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80 SUNDAY JOUJlNAt AND STAR 25, How Gophers Went Into Orhit Against NU ,,,6. HllWtji T- -t. 'vsM IS 'V' X'-'V The passes of Minnesota's Sandy Stephens kept Nebraska pass defenders dancing. This one clicked for 22 yards and a touchdown. (ioj)liers' Too Mucli for NU MitntesoUt Keeps Cttnilnisker Failure Alt re font in lied from Page IT).

Texas Fischcr Clay Nebraska RlSUING rarried (iain Minnesota Carrird Gain leading gainer with 81 yards on 8 carries for a 10.1 average cure 2 hut It took his 57-vard blazer mS mendous punting of soph- rohb. (,, 3 The rest of the show be- with 8 yards on two tries was Ic.nged to Minnesota next best, with 24 7 8.1 0 8 1 18 PX'iMNG Stephens Difk.son 17 Kauth i Mulholland Robbins John.son 1 Rogers Munse.v two touchdowns in the second and third periods to remove any doubt about the outcome. Nebraska could vki nothing offensively against the gigantic Gophers and. to make matters worse, NF quarterback Pat Fischer was shaken up at the start of the being held to a 10 average and Bernie Clay, soph halfback flash, to 1.7 Dickson as top dog with a on 5 carries, but it was fiill-j back Roger Hagberg who the most yardage with 53. Stephens hit 5 of 6 passes Thornion Minnesota's 7.4 average AU Comp In'd Inrnmp 3 0 12 0 6 4 1 1 32 RtTUn ING Caucht A ards 2 11 0 1 0 1 13 0 King Sil lem Stephens Johnson Salem Hall Mulholland Kauth Oeegan 2 7 .3 .3 12 10 1 4 1 0 Net Ave 8 4 0 1.3 7 4 2.7 4 1 1 0 3 0 3.3 1 3 .3 ft 1 .3 PINTING Number Total Ave, 7 317 4 13 0 37 ft 37 8 0 8 57 4 53 33 14 1ft 1 0 1 12 0 12 0 3ft 2b 0 2b 5 0 3 2 3 0 3 eW-ING All Comp In'd nmp .3 ft 1 b4 10 0 10 10 0 10 RKCEIA INC.

CaiiKht TO 1 ft 0 2 3S 1 I 10 0 I 6 0 rCNTINC. Number Total 7 281 4u 1 Husket Mates A uree 60-Sccoii(l Photos Helnetl Mb the period. Bui with 1 22 left in the 3rd quarter. Husker rooters saw the fellow heard so much about astound the Gophers. had just picked up two first downs they were to get only 6 all afternoon when Bill 'Thunder) Thornton, sophomore from Toledo.

Ohio took a handoff and broke straight up the middle, shaking off a linebacker and cutting toward the vest sideline. With two (iophers giving all of aerial yards bvy hitting 4 of 6 for 32 First quarter action was devoted to a punting 1.1 with Stephens getting offi punts of 47 and 52 yards and Cobb answering in like manner. Then Stephens dropped a 47-yard kick on the NU and return kick earned to the Husker 49. set- Sixty-second photographs of the Minnesota defense were a big aid to coaches Saturday, They used this method to determine how the Gophers were lining up. a task that takes many plays when done visually.

coaches UeHoy Pearce and Don Scarbrough. Chase, Thornton galloped yards to score, flopping ting stage for a Gopher TD "orking from a booth in the press box, had to phone down drive that carried 49 yards Minnesota line-spacings. 12 plays early in the sec- In order to get this done quicker they enlisted the aid ond quarter. of Sunday Journal and Star photographer Bob Stephen's 9-yard pass to Using a 15-inch telephoto lens on a speed graphic across the goal line when iiopher Tom Hall bagged him on the two. Reliable Ron Meade of Canby, kicked the point (iopher quarterback left the ground utilizing Judge Dickson.

Bill and i Pvogcrs instead. Stephens got the ID with a 4th down punch from the two with and there no chance of Diek- a shutout. Nobodv expected the last hit of 'drama the Hiiskers Ni' couldn budge Mere about to siipph. least Gophers and the latlers of all right i a tack the next (lary Toogood. Bui on the first play of the final quarter, fine quarterback Sandy Stephens pitched to halfback Dave Mulholland Sixty-second photo Husker aid.

1'me they got the ball. camera with a polaroid backing, McKay was able to sup- i Starting on the MU 36., ply the pictures within a minute. Minnesota covered 54 yards 12 plays again. But this lime Stephens took advan- Aiho hobbled the ball into the of jammed air. 1 defense and sophomore man- Dashing through a gap was ncd secondary to complete 5 and the junior trans- f(T grabbed the ball in mid- And the last one was the a at the Minne.sota 28 and best a 23-yard spiral to; tore for the end zone, a white Mulholland.

all by himself in; towel flapping behind him. end zone. This time Dick-: Stephens grabbed him at the' sun made good. 10, but Gary shook off the Nebraska gambled early in Gopher and chugged in to the but failed when score Thornton didn't make an inchi Meade again converted and there was still 14:50 left to play, but the ancient rivals were safe. on a 4th down try for one- yard at the Husker 45.

