The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 37

Over Texas in fop Drawer With OU By Don Bryant Austin, shouting, laughing, hand-shaking and back-slapping was the order of the night in the Nebraska dressing room following the tremendous upset of the Texas Longhorns Saturday night. Then, quite suddenly, one voice was heard over the din. a minute, men. Forget this game right got Minnesota next It was coach Rill Jennings and he was making every effort to get the feet back on the ground. His warning brought a great cheer from the Buskers, and calmed them down a little bit.

Rut it erase the smiles of self-satisfaction of a mighty job well done. Quarterback Pat Fischer was stretched out in the training room of the NU dressing room, inhaling oxygen from a hissing tank. He sat up slowly and grinned. head he told brother Cletus, NU assistant eoaeh who shook hand, play another half if what it took to beat This summed up the feeling of the entire had planned on winning and they had been willing to pay any physical price to get the job done. Jennings finished congratulating the players, then moved outside for a breath of fresh air.

1 know how many more of these live he said with a smile, and his voice was full of emotion. was just a hellva game A really great game and we were fortunate to win Darrell (Royal) has a great team Sure, put this win in the same top drawer with the one over Oklahoma Everyone who put on a suit for us played his heart out It took a lot of effort from everyone They all wanted to win and they fought hard to get the job done Asked if Texas did anything to confuse Nebraska, Bill said: that bootleg pass bothered us a lot. 1 certainly sure of anything at the start of the second half because we look too When he was asked to single out any Busker sophomores who stood out in their debut, the Husker coach said: hard to single out anyone in a team is what it was but in answer to a specific question, have to pick Bill Thornton, Bernie Clay, Bill Comstock, Jim Huge, Gary Toogood, Bob Jones and AI Fischer all played well If that all the sophomores who played, sorry What Fm trying to say is that they all played great, sophomores, juniors and seniors think Dick Rosier also deserves a lot of Bill added. had to play a lot when Jones was hurt and ne really A Texas scribe, noting that Kansas had beaten TCU and Missouri had beaten SMU, asked Jennings if the Nebraska victory gave him special pride in the Big Eight conference. now, all full of is Nebraska Bill shot back.

Nebraska pride, not the Big Back in the dressing room, some Buskers hurried through showers, while others drank pop and sat slumped on benches, trying lo get their breath after a hard work. I One of the happiest fellows was Darrell Cooper, senior guard from Fort Worth, Texas. bes't win you can have is one in your own home he chortled. sure is a good feeling, but it will feel better to go to the Orange End Don Purcell of Omaha who played a tremendous defensive game, also locked to the future in a positive way, saying: wc beat Minnesota be right up there among the Rosier and Mick Tingelhoff thought the Texans played about the same as Oklahoma. the Rosier said.

hit you hard all the time. a great one to win and a hard one to lo.se.” had a helluva ball Tingelhoff interjected. like lo say coach Jennings did a great job. He really had us Rosier agreed. teams were really ready, physiealiy and the way to open Beating a team like grinned Noel After Fischer had finished getting oxygen.

Jim soph in the training room. the way to go, Pat said, shaking his hand. start working on that pass play this week. sorry I call Jim answered, I made a mistake or two on Cooper walked in and said, I thought I'd die out there a couple of Fischer agreed. Then big Bernie Haney appeared and Fischer kidded him: think Haney gave up on us (backs) there one time Hey, you know kidding, great game." Haney grinned back, and then fired a statement at this writer: thd you notice our subs? We really got Which prompted Cooper and Fischer who laughed simultaneously: keep coming, too.

keep On the serious side, Haney thought Texas was better than Oklahoma was last year. their guards really kept at us But, say, got a better defense than we showed tonight. It seemed our timing was maybe that was beeuiise were so Tackle Ron McDole also thought Texas was beter than the 1959 Sooners. Co-Captain Don Fricke, a defensive star all night, brought things back into focus by saying- not going to live on just one game. got Minnesota next week and going on down the Immediately after he arrived in the dressing room, Fischer was approached by two Texas sportswTiters who Over TOO Nebraska Alums Get Ttfoether pressed him for a statement.

The tired Husker shook his head, but the hard-w'orking scribes persisted. said Pat. No. 1 in the we beat them. So does that make us? all got to And he walked into the training room.

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Highlighting the rousing get-to-gether of old huskers was the appearance of D. X. Bible, former NU and Texas coach now athletic director emeritus ot TU; and George Sauer, Husker All- American and lormor coach at Navy, Kansas and lor. The alums heard short lalks by Chancellor Clifford Hardin. NU Foundation secretary Perry Branch, athletic director Bill Orwig, football coach Bill Jennings and alumni secretary nold Magnuson.

