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Page 4 The Daily Nebraskan Monday, September 23, 1968 pwwwM iif..WMt.j5)., ;lnanar'ifMBgiaB ' ijjj ,j jii lm iTi n. iBJiiiiiniiunm-Tiiiicii"rnjuii!iiiwi imt w irirwnmi.'ip.i Willi,,., jjiiilub :J . I J y I Lunging forward to pick during Saturday's 31-0 Despite humidity, heat Huskers keep by. c by Randy York Assistant Sports Editor It was a hot and humid day and people did sweat. But unlike the Wyoming game, they didn't sweat because of the score. A series of early breaks mixed with some hard-nosed defense and a precisioned of fense helped Nebraska con struct a 17-0 first quarter bulge. And that, intrinsically, did not cause much reason to believe that any upset pro spects were brewing. None did brew as the Huskers went on and used 65 players in the 31-0 scalping of the Utah Redskins. JERRY MURTAUGH, sophomore linebacker from Omaha who collected five solo tackles and broke up one enemy pass in the convincing triumph, made no intention of borrowing a popular car-rental slogan, but it still came out that way. "I suppose I just tried harder," theorized Murtaugh about the performance following his first Husker starting assignment. "I guess they (the coaching staff) wanted to try me and see what I could do." Nebraska's stingy defensive outfit seemed to be getting to the ball quicker, evidenced by the five broken up passes credited to five different in dividuals. Murtaugh claimed his resistive effort came about by using the scrape system in which the defender brushes off blockers, then rushes into the hole. "The scrape worked real welL They (Utah) didn't pick it up until the fourth quarter," said Murtaugh. Murtaugh wasn't the only player who tried harder. Dan Kobza, heir to Wayne Meylan at middle guard who had failed to get in on a tackle against Wyoming, tried harder too. Kobza shared top honors with Murtaugh defensively as the Shelby native was in on fix tackles against the Utes and also broke up a pass play. Kobza wasted little time in delivering an explanation for his improvement. "IH tell you what happen ed," said Kobza, "and there's 8 - '-; Current Mo vies LINCOLN Cooper Lincoln: 'The Dirty Dozen'. 2:00, 7:00 ft :00. Varsity: 'With Six You Get Egg Roll', 1:21, :Z7. $:SJ, 7:39, 1:45. Stale: CLubasco 1:20, 1:27, 1:27. 7:34. :L Joye: 'Where Angels Go . . . Trouble Follows', 7:20, f:20. Stuart: "The Secret Life of The American Wife', 1:10, 1:10, I: IS. 7:20 ft t:25. Nebraska: 'Salt And Pepper", 1:00. !:. :, 7:09, 1:12, Mth ft O: Hang 'em High', 1:00. 'Attack On The Coast', 1:58. Last complete chow 9:00. Starview: Cartoon, 7:45; 'Mini SUft Mob', 7:52. 10:54. The Young, The Evil And The Sav age', 9:JL OMAHA ia&aa miU: 2001', 1:00. up additional driving yards, Nebraska's Joe Orduna Nebraska victory at Memorial btadium. obbering HJIftlllllllUUIIIIIIllllllllinfflllllllfllillllllllltlillllllllllfltlllllllllllllltlllMIMIIIIllMllllllIlltlltllllllllHIIIIIlUC ! Re Marks no doubt about it. I just went down and watched a couple of Meylan s films this week I used my hands a heck of a lot more." KOBZA CITED play by the tackles beside him (Bob Lig gett and Tom Linstroth). "That helps me tremendous ly," said Kobza. "It helps close up the middle. I got a chance to get my hands on a few." Liggett wasn't the only one who was motivitated. The Husker offensive unit tuned up tor the collision witn tne Golden Gophers by piling up 518 yards total offense. "That's the most we've gained for quite a while," said Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney, "as much probably as we've gained in two years." 'Our running game still lacks consistency," Devaney noted. "I'm not just exactly sure what it is." But NU's passing attack should seemingly cause the case for concern now. Not that Frank Patrick or Ernie Sigler didn't throw the ball well. And not that Nebraska's receivers didn't catch the ball welL BUT THAT Tom Penney will not be in the Husker lineup at Minnesota after sustaining a fractured collar bone Saturday. Although NU's receiving corps is rated at the top of the depth department, Penney's shoes will be hard lt7 FOR A YEAR OF OUTSTANDING FILMS Tickets art now m salt at the $7.18 University cool Utah to fill. He caught four passes, including one touchdown grab, for 122 yards in the Redskin conquest. The loss of Penney marks the second straight week Nebraska will be playing without the services of a co captain. Jim