But that affect a thing What did affect the made one morej wa.s big Bob Bell, a rally, but with 4:50 left ML Gopher tackle who clobbered renter and captain Greg Bar- Fischer trving to pass a sen intercepted a JMeade of minutes later and Lyh sqimtmg free. certainly were a big said, although they do us much good was at a big disadvantage as this was opening game. NU had no idea what the (lOphers would do. On the other hand Minnesota had 4 weeks to prepare for the game and got to scout the Hiiskers last week against Texas. got some advantage by playing u.s their first coach Bill Jennings said.

just change your entire offense much in a week, and the position we were when it is all said and done, the best ball club probably Below-Ground Water Ruins Stadinin Sod tm MTic.s, fier was in-tailed as a flanker halfback. He served deroy long enough for Meade to hit soph end Bill Comstock with a 15-yard pass and broke into the open at the goal line on the interception play, but Meade spot him. This a black mark for Ron because Husker backs saw little but hard- charging, big Gopher Imemcn all day. So devastating was the Mhmesoia line in the first 'if that managed only 28 yards rushing and one first down, that with only, Tom Brown, ferocious middle u. Hard for Minne.sota.

draped his 243 pounds on it! at the Husker 21. i It took just 6 plays for Minnesota to score, Rogers getting the final two yards with 4:34 left in the 3rd. Dickson again converted to make it 20 0 On the second play after the kickoff. Munsey the swiftest Gopher of them all intercepted a Fischer pass at the Husker 28 and legged the west sidelines to When Dickson missed the 2-30 left in the second quar- (iophers were done lor the day and the Huskers took over the action, but had long since convinced everyone that it was Gopher Day at Memorial Stadium. With two tough non-confer- and surprising 1-1 record bool, the Uornhuskers can' ter.

Gopher superiority was proven also in the statistics. They out-rushed the Huskers 211-108, out-passed them 6432. out-downed them 14-6. had a net yard bulge of 275-1401 and ran 70 plays to Nebras-1 out of the way 40. list about double wi cre the same as the Bike heart in the knowl- re.

fdee lhat can meet Big; Duly In punting, teams for Iaao Io- aAciaged 15 3 on 7 kicks 'la State visits next Satiir- and in Mirdage then Kansas State Nebraska have an edge. But in the following week, had to lie great to out-' Ned her game will be easy, do Stephens who hooted 7 hut tie Husker.s can appre- punis for a average. a ale fact that not was the ill tiie Big 10. Although the field cover siOc va rs 1 ijAN.4VV.At lilUi Stadium sod Thursday afternoon long before the rams turf Saturday was muddy and slippery. How can a covered field get wet? there might be a leak or two somewhere, but patched it and waterproofed it NU business manager A.

J. Lewandovvski said Saturday night. it is heavy gauge canvas and creates a lot of heat on the Lew said. up about as much moisture from deep in the ground as it keeps The problem might be helped by purchase of a new cover, which would cost about $70,000, but could never be completely eliminated, according to Lew new ones are lighter, but you still get the w'ater draw up because the I loai'li Due official for the hraska-Minnesota game as Douglas Russell, former hackfield coach at the University of Nebraska. cover kees out the air and up a' LI14UI said.

field cover was purchased by Sel- leek when he was business manager of athletics and more than 30 years old. Still the best way to insure a dry field, it seems, is to not have any rain before the game. VIINNL-OTV (36) I.K- Dick Larson, Tom Hall, Bob Pr Hdzik BelL Bib Fnsbee L(; Ri.bm Teller. ibn M'llvena. Paul Go; ues Grey Jerry AnniS.

Julian Hook RG Tom Brown. Dean Rob ert McNeil KT- Frank Britius, Jim Wheeler, Ross ludica, Steve Deeiian. Ted Rude, JtRtn Campbell, Jack Park QB-Sandy Stephens. Johnwn, Joe Saem, Wayne Teigen Dickson, Dftve Mulholhnd, Albert Fischer RH-Bill Kauth. BUI Munsey, Tom Paul Benstjn Hairberg, Tom Robbins, Jim Rogers, Jerry Jones, fl 4 LE Bill Dick M'Dame LT- George anej, Boo Paul Fuehrer Cooper.

Tyrone obejism, John Don Fncke Muk RG Gary oosoik Fifk Dvain Car' Oil I Roland Mi Dole. her, Archie Cobh KI-: Don Purcell, Pat JB Pat Fischer, John Faiman, Ron Aic.ide i-M -Bernie Cla.v, Pat Clare White Warren FB Ihunder Thornton, Noel Martin Dallas Dyer. Offlelas- Reieree, William tm- pile, Dougal Rusksell, Field Judge Joe Sclmeider; Back Juare, William Dick Becker While the rest on the Corn- huskers dejectedly walked into the big room in the Fieldhouse, Bill 1 Thunder) Thornton was hurried to the training room. This the typical fullback The sophomore from Toledo. 0 weighs just 185.

