friday, november 4, 1977
page 14
daily nebraskan
Cornhuskers will get a good look
at AW (after Woods ) Mizzou team
By Jim Hunt
The Husker football team will confront a revitalized
University of Missouri (MU) team Saturday when it travels
to Columbia, Mo., to face the Tigers in Big 8 Conference
play.
The Tigers' starting quarterback, Pete Woods, will be
back in the lineup against the Huskers.
Woods, who stretched knee ligaments during spring
practice last year, re-injured his knee in the Tigers'
opening season loss to Southern California University. He
'did not return for action until Oct. 8 when the Tigers,
3-5, lost to Iowa State University, 7-0.
"We look at Missouri as having two different seasons,"
Husker head coach Tom Osborne said. "Before Pete .
Woods and after PeteWoods.
"They have been"a different team the last three weeks
with Woods in the line-up. They had very little consisten
cy and little confidence in themselves earlier. They won
two of the last three games (Kansas State University and
the University of Colorado) and played Oklahoma close,
losing 21 to 17, in a game they could have won."
Woods has completed 52 of 101 passes in five games
for 627 yards to rank fourth in the Big 8.
"They have a good passing game with Woods and three
fine receivers; Leo Lewis, Joe Stewart and tight end
Kellen Winslow," Osborne said. "They could throw 30 or
40 times a game."
Husker fans may remember last year's game with the
Tigers when Woods connected with Stewart for a 98-yard
touchdown pass, the longest in Big 8 history, the Tigers
won 34-24.
swart will he trvine to set a record of his own Satur
day. The senior from Evanston, 111., has a chance to set a
career receiving record for the Tigers.
Stewart, who has 85 career receptions, including 21
this season, needs two catches to surpass John Henley's
record of 85 receptions.
Stewart is ranked second among Big 8 receivers behind
teammate Winslow, who has 22 receptions.
However, it will be up to the Tiger's defense, cur
rently ranked fifth in the Big 8 in total defense to stop the
Husker rushing attack. The Huskers rank second in the Big
8 in rushing, averaging over 295 yards a game.
Fleet-footed I.M. Hipp became the fourth Husker
rusher to surpass the 1,000-yard rushing mark in a season
in UNL's 31-14 win over Oklahoma State University.
Bobby Reynolds, Tony Davis and Jeff Kinney are the
only other Huskers who have broken the 1,000-yard
rushing mark.
Hipp has rushed for 1,029 yards in eight games this
season.
The Huskers' defense is ranked first in the Big 8 against
the pass this season, allowing 101 yards a game.
The defensewill be without senior middle guard Jeff
Pullen, sophomore defensive tackle Rod Horn and senior
linebacker James Wightman. Each are injured and will not
make the trip.
The Huskers have a 6-2 record and are ranked 10th in
UPI and 11 thin the AP polls.
Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m., and can be heard on
KFAB, KOLN, KFOR, and WOW.
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Photo by Ted Kirk
Tiger quarterback Pete Woods has led MU to two
straight victories after missing the first four games
this season. In this game last year against the Husk
ers, Woods led the Tigers to a 31-24 victory.
UNL freshman football team faces toughest test
By Kevin Schnepf
The UNL freshman football team will face its toughest
test this season when it plays the University of Missouri
(MU) junior varsity at 12:30 p.m. today in Columbia,
Mo.
Freshman coach Guy Ingles said MU will be a big
challenge despite the Tigers 1-2 record.
"They have a very balanced team and are in much
better shape physically than when they lost to Kansas
and Iowa State," Ingles said. "They have their players
back who were injured during those games so this will
easily be our toughest game."
The Tigers won their first game Oct. 21 against Kansas
State University, 40-21, but lost to University of Kansas,
29-6 and Iowa State University, 21-0. The Huskers last
game was three weeks ago when they beat Iowa State,
38-20.
"Well probably be a little stale but the players are
looking forward to playing," Ingles said.
The Huskers, 3-0, lead the MU series, 7-3, The Huskers
upset the Tigers last year in Lincoln, 33-14. The last time
UNL played in' Columbia, however, MU won 24-22.
"It's always a little tougher to play on the road,"
sometime," Ingles said, "But every team has to play on
the road sometime."
Ingles, in his second year as freshman, coach, said
this year's team has improved as much as any team he
has coached.
"They had further to go than any other team," he said.
"We have fewer great players but they're very intelligent.
They learn quickly which compliments their physical
talents.
"Over a period of years, the freshman success is
indicative of the varsity success," Ingles said. "The var
sity squad is basically a cumulative of three freshman
squads."
Husker I-back Anthony Steels enters today's game with
a 7.2 yard per carry average and two touchdowns. Steels
has rushed 31 times for 225 yards. Quarterback Mark
Mauer has completed 12 of 19 passes for 186 yards and
four touchdowns.
Middle guards Kelvin Roehrs, a sophomore, and Bill
Bryant will bolster the defensive line. Roehrs also will
play for the varsity Saturday,
Sophomore offensive linemen Mark Goodspeed, Dan
Steiner, Mark Stroh and Paul Potadle also will play. Hie
Husker's final game will be Nov. 11 against the Kansas
JV'sin Lincoln.
