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Wednesday, October 22, 1975 page 14 daily nebraskan nebraskan Osborne: Cowboy coach mistaken, best team won By Jim Hunt Head football coach Tom Osborne doesn't agree with Oklahoma State coach Jim Stanley's statement that the best team . didn't win Saturday in the Huskers' 28-20 victory over the Cowboys. "I definitely think the best football team won," Osborne told members of the Extra Point Club at the weekly meeting Monday. "They were lucky to be as close at half time as they were," Osborne siad. "We had a chance to blow them out, it could have been 28-7 at the half," he said. 'The offense played well throughout the game," Osborne said. The -Huskers gained 384 total yards. Back of week Junior quarterback Vince Ferragamo led the offense after replacing senior Terry Luck in the first quarter after Luck was poked in the eye. Ferragamo's perform ance, he hit 10 of 14 passes for 140 yards and scored two touchdowns, earned him National Back-of-the-Week honors from United Press International. The Huskers" offensive control of the football explains their 6-0 record, Osborne said. The offense has controlled the ball for more than 800 plays, compared to 500 for their opponents, he said. "Our defense played their poorest overall game this season," Osborne said. "But there are a lot of teams in the country that would be glad to play that good." The Blackshirts gave up 319 yards to the Cowboys Saturday, but came through when they had to, Osborne said. With the Cowboys threatening to score in the game's closing moments, the Husker defense held the Cowboys with third and goal on the UNL two-yard line to preserve the victory. Turf different Punter Randy Lessman needed a base ball glove to handle some of the center snaps from Tom Thomas, said Dick Beechner, Husker center coach. The coach ing staff speculates that part of the problem might lie in differences between Memorial Stadium's AstroTurf and the AstroTurf at Oklahoma State's Lewis Field. Beechner, who scouted Colorado's 31-20 victory over Missouri, said the Buffaloes will bring a good football team here that is proud of second-year coach BillMaUory. Colorado uses an offense that has both a full-house backficld and an I-formation. The offensive line averages about 265 lbs. a man, Beechner said. "Colorado is a fourth quarter ball team," he said. In last Saturday's game Colorado came from a 17-3 spread in the third quarter to topple the tenth-ranked Tigers. "So far we've had a little better personnel than the teams we've played," Osborne said. 'There will be no margin on our side against Colorado in terms of quality people. 3D - r; v 55U 7 a( V V 1 P t'- x if f t 5 ? 7t Zr w i f . '6 I -;: , v r: Photo by Kevin HHjy Husker defensive end Ray Phillips (80) fends off Oklahoma State end Bruce Blankenship during the Huskers 28-20 win Saturday in Stillwater. f X V 1 ''A Ex-Husker Pate dies of head injury lW . - J f jf ' : . ; " . . V. if' - I 7 M 1 f Ufi 1 By Larry Stunkel A former starting end for the UNL foot ball team died Tuesday night of a head injury in a Canadian Football League game Saturday night. Tom Pate, a member of last year's Husker team, was playing outside lineback er for the Hamilton Tigercats when knocked unconscious by a "clean" block by fullback Rick Galbos of the Calgary Stampeders. Reports say Pate went into convulsions on the field, swallowed his tongue and suffered massive cerebral hemmorhaging (internal bleeding in the brain). Hal Walker, sports editor of the Calgary Herald, told the Lincoln Journal Monday that officials at Foothills Hospital in Calgary had been "very non-commital" Walker told the Journal that Pate had been in a coma since he was hit and was not expected to live. Wire-service reports say Pate had an aneurysm, (a weakness of a blood vessel) and that Galbos's block had little to do with the collapse. Hamilton team doctor Jim Charters told overcame the malady to play football. He had suffered a head injury in the 1974 Husker game against Wisconsin. The injury, believed at first to be serious, only dazed Pate, who recovered and played in the Huskers' following game. Husker coaches were deeply concerned about Pate's condition. Head coach Tom Osborne asked members of Lincoln's Extra Point club for a moment of silence during its Monday meeting. "Whether a player was on our team one year ago or ten," Osborne said Monday, "he is still a big part of me. As you know, he's in bad shape and is very much on my mind. I know we all hope he pulls through." Pate was one of two seniors from last year's Husker team not taken in the Febru ary National Football League draft. "There had been some doubt if he was going to play professional f ootball since he didn't get drafted by the NFL," Osborne said, "but he really wanted