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Page 8 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 1 0 Page 10 Siuulaij WMld Smld i' SECTION TWELVE PAGES A Little Interference With friends and foes sprawled below Early Burst Beats UN 31 to 21 Hosiers: KU Has No Gripe Miller 6 Third Period Charge Lifts Knights by Tulsa 0 A 5 Wildlife 1 the 15 9 4f) 9 9 was the i 2 0 0 0 0 9 8 3 2 0 7 21 24 132 260 392 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 Ob 28 29 30 34 42 31 48 47 tributed 260 yards by com pleting 23 of 36 and without an interception The completion is a school record Another record school and Big Eight was logged by junior Paul Rogers when he opened the scoring with a 55 at Worth at Iowa Waterloo Omaha ort Worth Okla City Tulsa Kansas CityDallas OMAHA NEBRASKA OCTOBER 1 9 1969 ful of all waterfowl found in Nebraska He came under the gun Saturday as the duck season opened Wins Halted in Norfolk top pass receiver grabbing nine for 94 yards Tagge who has the guts of a latter day Al Capone con Tampa "Breezes 56 0 Tampa la Halfback Leon McQuay scored two touch downs and gained 150 yards rushing as Tampa mangled Wisconsin State University 56 0 Saturday night range shot in two days He hit a 130 footer riday inthe victory over ort Worth Danny oh ii son opened scoring inj the first period when Omaha was short handed Luce made it 1 1 when the Tulsa goalie blocked his shot but knocked the loose puck into the net with his elbow still in the first period The hosts took the lead 2 1 in the second period on a short re bound by Len Bazay The Knights now 2 1 next play at ort Worth Wednesday yard field goal in the first quarter The conquest which may become as controversial as it is important was first two conference tests and gave Coach Bob Deva club a 3 2 record at the halfway point 23 Purdue 12 Iowa his total to seven for five games" and keeping alive his record of having posted at least one six pointer in each of his varsity starts The youngster from McCook collected 80 yards to lead all 2 2 (AP) 0 0 1 28 35 Ohio St 31 Minnesota By Maurice Shadle A nightmarish 3:13 late in the second quarter proved costly in the UN Omaha Stadium Satur day and Drake extended its winning streak over the Indians to six 31 21 1 Loyalists in the turnout of 2158 had every reason for op timism Umaha had just bounded back from a first quarter deficit forged a 7 7 tie and appeared on the verge of carrying battle to Bulldogs No one hitting panic button after Duane Miller the standout threaded his way 63 yards to score with a Tom McKeman punt The clock showed 3:36 remaining in the half after Miller headed up the sidelines took advantage of one good block and shifted' back toward the middle of the field UN 0 quarterback Rocky Gonnella then fumbled on the third play following the kickoff and Bob Galbreath recovered on 21 yard line Two plays carried the distance Steve Scullen hitting the last 12 up the middle with the clock showing 1:59 to play Gonnella again fumbled on the second play after the ensuing kickoff and Steve Boekholder had the ball on 30 Six plays carried to the Omaha one yard line with the clock registering 53 seconds Dunn who had booted soccer style kicks after the first three touchdowns came in on fourth and one and made an 18 yard placement for a 24 7 Drake lead at intermission was very disappointed in the game because I felt we had equally as gooda team as Drake maybe UN 0 Coach Al Caniglia commented two fumbles mental defensive lapses and inability to he have hit me that would have been the ball game I had him beat and he had his back to the ball He must have thought I was going to catch it I was stretched: out with my hands was his mistake more than my great Tagge confessed to coaches that in the last minute in the game The sophomore signal caller recapped his version of the game deciding play (Kansas defenders) had a good rush he said had a seven man line They copied it after Missouri (last NU foe) The pass was to Mac I motioned him deep He see me at first Then he did and I overthrew Tagge said he aware that the crowd of 66667 almost all still on hand had gone crazy