I i I "i I i i I j H u t , It? 1 j Page 4 Rood By Mick Rood Nebraska's basketball team reminded us that it is basket ball season again. I hope no one was surprised by their per formance. Comments here in the past have always overrated Husker cage teams . . . this year the hoopla may be justified. Three hustling sophomores are seasoned as juniors and a more consistent Grant Simmons make Nebraska the dark horse of the Big Eight. Rebounding will be a -sore point, but ballhawking and hustle should make up the difference along with what can't help but be better shooting. Willie Campbell, after being overlooked last year, may be the key to success for Coach Joe Cipriano. Campbell has something that the rigid Nebraska postmen of the past have lacked. He is not a fixture on the floor, he moves. He has more shots than any Husker center of recent years, and he can hit. Tom Baack may be the most consistent shot on the team, but Fred Hare and Nate Branch will have many big nights before the season is over. It is hoped that Cipriano will "trust" this starting five this year. Last year, a tendency to bench a player for a few bad plays didn't help the win-loss record. But this is first test year for Cipriano and his system is well-installed. Minus the old tampering and quibbling, this team can hurt anyone. An upper division finish for Nebraska seems inevitable this season. It may turn out something like this: 1) Kansas 2) Kansas State 3) Nebraska 4) Iowa State 5) Colorado 6) Oklahoma 7) Missouri 8) Oklahoma State. Three teams are rebuilding and Iowa State's shooting shouldn't stop the top three's better overall game. Colorado could be the spoiler . . . they never sag badly in recent years. Picking Oklahoma State for the cellar or near the cellar has to be a dangerous, but two Iba's can't beat the whole league this time ... the supporting cast is gone. If you show up at basketball games this year, you can cheer a winner . . . fickle fans. Sloan Leads In New Records As Tide Team Smashes 13 Tuscaloosa (Special) Alabama's 1965 Southeastern Conference champion ship football team was one of the finest offensive teams in Crimson Tide grid history, as evidenced by the 13 team and individual records broken. Four team records were ei ther broken or tied, with nine individual marks coming un der the same re-writing pres sure from the 1965 Alabama team. Quarterback Steve Sloan, a Cleveland, Tenn., senior, did most of the record breaking. He personally broke six Tide records, tied two others and was responsible for one of the four team records being es tablished. Here are the records either broken or tied by the 1965 Crimson Tide: One Game Individual Records Most Yards Passing: 226 by Steve Sloan vs. Auburn, No vember 27, 1965. Old record was 205 by Joe' Namath vs. Miami in 1962. Most Touchdown Passes Thrown: Tied with three by Steve Sloan vs. Auburn, No v e m b e r 27, 1965. Record shared with Jimmy Nelson vs. Vanderbilt in 1940. Bart Starr vs. Georgia in 1953, Al bert Elmore vs. Tennessee in 1954, Joe Namath vs. Georgia in 1962, Joe Namath vs. Hous ton in 1963. Single Season Records Most Total Offense Yard age: 1,499 by Steve Sloan, 1965. Old record was 1,457 by Harry Gilmer in 1945. Most Passes Attempted: Tied at 160 by Steve Sloan, r ETEVE SLOAN . 