Hawkins, the other co-captain, suffered a knee injury in the Wyoming tussle and suited up but did not play against Utah. Devaney said that Hawkins will be ready to go this Saturday, but Penney's injury could keep him out of the lineup from two to three weeks. Guy Ingles will probably move into the starting role for Penney, Devaney said, but he added that Rex Lowe and Miles Kimmel also fit into the split end picture. The Utah runaway Satur day also left some vacancies, but at least they are tem porary. The decisive edge gave Devaney a chance to play men three-deep a t almost every position. Mike Burdic, soph defensive tackle from Omaha, was one of those. "I was beginning to wonder when I'd get in," said Burdic, who did see action in the second half. "It felt good," said Burdic. "This is the first action I've seen and its my second year on the varsity team. I hope I get to play some more." Devaney generally was pleased with the efforts of the rookies, citing a good job by George Chandler, soph FILM China is Near , A Married Woman The Stranger Battle of Algiers Les Carabiniers Closely Watched Trains The Hunt Tokyo Olympiad Persona Tender Scoundrel (Belmcndo) Festival Belle de Jour (Catherine Deneuve) Le Depart Crazy Quilt Happy Gipsies Union booth a ad from film committee members. PHOTO BY DAN LADELY (31) carries into Utah line linebacker from Park Forest, 111. The rookies got a crack at some action, but the veterans created that chance. Larry Frost, who didn't start the game, was one of those veterans who came through. "THAT'S THE 'busiest day I've had," said the junior from Malcolm who has been pressing Mick Ziegler for the starting flankerback post. "It felt real good. Everybody was ready for this game. I've been able to see that all week." The trigger of the Huskers' first quarter offensive ex plosion, Ernie Sigler, said he started the game with no ob vious game plan since little was known about the Utah team. Despite the Penney setback, the Huskers will take the field against the highly-regarded Gophers. They will take it minus the services of Nebraska's version of Notre Dame's Jim Seymour. But they will take it with just as much enthusiasm and a heckuva lot more confidence. NU-Utah game smashes two attendence records Saturday's Memorial Stadium attendance of 65,424 established a peak for home non-conference game crowds and was also the second largest gathering to watch Nebraska football in Lincoln. The Utah-Nebraska crowd toppled the previous second best attendance of 65,388 for last fall's Oklahoma State game but fell short of the largest Memorial Stadium gathering of 65,842 for last season's Colorado match. Purchase your membership in ASKA UNIO SOCIETY $9.23 Non-University Nebraska coaches cite improve by Mark Gordon Sports Editor Both Carl Selmer an George Kelly looked as if they had been in a steambath alter Saturday's 31-0 blanking of Utah during mid-80 degree temperatures, but they were as pleased as an excerciser who had dropped 20 pounds. , The Nebraska assistant coaches were ail smiles in praising their particular see ment of the crew that scored the largest Husker victory since 1966's 35-0 whitewashing of Missouri at Lincoln. DEFENSIVE LINE tutor Kelly said the line realized it failed to play up to perfec tion when Wyoming gained 258 total yards although dropping a 13-10 game last week. "We looked real bad the first time they had the ball but after that we did much better," he said in noting Utah only gained approx imately half (138) the total yardage Wyoming piled up in the opening game. The Husker assistant also said he was pleased that 32 defensive players saw action in the contest that almost cleared the Nebraska bench as 65 Huskers participated in the second victory of the still- young season. "I hope it was pride that won for us today, since you nave 10 estaDusn pride in a young group," he said. Only two of the starting defenders are seniors and one starter is a sophomore, which is in direct contrast to last fall's starting defense which saw six seniors man the first string positions. in comparing tnis year s team to last fall's defensive crew which led the nation's college teams in total defense, Kelly said the 1968 squad is a dilferent version which possesses a fine attitude. Sure, their, inexperience shows from time to time, but they are improving each week and that's what we like to see," the defensive line guide explained. Kelly, line