to play pro fessional ball so he went to Canada." Husker sports information director Don Bryant was quoted by the Lincoln Star as saying, "Tom is the kind of kid college football is all about. He was a good student, he wasn't a superstar but he gave 100 per cent and really loved to play the game." Pate's family was flown to Calgary from Omaha, where Pate attended Westside High school. He was engaged to marry Cynthia Drullinger of Omaha in April. Husker gymnasts expect to 'beat the best' at Iowa uw mub-avtviwwa uiai to- J nau i - . . r Photo eoMrtefy UNL Former Husker Tom Pate fering headaches during the past weeks, but added that there is no evidence linking the headaches with the injury. Pate had spinal meningitis at age 13, but Alumni crew club formed By Pete Wegmaa An alumni crew club predominantly for UNL alumni has been formed, accord ing to Peter Zandbergen, club director. The Varsity Boat Club was organized in August by Zandbergen to reestablish relationships with oarsmen, oarswomen, coaches and officials formerly connected with Nebraska's crew program. 'There are probably about 450 people who at one time or another were connected with the program," Zandbergen said. "Right now we're in the process of setting up mailing lists. The response has been good from those we've contacted so far," he said. Zandbergen coached the freshmen crew in 1972 and was varsity coach until the summer of 1974 when the current coach, Ron Rusthovcn took over. Zandbergen also founded the women's crew program at UNL in 1972. Zandbergen said the club will have two divisions: one for former oarsmen, cars women and others directly involved in the crew program; and the "Friends of the Nebraska Crew," for people indirectly in volved with UNL crew. 'There are a large number of people around the city and state who have never towed, but have contributed a multitude of things to the program," he said. 'The crew program owes those people something in return. We'd like to bring them in the program and the club should help," Zandbergen said. The club will sponsor "old timer," publish several newsletters each year and sponsor an annual crew dinner. Nebraska's crew leaves today for Boston where the Huskers will compete Saturday in the Ilcad-of-the-Charlcs Regatta, the world's largest regatta. Nebraska will enter the regatta with a women's four-person shell, a men's inter mediate heavyweight four and a light weight men's four. By Scott Jones Nebraska's gymnastics team will travel to Iowa State "Friday in pursuit of its constant goal. "We want to be the best," said Husker coach Francis Allen, "so of course we want to beat the best." The best in the Big 8, and often in the nation, recently has been Iowa State, Nebraska's dual meet opponent Friday night at 7 in Ames. Under Allen's guidance, however, Nebraska has nearly matched the Cyclones in national prowess. Nebraska finished tilth in last year's NCAA meet, two notches ahead of Iowa State. Iowa ahead But the Huskers haven't recorded a dual meet victory over Iowa State, the Big 8 champion the last seven years, since 1964 when Allen was a Husker gymnast himself. "Our strength is going to be in our all a rounders basically and, f think, in the side horse," Allen said. Gene Mackie, Duane West and possibly Larry Gerard will compete in all six events as all-arounders against Iowa State. Soph omore Mike Cosgrove and senior Sieve Dickey, second in the conference last year, specialize in the side horse. All-Amcrican Mackie, a senior, finished second in the Big 8 meet last year in the all-around and sophomore Gerard was fourth. Mackie placed fourth in the NCAA all-around to esrn s!!-Arn?rics rsfiking. Mackie's best score last year was 55.25 and Gerard's best was 54.25. 'The possibility of them both doing 54 again are very good," Allen said. "If both of them go 54 we win the NCAA meet-it's as simple as that." Allen said Gerard sprained his right wrist last Friday and might not go to Iowa State. Another all-aroundcr, Gary Jeuririk, had a cast removed from his broken right forearm Oct. 11, but will perform in the high bar and vaulting. Others on the 1 2-man team will be Mark Mackie and Terry Neustrom in floor exercise, Kurt Mackie and Donn Schmohr in still rings and Gary Duff and Ric Hcineman in parallel bars. Champion Neustrom, who will also vault, and Hcineman are freshmen. Duff, a senior, is the defending conference champion on the parallel bars. Iowa State has scored 212 points in an intrasquad meet, Allen said, while Nebraska's best intrasquad score is 207. ''We did a real poor job in our intra squad meet (last Friday). Maybe I put a little too much pressure on them because we can do 214 just like that," said Allen, sanpping his fingers. The Big 8 Invitational is Oct. 31 and the Midwest Open in Chicago is Nov. 27-29.