The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 37

The Sallna Journal Sunday, October 16,1994 37 PAGE 33 Huskers hand ((-State first defeat of season helped keep the Wildcats from taking a step forward in their quest for some national respect. Second string quarterback Brook Berringer, replacing injured starter Tommie Frazier, did not get the start but did direct two fourth-quarter scoring drives. And it was backup fullback Jeff Makovicka scoring on a 15-yard carry with 11 minutes remaining in the contest to finally give the Cornhuskers a little breathing room between themselves and the relentless Wildcats. "Overall I'm just really pleased with the effort of our team and the poise that they displayed," said NU coach Tom Osborne, whose team improved to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in Big Eight play. "We try to play the first three quarters so that we can be the strongest in the fourth.

We play a physical style of football and I was really pleased with the fourth-quarter performance. Neither offense had much to be proud of through the first three quarters. Nebraska picked up more than half (134) of its 262 yards total offense in the final period. Its lone first-half scoring drive went a total of 28 yards after K- State was forced to punt out of its own end zone. Snyder put the blame on penalties, poor field position and the inability to make the big play for keeping his offense from crossing the goal line more than once.

"We can win, I think for the most part, against a lot of football teams if we play the way we did defensively today," Snyder said. "Field position in the second half was terrible. We couldn't get out from under the shadow (of the K- State goalpost). We had a problem penalties (12 for 102) that put in a hole and got us in long- Jyardage situations. "In the past three years we've able to move the ball against because we got big Hplays and we didn't do that today.

iBut give credit to Nebraska and 'their coaching staff." After sophomore sensation l-Lawrence Phillips put Nebraska 7-0 on a 2-yard touchdown run with 6:12 remaining in the first pe- tjuod, the Wildcats came up with Hwo of their few big plays in their £own scoring drive. Quarterback Chad May connect- with Kevin Lockett for a 21- jjyard gain, then hooked up with receiver Mitch Running for a diving touchdown reception on the first play of the second Martin Gramatica's ex- point attempt was blocked, allowing the Huskers to hold on to a one-point lead. The Wildcats had a number of 'other scoring opportunities that didn't pan out. Gramatica had a 37-yard field goal attempt go wide right at the 5:47 mark of the second quarter. Late in that same period, May drove the Wildcats to the NU 21 PAGE 33 Berringer does enough to win for Huskers K-State.

"I called the game in such a way that, if something didn't go wrong, he wasn't going to get hit," Osborne said. "We were kind Of holding our breath that he Wouldn't get hurt." The Huskers took a precarious 7-6 lead into the fourth quarter, but scoring drives of 75 and 72 yards, engineered by Berringer, proved to be the game-winners. One of the big plays was a 34- yard pass from Berringer to Abdul Muhammad against the wind at the 5:38 mark. It got Nebraska out of trouble deep in its territory set up Darin Erstad's game- PAGE 33 Defense dominates in NU's win over 'Cats Us best penetration) just four times in the second half. The Wildcats had only 49 yards of total offense in the second half.

The Nebraska offense, hindered without the services of its two top quarterbacks for the first half, wasn't any better. The Huskers had only 128 yards of total offense a'fter three quarters. 128! That's usually two first- quarter drives for this team. NU finally hitched up their til-itches and went to work against courageous, but tired K-State Defense in the fourth quarter. Drives of 75 and 72 yards 4gainst the wind produced 10 fioints and boosted Nebraska to 7- ftand possibly a No.

1 ranking. Saturday's game marked the fpurth straight year K-State had p)ayed the Cornhuskers close. But close isn't good enough anymore for these Wildcats. "We expected to win," May sjpud. "We put in a lot of hard this week.

That team can bfe beat, they will be beat." someone other than Kansas will have to do it. STREAKS STYMIED: Saturday's 17-6 loss to Nebraska gave Kansas State just its third home loss in the 1990s. The Wildcats also had their 16-game home unbeaten streak (third longest in the nation) snapped. The last KSU loss in Manhattan was October 26, 1991, in a 10-0 loss to Colorado. OTHEn STREAKS GO ON: Nebraska ran its string of regular season wins to 21 straight and its winning streak to 16 in a row at Manhattan.

The Cornhuskers are now 7-0 for the second straight season and for the eighth time in head coach Tom Osborne's 22-year career. RARE PICK: Chad May's interception in the second quarter was his first of 1994 and ended a Big Eight record run of 148 piss attempts this season without being picked off. May broke the record of 138 set by Oklahoma State's Mike Gundy in 1986, but also snapped his string of 188 passes without an interception dating back to last season. Senior Troy Dumas was the man who ended May's streak. It was the first interception of the year for the NU linebacker.

