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Sooners Struggggle By Miami, 20-17 Leroy Sdmoo (77) forces Otis Anderson (47) to fumble, which the Sooners recovered and scored to make it 17-7 in the second quarter. Northeast Shellacks MIAMI (AP) think at moments we were greater than Oklahoma University of Miami Coach Carl Selmer said his extremely young team scared the No. 1 before losing 25'17 Friday night. Selmer doggedly maintained after Georgia Tech ran over the Hurricanes last weekend that his defense was right for the Wishbone offense, and only his execution was wrong. Against Oklahoma, the Hurricanes proved him right, holding All-American Joe Washington to 54 yards in 14 carries.

Miami outgained the Sooners 289 yards to 176. Selmer had nothing but praise for the high-stepping Washington, saying a great athlete, one of the finest ever Equally complimentary, Washington said, Miami team really tackled Selmer blamed costly mistakes for his narrow loss. two big errors really took it out of he said in referring to a blocked punt and a fumble which led to both Oklahoma touchdowns. a young football team, I keep telling everyone this. We are going to make Selmer said.

Sooner Coach Barry Switzer noted, scored more points on us than any team did last Oklahoma opened this season with a 62-7 rout of Oregon and 46-10 conquest of highly regarded Pittsburgh. have to evaluate the films for a long time to see how we can do Switzer said. game, we deserve to be ranked No. 1. But no No.

1 team ever went through a season and played game at top were damn lucky to Switzer said, played as poorly as we have in years. We made so many critical errors we in the game the second Switzer praised the young Hurricanes, saying, was as good or even better than us. They really prepared well for us. told people all week long that Miami plays well against the better teams and they sure showed it he added. Sooner noseguard Dewey Selmon said came into the game with the wrong attitude.

got a good ball THE LINCOLN STAR Sports Saturday, September 27 1975 11 club. They shot down our running game and made us look take our semi-win and go home. We looked real sloppy. no doubt lose some first-place votes. get better.

No. 1 we have The Hurricanes in 1973 opened their season by beating Texas 2015 and then dropped a 24-20 game to the Sooners, who went undefeated that year. The Hurricane offense struck quickly the first time it had the ball, marching 74 yards in nine plays with vringback Larry Cain scampering 19 yards around right end for the touchdown a little more than five minutes into the game. Tony DiRienzo kicked his first of two field goals, a 34yarder, in the second quarter for the first score before Oklahoma got the first break of the game in the second quarter. Oklahoma 0 20 0 Miami 7 0 0 19 run (Dennis kick) DiRienzo 34 (DiRienzokick) 3 run (DiRienzo kick) DiRienzo 21 Dennis 53 72 pass from Baker (Dennis kick) Oklaltoma Miami First downs 12 13 Rushes-yards 57-163 46-148 Passing yards 13 141 Return yards 72 II) Passes 1-6-2 8-19 1 Punts 743 6-29 Fumbles-lost 3-1 4-1 Penalties-yards 8-59 5-45 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING-Oklahoma, Litrell 19-82, Washington 14-54, Davis 15-11.

Miami, Bates 12-55, Baker 19-35 RECEIVING-Oklahoma, Owens M3. Miami, Claud 2-22, Adams 1-72. PASSING-Oklahoma, Davis 1-5-1, 13 yards. Miami, Baker 8-19-1, 141. NU Frosh Trample K-State 30-0 33-7 By CHUCK SINCLAIR Prep Sports Writer What Started out as a shock to No.

2 ranked Lincoln Northeast Friday night at Seacrest Field ended with the Rockets supplying enough electricity to light the stadium using halfback Steve Eliker as the plug, as Lincoln High fell 33-7 before 4,500 fans. The Links dealt the heavily- favored Rockets an early blow by scoring their first touchdown of the season after holding Northeast to zero yards on its first possession. Coach Jerry Links ground out 54 yards in clockworic fashion against the strong Northeast defense and scored in eight plays. Link fans marked the time of 7:16 left in the first quarter when quarterback Dean Carstens scored from three yards out after halfback Uduak Udofia picked up 32 yards on carries of 18, six and eight yards. 245 Yards From that point on however, Northeast did all the scoring as Eliker accounted for 245 yards total offense and three touchdowns after the initial sting.

