The Daily Nebraskan
Monday, November 19, 1962
Page 6
Oklahoma State Comes Down With Thud
When a team has a big win
end puis its heads in the
clouds, it is pretty easy to
come down with a thud and
then not even get off the
ground.
And that is what happened
to Oklahoma State (and not
Nebraska) last Saturday as
it bit the dust (or mud)
against the Huskers, 14-0.
Saturday the Cornhuskers
face the severest test of all
in a meeting at Norman with
Oklahoma in a game which
will help the Orange Bowl
committee decide who will
make the trip to Miami on
New Year's Day.
NU-Sooner
Highlights
The Nebraska Cornhuskers
will meet the Sooners of Okla
homa at Norman Saturday in
a showdown even bigger than
the one Gary Cooper faced
when the train came in at
high noon.
But the Huskers, will have
considerably more support
when they trot onto the Soon
er sod, than did that lonely
make-believe sheriff when he
shuffled down that dusty main
drag, as the Scarlet and
Cream team will attempt to
earn at least a share of the
conference championship the
first for the Nebraska foot
ball team since 1940.
The most important confer
ence game for Nebraska in
more than two decades was
made possible Saturday when
the Huskers defeated Okla
homa State, 14-0 . and the
Sooners blanked Missouri, 13
0, to remain unbeaten in con
ference play.
The Tigers found it about
as hard to run against the
Okies as an independent
would find it to run for office
in Soviet Russia. The Ben
gals had a rushing average
of 288 yards coming into this
contest, but gained only 111
yards against Bud Wilkin
son's defense.
Missouri sophomore Johnny
Roland had an especially poor
afternoon, gaining nine yards
on 12 frustrated attempts and
personally stopping two Miz
zou drives with fumbles.
Oklahoma's offense was led
by sophomore fullback Jim
Grisham who gained five
more yards than Missouri's
rushing offense 116 yards
on 23 carries.
The Sooners scored the first
time they got the ball, using
a Monte Deere screen pass
to Virgil Boll who advanced
42 yards to the Tiger nine.
Joe Don Looney scored two
minutes and 30 seconds aft
er the game began.
The Okies started the sec
ond half the very same way,
going 80 yards to score the
first time they grabbed a
hold of the football. Quarter
back Monte Deere Bcored
this one.
Among other Big Eight con
tests last Saturday was Kan
sas' 33-21 conquest of Cali
fornia. Gale Savers gained 81
yards to raise his season rush
ing total to 1,053 yards.
Fullback Armand Baugh
man was the Jayhawk lead
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In front of 33,500 Parents'
Day fans, including the dads
of the NU players, members
of the 1920-21-22 Nebraska
teams and the North Platte
High School team, the Cow
boys never could get their
feet off the ground after their
big win over Army the prev
ious week.
NU Dominates
The Huskers completely
dominated all facets of play,
but, after the first quarter,
had trouble scoring within the
OSU 15-yard line. Four times
the Huskers were deep in the
Cowboy territory without scoring.
Showdown
Big Eight
Another fullback, Tom
Vaughn of Iowa State, also
scored three touchdowns, as
the Cyclones defeated Kansas
State, 28-14. Vaughn scored
his first touchdown by return
ing the opening kick-off 87
yards. It took him eight sec
onds. Colorado gave Texas Tech
its first win of the season,
21-12. The Red Raiders used
a 98-yard pass interception to
good advantage.
In addition to the Nebraska
Oklahoma clash next Satur
day, Kansas' game with Mis
souri at Columbia is the only
other Big Eight contest with
championship implications.
The Tigers must win to gain
a share of the title.
In other games involving
Big Eight teams next Satur
day, Oklahoma State will be
in Manhattan to play Kansas
State, Iowa State will play
Ohio University at Ames and
Colorado will meet the Air
Force Academy at Boulder.
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On a cold, muddy day, Ne
braska ran the ball 85 times
in running up 397 yards as
Oklahoma State managed on
ly 37 plays for 127 yards.
The Husker secondary took
the spotlight on the defensive
end. Oklahoma State's pass
ing attack, which was consid
ered the strongest part of the
OSU offense, racked up only
31 yards.
Secondary Tough
The secondary also was
called on many times to stop
Statistics
O-State Nebr.
