The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 13

THE LINCOLN STAR SDorts Saturday. Page 13 Huskers hope fortunes at KU better than weather Offense NEBRASKA No. Nomo Ht. Spaoth 70 Llnganfaltar 6-7 51 Schmidt 52 Davis 63 71 8 15 49 Anthony 45 Donnaii 81 Shambiin Wt. 228 TE 277 LT 222 LG 232 235 RG 256 RT 162 SE 208 OB 208 IB 219 FB 190 WB KANSAS Wt.

Ht. Nama No. 200 6-3 Michaals ...........6 250 6-4 220 5-10 240 6-3 240 6-2 Pippin .............79 260 6-5 Mason ............64 170 6-1 Littla ..............84 190 6-3 190 5-11 210 6-1 Banks ..............36 185 5-11 Defense NEBRASKA 80 220 LE 2156-2Calevich KANSAS ........50 91 247 LT 265 6-5Butif ..........77 66 Pullen MG2406-1 Balagna ..........73 72 Fulti 275 RT 2656-0King 98 Samuel RE 2356-2 Jones ............81 61 206 LB 2406-2Btoson ..........78 59Wightman LB 245 6-3 Dinkol ...........93 23 Smith 196 Mon.175 5-11 Sharp 34 Butttrf laid 182 ..........47 31 Harvey 170 CB 200 ..........13 4 200 6-3 Golub ............19 Kickoff: 1:30 p.m. Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kan. Broadcasts KLIN, KFAB, KFOR, WOW.

By Virgil Parker Sports Editor Lawrence, Kan. varsity football team hopes the cold, gray day here Friday signaling the start of a repeat performance for Husker grid fortunes. The Nebraska frosh lost to the Kansas JVs on a muddy grass practice field in the rain. last time the Big Red yearlings were beaten came at Missouri in 1973 when the game was also moved to a muddy grass practice field. On that occasion, the frosh went for a two-point conversion try in the waning moments.

It failed. The next day the varsity faced the same situation, went for a two-point attempt and also lost. varsity will try to reverse that trend and keep the double-dip defeat of from returning when the Huskers square off against the Jayhawks Saturday afternoon. Kickoff for the crucial Big Eight Conference clash is set for 1 p.m. in Memorial Stadium.

A sellout crowd of 51,500 is expected, even if the rain continues to fall. Nebraska will be trying to bounce back from its first defeat of the season, a 34-24 setback to Missouri last week. Kansas, which dropped its first two league encounters, rebounded with a 24-14 victory over K-State last Saturday. The Jayhavidcs know that a team with two losses still has a shot at the conference crown, but like baseball, three strikes and out. Comhusker coach Tom troops will be facing a highly successful quarterback for the second week in a row.

Pete Woods came off the bench after an injury to starter Steve Pisarkiewicz and dealt highly-regarded Ohio State an upset knockout punch before doing the same to Nebraska. Kansas has a similar story to tell, and Scott McMichael is awaiting arrival. McMichael was the Jayhawks starting quarterback as a sophomore but lost the job to Nolan Cromwell when coach Bud Moore arrived and installed the wishbone offense last Cromwell paced the Big Eight in rushing as McMichael watched Coaches' capsules Bud Moore: Nebraska is the type of team that will not allow you to get away with little mistakes, let alone the big ones. We will have to play fundamentally sound to have a Nebraska's Tom Osborne: McMichael is a big guy who can run or pass. He's pretty rugged.

McMichael reminds me a lot of Pete Woods. And you know what he did to from the bench Kansas was the surprise team of the league, earning a bowl bid to wind up a successful campaign. Cromwell returned to lead the Jayhawks to four straight league wins, but Kansas stumbled in its conference opener at Oklahoma State. i Cromwell was injured the next week as the Jayhawks lost to Oklahoma. McMichael regrouped the squad last Saturday.

"McMichael is a big strong kid who can throw the ball or run with Osborne warns reminds you a lot of Missouri Woods not as fast as Cromwell, but a better passer. Nebraska has long taken great pride in its defensive play. That pride was shattered by Missouri last week. The 34 points recorded by the Tigers represents the most season points scored by any opponent other than Oklahoma which turned the trick three times (1958, '68 and 75) in 20 years. The Nebraska Black Shirt defense wiU be trying to redeem itself by duplicating its effort of the past two visits to Lawrence.

The 1972 and games here were won by Nebraska by identical scores. During drills this week, the Husker players gave every indication they going to pefrnit the Missouri loss to ruin the remainder of the season. Though a No. 1 ranking in the naUon may be out the window. the Huskers are in a five-way tie for the league lead The winner gets a trip to the Orange Bowl.

