Argels and four of five on the humestani The Twins' magic number a-3 lead when Howe ugr a former Dodger entered tre rrtr whose past drg tr ub are wel documented wa? Oxed Holieway bounces back with four TDs in Oklahoma win NORMAN Okla GAP) -Oklahoma quarterback Jamelie Navratilova wins US Open 0 1 Graf loses in straight sets Lendl Wilander win i College scores parade! jl Holieway made up for last weeks opening-game mistakes Saturday in a bg way The former Banning High standout who lost the snap five times last week against North Texas State despite the Soon-ers' 69-13 win ran for 170 yards and all four touchdowns to spark top-ranked Oklahoma to a 23-0 victory over North Carolina HoLeway scored on runs of three four and one yards before the half and tacked on another one-yard touchdown run in the third quarter He averaged almost seven yards on 25 carries Both the yardage and touchdown totals were personal highs for the junior quarterback Holieway played well at quarterback carried the foot-OKIAHOMA C6 Notre Dame 26 Michigan 7 C6 Alabama 24 Penn State 13 C5 Oregon 10 Colorado 7 C4 0 Auburn 49 Kansas 0 C4 By Rich ttiroer i'fd NEW YORK Defending champion Martra Navratilrva staked her clarn as the wrld's No 1 female terms player Saturday by beating trp-seeded Steffi Graf to her fourth US Open ttle Navratlova handed Graf her second defeat 63 matches this year wth a 7-6 (7-4 6-1 victors at the National Term? Center Graf will retain her No 1 status when the new computer rankings are released Mordav But Navratilova said her 19r7 Open and Wimbled titles should give her the edge even though thev are her trlv Sports: sequel to prehistoric quest for survival? T-o-o "'0 te3s ve: fe 'cpd but fe'e was teawb'v Le 'S z4-ere't new ip sce wavs fe gae te sae Partd Magazlnt twe tournament ctvres this year "it's cl -t" sa NavT6tU a US OPEN Summaries C14 THE XSSQCUTID rESS fra! SaLrd3 Mats Wilander centrales us se".