May did extend another conference record. Mitch Running's touchdown reception early in the second quarter was the 16th straight game May has thrown a scoring pass. EXTRA POINTS: Nebraska's 17 points was the lowest scoring total for the 'Huskers this season, with their previous low of 32 established last week against Oklahoma State. It was also the lowest point total for a Nebraska team against Kansas State since a 12-0 NU victory in 1975. Kansas State held Nebraska to its lowest offensive total of the season at 262 yards, 191 below its previous low of 453 against Wyoming.

The Cornhuskers were also lead' ing the nation in rushing entering Saturday's contest with an average of 430 a game, but were held below half that figure (210) by the Wildcats. GROUND GAME GROUNDED: Kansas State's total of minus-7 yards rushing may have looked bad, but it wasn't close to the worst ever by a Wildcat team. Kentucky held KSU to minus-93 yards on the ground in a 16-3 loss in 1970. The Wildcat defense won't hurt its standing as the eighth best team in the country in pass efficiency defense. K-State went into the Nebraska contest allowing an average of 86.7 yards a game, then gave up only 52 yards through the air to the 'Huskers.

SOME NUMBERS UP: The sellout crowd of 42,817 was the fifth largest in KSU Stadium history. The Wildcats have drawn 158,029 in four home games for an average of 39,507 per contest. With two home games to play, that's safely above the school record of 38,002 a game set in 1970. SNYDER ON THE AIR: K-State coach Bill Snyder will be the featured guest on CNN's "College Coaches Corner" at 10 a.m. today.

By Larry Morltz Nebraska 17, K-State 6 GAME IN STATS NU KSU First downs 16 17 Rushes-yards 50-210 23-(-7) Passing yards 58 249 Comp-AK-Int 4-11-0 22-48-1 Total plays-yards 61-262 71-242 Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-0 Penalties-yards 9-70 12-102 Punts-Avg INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING NEBRASKA: Phillips 31-117, Makovicka 7-56, Schleslng 3-24, Turman 4-10, Berringer 2-5, Chllds 2-0, Bennlng 1-(-2). KANSAS STATE: Smith 1429, May 9-(-36). PASSING NEBRASKA: Berringer 2-7-0-37, Turman 2-4-0-15. KANSAS STATE: May 22-48-1-249. RECEIVING NEBRASKA: Muhammad 1-34, Phillips 2-15, Chllds 1-3.

KANSAS STATE: Running 579, Lockett 5-78, Brown 3-44, Smith 6-29, Schwleger 319. PUNTINQ NEBRASKA: Erslad KANSAS STATE: Hardy Collins FIELD GOALS NEBRASKA: Erstad 1-2 (Made 24, Missed 35). KANSAS STATE: Gramatica 0-1 (37). LEADING TACKLERS NEBRASKA: Stewart 9, Jones 7, Peter 6, Dumas 6, Williams 4. KANSAS STATE: Marlowe 16, Colston 12, Fogle 8, Gaskins 7, Canty 7, Hanks 6.

TACKLES FOR LOSSES NEBRASKA: Ellis 2-7, Terwilllger 1-6, Pesterfield 1-5, Petor 1-1. KANSAS STATE: Greene 2-5, Veatcrt 1-4, Gaskins 1-4. Martowe 1-2, Harbert 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS NEBRASKA: Dumas 1. KANSAS STATE: None.

FUMBLES RECOVERED NEBRASKA: None. KANSAS STATE: Canty 1. SCORING SUMMARY Nebraska 7 0- 0 10 17 Kansas State 0 6 0 0-6 First Quarter NU Phillips 2 run (Erstad kick), 6:12. Second Quarter KSU Running 29 pass from May (kick blocked), 14:55. Fourth Quarter NU Makovicka 15 run (Erstad kick), 11:01.

NU Erstad 24 FG, 1:32. before throwing his first interception of the season directly into the hands of Nebraska linebacker Troy Dumas. After Makovicka put his team up 14-6 with 11 minutes remaining, K-State went three-and-out on its next two possessions. On the first, Lockett appeared to have a step on an NU defender when he was tripped from behind and couldn't come up with what could have been a huge catch. The play was originally flagged for pass interference, but later waved off as incidental contact.

Nebraska was able to put it away on a 24-yard Darin Erstad field goal with 1:32 to play in the game. "We had some incredibly near misses," Snyder said. "But no excuses. Nebraska was the better football team and close doesn't count." Snyder also noted his team's inability to run the ball. May's 249 yards passing were complemented by a ground game that finished with a net of minus-7 yards.

