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The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 37

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The Lincoln Stari
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Lincoln, Nebraska
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HUSKERS OUTFLANK CADET CORPS I Jayhawks, Okies in 13-13 Tie I Missed Field Goal Cuts KU Qiances aiiii Lawrence, (UPI) The Kansas Jayhawks missed a field goal in the final 22 seconds of play Saturday and had to settle for a 13-13 tie with the Oklahoma Sooners in a crucial Big Flight Conference football game. Kansas battled from behind to tie the score early in the 4th period and missed a chance to defeat the Sooners for the first time in 14 when John attempted field goal from 12-yard line was wide of the goal posts. It was a weird finish in a game matching the confer- co-favorites. Kansas Best Read is the SPORT RED SEC. LINCOLN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1960 Fischer Hot in 14-9 Upset By Dick Becker Nebraska Cornhuskers, sparked by the sensational quarterbacking of Pat Fhscher, spotted Army 9 points Saturday afternoon and then roared back to topple the Black Knights of the Hudson 14-9 in another in the unbelievable string of Cornhusker upsets.

A crowd of 39,000 w-atched Coach Bill sound defensive tactics pay off as the Huskers not only contained the vaunted aerial game-but actually beat them Fischer By Land Statistics Kansas Okla. First Ocivns Ig 13 Rushing IH 11,7 I'assing Yardaice 21 (i 72 13-19 4.7 Phssrs By 1 1 Cants 4.33 8 3 fi Fnmhlrs 8 1 Yards Prnalirfri 5 15 had a first down with 3 yards to go for a touchdown when Jay hawk coach Jack Mitchell elected to try for the field goal. hopes of victory vanished when kick, from an angle, wobbled and failed far to the right. Oklahoma marched 65 yards in 12 plays after the opening kickoff to score its first touchdown. Halfback Mike McClellan dived over from the one- yard line and Karl MilsteaJ kicked the extra point to give the a 7-0 lead.

Kansas got its first touchdown with remaining in the first half, quarterback John HadI rolling off right tackle for the last 3 yards to climax a 61-yard march. try for extra point was wide, his first conversion miss in 12 at- Continued on Page 51), Col. 4. Pat Fischer drives over from the two-yard line in the second quarter for first Gtuchdown. refused to adopt a wild passing game.

In fact, the Huskers tried just two passes and completed one. Army hit 11 of 22, none involved in the scoring. But that one Husker completion was a dandy. It was a 57-yard touchdowm pass play from Fischer to halfback Bennie Dillard in the 3rd quarter that provided the winning points. Sets UP TD And it was who time after time broke loose drive the tight defense crazy.

The Omaha senior and NU co-captain set up me first touchdown with a 64- yard bootleg run on a fake pass and scored it from 2 yards out. Both times Ron Meade kicked the extra point. 1 cher picked the defense to pieces and, checking off nearly every play at the line of scrimmage, ran for 88 yards in 10 tries, hit one ol two passes for 571 yards and a touchdown and returned one punt 41 yards. But this first Nebraska win over Army in 3 games wasn't achieved without a heroic struggle and the game which began with Tom Rianda passing ended cne same way as the Huskers knocked down a final pass in the ena zone after the clock had run out. Blauda was a fine passer.

Continued on Page 21), Col. 4. iSdiloredt Injured 1 jlii Husky Victory Statistics First Doans Rushing njc Yardaxr Passfs Passes Intrrrepted Br Punts Fumblfs I.ost Yards Prnalizrd rCT-A Wash 21 12 189 1S2 1S9 40 11-32 0 3-3 0 5-3V2 2 1 10 Seattle, quarterback Bob Schloredt f- fered a broken shoulder Saturday but Bob Hivner took over and piloted the iron-muscled Huskies to a 10-8 football victory over the Bruins of UCLA. The teams battled on a dry, sunlit field before a crowd of 54,500. made any headway until Schloredt was hurt braking up a UCL.V pass late in the first half, lie crashed into the intended receiver and was taken out.

The shock of his loss seemed to the Huskies. They powered from their 27 yard line to the Uclan 19. George Fleming, kicking star, dropped back to the 28 and booted a perfect field goal to give his team a 3-0 lead. Carrying its momentum over into the second half, Washington hammered and slashed 81 yards in 12 plays for a touchdown, sending Don the final yard. Fleming converted from placement and Washington had all its points for the day.

Scrapping desperately, the Bruins took control in the final quarter but Washington thwarted their first threat by holding for downs on its own 13. The scoreboard clock reached the final 5 minutes when UCL.V launched its final attack. The Bruins rolled 71 yards in a dozen plays, most of the distance coming on Bill bullet passes. Kilmer flipped 7 yards to sub end Craig Chudy for a touchdown and then passed to Jim Johnson for the two- point bonus. Onside Try With less than twn minutes left, UCLA tried an onside kick in hopes of regaining the ball but Washington gained control and was content to run out the time.

Wash. 0 5 7 Wash- Field goal Fleming Wa.sh—McKeta 1 run (Flemuig kick) 11 7 pa.ss from Kilmer pass from Kilmer) And By 57-yard Husker Touchdown Pass Pat Fischer fakes Takes a look Tosses over defender To flviin? Bennie Dillard Who zips away Rocket Honieconiiiig Offense Blasts Hastings Hopes, 45-14 and in the end zone with 3rd TD in two weeks. By Beebe Lincoln Northeast, it.s Rocket offense clicking better than Cape Canaveral's ever did. ripped to a 45-14 Honiecoinipg vi tmy uver Ha.stLigs Friday night at the N. Stadium.

also following Uncle Sam's theory that a good de- is a good offense, the Rockets pounced on 5 Hastings fumbles, 4 of them resulting touchdowns. NF; never let the Hastings Tiger out o' its cage. The bombshell burst Hast- hopes of an undefeated season and Mid-Fast Conference championship. The Tigers are now 4-1-1, NF 1-2. The Rocket win could help rival Lincoln Southeast to the crown, if SE can beat Beatrice and Fairbury, apparently the weakest teams.

Should SF fall, the Rockets can still take the crown. It was a multiple-pronged offensi the Rockets threw at Hastings. A pleasant surprise was; the running of Ronnie ers, making his first start at halfback, ho 113 vurds in 12 carries. De- Curt Kiuer added 108 in 19 tries. Then there was the passing of Dave Lebsack, who hit 5 5 Three of these went iH end Skip Peterson for touchdowns.

Northeast made 21 first downs, to 3 for Ha.stings. NF had a rushing edge of 321 to 47 and a passing margin 124 to minus 3. Total NE offense 445 yards. The trend of the game was set in the opening moments. sophomore quarterback, Wayne Weber, fumbled on the 3rd play after the kickoff and Stan Grell made the first of his two fumble re-i coveries, this one at the Hastings 30.

Muelhausen made 6, Kiner 12 and Weyers the final 12 Kmer booted the for a 7-0 lead with only 3 09 played work was Involved in the next TD. since NE had movf 81 yards after Hastings punted. A 15-yard penalty against Hastings aided the ground-eating, 11-play attack, capped by 25- yard sprint. Kmer missed extra i)oint with 2:30 to play stopptxi the Racket s' next and got a iireak of its own by partially blocking Ken punt, 1 he boot traveled only a vard and Hastings had the ball at the NE 32. Durham did most of the work, and scored from the 5 on the 6lh play.

run for the point made Continued on Page 41), Col. 6.

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