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Huskers ouf to break Stillwater jinx
Bob Devaney hopes his
19 71 football team doesn't
follow Nebraska's tradition at
Stillwater, Okla. It's not that
Devaney's teams haven't been
able to win at Stillwater-a
Devaney coached team has
never lost to Oklahoma
State -it's just that the games
at Lewis Stadium in Stillwater
haven't been what Devaney
terms a ood game.
"My idea of a good game is
when you're leading 40-0 at
half time and the other team's
star quarterback is ineligible."
ays Dcvanev.
SO IF YOU'RE speaking in
thoe terms. Nebraska hasn't
played a "good game" at
Stillwater since Devaney
arrived at Nebraska. The
biggest margin of victory tor j
Devaney-coached team at
Stillwater i four points.
In I'Ho-lhe year Nebraska
recorded a 10-1 record and
Oklahoma State didn't win a
Big tight g a m e - t h e
Cornhuskers built a 20-0 lead
before escaping with a 20-16
win.
In 165-when Nebraska
was undefeated in conference
play-Cowboy fullback Walt
Garrison was roaming at the
Husker five-yard line when
time expired and Nebraska left
with a 21-7 win.
IN I968-THE last time the
two teams played at
Stillwater-an ill-fated
two-point try by the Cowboys
on an extra point allowed the
Cornhuskers to record a 21-20
win.
"I don't know why we've
had problems at Stillwater,"
says Devaney. "We've taken
some pretty good teams down
there and had to fight like hell
to stay alive."
Saturday Devaney takes
possibly his best team ever to
Stillwater for a 1:30 p.m. date
with the Cowboys. There's not
a player on the Nebraska team
that has ever played at Lewis
Stadium since the last two
games have 1ven at Nebraska.
"I HOPE THE jinx doesn't
af tect this team." says
Devaney. "At least they'
shouldn't be affected by a
tradition that they've helped
make."
Oklahoma State. 1-0 in Big
Fight play, features possibly its
best team in several years. The
Cowboys only loss this season
was a 31-10 decision to
Arkansas, the team that beat
Texas 31-7 last weekend.
The Cowboys stand 3-1-1
on the season following a
37-16 win over Missouri. The
tie was against Texas Christian.
WHEN THE Cornhuskers
prepared for Oklahoma State
last year, it was pass-minded
quarterback Tony Pounds that
received most of the attention.
This year, however, sophomore
Brent Blackman won the
starting job from Pounds.
' BU ckman is a more
dangerous runner," said
Devaney. "He's been a real
help to their offense."
Both quarterbacks have
played in each of Oklahoma
State's first five games, but
Blackman should get the call
against the Huskers.
THE COWBOYS' game
breaker is Dick Graham.
Graham scored three
touchdowns against Nebraska
last year, including a 98-yard
kickoff return.
The 5-9 flanker, who does
everything except sell popcorn
at the football games, has
caught 2 1 passes for 389 yards
this season.
Bobby Cole, the Cowboys'
leading rusher last year, will be
at tailback. Junior Tommy
Woods, a transfer from Kansas,
will be the starting fullback.
NEBRASKA IS ONE of the
few Big Fight teams to survive
the injury bug. With the
exception of linebacker Bill
Sloey, the Huskers will start ,
the same lineup against
Oklahoma State as they did
against Oregon six weeks ago.
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Saturday's forecast
venp a ckr a s Oklahoma State 7. . .It will take more than Lewis
Stadium for the Cowboys to come close to Nebraska this year.
OKLAHOMA 49, Kansas State 7. . .The Sooners will continue
to gain ground in the polls with scores like this.
IOWA STATE 28, Kansas 14. . .That pride lowa State coach
Johnny Majors is talking about is finally paying dividends.
COLORADO 35, Missouri 7... There shouldn't be a close game
in the Big Eight this weekend.
After hitting all four Big Eight games correctly last week, that
brings the yearly total to 32-41 for 78 percent.
Soph QB
Big Eight competition moves closer to
Nebraska-Oklahoma showdown
Before Nebraska and
Oklahoma make final plans for
a 1-2 showdown in Norman
Thanksgiving Day. the two
teams will have to survive the
next four Saturdays. And
survival in the Big Eight
Conference is definitely limited
to Ihe fittest.
The Sooners survived their
first Big Fight test last
weekend with a 45-1 7 win over
Colorado. As in their first four
wins, the Sooners used their
devastating ground attack
agianst the Buffalos.
OKLAHOMA'S DATE with
Kansas State Saturday should
be an interesting test for the
Sooners" running game. Kansas
State, although sporting an 0-3
Big Fight record, is giving up
just 95 yards rushing per game.
The Wildcats' pass defense,
however, is the conference's
worst with a l6-yard average.
