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Qouds accounted for lack of sunshine in Lincoln
during Saturday's football gams. Cut the University of
Missouri (MU) Ters 34-24 fictory accounted for the
gloom in ths Husker locker room afterwards.
MUs win and Oklahoma State's 31-24 upset of Okla
homa Iogammed the Cig 8 Conference race. Nebraska,
Missouri, Okbhoma, Oklahoma Stte and Colorado now
are all tied for first place in the conference with 2-1
records.
As he did against Ohio State three weeks ago, Tiger
junior Pete Woods engineered a fourth quarter MU come
back with help from senior slotback Joe Stewart.
Wood's three completions to Stewart accounted for
145 of the Tigers 398 total yards, but perhaps the time
liest completion came with MU trailing 24-23 early in the
fourth quarter. -
With third and 14 on Missouri's two-yard line, Woods
hit Stewart for a 9S-yard touchdown pass.
"I saw liusker cornerback Dave Butterfield for a
couple of steps and then lost him, Woods said. "I knew
Stewart would be one-on-one with the cornerback and
nobody can cover Joe Stewart one-on-one."
There was no one within 10 yards of Stewart when he
' caught the pass. ' .
"I had to speedup to catch it," Stewart said. "Once
I caught it I knew no one could catch me.
"I think it was definitely the changing point in the ball
game. Nebraska wasn't as confident after the touch
down." Dutterfkld played him as well as anyone this year,
Stewart sail. :
played me as tight as anyone," he saM. "He's a
real good back. The touchdown pass was just a straight
call. I just faked insMe and went outside.
"I had all the time in the world after he (Butterfield)
slipped when he trfed to bump me."
Husker coach Torn Osborne said there was a break
dswn in communication on the play.
"We dfcint hass a blitz on or anything like that,"
Osborne saM. "There was just a mix-up in the coverage.
After that we tbsisghi we could comeback."
UUs too-poht csaeracsa alter the touchdown on
a prss from Y'ccds to Stewart reaSy hurt ths linkers.
Chores sM.
It Est we hid to ccavtrt a two-feist ccavtrsoa
once iracsds a touchdown."
The Stvnxt to Voods attack first struck ia its first
qijartsr oa a 44-yard pass tMt put MU on UNLs ons-ytrd
liae. Woods, AECs olfsaave pkyer of the gzsse, ran ths
final yard.
UNL's scorisj came when Larry Valasskblocked a
Tiger punt, and Kent Smith jumped on the ball ia MlPs
end zone for a touchdown. Short runs by junior Monte
Anthony and Vince Ferragamo,and two field goals by Al
Eve lend completed Husker scoring.
tfcssker junbr.fuEback Dodie Donnell, who rushed for
90 yards, said turnovers were the key to Missouri's win. ,
"We had a lack of concentration," he said. The offen
sive line played the best they've ever played."
Hosker senior defensive tackle Mike Fultz, AEC's
defensive player of the game, said the recognition was "all
right, but it doesn't mean anything without the win."
AEC sports commentator Keith Jackson, who did the
play-by-play for the nationally televised game, also said
turnovers were important in the game. -
"It was a good game to broadcast ," Jackson said. "We
(Jackson and fellow broadcaster Ara Parseghian) were sur
prised by the outcome, but Nebraska's six turnovers told
thestory."
Stewart, Donnell and Fultz all said the Big 8 Cham-
pionshipstillisupforgrabi.
"Cur loss last week to Iowa State didn't even count,"
Stewart said. "It's just like a brand new start." .
Fultz said, "It's going to go to the wire. It's the team
that is most consistent that wi2 win it. Vell be there."
"We just have to start a new season," Donnell said.
"We're going to come back."
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