The Kansas game represents the first step toward Miami. Big Eight Standings Canfartnct 2 2 2 I 1 0 Alt Gamas I 1 1 2 1 2 1 Nebraska Oklahoma Missouri Colorado Oklahoma State Kansas Iowa State Kansas State Saturday's Big Eight Gamas Nebraska at Kansas, Oklahoma at Colorado, Missouri at Oklahoma State, Kansas State at Iowa State LNE upsets Ralston on Berka's passing Statt pnoto oy Dave Kennedy East quarterback Chip Carmichael is tackled by Dan Lococo. LHS ends season with win over East By Ken Hambleton Staff Sports Writer Ralston Northeast confirmed Ralston coach John feebng he is when it comes to playoffs as the Rockets stunned the top- rated Rams here Friday night. 20-12. and ehminated Ralston from the Class A playoff picture.

Senior quarterback Doug Berka connected on eight passes for yards, including two 30-yard touchdown and rushed 14 times for 118 yards to lead surprisingly strong Northeast Osborne, who had had three unbeaten teams kept from playoff berths Missouri, saw his Rams, who came into the game 8-0. humbled by the Rocket defense that bent but rarely broke The L.NE defense stalled a Ram drive on the Rocket 20 early in the first quarter and the Rams failed to si-ore when Tim Conway kicked wide on a 47-yard field goal attempt Berka, keeping on an option to the left, took the ball 46 yards to the Ralston 34 and two plays later, hit sophomore receiver Jeff Svoboda on a 30- yard touchdown pass to put Northeast ahead. 64). think our scoring first made everybody believe that we were going to give Ralston a tough said LNE coach Bob Els The Rams bounced back with a 70-yard drive, sparked by a 20-yard pass from Steve Michaelson to Dave Krebs, moving to the Rocket 13 Four plays later. Rick Chandler crashed across left tackle from the seven to tie the game, 6-6 The Rockets moved 11 yards to their 31 on runs by Steve Damkroger and Rob Farleigh Then on the next play, Berka pitched to Dankroger, who in turn pitched to Ron Huber, who found Svoboda wide open and completed a 39-yard pass to the Ram 30 Four plays later.

Berka hit Jay Marshall on an 11-yard pass that moved the ball to Ralston 21 and the Rockets ground out the distance with Farleigh sc'oring from the eight Joel Dawson kicked the extra point and the Rockets led 13-6 with four minutes before halftime Michaelson hit Krebs again on an eight-yard pass that appeared to give the Rams a first dowm on their 42, but defensive back Joe Prai stripped the ball from him and bneman Jim Dietze came up with the ball on the Ralston 36 yard line Berka then connected on three passes, the final one a 30-yard scoring toss to Jim Slosson and with Dawson kick, the Rockets held a 2(F6 halftime lead Ralston defensive back Dave Kadel intercepted Berka passes on the Rockets first two possessions ol the second half. But even the extra possessions didn't help the Rams as second-stnng quarterback Sc-ott Baker failed to generate the offense who was injured on the last play of the first half, returned on the final play of the third quarter The Rams ground out an 83-yard drive to the Northeast one yard line, where Chandler scored his second touchdowm, closing the to 20-12 with 9 38 left "I don think it was an upset because I feel we re as good as any team in the state," said Els. who.se 4-5 team lost four games by a total of nine points statisticf, page 14 By Jim Cunningham Staff Sports Writer Lincoln High capped a satisfying prep football season night at Seacrest Field with a defense-dominated, 7-6 triumph over East High School. The victory boosted the Links to a winning mark of 5-3-1 in coach Larry first season as the head coach. In addition, it served as a final, 1976 reminder that balance may be returning to Capital Gty football.

Lincoln victorious season briAe a string of several recent campaigns when the Links struggled to be competitive. "The important thing now is that the city has levelled Frost noted folluwuig his come-from-behmd finale "This season showed that there one team going to every week. levelled this city thing out and 1 think important to football in the Capital The win for team was fashioned late in the third quarter when back Dean Carstens bolted two yards up the middle to tie the score at 6-6 and Bryan Clark followed with the deciding extra point The touchdown was set up when Unebacker Bob McCullough recovered fumbled East pitchout at the I8-yard-line. The score came with :50 remaining in the third penod. Uduak Udofia, the top with 72 yards during the contest, picked up 13 of the necessary 18, including eight on the first play following the fumble recovery Defense was dominant East High held the Links to two fint downs in the first half and both came in the final three minutes of the second stanza.

