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Friday, November 20, 1964
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By Bob Samuelson
There's one thing for sure.
Oklahoma would Sooner
beat Nebraska tomorrow
than not
But shucks, the Cornhusk
ers just have to win.
A healthy Cornhusker
crew will face Oklahoma at
Norman tomorrow. In many
ways, this is the most im
portant game of the y e a r
for Coach Devaney and
Company.
First, Nebraska must win
to assure sole ownership of
the Big Eight Crown. Sec
ond, Nebraska must win to
preserve an undefeated sea
son and a nation-leading
winning streak.
Third, Nebraska must
win to preserve the prestige
of the Cotton Bowl. But
fourth, and probably most
importantly, Nebraska
must win just to beat Okla
homa. To beat Oklahoma, Ne
braska will have to play at
top proficiency. That means
that Nebraska will have to
play its best game of the
year.
Oklahoma is probably one
of the best squads in t h e
country regardless of their
record, .They have a real
rarity in college football
in that they have two re
turning legitimate All
Americans. Ralph N e e 1 y
and Jim Grisham are both
vying for repeat honors this
year.
Grisham is a 6'2" 211
pound fullback who runs
like a clock Big Ben. Gris
ham rushed for 861 net
yards last year for an av
erage of 5.63 although he did
his traveling where traffic
was thickest and with every
foe making it their first de
fensive mission to stop his
back.
Grisham pulled the Soon
ers from the brink of defeat
several times last fall, but
he was not up to the task
at Nebraska.
Grisham is a fine blocker
also, and he was selected to
an Ail-American blocking
team selected last spring.
Grisham is also a terror on
defense.
Neely is a 6'5" 261-pound
senior who wears a s i z e
eight helmet. Neely was
clocked at 10.7 seconds in
the hundred in his lighter
days. At that time he
weighed only 240.
Neely and Grisham are
not the only terrors on the
Oklahoma team. Newt Bur
ton, for instance, Is an All
Big Fight guard who stands
6 and weighs 212-pounds.
Burton is almost a perfec
tionist as a lineman, and he
rarely makes a mistake.
Oklahoma coaches grade
the players on every play
of the game. A perfect
score would be making no
mistakes at all on any of
the plays. Once last season.
Burton got a perfect score
on offense and only minus
two on defense. He rated
highest of all Oklahoma
players in seven out of nine
games last year.
Eddie McQuarters is a de
fensive specialist who has
size, speed and agility. Ok
lahoma coaches rate Mc
Quarters as good a guard
as any in the nation.
At ends are Gordon
Brown who has switched
sides of the line since the
beginning of the year, and
is now playing left end, and
Ben Hart who started the
year as a halfback, and who
has good speed playing
right end.
Lance Rentzel is a speedy
halfback who is a com
petent blocker. Rentzel av
eraged 6.6 yards per carry
last year and gained 387
yards. He was also the
leading punt returner on
last year's squad.
These are but a few of
Oklahoma's fine players,
and their comparative dis
appointment so far this year
is something of an enigma,
as they were picked for
high national honors.
Nebraska goes Into the
all-important contest with a
push of a sixteen-game win-,
ning streak, an undefeated
season, and a national
ranking of fourth in the
nation.
Bill Haug, 6' Ha", 198
pound senior has been nom
inated to a starting post.
Walt Barnes who was for
merly a doubtful starter will
play tomorrow, and Joe Mc
Nulty will be at full tilt
after limited action last
week against Oklahoma
State.
Chuck Doepke will again
perform at offense and de
fense and at both end
positions.
Quarterback Bob Church
ich goes into the contest
needing eighty-six yards to
break the 1962 season
passing record of 829 yards
set by Dennis Claridge in
1962.
Coach Devaney has built
this year's squad of sopho
mores, and reserves Into
one of the top teams in the
country.
Oklahoma will be 'up' for
the game, but so will the
Huskers. Nebraska should
come through with its top
game of the season tomor
row. There are still tickets
available for the closed-clr-cuit
showing in the coliseum
which begins at 1:30 p.m.
HohnSaysTeam
p For OU Til
Visiting scouts call Nebraska halfback Bob Hohn the
best blocking back in the Big Eight, some the best in the
nation. ' .
. But to Hohn, it's the runner that makes the blocker.
"It's easy to block for Frankie (Solich) and Kent
McCloughan) the Beatrice native said. "They stay right
behind you and they will just go the opposite way that I
take out the tackier."
Those two runners have picked up 793 yards thus far,
largely thanks to Holm's work.
Basicallya runner in high school, Hohn picked up the
blocking knack from offensive backfield coach Mike Cor
gan. "For him you have to block," Hohn said. "I didn't
work on it any harder when 1 came down here. I just
knew I had to block to play."
After a slow start on the running end of his halfback
and sometimes fallback chores, Hohn has come through
with 84 yards against Kansas and 85 against Oklahoma
State.
That brought his total to 293 with a 4.4 average after
a 7.4 average the year before with 229 yards.
"I was just lucky I guess," Hohn said, "the blocking
was just as good during those first games, I just got
through a little better."
An All-Stater and Shrine Bowl star, Hohn al
most never got into pads for the Huskers. Doctors uncov
ered a back ailment during his freshman examination and
nixed any thoughts Hohn had of football that year.
Determined to play, Bob had a back operation and
was back in suit for the 1962 campaign. In 1963 he came
on strong to beat out McCloughan, then a right halfback.
In high school, the Husker co-captain was tabbed
Athlete of the Year in 1960 due to his football prowess, a
Gold Medal in the hurdles and making All-State in basket
ball. The Oklahoma game marks the end of his c o 1 1 e g e
football career aside from the Cotton Bowl date, Jan. 1
with Arkansas. "I'll be glad when that game with Okla
homa is over," Hohn said. "They're going to be up for
this one."
