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4E Ortober 17, IW, UMh, iBrfijf Jwml iM llir Nebraska Shows KSV Impressive By Bob Owens coordinator Monte Kiffin called victory over Kansas State Saturday afternoon pretty good shutout and head coach Tom Osborne said was a very Lnpressive performance by the The victory margin came as a great surprise to Osborne, who had predicted the game would be as big a test as the Huskers have had this season. offense moved the ball much better than it did last year against Kansas Osborne said. course we had good field position most of The Comhuskers, who won only 12-0 last year at K-State, rushed for 289 yards and passed for 186 against virtually the same Wildcat defensive team. Kiffin liked the shutout because the defense had to come out on the field unexpectedly after five NU turnovers. kids kept their poise when the other team had field position," he said.

was really happy with the second unit. We have black team) in practice, but when we get into a game one defense. It was a team Mike Fultz and Ron Pruitt, senior defensive tackles turned in excellent performances. was the best pass rush Fultz said. I had to work at it.

(KSU) inexperienced and that was probably part of it. You could gamble a little bit more and still recover if you made a Pruitt recovered two fumbles 10 tackles, including one sack of K-State quarterback Duane Howard for a 19-yard loss. Osborne mentioned the good pass rush vidiich helped produce a school record for defense against the rush. K-State netted minus 45 yards as quarterbacks Howard and his backup Wendell Henrickson were thrown for 108 yards in losses. blitzed quite a bit, but been blitzing a lot more right Osborne said.

State was blitzing, too, but we broke some runs through their blitz and they stopped The two most obvious examples were a 14-yard run by fuUback Gary Higgs in the first half and a 13-yard run by- Richard Bems on the touchdown drive just before the first unit retired for the afternoon with the Huskers in front 37-0. and gold shirts (first and second while Fultz led the Huskers with Individual Statistics our down linemen rushed their passer well and Clete Pillen (linebacker) was back to Comhusker Quotes Compiled by Ken Hambleton and Jim Cunningham Tight End Mark Dufrttna On scoring hit first touchdown as a Nobraska Cornhuskar "It feels excellent. The best part is that my girl friend is here from California. I'm happy I was able to score that touchdown." Dascribing tha touchdown play "It was the same play that Kenny (Spaeth) had scored on earlier in the game. We're in a two tight end offense.

Kenny goes shallow and I go deep along the endzone line. I think they were looking for Ken since we had used that play 'and scored earlier. I'm not the primary receiver but I was open and Vince (Ferragamo) had plenty of time and threw a perfect pass. If I would have dropped that one, I would have been a real dog." Split End Chuck Malito On seeing duty at a haidtr for extra point kicks "I've been working on that for some time but we really haven't had the opportunity to let me try it In a game. I like to do it.

I don't remember anything about the snaps because the main thing the holder is concentrating on Is catching the ball." Daftnsivo End Gtorga Andrtws On getting the chance to start his first game bacauta of an Injury to Tony SamutI "It was a real good feeling to start but it helped a little having played before during the season." On causing a Kansas State fumble on tha wildcats' first play from scrimmage "They ran a took a long time to develop. I was in a containment technique. If they give the ball to the fullback, I don't have a chance for the tackle but this time It went to the tail back and I was charging to the right spot. I got a real good hit on tha guy but I didn't even realize he had fumbled the ball." Dtftnsivt tackit Ron Pruitt On racovaring a fumble on the first play of tha gama: "I was a little surprised to see the ball popping around on the first play of the game. I just tried to get off the field as quickly as possible before they called It back." On rtcovtring two Kansas State fumbles "We needed to get some turnovers because we haven't been getting that many up to now.

That second fumble caught me by surprise. I was on the ground and I noticed the football laying there. It had been sitting there quite a while and nothing was happening so I fell on it. I wasn't sure if It was a fumble or not. This Is the first time I have ever recovered two fumbles in one game while here at Nebraska." PInctkicktr Ron VandtrMgtr On fergatting his meuthplaca which cost tha Husktrs a tima out in the first quarter "I haven't played that much and I didn't even think about It.