The defeiwe dominated the first quarter and the offense responded on the second play of the second when Chip Carmichael and Randy Graphenteen combined on a 45-yard touchdown pass with 11:19 remaining Graphenteen got the score after wrestling the ball away in mid air from the Doug Simpson. LSE, Papio close season Fapilhon and Lincoln Southeast will end the regular season for all Capital City teams Saturday night at Seacrest Field While Southeast holds a 5-1-2 record and has already cUnched a in the state high school playoffs for district 1, coach Frank Sohch feels the pme is vitally important IS an excellent football Solich said. not approaching this game any differently because already quahfied We cannot afford a loss in momentum if we expect to compete well in the The touchdown was all East managed however, as Jeff try for the extra point sailed wide to the left. The Links almost scored in the waning moments of the first half With 20 sec'onds left, Carstens lofteda long to receiver Todd Richards Richards was alone behind the East defense but dropped the ball at the 30 yard line. The Link defense look control of the game in the final half and encountered trouble only once.

That came when the Spartans got field position at the Lincoln High 30 following a punt from the end zone Typical of the stubborness that the Links displayed once on top. East ended up losing five yards on the ensuing four- down series Frost naturally was elated with the performance of his team in the closing pme as well as throughout the season "These kids did everything we asked of he said just took one game at a time and I know we surprised a lot of The first year Lincoln High coach also had high praise for Marv Mueller. Bill Zuspan, Bill Story, Joe Folsom and Lonnie Tapp East High, the defending Class A champion finished the season with a 2-7 record statiftici, 14 State High School Clais A Lincoln Southeast (5-1-2) points not decided vs Grand Island (7-0-2) 44.0; Omaha Northwest (7-2) 42.2 vs Omaha Prep (7-2) 42.2. Souttwast's point totals will bo docidod attar Saturday night with Papillion, but will not altor tho tchodulo. Class Schuyler (8-1) 42.8 vs.

Lexington (8-1) 43 3. Grand Island Central Catholic, or St Paul at Plattsmouth (94)) 46 4. GICC will quality with a win ovar Columbus Scotus Saturday night at Grand Itland. If Scotut St. Paul and Scotut will tia and tha tiobraahar St.

Paul. Class C-1 West Point (9-0) 45 0 vs Centennial. 9-0 50 9. Bndgeport (9-0) 45.9 vs. Tekamah-Herman (94)) 47 6 Class C-2 Orchard (8-1) 39.4 vs St Edward (8-0-1) 43.5, Meridian (9-0) 41 4 vs Alma (9-0) 42 5.

Class Alliance St Agnes (94)) 49 5 vs Cedar Bluffs (7-1) 43 1. Falls City Sacred Heart (84)) 50 1 vs Wolbach (11-0) 42.0. Eight-Man Decatur (7-1) 43.1 vs. Hampton (94)) 46 Playoff Qualifiers Madrid Wheatland 48 1 vs Eustis i8-l) 42.2 Concerning all proiectea pairings According to NePrasKa Schools Activities Assn procedures, the team at the right hand side ot the pairings would De considered the home team It tne team doesn have a suitaoie tacility the game wiii be played at the nearest acceptable tield Playoff Notes In other quahfying around the stale, just one of the Sunday Journal and Star top-ranked teams qualified for post-season play Utica Centennial in Class C-l was the only No I team to escape the fate of not qualifying, despite maintaining perfect records In Class C-2, Pleasanton, at 9-0 was edged in the point standings by St Edward Alliance St victims of finishmg unbeaten and not qualifying last year, got back at Cambridge, the No I Class team St Agnes earned the District 4 berth edging out season long 1 Cambndge, which alsK) finished 94) Defending state champion Adams, despite finishing 9-0, lost out in the playoff race to Hampton denying the Hornets a chance to repeal LNE victory juggles state's playoff scene NU freshmen falter in Kansas battle By Chuck Sinclair Frtp Sportg Lincoln Southeast coach Frank Solich traveled 100 miles round trip Friday night to scout a pcMsi- ble state high school football playoff opponent. Frank Hanel, coach of the Omaha Northwest Huskies, went much for the identical reason After upswung seccmd-rated Omaha Prep on Thursday and earning a playoff berth.

Hanel decided Grand Island would be a good team to Kout for a first round Both had much more in comnuHi than having teams already qualified for next week's first rotmd playcrff Both were wrong in their scouting selectimu. It would have much on Mn. Solich and Mrs Hanel if the two coaches would have sUyed home and watched films of season games The biggest upMt in the sUto was witnessed by Solich in Ralston when Lincoln Northeast knocked the Rams out of an apparent playtrff berth with a 20-12 wm It was a wm for both coaches, scrambling the Class A playofb, forcing a pair of rqpilir season rematches in the first round. win that knocked Ralston out allowed Creighton Prep to sneak back in after the Thursday night loss to Northwest. That, coupled with a Grand Island win over Hastings, will pair Northwest and Prep next Friday and Southeast and Grand island.

