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Lincoln, Nebraska
Beat Oklahoma!
Tuesday, November 16, 1954
Vann Lines
NU IVn Over Oklahoma
Shortest Route To Miami
By HOWARD VANN
Sports Editor
Nebraska business men are planning their summer vacations a
little early this year. Their plans can become a realization if the
Nebraska Cornhuskers can do what no other team in the Big Seven
has been able to do for quite a few years and that is to BEAT
OKLAHOMA. Omaha business men have already seen their hopes
become a reality. Powerful Omaha University, undefeated and untied
in nine games and the individual little college leader in rushing,
accepted a bid to the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida, on New
Year's Day. Now the rest of the state is anxiously awaiting the
outcome of this Saturday's action in the Big Seven.
BEAT OKLAHOMA
There are many possibilities of which the first one is best. 1. EEAT
OKLAHOMA. The Sooners are the Huskers' only roadblock between
Lincoln and Miami. People around this area have sensed the possibility
of an upset over the third ranked team in the nation and are planning
snother unofficial mass exodus from Nebraska. Experts around the
nation tabbed the Colorado Buffs as the team that would give the
Sooners their only real big test in the Big Seven. It came true. The
predictors also saw a cozy sixth place roost for the Huskers in the
conference. This did not come true. There is no reason in the world
why the Huskers could not pull one of the top upsets of the year.
Husker players and coaches have been taking each game separately
as they came along, but it is a known fact that ever since the win
ever Kansas that the players have been pointing towards the Norman
encounter. It presents a chance to deal the Oakies their first defeat
of the season. The easiest road to the Orange Bowl is actually the
hardest. A Miami appointment is assured if the Huskers BEAT OKLA
HOMA. 2. Another alternative is if Colorado beats Kansas State. The
Staters almost lost their chance of going last weekend against Iowa
State. They might have been doing what the Huskers might have
been doing . . . looking ahead. CU should be tough, but the Wild
cats know what is at stake also. The game is being played at
Boulder which gives the Buffs one advantage of playing on their
own home field. Second of all, CU's backs are superior to the
State backs even with the 'Cats potential all-conference candidate,
Corky Taylor. 3. If both teams win, the Huskers would go with
their record of 5-1 against State's 4-2 mark.
One thing is for sure. Husker fans down at Oklahoma watching
the game and those sitting back in their living rooms listening to
the contest will have their ears open for that all-important tilt going
on at Colorado.
Big Panthers
Pittsburgh had a mighty big team. Their line charged hard and
fast and many observers in the press box had the opinion that
Oklahoma's line is as big if not bigger and definitely faster than
the Panthers. Nebraska has its work cut out for themselves this
weekend.
Numbers 35. 41. 38. 14. 21 and ?R Vinmitprl Hie. TTnc 0fm tl
afternoon. Pitt had two fine quarterbacks and two equally fine full
backs in Corky Salvaterra, Darrell Lewis, Tom Jenkins and Bob
Grier. Halfback Charley Cost and Nick Passodelia ran hard for the
Panthers also.
Ron Clark took the NU spotlight again this week away from
the other dependable backs. Clark was the only Husker to taste
paydirt this week. As in the Minnesota game when Ron broke away
for a 43 yard sprint, he got behind the Panther pass defense to
snare a pass from Willie Greenlaw and prance unmolested to their
goal line. Dan Brown has gained the deception and finese possessed
by some of the nation's top flight quarterbacks.
The sophomore trio of backs, Erway, Greenlaw and Comstock
all showed their usual reliability.
Offensively on the line it was Bob Oberlin while on defense
Laverne Torczon stood out.
Defeated Good Teams
Titt must have heard about Charley Bryant and his defensive
abilities. In the first half from my vantage point high above on top
of the West stadium, it appeared that the Panthers were two teaming
Charley. He had a rough day, but as I said before, Pitt was big
and powerful. The Huskers have nothing to be ashamed of losing
only by two TD's to an eleven that has beaten West Virginia, a team
whose line was highly touted in Life magazine and rated in the top
twenty teams of the nation. It is hard to figure out a squad like
Pittsburgh who one week beats seventh rated Navy while in a previous
week was stnashed by Minnesota, 46-7 the same Minnesota team
that beat NU, 19-7.
It is indicative though of this season of upredictable upsets.
Huskers Overlooked
Turning away from the gridiron for one minute and switching
to the basketball courts, h is less than one month away from a time
when the students and fans will be going to the Coliseum instead
of the stadium. I was reading through one of the nationally read
pre-season basketball magazines and discovered not only had this
magazine overlooked NU as a potential power in the Big Seven but
also they forgot to give even the slightest notice to any of the
Husker players for being in the top players in the area.
