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The Daily Nebraskan Monday, October 23, 1967 i 1 X Buff ii .e Jdiope9 Out For Page 6 Sink B3 1 J Victory' "We've got to continue to play well. Just because we're young is not an ex cuse to give up," halfback Joe Orduna said after Ne braska's disappointing 21 16 loss to the Colorado Buf faloes. The 5'10", 194 pound former Omaha Central standout had ten carries for 98 yards and caught a 39 yard pass which almost went for a touchdown. This included a 27-yard run over left tackle in the third quarter pulling the Huskers to within one point, 14-13. "The touchdown in this game was a sweep while the other one ( a similar touchdown against Minne sota) was an option run," he explained. With Orduna leading the way, the Cornhuskers rolled up 402 total yards, a sea son high. "We tried a lot harder," Orduna said. "We worked as a team." "They wanted to win a game as much as anyone," Coach Bob Devaney said of his Cornhuskers. Devaney said Orduna did a "real good job." "He is getting better all the time," Devaney said. "I looked and it was gone," Orduna said, refer ring to his four-quarter fum ble which turned the ball over to Colorado on their own 16-yard line. Orduna said Colorado was good but thought Nebraska could beat them. "They (Colorado) were up for the game too," he said. Orduna said that during the end of the game, the attitude of the team was, "we had to get a touchdown." Coach Praises Husker Effort; 'We Threw The Book At Them' "We threw the book at them," Bob Devaney said after the Buffalos remained undefeated Saturday in a game the Huskers let slip through their hands in the form of fumbles and pass Interceptions. Despite the loss, which dropped Nebraska's record to three wins followed by two consecutive losses, De vaney had nothing but trib ute to give to his young players. I think this team wanted to win as much as any of our teams have wanted to win," the Husker head coach added. "This team went out there with tre mendous desire." Devaney said he used two main weapons, gam bles and passing, 'n at tempting to prevent his Huskers from dropping their second straight game. 'GAMBLED' "We felt we had to Ram ble to beat Colorado." he said ."We were not going to let them type us on what we might do next." On a fourth down and one situation from the Ne braska 29 in the second quarter, the coach told quarterback Frank Patrick to plunge up in the middle In hopes of achieving four more tries for ten yards. The big sophomore sneaked up the middle, but the officials ruled Patrick had fumbled the ball. Whether Patrick did in deed fumble is question able, but Colorado took the ball at the 29 and marched d o w n f i e 1 d, rulm'" Ing their five play drive when Larry Plantz took a handoff from quarterback Bob Anderson and scooted six yards around left to sore. "I would have called that play again," Devaney said. Not all Devanev's innova tions proved costly. He used haflback Ben Gregory as a pass receiver and .pass, thrower gaining favorable results both ways. PASSES TOO The hard-driving half back caught three passes for 56 yards, one a 17 yard touchdown tf A mentarily put Nebraska ahead 7-0. The Uniontown, Pa. na tive also took a pitcch-out from Patrick and com pleted a 33-yard pass to the game's leading receiver Dennis Richnafsy. ... "Colorado was too strong to just handoff and run con sistently ct," he said. "We 1L. .. I II I IJJU.L IUUIII till U.U11HHI 1.1 111 J If " llll If! " " "" 11 'J".' ''"' ''' dtMMm '"zz:?- .zJ . I y tJ, 4 tuiJi u J M.'iiiKiii mm nn m iiimhiiim " wmm m,t'Wln 1 1 m in I i wmttt Hf rr tt " : RETURNING TO HIS OLD FORM . . . "Pope" starts down the 17-yard homestretch uiiiMiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiamiiiiiiio trong Shuts Out Wildcat Freshmen Nebraska's fresh man football squad made a successful debut Friday, knew we had to put the ball in the air." Four of the aerial drives fell into enemy hands with two of them being returned for long touchdowns which iced the first Memorial Sta dium defeat after 20 straight wins for the Huskers. "We played well enough to win," he said glumly. "I think with the amount of yards we gained (402 to the MONDAY (All activities in Nebras ka Union unless otherwise indicated.) INTER-VARSITY 12 noon PLACEMENT OFFICE LUNCH EON 12 : 30 p.m. SOCIOLOGY 53-1:30 p.m. VIETNAM WEEK - Sen. George S. McGovern 2 p.m. COURT -SYSTEMS 3 p.m. BUILDERS - Calendar & Directory 3:30 p.m. PEOPLE TO PEOPLE Publicity 3:30 p.m. PANHELLENIC-3:30 p.m. TASSELS 4:30 p.m. UNION FILM COMMITTEE 4:30 p.m. AUF PUBLICITY - 4:30 p.m. DESSERT CLUB 5 p.m. AUF CONVOCATION 7 p.m. UNICORNS - 7 p.m. MATH COUNSELORS 7:30 p.m. SPANISH CLUB MEET ING Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. at Wesley Foundation. Rifle Club Defeats Colorado Someone did beat Colo-, rado. The University, rifle club defeated Colorado Saturday 2,115 to 1.097. ' Ton Nebraska shooter was Alan Anderson with 554 of 600 