THE NEBRASKAN
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Wednesday,- November 14, 1956
By BOB VttRZ
Staff Sports Writer
A pair of right halfbacks on the
Nebraska football team have been
selected as this weeks "Stars of
the Week."
Willie Greenlaw, a repeat se
lection, and Larry Naviaux, Lex
ington sophomore have been chos
en for this honor.
Greenlaw last week was chosen
with fellow easterners Frank Nap
pi and George Harshman. Nav
iaux becomes a winner for the
first time this season.
Both men played large roles in
the Huskers upset win over Kan
sas last Saturday.
Greenlaw again for the second
straight week looked like the Wil
lie of old with his fine running
and passing. He was a threat to
the Kansas defense all afternoon
with his razzle-dazzle play. Green
law averaged over 6.0 yards per
carry in the contest along with
completing three of four passes
good for 50 yards and one touch
down. The first time the Huskers had
the ball Nappi passed 30 yards
to his hometown buddy Green
law to set up the initial score.
Later on in the afternoon Green
law passed to Nappi on the same
play for a 16 yard touchdown.
As I See It
By WALT BLORE
Sports Editor
Coach Pete Elliott and his Cornhuskers deserve many more plaudits
than they have been receiving from the fans this fall.
The newspapers have been devoting much space to the amazing
comeback staged in the last half of the season by the Huskers.
Yet, the spirit seems to lag among the alumni and students. When
Nebraska gets behind the followers start "selling the farm" as far as
the game goes. Fortunately, the players have had a different attitude
and the showing proves it. What is wrong with the fans?
Actually, it's hard to lay a finger on one thing and say that is it.
Some of the apathy may lay in the fact that people have been
experiencing hard times in their desire to see a great team at
Nebraska. It comes from expecting too much.
Since 1953, The Cornhuskers have had better than a .500 season.
True, they have lost games to the big teams, but they have always
played a harder schedule than their conference mates.
Colorado has had good seasons but they have come at the expense
of smaller teams such as Colorado A & M, Utah, and Arizona. While
these teams have good reputations for turningout gridiron powers, they
are not as strong as Ohio State, Minnesota,' Pittsburgh, and Texas
A & M. The results of playing tougher teams shows up on the over
all season results.
Because the Huskers have met tough foes, they have learned what
mistakes they made. A Big Ten team doesn't allow an opponent to
make many mistakes. About one miscue is all they need to break
a game wide open.
If you don't believe what's been said so far, here is further proof.
In 1954, the Huskers started off with what some coaches claimed
was one of the best games played all year when they were downed
19-7 by Minnesota, but later lost to Kansas State.
Just before the Nebraska-Colorado game that year many Buff
followers were looking toward the Oklahoma game the week following
the Husker "slaughter" as they put it. "Hadn't Nebraska lost two
games, one to Kansas State, they asked. The Big Red had, but that
wasn't about totop the team from the plains.
Spirit Reigns ...
There were a lot of long faces in Boulder that afternoon as the
Huskers smothered the Buffs 20-6.
Although the record against non-league opponents has not been
spectacular, Ji has been something loyal Cornhuskers should be proud
of. Against heavy odds, the Huskers have made a good showing.
Pete Elliott's team pulled themselves up from the depths of defeat
at Ohio State in the second half and gave satirical Woody Hayes some
thing to say about them.
Three weeks later, the Big Red pushed Indiana all over the field
the first half only to have the Hoosiers come back in the last half to
win 19-14. But, all this time the young Huskers were learning.
They learned for instance, that once you had a team down, you
didn't let them get off the hook. They also realized that statistics
didn't mean much and that playing tough in the clutches meant much
more. So they let Missouri run all over the field but kept them from
scoring and upset the Tiger's Orange Bowl Express.
Last Saturday, they spoiled Kansas' Homecoming while the Jay
hawks were winning the battle of statistics and spirit.
They have applied an old saying, "when the going gets tough, the.
tough get going."
The team has remained constantly fired up ,in spitt of discourag
ing results.
The team has, but the fans haven't.
Jerry Bush, Husker cage coach, has taken it into his own hands
to do something about university spirit.
This, in itself, should be an incentive to the fans and especially
the students.
It's heartening to know that in the present day athletic situation
where many coaches are out to get the best deal and hang the school
(a'la Boyden Wiatt et al) that such men exist as Messrs. Bush, Elliott
and staff, Sharp;, etc.
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GREENLAW
Greenlaw also scored the final
Husker TD of the afternoon a 6
yard plunge. This touchdown gave
the Huskers their victory margin.
Willie also stood out on defense
for the Huskers. He was especial
ly effective in this department
when the opponents started to
throw the football.
The return of the Portland,
Maine senior, to top form has
helped to perk up the Nebraskan's
as they have pulled two upsets in
a row.
Greenlaw has now gained 222
yards rushing for the season aft
er a very slow start. He ranks
third in the conference in punt
returns with a 18.0 average for
four returns.
Last year as a junior he was
chosen as an all conference back
by coaches and writers around the
Big-Seven circuit who had seen
him perform. Willie also is a base
ball star on coach Tony Sharpens
Nebraska nine.
