The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 85

College Football THE WICHITA EAGLE-BEACON Sunday October 18 1987 5G Nebraska sacks Heisman effort Huskers stomp Pokes HUSKERS from 1G The 12th-ronked end previously unbeaten Cowboys were shellshocked before a national television audience They were crushed by a team they have not defeated since 1961 Afterwards Thomas was calling it very sad not only for himself but for his team as well gave it (the Heisman) to somebody else said Thomas who then added a Probably? Consider that Thomas' longest run of the afternoon was a 4-yarder and on that play he fumbled the ball to Nebraska There was no probably to it came down here and did exactly what they said Thomas said kicked our Without Thomas to take pressure off sophomore quarterback Mike Gundy the offense looked nothing like it had In a 42-17 rout of Colorado last week or in the other four victories this back to the hotel We just told ourselves to take it out on the No problem Usually it took more than one Husker to bring Thurman down but sometimes it only took one His longest run of the day was four yards and he fumbled at the end of it when the ball was stripped you gonna talk you better have something to back it said Broderick Must have felt great to hold Thurm to seven yards his all-time low after what he said right? feelings were Broderick said expect him to get seven I expected minus 15 I expect him to gain a yard" Broderick know Thurman had It in him to make boastful taunts like the Tasmanian Devil got into him last old buddy said got into the young man I hope it get into him again I told him if he sprout wings he was in Nebraska defenders need anymore incentive anyway They came into the OSU game a little embarrassed at being burned for big yardage in previous games But most of it came through the air and the Huskers also had played some good offensive teams like Arizona State and UCLA On the ground Nebraska had only given up 330 yards net going into the OSU game a mere 18 yards per carry What they did to Thomas was no big surprise What they did to Gundy was They chased the scrambling Cowboy quarterback all day harassing him forcing bad passes and sacking him four times driving him into the new astroturf OSU installed in Lewis Field this year bet he can tell you how many stripes are on that Broderick said Thurman too Broderick Thomas was a year younger than Thurman when they attended different high schools in the Houston area he said Thurman was all-every-thing Broderick only all-state But Broderick liked Thurman and called him his friend He still does a nice Broderick said just talked to him I told him: time you can talk and no hard feelings We just wanted to show you not a joke' Probably nobody in Stillwater is laughing into United PteM International the end zone while Oklahoma Nebraska split and Rod Smith takes a 29-yard State's Sim Drain tries to apply pressure ward Thomas sat solemnly on a stool peering down at the new pair of running shoes he had used in the game They were black high-tops with an orange design along the side Thomas usually wears white through with these" he said of the shoes you say it was the shoes I could have worn boots today and it have made any After the Colorado win OSU coach Pat Jones boasted that the Cowboys had the league's newest set of in Thomas Gundy and receiver Hart Lee Dykes He was comparing them to Nebraska's old fearsome threesome of Turner Gill Mike Rosier and Irving Fryar Had they been around to see thrashing they might have viewed things a little differently Speaking in their absence however was Cornhuskers defensive end Broderick Thomas who offered this assessment: what triplets are hate to be a Nebraska kept Dykes surrounded with defensive backs never allowed Thomas room to breathe much less run and sacked the normally nimble Gundy five times was beyond said OSU's Jones of Gundy was running for his life Said Nebraska coach Tom Osborne: defense played a super ballgame I think our players got overly wrought up before the game They went at it in a very business-like If those were businessmen wearing crimson and white uniforms then they made the Cowboys take a dive like the Dow Jones The Cornhuskers scored on their second possession covering 92 yards in six plays Quarterback Steve Taylor capped the drive by hitting split end Rod Smith on a 29-yard touchdown pass Nebraska scored again early in the second quarter this time going 67 yards in five plays with running back Ken Clark applying the fin- First Quarter NU 7 OSU 0 Rod SmWi 29 pm from Steve Taylor (Chria Drannan kick) 5:48 Comhuakara drova 82 yarda In 7 pteya Compleliona by Taylor of 22 and 26 yarda set up final paaakig play to Smith Second Quarter NU 14 OSU 0 Kan Clark 26 run (Drannan kick) 