1 Awakening j 1965. Harry Gilmer coholder in 1946. Most Passes Completed: 97 by Steve Sloan, 1965. Old rec ord was 76 by Joe Namath in 1952. Most Yards Gained Pass ing: 1,453 by Steve Sloan, 1965. Old record was 1,192 by Joe Namath in 1962. Best Pass Completion Per centage (110 or more at tempts): 60.6 by Steve Sloan, 1965 ( 87 of 160). Old record 58.8 by Clell Hobson, 1951. Fewest Passes Had Inter cepted: (Minimum 150 At tempts) : Three by Steve Sloan, 1965. This is a new record category set up to take in over 150 passing attempts. Career Records Most Passes Caught: 63 by Tommy Tolleson (1963-65). Old record 60 by Al Lary (1948 50). One Game Records Most Passes Intercepted by Alabama: 7 vs. Auburn, 1965. Old record six vs. Howard College, 1938. Fewest Yards Both Teams Penalized: Tied 5 yards Ala bama penalized vs. Tennes see, no penalties. Other time it happened was vs. Spring Hill, 1940, when Alabama failed to draw a penalty and Spring Hill 5 yards. Full Season Team Records Fewest Passes Had Inter cepted: 3 by 1965 team. Old record 4 by 1945 team. Best Team Punting Aver age: Tied at 41.7 by 1965 team and 1951 team. In addition to the many iteam and individual records, . . greatest passer in Alabama football history. Sooners Battered, Cowboys Hold Edge In Closing Game Norman, Ikla. Each fresh from frightening the pants off mighty Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State collide here Saturday in their 60th annual game, and to close out the Big Eight football schedule. Coached by Phil Cutchin. who captained Bear Bryant's first Kentucky team in 1946 and for 11 vears was Brvant's assistant at Texas A&M and Alabama, the Cowboys are believed to have their best chance in two decades to break out of the Sooner yoke. The Sooners have won 19 straight years. They lead the mellow rivalry with 45 vic tories against' 8 defeats and 6 ties. Last Orange and Black victory occurred at Norman in 1945 when Jim Looka baugh's Pokes thrashed Okla homas 45-0. Hardened by a punishing schedule that included five bowl-bound opponents. State seems to rate an edge be cause of their better experi ence and the discouraging run of Sooner casualties that threatens to eliminate among others both Oklahoma's offen sive and defensive signal-callers, Gene Cagle and Carl Mc Adams. But Coach Gomer Jones' squad should benefit from playing at home and from not being bound by the Big Eight the Crimson Tide also drew spectators at a record break ing clip in 1965, with some 502,620 having watched the Crimson Tidesmen in battle. This is an average of 50,262 per game during the 10-game schedule. At home, some 327, 757 watched the six games played in the state, averaging 54.626 per game. - - Leading the offensive' line is Paul Crane, an All-America senior, who has been tabbed by Coach Bear Bryant as Ala bama's best all-around play er. Crane goes at line-backer in the Alabama defense at critical, stages,. The 6-2,191, two-way athlete makes up for his lack of size and weight with a quickness and tough ness that placed him on Play boy's preseason All-America team. Leading the Alabama back field is senior Steve Bow man. The 5-11, 193, fullback has .been tabbed the "Baby Bull" as he led the Southeast Conference in rushing with a net gain of 770 yards. Bow man lost only 14 yards on 153 carries to turn in a 5.2 yard-per-carry average. The workhorse of the back field, this is the second year that Bowman is rushing champ. Last year he netted 536 yards and a 5.1 average. Tommy Tolleson led the Alabama receivers. His 32 catch total was good for a 374 yard gain and two touch downs. The 6-2, 188, senior also set a Crimson mark for receptions, with a three year total of 63. The Daily Nebraskan 40-man traveling limit. Cutchin's hard-twisted en try plays best when firing at a shining target. They fell with honor to Arkansas 28-14, Missouri 13-0, Texas Tech 17 14 and Nebraska 21-17 and de feated Tulsa 17-14, all five of whom are headed for holiday play. Walt Garrison, Cowboy full back, needs only 90 yards to hold his Big Eight rushing championship from Missouri's Charlie Brown. Based on comparative show ings against Nebraska's No. 3 juggernaut, the Cowboys could take the Bell Clapper back to Stillwater. They played the Cornhuskers tight er, 21-17, and were threaten