Greenlaw was an all-state selec-
Big Seven
Statistics
LEADING BALL CARRIERS
Plsyer School TC G L NO
McDonald, Oklahoma B4 567 16 551
Thomas, Oklahoma 74 555 11 544
Brown. Nebraska 92 545 5 540
Bayuk, Colorado 95 537 9 528
Floyd. Kansas 102 559 37 522
LEADING PASSERS
Player 'School Att. Corap. Int. NG
Hunter, Missouri 73 37 2 "89
Strauch, Kansas 59 25 472
Harris, Oklahoma .... 23 27 1 296
Wilson.. Kansas Stat. 35 - 16 4 eifl
Corbin, Kansas Stats. 26 5 5 139
LEADING PASS RECEIVERS
Passes Yards
Player School Caught Gained
James, Missouri .. .. 25
Letcavits, Kansas 11 210
Keady, Kansas State 7 188
McDonald, Oklahoma 9 178
Thomas. Oklahoma i 158
LEADING PUNTERS
(At least ( pants)
Player School Pants Yards Art.
Pricer. Oklahoma 8 438 48.7
Naviaux, NeDraska 8 341
Dowler, Colorado 33 1364
Harshman, Nebraska... .,..18 637
Rhode. Kansas 19 742
LEADING PUNT RETURNERS
(At least I returns)
Player School Returns Yards Avt.
Marshall. Kansas 6 124 20.7
Naviaux, Nebraska 5 83
Greenlaw, Nebraska 4 64
Robinson, Kansas . 4 63
Baker, Oklahoma 6 91
LEADING SCORERS
Total
Player School TDs Coo. FG Pts
Thomas, Oklahoma 14 0 0 84
McDonald, Oklahoma .. 12 0 0 72
Bayuk, Colorado 7 0 0 42
Kuhlman, Missouri .... t 1 37
Floyd, Kansas 6 . 0 0 38
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Nebraskaa Phot.
NAVIAUX
tion in Maine for three years be
fore coming to Nebraska. He is
married and has a 2Vz year old
daughter.
Naviaux continued to play fine
ball Saturday and his punt re
turns, pass interceptions, and punt
ing stood out against the Jay
hawks. One of the youngest men on
the squad Naviaux twice inter
cepted Kansas passes to halt ser
ious scoring drives. One time he
tepted a pass over his shoul
der on the five yard line and
returned it some 30 yards. Anoth
er time he returned a pass 10
yards. In addition to this the
hustling sophomore punted twice
for over a 40 yard average. One
of his left footed boots dropped
dead on the Kansas yard line.
Naviaux also returned a couple
of punts to put Nebraska in con
tention. The 6'0" 190 pounder ranks
eighth in the conference in rush
ing with a total of 340 yards
gained in 64 carries. He also is
second in punting and punt re
turns. Naviaux has kicked eight
times for a 42.6 average. In punt
returns he has a 16.6 average.
Naviaux started the season with
the number one unit and drew a
lot of praise from the coaching
staff. He was replaced only this
week by the more experienced
Greenlaw but continued to hustle
and work hard.
Always a hard worker he let
tered nine times at Lexington High
School. He won three letters in
basketball, football, and track
along with playing baseball on the
Junior Legion team. Naviaux was
an All-Stater in basketball and
ranked on the honor roll scholas-tically.
Sooners Boast Ail-American Prospect
Tommy McDonald, one of Okla
homa's hottest All-America pros
pects, zoomed into the lead as the
Big Seven's top ground gainer con
ference statistics show today.
The Sooner halfback picked up
97 yards against Iowa State to
boost his 7-game total to 551 yards
on 84 carries. He was third on the
list last week. His teammate, Gen
don Thomas, remained in second
with 74 for 544 yards.
John Bayuk of Colorado, who
has been leading for weeks,
dropped to fourth as he was held
to a net 26 yards against Missouri.
He now has run 95 times for 528
yards. Jerry Brown, Nebraska, is
third with 92 totes for 540 yards.
National champion Oklaho
ma solidified itself further as the
No. 1 rushing and total offense
unit in the U.S. The Sooners are
averaging 345.7 on the ground and
421.4 over-all. O.U.'s. total offense
is 2,950.
Missouri, Oklahoma's opponent
this week, is second in total of
fense with an 8-game figure of 2,
803 yards, and Colorado follows
with 2,280 yards for eight games.
The Tigers face the unenviable
task of having to defeat the Soon
ers and Kansas in order to gain
the Orange Bowl assignment. An
Oklahoma victory would send Colo
rado to Miami automatically.
In the individual scoring depart
ment Oklahoma's Thomas added a
pair of touchdowns to boost his
total production to 14, good for 84
points. McDonald also added a pair
against the Cyclones to give him
12 for 72 points and second place.
Bayuk was blanked but held third
with seven touchdowns for 42
points. Hank Kuhlmann of Missouri
has six touchdowns and one con
version for 37.
With a 48.7 average on nine
kicks, Billy Pricer of O.U. leads
in punting. Falling in behind are
Larry Naviaux of Nebraska with
eight for 42.6, Boyd Dowler of Colo
rado with 33 for 41.3, and George
Harshman of Nebraska with 16
averaging 39.8. Bob Marshall of
Kansas has averaged 20.7 yrads in
returning six punts to top that
category. Naviaux has five averag
ing 16.6, and Willie Greenlaw of
Nebraska is next with four for an
average of 16 yards.
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