Monday, October 9, 1967
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Split-end Richnafsky
Grabs Reception Record
"Dennis did a a great
job. I gave him the game
ball," Negraska coach Bob
Devaney said, after split
end Dennis Richnafsky's 13
pass receptions in Ne
braska's 16-14 win over
the Kansas State Wildcats,
Saturday at Manhattan.
Richnafsky, a 6' 194
pound end from Clairton,
Pa., gathered 13 passes,
including one touchdown
toss, for 137 total yards to
establish a new Cornhusker
sinigle game-record for
pass reception .
OLD RECORD
The old record of eight
game-receptions was held
by Freeman White, Dennis
Morrison and Richnafsky.
Richnafsky just missed
the single game pass re
ception yards record by
two yards. Freeman White
also held that record of 139
yards set against Colorado
in 1965.
The senior split end at
tributed his pass-catching
success to the "fine throw
ing of Frank Patrick", Ne
braska quarterback.
He also added that "any
time you play on a wet
field, the offense has an ad
vantage over the defense."
"However my patterns
sharper", he added.
Richnafsky said it was
K-State Termed
By Bob Devaney
Nebraska coach Bob De
vaney had warned Husker
followers all week not to
take the Kansas State Wild
cats lightly.
After Saturday's last
minute 16-14 Nebaska vic
tory over the Wildcats, De
vaney still hadn't changed
his opinion of Vince Gib
on's Manhattan crew.
"I think that K-State was
very well prepared for this
game," Devaney said after
this Huskers had pushed
their season's record to
three straight triumphs.
REAL TOUGH
"They came up with a
fine effort and they were
real tough," the nation's
winningest coach said of
x n e wildcats, who now
stand at one win and two de
feats. The Wildcats, who have
beaten Colorado State 17-7
and dropped games to Vir
ginia Tech 15-3 and Satur
day's Nebraska match, will
face the Iowa State Cy
clones at Ames this Satur
day, During the Huskers
fourth period drive that re
sulted in Bill Bomberger's
31-yard field goal sealing
the victory, Devaney said
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the best receiving effort of
his career.
"It feels good to have the
pass-catching record. But
I wasn't thinking about the
record, just the game," he
said.
Nebraska's big quarter
back, Frank Patrick, who
completed 19 of 32 passes
for 193 yards said, "Dennis
did a fine job of getting
open. They (Kansas State)
weren't covering him as
tight."
FIRST TD
Richnafsky scored the
first Cornhusker touchdown
on a five-yard pass from
Patrick in the second quar
ter. "It was an off-side
pattern primarily intended
to the other side but I came
across to catch thj pass,"
Dennis noted.
The new Nebraska record-holder
said Kansas
State was as tough as Ne
braska expected.
"A couple of early good
breaks contributed to their
success," he said.
Kansas State capitalized
on two Husker fumbles in
the first quarter for two
early touchdowns and a
14-0 lead.
Richnafsky felt Washing
ton and Minnesota were "a
he called only a few of the
plays.
The Huskers, trailing 14
13 were forced to their 76
yard march from their 15
yard stripe, after Al Lar
son's six yard return of a
54 yard Bob Coble punt.
PASSES AND RUNS
The Huskers combined
their downfield march with
passes to Dennis Richnaf
sky, Dennis Morrison and
Dick Davis and fine runs
by both Joe Orduna and
Davis.
The drive reached the
nine yard line with a fourth
down and four situation,
when Devaney sent in t h e
Columbus native, who had
missed four consecutive
field goals stretching back
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, little better" than the .fine
Wildcat team. "The wet
, field caused us problems,"
he said.
PRESSURE
"There was quite a bit of
pressure on that last drive,"
Dennis said. "The dedication
of the line caused the final
touchdown," he added.
Nebraska, in their final
drive, drove the ball 76
yards to the Wildcat nine
where Bill Bomberger
booted a 31-yard field goal
to win the game.
Besides making oustand
ing catches all afternoon,
Richnafsky downed a Corn
husker punt on the Kansas
State one-yard line to put
them in a hole. No
body touched me on the
way down," the senior busi
ness major said.
Harriers Open
Against Wildcats
Frank Sevigne's cross
country team will open their
season at Manhattan Satur
day against the Kansas
State Wildcats, last year's
Big Eight champion and the
NCAA's second place crew.
Well Prepared'
After 16-14 Win
to the Washington Huskie
opener.
"There was never any
doubt what we would do
with the ball that close,"
Devaney said in explaining
that attempting a fourth
down touchdown play was
never considered.
"I didn't tell him any
thing when he went in," De
vaney added.
FINE JOB
He said that after the
Huskers struggled through
-a first quarter, which saw
two Nebraska fumbles be
come 14 Kansas State
points, the Nebraskans did
a fine job both offensively
and defensively.
"The first quarter, they
caught us in some bad pass
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Nebraska come from be-
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State Wildcats 16-14 at
Manhattan was the.j
smallest crowd to watch
the Huskers play since I
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j The 20,000 crowd com-
: bined with the 57,000 that
' watched the opening
l Washington match at I
l Seattle and last week's
Memorial Stadium rec- 1
ord gathering of 65,361
that saw the Minnesota m
contest, pushed the 1967
total to an estimated I
142,361.
The total is just over
10,000 behind the 1966
three-game total which
stood at 152,517. i
The 1966 regular season I
attendance set the all-
time peak with 531,529
spectators and also set
an 11 game mark with I
the Sugar Bowl crowd
which placed total season
attendance at 613,529.
The Huskers have four
more expected 65,000 plus
crowds, at Memorial Sta- f
dium this season and J
three more road games j
to break last year's 1
mark.