But when I got on field, the official noticed I was a ntw player and asked me it I had a mouthpiece. I said no so ha sent me off to get one and we had to take a tima out. Yes, coach Osborne had a tew words with me about it attar I came out of the game. On getting the opportunity to kick off oarty in tho gamo "Coach Osborne had me atternating with Al (Eveland) this week. Coach Osborne has told me that I need some more consistency.

I kick the ball high so kicking on a windy day can be tough. I was just happy to gat in the game." Split end Bobby Thomos On his twisting, spinning touchdown aftor catching a Vince Ferragamo pats "Whan I caught the ball I felt the guy behind me so I spun out. Then I saw tha end zona and that's where I heeded. I don't have any idta how many times I had to spin to get there." On having his double-reverse tauchdewn callad back tha first tima: "It was just like when I was a freshman against Iowa State. The first time I had ever carried the ball in college and I scored, but it was called back on a holding penalty.

On his ravarsa far a touchdown "The pursuit went one way and I was going the other The blocking was lust great on that play." "We lust put that play in this week and the situation called tor it. On scoring threo touchdowns: "I love to score any way I can whether Its catching the ball or running with It. But I'm sure I don't want to switch to l-back. I'll let the big guys take care of that position and I'll stick at split end. Quartarback Vinco Porragamo "We just kept getting the breaks today.

At times I thought I threw it better and at times worse than before, but overall I thought our passing game was good. Things happen at home. "I was getting all the time In the world to throw. On the Dutresne touchdown, he was our third receiver. So you'd have to credit the offensive line for that one.

"I'd say it was a better offensive effort than last week. Kansas State had a much better defense than a 51-0 score indicates Offtnsivt guard Stan Waldamora On getting bis first start at a Carnhuskar, dua to tha injury to Dan Schmidt "The coaches had me well prepared so I was confident. The older guys out there helped me out." On being called for a first quarttr clip that nullifiad a long gain by Bobby Thomas "I really don't know If that was a clip or not. I'll have to check tha films to find out. I thought the defender was going to turn In to the ball carrier so I tried to set myself for a block." Dbftntlvt Tbcklt Mikf Fultz "This had to be one of my better days.

Andtt wes one of the best our defensive line has had On his two fumble recoveries and on causing two KSU fumblos: "Somotlmos It works out that way. Thaquarttr- back was reading a lot and we were able to get behind him When you get behind a runner a lot of times you can pop the ball loose." "I think they ran at me more then other teams have In other games. don't mind that. As a matter of fact I like It more. That's what I'm In thara for.

"I think that a lot of their problems were because their backfietd was all frtshman. Thay'rt out of high school and they're going to make some mistakes because they're thinking atwut the previous mistakes. We were able to gamble more on defense today and I thought we had our best pass rush of tha season." Nebraska Offense Rushing No. Yds. Avt.

Ferragamo 2 -1 Borns ...............14 95 5.9 Higgs 10 42 4.2 Stowart 8 44 1.3 3 8 2.7 11 5.5 Garcia 2 7 3.5 14 4.0 11 2.8 Evaratt ................1 0 0.0 Zabrockl ...........4 14 3.5 Sorlay ..................1 4 4.0 Jacobs 2 9 4.5 Kuiath ...............2 13 4.5 Walton ...............2 -4 Linebackers WIghtman ..................2 C. Konz ..........................2 Eichelbargtr 0 Backs J. K. Buttarfiald ..................1 Andarso ................0 Punting No. Yds.

8 319 Pass Interceptions Thomas Horcham No. 1 1 1 Boqua Punt Returns No. 1 Ava. 39.9 Yds. 12 0 25 Yds.

2 Passing No Co Yds Ferragamo Garcia Burns 173 0 13 0 PI 0 1 1 1 Kansas State Offense Rushing Pass Receiving No. Yds. Spaern Thomas ...........2 24 ...........3 27 Dufresnt 1 48 44 Loktn 1 Punting 13 No. Yds. Ava.

Lessman ........2 7537.5 34 34.0 Pass Interceptions No. Yds. Gast 17 No. Yds. Avo.