ing to win at the gun. However, Oklahoma's feat of losing to the Scarlet only 21-9 with crippled personnel on Nebraska's borne field rates almost as high. Comparing the two state rivals further, State has been the better offensively, aver aging 12.6 per game to Okla homa's 10. The Sooners have been superior defensively, yielding an average of 16 points to 17.4 for State. How ever, the Stillwaters have played the most difficult slate in the Big Eight. Rushing has been the chief scoring means of both. Okla homa has rushed 10 touch PALX CRANE . . . Alabama's All-America offensive center. Sloan's Passing Paced Alabama Attack TUSCALOOSA (Special) Steve Sloan's tremendous passing ability during the 1965 football season was large- Barnes Selected Husker Walt Barnes is one of the two defensive tackles on the 1965 Associated Press All-America football team named Wednesday. Barnes was the only Nebraskan to earn a spot on the 23-man first team squad. Split end Freeman White is the lone Husker selected for the second team, sharing an offensive berth on the AP's roster. Eight other Nebras kans made the honorable men tion rolls. The honorable mentions were tight end Tony Jeter, tackle Dennis Carlson, guard La Verne A 11 ers, fullback Frank Solich, halfback Harry Wilson, quarterback Fred Duda, linebacker Mike Ken nedy and safety Larry Wach boltz. j off on all for U of N Students and Faculty (one week specials) at the PANCAKE MAN 1300 No. 66 Also try our Steaks, Sandwiches Submarines at prices you 111 WHERE YOU GONNA DANCE THIS WEEKEND?" THE SABRE CLUB 1126 "?" Street FRI. SPYDERS SAT. OSJECT0RS downs, passed 1, run back a punt for one and kicked three field goals. The Cowboys, re turning nine starters from their 1964 offensive platoon have scored nine by rushing, two by . . ing, two by pass interception and seven by field goal. Cutchin's squad has shown by far the better pass defense, giving only two touchdowns all season, one to Arkansas and one to Texas Tech. Tulsa couldn't score aerially on the Cowboys. Jones' Sooners have yielded eight touchdowns by passing. However, the Sooner rushing defense has been superior. State has surrendered 16 touchdowns by rushing to Ok lahoma's 9. And the Sooners surrendered 7 of the 9 to Mis souri and Nebraska when they were denied the sideline-to-sideline linebacking of Mc Adams. Badly chewed by injuries, the Sooners listed five start ers and a front line reserve questionable at midweek. They are quarterback Cagle (shoulder,) linebacker Mc Adams (ankle), tailback Ben Hart (ankle), tackle Jim Riley (knee) and linebacker Robert Flanagan (hand). Wingback Tommy Pannell still has to prove he can cut off his ankle hurt early in the Missouri game. ily responsible for Alabama's i winding up the regular season j with an 8-1-1 record and a braska in the Orange Bowl game. Sloan completed 97 of 160 passes for 1,453 yards and 11 touchdowns. His completion percentage was 60.6. Sloan was named to the Football News, a weekly pub lication out of Detroit, All America squad for the 1965 season. "This is great news." said Coach Paul Bryant "He de serves it." Here is a game-by-game breakdown on Sloan's offens ive talents: READ NEBRASKAN WANT ADS Pancake Orders will enjoy (from Omaha) Tankmen Matched The University of Nebraska Freshman swimming team will meet the Varsity at 7:30 Friday, December 3, 1965. This years freshman team is one of the smallest in the school history with only a ten man squad. Because of the fact that the varsity team is the best in Nebraska history, coach Dick Klaas is limiting all varsity competitors to one event. Even so, the varsity figures to win this one handi ly. The Freshmen will be led by co-captains Tom Cook of Omaha and Tom scnmiat ot Niagara Falls, New York. The Varsity taam will stack an exhibition Freestyle relay with hopes of eclipsing the present pool record. The var sity entries in this relav will be Rich Gordon, Dave Frank, Tom Nickerson and Keete Lodwig. PROBABLE ENTRIES 400 yd. Med. Relay: Varsity Sutton, Jackson, Pi-enliss, Frazier. Freshmen Drzezipski, Tidbsll, Bonahoom, Kathrien. 