But he's all man. In the training room Paul Schneider and George Sullivan worked tenderly over the rippling neck and back muscles of Thunder. He had suffered a jammed neck practice Wednesday. Now he even able to move his head getting his treatment, he walked quietly ii his locker, a dedicated man who doesn't play football to lose. Not one for false diplomacy, Thornton said in a low but determined voice not half as tough as Texas.

"We had 'em from the start I guess we just have the right attitude. But be ready next week. this helped us. I know we can plav better Other plavers were equally soft sDoken although agreed that over-confidence after the Texas game had not entered the picture. Said Pat riare, halfback from Sioux City, a lot bigger than Texas but not nearly as fast.

They are a good football team and I sure want to take anything away from them I think do a good job against Iowa State I don't think we were blov up over Co-captains Don i and Ron McDole. both sut- fering from lime burns, had little to say. McDole. as he peeled soggy clothes from his tired body, declared. all tough.

It was just another good ball zXrchie Cobb, who did such a fine kicking job for Nebraska. said of his 67-yard effort tfiat went dead on the -Fexas 3-yard line. just kicked and hoped. They rushed real why he had less snc- cess on his kickoffs, the big I tackle from Georgia de- 1 dared, was real slick where they were teeing up the ball for the kickoffs. I couldn't get good footing.

On tnat one I kicked out of bounds I slipped Just as 1 went to Pat Fischer, who was kayoed on first touchdown but came back to plav through the entire game, had nothing to say as sat dejectedly in front of his locker, the last player in the Vaisity room. His brother, NU assistant coach Cletus, came by and had a pal on the shoulder for the classy NU quarterback. your chin up. he said. learned sorne things today and be a better team next ftS.

N' 6 -'i. i A ac nets 7-yard gain for Gophers in 1st quarter. NU Honor Awards (io to 44 (I i-j 0 ft Sfiire Hho Quarter Scronrf 0-6 kppppc; Muihoiliiiifl Eronq 0 13 Difk.vin. kick Third Quartpr 0 run) 0-20 kick 0-26 (42, pm inuar- ceptjon) Thorton run) 7 26 kick Fourth Quarter 13-26 Toogood (28. fumble reooverjO 14 215 Meade, kick.

Tinir I 8 1ft 10 23 II 13 40 First recipients of the new uskc Fdurational were announeeti in 'he Nebraska-Minnesota loot- ball piogram Saturday. The awards, $1.000 scholarships, are ba.sed on scholarship, character and athletic participation. Already listed as donors, either individuals or firms, are 25 from Lincoln. 10 from Omaha, 3 grom Grand Island, two fiom Hastings and one t'aeh from Beatrice, Seward. i e.

Schuyler, North Columbus and Norfolk. There is a limit of 60 on the number of awards to be given. The 1960-61 recipients: I ppcrrlaskDirn John Bond, senior, college, football Pat CTare. Junior, medicine, football. Larry Donovan, sophomore, arts and football.

Bemt Elle, junior, college, ba.vketball Tom Ernst, sophomore, teac4iers college, baseball George Haney, junior, teachers college, football James Kowalke, senior, business ad basketball James Raschke, Junior, and virex'Jing Pat Salerno, junior, teaihers college. LaVfin Bauers. soph'-more, ad. Don Fncke, dentisirv. foolhall rr.v senior, engineermg, base- Huge, junior, aria and science, football Ray Stevens, sophomore, engineering, track, Rex Ssvplt, junior, dentistry, baakethall- Allen senior, agriculture, football'track.

William ThornUwi, college, football. VVii ism Kenney, and ICilci' ti av .) and enrc inert ivnauo. senior, ad tia: Richard Kosier, college, football David Koweiv, junior, engineering, swimming William Fasano. junior, teachers lege, track Larry Lean, senior, teachers ie ge, swimming Dwain Carlson, sophomore, business football Larry Kramer, football. football Jim Le footb Junv traik Neil Nannen.

basketball. Keith Sieck. baseball. Patrick Fischci. Hohn, track William Vincent, basketball.

Daryl Pet.sch. baxketball Rirtvert Van Outrv, wrestling Kirk Arteiburn, baseball. Orald football ljiV.me Johnson, football Charles Denesia, basketball. Richard football. Charles Gamer, football.

Vrondly Anntmnce the 50 th Anniversary MAGNUS SWANSON'S SONS I FORD GARAGE Nebraska In oppreciotion of potronoge of our mony friends, we cordiolly rnvite you to attend our 50th Anniversoty Cele- brotton. DPUN HOUSU Thursdoy, September 29th 9:30 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. Refreshments Gift! ey.