Howard ...11 -42 4 143.5 Richardson .....3 4 1.3 9 273.0 Scoboy ....4 8 1.3 1 1 1.0 Henrickson .....5 -37 Passing No Co Yds PI Howard 12 5 301 Herrickson 11 4 94 0 Pass Rtctlving Punt Returns No. Butterfield ............3 Yds. 8 4 No. Yds. Whitloy ......230 1 -9 ......3 31 ......374 Kickoff Returns No.

Yds. 30 1 10 Defense Linemen UT AT TT Jaffary .......................1 4 7 Naims ..............3 2 5 Kozak ........................1 4 5 Chandler ...................3 0 3 Hull ...........................2 1 3 Viers .......................1 2 3 2 3 0 1 Linebackers 4 4 7 Lorenzo ........................3 2 5 1 2 Backs 1 4 Bague .........................3 1 4 3 4 2 3 H. 0 2 2 Horcham ...................0 2 2 0 1 0 1 Defense Lineman UT ATTT Fultz ..........................4 4 10 2 5 Wainmastar ..............3 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 Kearney Wins NCC Title Wayne (UPI) Kearney State College overpowered two other state Friday to claim the Nebraska College cross country cham- pitmship. Kearney State ended the meet at Wayne with 23 points, followed by Wayne with 47 and Chadron with 67. State College enter a full team In this competition.

The top for Kearney was Carl Stromberg who defended his individual title with a time of 26:44. Scoring Story NU-KWU Tima Loft How Scorad First Quartar Evaiand 20 flaid goal Drive: 24 yards in 5 plays. Sat up by tumble recovery by Pruitt. Spaath I pass from Porragamo Drive: 45 yards in 12 plays. Highlighted by passes from Ferragamo to Spaeth (14) and Shamblln (13).

Conversion: Eveland kick. Sacend Thomas 15 pass from Farragama Drive: 45 yards In 3 plays. Set up by tumble recovery by Pruitt, highlighted by 28 run by Berns. Conversion: Eveland kick. Dufrtsna 10 pass from Parragamo Drive: 40 yards in 10 plays.

Set up by fumble recovery by Fultz, aided by KSU pass Interference penalty, Berns rushed tor 17 yards. Conversion: kick no good. Thomas 13 run Drive: 70 yards plays. Highlighted by passes from Ferragamo to Malito (9), Shamblln (19), Dufresna (13). Conversion: Eveland kick.

Third Quarttr Thomas 5 pass from Farragama Drive; 80 yards in 14 plays. Highlighted by 14 pass from Ferragamo to AAallto, Barns rushed tor 33 yards. 2 run Drive: 12 yards in 5 plays. Sat up by tumble racovary by Fultz. Conversion; Eveland kick.

Fourth Quarttr Zabrockl 4 run Drive: 7 yards In 2 plays. Set up by tumble racovary by Ridder, Conversion: Evaiand kick. Kansas State 0 0 0 Nebraska 10 20 14 Attandanca 74,150 3-0 1IH) 17-0 234) 304) 374) 444) 514) 13:35 5:14 13:54 5:14 1:01 9:58 5:54 11:11 0 0 7-51 WR.MÜIFIER i 1300 N. 48th 447-4359 9N Maia lagiaaarad MaMars AMarioa loraifB Cars Cast eoi Duds-npe leader Madaae Installed Ml Meet Cars UfSTIMiWAnANTY ri WHUiUWAn 3 50 Hol Wax Freo Binding Chock Froo Door Prizes Monday 10; Mi luhiiiig, from Sotomon, wili bt ot Lowlor's SKI STOP Downtown, oU doy Mondoy. Iring in your dds for froo wax.

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is a real dedicated football player. His presence means a lot to our defense. Percy Eichelberger played well, too. a compliment to our Osborne said he saw improvement for the Huskers, something that is a week-by-week goal of the team. was disappointed with the turnovers by the second he said.

were a lot of Chbome thought Bems and Higgs ran well and he the performance of sophomore I-back Byron Stewart, who showed some dipsy-do moves in rushing for 66 yards in just attempts. Bems added 95 yards to his team-leading rushing total on 16 but get a chance for a second consecutive 100-plus- yard afternoon. He 127 yards last week at Colorado. most discouraging thing today was Pave Gillespie reinjuring his hamstring Osbome said. He had carried four times for 11 yards before limping off the field.

sink or swim for him now, OsbcMTie said of the injury-plaged swiior Iback. a chronic thing. I think we can get a hardship (extra year) Gillrapie has been in just three games and the season now is at the halfway point. The fact that NU plays 12 games might be a technicality of the rule which might enable a hardship grant. The rule limits a player to three games in the first half of the season in order for a hardship to be considered, but the Hawaii game Dec.