10:30 Nabraaka tore through the Cowboy' defense going 67 yards In five plays al on the ground Clark MANN from 1G bled Nebraska has a way of doing that to teams You go 5-0 for the first time since World War II and you start dreaming You dream that you can stay on the same field with the Huskers You dream flnalty reached their level and you're ready for the big-time Then Nebraska snaps the ball and gives you a 35-0 wake-up call OSU must have felt like an actor who does great in summer stock -but forgets his lines when he gets to Broadway The fifth-best scoring team in the country got zero points The offensive unit that averaged 446 yards in five games got 264 yards and crossed midfield three times The team that averaged 194 yards rushing netted 43 Mike Gundy who led the Big Eight In pass completion percentage going into the game was 20 of 41 And Thurman Thomas who led the nation in rushing averaging 140 yards a game got seven And rhyme with Heisman Maybe if Thurman had kept his mouth shut at the movie theater Friday night he would have gained more Like eight or nine But it appears he resist Broderick Thomas a defensive end for Nebraska the reigning wit and chief ego-in-resi-dence was playing Ms Pac-Man outside the theater with a few of his buddies on the defensive unit after viewing a movie called when some OSU players strolled by OSU had seen another movie in the multi-screen complex Broderick said went he said said no one man on our team can bring him down I almost fell on the ground laughing I had one man left on Ms Pac-Man and I left Other Nebraska players repeated the story after Saturday's game It was the talk of the locker room It had cost them all a night's sleep thinking what they were going to do to Thurm the next day woke up with a sore said Broderick Thomas was tossing and turning all night You got us up at 2 am and been ready to "We really got frustrated by said defensive tackle Neil Smith glad it didn't break out into a petty incident We settle down till we got 1 fflwntory QM SUB mu Whfwofl "205752 14 235752 15 "4 I I 19 WICHITA MALL 3938 Harry 682-1577 Open 7-6 M-F 7-5 Sat WOlilK finqp'THBite 50440 NtofWka KJoma 21-115 Ctek 8 83 Bmon 842 HUM 840 Taylor 11-43 I nan 3-37 Oklahoma St Sandan 7-60 Thomaa 87 Gundy S-fminua 24) Paaatef Nahraika Taylor 7-12-0-140 BWw-man 1-1-811 Oklahoma 81 Gundy 28481-221 ItaeaMaa Nabraaka RSmth 346 Bmaon 3 55 Oklahoma 81 Dykaa 8113 Groan 848 Roma W4kama 828 ishing touch on a 28-yard touchdown run Then came the blown opportunity by the Cowboys that might have made a ball game of It After Nebraska had scored to make it 14-0 OSU drove to the NU 8 when How they scored amassed 54 yards on three runs NU 21 OSU 0 Keith Jones 5 run (Drannan kick) 033 Nabraaka put together another quicfc-eoorlng drive going 62 yarda in six piaya The Comhuakara took over with 2:23 left in the half and Taylor had passes of 18 and 16 yards to sal up Jones' scoring run Third Quarter NU 28 OSU 0 Jones 17 run (Drannan kick) 6:08 Putting together its longest of Tyrell Biggs at the Atlantic City Convention Center is no one on this planet who can beat Holmes who was in attendance will get the next shot for a reported $31 million Jan 23 at an undetermined site don't need the money'! said Holmes who won the World Box '0 Tyson ready for after KO of Biggs Gundy hit Dykes on a 47-yard bomb Thomas carried the ball for three yards and a face mask penalty against Nebraska put the ball at the 2 Oklahoma State called timeout On the next play Gundy fired for Ronnie Williams in the end zone corner but the ball was intercepted by Charles Fryar cousin (Gundy) apparently did not go to the side he was supposed said Jones I fault him It was my Nebraska scored once more before the half making it 21-0 and added two more touchdowns in the second half one a 17-yard run by Jones and the other on a 1-yard plunge by Clark to seal the win In the OSU locker room after drive of the game Nabraaka want 74 yards in 10 plays A penalty moved the baS back to the OSU 17 but on Nebraska's next play Jones slithered up the middle on the draw and into ths and zone Fourth Quarter NU 36 OSU 0 Clark 1 run (Drannan kick) 11:43 After OSU faked to convert on a fourth-down attempt at the Nebraska 26 the Comhuakara took over and drove 72 yards in 14 plays ing Council title June 9 1978 21 days before 12th birthday I just have the desire again I know what I am Holmes will be 38 on Nov 3 After the fight against Holmes Tyson is scheduled to fight at Tokyo in March against an opponent to be named PAINTING TO 6 PM 264-9995 P18s5R14P19s7sbia p2057SRl4 P20S75KiSP2155R15 3575R15 p20575RU WtMtewoZ 5580213 165802 13 185802 13 '5752 14 195752 14 3i om VI MEL mss 0n 'etfcrt if or cermtn rrqo 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