20O yd. Freestyle: Varsity Nickeraon. Freshmen Cook, Tidball. 50 yd. Fretstvle: Varsity Gordon, Freshmen Kcnagy. Ulfers. 200 yd. Ind. Med.: VareiW Frank. Freshmen Schmidt, Brzezinski. Diving: Varsity Tice. Sorensen. Fresh men ftuvan, Sherer. 200 yd. Butterfly: Varsity Bureiiill. Freshmen Bonahoom. 100 yd. Freestvle: Varsity Lodwig. Freshmen Kalhrich, Konajry. MO yd. Backstroke: Varsity Gaeth. Freshmen Schmidt, Brzrzinski. f0 yd. Freestyle: Varsity Withrow. 200 yd. Brestslroke: Varsity Goetz. t lesm.ien -'i idixill, Schmidt. 400 yd. Free Relay: Varsity Parker, Liceolt, Glesborx, Miller. Freshmen Ul tors, Kenagy, Cook, Kathrien. BUSHING Mo. tarda Ave. TDf. Att. ' Georeia 15 30 0.7 1 26 ! Tulane 15 41 2.7 14 Mississippi 2.1 i 0.8 2 18 I : Vanderbilt 15 -5 O 11 ; Tennessee 14-18 1 18 Florida State .... 7 2 O.S 1 8 I Miis. Stale 7 D 17 L.S.U. 5 3 M O 17 , South Carolina .30 1 LI : Auburn 0 0 O 18 ! SEASON ! ; TOTALS 1(14 4 A t 1(0 j PASSING TOTAL j Coma. Pel. 1 Yds. TTH Plan Off. I 12 4fi.2 1 151 0 41 ltil H M 3 0 117 2 29 158 12 86.7 1 LOT O 41 146 6 54.5 1 75 O 26 7u 13 72.2 O 2115 0 27 187 5 62.5 O 1)7 1 15 88 B 529 0 144 1 24 VIB 52.9 0 150 2 22 153 9 692 0 171 2 16 171 13 72.2 O 226 I 18 226 17 80.8 t 1458 11 24 14K8 I3CXEOIITFJ. 1m mtml FTL8 FJ&l ESTEHS KEX ETKt, lam llenipii TWnstTho A Journey bit Ike illabaNoatl) ulian schhimantha eggar woridtholilIIrT"" m r 1.' -w , aUf SPORTS Jim Swartz, sports editor Nebraska Shines . . . Big Eighf B- Big Eight basketball stand ings were split up as four teams won and four 1 o s t in openers to non-conference op ponents. The Cornhuskers romped to a sizzling start, running over the Wisconsin Badgers, 101-88, on a road game. At Lawrence, eighth-ranked Kansas dominated a shorter Arkansas ball club for, an 81 52 victory. The Jayhawks, a Big Eight title favorite, out rebounded the Southwest Con ference squad 66-44 and hit 45 per cent from the field. The Colorado Buffs tri umphed in an 86-77 contest over Texas Tech at Boulder. Although Texas Tech had trouble with the taller Colora do team, the Red Raiders stayed close with 27 of 33 from the free throw line. Both teams played a ragged game, committing 25 fouls each. Big Eight defending champ Oklahoma State bowed to the St. Louis Billikens in a close match, 61-57. The Cow boys found the going rough as St. Louis played four of their last year's starters from a team that tied for second in the Missouri Valley Confer ence last season. On their home court, the Iowa State Cyclones blew a 15-point lead but rallied with two minutes left to beat Air Force Academy, 59-55. In a slow first half the Cy clones had built up a 35-20 cushion " befbTer the Falcons got off the ground. Midway in the second half Air Force center Ed Sullivan inspired the comeback with five free throws and two goals to put his team ahead 41-40. The Cy clones came back strong, how ever, and the ball game was HERTZ WEEKEND SPECIAL on campus call Jim Ganser DAY: 433-2957 NIGHT 423-2420 let hertz m you Sfl 29 16th & P Sts. Just South of Campus WE NEVER CLOSE AT Friday, Dec. 3, 1965 Ball Review all Iowa State the last two minutes. Missouri dropped a squeak er to Ohio State, 76-74, at Col umbia Wednesday night. Al Peters of the Buckeyes sank a tipin off a rebound In the last four seconds for the Ohio State victory. Missouri had tied it up with 17 seconds left on a jump shot by Ron Colemen who was high scorer with 27 points. 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