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6C November 14,1171, bco I Siadey Josnil ud Stir Huskers Show Class in Loss By Dave Sittler Staff Sports Writer Ames. la. With their dreams of Oranges severely squashed. football team failed to revert to sour grapes here Saturday. Long known as a team with style, the ('ornhuskers were able to maintain their pride and display some class despite a 37-28 loss to Iowa State which ripped the hearts out and left their Orange Bowl chances badly damaged.

Easy Win To Midland Oh sure, there were tears, bowed heads and the aches and pains that accompany losing. But there was also praise for the victors and few excuses. ifSt downs Riishps yards Passing yards Ppturn yards Passes Punis Pumbiesiost Periattiesyards id Wtstmar 16 17 50 59 92 69 105 109 0 4 7 0 9 29 2 2 43 7 34 6 3 3 1 4 4 50 LUMARS, Iowa marched 90 yards for a touchdown on its first possession and had no trouble in a 376 rout of Westmar of Iowa in the season-ending football game for the Nebraskans Saturday. Kick Klug scored from the one for the first touchdown and went over from the seven later in the first quarter to put Midland safely ahead. The Nebraskans counted three more touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 34-0 halftime lead Klug added his third touchdown in that period on a two-yard run.

Reserve offensive players finished the game for Midland. Grandee West also scored for Midland on a 32-yard pass from Walt Olsen. Chuck Micek returned an intercepted pass 91 yards for another tally and Jon Holmes booted a 33-yard field goal. Midland finished its season with seven victories and two defeats. Midland ........................13 21 3 0-37 0 0 6 Mid Klug 2 run (Hotmea Kick) Mid Klug 7 run (Kick failed) Mid West 32 pass frorn OUen (Holmes ick Mid Micek 91 pasi interception (Holmes kick I Mid Klug 2 run (Holmes kick) Mid Holmes 33 Wes Iririn 13 pass from Huisenga (pass tailed) INeb.

Concordia Wins Finale Hiver Sorest, 111. A change to the I-formation helped Concordia of Seward to a 47-20 win over Concordia College of River Forest here Saturday. Long touchdown runs of 45 yards by Tim Warneke and 53 yards by Dan Heuer helped the Nebraska school put the game away Warneke also scored on a ttne-yard run and Heuer gained a second six-pointer on a 12-yard scamper. The Concordia team out-yarded the lllinoois school 427-180 in the season-closing win Seward pi ver Purest 2 16 14 15-47 .7 7 6 0-20 just got beat by a good football team, Coach Tom Osborne said as he slumped against the dressing room door. didn't play well and they (Iowa State) did, (the loss) all comes back to Osborne continued.

was an important game and it was my job to get the team prepared I guess I Slowly puffing on a cigarette, defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin "I had a lot of respect for Iowa State before this game ever started. They were just as good as I Kiffin admitted he was in a bit of a daze as he quietly moved through the IfK'kerroom consoling the players. It was like a Kiffin said "That is the strangest game I've been involved in in my coaching career. Iowa State do anything new, but we just couldn't seem to stop them With Iowa victory bell ringing outside dre.ssing quarters as if tolling the death of the Big Red, players seemed as dazed as Kiffin "I think we were overconfident at said Nebraska ciKaptain Clete Pillen, who suffered a wicked gash to the corner of his left eye in the first quarter which required stitches before Pillen could return late in the second quarter. "They had a 7-2 record and are the most improved team in the Big Eight Fighting a losing battle with his emotions.

