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By Herb Probasco
They said it couldn't be
done.
But 34,000 loyal Nebraska
Homecoming fans saw it
done Saturday as the come-from-behind
Cornhuskers top
pled the mighty machine
from Soonerland, 25-21.
The fieldhouse was re
sounding with one big, "Ya
hoo, ve did it."
First Since 1942 '
Not since 1946 had a Big
Eight team defeated the
mighty Oakies. Not since Bud
Wilkinson has been at the
Sooner helm has a Confer
ence team been on the long
end of a score. Not since
1942, when the Scarlet and
Cream edged Oklahoma 7-0
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Vol. 34 No.-26
K Sig,
in House Display Honors
W
Weeks of work, worry and
fun were climaxed Saturday
evening when the winners of
house displays and floats
were announced before the
2,900 attending the Home
coming dance.
Delta Delta Delta and Kap
pa Sigma were selected to
receive the traveling trophies
for the men and women's di
visions. The Tri Delts' pink ani
mated elephant crushing a
Sooner under its toot titled
"Victory Is No Fantasy" was
rated by the judges as car
rying out the best idea of dis
play objectives.
The Old Lfj
Kappa Sigma'; "The Old
Loc Rocks ihi Sooners,"
Game Notes:
Sooner (Or Later)
Records Are Broken
By Doug McCartney
Notes:
Memorial Stadium seats
got little use Saturday.
The crowd spent much of
. its time surging to its feet
and jumping up and down.
This was due to the alert
Huskers and the wide open,
slashing Oklahoma attack.
Many persons near the
stadium were amazed at the
tremendous amount of noise
that issued from the stadium
that afternoon. Not only was
it loud but continuous.
When Sooner coach Bud
Wilkinson got off the plane
Friday he told reporters he
had lost his coat. When he got
back on Saturday he had lost
his shirt also, me wit com
mented. Speaking of coats, someone
else lost theirs. During sev
eral of the more exuberant
moments of the game, even
coats were observed flying
through the air in the stu
dent section.
, One national newscacster was
giving scores that evening.
He came to the words, "Ne
b r a s k a-25, Oklahoma-21."
There was a pause, then a
querious voice asked," "A r e
you sure that's right?"
Stoned-faced Sooners had
trouble fighting their way to
the locker rooms after the
game. They had to contend
with the goal post-minded
crowd surging on the field.
The roar from the packed.
stadium was so great even
the Husker bind was drowned
out.
Referees probably have the
most changeable personali
ties in the world, at least ac
cording to Husker fans. First
they were soundly booed for
not calling intentional ground
ing of the ball against Okla
homa, tien a few . minutes
later received an ovation as
they paced off a long penalty
when the Sooners tried to
run a "fair catch" ball.
Seniors of this year can
A WS Joins In
AWS joined in celebration
festivities Sunday and grant
ed women students an extra
hour. Closing hour for soror
ities and women's residence
halls was midnight rather
than the usual 11 p.m.
has Nebraska beaten the
Sooners.
But Saturday the day of
reckoning was at hand. The
Huskers not only accom
plished the unbelievable, they
won their first conference
game in three .starts.
A madhouse of husky red
shirts were shaking the raft
ers loose in Schulte Memorial
Fieldhouse with the biggest
celebration in many a decade
of Cornhusker grid history.
Into The Showers
"Let's s h d w e r the
coaches," the cry went up.
' And in they went Don
Strasheim, Don Sctrborough,
Bill Jennings, LeRoy Pearce,
Jack Braley.
"Where's Schneider? Get
LINCOLN,
SAM,
which consisted of animated
locomotive that overturned a
covered wagon while a Soon
er was tossed into the air,
was chosen as the overall
best in the men's division.
First place in the men's
small house division was Sig
ma Alpha Mu's "It's a Sure
iei.
A unanimous decision by
the judges called for a trophy
of originality to be awarded
to Phi Kappa Psi who took
the idea similar to the scrap
campaign of the war years
and said "dump em" and de
picted a junk yard.