01 fibers of the Dallas-Ft Worth NU chapter, which sponsored the day of festiv- ilies, are Dr. Harold Mattson Kearney), president: Richard Lau d. incoln) vice president; and Leavitt Dearborn, secret urr those attending the affair were Mr. and Bob Dobson of Lin- enln Mr, Dobson is National alumni prosit! nt Mr and Mrs, Bruce Shurt- Woody Shiirlleff. Mr.

and Mrs. Jerry Davis and Danny Hergert. Regent and Mrs. C. E.

Swanson, and Mrs. George Cook, and Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Cook. MIlRVvhy KIIIRNS 1 hi (lare Cla.v Tinkelhoff Tr.taJ.s Furit No Yrts hi No I 1 1 koff 14 27 llUt fpl No Yds SU'ur Onr of the loudest cheers ol evening went up be- Icre game time hen the Longhorn steer st'i'ves as the I'U mascot arrived.

B(" 0 travels in i style, an orange and white trailer pulled by a convertible. orange and white cannon, used lo Intc touchdowns, also arrived in a convertible-pulled and white trailer. It was like old home week around the Commodore Perry Hotel Saturday for Buskers Dick McDaniel of Port Arthur, and Darrell Cooper of Ft. Worth, Tex. McDaniel had a reunion with his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Forrest FN Elkins, his wife, Hannelore, and his brother. parents w'ere on hand to wish him Other Cornhuskers visited with relatives included Bernie Haney, who saw his parents, a brother and sister from Point, Dick Rosier, who his parents, sister and brother from Watcrtowm, S.D.; John Ponseigo, w'ho saw his parents, brother and sister from Chicago. Pat Clare and Gary Toogood had a reunion with aunts and uncles. IvxHusker Carroll Zaruba of FTillerton was busy wishing the Scarlets well Saturday afternoon.

Zaruba is a defensive halfback With the Dallas team of the new American ball League, which beat Oakland Friday night. Pro football is actually easier and a lot more fun than a 11 opined. feel we have a very good that we can win it Texan Slopped But Fast! Cotten dashes 6 va rds for first Te.xas TI). Last Was Close to Ktoniitv By Don Brvanl Austin. Tex.

Coach Pull and the Nebraska Cornhuskers know exaeGy how long eternity is tell you it was the last 4.35 minutCb of the heart stopping 14-13 victory over Texas Saturday night. It was a hair-line thing, Iho.Nc final minutes and Husker did his part. II fought on the field, the rest of the Scarlet dele- gaiioii fought on the Jennings, criticized occasionally when has lost for hanging his head, kept it high this night. He shouted, he instructed and he flung his fist as a sign ot determination when the Buskers battled to halt the Longhorns. Assistant Cletus F'lseher shouted, 5 more minutes fight fight 'em give em and they did (luard Dick Kosier, called upon to a heavy load in )ne second half when Hob was injured, trotted slowlv off the field with about 2 minutes to plav.

He was met re- tackle Gaeiisana. who grabbed his hand and said: Richard Kosier that's the way to gut it When it looked like Texas might score in the final minute 'K oskm slumpinl on the bench and shook his head slowly, as it all ol thf eiiorl would be for nothing. Bernie Clay picks up 15 yards on end run in second quarter. Over limped Jones the fellow he had been battling with for a starting berth all tall to slap Dick on the bat'k and add a word of encouragement. Then both joined in the chorus of encouraging yells.

Then, with 23 seconds left. Texas tried a field goal il. block cried the lluskers, and when the kick went wide, influenced hv a heavy Husker rush, NehraNka plavers a Texans at their own game screaming, screeching Rebel veils. ordered No. 2 quarterback Ron Meade into the game to eat the ball in the few remaining seconds.

Dead-tired Pat F'ischer, certainly one of the heroes, sprinted off the field, grinning and yelling. A few feet from the sidelines Pat jumped high into I'ne ail and the arms of trainer George Sullivan. Then it was over and the Cornhuskers swarmed on the field. Pat Salerno, Noel Martin and Clay i hoisted Jennings to their shoulders Near mid-field, Jennings slipped to the ground and headed for Texas coach Darrell Royal, his former pupil at Oklahoma when the latter was an All-American quarterback. But as the winning and losing coach started to shake hands, more Buskers swarmed about Jennings and tried to hoist him again.

got to see Jennings grinned. Then came a heartwarming act of sportsmanship, the little things that make college football what it is. yes, coach go ahead, a I smiled, as he helped the jubilent Cornhuskers lift Jennings into the air. It was eternity, those last minutes, but it had a happy ending for Nebraska. Husker halfback bulldogs a Longhorn, stops kickoff return.

Husker Clay White hurdles teammate, picks up against pursuing Longhorns..