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tests against Colorado I
Oct. 21, Iowa State Nov. f
4 and the Oklahoma State
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and road contests against
Missouri at Columbia, M
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Lawrence and at Ft. I
Worth against Texas i
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defenses and we made a
couple of mistakes." the
Husker boss said, "but we
still did a. good job for
t h r e e-quarters of the
game."
"Kansas Sate has a good
passing team and we held
them to only 104 yards
which is pretty good," he
said in viewing the final
statistics.
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Huskers
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The Kansas State Wildcats
stunned Nebraska Saturday
by transforming themselves
into 1965 Tigers and 1966
Buffaloes. ,
Nebraska thoughts im
mediately diverted to 1965's
16-14 victory over the Mis
souri Tigers and last year's
dramatic 21-19 win over
Colorado's Buffaloes after
the Huskers shaded Kan
sas State 16-14 Saturday at
Manhattan.
"It was just like last
year's Colorado games ex
cept a little sloppier," said
Dick Davis, Nebraska's
leading rusher with 59
yards.
SLOPPY
Part of the sloppincss can
be attributed to a driving
rain which splattered a rain
soaked 20,000 fans and slick
ened the Memorial Stadium
turf.
"I got through the line a
lot but I missed them be
cause I s 1 i p p ed on the
ground," said Nebraska
middle guard Wayne Mey
lan, who was credited with
five unassisted and five as
sisted tackles Saturday.
15 YARDS
Meylan and Co. held the
Wildcats to a mere 15 yards
rushing and contained the
Wildcat passing attack,
which had been the Big
Eight's leading crew going
into Saturday's Big Eight
opener for both teams, to
only 104 yards.
Nebraska f u m b 1 e s, the
main error in the two pre
vious games, almost pushed
Kansas State past the Hus
ker's for the first time since
1959.
Two fumbles in the first
quarter, at the Nebraska 11
and 39, handed the Wildcats
a 14-0 quarter advantage.
Nebraska then displayed
the same never-give-up-atti-tude
that paced them past
Colorado in B o u 1 d er last
year when the Buffaloes gal
loped to a 19-7 halftime
cushion.
PASSING RECORD
Nebraska pulled within 14-7
when end Dennis Richnaf
sky grabbed a five yard
touchdown toss from Frark
Patrick ; one of his 13 recep
tions that shattered a
Husker pass receiving rec
ord. A 38 yard third quarter
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drive in seven plays culmin
ated with a Ben Gregory
one yard run with 1:17 left
in the period nulled Nebras
ka within 14-13. Bill Bom
berger missed the extra
point and the red-capped
Nebraska fans remembered
a missed extra-point last
Thanksgiving that gave Ok
lahoma a 10-9 win over the
previously unbeaten 1966
Huskers.
MARCH
But Nebraska rebounded
and began marching from
their own 15 yard line down
field on two Richnafsky re
ceptions, several Davis and
Joe Orduna carries and
Patrick's quarterback
sneaks which moved the
Huskers to the Wildcat nine
yard stripe with a fourth
down and four yard situa
tion. t Kicker Bill Bomberger
came in and kicked a 31
yard field goal with 1:11 left
in the game to push the
Huskers record to 3-0.
"Everybody just wanted to
win and pulled together"
Davis explained during Ne
braska's last ditch 76 yard
march which set up the field
goal.
HARD RUSH
"They were stunting a
lot," said offensive tackle
Bob Taucher. "They didn't
put on too hard of a passing
rush but they were rushing
kind of hard."
The Nebraska rushing de
fensive crew drew praise
from various team members
who felt that phase of the
game resulted in the win.
"Our rushing was pretty
good for the most part."
said defensive end Mike
Wynn, "although it was a
more wide-open offensive
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DOUBLE TEAMED
Meylan also said that the
Husker rushing was effec
tive in halting the Wild
cats, but that being double
teamed throughout the con
test, combined with a slick
field, cut down his agility.
"When you get double
teamed, it's hard to get your
footing," he said, "I got in
close enough but I slipped
some times."
Defensive tackle (Harry
(Piggie) Meagher, who
started his first varsity
game felt that Nebraska
"handled them real good."
MUD HURT
"But the bad turf made it
harder for the line to cover
them," he added, "as a
whole we did good."
"They have some real
good ends." he said refer
ring to Dave Jones who
caught six passes for 76
total yards.
Defensive linebacker
Barry Alvarez, who led Ne
braska with seven unassist
ed tackles summed up the
defensive crew's praise of
the offensive team when he
said, "They did a great job
when the pressure was on
them."
While only winning by two
points. Nebraska did hold a
commanding statistical edge
over Kansas State.
STATISTICS
The Huskers gained 307
total yards on 193 passes
yards and 114 yards rush
ing, compared to the Wild
cats' 119 total yards on 104 j
passing yards and just 15 I
rushing yards. '
Nebraska out downed
Kansas State 21-7, but lost
two fumbles and were penal
ized 53 vards.
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K-State's Cornelius Davis,
the 1966 Big Eight leading
rusher, was limited to a net
gain of 34 yards on 23 car
ries, although he did score
both Wildcat touchdowns on
two one-yard-plunges.
Other notable statistics in
clude quarterback Bill Nos
sek's nine of 18 pass com
pletions for 104 yards and
Patrick's 19 of 33 perform
ance for 193 yards.
Nebraska meets the Kansas
Jayhawks Saturday at Law
rence before Colorado's Buf
faloes invade Memorial
Stadium in what could de
cide the Big Eight cham
pionship Oct. 21 . . . Kansas
has lost its first three
games, although they drop
ped their first two contests
by a total of four points.
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