Pillen said, is as tough as the Oklahoma loss last year. This team has so much character and wants to win as badly as any team been around. Now all an uphill battle Slowly dressing in a far corner of the defensive tackle Ron Pruitt said, whole thing in a nutshell is we made mistakes and letdown on defense and gave up the big plays. Iowa State made things Kiffin agreed with Pruitt, and pointed out his dejection over the fact the Cyclones put 37 points on the scoreboard. Nebraska 28 points should be enough to win any Kiffin said of the Husker offensive production.

defense should never give up more than 28 Noting injuries, especially at defensive end where starter Ray Phillips did not make the trip because of a bad back and Tony Samuel and George Andrews suffered early injuries, Kiffin said that was a factor in Iowa outside running success. not faulting the kids that went in when the others were Kiffin said. than just the ends have outside re.sponsibility. We had a lot of people make Searching for a possible answer to of the Nebraska miscues which included eight fumbles, Osborne said, players seemed to be a little edgy before the game. I know why, been involved in big games in front of big crowils many times Some of the Husker players, however, did not agree with their coach on that point.

went into the game thinking win, That never left my mind until the game was co-captain Vince Ferragamo said. defensive back Dave Butterfield said, 1 didn't feel any different. I thought we were ready to play, but things just go our Linebacker Pillen, who was under close observation because of his damaged eyelid, offered, was confident win. Personally, I still think we are a belter team. But Iowa State was playing with a lot of emotion and that can take a team a long way.

We had plenty of emotion, Naturally, most of the Nebraska contingent had the Orange Bowl on their minds and the Nov. 26 meeting with rival Oklahoma in Lincoln. feel confident we'll beat Oklahoma and still go to the Orange Butterfield said. take a couple of days off and then buckle down. down right now, but very confident we're going to come Saying he had not had time to think about the wild finish the Big Eight Conference race is heading for, Osborne said, important thing is we still have chance to play for a share of conference A soft-spoken Kiffin said, just have to comeback.

But Nebraska teams are not used to having to come back in the conference race. We are usually on top or close to it. We just better come out shooting with all we got against A victory over the Sooners would go a long way in removing the bitter taste the Cornhuskers have at the moment. Cyclone Comments Individual Statistics Nebraska Offense Rushing No. Yds.

47 Ferragamo .......9 25 12 12 34 Passing No. Com. Yds. Ferragamo 27 12 199 Pass Receiving No. Yds.

53 107 1 33 5 Punting No. Yds. Ave. 250 35.7 Pass Interceptions No. Yds.

0 Punt Returns No. Yds. Harvey .....................1 0 32 Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Ave.

9.4 2.8 3.0 4.0 6.8 PI 1 Iowa State Offense Rushing No. Yds. Ave. Green ................19 109 5.7 Stanley ...........16 51 3.2 66 4.1 93 5.2 1 2 2.0 Passing No. Com.

Stanley Hardeman Yds. PI 2 31 1 1 16 0 Pass Receiving No. Yds. Green .......................2 31 Dixon ..................1 16 Punting No. Yds.

Ave. Blabolil ..............6 226 37.7 Pass Interceptions No. Yds. 45 Kickoff Returns No. Blue Chapper Yds.

116 6 20 Defense Cornhusker Quotes Quarterback Vince Ferragamo On his second touchdown pass to Bobby Thomas "That one catch in the end zone by Bobby was just tremendous. I thought that play had turned the game around But it was to no avail." Regarding an apparent forward pass which was ruled a fumble. "That was the worst call I've ever seen. My arm was already going forward when I was hit. I didn't worry about going after the ball too much because I thought the play was dead" Comparing Iowa State and Oklahoma State: "I think Oklahoma State's defense Is much quicker.

They (Iowa State) will find that out next week." Defensivo tackle Mike Fultz On the game "I wasn't edgy, I felt the same as always before. Iowa State is a hell of a ball club, give them, credit." Defensive tackle Ron Pruitt On Iowa State "They had a lot of speed and that made things tough. We just have to take the attitude that we are going to whip Oklahoma and go the Orange Bowl." Head coach Tom Osborne "The big key was our Inability to control the line of scrimmage. We didn't do it on offense (Nebraska gained just 77 yards on the ground a season low) and we didn't do It on defense (Iowa State ammassed 321 yards running On the bowl situation "I would hope we will go to some bowl. The Orange Bowl thing is up in the air.

