monday, October 9, 1978
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daily nebraskan
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Cyclones wind-broken in battle against Cornhuskers
Iowa State linebacker Tom Boskey
felt the best way to sum up Saturday's 23-23-0
loss to Nebraska was by saying
"we just got killed."
Across the hall in the jubilant Husker
locker room, it was evidence that was
exactly what had happened. The coaches
and players were exuberant.
The killing referred to the Huskei
offense which piled up 396 yards in total
offense, 284 on the ground. But most oi
the killing was done by the Nebraska black
shirts. The Cyclones were held to 82 yards
total offense in front of their largest
home crowd in history (5 1 ,450).
"We're just getting better week by
week," Nebraska defensive coordinatoi
Lance Van Zandt said. "All of our players
played with great intensity."
Van Zandt said he will not take credit
for the great play by the UNL defense.
"I didn't have to shed off one block,'
Van Zandt said. "The defense just played
super. You have to give a lot of credit to
our offense. They never turned the ball
over except for punts. That played a big
role in the outcome."
One of the reasons the Husker offense
didn't turn the ball over, and kept the
Cyclones in bad field position, was the
running of I-back Tim Wurth. Wurth made
the most of his chances. He rushed foi
102 yards on 18 carries and scored a
touchdown. It was his second consecutive
one hundred-yard day.
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"I didn't expect to play that much even
though I started," Wurth said. "Coach
Corgan called me this morning (Saturday)
and asked me if I'd wet my pants if I
started. I just told him that 1 was ready.
"The offensive line played their best
game," he said. "They said early in the
game they felt they could beat them, up
the middle. It was terrific all the way
around."
Wurth was most pleased with his 15
yard touchdown run in the fourth quart
er. "I got hit and just bounced off a few
guys," Wurth recalled, (Andra) Franklin
laid a great block."
Nebraska quarterback Tom Sorley had
nothing but praise for the whole team.
"Our defense was playing very well,
and our offensive line was blowing the ISU
line off the line," Sorley said. "The defense
kept giving us the ball in good field posi
tion."
The good defensive play of the Huskers
was one of the main reasons Nebraska kept
attempting fourth down conversions
instead of punting.
"The defense was playing good," Sor
ley said, "and we had the confidence in
them that they could hold Iowa State if
we didn't make it."
The Huskers started the scoring by
marching 56 yards on 12 plays to score a
touchdown on their first possession. Sor
ley capped the drive with a one-yard
plunge and the Huskers led 6-0.
Nebraska continued to eat up yardage
in the first half but the Cyclone defense
stopped Nebraska on fourth down
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tries. Motion penalties also nun me
Huskers and stopped drives until 1:21 left
in the half.
On third and 14 from the Nebraska
33, I.M. Hipp busted through the center
of the line for 31 yards to the Cycline 36
with nine seconds left. Sorley hit Junior
Miller on a 21 -yard pass to the Cyclone 15
with two seconds on the clock. Billy Todd
then came in and kicked a 32-yard field
goal to give the Huskers a 9-0 lead at the
half.
Sorley's swing pass
Neither team could score in the second
half until Kenny Brown put the Huskers
up 16-0 on a 17-yard swing pass from
Sorley with 12:23 left in the game, capping
a 51 yard drive in 9 plays.
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With 5:13 left, Wurth got his
touchdown on a fifteen yard run around
right end to end a 62 yard drive on 8 plays.
The drive was highlighted by a little
Husker trickery. With fourth and one at
the Iowa State 45, UNL faked punt forma
tion, with Sorley dropping back into the
shot gun position, and the Cyclones were
drawn offside. The play was legal
because the Husker lineman weren't in a
set position.
"We discussed the play with the officials
before the game so they wouldn't be
surprised by the maneuver," Head Coach
Tom Osborne said.
"We've always had the play," Sorley
added, "this was the first time we had a
chance to use it."
Osborne did not have much to say when
asked if he though Iowa State played
conservatively.
"Everbody has their own reasons,"
Osborne said. "We just have to worry
about ourselves. Earl Bruce is a great
coach"
Boskey praised the Husker offensive
unit.
"They took it to us," he said. "They
have one of the best offenses in the coun
try. It seemed like we, (the ISU defense),
were in the game a hell of a long time."
"A lot of people think our defense
played a good game," Boskey added, "but
we didn't. We didn't give our offense the
ball in good enough field position. We're
still good though. It doesn't matter because
no one's going undefeated in this
conference."
Rick Berns followed Wurth in rushing
with 56 yards on 12 carries. Hipp had 51
yards on 13 carries and Sorley hit 1 1 of 22
passes for 112 yards and one touchdown.
The winning lottery numbers for the
University of Colorado-UNL football game
in Boulder on Oct. 21 are 1 through 1,138.
The pickup dates for winning tickets
are Oct. 10-12, 9 a.m. through 12 p.m.
and from 1 pjn. to 4 pjn. at the Athletic
Ticket Office in the South Stadium Office
Bldg.
Each student must call for and sign for
his own ticket by presenting an ID. Married
students will be required to furnish proof
of marriage.
Students who did not hold winning
tickets may pick up their payment at the
ticket office beginning Tuesday.
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Story by Brad Horky
Photographs by Mark Billingsley
and Ted Kirk
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