The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 35

This 3rd-Quarter Bobble Burst Cornhusker Bubble 0-State punt boutices off Husker Hoes WilHe chases ball toward goal line But Cowboy Tommy Ward is closing in And recovers on one, setting up TD. Stop Them, Moans Did He? He By Dick Becker StiUwater. Okla. Bill Jennings entered a silent dressing room, went to his locker and searched through coat pockets for a cigarette. football coach had just suffered a most telling blow.

You knew that things were not going to get any brighter and the 5 tougher Big 8 football teams remaining. just got to keep fighting he declared in matter-of-fact tones. defeat at the hands of his old teammate Cliff Speegle. killed Jennings said. Oklahoma State deserved to win.

Overall you just deprive them of any credit. They were ahead 7-6 and took the ball down and scored. that first touchdown game them a psychological lift but we have to be able to overcome those things. But we stop them when we had to. That drive luck.

in a tight game you have to or in trouble. sure get any easier a game of mistakes. It always will 1 Jennings looked back on this game, a 14-6 are big and strong and they whipped As for his Huskers, Bill said we had early opportunities and take them Other observations: have used Willie Ross again if we needed him. That fumble was just one of those things that happen in a game. Nothing Oklahoma State did surprised us.

They ran their offense and we ran ours. They did a fine job of def ensing us. Dennis Stuewe hurt that same ankle again. He just seem to get it well Thornton is a tremendous football player. He goes hard.

He fights on offense. He fights on defense hurt self but he goes out there and big fullback was hurting us a lot. So were their sweeps and their traps and Then he went over to visit with old friends here in his home state. down. They moved it back a way.

He drew boos from the partisan crowd and then moved the ball forward. The Cowboys made the first down by inches. Rules state the ball is not to be moved, regardless of which way it lies prior to a measurement. No Comment NU coach Bill Jennings had no comment about the officiating in the game. There was considerable discussion in the first half when the Cowboys went for a first down on 4th down the official spotted the ball Big Day Homecoming at Oklahoma State is a big event.

In addition to the usual campus displays there is a parade with fine floats. State cheerleaders traveled around the track in go- carts before the game. The Thunder Man Huskers ended this Oklahoma State threat by stopping Jim Dillard inside the one. Fumbled Parcel tC-N-Powergi Bill (Thunder) Thorton had a busy day tackling WiMie Ross wore No. 16 instead of No.

17. His equipment bag was lost off the truck between Ponca City and Stillwater despite being roped to the truck. Chancellor Clifford Hardin was a guest at the first appearance of the NU football team here. Football Photos hy Rob Corbam I Willis Van Sickle Pre-Came Injuiy Two students who run the Cowboy victory cannon were injured Saturday morning prior to the game as they loaded the cannon. A primer cap exixjoded.

Both suffered mangled hands and one boy lost a finger. fdv ft fM dofPD Aoii faking for a Husker teammate..