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Monday, November 20, 1967 The Doily Nebroskan Mis 3 By DICK TEGTMEIER HtfireAili! VaKhub ka out of he Big Eight title picture 10-7 Saturday with a substitute quarter back's last quarter touch down pass combined with tremendous defensive play. The winning tally came with 14:01 left in the fourth quarter as reserve quarter back Garnet Phelps hit sophomore halfback Jon Staggers on a 38-yard pass play. Third-stringer Phelps had been pressed into action af ter hard-hitting Wayne Mey lan shook up Missouri's starting quarterback Gary Kombrink. Although the Huskers never quit, the Missouri touchdown put the finishing touches on a long and dis appointing afternoon for Husker athletes and fans. The Missouri defense shut off Nebraska's offense at a meager 11 yards on the ground. Despite ferocious pass rush, Nebraska's Frank Patrick completed 12 of "2 passes for 161 yards to keep the Huskers in the game. On offense, Dan Devine's crew rolled up 210 yards against a team that had led the nation in total de fense with 139.1 yards per ' contest. This is the first Nebras ka team coached by De vaney to lose three games in a single season. MIIinilllllllllllllinilllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIKS ReMarks . . .1 By MARK GORDON Sports Editor Thursday's Thanksgiving Day encounter in Lincoln's Memorial Stadium is identical to 1966's Oklahoma-Nebraska tussle except the roles have been reversed. A year ago, Nebraska was undefeated in league play, had a loop crown clinched and had a Sugar Bowl match awaiting them when they invaded Norman to play the 3-3 Sooners. Thursday, the Sooners are the undefeated visiting team which has a title tie clinched and bowl bids await ing when they meet the 3-3 Huskers in Lincoln. Since the Sooners won on their home field 10-9, does this foreshadow a Nebraska win on its home field over an undefeated Oklahoma squad? NO WEAKNESS? The Sooners have no apparent weakness in rating highly in all league statistics with the possible exception of passing defense where they are placed in the loop's fourth spot. Defensively, they have allowed fewer points than any conference team with a meager 40 points permitted in eight games for a sparkling 5.0 average allowance. offensively, Oklahoma tops the league in rushing of fense, total offense and scoring offense with a 25.6 ave rage output. The Huskers are respectable in all categories defen sively but offensively they can't match up those impres sive figures Oklahoma has racked up in winning five con- lerence games.. ONE-TWO PUNCH With the Big Eight's leading scorer and rushed Steve Owens, a sophomore sensation and his alternating tail back Ron Shotts, who is currently third in league rushing, the Sooners can throw a one-two punch that the Huskers haven't seen this year. Adding quarterback Bob Warmack, a capable field general who has thrown five touchdown passes this sea son in directing Oklahoma to 205 points, and end Eddie Hinton, who has caught 17 passes for 268 yards, the Sooner offense will be touch to stop. Oklahoma can also employ a defensive middle guard who has the credentials that may even overshadow Ne braska's 1966 Ail-American Wayne Meylan. Granville Liggins, one of the league's and possibly the nation's quickest defensive players, was also a 1966 Ail-American, who has been the mainstay of the tough Sooner line. FOUR SHUTOUTS Oklahoma has blanked four opponents and has held two other teams to a single touchdown, while the Huskers have also shutout four foes. Until Saturday's game, Nebraska had the nation's leading total defensive crew, while the Sooners boasted the country's leading defensive scoring average of only 5 points a game. Nebraska will meet a team with an equal defense and an offense that has shown more potency this season. Keeping those items in mind, we feel Oklahoma will nand Nebraska its fourth 1967 loss in clinching its first league grown since 1962. After hitting on three of four games last week to level our percentage at an even 80 per cent, will try Saturday's games. Oklahoma State over Kansas State: Oklahoma State will