First Downs 5
Rushing 4
Passing 1
Penalties 0
Net Rushing Yards 96
Plays 25
Net Passing Yards 31
Passes 12
Completed 4
Intercepted 2
Total Yardage 127
Interceptions 1
Yards Returned 12
Punts
Average 33
Returns 1
Yards 5
Penalties 8
Yards 44
Kirkoffs Returned 1
Yards 19
Fumbles 1
Lost 0
Nebraska
RUSHING
22
17
4
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272
72
125
13
6
1
397
2
15
2
38
4
30
4
38
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Plaver Att. Gain Loss Net
Claridge 13 59 6 53
Ross 10 55 4 51
Thornton ....19 53 0 3
Stuewe 8 21 1 20
Powers 5 33 0 33
McCloughan 7 34 5 29
Johnson 4 17 0 17
Martin 2 4 0 4
Young 2 9 0 9
PaschaU 1 4 0 4
Tucker 1 0 1 1
PASSING
Player Att. CompL Inte. Yds.
Claridge ...12 6 0 125
Tucker .... 1 0 1 -1
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Cowboy rushers as the Okla
homa State line opened wide
holes several times through
the game.
Nebraska didn't do so badly
In the passing department it
self. After counting on the
rushing game in the last sev
eral encounters, the Huskers
unloaded for 125 yards on six
completions, all by D e n n i s
Claridge, the Huskers' star
quarterback.
Penalties stopped both
teams frequently from picking
up momentum. Okla h o m a
State was penalized 44 yards,
and NU had 38 yards marked
off against it
Thunder, Claridge Lead
Bill (Thunder) Thornton
tied with Claridge for rush
ing honors with 53 yards
apiece but it was Thunder
that was called on many
times to pick up the needed
OKLAHOMA BACKFIELD One of the back- quarterback Monte Deere (12), right half
fields which Coach Bud Wilkinson may Paul Lea (36), left half Charlie Ma j hue
send against the Huskers Saturday includes (14) and fullback Jim Grisham (45).
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yardage for one of 22 first
downs for Nebraska.
All the scoring took place
in the first 12 minutes and 38
seconds of the first quarter
with Nebraska taking the
opening kickoff and going all
the way.
The Huskers slowly ground
out 76 yards in 15 plays dur
ing the opening drive. Thorn
ton, Claridge, Warren Powers
and Dennis Stuewe carried
the ball down to the OSU
eight-yard line.
Thornton Bulls
From there Thornton bulled
his way up the middle and
into the end zone for the ini
tial tally.
Claridge scooted in for the
two -point conversion with
8:08 remaining in the first
quarter.
The- Husker secondary
knocked away a couple of
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Mike Miller passes the first
rime the Cowboys had the
ball, and the Huskers took the
ball on their own 38-yard line.
Just Eight Plays
This time it took just eight
plays for the Huskers to score
as Dennis Claridge breezed
into the end zone from the
six with 2:22 left in the first
quarter.
As the Huskers lined np for
their seventh straight two
point conversion, the game
had all the makings of the
Kansas massacre the previous
week.
But right there is where it
ended as a. pass from Clar
idge to Willie Ross fell in
complete to close all the scor
ing. The rest of the game saw
the Huskers build up long
drives only to see their ef
forts fail near the goal line.
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Stick
By RICK AKIN
Sports Editor
Just had to get in the last
shot at predictions since my
ability along these lines is
questionable.
I hope everybody in Corn
huskerland thinks that it is
really questionable after the
Husker's jaunt to Norman
to face rampaging Okla
homa. The Sooner defense
sounds like it is the strong
est in the conference after
holding Missouri flash John
ny Roland, to only nine
yards last
Sat urday.
True, it
was a very
rainy day,
but the Big
Eight's sec
one best
rusher usu
ally picks
more than
that on ice '
skates. Akin
The Husker offense last
Saturday was impressive
but its ability to score was
not quite so impressive.
(Should have been more
the call on Dick Callahan's
"dropped pass" was atro
cious.) But the Sooners have a
strong scent of oranges.
Oklahoma 21, NEBRASKA
16. (Consider Michigan and
Kansas picks)
Kansas, on the downhill
road, travels to Missouri
for a game which always
comes out the way it is not
supposed to. Two years ago,
with Missouri ranked first
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