The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 27

4C October 3. 197! Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star He Wlio Waits, Receives IJtali State end Bob Wicks (42) tried to catch Tony well-thrown pass. But the ball hits his helmet it hits his hands and squirts into the cloudless sky. Wicks may have become' confust'd on the play, but Nebraska monster back Dave Mason (25) didn't. He spots the loo.se bail as Wicks looks in the w'rong direction.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS But We Were Conquered! Nebraska Rushing No. Yds. Ave. Kinney ...........10 40 4.0 6 30 5.0 Tagge 6 24 4.0 Damkroger 3 20 6.7 Dixon 14 45 3.2 Brownson 6 24 4.0 Rodgers 2 25 12.5 Butts 1 2 2.0 Garson 1 2 2.0 Runty 1 0 0.0 Goeller 3 18 6.0 Passing No. Com.

Int. Yds. Tagge 17 10 0 189 Brownson .6 3 0 .50 Pass Receiving No. Yds. Rodgers 5 105 Kinney ......................2 38 Olds ......................2 25 Anderson 1 22 Cox ......................2 34 Hughes 1 15 Punting No.

Yds. Ave. Hughes ...............2 68 34.5 Longwell .............1 49 49.0 Pass Interceptions No. Yds. Mason ......................1 53 Terrio ......................1 15 Punt Returns No.

Yds. Rodgers ......................3 55 ......................1 6 Borg ......................1 5 Kickoff Returns No. Yds. Rodgers ......................2 52 By VIRGIL PARKER Utah State football coach Chuck Mills changed Julius original quote when he greeted reporters after his Aggies bad been thumped by Nebraska Saturday. came, we saw, but we were he admitted.

Nebraska is a helluva Mills added, repeating the statement three times. does the Aggie mentor continued. stopped us from doing what we wanted to do and we stop them from doang what they tried. have thought we were followinig game plan instead of o-ur While admittung that were probably a little out of our league in pl'aying the No. 1 team in the Mills said there were some things he thought his clnb could do against the Cornhuskers.

expected to be able to hit the short pass and make yardage with the quick run up the middle, but Nebraska has more speed on defense than we he said. easy to look at films of other games and say, should have done this against or could have madle yardage with that Mills explained when you get out there on the field and try those things yourself a different story. Nebraska is just too tough. They let you do what you Asiked to evaluate of the Cornhu.sker individuals. Mills puffed on a big cigar and laughingly said.

Johnny Rodgers stay still in any one place long enough to evaluate The Utah State grid boss thought his players were at the beginning of the game. by the time we started playing them on fairly even terms diuring the middle portion of the Mills explained, was too Quarterback Tony Adams, who had the Aggies to three straight wins this fall, including a 10-7 triumph over Kansas State, said he has never faced such a pass rush. has exceptional Adams said. we studied them on film, you tell in the movies how qukk a team is. Believe me, I found out.

tremendously Coach Mills then concluded; wish 1 could say we gave them a heck of a battle and went down valiantly but afraid we just went Olds Can Sprint and Stiff-arm Utah State Rushing No. Yds. Ave. Giles .................15 70 4.7 Strycula 9 24 2.7 Adams .................10 Hughes 6 132.2 Passing No. Com.

Int. Yds. Adams 17 10 2 138 Pass Receiving No. Yds. Wicks ........................5 84 211 Strycula ........................2 28 Anderson ......................112 Punting No.

Yds. Ave. Doyle ..................8 30137.6 Punt Returns No. Yds. Strycula 114 Fullback Bill Olds (44) was as elusive as a snake when he scored first touchdown on a 14-yard pass from Jerry Tagge.

Stopped once by Utah Bob (laleazzi (45), Olds spins out ot the potential tackle and into the arms of Aggie defensive end Tom Murphy (81). Kickoff Returns Hughes Clark No. Yds. 5 81 2 2.5 I Pliolos I Bob (Forhaiii I Willis Van Sickle I Haralfl Dreiiiianis I Web Ray I Raiidy Haiiiptoii I John Hennings Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiilr Having already eluded two tackles. Olds heads for greener pastures as Keith VVorlnian and Doug Duinler (54) to help.

But Olds is forced to get out of still another mild jam as Dick Rupert (77) slows douii Utah State lin'backer Ras Cottolieo (52). Nebraska Mason wails for the stray pigskin to arrive, then cuddles it as Jim Branch (51t and Joe Blahak (27: help Uie interception return materialize. Offense Didur, Anderson, Linder Wolfe, Righetti Weber Jdmail, Dumler, Zanrosso RG Wortman, Beran, Duffy, D. Anderson Austin TE Lonqwell, Harvey, List QB Taqqe, Brownson, Runty IB Kinney, Dixon, Goeller, Butts SB Rodqers, Huqhes, Schmit. Garson FB Olds, Damkioger, Cartens Defense LE Adkins, Hyland LT Jacobson AAG Clover, Johnson, Peterson Janssen, Dutton RE Harper, AAanstedt WLB Terno, Morali SLB Branch, Hauqe Mon- Mason, LCB Blahak, Hollste.n Borg, Fischer Kosch, McClelland Sanqer Utah Slate Offense TE Gray, Anderson, Kinney Miller Manning Moran, S.

Couppee England RT Jorgensen, Villela, Sanderson SE Wicks, Gomez QB Adams FB Giles, Corey RB Strycula, Huqhes FL Clark Doyle Dt'tense LE Murphy, Sawyer LT Couppee. VG JonCr RT Liu, Hdluifia, Graven RE Salmons LLB Brown, Baei, HatuTid RLB Rosa, Cottolico, LH Brocks RH Bloom, Holmes SS Smltn, Childers FS Shelley delen.sive hack Wendell Brooks (20) hor.se-coilars (Jid.s on the three- yard line hut the junior fullback from Kan.sas stilf-arms his way out of the temporary roadblock to tumble into the end zone. III rill fc. O' Blanch lilocks Wicks out of Iho action and Mason ponders his next move as a convoy of hlockers sets up and I'tah State quarterback Tony Adams (11), who threw the interception, winces in a futile, last- ditch cliance to terminate the 53-yard touchdown return..