warm up for its Oklahoma Sooner game by dump ing a winless Wildcat crew in Stillwater. Jack Reynolds and company will nick ud where thev left off after Dound- lng Iowa State 28-14 last Saturday. Colorado over the Air Force: Colorado wants to look as impressive as possible to down Air Force Saturday In Buffaloes have regained their ing Kansas and Kansas State will end their season successfully with an 8-2 mark. Missouri over Kansas: The son with an 8-2 record bv handine the Kansas Javhawks their third straieht defeat. The iheld Nebraska's powerful running game to only 11 yards land Whiln ihov tviav tint limjt thn Tovhourlra in thnea a they may not limit ftals, they will stop the Kansans and tie Colorado for -secona place. dinners Named n Table Tennis Herb Schrader. indepen dent, won the All-University Sinrln tohlo t o ti n 1 b title Jt'nieorns Roy Blazek and jflonald Becker won the dou bles crown and Beta Theta pi captured the team title 3n the recently completed intramural table tennis tournament. souri Trailing 7-3 Missouri got its big chance when Jay Wallace partially blocked a Dana Stephenson punt giv ing the Tigers the ball at the Nebraska 37. Three plays and one-yard loss later, Phelps and Stag gers teamed up to give Mis souri its first lead of the game, 10-7. It was the first time this year a team has scored on a pass against Nebraska. The Huskers were as stimulating as the sunny, 50-degree Mizzou weather early in the game, as they put on one of their finest offensive showings of the year in the first quarter. For a while it looked as if Nebraska would tame the Tigers. With the ball on the NU 16 after Steve Kenemore boomed his first punt of the game 57 yards, Denny Richnafsky beat his man and Patrick hit him for a 30-yard gain. Gregory tried right tackle for a one yard loss, then picked up two on a short pass from Patrick. With third down and nine at the Husker 47, the tall Husker quarterback hit Paul Topliff for the Husk ers first big play of the game and a first down at the Tiger 37. Two plays later it was third and seven at Missou ri's 34. As Patrick threw, Ordu- Bowl bidders and they will an intra-state battle. The early - season form in down the last two weekends and Tigers will end their sea Tiuers freocius defense the Jayhawks to those to- FryoutS for Andy Backer's 1st place Neb. Centenniol Prize-Winning ploy i Didn't He Rcmbb Nov. 19, 20, 21 Lincaln Gcnrmmtty PlaytiovM 18 t I I Frmolt Jan M0-I0-00 P.M. Muilclom latter NU Title Hones na and Topliff battled Mis souri's Butch Davis and John Meyer in the end zone. All four went up for the ball. But Orduna came down with it for the touchdown. Nebraska had driven 84 yards on seven plays to give the Huskers a 7-0 lead with only 7:30 gone in the first quarter. DICK DAVIS . ka's rushing attack . is (which p;?;f vi vvfv V tor w , -lwsL..r-". r? 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At halftime, Nebraska had rolled up 106 yards passing and 23 rushing compared to Missouri's 32 Smmmm Photo by Doug Kei Tigers who held Nebras- to only 11 net yards: had dropped an earlier 9-1 debacle to the Omahans in Omaha. The Kickers built up a 6-0 halftime bulge before Steve Mwamba. the local's leading scorer, booted home two goals, but by then the outcome was never really in doubt. "They played with the wind the first half when they scored t h e six goals," said Tim Rickard, club president. "They were quick enough and strong enough to break down our teamwork," he said in explaining that the game wasn't quite as one sided as the 8-2 indicates. "We improved from the last time we played them, but we made a couple of said. The local club warmed up for the Kicekr match by taking 5-1 decision Satur day in Lincoln from Persh ing College soccer club. Rickard booted two goals, while Sumai Hasimoglu, a scored a three-goal hat trick. "They were a tough team that was fit and strong, but they played soccer 'ike ex footballers," he said in ex plaining the local club suf- f e r e d numerous bruises from the hard-hitting col legiates. Rickard said the Beatrice natives were a tougher team than had earlier been anticipated, although