Other women's division
winners were Kappa Kappa
Gamma's "Peanuts to Okla-
reminisce in the future that
they were in school when
Nebraska was known for its
big upsets. Two years ago
we upset two great Kansas
basketball teams.
Then last year the football
team became "Champion of
Pennsylvania," dumping
Pittsburg and Penn State.
Some teams make a repu
taion, building winning
streaks. Others make theirs
breaking same.
In, 3
SOONERS ROCKET) Kappa SIgma's
prophetic "Old Loc Rocks the Sooners"
won top honors among male houses in
Homecoming display competition. The K
Sig display showed an NU train bearing
PINK ELEPHANT Delta
topped sorority Homecoming aispiays. ine in Lieirs pro
claimed in their sign that "Victory is No Fantasy" and
turned fence fend gate posts into candy canes to go along
with the fantasy theme,
Sullivan," the players shout
ed as they headed for the
Husker trainers.
But nobody had any com
plaints about the wet clothes.
All of the coaches would
have probably jumped in on
their own.
Fricke Modest
A modest Don Fricke was
accepting congratula
tions from well-wishers in the
training room. "It was a good
game, I guess," the Husker
fullback smiled. He still had
that "Did we really do it?"
look on his face.
Assistant Coach Don Stras
heim, dripping wet, grinned
and yelled, "I think it was
the greatest thing that has
NEBRASKA
Tri Belts,
homa," second and Pi Beta
Phi's, "Dinner Will be Sooner
Tonight," third.
Beta Sigma Psi won second
in . t h e men's small house
division with "Husker Type
Yogi."
In the men's large house
division Beta Theta Pi won
second with "Boil 'Em In
Their Own Oil," and Theta
Xi was third with "Sooners
Fall Prey to Huskers."
Judges considered original
ity, attractiveness, construc
tion and general identification
with opponents on an equal
basis in making their deci
sion, according to Innocents,
sponsors of the events.
Float Honors
Farm House, Fedde Hall
and Varsity Dairy Club took
home the first place trophies
from the float entries in the
parade Saturday morning.
FarmHouse had the theme,
"Put the Sooners Into Or
bit," and second went to Sea
ton I with "Happy Hunting
Ground."
In the women's division,
Fedde Hall's "Recipe for
Oakie Stew" was the winner
while Terrace hall took sec
ond with "Make Those Soon
ers Crawl."
Varsity Dairy Club's theme
was "It's In the Bag" and
Red Cross received second
with "You-Beat 'Urn, We'll
Fix 'Um."
After the announcement of
the winners by Dave Godbey
president of Innocents and
down on an
Delta Delta's pink elephant
ever happened since I've
hpen machine.'
"I kinda thought we'd play
well, today," a snower
soaked, unusually calm Bill
Jennings said as he sat in
the fieldhouse with the mem
bers of the press.
, The Husker coach had just
seen his team defeat his al
ma mater. He had also ac
complished the dream that
many a coach has had for
more than 13 years.
Intense
"This means a lot to the
squad and a lot to the
coaches," he smiled.
"It was so intense," Jen
nings said, "and then all of
a sudden it was over.
"It was just a bunch of
Monday, November 2, 1959
Lexy Lou Bell, chairman of
the Student Union dance com
mittee, Fred Bliss, vice pres
ident of Corn Cobs, presented
the queen while Eddy Had
dad provided the background
music of "Dear Old Nebras
ka U."
Cheers arose from dancers
as Harry Tolly, quarterback
of the "most talked about"
football team escorted Home
coming Queen Skip Harris to
the stage.
Skip and her two attend
ants, Kay Hirschbach and
Judie Williams, were pre
sented bracelets by their es
corts Tolly, Brent Chambers,
Yell King, and Don Binder,
president of Corn Cobs. The
royal party then .was hon
ored by a special number
while students and alums
viewed the dancing royalty.
The Hi'Lo's came on stage
next to present what they
called a "second fiddle show"
after what the football play
ers had done during the aft
ernoon. Tired feet welcomed the
hour show of favorite popu
lar, jazz, barbershop and sen
timental numbers. Imperson
ations by the four brought
cheers from the crowd.