Nebraska Probable Starters
Offense Defense
TE GregRabas LE Scott Sherry
LT BobO'Rourke LT DaveStromath
LG Greg Lynch MG CurtHineline
C Jay Hopkins RT Peter Boll
RG MattBrandl RE Dick Peterson
RT PatBuhrman SLB Terry Brubaker
SE Scott Woodard WLB Darwin Miles
QB MarkMauer MON L.G. Searcy
FB JimKotera LCB Rod Lewis
IB Anthony Steels RCB Ric Lindquist
WB Anthony Branch S Monte Gilbreath
K DaveBrumagen P DougBarth
Rowing regatta
favors Huskers
The UNL crew team is looking forward to Sunday
for a chance to really get stroked in the morning.
Crew adviser Pete Zandbergen said the Huskers
should be one of the vaored teams in the Midwest's
biggest fall rowing regatta at Branched Oak Lake.
Oklahoma State University, Kansas State Univer
sity, Creighton University, Washburn University and
Wichita State University will compete in the regatta.
Zandbergen said Wichita State and UNL are favored.
"Wichita State has a real strong team and so does
Nebraska," he said. "Both crews raced strongly in
Boston at the Head of the Charles Regatta."
UNL Head Coach Frank Sands is looking for a
better performance from his team than the one in
Boston, according to Zandbergen.
"Frank Sands thought the varsity lightweight team
could have done better," Zandbergen said. "He's going
to row the varsity lightweight team in the heavy
weight eight race, lie expects them to do well"
There will be a full schedule of varsity and freshmen
men and women's events Sunday, Races are scheduled
to start at 6:30 a.m. because of expected rough water
conditions in the afternoon.
"It gets windy in the afternoon and the water gets
choppy" Zandbergen said. "There probably won't be
much of a crowd anyway so well hold it in the best
race conditions
Zandbergen said this will be the third year for the
'Professional' advice aids team
races.
"This is actually a traveling regatta," Zandbergen
said. "This b the first time we've hosted it. Last year.
it was held down at Kansas State. It also will be the
last meet of the fall for most of these teams."
The C.C. Riders, intramural flag football's fifth ranked
team, are flying sky high thanks to the sideline support of
three varsity football players.
Charles Carter, C.C, Riders' coach, said' he hopes that
support from Husker gridders, Jim Wightman, Larry
Young and Tony Samuel continues through Monday when
his team enters firt round action in the playoffs.
Carter, an Omaha junior, said Wightman, a linebacker,
and defensive ends Young and Samuel have offered their
"professional" advice in helping the C.C. Riders to a 6-0
record,
The C.C. Riders won their, final regular season game
Monday night by defeating previously rated Big Knox
Knockers, 28-20. The C.C, Riders intercepted a pass for
a touchdown with three plays left in the game, Carter said
he was worried because the Knockers were on their five
yard line when the interception occurred.
'We rushed four men instead of three and just hoped
for the best," he said, "If any team was going to give us
competition, I felt it was the Knockers, I was shocked
when we were ahead 14-0 early in the game."
"We played for the division championship last year and
I hope we can play in the all-university finals this year,"
Carter added. He said he hasn't seen the top-rated Thun
derchickens play this year.
"I really couldn't pick a team we would like to play,"
he said. "The team we wanted to play the most all year
was the Knockers,"
The C.C. riders are sponsored by UNL's Culture Center
(C.C),
Carter said Samuel, Young and Wightman give the
players an emotional lift,
"Jim (Wightman) is a little more emotional and with all
three Big Red players standing on the sidelines, it helps
the team," Carter said.
Carter said many teams think the C,C, Riders play
rough but he said that isn't true.
"Wc just try to set the tone of the game and get our
opponents to play our game," he. said. "We probably have
more roughness penalties than any other team, but that's
because we try to get into the opponent's offensive back
field quicker."
The team, which has beaten one team 91-0, includes
two backs from Wisconsin and New York and Russell
Greene who was an All-Metro selection for Omaha Benson
Women harriers are finally healthy
Th IFNI. unmcn't rross-countrv team will field a
healthy team, for the first time in several weeks, at the
regional competition Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.
"Our injury situation is much better," Husker Coach
Carol Frost said. 'We are at full strength except for
sophomore Donna Most who will not make the trip."
UNL has been plagued with injuries in the last several
meets with injuries to four starters.
"At this point, we are lacking only in conditioning,"
Frost said.
To qualify for the nationals, a team must place in the
top three at regionals. Individual runners can qualify by
placing in the top 13.
Frost said she doubts UNL will be able to finish in the
top three, but thinks Cindv Di
qualify for national berths.
"It will be a team effort, bui qualifying individuals
must go hand-in-hand," she said.
Frost predicts Iowa State University will place first
and expects strong competition from Kansas Stite Univer
sity and the University of Missouri.
"It would take a tremendous effort on our part to
place in the top three with the class of the three other Big
schools, she said. .
nationals' Dnna FX UNL couId 1uaIiV '
r ?S aMCCn wor,dng hard and have potential
of getting there if we can put it all together." Fox said.
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