The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 31

THEY SAID IT COULDN By HAL BROWN Nebraskans who thought it happen reckoned with the passing wizardry of Terry Isaacson. Isaacson and his Air Force teammates gave no indication that they had been reading the so-called experts as he guided the Falcons to a 17-13 win over Nebraska Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. It was a sobbering afternoon for Husker fans who had been looking past the Falcons to dates with Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, Cool Cadet Sobers MJ And hammering the sobering thoughts home was Isaacson, an Air Force senior who coolly directed the upset win in the presence of Air Force brass such as Gen. Thomas S. Power of the Strategic Air Command.

If Isaacson ever commands a flying group the way he steered the Academy Saturday the U.S. will be In good hands. But this was the only )iappy thought Nebraskans could be thinking as Band Day fans slowly and glumly left Memorial Stadium. The Falcon quarterback, who thrown more than a dozen passes before going to the Air Force Academy, dumped the Huskers to their first defeat of the season with a touchdown pass as 2:41 remained in the game. Isaacson completed nine of 16 passes for 160 yards.

He had two passes intercepted. On the ground, Terry sprinted for 69 net yards in 17 carries. Acting with poise and a steady hand, Isaacson gathered his Falcon teammates together at their own 20 with left and Nebraska ahead by 13-10. With members of the press corps talking of a similar situation three weeks ago when Isaacson guided the Falcons to a winning TD against Washington in the last three minutes, the Falcon quarterback proceeded to give a repeat perform- NU Falls, 17-13 IS fht SPOUT SEC. LINCOLN 1, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 13, 1963 ance much to the dismay of NU fans.

Start of Big Isaacson started things by hitting Fritz Greenlee with a first down pass at the Falcon 30, Then came a to Ken daggers that went for no gain. But another pass to John Lorber moved the ball to the Air Force 45 and Greenlee grabbed another pitch for 11 yards to put the ball in Husker territory at the 44. All this required only little more than a minute and Isaacson still had to go 44 yards. Ilusker hopes rose slightly as a bevy of NU lineman apparently had Lsaacson trapped for a loss, but the cool field general got the ball away on a lateral to Greenlee who picked up six yards. Then came the bomb.

With a second and four situation at the NU .38, Isaacson faded back and Greenlee went deep, getting behind Dave Theisen, pass fell into hands at the 10 and he could have crawled into end zone from there. Theisen was the closest man to stopping a Husker defeat and he was 15 yards away. Doc extra point kick was good, but it needed. Hunkers Lark Coinebark Nebraska still had a chance to win it, but it would have required a similar to la.st North Carolina State game. It just to be.

Rudy Johnson fell on the Air Force kickoff at the Husker .35 and Nebra.ska had 2:18 to go the necessary 65 yards. Sophomore Fred Duda was given the quarterbacking assignment after Dennis Claridge was slightly injured minutes earlier. the Husker rookie appeared ready to copy the Isaacson pattern. He hit Tomlinson with a 19- yard pass that moved the ball to the Air Force 46. Another pass from Duda connected with Tomlinson at the Falcon 35, but it was here that Husker hopes ended, Tomlinson was hit as he caught the pass and Falcon defensive specialist intercepted as the ball popped from grasp.

Isaacson checked the clock and found only little more than a minute remaining and ran the ball into the middle Continued on Page 4-D, Col. I AIR FORCE DROPS A BOMB: This Play Won the Game This fourth-quarter pass won for the Air Force Academy. Terry Isaacson pitched from a pocket of blockers, and end Fritz Greenlee caught it behind the Husker defense on the 12. The play covered 38 yards. Baylor Upsets Porkers Statistics Florida 10 Army ..............10 Notre Dame 17 Iowa St 17 Alabama 6 Penn 7 7 So.

Cal 14 Kansas 14 Page 7DPage 6D Page 5DPage 7D Page 5D First doNvns Rashinx yarriase PajKing ardagc Passes Passes intercepted by Punts Fumbles lost Yards penaliead BAYLOR 13 18 33 126 10-21 2 6-40 1 1 30 241 21-34 1 6-37 0 59 Waco, Tex. The rifle arm of Bon Trull shot holes in powerful Arkansas Saturday night and Baylor beat the football Porkers from the Ozarks 14-10. It was a vicious blow to Arkansas, rated at the start' of the season as riding alongside Texas a top contender for the Southwest Conference title. Baylor thus vaulted into the position of a major threat in the conference with its important victory. TruU, greatest one-year pass gainer in Southwest Conference history, showed he still has it.

He held no fears about passing from deep in his own territory, once hurling from his own nine to Lawrence Elkins for 43 yards. Arkansas 0 3 7 Baylor 0 7 7 Ark FG McKnelly 32 Bay Elkins 3 pass Trull (Davies kick) Ark Daniel 1 run (McKnelly kick) Bay 17 pass from Trull (Davies kick) Attendance 33,000. Sports Sunday Local Football Midgets: Execs v. iriVc T.ion« Y. Roberts, Vap Stadium, 60th first game, 1 p.m.; Juniors: Police V.

