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daily nebraskan
monday, October 23, 1978
sports
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Huskers turn Buffalo stampede in explosive second half
Boulder-The partisan crowd at Colorado's Folsom
Field stomped to a pre-game blast with contemporary
disco but shuffled out three hours later Saturday after
noon to the same old song -eleventh verse.
For the eleventh consecutive year (and 15 out of the
last 16) a Nebraska team marched into the Colorado
rivalry and stampeded out, trailing frustration, humilia
tion and bitterness among the CU faithful.
Jinx? Whammy? Bad luck?
Call it what you want, but call Saturday's 52-14
Husker victory a masterful clinic run with the precision
of a drill team.
After falling behind 14-3 and plodding to a halftime
14-14 tie, the fifth-ranked Huskers exploded out of the
locker room and went on a 38-point second half tear.
They scored the first three times and on five of the first
six possessions in the second half.
With the offensive line opening holes the size of run
ways, Husker backs pounded CU's defense in a ruthless
display of power. Leading the charge was Rick Berns,
who returned to the I-back for the first time since the
Alabama opener.
He finished with 132 yards in 17 carries while I. M.
Hipp chipped in with 92 yards and Tim Wurth with 69
yards.
By the time the scoreboard clock mercifully ticked
off the final seconds, the NU offense had clicked for
641 total yards, equalling the most yardage ever allowed
by a CU defense.
So thorough and relentless was the second half pound
ing, it was esay to forget Nebraska had trailed 14-3 late
in the first quarter.
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Story by Joe Starita
Photographs by Bob Pearson
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