The Links give in immediately as they held Northeast to minus three yards after its next possession. The Rocket defense held its ground and after a John Beaver punt to the Northeast 18 yard hne, Eliker leaped over two players at the line of scrimmage and raced 82 yards for the first Northeast touchdown. Eliker kept coming back for repeat performances, scoring the next touchdown on a two yard run, and then another, this one on a 53 yard bomb from quarterback Doug Berka. Like Eliker, Berka also had an outstanding game as he completed six of 10 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 31 yards and a touchdown of his own from one yard out. Statistically, the game was closer than the 33-7 score would indicate despite 182 yards rushing on 10 carries bringing a smile to the face of BaU.

felt the fourth quarter in our game against Scottsbluff last week that our young kids were starting to grow Ball said. thought the kids hit real good tonight. I expect Northeast to score 33 points off us. got a good Els Praised Links Northeast coach Bob Els heaped praise on the Links after the physical battle. the hardest hitting team played this Els said.

were able to get the big play on them, but otherwise they did a pretty good Ball was worried about the big play passing possibility with Berka throwing. "We were hoping they be forced to use the pass that much because if one place weak, against a particular pass he said. not a classic type quarterback, but he sure gets the job done Els credited the line with much of the passing success as did assistant coach Andy Loehr. a fine passer, but that offensive Une did a heck of a good job for him Els said. thought the line woriced their pass protection very Loehr added.

Northeast, at 4-0 for the season, travels to Papillion Friday while Lincoln High at 0-4 meets Southeast Friday at Seacrest. Lincoln 0 0 0 7 Northeast .......................6 20 0 7-33 LHS Carstens 3 run. PAT Beaver kick. LNE Eliker 82 run. PAT Kick blocked.

LNE Eliker 2 run. PAT Farrens pass from Svehla. LNE Eliker 53 pass from Berka. PAT Kick blocked LNE Farrens 57 pass from Berka. PAT Run failed LNE Berka 1 run.

PAT Gades kick. LHS Northeast First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Passes Return yardage Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards 10 46-201 64 4-7-0 9 1-0 6-70 11 31-205 180 6 10-0 44 2-1 4-50 STAR PHOTO Lincoln High fullback John Beaver is stopped by Lincoln Northeast defensive tackle Steve Walker (73). 'Improving' Geneva Slams Adams Central INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING-Northeast: Eliker, 10-182; Berka, 7-31. Lincoln High: Udotia, 22-119; Beaver, 17-69n PASSING northeast: Berka, 6-10-0, 180. Lincoln High: Carstens, 4-7-0, 64.

RECEIVING Northeast: Eliker, 153, Farrens, 3-81. Lincoln High: Hart, )49. Knights Tip Hastings By TOM VINT Hastings From the opening kickoff, Lincoln Southeast made it apparent the Knights were out to even the get even. A game-opening 68-yard touchdown drive sparked Southeast to a 12-0 win over Hastings and an even record at 22 with back-to-back wins. As in last Ralston win.

Southeast took it to its opponent on the ground. Coach Frank Solich had visions of using an improved passing game against the Tigers but the need never arose. Instead, the Knights piled up 223 yards rushing, including 56 on the opening drive capped by a six-yard Eddie Davis to Ron Rech pass play. Rech made a diving catch with 4:56 left in the first quarter and Southeast was ahead to stay. first possession resulted in tragedy.

After moving the ball 21 yands with a power running game of its own, quarterback Ed Minnick was cracked by Southeast linebacker Dick and coughed up the ball Knight teammate Ross Loudenback fell on the ball at the Easfings 48. This time the Knights used six running plays and an assortment "of Davis passes to put the ball on the one. On the second play of the second quarter, Greg Prochaska bulled over for the second Knight TD. Apparently extra points in the game plan for Southeast, however. The first attempt was foiled when the center snap sailed over the head of kicker Howard Misle.

The second try failed when pass attempt was knocked down. Still, the Knights had a 12-0 lead and a hard-hitting defense to back it up. Southeast forced two pass interceptions and two lost fumbles on Hastings. The Tigers had only one healthy scoring threat, that being in the second quarter. Hastings took the ball on their own 35 following a Southeast punt in the second period.