Leons, Elks v. Execs, Muny Center, 22nd first game 1 p.m. Auto Speedway, 27th Superior, 2 p.m. National Football Baltimore v. San Francisco, TV-6-10-11, noon; Buffalo V.

Kansas City, TV-7, 1:30 Nebraska v. Air Force TV-10-11, 2:30 p.m. Fumbles, Errors Cost Huskers Soph Sparks By CURT MOSHER Fumbles, a misunderstanding on defense and a good, tough football team were the things which knocked Nebraska from the ranks of the unbeaten, Husker coach Bob Devaney said after the 17-13 loss to Air Force Saturday. a question as to whose fault it Devaney said of the 38-yard touchdown pass from Terry Isaacson to Fritz Greenlee with 2:41 to play in the game. have different calls on that and I think it was just a Devaney said.

The pass sailed far over the head of Dave Theisen and nestled in the arms of Greenlee who waltzed into the endzone to give the Falcons their third victory in four starts. Devaney said that crowd noise would have nothing to do with it since the is made before the play starts. As for the fumbles, the Huskers lost the ball three times on fumbles and gave up the ball twice on pass interceptions. The Huskers also intercepted Force passes, one by Jf red Duda and one by Maynard Smidt. Force played better than we did Devaney said.

that Isaacson is a fine Devaney gave Isaacson a tremendous compliment when he said he felt that while he was similar to George Mira of Miami, he felt Isaacson was more dangerous. not quite as good a Devaney said, he uses the option play Mira is considered to be a strong All-America candidate. Devaney felt, except on Terrible Terry Just Too Much How They Scored AF 6 7 7 7 10 10 13 NU Who How Time Left Second Quarter 0 Czarnota, 1 run 12:15 0 Holaday, placement Third Quarter 6 Johnson, 76 run 13:17 7 Theisen, placement 7 Holaday, 27 field goal Smith, 2 run Fourth Quarter Greenlee, 38 pass from Isaacson 17-13 Holaday, placement 16 13 7:05 0:42 2:41 Statistics AF NU First downs 1613 Rushing yardage 197260 Passing yardage 160 63 Passes 9-165-12 Passes intercepted by 2 2 Punts 5-31 Fumbles lost 0 3 Yards penalized 58 40 that fatal series, the pass defense of the Huskers was good. In fact he had no squawk on defense. defense was put to the test more times than it should have been when we gave them the ball on fumbles.

I thought we did a good job. We forced them to go for field goals three A fourth field goal attempt was actually a fake, and but for a missed tackle have hurt the Comhuskers. Devaney found some possible good in the defeat, particularly since it was a non- conference setback, best kind to lose if yon have to think anytime you lose a game early in the season, a good team bounces back and perhaps profits by Devaney said. a a plays one game at a time, a loss makes it a better he noted, pointing out that be the case if a team had its sights too high. Devaney felt that the Huskers were within a first down of winning the game anyway.

He was referring to the play where a Duda to Larry Tomlinson pass was intercepted by John Fuster. If it had gone it would have been a first down on the Air Force 35. Duda, in for the injured Dennis Claridge, was moving the team well when the baU bounced off Tomlinson for the interception. Continued on Page 4D, Col. 5 High-flying Husker Larry Tomlinson is too late to stop a pass by Air Force Terry Isaacson.

Statistics K-S MU First downs 14 22 Rushing 194 Pasing yardage 146 133 Passes 11-21 Passes intercepted by 0 0 Punts Fumbles lost 0 0 Yards penalized .............42 25 By LARRYDENNIS Columbia, Kansas State threw uo surprisingly effective resistance to everybody except Gary Lane here Saturday but this chink in the Wildcat wall quickly widened into a fatal fissure. Lane, 191-pound sophomore quarterback, rolled up 187 yards rushing and passing in leading the Tigers to a 21-11 Big Eight conference football victory over the crippled Kansans. But some 36,000 Day fans get to enjoy the cake-walk that had been anticipated. Kansas State, which nov; has lost three straight after an opening victory over Brigr.am Young, went into the contest without standout fullback Willis Crenshaw and right halfback Ron B.arlow, the biggest cogs in the Wildcat running attack. These two were sorely missed.

But the who entertain Nebraska at Manhattan this week, did have a free-flinging quarterback of their own in Larrv Corrigan and a couple of nifty little pass-catchers in AiUipii 4.VACA AiACil aitu Puls. Off the performance of this trio, the Huskers will have another afternoon of watching the skies on their hands. Kansas State also had Dennis Winfrey, a 215-pound senior tackle who was spectacular in bolstering a defensive Continued on Page 2D, Col. 3 Another Chicago Trip fot Wesleyan Band Page 7D.