4 charged against the NCAA 11- game limit. Gillespie said his thigh felt about the same as it did when he first pulled the muscle in preseason practice. The only other apparent injury was a slight sprained ankle suffered by Higgs in the first quarter. offensive explosion gave punter Randy Lessman a rather easy afternoon, but was embarrassed about his only two attempts even though they turned out okay. first one went off the side of my Lessman said.

the second one, 1 caught the toe of my shoe in the AstroTurf. That happened to me once in the spring two punts averaged 37.5 yards. He now has a career average of 39.9 yards on 136 kicks. Views Compiled by Tom Vint and Wayne Gktnyea Htad coacli Ellii Rainibtrgtr "Vince Ferragamo is such a big part of Nebraska's football team. He Is a tremendous passer and his receivers are just outstanding.

We're not a very good pass rush football team, but that doesn't mean Nebraska did not block very well. Believe me, they did." Dtftnsivf lint coach Sandy Buda "Nebraska's offensive line started the season slow against LSU. We've looked at film of every one of their game's. They are getting better every week. Ferragamo also Is showing steady Improvement and they're really starting to complement each other." Noftguard Thtopolii Bryant "I don't want to start any feud between Nebraska and Missouri, but Nebraska is a better overall football team.

Their offensive line makes fewer mistakes than they did last year. They're very aggressive. They come at you and your linebackers down and double down on the noseguard. When they get that going, they're tougher than heck to stop." Quarttrback Duant Howard Freshman who played with two severely sprained fingers "I didn't hold onto the ball well but I'm not going to make any excuses. I just didn't play well." How do the Huskers compare with Missouri? "Nebraska definitely Is a very good defensive team as far as the rush was concerned.

Their pass defense allowed us to throw Into the seams when we had time to throw. Missouri doesn't have a fantastic defense but I'd probably say Nebraska should win." How did It feel, as a freshman, playing before your first Memorial Stadium crowd? "It shouldn't have put any pressure on me but I'd have to admit I was a little nervous at first. After that first snap I was alright." Lintbacktr Carl Pennington All-Big Eight linebacker candidate and co-captaln, explaining why Nebraska did so well against one ot the Big Eight's better defenses: "Mostly, the first half they killed us with passing. The first half we didn't give them many yards rushing so I guess we kind of set back and started looking for the pass. Then when they came out the second half passing and running, we were In trouble.

I'd rate them about the same team as last year (when KSU played Nebraska to a 12-0 contest). They just did the things they were supposed to. They executed well and read well." In comparing Nebraska and Missouri "I think we definitely took the fight to Missouri. We were more up for Missouri than Nebraska. (KSU lost 28-21 to Missouri last week.) We just never got the momentum going for Nebraska.

I think Nebraska, not taking anything away from Missouri, is a better football team. Nebraska should win." Lintbacktr Gary Spani AII-BIg Eight linebacker and on the Huskers "They got big breaks right off the bat. They got the momentum right off the bat. We didn't play good today but we didn't get a chance to play with them, either. They kept getting the big plays.

If we'd have had a big play once in a while, we might have looked better. Fundamentally, Nebraska did everything right. They're a good football team." Predicting Nebraska against Missouri next Saturday in Lincoln "Nebraska will bet 'em if they both play as well as they can. It'll be close though." IDtftnsivt back Homtr Thomas On the pass Inftrceptlon at tlit NU fiva that was not allowed "Thomas did a post pattern, I cut under him and caught the ball. I bobbled It and It slid down my legs and he (Thomas) fell over me.

I know I intercepted It, I was under the ball." Comparing Nabraska with Missouri "Nebraska should blow them out. It's just Ferragamo he's so good. He puts it right there. If the receiver gets open, he really hits the open man." On his sacend half iniury after intercepting a Randy Garcia pass "I just hurt my right knee. It's not too bad, it's just sore right now.

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