What an oversight! Granted that it is a hard job to pick pre
season stars, all-star toi- Ail-American teams, etc., but with ex
perienced players sui . seniors Willard Fagler and Stan Matzke
back for another year ot npetition I consider it a complete lack
of research or giving credit where credit is due for this particular
magazine's staff. Just talking to some of the players gives me every
indication to believe that under the reign of new head basketball
coach Jerry Bush, the fans, if not treated to as many victories as
they expect, are definitely going to be satisfied with the brand of
hustling play that they like and appreciate.
Around The Nation
issouri Eleven Eliminated
From Orange Bowl Picture
Five games, includinc two con
ference tilts, highlighted Big seven
play Saturday. In non-conference
contests Nebraska let down and
lost to a strong Pitt team, 21-7;
Oklahoma A&M snowed under
Kansas, 47-12, and Colorado de
feated Utah 20-7. Oklahoma erased
Missouri from bowl contention by
romping, 34-13 and Iowa State gave
Kansas State a bad scare before
losing, 12-7, in conference games.
Gophers Win
In the Big Ten, Michigan
drubbed Michigan State, 33-7,
Minnesota's McNamara starred in
a 22-20 conquest of Iowa; Wiscon
sin defeated Illinois, 27-14; Indiana
edged Northwestern, 14-13, and
Ohio State cinched a tie for the
crown with a 28-6 victory over
Purdue.
Other scores around the nation:
Cornell 40, Dartmouth 21; Prince
ton 21, Yale 14; Army 35, Penn
sylvania 0; Notre Dame 42, North
Carolina 13; Maryland 16, Clem
son 0; Navy 51, Columbia 6; Duke
28, Wake Forest 21; Georgia Tech
20, Alabama 0; SMU 21, Arkansas
14; Texas 35, TCU 34; Oregon 2G,
Washington State 14; USC 41,
Washington 0, and California 46,
Oregon State 7.
Important Week
Two games are of prime impor
tance to Nebraskans next week.
Nebraska travels to Oklahoma and
Kansas State to Colorado for
games that will decide the Big
Seven's representative in the
Orange Bowl. A Colorado win or
tie over K-State will send the
Huskers to Miami regardless of
the outcome of their game, while
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Sports Staff Writer at just the right time jumped high ! ers gambled and threw two passes
Before a Homecoming Day ai d took the ball away from the cut of thejr ovvn entj zor!e The first
crowd of 40,000 the Nebraska Corn- two astonished Panthers Clark ; throw b Harry Johnson fell
huskers went down to defeat 21-7 scampered the remaining .ih yards
to a Pittsburg ball club that had before the Panthers were able to . incomplete, but the next pass,
previously been tabbed as 5'i: realize what had happened. Bob '; thrown by Willis Greenlaw was
point underdogs.
The Huskers played dull ball
for the most part of the gam2.
Although it was Homecoming for
looking 'forward to the game with i period after the Panthers had did the Huskers more good than
ni-iahrma this Sntiirrlav which ! been stopped on the Husker four harm, for it showed them that
Smith booted the extra point, and interceded bv center Bob Ballock
on the 10, from where he lum
I bered into the end zone.
Perhaps the loss to Pittsburgh
the score read Pittsburgh 14,
braska 7.
Pitt Clincher
The final Pitt points came in the
LaVenie Torczon, sophomore
center from Platte Center, chalked
up another outstanding perform
ance for himself last Saturday a
gainst the powerful Pittsburgh
Panthers. Torczon, playing second
string defensive center for the
injured Bob Berguin, adds depth
to the strong line-up of reliable
pivots. LaVerne has the distinc
tion of scoring the only touch
down by an NU lineman this year
besides the ends. He hits hard and
low and has an extremely bright
future for himself. Torczon, along
with the rest of the team, will
have to be at their best this Sat
urday when the Huskers tangle
with unbeaten Oklahoma.
IM Football
New University Chomps
Assure
d; Phi Psi's
By BOB Zl'IiER
Intramural Sports Writer
As this paper went to press the
following teams remained in the
All University football tournament;
Fraternity A League Delta Tau
Delta vs Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Fraternity B League Delta Tau
Delta vs Phi Gamma Delta B.
Selleck House Manatt vs Gus
tofson II.
Independent League Phi Gam
ma Delta vs Dental College.
