The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 30

Lincoln Sunday Jouma! and Octoiicr mn Twist, Shake, Block Goes Harry Wilson Husker Hariy Wilson is in a pocket of Tigers (1 but a twist and a shake shed two tacklers (2, 3). Frank crisp block (4, 5) sets Wilson free PANIC Devaney Lauds Cornhuskers For Long Comeback Drives Columbia. Mo, Bob Devaney-coached teams have had few opportunities to come from behind, but on the occasions when they have had the chance they generally have done it. last time I was behind 14-0 and won was while I still was at Wyoming and we trailed Brigham Young, 14-0, and still won in Devaney recalled for sports writers in a post-game session after here Saturday afternoon. might have been behind Miami by 14 in the Gotham Bowl he chuckled.

we were ahead, behind and tied so many times in that one that I never did know for sure what the score was until the game was Nebraska won that one, 36-34. Devaney was asked to compare his comeback Saturday with the one against Minnesota a year ago which Devaney, at that time, had labeled the greatest comeback he had seen. was a different type comeback than that he replied. that one, we came back on a couple of long strikes. want to take anything away from that comeback at Minnesota, but I think this one was tougher because we did this the hard way by driving long distances for the Devaney said the main concern for the Buskers when they trailed 14-0 early in the pme was that they not panic.

felt that we he explained. although it may have looked like we did when our quarterbacks threw a couple of w'ild passes, 1 think we did panic. just had to remember that we had scored 37 and 38 points in games before and we feel we were beaten just be- Coach Bob Devaney gives co-captain Mike Kennedy a hand-shake of congratulations and gratitude in Husker dressing room. cause we gave up two touchdowns in the first quarter. want to start many games that way, he chuckled.

we settled down and found we could run on them I think we felt we could score without taking too many the happy Husker coach n- tinued. Devaney credited the play calling and the option plays of quarterback Fred Duda plus the defensive comeback as being key factors in the Husker win. was running the option real well and he was running Solich over the right side behind our tackles (Dennis Carlson and i Brown) he said. should have let call all the he continued. made a great call on the option pLay that set up the touchdown while I guessed wrong more times than I guessed right when I was calling them.

defense did a real fine job in the second half, he praised. was mainly our offense in the first half and our defense in the second The NU coach explained that no major clianges were made in the Husker defenses after the two quick Missouri touchdowns. just stuck to our ruuning defenses a little he pointed out. tried to vary our defense with what we found they were doing, but we gamble as much with our defense as we have in the past. Devaney credited i souri quarterback Gary Lane with causing much of the Husker defensive problems.

running caused us he said. played a great game and we had trouble stopping him. Lane did a tremendous I MU-NU I I Figures Oops! One face-mask grab deserves another, say Rick Coleman (62) and Charlie Brown (22). I Player Missouri RUSHING Att. Yds.

Lane 64 Reese Brown 11 Phelps 5 4 Denny 1 -1 Player PASSING Att. Comp. Int. Yds. l.ane..

12 6 1 91 Carr 2 0 1 0 Player RECEIVING No. Yds. Phelps 9 41 Waller .1 37 Brown 113 Player PUNTING Ave. West 6 40.0 Player Nebraska RUSHING Att. Yds.

Duda 76 Wilson 74 Solich 61 Winters 20 Kirkland 6 21 Tatman 6 14 Player PASSING Att. Comp. Int. Yds. Duda 18 .5 2 52 Churchich 2 0 0 0 Player RECEIVING No.

White 9 25 Jeter 2 20 Wilson 1 7 Player PUNTING No. Ave. Kirkland 39.4 Kuehl 33.0 Until other Tigers stop him on line. Run set up first NU score. gHiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiimi(iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiimiiiiiniiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii(iiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiMiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiHi2i Husker Game-Winning Field Goal With Wayne Weber holding, Husker Larry Wachholtz kicks 26-yard field goal against Missouri.

Devine MG Effort, Calls Nebraska Than I Columbia. Nebraska winning streak is now seven games. And growing right along with it are two other streaks of equal duration. These other two always come in the dressing room. They are the vanquished appraisal of the NU quarterback option play as the real killer and the complimentary remarks of the players and coaches directed toward the Huskers.

tell you, Nebraska is even better than I an emotionally drained Missouri coach Dan Devine said. our boys made the finest effort of any team had since I started coaching. made some technical mistakes. sure Nebraska did too. I blame our boys.

If fault, are the best team we have played this JoTinny Roland, the tremendous defensive back, said, "What hurt us most was not containing (Fred) Duda on the option play. He constantly made the big play for them. that long run, setting up their second down, Solich made a heckuva fake up the It was all the same from the other players. A couple of comments were: Gary Lane: a heckuva ball Monroe Phelps: knew they had a real good team and found it out a y. not much to say at a time like this.

We just came out on the short Charlie Brown; are not over-rated real Devine was disappointed over one call, a personal foul on one of his Tigers for swearing which helped the Huskers get into range for the winning field goal. The boy told Devine he was talking to himself and not to an official. It came imniediatelv aft- The Lineups Nebraska OFFENSE Casey. Meylan. Richnafsky.

Churchich, Weber. Kirkland. Gregory, Tatman. DEFENSE Casey. McCord.

Strohmyer. Coleman. Stith. Janik. QB-Wachholtz.

Kuehl, Vactor. Missouri OFFENSE LE-West, Whitaker. LT-Peay. Dyke. Bates, Thorpe.

Denny. DEFENSE Darnaby. Dyke, Mungai. Powell. Lynn.

R. Powell. er Charlie Winters had grabbed a first down at the Tiger 32. The foul moved the ball to the Missouri 17. unfortunate a a play that involve the ball being snapped decides the football Devine said softly.

was too bad. Inches came awfully hard out there. And this was the third time in games between us that there was something like this and this kind of stuff is getting me Then Devine shrugged. forget it. It was too fine a football game to detract from victory and our effort.

me add one thing. Even if the penalty called, you know what would happen, Nebraska might have gotten a touchdown to a turning point in the game, he said with a wry smile. came when Harry Wilson decided to enroll at Nebraska. on the whole is a talented and poised he added. at the way they came.