If we don go to the Orange Bowl I'll leave it up to the team it they want to go to another bowl if we get the offer." Linebacker Clete Pillen On the loss "It's so frustrating to be so close last year and again this year. There will be other days and this IS lusf one of those lessons in life, I guess." Defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin "Despite having our top ends and linebackers out of there with injuries much of the time, you've got to figure that Nebraska has the depth to get the job done. But we didn't." oerna I 29 Linemen 2 40 ut At TT Defense Mike 01 1 Linemen Maynard Stensrud 45 9 UT ATTT White 1 0 1 12 3 Rodgers S16 Fultz 628 033 0 1 03 3 53 8 3 2S Pruitt 325 Brock 0 11 Linebackers Andrews 336 Septle 1 1 2 1 0 1 Benda 3 3 6 Linebackers 1 7 Carpenter 1 1 2 Backs Eichelberger 1 0 1 3 77 14 3 C. 419 Hawkins 6 7 Backs 3 2 202 Valasek 2 02 2 0 2 02 022 J. Pillen 10 1 Manske 0 11 Harvey 31 4 Grove 1 0 1 4 04Kollman 1 0 1 Scoring Story NU-iSU Time Left 0-3 0-10 7-10 How Scored First Quarter Kollman 21 field goal Drive: 94 yards in 11 plays.

Highlighted by 48 run by Green. Green 1 run Drive: 33 yards in plays. Set up by fumble recovery after ensuing kickoff. Conversion; Kollman kick. Thomas 43 pass from Ferragamo Drive 61 yards in 4 plays.

Following Valasek fumble recovery of punt. Highlighted by Ferragamo 16 pass to Thomas. Conversion: Eveland kick. Blue 95 kickoff return Conversion; Kollman kick. Second Quarter Anthony 14 run Drive 68 yards in 8 plays.

Highlighted by Ferragamo 26 pass to Shamblin. Conversion; kick failed Kollman 31 field goal Field goal followed NU fumble of ISU punt. Fourth Quarter Thomas 30 pass from Ferragamo Drive 49 yards in 4 plays. Highlighted by Ferragamo 15 pass to Shamblin. Conversion; Eveland kick.

Green 3 run Drive 80 yards in 16 plays. Aided by pass interference penalty against NU. Conversion; Kollman kick Kollman 21 field goal Drive 24 yards in 7 plays. Set up by NU fumble, highlighted by Hardeman 16 pass to Dixon. Drive 34 yards in 5 plays Set up by Clemons pass interception.

Conversion; Kollman kick. Berns 2 run Drive 2 yards in 1 play. Set up by 86 kickoff return by Berns. Craig received kickoff and lateralled to Berns. Conversion: Shamblin pass from Ferragamo.

Nebraska 7 6 0 Iowa State 0 3:35 1:29 N. Compiled by Randy York Head coach Earle Bruce "I don't know what was bothering Vince Ferragamo. Maybe it was the noise. Maybe it was the way we were hitting him. Maybe our defensive shifts were causing him problems.

As long as we don't interfere with their cadence, we can yell move. That was just a tremendous defensive effort out there today. The two Stensruds (Maynard and Mike) and Tom Randall really stick out in my mind. They played just marvelous football. But our linebackers came in there just as hard and our secondary, what can I say about them? They came in there and really stuck it to Nebraska, too" Middle Guard Maynard Stensrud "We didn't do anything new tor Nebraska.

We just put two people over their two guards, two over their two tackles ond sent one or two linebackers blitzing through the center. We knew it we stopped their rushing game, they would have to throw to beat us. We stopped 'em all right, Nebraska is a great Big Eight team, but they're not superior to anyone else. We knew we could beat them. I can't think of a team that would psych us up more than Nebraska" Offensive Guard Dave Greenwood "What did this game mean to me? It rneant everything to me.