Phi I'si's Lose
Phi Kappa Psi, last year's de
fending All University intramural
football champion, has been de
throned. The Phi Psis, undefeated
until entering the finals, were up
set by ATO. 24-19. Duane Rankin,
always in the thick of things for
the Phi Psi's, threw three touch
down passes, one each to Sid Hock
enberger, Gene Welch and Dick
Jollefy. In addition. Rankin threw
a pass to Hockenberger for the
lone extra point. Ron Schroeder was
the big gun in the fired-up ATO
offense. He threw TD passes to
Bob Brown and ran for another
touchdown himself. When he was
not throwing the ball, Schroeder
was on the other end of the play,
as he also caught a touchdown
pass thrown by Bill Weber.
Norris Wins
Norris edged Cornhusker Co-Op
fi-0 as Don Nutzelaugh passed to
Jack Barkley for the score. Ben
ton ran over Fairfield 20-7 as Den
nis Vogal was responsible for all
three Norris TDs. Vogal threw
touchdown passes to Donald
Dworak and to Jack Linz in addi
tion to running for a third touch
down. Jerry Meehan threw a Fair
field pass to Jerry Jorgenson for a
TD, and Ron Cardello caught Mee
han's pass for the extra point.
In the second round of play,
Delta Tau Delta showed a lot of
drive as they shellacked ATO,
35-7, the day after ATO upset the
Phi Psi's. Dick Grant was the hero
for the Delts as he threw four TD
passes and ran for the only other
Delt touchdown. The first toss cov
ered five yards and flew into the
waiting arms of Ray Mladovich.
Ray also was on the receiving end
of two other tosses. One play cov
ered 30 yards and the other cov
ered 52 yards.
Sig Alpns Win
In other tournament games
Manatt slugged Selleck 25-0 and
Dental College blanked Delta Theta
Phi, 19-0. Gustofson II beat Gustof
son I, 13-0 while Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon edged Phi Delt, 14-f! and the
Delts beat Theta Xi, 27-fi.
Burnett tied Avery (i-fi at the end
of regulation time and then went
on to win the yardage play. The
Phi Psi C team was beaten by the
Phi Delts, 14-0. Pi Kappa Phi lost
cut to Cornhusker Co-Op, 12-7, and
the Kappa Sigs beat Brown Palace,
13-o. Sigma Nu and DU tied 2-2 at
the end of regulation time, and
Sigma Nu won the yarc'age play to
win the game. ATO B edged Delt B
8-7, while ZBT lost out to Pioneer,
18-0.
Table tennis entries in the intra
mural tournament must he in to
day. The same is true for the intra-' herded
Oklahoma this Saturday, which ;
might result in an invitation to the
Orange Bowl New Year's Day.
Panther coach Tom Hamilton
employed a bit of strategy as he
used his second stringers against
the first unit of Nebraska and
saved his first unit for the Husk
er second unit. As it turned out,
Pittsburg's second unit scored two
touchdowns against the NU first
unit, while the other touchdown
was scored against a combina
tion of the first and second units.
Scoreless First Half
The first half of the game ended
in a scoreless tie, with the heav
ier Pitt line repulsing the advanc
es of the Scarlet and Cream rush
ing attack. The big Panther
tackles, namely Raemer and Pa
ttella, were able to successfully
turn back the plays run at them,
so the Huskers found the going
rough from there on. Without the
"Dive" plays working the Huskers
had to rely on end runs, runs in
side the tackles, and passes, which
they found were inadequate to
cope with the Panthers.
In the third quarter Panther
Halfback Charles Cost, a 170 pound
sophomore, broke things open with
a wide run and cutback for 40
yards. Andy Loehr finally
hauled him down from behind on
the NU six yard line. Nick Pas
sodelis rammed for three, then
Bob Grier drove for the last three
and Ambrose Bagamery kicked
the first of his three perfect extra
points.
Huskers Fight Back
The Huskers marched right up
the field after the kickoff, and
got as far as the Pitt 44 where
Panther center Ed Bose intercept
ed a pass thrown by Dan Brown
and returned it 32 yards to the
Nebraska 30. After a series of
runs to the two yard line, Bagam
ery squeezed over.
The one and only NU toucheown
came on a well-executed pass
play. Brown to Greenlaw to Clark.
The Huskers had taken the kickoff
after the second Pitt touchdown
and had marched up the field
to the Pitt 44. On the first down
play Quarterback Dan Brown threw
a lateral to Halfback Willie Green
law as he was racing around his
own left, end. Before he got to
the line, Willie uncorked a pass
for Halfback Ron Clark
line.
2et , they are not as yet unbeatable.
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