the Pershing team had defeated John F. Kennedy College and Creighton University. yards passing and 84 on the ground. After the halftime break, on the first play from scrimmage, Barry Alvarez, who had his greatest day as a Husker including 20 tackles, recovered a Stag gers fumble on the Mis souri 25. But the Huskers could grind out only seven yards in three plays, putting the ball on the 18 with a fourth and three situation. Disregarding a field goal attempt, Nebraska sent Joe Orduna into the left side, stopped him one yard short of the first down. Missouri got their big break on the second play on the fourth quarter when Stephenson's punt was de flected by Wallace and car ried only 17 yards to the Nebraska 37. Phelps then hit Staggers in the end zone for his lone comple tion of the day. Meyhem reigned during the fourth quarter as Ne braska and Missouri played seasaw on the gridiron. Alvarez: Mizzou Toughest Team We've Faced "Missouri was the strong est and toughest team we've faced," senior linebacker Barry Alvarez said after Ne braska's 10-7 loss to t h e Missouri Tigers at Colum bia Saturday. Alvarez, a 6' 235-pounder from Burgettstown, Pa., ac counted for 20 total tackles, his season's high, in Satur day's clash. Alvarez increased his tac kle total to" 98 this year in cluding 69 assisttd stops which is an ail-time high Cornhusker record, coach) said it was their best prepared game," Al varez said. "They came right at us." he said. "Missouri just plain beat us." "There defense was real strong too," the senior linebacker said. Alvarez said halfback Jon LINCOLN 434-7421 54th & O Street Theglamour and greatness... Thespeed and spectacle! UG-ffi IN SUPER PANAV1SION' iNrwi rvrmnn mm 7. m ijta 1 I I WVliA N ...... . f . mum 432-1465 13th &P Street PARAMOUNTPlCTimES NtWni 9 Nebraska took over on their own 22 with 14 min utes left in the game. On second down, Patrick faded back to pass and was hit hard by defensive left end Elmer Benhardt. wh'o made a point of being in the Hus ker backfield all afternoon. Patrick was stunned and took a short rest on the bench while Ernie Sigler took over. Less than a minute later Alvarez forced a fumble by Ron McBride. Marv Muel ler recovered. Davis and Orduna com bined for a first down at the Missouri 47, before a Sigler pass intended for Or d u n a was deflected and picked off by Missouri's Wehiii on the Tigers 28 and returned to the 39. Again the Black Shirts came through, forcing the Tigers to punt from their own 32 after officials stepped off a fifteen-yard penalty and kicked Mis- j sotiri's giant 275-pound tackle out of the game for Staggers and fullback Bar ry Lischner were good run ners for the Tigers. "They gave Missouri threats of breakaway speed (Staggers) and power up the middle (Lischner). He said Missouri's w i n ing touchdown pass was a broken play. "Meylan (Nebraska's Ail American middle guard) had the quarterback (Garnett Phelps) for a second and three guys were ready to drop him," Alvarez said. "They didn't do anything unexpected," he said. "We just got beat." imiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiinoiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiii5 I Rialfo Billiards 1 1332 P St. J 45c an hour f niiiiiiaiiiiiiiiMiaiiiiiiiniiiuiiMiiiiMidn TODAY 8 P.M. 1 NO SEATS RESERVED Adults $1.75 Child $1.00 ALWAYS FREE PARKING 0 AND METAOCOIOR A 1.1 Doors Open lite ? f -V STARTS WEDNESDAY l 10-7 threatening to take a poke Jerry Patton. With 6:40 left, Stephen son recovered a Staggers fumble on the Nebraska 22, and the Huskers for a while looked like the comeback team of last year. Patrick hit Orduna for nine and Gregory for eight, before finding Davis alone with running room on the sideline. He was stopped after a gain of 26 on the Missouri 38, but the hard-nosed Ti ger defense led by Ben hardt, dug in to stop the Husker rally. Two exchanges later the south goal posts came dovn and Missouri ran out the clock, ending Husker hopes of sharing the Big Eight title they had held for the last four years and also ending hopes with scouts from the Gator, Blue Bon net and Liberty Bowls watching the action. 12:45