Later the four compliment
ed the tremendous spirit
shown by the group and es
pecially the pep organiza
tions Tassels and Corn Cobs
for what they determined
was a "real spirited" home
coming. Oklahoma prairie schooner.
When the locomotive hit the covered wag
on, an "Okie" flew up and away as the
covered wagon tipped on its side.
Goalposts
Are Spoils
Of Victory
To the victor goes the spoils
and to the NU fans went the
Cornhusker goalposts.
Laid in cement, the posts
were as matchsticks to the
crowd.' Waving wildly with
one student anchored pre
cariously to the crossbar, the
north end post was the first
to fall.
Scuffles marked the carry
ing of the posts home as fans
jealously guarded their hard
fought prize.
Portions were finally found
in the Alpha Tau Omega, Sig
ma Phi Epsilon, Phi Gamma
Delta and Phi Delta Theta
h o u s e s and the governor's
mansion.
The poles stood firm last
year after NU's victory over
Pittsburg.
guys who wanted to win," he
pointed out.
"Those two great kicks by
Meade (a pair of field goals)
and Tolly's kick into the
wind (a fourth quarter punt
that stopped on the four-yard
line," he cited as major plays
in the game.
Big Decision
"Harry (Tolly) played just
like he always does, as hard
and as well as 'he can. But
the whole team did that," he
added.
"It was a big decision to
go for the field goal in the
fourth quarter and make
them win by two touch
downs," the Norman, Okla.
native pointed out.
Governor Gets Goalpost
pill o
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GOVERNOR'S GIFT The Huskers pre
sented the students a win ever Oklahoma
Saturday and these happy students then
presented a goalpost to Gov. Ralph
Brooks. The Governor promptly got in the
mood and presented Admiralships in the
Nebraska Navy to the football team and
pencils to his visitors. With the governor
are students (from left) Jim Hayward,
Promise Made Two Years
Ago Fulfilled by Chancellor
A promise made two years
ago was fulfilled Saturday
when Chancellor Clifford
Kardin called off Monday
classes in celebration of the
Husker's 25-21 upset over
Oklahoma.
It was during basketball
season two springs back when
Jerry Bush's boys whipped
What They're Writing
Amazed Sportswriters
Write Frenzied Leads
The gallant Husker victory
over Oklahoma Saturday sent
the nation's sportswriters into
a frenzy.
The Sunday Journal and
Star quoted some of the
following leads:
Daily Oklahoman
Lincoln, Neb.' The mil
lenium in Oklahoma's fabled
football fortunes was record-
Bud Still
Looked Like
A Winner
You couldn't tell by looking
at Charles "Bud" Wilkinson
that he was a losing coach
Saturday.
He was smiling and shak
ing hands.
One Nebraska student man
ager was getting autographs
on his arms. As Wilkinson
signed his name to the grow
ing list he grinned and said.
"Tell your boys we're real
proud of them."
"We made a lot of bad
plays," he remarked, "and
you don't win ball games that
way." '
Contrasted to the youthful
looking mentor's expression
were the stone-faced Sooner
players.
As they sat on the bus wait
ing to ride back to the airport,
not a word was said. They
knew they were the first team
to lose s Conference game
since Wilkinson has been
coaching at Norman.
' The only comment to come
from the silent Sooners was
an answer to the question,
"Are you going to start an
other win string next week?"
"You're damn right," was
the reply.
Carroll (Papa) Zaruba
stood grinning by the training
room..
"Everybody's happy," he
said. "Every man pjayed his
heart out."
Center Jim Moore, co-captain
for the game along with
LeRoy 2entic, jubilantly an
nounced, "This is the biggest
thrill of my life."
Pat Fischer, who electrified
the stands with his fourth
quarter punt return that set
up the Huskers' final touch
down, was nursing a bruised
leg.
"How does it feel Pat?" he
was asked.
"Just a little sore," he responded.
Kansas in one of those tight,
tight hoop battles of 1958.
After the game, students
surged toward the Chancel
lor's house to demand a day
off to celebrate the victory.