coach on the offensive side of Big Red football, also credited his chargers with an improved performance, although h e admitted Utah's defenders played "a straighter game than did Wyoming." "OUR KIDS (offensive line) played a very aggressive game against Wyoming last week, but the Cowboys picked up our tendencies well," he The sun-bathed Utah Nebraska crowd also crashed 1st season's Minnesota game non-conference mark of 65,347, which was the previous non-conference atten dance peak in Lincoln. aiiiiHiiMmiiiHiHit""MiiHmiiiiiHiimHM!MiiiiintHHiiiMimmiii I JOIN THE WET SET LEARN SCUBA I f IT'S NOT TOO LATE ( All Equipment Furnished $30 Fee-Terms Coliseum Pool, enter east side door, Mon. or Wed 6:30 to 9:30 Bring swim cult towel notebook IiuumwuKuiiiiutiiiiuiiuaii d effon said. "This week Utah played us straighter and we moved the ball well." Looking ahead to next Saturday's last non con ference match against Min nesota in the Twin Cities, Selmer said the Gophers were reputed to own a big strong football squad that h e predicted would be difficult to move. "It will be a real tough game for us," he said in noting that Minnesota ap parently played a strong game although losing 29-20 to last year's top-rated Southern California crew. Defensive end Mike Wynn, who batted down one pass during the hectic afternoon, also is keying towards next week's encounter against the 1967 Big Ten co-champions but he now has a different attitude on the upcoming contest. "Now that our offense came through and proved they can move the ball (by gaining 518 total yards) and our defense has always been good, I am really looking forward to Minnesota," the big junior from Evanston, 111., explain ed. PERSONAL VIEWS Now that the easy-weekend has passed, Nebraska must realize no more teams like the Utah Redskins will dot the remaining eight weeks of Big Red football 1968 style. The Big Eight season opens in three weeks against a powerful Kansas J a y h a w k crew which slaughtered Big Ten foe Illinois 47-7 Saturday, and no loop team can be con sidered a soft touch. Although the Huskers showed one of the most ag gressive and enthusiastic at titudes we have seen, punting and punt and kickoff returns show an obvious need for im provement before Nebraska can be called a smoothly operating unit without any major flaws. Besides fumbling one Husker Summary - Nebraska 17 7 . 7li Nebraska, KG tt yards, Botrra. Nebraska. Grae. 2 var-H ru. Iimm kirk. Nebraska, Ordona 1 m jar turn, Bogvra kick. Nebraska, fnatj 41 yard pass fram Patrick, bVoarri kirk. Nrbraika, M srr arland ( yar tin from Sifter, Refer kick. STATISTICS Nth. tHak Finl downs U U RtubiD; yardag. 04 46 Patilof jardar 114 It Ketara nriaR 14 113 Paaaea -tt 10-29 Intercepted kf t roau u a-11 Iambics last 1 I Yartk penalise M tl 4 and 8 track CARTRIDGES Sound City 4327305 144 So. 9th fit I SWIM? kickoff, Husker returners only dashed 74 yards upfield with six punts and 2 klckoffs Saturday, while Redskin return men were traveling 123 yards positively with the same number of attempts. Nebraska punters booted five times but showed only a mere 35 yard average after kicking nine footballs for just 33 yards on the average against the Wyoming Cowboys. In contrast Wyom ing foes averaged 43 yards per boot and Utah smacked the football for an average 45 yards. SATURDAY'S WIN which was Husker coach Bob Devaney's 90th career victory, also was costly as co-captain Tom Penny, who played one of the finest games in his career, suffered an apparent fractured collarbone. The split end, who was the game's leading receiver with four catches for 122 yards in cluding one touchdown- and another 5 7 - y a r d reception, will be lost to Nebraska for an indefinite period. UPCOMING MATCHES After downing Colorado State 21-0, the Kansas State Wildcats will suddenly find themselves in a position to gain national attention when they meet one of the country's top-rated crews, the Penn State Nittany Lions at College Park Saturday. No one can accuse Big Eight teams of scheduling soft touches with top rated clubs such as Texas, Notre Dame, Arkansas, Minnesota and Houston included among the conference teams' non- loop matches. The Big Eight was once thought of as that other league with a Big in its title, but now the other league with Big in its name has gradually slipped below the Big Eight in football superiority. 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