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Huskers' 54-0 win over Kansas
gives team, fans a shot in the arm
By Shelley Smith
LAWRENCE, Kan.-For the Nebraska football team
and its fans, Saturday's 54-0 romp over Kansas was a shot
in the arm, a new beginning and a new start-one that
breathed a little Husker sweetness into the brisk Kansas
air.
"I had a beautiful time today Nebraska quarterback
Jeff Quinn said outside of the visitor's locker room.
Quinn, who led the Husker offensive attack, complet
ing 10 of 14 passes for 124 yards, said he knew how im
portant it was for Nebraska to bounce back after its 18-14
loss to Florida State one week ago.
Those last four games don't mean anything to us
now," he said. "What's important are these next -six
(games)-we've got to keep doing what we did today."
Nebraska, who played 51 of the 55 players the Big
Eight allows to travel, racked up 520 total offensive yards
and had to punt only twice.
Nebraska's first score came four plays after wingback
Ricky Simmons ran the opening kickoff 77 yards to the
Kansas 23-yard line. Leading rusher, I-back Craig Johnson,
who finished with 109 yards on 17 carries, ran 10 yards
on the left side to score.
After the game, Quinn and splitend John Noonan
agreed that Simmons' run and the early score put immedi
ate confidence back into the Cornhusker game plan.
Fired up the team
"We had really good practices last week, and I didn't
have much doubt," Noonan said. "But when Simmons ran
that kickoff, wow, it really fired the team up."
The Jayhawks responded to Nebraska's early flash by
making one of their two serious scoring threats of the
game, driving 63 yards to the Nebraska 13-yard line.
However, on a fourth down and one-yard situation, high-ly-tauted
Kansas tailback Kerwin Bell was stopped at the
line and Nebraska took over the ball.
"I really don't know what it was," Nebraska defensive
end Derrie Nelson said about that particular Kansas drive.
"We had some little mistakes that they (Kansas) capi
talized on," he explained.
Cornhusker linebacker Kim Baker said he thought Ne
braska was "sitting back a little" when Kansas got the
ball.
But, the blackshirts, not to be intimidated, left the Jay
hawks with a fourth down and 33-yard situation on Kan
sas' next possession . ...
"We really wanted to go three and punt with them,"
safety Russell Gary said. "Once we started rolling, except
for about two drives, we did it," he added.
Mental mistakes
Sophomore I-back Roger Craig, who relieved Johnson
early in the third-quarter, scored three touchdowns-his
Husker career best-and rushed for 85 yards on 20 carries.
"I made a lot of mental mistakes, and I have a lot to
learn," Craig said. "But, I feel all right about today. You
have to give the offensive line credit-I had great block
ing." Quinn said he had the utmost respect for Johnson and
Craig, who combined to fill in for the injured Jarvis Red
wine. KU wins doubleheader ;
Husker record at 10-11
Kansas swept a double
header from Nebraska 4-1
and 5-2 Saturday, dropping
the Huskers' record to 10
11. UNL evened a 1-0 KU
advantage in the fourth inn
ing of the first game when
Nancy Wicks singled, bring
ing home Linda McCrea.
But, KU came back with a
double and two singles in
the sixth inning to put the
game out of reach for the
Huskers.
In the nightcap, Kansas
took a fourth-inning four
run lead before UNL's
Shelley Scott hit a fifth
inning single to put the Hus
kers on the board. UNL's
final tally came to the sixth
inning when Kelly Erisman
scored on a fielder's choice.
I can't say enough about those guys. All I can say
is that it takes a lot of class when you don't play that
much behind a guy, and then you come in and play like
they did today. Those two (Johnson and Craig) could be
starting at any other university. 1 just can't say enough."
Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne, however, didn't seem as
pleased as most Husker players after the game.
With :40 left in the first half, Nebraska had just scored
another touchdown to make the score 33-0. Osborne, at
the last minute, opted to go for a two-point conversion,
much to the displeasure of the Kansas team and fans.
"We were trying to win the football game," Osborne
explained. "The greatest disrespect you can show an
opponent is to assure the game is over before the half. We
felt they had a good football team," he added.
Didn't shake hands
"It really tees me off when people act like you're try
ing to run up the score. With the 55-man travel limit, we
played everyone we had. It really upsets me when they
(KU coaches) won't even shakes hands after the game," he
said.
Defensively, the Husker blackshirts accounted for nine
sacks for a loss of 52 yards. Husker right tackle Henrv
Waechter, who shaved his head for the opening of Nebras
ka's Big Eight season, finished with seven tackles, six un
assisted. Sophomore linebacker Steve Damkroger had 10
unassisted tackles, one assisted to finish with a game
high 1 1 tackles.
Sophomore Mark Moravec rushed for 38 yards on three
carries, including a 28-yard run to set up another Husker
touchdown, and Noonan caught both of his passes for
touchdowns, one for 31 yards. Tight end sophomore
Todd Brown caught five passes for 42 yards, and Tim
McCrady caught one pass for 29 yards.
In Kansas' only turnover of the day, sophomore Kris
Van Norman intercepted a Frank Seurer pass and ran it 30
yards to set up the Huskers' final touchdown.
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