Behind the running of Monson, Rick Sadd and Chip Findley, the Tigers pushed to the Southeast 15. There, on fourth and four, Sadd was stacked up by the middle of the Southeast line, led by CoDtiniied on page 12. By RANDY YORK Prep Sports Editor (ieneva Ask Ron Nannen how many points his Geneva football team scored here Friday night and he might not give you the final score of the 29-6 win over Hastings Adams Central. According to terminology, Geneva scored more like 55 points the state playoff formula total for a Class team beating a Class team with a winning record. discussed how much extra it means to beat a team a class ahead of Nannen said after his pre-season top-rated Wildcats raised their record to 30 1 The victory also put Geneva atop the field of district One challengers for a Gass C-1 state playoff qualifying berth.

come a long ways since that (M) tie in our first game against Nannen said of his youthful squad, which counts only seven seniors on a thin 25-man varsity roster. Biggest Gain Nannen was quick to pinpoint where the biggest improvement has been. the offensive he says quickly. knew we had the backs who could do the job. The big question was to give them the help up front.

1 think Cily Rec Basketball Information for the and city league basketball program is now available at the Lincoln Park and Recreation Dept office. coming because Nannen has moved 195-pound senior Don Aspegren from fullback to right offensive guard to compliment the left offensive guard, Steve Ewalt. thought we were in for another 0-0 tie the way things went the first 20 Nannen said. Junior quarterback Steve Adkisson changed the defensive stalemate into a definite Geneva advantage, leading the Wildcats to a pair of touchdowns in the last 4:34 of the first half. Geneva marched 68 yards in nine plays for its first touchdown after Steve Ackland intercepted an Adams Central pass.

Adkisson hit his brother, senior split end Ken Adkisson, with a 14-yard touchdown pass to cap the drive. Steve Adkisson then intercepted a pass with 28 seconds remaining before halftime to give the Wildcats a golden opportunity. He raced with the pass 14 yards to the Adams Central 14 to set up the second touchdown. This time, Adkisson hit junior end Jon Peterson with a 13-yard scoring strike with 14 seconds remaining the play after and Adkisson-to-Ackland pass was ruled trapped in the end zone. Long Score Geneva wasted little time in establishing second-half momentum as junior Doug Strothkamp ran 60 yards off tackle for a touchdown on the first play of the third quarter.

That gave Geneva a 21-0 cushion and the Wildcats held off three prime Adams Ontral challenges the rest of the game. Geneva out-downed Adams Central, to finish a 252-194 total offense advantage. The loss dropped coach Dick Adams Central club to 2-2. Four players shared defensive honors for the Wildcats. Linebackers Aspegren and Ewalt, middle guard Bill Wilkins and tackle Dave Wilke each was credited with 11 tackles.

Geneva travels to Wilber Friday night. Adams Central ............0 0 6 13 8 8-29 Adams Central Smith 3 run. Geneva K. Adkisson 14 pass from S. Adkisson; Peterson 13 pass from S.

Adkisson; Strothkamp, 60 run; Webb, 7 run, PAT Aspegren kick; Norrie pass from Adkisson, Strothkamp run. By DAVE SITTLER Manhattan, Kan. Aided by the play of a host of walkons, freshmen team walked away from Kansas Junior Varsity here Friday afternoon to the tune of m. Led by such non-scholarship athletes as Tim Hager, Isiah Hipp, Tom Vering, Doug Long, and numerous recruits, Nebraska mauled the Wildcats. The Cornhusker yearlings, facing a Kansas State team sprinkled with upperclassmen, dominated the contest as four different backs scored touchdowns.

In a game plagued with penalties 23 infractions were whistled during the contest Nebraska took less than two minutes to get on the scoreboard. A fumble by quarterback Bob Suarez on the first play from scrimmage, got the Comhuskers rolling as Oudious Lee pounced on the loose pigskin on Kansas 18 yardline. A Dandy Nebraska I-back Richard Bems, a 6-2, 200-pound dandy out of Wichita Falls, got the first score of the game on a one-yard plunge with 13:01 remaining in the first quarter. Berns was the spark in the drive, picking up 16 of the 18 yards on three carries, while walkon fullback Keith Steward of Steubenville, Ohio added the other two yards. Quarterback Hager, a walkon from Lincoln Southeast, directed the opening drive.