I'm an offensive co-captain, this is my fifth year at Iowa State and we've never beaten Nebraska. In fact, they've literally kicked the crap out of us. In the years I've been here, we'd get behind and kind of just give up. Not anymore. We've got that killer instinct now just like Nebraska has.

When we have that football, we're ready to go in and score not tomorrow, not next game now. I don't know where we got it from. I think it started last winter in what we call fourth quarter conditioning drills We got in such great physical condition, we wanted to go out last spring and show someone. It's been building up in us a long time" Split End Luther Blue "When I stopped around the 25-yard line on the kickoff return, it was just to get my balance. Those tacklers piled up in there.

They were blockers. I had to jump over one of my blockers. That's when I had to stop and get my balance. I didn't think I had it until 20 yards from the goal. Until then, all I heard behind me were footsteps.

That's the first kickoff return touchdown I've had since an 83-yarder against K-State two years ago over at the old Clyde Williams Field." Quarterback Buddy Hardeman "When Wayne (starting quarterback Wayne Stanley) went out just before halt with that knee injury, I knew I could pick up where he left oft. There's not much difference between us. Looking at all nine of Nebraska game films, we knew their whole defense flowed to the wide side of the field. We just kept making sure we hit them with everything we had on the short side of the field. We moved so well on the ground, we didn't need to pass.

I took whatever Nebraska gave us on that option. When the end came up on me, all I had to do was drop the ball oft to Dexter (Green), Nebraska's safety blitz did mess us up, but we overcame it. Dur goal is one game at a time. I don't want to talk about bowl games. All I know is we play Dklahoma State next.

We'll take it from there." Tailback Dexter Green "Nebraska was really tackling the ball all day. I got this wide slash on my left arm when I tumbled in the end zone. The guy really racked me. I'm sure I was in before the ball broke loose though. But I guess it really doesn't matter that much now." Cornerback Jerry Jaksich "I've been waiting tor this tor a long, long time.

Those first three games against Nebraska (Jaksich is from Dmaha Gross) were tough, but this takes care of them at once. What a team effort. Super. That's the only way to describe it" AP Top 20 Scorecard 1. Pittsburgh (10-0) def.

West Virginia, 24-16. Next game: idle. 2. UCLA (9-0-1) def. Oregon State, 45-14.

Next game: USC. 3. USC (8-1) def. Washington, 20-3. Next game: UCLA.

4. Michigan (9-1) def. Illinois, 38-7. Next game: Ohio State. 5.

Texas Tech (8-0) def. SMU, 34-7. Next game: Houston. 6. Maryland (10-0) def.

Clemson, 20-0. Next game: Virginia. 7. Georgia (9-1) def. Auburn, 28-0.

Next game: Idle. 8. Ohio State (8-1-1) def. Minnesota, 9-3. Next game: Michigan.

9. Nebraska (7-2-1) lost to Iowa State, 37-28. Next game; Idle. 10. Alabama (7-3) lost to Notre Dame, 21-18.

Next game: Idle. 11. Missouri (6-4) lost to Oklahoma, 27-20. Next game: Kansas. 12.

Houston (6-2) Idle. Next game: Texas Tech. 13. Arkansas (5-2-1) lost to Texas AAM, 31-10. Next game: SMU.

14. Oklahoma (7-2-1) def. Missouri, 27-20. Next game: Idle. 15.

Florida (6-3) lost to Kentucky, 28-9, Next game: Rice, 16. Texas (72) def. Arkansas, 31-10. Next game: TCU. 17.

Oklahoma State (6-3) def. Kansas State, 45-21. Next game; Iowa State. 18. Notre Dame (7-2) def.

Alabama, 21-18. Next game: Miamai, Fla. 19. Colorado (7-3) def. Kansas, 40-17.

Next game: Kansas State. 20. South Carolina (6-4) lost to Wake Forest, 10-7. Next game: Clemson. Monday Pro Football Buttelo v.

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