"We had some difficulty running the football," Snyder said. "We were throwing the ball well early and probably didn't mix it up as much as we should have. "We may not have given the' running game a fair chance, and maybe haven't done so the last two weeks. But we're not running the ball very well right now." The Wildcats move from one national power to another, playing at Colorado next week where again K-State will be an underdog. "There's no time to lick your wounds," Snyder said.

"It will be a true test of our character and I think our players will pass with flying colors." clinching field goal. "I thought we showed a lot of heart out there today," Berringer said. And despite their conservative approach on offense because of quarterback injuries, the Huskers are now 2-0 in the Big Eight, 7-0 overall and possibly back on top of the AP national rankings. "All we wanted to do was get through this game without getting banged up," Berringer said. "(K- State's defense) knew we weren't going to run a bunch of options." Saturday's game was a homecoming for Berringer.

He had signed up for 35 tickets and used them all. "It's fun to get back here and play in front of my family and friends," Berringer said. "I know a lot of kids from my high school go to college here. Hopefully, they were pulling for me and the Wildcats." Coming soon to a court near Tern Come out and Bey theJa l' I one and only tllt COllfr'for Don't Head Coach of the Asbury, along with staff and players! Watch for times and dates as the Wildcat Basketball season is starting ournal Dial 825-6OOO ana then punch in category eooo FROM PAGE 33 Kansas runs all over Cyclones in big win top his previous best of 119 yards against Missouri last year. He carried 15 times and scored on runs of 34 and 4 yards.

Preston ran 11 yards for Kansas' first touchdown and threw a 19-yard pass to Jim Moore for the Jayhawks' second score. He also had first-half completions of 23, 29 and 32 yards and finished 7 of 13 for 126 yards. "They tried to stop our run early," Preston said. "Once we showed that we could pass, it opened our rushing back up." Iowa State moved the ball early behind quarterback Todd Doxzon, who had missed the last two games because of a bruised thigh. Doxzon answered Kansas' first two scores with touchdown runs of 8 and 7 yards and finished with 116 yards the most by an Iowa State runner this year.

But Kansas adjusted its defense to stop Doxzon's option keepers and capitalized on two key plays from that unit and a poor Iowa State punt to break the game open. The Jayhawks were leading 1714 in the second quarter when Harold Harris sacked Doxzon on fourth-and-7 at the Kansas 32. Kansas then zipped 66 yards in six plays for a touchdown, Sanders going the final 34 yards over left tackle with 5:22 left in the half. Four plays into the second half, Don Davis picked an Iowa State fumble out of the air and ran 24 yards to the ISU 17. Sanders promptly ran 13 yards to the 4 and scored on the next play, carrying linebackers Tim Sanders and Matt Nitchie into the end zone.

"Any time you fumble, it's going to hurt you," said Doxzon, who left the game with a bruised right hip late in the third quarter and didn't return. "We were executing well at the beginning. We've just got to keep on playing it the whole game. We can't stop." Kansas 41, Iowa State 23 GAME IN STATS KAN ISU First downs 23 24 Rushes-yards 59-332 53-221 Passing yards 126 132 Return yards 35 2 Passes 7-14-0 10-19-2 Punts 2-32 3-27 Fumbles-lost 1-0 4-1 Penalties-yards 10-63 4-25 Time of Possession 29:45 30:15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING KAN, Sanders 15-135, Vann 18-67, Good 9-52, Preston 5-24, Levlne 5-19, Williams 3-18, Henley 3-15, Powell 1-2. ISU, Doxzon 28-116.

Knott 857, Branch 6-41, Guggenheim 5-19, Davis 1-5, St. Clalr 5-(minus 17). PASSING KAN, Preston 7-13-0-126, Williams 0-10-0. ISU, St. Clalr 7-12-2-96, Doxzon 3-7-0-36.

RECEIVING KAN, Moore 3-71, Smith 2-38, Carter 1-9, Vann 1-8. ISU, Brooks 3-40, Williams 2-39, Mhoon 2-24, Horacek 2-23, Branch 1-6. SCORING SUMMARY Kansas 14 10 14 3- 41 Iowa State 7 7 0 9-23 First Quarter KU-Preston 11 run (McCord kick) IS-Doxzon 8 run (Stewart kick) KU-Moore 19 pass from Preston (McCord kick) Second Quarter IS-Doxzon 7 run (Stewart kick) KU-FG McCord 48 KU-Sanders 34 run (McCord kick) Third Quarter KU-Sanders 4 run (McCord kick) KU-Good 9 run (McCord kick) Fourth Quarter KU-FG McCord 37 IS-Knott 36 run (McCord kick) IS-Safety, Straight tackled Preston In end zone Western Avto Store Hwy. 81 Waterwell Rd. 1 miles south of JJ Chevrolet PHONE NO.

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