cheering when the intereference call was made and a 15 yard penalty put NU on the Kansas 17 yard line He said he nervous kept talking in the huddle so nobody else would get excited I think I was calm I think everybody else (iiu the huddle) was I kept telling them man on man from here on The Huskers needed four plays to score sending Jeff Kinney twice in the middle of the Nine for the final yards line blew them (Jayhawk defenders) out on the last play touchdown was as exciting a play as 4 Kick by Bell 4:53 Third Quarter 14 14 Ettinger 1 plunger Kick by Bell 9:45 ourth Quarter 17 14 24 Bell 14:14 17 21 Kinney 3 plunge Kick by Rogers 1:22 Statistics Kansas Nebr Kansas 0 7 7 NVUIU3MJ 0 irst downs 16 Rushing yardage 208 Passing yardage 144 Total vardaae 352 Passes 8 19 23 36 Intercepted by 1 Punts 8 39 5 30 umbles lost 4 Yards penalized 92 45 out of reach for Omaha Omaha 3 6 :0 Norfolk 14 7 7 Allison 14 Brown 14 run (Hlohtower kick) inui luucs i iuii niuniuwiiei ricm Bream 46 doss from Churchich (kick blocked) Brown 5 run (Hlohtowner kick) Duda 70 cunt return (Hiahtower kick) Browne 8 oass from Stlmbc (Allison kick) taae By Conde Sargent World Herald Sports Writer Memorial Stadium Lincoln Co captain Dana Stephenson propped his weary form against a fieldhouse wall and called Comhuskers luckiest people End Jim Mcarland whose to catch a pass turned into a 21 17 NU win over Kansas in the final minutes Saturday momen tarily disagreed know if call it he said After a slight pause and a big grin however he came over to thinking spoke the veteran tight end yes you Mcarland was quick to point out that an interference call on Mark Geraghty was properly called by officials even though Mcarland catch the overthrown pass from Jerry Tagge The situation was desperate for Nebraska ourth down and 16 yards Kansas led by 17 14 Time was running out Tagge scrambled Mcarland the intended receiver took off deep The ball sailed long but Geraghty hit Mcarland and the penalty gave Nebraska a first down and the chance it needed to go on to win think I would have caught the said Mcarland I think they (Jayhawks) have a gripe He hit me when the ball was in the air intereference a 0 Results Saturday i Ab DeMarco assisted by Robitaille and Don Ltice scored the tying goal on a screen shot at 4:38 in the third period 2 Tulsa was short two men at the time Dennis Dupere gave the i Knights a 3 2 lead when his shot got away from Tulsa goalie Serge Aubry who knocked the puck into the net with his stick goal came in the final minute on a 170 foot shot into the unguarded Tulsa cage It was second long i Mike Robitaille scored one goal and picked up assists on two others as Omaha Norfolk advanced 58 yards in scored three times in the final five rushing plays with Brown I period to overhaul Tulsa and scoring on a 14 yard burst up the! a 4 2 Central I i 1 9 lw i I I I 1 oi Kansas at iNoirevame ih inuiana inSldCZ OklahomaSt21 lowaSt 7 i So Calif 14 i Illinois Beautiful ktouS is one of the most spectacularly beauti 'But it was the sophomore twosome of quarterback Jerry Tagge and halfback Jeff Kin ney that stole the hair raising show' on offense Kinney scored both Nebraska touchdowns raising tosses for 176 yards and onetouchdown as his line gave him plenty of time to throw But the same was not true for Mustang passer Bob Churchich who was rushed repeatedly Churchich the league's No 2 paserhit on only 13 of 30 throws for 202 yards He was also hit for 34 yards in losses by the hard charging Neptune defenders Matt Stimac the rokie reserve quarterback from Bemidji State took over in the second half and did a creditable job He hit on io of 17 aerials for 160 yards directed a 43 yard touch drive which was cappedby an eight yard toss to Keith Omaha moved with authority after receiving the opening kick off With Churchich htiting Bill! Haas and Pete Tatman on pass mlays covering 37 and 17 yardsokia city 6 ort worth Omaha moved to a first down! Games Tomght Kansas city fhp Mnrfnlk mitt Dallas After three plays gained only World Herald Newsservice vrav4 TszA Allicnn nrsAfCKl fJ O1 Ubl 1 LI iklllOUll vvyivv 14 yard held goal But the lead