The 6-1, 170- pound Hager ended up the afternoon with a one-yard touchdovm run, completed four of six passes for 56 yards, and led all the scoring drives but one. running of our backs really made things a lot easier for Hager said. backs would pick up good yardage on first down and we could do what we wanted with our In addition to Berns, who picked up 78 yards on 13 carries, Hipp was the leading rusher for Coach Jim Huskers. Hipp Moves A walkon from Chapin, S.C., Hipp picked up 82 yards on 14 carries, much to the delight of a Nebraska cheering section which appeared to outnumber the Kansas State home crowd. thought all our backs ran very said Ross, who stuck to his promise of alternating two platoons both offensively and defensively.

lot of these kids are very close in talent. There that much difference between the starters and the second Nebraska got its second score of the game when another walkon, kicker Dean Sukup of Cozad, booted a 24-yard field goal with 5:36 left in the first quarter. One of the big plays of the drive was an 18-yard pass from Hager to end Tim Smith of Chula Vista, Calif. pass catching and punting were two of the bright spots for the Huskers. Nebraska completed five passes for 74 yards, and everyone was caught by the 6-3, 192-pound Smith.

While the Nebraska offense was putting points on the board, the Husker defense was harrassing K-State all day behind the play of linebackers Vering and Long and linemen Bill Barnett, Kelvin Roehrs, Lee, Lawrence Cole and Rod Horn. Linebackers 'Tough thought our linebackers, especially Vering and Long played extremely said defensive coach Mike Church. the first game we were checking a lot of calls and they were picking them up Vering a from Fremont, as pleased with his performance as his coaches. move very well and missed a lot of Vering said. it felt great to play a game after practicing for six Hager got his touchdown with 11 left in the third period, and then former Lincoln High fullback Mike Washington bulled his way over from two yards out with 5:17 left in the third quarter to make it 23-0.

touchdown score was setup by yet another walkon, Dan Cass of Lincoln Northeast, who intercepted a pass at the Kansas State 39-yard line. Burton Scores Former Omaha South back Mike Burton got the final Nebraska touchdown on a six- yard tackle-busting romp with :25 seconds left in the game. Sukup added his third extra point conversion. defense helped our offense a lot by getting good field offensive coach Guy Ingles said. kids are hard workers who respect Coach Ross a great deal and wanted to win for him.

that Two former Nebraskans had to suffer with the Wildcats through the shutout. Former Husker defensive back Pat Fischer, an assistant coach at Kansas State, was named the head coach for the contest against his alma mater. Wildcat reserve quarterback Greg Jackson played his high school ball at Creighton Prep. Jackson played well before leaving the field injured midway through the third quarter. The only dim spot in victory was the apparent loss of defensive tackle Mark Goodspeed.

The 6-6, 235- pound Goodspeed was thought to have suffered a broken wrist in the second quarter. The Cornhusker frosh will travel to Omaha Oct. 7 to face Junior Varsity at 7:30 p.m. Kansas State 0 0 0 0-0 Nebraska 9 0 14 NU Burns, 1 run (kick failed). NU Sukup, 24 field goal.

NU Hager, 1 run (Sukup kick). NU Washington, 2 run (Sukup kick). NU Burton, 6 run (Sukup kick). NU KSU First downs Rushes-yards Passing Yardage Return Yardage Passing Punts-Ave. Fumbles-lost 25 62-287 74 64 5-18-0 4-3) 7 2-1 8 40-46 120 0 7-12-) 7-42 7 3-3 The Lineups NEBRASKA No.

Name 88 Mushinskie 70 Lingenfelter 6-7 51 Schmidt 54 Bonness 77 Costanzo 78 Hoins 8 Thomas Luck 14 O'Leary 25 Davis 33 Craig 80 Phillips 93 Wied 69 Lee 72 Fulfz 87 Martin 61 Piilen 46 Wightman 34 Butterfield 35 Jones 26 Monds 2 Burrow Ht. Wt. Yr. 6-2 217 Sr. 282 Jr.

222 Jr. 223 Sr. 255 Sr. 246 Jr. 162 Jr.

212 Sr. 210 Sr. 214 Sr. 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-3 5-8 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-10 185 So. 6-4 6-2 6-1 6-5 6-1 6-1 225 Jr.

228 Sr. 248 Sr. 275 Jr. 208 Sr. 207 Jr.

6-3 213 So. 5-10 182 Jr. 6-0 183 Sr. 6-2 204 Sr. 5-11 170 Sr.

Offense TCU Pos Yr. Wt. Ht. Name No. TE Sr.

