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The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday November 29, 1967
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When Nebraska started winning football games in 1962,
the inevitable outcome was tougher schedules. No longer
are teams like South Dakota or South Dakota State on
. future plans.
Substituted are squads that consistently play solid
football and this season exemplified this.
Washington has earned a 5-5 record; Minnesota fin
ished at 8-2 and TCU placed at 4-5.
BIG EIGHT TOUGH
Big Eight teams also built fine records this year.
Oklahoma led the list with an 8-1 mark. Colorado was
8-2, Missouri was 7-3, Kansas was 5-5 and Oklahoma State
was 3-5-1.
Iowa State and Kansas State held the loop's lower
two spots with 2-8 and 1-9 records, respectively.
This results in a total BIG EIGHT record (without
Nebraska) of 34-33-1. Admittedly, Kansas State, Iowa
State and Oklahoma State are not much improved over
previous years.
But teams like Oklahoma, Colorado, Missouri, Nebras
ka and Kansas (at the end of the year anyway) are
teams which could surprise many of the nation's top
teams on any given weekend.
NOT THAT EASY
Nebraska will probably never again find it easv to
achieve a 10-0 season or even a 9-2 "'disappointing" sea
son. ,
Not only is the NU football schedule tougher and Big
Eight play more evenly divided among the top teams, but
Nebraska no longer has the advantage of being a sur
prise team such as in 1962-5. This seems to have been
partly the case this year for both Oklahoma and Kansas.
(6-0 and 5-2 in the Big Eight respectively).
Big Eight teams were anticipating Nebraska and
Colorado to be the teams to beat. Those dreams were
shattered only when Oklahoma drubbed Colorado at Bould
er and when Kansas blanked Nebraska.
SOLID HUSKERS
Although its 6-4 record is Nebraska's worst since 1961,
a tougher schedule has hidden this team's ability. The
squad deserves our congratulations for an outstanding ef
fort and good play for the entire season.
The Huskers looked like a solid team even in their
losses, even when the football bounced the wrong way.
EARLY HOME GAMES
If watching NU football in cold weather this year has
strained your loyalty to the pigskin game, you can look
forward to next season. With only one home game in
November, four of the first five Husker games are on NU
soil.
Oklahoma last
Apparently the people compiling the Husker's football
schedule realize the Nebraska-Oklahoma rivalry is going
to remain awhile. Nebraska meets Oklahoma in its sea
son's finale every season until at least 1974.
Soccer Club Waits
For Season Finale
The University Soccer
Club is awaiting word from
Omaha International offi
cials as to whether Sunday's
postponed game between
the two clubs will be played,
T i m Rickard, University
Club president said.
The local club was unable
to field a team as the ma
jority of the players "were
scattered around the coun
try for vacation," Rickard
said.
Rickard said the contest
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will have no bearing on the
final Midwest Soccer League
standings as the Lincolnites
with a 5-3-i conference mark
will finish in third place.
The Internationals, cur
renly 4-5 in league play
will finish below the local
crew regardless of the out
come of the season's final
game should it be palyed.
"We should know within
the next few days what their
decision is," Rickard said.
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For Second Straight Your
Meylan
By MARK GORDON
Sports Editor
Nebraska's football sea
son has ended, but Wayne
Meylan hasn't finished gath
ering laurels.
The Huskers' defensive
middle guard standout has
been selected by the Foot
ball Writers Association of
America to Look Maga
zine's 1967 Ail-American
Football team.
In naming the 61" 230
pound lineman to its squad
for the second consecutive
season, the publication said
"Wayne Meylan helped give
bland Nebraska a success-,
ful season and a miserly
reputation for yielding yard
age." ANCHOR
With Meylan anchoring
the line, the Nebraska de
fenders permitted a mere
67.5 average rushing yards
per game and 90.1 passing
yards per contest for a
combined total defense of
157.6 yards.
The former Bay City,
Michigan high school star
also set a Nebraska defen
sive record with 59 unas
sisted tackles breaking Car
el Stith's 1966 mark of 42
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piled up 717 total yards this
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solo stops.
Meylan also contributed
on 60 assisted tackles, plac
ing second to linebacker
Barry Alvarez who had a
Nebraska record-shattering
78 assisted tackles.
BEST EVER
"He's the best defensive
lineman I've ever seen,"
said coach Bob Devaney of
Meylan. "He is tough, agile,
fast and 100 per cent dedi
cated to excellence. lie's
just a fine football player."
Meylan has been named
Big Eight Lineman of the
Week for an unprecendented
three times this season for
his performances against
Washington. Oklahoma
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season as the Huskers averaged
Ail-American
State and Oklahoma.
In Meylan's 1966 junior
season, he was named Big
Eight Player of the Year by
the United Press Interna
tional while being selected
to five All-American squads.
FOUR MILLION MILES
He also blocked t h i;e e
punts and recovered two of
them for touchdowns for a
Husker record.
A football, wrestling and
track star in high school,
Meylan, started his Husker
career as an offensive
guard in 1965 and was
quickly switched to defense
in the third game.
Minnesota coach Murray
Warmath summed up the
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Assistant Sports Editor
Depth will again be the
nemesis for John Reta's
Husker Varsity swimming
team as they prepare for
the Big Eight Relays at
Ames, Iowa.
"We are stronger than
last year," Reta said, "but
depth will again create a
problem."
Reta said he is forced to re
assign certain swimmers to
new events.
"Steve Goetz, primarily a
breaststroker, will be mov
ed into the butterfly event
and Bernie Hempelman, a
free-styler, will join Goetz
in the butterfly event," he
said.
IMPROVEMENTS
Reta. starting his second
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317.1 yards per game
Meylan story best this year
when he said: "Wayne Mey
lan was the best player on
the field by four miles
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million miles."
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year as Nebraska's head
swimming coach, looks for
some improvements this
year. "We have some boys
from last year's freshmen
team that should help."
These sophomores in
clude: Bernie Hempelman,
a distance free-styler; King
Little, free-styler and indi
vidual medley contestant;
Steve Nootz, sprints to mid
dle distance free-styler;
and Jim Stasiawski, a back
stroker. Among Reta's eight re
turning lettermen is junior
Tom Cook, a distance free
styler. RECORD SETTER
Cook broke the 500-yard,
1000-yard, and 1650-yard,
freestyle Varsity records
last year while finishing
sixth in the 1650-yard free
style in the Big Eight cham
pionships. .Other Big Eight meet
scorers from last year's
squad are senior Steve Sor
ensen, a third and fourth
place finisher in diving, ju
nior Walter Brzezinski, a
sixth place finisher in the
backstroke.
Senior Rich Gordon, a
freestyle sprinter also
placed in the Big Eight
championships.
EIGHT TITLES
Senior Steve Goetz, a
breaststroker, junior Bill
Kathrein, a free-style sprin
ter, senior Lee Liggett, a
free-styler, and John Pren
tiss round out the returning
Husker lettermen.
"Jim Krause, a second
semester sophomore free
styler, has the ability to
score for us in the Big
Eight," Reta added.
Reta, who coached Lin
coln Southeast High School
to eight consecutive Ne
braska high school titles,
said he must develop indi
viduals and build a team
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An equal
before shooting for a team
title.
Reta felt the team can
improve on its sixth place
finish in the Big Eight con
ference last year.
"Our goal will be to fin
ish in the upper division,"
he said. "I think we can if
everybody continues to work
hard."
TOUGH RACE
He said defending B i g
Eight champion Iowa Stdte
returns its entire team while
Kansas and Oklahoma, sec
ond and third place finish
ers respectively will again
be tough.
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