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Offensive
Wolf pack
By Bill Bennett
Nebraskans call them the North
Carolina State Wolfpack, but the fans in
Carolina simply call them State. Whatever
the name, the visitors from Raleigh bring
to Lincoln today a team with a good
offense.
"They have a very fine offensive
team," said Nebraska head coach Tom
Osborne. "N.C. State does more things
with the ball than UCLA. They get their
yards in big chunks, not by ball control."
Nine starters return from last year's
offensive squad which scored 360 points
and amassed 4,758 yds. It will be led by
five 1972 All-Atlantic Coast Conference
(ACC) players, guard Bill Yoest, tackle
Rick Druschel, fullback Stan Fritts,
halfback Willie Burden and quarterback
Bruce Shaw.
Backing up Shaw will be sophomore
Dave Buckey. As a freshman, Buckey led
the Wolfpack to a 49-13 win over West
Virginia in the Peach Bowl. Buckey's twin
brother Don starts as a wide receiver for
N.C. State.
The 1972 Wolfpack were 8-3-1,
finishing second to North Carolina in the
ACC which earned them a 17th place
finish in the final Associated Press (AP)
College football rankings.
State comes into today's game with
victories over East Carolina University,
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57-8 and Virginia, 43-23. They also are
ranked 14th in the recent AP college
rankings.
Second-ranked Nebraska challenges
the Wolfpack offense with a defense that
gave up 13 points in the first game to
UCLA. UCLA averaged over 28 points a
game during 1972.
John Dutton, a 6 ft.. 7 in., 248-lb.
tackle, leads the defense, with help from
end Steve Manstedt, middle guard John
Bell and defensive back Randy Borg.
N.C. State's defense gave up 20 points
a game last year. It's an area head coach
Lou Holtz said he would like to improve.
Twelve lettermen return to bolster the
defense, but only five of them are starters
from last year's team. They are defensive
linebacker Mike Daley, cornerback Mike
Stultz and safety Bob Divens.
Osborne said the Wolfpack defense
plays with emotion and are gang tacklers.
Against UCLA, the Huskers scored 40
points, rushed for 305 yards and passed
for 105.
Sophomore halfback Tony Davis got
half of those rushing yards as he ran for
147 yards and junior wingback Ritch
Bahe ran for 49.
Senior quarterback Steve Runty,
filling in for injured Dave Humm,
responded by completing nine of 11
passes and rushing for 19 yards and a
touchdown.
Osborne said early this week that the
starting quarterback would not be
end Brian Krueger, tackle John Goeller, announced until game time.
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