Next year, he'll probably head for the pros where he
was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs of the American
Football League when a junior.
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Traditional Missouri-Kansas Contest
Is Big Factor in Final Loop Outcome
The Missouri-Kansas game
this weekend will be an im
portant factor in the solution
Big Eight
Sports
Shorts
Oklahoma has a freshman
football player who weighs
205, but averages only 10.25
pounds per letter in his name
Harry Hettmannsperger (20
letters, count them), a full
back from Stockton, Cali
fornia. If Harry H. averaged
the same per letter as Ralph
Neely ( 10-lettered, 260-pound
Sooner tackle), he'd tip the
scales at a whopping 520
pounds.
A neat turn-about has been
recorded by Oklahoma State's
Walt Garison and Hugh Mc
Crabb. As freshmen, McCrabb,
now a linebacker guard, was j
the starting offensive fullback I
and even gained 128 yards j
against the Oklahoma year-;
lings. The defensive special- j
ist at linebacker on the fresh- i
man team was none other j
than Garrison, now the sec- j
ond-best rusher in the Confer- j
ence with 267 yards. j
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With Kansas, Nebraska, and
Missouri joining Oklahoma j
Rt-nto nnrl Kansas Statp as i
platooning teams, that makes
five of the eight joining the
turn to one way play and
specialization. A sixth, Colo
rado tried for a couple weeks,
but had to quit for the time
being because of injuries. Pri
or to the start of the season,
Oklahoma State and Kansas
State were the only two firm
ly convinced the personnel
they had warranted the move.
Even though having the only
undefeated team left in the
Big Eight Conference, Coach
Bob Devaney of Nebraska
says: "No team is going to
have an easy time winning in
this Conference. It will be a
scramble all the way. I don't
believe any team will domi
nate this Conference again
like Oklahoma did."
to the Big Eight champion
ship. A win by Kansas and a loss
for Nebraska would divide the
championship berth. Each
having dropped one game.
Nebraska, who inflicted
Kansas' only conference de
feat, is presently undefeated.
They will go against the Okla
homa Sooners, with the out
come determining half of the
Big Eight championship.
The other half of the Big
Eight crown will be decided
by the Missouri-Kansas con
test. It will tell whether Kan
sas shares the Conference
title or finishes with two con
ference losses.
This Missouri-Kansas clash
Wesley an Fresh
Defeat NU ROTC
Nebraska Wesleyan fresh
man defeated the Nebraska
Navy ROTC 86-64 last
Wednesday night.
Motz was top scorer for
Wesleyan with 28 points, and
Iverso had 23 for Navy
ROTC.
has become a tradittional
meeting. Only once in the
past ten years has the out
come been decided by more
thtan one touchdown.
With the likes of Gale
Savers, who is tied for the
conference rushing lead, and
Gary Lane the present leader
in total offense on opposing
teams it should prove to be
as close as the previous
games.
Tucker Injured,
Won't Face OU
Nebraska's quarterback
! corps suffered another set
jback yesterday when number
two signal-called Doug Tuck
er broke a bone in his right
foot during practice.
Tucker will be sidelined for
the Oklahoma game tomor
row but may be back in action
for the Cotton Bowl game with
Arkansas New Year's Day,
Coach Bob Devaney said.
Tucker, a senior, suffered
the injury while making a
normal pivot on a pitch-o u t
play. The injury is his first
during four years of active
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Black Shirter Haug
Makes The Grade
This will probably come as
somewhat of a surprise to
teachers at Washburn High
School in Minneapolis, but
Bill Haug is an honor student
at the University.
"Nobody at home will be
lieve it," grins the Cornhusk
er left end who lettered as a
sophomore on the 1963 B i g
Eight and Orange Bowl cham
pionship team. "I certainly
was no scholar when I was
in high school at Washburn."
The Husker, junior, recently
promoted to the Black Shirt
unit, credits a limitation of
outside activities for his grade
rise.
"In high school I guess 1
just fooled around too much,"
he says. "Well, there were
three sports, various organi
zations like Hi-Y and things
like that to take up time. And
I just didn't concentrate on
studying."
How come the change?
"I just decided that college
was the time to start studying
nnrl 1 AriraniTiirl mr J m a " Rill
says. "It has paid off in good.
grades, but it's awfully tough
to study after you're tired
from practice. You just have
to force yourself to get the
job done."
Haug has gotten the job;
done, heading into his junior
year with a 6.650 cumulative
average (9.0 is tops) and a
spot on the Dean's Honor
List. He's also a candidate for !
the All Big Eight Scholastic!
team. During his freshman
year, Bill averaged 6.414, so
he improved during his sopho
more season.
It should also be pointed
out that during the rugged fall
semester, with all the football
disruptions, Haug came
through with a sparkling 7.?86
average. And he's not taking
a patsy course, Bill is an
Economics major in the Busi
ness Administration College.
The Husker left end played
the same spot on the 1961
Washburn team that won the
Minneapolis and Twin-Cities
crown under Coach R u s s
Helleckson. He's the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto C. Haug.
Despite his meteoric rise in
the academic world, Haug
isn't becoming disenchanted
with football.
"It is a tremendous game
and I love it," Bill says.
"Aside from the fun and value
of competition, football pro
vides a great opportunity for
travel and meeting wonderful
people. Where else can you
get a chance to stay in a hotel
like we did on Miami Beach,
see the country and broaden
our backgrounds? Winning
the Orange Bowl was my
greatest thrill, of course, but
the trip itself was a tremen
dous experience."
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