lasted only 1:32 i I A fca WE WZEAK Sports Section Herald Colornhoto bv Ed Rath JeH Kinney takes the horizontal high road for one yard and Nebraska's first touchdown i ByJerry ricke 'middle The tank like back worid Heraid sports writer I broke three tackles The first Norfolk Va Norfolk five placements by joe High an offensive' team sleek as'tower with 11:21 left in the first the ships standing in port near quarter put Norfolk on top 7 3 Norfolk Naval Station crushed and the Neptune avalanche was Omaha 35 16 in the Continental ootball League Saturday night An official attendance of 12 015 plus 2000 who stayed over from a high school game saw the Neptuiies end the Missouri Kansas State Oklahoma Nebraska Colorado Oklahoma State Iowa State 0 Kansas 0 Norman Okla Oklahoma jumped to a 28 9 lead in the second quarter then withstood a furious Colorado rally to escape with a 42 30 Big Eight Conference football vic tory Saturday A near capacity 1 crowd of 60450 saw Colorado battle back to trail only 35 30 when Bob An derson circled right end and raced 17 yards to score with 2:37 to play The Buffs tried an onside kick hoping to regain possession and have a shot at the winning touchdown The ball bounced crazily through receiving unit until Lonnie Johnson fell on it at the 31 only a split second ahead of the onrushing Buffs Oklahoma then marched the 69 yards in nine plays Stew Owens scored his fourth touch down of the day from one yard out on the last play With nine seconds remaining Oklahoma' was at the 18 and Ownes needed seven yards to reach the 100 yard rushing mark for an unprecedented 13 th straight regular season game A play was sent in "from the Turn 8 Column 4 Whew KU NU irst Quarter Time Left 0 3 55 Rogers 5:30 rg 40 sogers Second Quarter 0 14 Kinney 1 plunge TaggKInney Controversy It also was the first Nebraska conference victory at home since the 9 0 taming of Oklahoma State in 1967 Controversy over 2:35 rulings late in the dark and TVT a 1 Timi rt wt oumuunica vycl axLciiiuuii ui 7 muscle flexing will be kept alive particularly in the Kansas press for days However losing Coach Pep per Rodgers declined to attack the officiating except by an implicating tone in his first postgame session with writers The finish that turned Memorial Stadium A into one giant heart throb was set up with 46 seconds gone in the fourth quarter when specialist Bill Bell kicked a 24 yard field goal for a 17 14 Kansas lead The Jayhawk status was improved a couple of minutes later when low pitchout to Larry rost was recovered by end Gary Turn to Page 4 Column 6 CHL Standings (Hockey League victory Saturday I rb Gr 4 1 3 4 II 4 2 the long pass at critical times Oddly the winning team never has scored less than 23 points in the series dating back to 1961 Schedule conflicts will force a suspension after next game McKeman contributed greatly to 85 yard 14 plav touchdown drive in the second quarter Back to punt on fourth and eight at the Omaha 35 yard line Tom saw plenty of daylight gambled and won on an 18 yard run His sprint followed by four plays a 13 yarder'by Phil Wise who broke four tackles on a great individual effort Wise broke another tackle in rambling 19 yards for the tying touchdown The third quarter was all Omaha? The Indians ran 31 plays to nine for Drake and ap peared to have scored two touchdowns instead of the one going into the books On fourth and seven for a touchdown Gonnella passed to Stan Standifer It appeared Standifer made a leaping catch barely over the goal But the official ruled Stan was a foot short before being shoved back Some two minutes later following a near free for all broken up in a hurry by coaches and officials the Indians pulled into a 24 15 deficit Wise ran the last 22 on a 37 yard aerial play and Gonnella ran for the point after soccer style kicker red I ichauer was clobbered on the fake UN 0 moved 50 yards 'on three plays and a Drake penalty with 2:13 remaining in the quarter Victory hopes died in the first Turn" to Page 2 Column 1 Norfolk 194 Clemson Conquers Wake orest 28 14 8: Clemson' (AP) HaioacK xay ranger plunged over for the winning touchdown from a yard