Will the Sooners try to
crack the K-State rushing
defense with their powerful
Wishhonc-T? Or will Oklahoma
quarterback Jack Mildren, who
has thrown only 17 passes in
the first live games, try his
fortunes against the leaky
K-State defensive secondary?
Kansas State coach Vince
Gibson has more than the
Oklahoma Wishbone-T to
worry about this week. His
defensive line is plagued with
injuries and the Wildcat players
submitted a list of grievances
earlier in the week.
Husker runners
hoif Drake
Nebraska's Cross Country
team. 2-1 in dual competition,
will ho-t Drake Saturday at
10:30 a.m. at Pioneer Park.
The C ornhuskers have won
their last two outings since
dropping their opening dual at
Kansas State. The Huskers
defeated Missouri and then
took a 19-43 win over lowa
State in Lincoln last weekend.
Things have turned blue in
purple Manhattan.. And they
will probably turn a deeper
shade of blue after Oklahoma
shows its offense.
COLORADO TRIES to
regroup after its lopsided loss
to the Sooners. The Buffalos
entertain Missouri at Boulder.
Colo. Saturday and then travel
to Lincoln for a nationally
televised game against the
Cornhuskers Oct. 30.
For the first game this
season, the Buffs didn't receive
any serious injuries last week.
Detensive end Herb Orvis is
healthy and will be in good
condition for the Tigers.
Missouri is still having
problems getting its offense
going. The Tigers, winless in
Big Fight play, lost a 37-16
decision to Oklahoma State
last weekend.
The Tigers remain in last
place in rushing offense in the
conference with a 100-yard
average.
IF THE BUFFALOS survive
the natural let-down feeling
after their loss of the season,
things could be tight at
Nebraska's Memorial Stadium
next week.
Kansas and Iowa State, each
bidding for an upper division
finish in the conference, meet
Saturday at Ames, Iowa. Both
teams stand 1-1 in league play.
This could turn into the
best contested game in the
conference this weekend. Iowa
State put on a good show two
weeks ago before losing to
Colorado and then staged an
There's a crowing list of outstanding sophomore quarterbacks
in the Big Eight Conference this year.
At two Big Eight schools-Kansas and Oklahoma
State-sophomores have beaten out veterans for the starting
quarterback job. A sophomore is challenging a veteran for the No.
1 signal-calling spot at Missouri and a sophomore has
quarterbacked Colorado to its impressive start.
Not to forget, of course, Nebraska's David Humm who will
probably be considered a red-shirt for the rest of the season.
The most impressive sophomore has been Colorado's Ken
Johnson. Johnson, a red-shirt last year, has completed 46-102
passes for 803 yards and five touchdowns this year. He leads the
Big Eight in total offense with a 204-yard average.
Oklahoma State sophomore Brent Blackman, who has taken
over for veteran Tony Pounds, has completed 27 of 63 passes for
347 yards. He could develop into one of the better running
quarterbacks in the conference.
Kansas' David Jaynes, although experiencing a long day against
Nebraska last weekend, is also gaining respect. He won the
starting job from veteran Dan Heck and led'the Jayhawks to a
win over Kansas State.
Missouri's Ed Johndrow, who didn't see action until the game
agains' Nebraska, relieved veteran Chuck Rcper and started to
move me Tigers' stale offense. The Cornhusker defenders were
actually more impressed with Johndrow's ability than Roper.
impressive 24-0 win over Nebraska records
Kansas State. Kansas, after an
opening win against K-State,
lost 55-0 ,to Nebraska last
weekend.
BOTH TEAMS are troubled
with injuries this week. Iowa
State listed 12 players with
injuries Monday and Kansas
had eight. The Cyclones will
definitely be without
linebacker Bob Banger and
safety Brian Cannon. They
Jayhawkers will miss No. 1
Tusher Delvin Williams and
flanker Lucius Turner who
were injured against Nebraska.
Nebraska's date at
Oklahoma State rounds out the
Big Fight slate.
Nebraska's 1971 Cornhuskers continue to put their names in
the Big Red record book.
1-back Jeff Kinney became the No. 3 rusher in Nebraska
history with his 104 yards against Kansas. Kinney now has 1,770
yards in his career and needs 427 more to pass all-time leader
Bobby Reynolds. Kinney can reach that goal by averaging 61
yards the rest of the season.
Johnny Rodgers has a career total of 1,190 receiving yards,
just 44 yards shy of the Nebraska record held by Guy Ingles.
Johnny's two touchdowns against Kansas gives him 120 career
points, fifth best in Cornhusker history.
Quarterback Jerry Tagge's 4,443 total offense mark is fourth
best in Big Fight history and is only 280 yards shy of Bob
Warmack's No. 3 mark of 4,7 1 3.
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