The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 11, 1971, Page PAGE 9, Image 9
1 i 1 E V I .... . a mil :-" i Tagge.. finds Big Red machine by Jim Johnslon i olunibia, Mo.-Hall"back Mike Fmk dressed quickly and wasn't available for a lengthiy post- game discussion. Quarterback Chuck Roper laughed when he heard Missouri iotaled only nine net yards rushing and then he left for a relative's wedding. Defensive end John Brown was one of the last Missouri players to leve the dressing room and he wasn't laughing. The Missouri Tigers, off to their worst start since were a dejected group folic. mg a 36-0 loss to No. 1 ra'd Nebraska here Saturdav. "WE COULDN'T RUN against Nebraska so we tried beating them with finesse." 1 .Jij r j 1 - uniif n""nMBW'w -nimnufwawwiiii " II Do Your Folks A Favor Send Them A n 1 Year's DAILY EBRflSCflH Name- 34 Nebraska Union Lincoln, NE CS5C8 Check One: $9.00 for full year. $5.00 for 1st sem. - Q ft room for 25 -yard gain. said Roper who may have lost his starling job to sophomore Ed Jondrow. "But we don't have any finesse so we couldn't do a thing." "Did we really only have nine yards rushing?" laughed Roper. Fink, Missouri's outspoken slot back who earlier in the" week said Missouri could beat Nebraska, only said "1 guess I was wronc" aller the came. BROWN, THE TIGERS' all-American candidate at defensive end. isn't the type to make predications or laugh al a 36-0 loss. The 230-pound senior quietly answered questions about Nebraska's offensive attack that accumulated 603 yards total offence. Subscription Address. City Ji claims first Big Eight victim 'Their nass protection is incredible." said Brown. "Nebraska has so much depth on pass protection. 11 you break loose from one guy you hit another just as tough." Broun spent most of his time Saturday stopping Nebraska's wide running game. Brown pressured Nebraska fullback Bill Olds and prevented quarterback Jerry Tagge from pitching to Olds for lhe outside attack. THIS GAVE Tagge his running option. And the senior from Green By. Wis., responded with 85 yards rushing. "We knew how Nebraska's offense executed," said BrOwn. "It was my job to slop the pitch and I was satisfied with 3a To The -State- SML 'win fi ... u3 Reaping the rewards...of last year's victory Society claims the traditional victory bell in lhe iob 1 did. But we felt if we stopped Nebraska's pitch it might break up the momentum in their backfield." Brown, however, learned different. "Tagge is a much better quarterback than he was his sophomore y ear." said Brown, who has given Tagge problems the last two years. "Nothing shakes him anymore. When we stopped the outside game, Tagge took advantage of his running space." TAGGE combined his S5 yards rushing with 234 yards through the air to break his own Nebraska single game total offense record. His 319 yards was IS yards more than his 169 record set against Minnesota. Tagge, who broke loose for runs of 25, 35 and 16 yards, was particularly happy to set the record against Missouri. "Missouri has really given me problems the last two years." said Tagge. "They didn't do anything ditferent on UTOEy ShiI Hues .doN Art ja iAy, OcTcboil AdniissioN $1.00 over Missouri, the Innocents pre-ganie ceremonies. defense this vear, and I didn't think my keeping on the option would work that good." BUT TAGGE explained that the Missouri pass defenders went to single coverage and so the Nebraska receivers went deep leaving the defensive end alone to watch Olds and Tagge. "The pitch is designed to put pressure on the defensive end." explained Tagge. "When he had to watch both of us it gave me an open opportunity. We've run this offense long enough that things are more automatic to me and it was easier to find the open space this time." Nebraska went scoreless in the first quarter for the first time this season. The Cornhuskers penetraled inside the Missouri 20-yard-line twice in the initial period, but couldn't reach the endone. "IT WAS discouraging not to score early," said Tagge. "but we never quit. We knew we could come back strong and score." ' iJ.ERy Zip Code. Si PAGE 10 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1971