They were told then that
the Chancellor was at bis of
fice. He came out to confer
with a delegation. Classes
ed here this black afternoon
when Nebraska, nothing more
than a conference whipping
boy up to this historic point,
etched a miraculous 25-21 tri
umph, the proud Sooners'
first Big 8 loss since 1946
and the first ever under Bud
Wilkinson, circa 1947-59.
Defeating OU for the first
time in 17 seasons, the Corn
huskers in reality won going
away with a roaring 10 point
burst in the final quarter as
two ancient rivals threw de
fense to the wind in a ham-mer-and-tong
orgy which
both dumbfounded and de
lighted a tea r-capacity
homecoming crowd of 34,
000. Ron Meade, 18-year-old re
serve quarterback, and Pat
Fischer, junior halfback,
were the giant killing Husk
ers' co-heroes in this almost
unbelievable outcome which
found NU a two-to-three
touchdown underdog.
Associated Press
Lincoln, Neb. The walls
came tumbling down on Ok
lahoma and Yale Saturday
and Southern California just
managed to climb out of the
rubble unscathed.
Oklahoma, which hadn't
been beaten in the Big 8 in 74
games dating back 13 years,
was shipped bv Nebraska, 23
21. Thus college football's
longest conference victory
streak in history was shat
tered. United Press International
Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska's
fired up Cornhuskers snapped
Oklahoma's 74-game unbeat
en string in Big 8 play Sat
urday with a come-from-be-hind
25-21 victory.
The Huf kers chose to come
up with their peak perform
ance of the year before a wild
homecoming crowd of 34j000.
"How does it feel to win?
came a rephrased question.
"Great," he smiled. "I
don't think there's a better
feeling." '
Old Time Spirit
Among the scores of con
gratulators in the Husker
training room was Link Ly
man, a former line coach on
Nebraska's Rose Bowl team,
now living in Los Angeles.
"You can tell your readers
that 40,000 fans saw Nebras
ka return to its old time spir
it," Lyman quipped to the
members of the press.'
He was a little off on the
attendance figure, but there
was plenty of seconds to his
statement.
John Hildebrandt, Lowell Sauter, Bill
Eastwood and Jim Laska. In front are Ne
braska rooters Sharon Lou Hall and Patty
Hill. The other goalpost was taken to the
Administration Building to remind Chan
cellor Hardin of his promised holiday and
then disappeared towards the Alpha Tau
Omega house.
were dismissed on the condi
tion that students would not
ask for another victory holi
day until we beat Oklahoma
at football.
Today is the fulfillment of
that promise.
By half-time the Chancel
lor, sensing that this was to
be the day, had alerted police
that a victory celebration
would probably be storming
the town.
A student delegation wait
ing for the Chancellor after
the game composed of Jack
Nielson, president of Student
Council, Dave Godbey, presi
dent of Innocents, Gretehen
Saeger, treasurer of Mortar
Board and Diana Maxwell,
editor of the Daily Nebras
kan, was too late. Hardin had
already made good his promise.
Rally Cry
On Sunday
Attracts 200
Rally, rally
This was the cry from the
campus Sunday afternoon
when more than 200 students
leaped into their cars and
headed for the home of Bill
Jennings, victorious coach of
Saturday's "spectacular." -
Horns blasting and convert
ible tops down, the crowd de
scended on Jenning's home
and called for the coach to
come out. , '
He came forth in his usual
quiet manner and thanked the
students for their "wonderful
support" during the game and
especially when the team was
in bad situations. He also said
in an outstanding victory such
as this, the coach is often",
given too much of the credit
for the win. 1
He contended the credit
should go to the team rather
than to him. Coach Jennings
expressed the hope that the
spirit and support shown at
Saturday's game would con
tinue throughout the season.
The enthused rallyists- then '
sped to the governor's man
sion to pay their respects to
Governor Ralph Erooks. The
cheer, "Go Big Ralph," set .
the stage for several com
ments from the governor.
He said he was delighted '
with the goal post trophies
but that it would require sev- -eral
welders to repair them ,
in lime for the next Nebraska
foe, Iowa State.
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