215 6-4 Parker 87 LT Jr. 225 6-3 Stewart 78- LG Sr. 215 6-1 King 68 Jr. 205 6-2 Call lier 54 RG So. 236 6-4 Krug 75 RT So.

230 6-3 McLeod76 SE So. 180 6-0 Renfro26 QB Sr. 189 6-1 Cook 10 IB Fr. 170 5-11 Wright 23 FB Sr. 202 6-2 Cowan 28 WB Jr.

180 6-0 Wells16 Defense LESo. 230 6-6 Harris79 LT So. 232 6-4 Teichelman 66 MG RT So. 245 6-3 Davis 72 RE Jr. 230 6-4 O'Glee 61 LB Jr.

220 6-2 Judy 83 LB Jr. 205 6-2 Segulja 49 LB So. 215 6-2 Gaither 43 CB Sr. 188 5-10 McGehee 12 CBSr. 170 5-11 Hooker 27 Mon.

Sr. 195 5-11 Pulliam 45 Jr. 175 6-1 Hein 47 Kickoff 1:30 p.m.. Memorial Stadium, Lincoln. Broadcasts KLIN, KFOR, KFAB, WOW, KRNU.

Fuller Aids Pius Win, 39-0 By KEN HAMBLETON Star Sports Writer Senior quarterback Pat Fuller connected on five passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns to lead the top-rated class Lincoln Pius Thunderbolts to a 39-0 win over Minden Friday night in the Pius home opener. After a scoreless first quarter when neither team could effectively move the bU, Fuller took to the air to try and crack the Minden defense. The stretegy worked as on second possession in the second quarter Fuller hit flanker Steve Rohren on a 27-yard scoring pass to give the a 6-0 lead. Tom Doggett kicked the extra point. Following a quick kick by Minden, Pius started moving again, driving from the Whippet 42 to the 20 on runs by Doggett and fullback Kobza.

TD CaUed Back On the next play. Fuller pitched to Robreo who scrambled into the end zone, but the play was called back on a holding call. Fuller went to Rohren on a 21- yard pass to the Minden three and on the next play Rohren zipped around the left end for the score to give Pius a 14-0 lead going into the half. The Whippets only gained 13 rushing yards on 14 carries in the first half and gained only three first downs. Both quarteracks, starter Oiuck Schnoor and his backup Bentley Benson, were injured in the first half and out for the game.

Doggett, a 170-pound senior, opened the second half for the leading a Pius drive in four plays with runs of 12,42 and 8 yards moving to the Minden three, where he crashed over the middle to boost the to a 204 lead. Whippet third-string quarterback Peter Meyer, who had never played quarterback before led a Whipped drive from 27-yard line to the Pius 47 in five plays, but a fumble halted the drive and set up the next score. After moving to the 35, Fuller hit receiver Ron Coniglio, who was all alone in the end zone to give Pius a 27-0 advantage. Another Score To make the quarter perfect, the scored on their next possession, when Doggett raced through four would-be tacklers 53-yards for the score with 54 seconds left in the third quarter. Doggett rushed for 143 yards in the contest.

Not to be ignored, the Pius second team added the final score on a 21-yard dash by reserve halfback Mark Bruckner, who gained 66 yards in the fourth quarter. keep improving every said Pius coach Vince Aldrich. think that this game was against a much tougher team even though the score was the Aldxich said referring to a 39-0 win over McCocA last week. felt that Pat passing was the thing that broke the game open for Aldrich said. figured be in for a long game after seeing the first quarter.

He really opened up the running for us with his The gained 352 yards rushing, gaining 244 in the second half, while Fuller connected on 5 passes for 100 yards. Pius now 4-0, will travel to Beatrice next Friday, while Minden, now 1-3, will face Gothenburg. 0 0 0-0 ................0 14 19 6-39 Rohren 27 pau from Fuller. (Doggett kick). kick) 5 Doggett 3 run.

(kick telled). FNi Coniglio 35 pati from Fuller. (Doggett kick). Pfui DoMttt 53 run. (Kick tailed).

Bruckner 21 run. (kick blocked). Firit downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Passes Return yardagt Fumbles-lost Punts Penaitias-yards Minden Pius 6 33-39 15 1-7-0 I 1-1 B32.9 IS 44-352 100 I 1-0 2-33 HO.