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Balanced NU offensive attack helps Huskers tame Tigers Offense from page 8 as time-expired in the first quarter. Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride was pleased with Huskers’ ability to contain a Tiger rushing attack that entered the game ranked fourth nationally. “We played a pretty good offen sive football team,” McBride said. “I thought we’d be in a war, but they kind of shot themselves in the foot with the punts and the interception right off of the bat.” The defense yielded a paltry 25 yards on 32 Missouri carries. And without a solid ground attack, both Missouri passers were ineffective. Farmer and Jim Dougherty combined to complete nine passes in 26 attempts for 149 yards, one touchdown and an interception. NU Coach Frank Solich said stop ping the run early was key. “I do believe we have a very fine defensive football team,” Solich said. “This is certainly the toughest test they’ve_ had in terms of stopping the run. If Missouri could have gotten the running game going, then its play action passes would have been more effective. They did very well.” Penalties (seven for 70 yards) and turnovers (two) were the only disap pointments for Nebraska. Missouri did manage to get on the board in the second quarter, thanks to « Missouri has talked a lot since I’ve been here. The past two years, they didn’t see our best game.” Mike Brown NU rover a fumble by Nebraska I-back Dan Alexander on the 31-yard line. The Tigers advanced the ball only 1 yard and settled for a 47-yard field goal by Brad Hammerich. Nebraska’s Josh Brown added a 27-yard field goal late in the first half for a 19-3 Comhusker lead at half time. The MU fans, who had reached a hysterical pitch before the contest, were noticeably quieter by halftime. NU rover Mike Brown said the fans’ tranquil mood may have stemmed from Nebraska’s usual dom ination, something Tiger fans haven’t seen in several years. “Missouri has talked a lot since I’ve been here,” said Brown, who led the Huskers with seven tackles. “The past two years, they didn’t see our best game. I don’t like Missouri. I just wanted to come out and prove to them that we’re a great team.” Tiger fans were hushed more in the second half when the Huskers marched 76 yards in seven plays. Crouch hit wingback Bobby Newcombe down the middle of the field for a 53-yard score. Correll Buckhalter tacked on another score in the third quarter on a 10-yard option pitch from Crouch. Buckhalter became the first Husker to rush for more than 100 yards in a game this year. He had 132 yards on 14 carries. Nebraska added a late score from Alexander on a 4-yard run before Missouri finally found its way into the end zone for the first time with two minutes, 13 seconds to play in the game for the final margin. It was a final score that Davison said didn’t astonish him, considering the success of the NU offense. “I don’t know if I was surprised with the score,” he said. “I think we can do this to any team if we execute our plays. We really hurt ourselves or we might have scored 60.” ‘Old feelings’ return for Tigers TIGERS from page 9 “Any time you play Nebraska you’re going to be fired up. You’ve got to keep things under control.” The Faurot Field crowd gave the MU punt team a mocking ovation after it -successfully got a punt off in the second quarter - but not before quarterback Kirk Farmer threw an interception to NU linebacker Julius Jackson, setting up quarterback Eric Crouch’s 31-yard touchdown run. In the first-quarter meltdown, Missouri got no closer than 16 points. The 19-3 halftime deficit was the first time in 20 games that the Tigers had trailed after 30 minutes. “Giving them 16 points, a turnover and two snaps over our head, that’s what set the tempo,” Smith said. “I don’t think our defense expected to play on a 30-yard field. It was like playing a scrimmage on one-third of the field.” The MU offense, one week removed from a 48-point, 560-yard performance against Western Michigan, did little to help its own cause. Missouri had only 174 total yards and an anemic 25 rushing. The Tigers came into the game averaging around 310 yards per game on the ground. Compounding problems was a continually attacking Husker defense, which sacked MU quarter backs Farmer and Jim Dougherty four times and hurried throws all night long. In all, Missouri completed only nine of 27 passes. “They fly around the ball,” said Dougherty, who completed four of nine passes before leaving with a knee injury in the third quarter. “They get there quick, and they’re smart, too.” The Tigers fared better on defense, for awhile. Nebraska caught them off guard with early passing, though NU still only had 196 total yards at halftime. But the Huskers quickly squelched any Tiger upset hopes with Crouch’s 53-yard touchdown pass to Bobby Newcombe. Then the Nebraska option game took over, rid dling the experienced Missouri defense time and time again, eventu ally amassing 333 yards rushing. “(Nebraska) ran option football,” Smith said. “We acted like we hadn’t seen the damn thing.” About the only Tiger who played well was rush end Justin Smith. The sophomore lived up to his “Godzilla” nickname with 13 tackles, including three for losses. Smith said he had “fun,” but the individual performance wasn’t worth much on the scoreboard. “As a defense, we’d do something good,” Smith said. “Then we’d get whipped.” Missouri must lick its wounds next week against Memphis, a team that nearly upset Tennessee over the weekend. Smith said the blowout loss will deflate his team’s egos, especial ly when the coaches “whip their butts” in practice. If there was anything positive out of the game, Riti said, it was that things couldn’t get any worse. “This is rock bottom for us,” Riti said. “It came early in the season for us. We can turn it around.” NU avoids another loss TECH from page 10 Red Raiders sprinted to an 8-1 lead and held the Huskers to a .057 per centage in the first game. The second game wasn’t much better for NU, which hit .095 in that game, but the Huskers mustered a defensive savvy that held Tech at .083 hitting percentage for the game and the offensive thunder of four of NU’s eight service aces to tie the match. After that, the wind went out of the sails of a Tech team looking to give NU its second consecutive Big 12 loss for the first time in two years. “Texas Tech played with a hell of a lot of emotion in the first game,” Pettit said. “And when you do that, you risk getting tired down the stretchy “But at the same time, they could have used that to beat us in three.” -£ Women take fifth at invitational From staff reports The Nebraska men’s and women’s cross country teams com peted against stiff competition this weekend at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis. The women’s team finished fifth overall with 190 points, while 16th-ranked Arizona State won the women’s team title. The field of teams included eight preseason top-10 teams. Michelle Brooks led the Comhuskers with a time of 18:09 - good enough for 13th. Jaime Pauli placed 22nd with a time of 18:19. Finishing at 43rd was Jeannette Zimmer in 18:36. Other notable finishers includ ed Kathryn Handrup finishing 56th in 18:45, Jamie Kruger placing 61st in 18:50, Melinda Oliver running 84th in 19:06, and Miijana Glisovic finishing 86th in 19:07. Wisconsin-Madison won the men’s event, while the Huskers fin ished 16th with 391 points. Nebraska’s top finisher was Marcus Witter, 27th in 25:11. Mike Kamm placed 63rd in 25:64. Kamm edged out fellow team mate Aaron Camizales. Camizales finished 71st in 25:49. Both men’s and women’s cross country teams will next be in action this Friday at the Emporia State Invitational in Emporia, Kansas. "■ 1 i jt Meginnls Ford Co. Free 6400”Q” St. Shuttle Lincoln, NE Service _ . _ , 68505 Ford Jeep Saab Isuzu Sales & Service 464-0661 Tracy L. Gish, O. D. Jim D. Johnson, O .D. Jonathan Knutson, O. D. 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