possible points. Man-' fred Wurderlich h i t 545, Greg Busacker scored 513 and Tim Stroh hit 503. After winning the first match of the season, the team will travel to St. Lou is, Mo. next weekend - to compete in the Washington Univrsity Invitation al Meet Husker defeating the Kansas State Wildcats at Manhattan 24-0. Racking up 363 total Buffalos' 182; we well could have won." FUTURE TOUGH In saying he felt Ne braska played its finest game of the campaign, which reached its halfway point Saturday, Devaney added: "If the team goes on to play as well as Sat urday it will be tough for the teams we will face." Devaney also observed that breaks, such as the Huskers' four fumbles and four passes that were inter cepted have a way of even ing themselves out over a period of years. "In the years since we have played Eddie Crowd er (Colorado coach) we have had some real fine breaks go our way," he said. "Some of them turned the ball games and enabled us to win." "I think the breaks today somewhat evened up for the breaks we've gotten in the past," the nation's win ningest coach said. In crediting the offensive line with a fine game, De vaney said, "In the long run putting the ball in the air as part of our game rather than just throwing for necessity, made our offense more potent." The Huskers tossed the ball 27 times with 14 com pletions, enabling receivers to scamper for 191 yards. Volleyball, Swim Meets Scheduled Volleyball tourna ment schedules and swim meet flyers will be distrib buted at a women's intra mural representatives meet-. ing 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Bancroft Hall. ( For further information contact either Linda Irving at Gamma Phi Beta or Jan Donnan at Kappa Kappa Gamma. GO BIG RED Defense Unit yards, Coach Cletus Fisch er's yearlings outlcassed a Wildcat squad considered the schools best in many years. Leading the powerful rushing offense was James Smith, a 167 pound halfback from Midland, Pa. who netted 101 yards. Smith had a spectacular 67-yard touchdown run in the second quarter putting the Huskers ahead 14-0. Quarterback Rick Wen ner led the team well, com pleting five of 11 passes for 69 yards and running for 23 yards on 4 carries. "He did a real good job of quarterbacking for his first game," Fischer saad. Halfback Dan Schneiss recorded the first Nebraska touchdown on a two-yard run before Smith's touch down. In the fourth quarter, halfback Paul Rogers kicked a 27-yard field goal and Kearney halfback Tom Heller scored on a six-yard run to complete the scoring. "Both the offense and de fense played well," Fischer said. When the defense holds the opposition scoreless, "you know they've done a fine job," the Husker coach added. "They (K-State) were supposed to have a pass- ing team quarterback with the best prospect they've ever had," Fischer added. Fischer said the game plan was to control the ball, running the majority of the plays while adding a Harriers Place Third InTri-Meet The University cross-country squad dropped a tri angular meet Saturday to Colorado 20-37 and the Air Force Academy 20-39 in a three-mile Pioneers Park meet won by the Air Force. Husker sophomore Bob Tupper ran fifth with a , 14:42 clocking, Mel Camp bell placed tenth with a 15:10 reading and Don Bis hoff finished eleventh with a 15:13 timing. . Coach . Frank Sevigne's . squad, now 0-3 on the sea son, will face the Missouri . Tigers at Columbia Satur day. Crowd Record Smashed Again Saturday's record crowd of 65,766 who watched the Colorado Buffalos remain undefeated by edging Ne- braska 21-16 at Memorial Stadium was the seventh consecutive home game that set an attendance peak. photo by Michael Hajman for first Husker touchdown. few passes to keep the de fense honest. "We will probably throw more in the future." he said. "We mainly wanted to find out what kind of foot ball players they were," he said. Fischer felt that the Wild cats were "pretty good of fensively." "Our defense didn't give them much of a chance," he said. Nebraska will face Mis souri's Tigers, who have beaten the Wildcats 12-7 and dropped a 40-7 verdict to the Iowa State freshmen. MJ1J1 taik to the-man from Genera! Electric. He repre sents 130 separate GE "companies" that deal in everything from space research to electric tooth brushes. We call them product departments. Each one is autonomous with its own management and business objectives. That's why a job at General Electric offers the kind of immediate responsibil ity you might expect to find only in a small busi ness. Right from the start you get a chance to demonstrate your initiative and individual capa bilities. And the more you show us, the faster you will move ahead. As you do, you'll.find that you " 'Colorado Outplayed 9 But Mistakes Prevail By MARK GORDON Sports Editor One of the three Sugar Bowl representatives in Me morial Stadium aptly des cribed Saturday's Big Eight showdown by saying, "They badly outplayed them." The defending