out with 2:39 to play as Clemson trimmed Wake orest 28 14 Saturday to bring its Atlantic Coast Conference football record to 3 2 The chunky junior broke a 14 all tie that had prevailed since halftime and Clemson added another score in the closing sec onds on Billy fumble of a punt at the 15 put Norfolk in business again moments later Lopes cracked 14 yards to the one then scored on the next play victory string at four with a hopes rose in the powerful ground game and the second period when Al Bream smooth passing of Junior Edge took a Churchich pass along the Norfolk leader in the Atlantic sideline and sidestepped three division now has a 6 2 record tacklers while going 46 yards to Omaha the first place club in(score But kick was the Central Division owns a 6 3 mark ullback Ray Brown a 5 9 230 pound former Drake star ripped through Omaha defend ers for 92 yards on 13 carries 41 Mich St 20 Michigan Page 10 Owens Key To Sooner 42 30 Win blocked by Ron Edwards and Omaha trailed 14 with 10:34 remaining before halftime Omaha failed to capitalize after Jim Stankus returned a nass intercention 37 yards to the for two touchdowns row Norfolk 37 Omaha was unable gained 81 of those yards the firstlto move and 45 yard half then carried only field goal attempt was blocked times after intermission rom that point Norfolk Brown also had an able help moved 56 yards or i on mate in Roger Lopes a 225 five yard blast at the pound former Michigan State middle player who was traded to the A 70 yard return of a punt for Neptunes from Indianapolis five a touchdown by Paul Duda earlyweeks ago Lopes gained 54 in the third quarter put the game yards on 15 tries and scored once He likewise carried only four times the second half Edge the No 5 passer in the league surpsiringly stayed on the ground until 15 seconds re mained in the first quarter He! threw his first pass to Ray (tLwilrtoick)'4 from loyd an all CL receiver who: Omoho gained 18 yards to make him first league player to gain 5000 possing yards on receptions Total yardage 358 i a 'Passes 23 49 fcUge completed id OI jy intercepted by Penalty yardage Big 8 Standings' W5 2 2 in the fourth game of a six game road trip opener is Oct 31 against Kansas City irst oeriod: 1 Tulsa Johnson (Liddinoton Martin) 6:50: 2 Omaha Duce (DeMarco) 13:58 Penalties Duoont Omaha elbowlna 6:40: Duoere Omaha hiah sticking 17:06: Nelson Tulsa hloh Duoont Omaha hookina 18:46 Second oeriod: 3 Tulsa Brozov (Terrv) 4:38 Duoont Omaha triodlna 17:45 Third oeriod: 4 Omaha DeMarco (Robitaille Luee) 4:38: 5 8 maha Duoere (Robitaille) 15:50: 6 mahn Robitaille (Miller) 19:26 Penal Bazav Tulsa (hookina 3:06 Murrav Tulsa hookina 3:29 Eaers Omaha elbowlna misconduct 6:48: Kiuilckl Omaha trKMna 17:43: Dunont Omaha holding 19A4: Murray cross cnecKina irub Snvos: McDuffe Omaha Aubry Tulsa Attendance 346 50 umbles Aid Upset Of Unbeaten Boston Newton Mass (AP) Un derdog Villanova turned two costly fumbles into touchdowns and staged a dazzling offensive display of its own Saturday to knock Boston College from the unbeaten ranks with a 24 6 vic tory Goes a Long Nebraska 21 17 By Wally Provost World Herald Snorts Editor Memorial Stadium Lincoln shattered composure while maintaining its own under the heaviest of pressure Saturday drove 88 yards for a late touchdown and pulled out a 21 17 Big 6 rushers and also was the Eight football victory In an atmosphere of total delirium The Israelis and the Arabs would have called a truce to watch this battle which ap peared won and lost a dozen times The Comhuskers blew a 14 0 lead failed to hold a 14 14 tie came from behind with only one minute and 22 seconds to play then had to knock down a speeding Jayhawk at the Ne braska 18 after time had run out A host of scarlet clad made great plays in the clutch and that emphatically I 1 des Sioux Al Larson senior who led the tackle of Phil Basler on the final play Pts 48 60 42 4421 7 39 1 1 kj to 10 34 7 4 to CL WbUmUk i i a juukJsf dK hMwEtajf a 'to 4 al 4 to LtojX tfdl I 11 I II 4 Wax wW' 4 iV a 3 "JmlrWA 1W 1 1 Awwi to to vto cs zUW or rT7WLBflil liiTi iiuiiTOiLPTTzi toTTL 7 4 A La tojtoto tojto 4 I Il i'.