By the point standings. Prep will host Northwest, probably at UNO, and Southeast vrill play at Islaito would not have guessed that in a million Solich said be learntHi that Grand Island would be Uw Knights' first round foe. were the last tram we rapecting to What the first round game will do for Southeast and Grand bland is Uw two Tram- Nebraska teams a chance to break a 14-14 tie when they met think our kids sriU go into the game with confidence since we pbyed fairly well against them last SoUch said. they scored StFsome puinb against Hastings so we know be just as Southeast was tied in the first gicounter when Grand Ikm Deonhardt returned a punt 80- yards for I touchdown and Jeff Finn returned a fumble five yaitb for the scwe, punt return for a score against By Sitflar Staff Sports Writer Lawrence, Kan. Before they even climbed off the bus here Friday Nebraska's freshmen football team knew it was in for a uphill battle Literally, exactly the way thinp turmd out as the Cornhuskers saw a 14-game winning streak snapped as Junior Varsity upended the Huskers, 19-18 Thanks to a decision by Kansas head coach Bud Moore, which moved the game from Memorial Stadium to a practice field, the contest was pbyed under bizarre, almost absurd conditions The practice field turned out to be a plot of bnd which had a definite sbnt from one goalUne to the other Not to mention no scoreclock, or bleachers Toss in a muddy field, wind, rain and brisk and things were miserable Still, Nebrariia coach Guy Inglra refused to blame the field or conditions for his loss.

The defeat was the first by a Husker frosh squad since a 24-22 decision at Missuun in 1973 Iromcally, that game against the Tigers in '73 was held under ahnrat identical conditions as fiasco (Kansas) had to pby uniter the same said a distraught Inglra, vriio suffed his fust loss since taking over the duttes this year from Jim Ross proud of our kkb because they pbyed then bearb out and came back in the second half and almost won Nebraska apprared to have pulled itself from the grips of defeat with I 38 (the referee had a clock) left in the game when Husker quarterback Brad Humphrey hit Tim Mci'rady with a 10-yard touchdown pass on a crucial fourth-down-and-ten situation Ingles elected to go for the victory, trying for a two- puml conversion Humphrey dniled a perfect strike to tight end Junior Miller on the two-point try, but the normally surehanded Miller let the pass tnckle off his chest to preserve one-point margin Still, the Cornhuskers were not dead Kicking off deep with Kansas expecting an onside hoot, Nebraska pushed the Jayhawks deep in KU territory as Kansas attempted to run out the clock On fourth down, Kansas coach Jack White made a curious decision which topped a strange by letting his quarterback run the haU instead of kicking it from their 15 yardline I figured if we could run a wide pby the clock would run White said no clock it was tough to tell how muc'h time was left It was a dumb decision by an tnexpeneiu'ed Nebraska took advantage of the decision as Humphrey hit end Dave Bunch with a pass to the eight, Bunch stepped out of bounds stopping the clock with three sec onds remainiiv; Kicker Tim Beigkamp attempted a game-winmng field goal But the boot sailed wide to the as the wild game ended sure Jumor ami Tim (Bergkamp) feel pretty low right said we win and loie as a tram Kansas, using a walkon quarterback Steve im who was rated no bettor than No 6 on the (tepth chaiti, jumped on Nebraiba early. Mueller scampered for 35 of his game-high 123 yards in the opening quarter to the 15 He raced around left end on the next pby for the score Moments bter, Jayhawk halfback Jimmy Little broke loose on a 62-yard touchdown gallop as KU took a 124) halftime lead Both of first quarter touchdowns, incidentally, came as the Jayhawks were working with the advantage of the downhill sbnt of the topsey-turvey gridiron Nebraska, also using the downside to its advantage got two scores in the third on an 18-yard run by fullback Thor Jacobs and a one-yard plunge by Humphrey Bergkamp, who had hit 13 ot 14 ratra points this season, was wide nght on both tnes Following touchdown. Little provided the backbrraker on the ensuing kickoff The speedstar, raced 93-yards with the kickoff to score KU kicker Dennis who urad to ktok for varsity, booted the extra pomt to provide the winmng margain Little IS like an H-bomb which is risady to explode every time he touches the White said Little's sconng run down the nght u(te (rf the field and uphill by the way set the stage for comeback effort just happy these kids came back and pbyed welt the second half," said wt would have pbyed that way the first half, the game probably would not have been that Nebraska, now 3-1, will close its schedule Nov, 12 against the Iowa State Junicv Varuty in Aimi. poga 14.