champion Nebraska, outplayed Colo rado's aspiring Buffalos, who seem destined for the league crown, in all bat three categories in Satur day's contest. Nebraska lost in fumbles and intercepted passes fac tors ultimately leading to Colorado's 21-16 win. "The guys realize we can beat anyone with a few breaks" halfback Ben Gregory said after the Buffs turned two pass inter ceptions into 14 points that all but sunk Husker hopes for a fifth straight confer ence title. SNEAKY With the score tied seven apiece on a Frank Patrick to Gregory 17 yard pass and a six yard Buffalo samper by l.arry Plantz, Colorado received their first big break if the afternoon. Colorado's briliant safety man Dick Anderson stole a Patrick toss and returned it 25 yards upfield when he was swarmed by red-shirt-ed Huskers. He then later ailed to defensive end Mike Veeder who traveled the remaining 45 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 49 seconds left in the half. The Huskers took the en suing kickoff downfield un til they found themselves at the four-yard line after a Colorado defender interfer ed with pass receiver Den nis Richnafsky. With no time showing on the stadium claock. 'lback Dick Davis, who rt d for 68 yards Saturday, . .nbled the ball into the end zope from the one in hopes of a Husker recovering it for the six points. But Colorado recovered ending the half at 14-7, Colorado. 33 YARDS After a Joe Orduna 27 .Hfawto O come JicOJill yard run over left tackle, Jeff Raymond picked off an other Patrick toss in the third quarter from his de fensive halfback spot and returned it 76 yards for an 21-13 CU lead. , Kicker Bill Bomberger booted a 33 yard field goal, midway in the final stanza, but by then the damage had been done. Nebraska moved to the Colorado 16 late in the game, but a fumble by Or duna, who played his finest game of bis career with 98 yards on 10 carries, ended the threat. An earlier second quar ter fumble shot down yet another Husker drive that stalled on the Buaffalo 13 yard line. The Husker spirit never dwindled until the gun sounded, ending coach Bob Devaney's streak of 20 straight Memorial Stadium victories. FIRED UP 'Everybody was fired up," said offensive guard Joe Armstrong, "They had capable players, but their spirit wasn't as good as ours." "I still believed we could beat them up to that last pass (which was intercepted by safetyman Tom Kmeto vic)," he added. "We had them whipped you could tell it in the line." "That was the best effort since I've been here," Greg ory said, "It was even bet ter than against Missouri (in 1966 when the Tigers fell 35-0)." "It's funny, how we se niors aren't used to losing," he said, in noting that two straight losses were the most ever suffered by a Devaney led Nebraska squad. "Everybody w a n t e d to win, but it just didn't go that way," Gregory said. STATISTICS The Huskers pounded out their best offensive yardage totals of the year, rushing for 206 yards and passing for 224 yards, outgaining Colorado 402 to 182. Mines JUL 11- SUM JiifiUALUILo dont necewariry htm twperi a EfefiMeoSS on the same job in the same place. We have opera tions all over the world. Chances are yoiiH get to try your hand at more than one of than. Our inter viewer will be on campus soon. If you're wondering whether it's possible to find challenging work in big business, please arrange to see him. He speaks for 130 "companies." GENERAL An equal opportunity Nebraska out first-downed the Buffs 20-14 and ran 72 plays to 57 for CU. But Nebraska fumbles and en emy thefts thwarted Ne braska's bid to upset the nation's fourth ranked foot ball squad. "It was probably bad judgment of my part when I threw the ball," Patrick said of the tosses which were intercepted for the long touchdown gallops. SPRINT OPTION "I'm not taking anything away from them but we did give them everything they got," the big quarterback added. Patrick, who hit on 14 of 27 tosses' for 191 yards also picked up 26 yards rushing. "I was running sprint op tion patterns," he explain ee, "I would drop back and then I just ducked up in side and took off." Split end Dennis Richnaf sky, in leading all receiv ers with five grabs for 85 yards, felt the Colorado de fenders played a guessing game in covering him. RETURNS HURT "Nobody really gave me trouble," Nebraska's lead ing all-time pass receiver said, "They played more or less a guessing game. One time they would guess right and other times they would guess wrong." On Raymond's theft, Rich nafsky said that he went long and the ball broke short, enabling the Buffalo back to run practically un molested into the North Stadium end zone. "We beat them both in side and outside," Richnaf sky said. The Huskers held Colora do to 72 passing yards and 110 rushing yards, but 244 return yards spelled the dif ference between a presum able jump back into the top ten national rankings and a battle for the conference's runner up spot. ELECTRIC employ .: :.:") ;
