monday, november 9, 1981
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daily nebraskan
Nebraska rolls to easy Oklahoma State victory
By Jeff Goodwin
Stillwater, Okla. - Over the years, few
people have compared the Oklahoma State
Cowboys to the Oklahoma Sooners. But
Saturday, the Cowboys resembled the
Sooners in at least ore phase of the game -turnovers.
Nebraska picked off six Cowboy passes
and recovered one fumble as it roiled to a
surprisingly easy 54-7 win before a crowd
of 48,500 and a regional television audi
ence. The Huskers showed they meant bus
iness on the first drive of the game when
they took the opening kickoff and went 86
yards in nine plays.
Quarterback Turner Gill capped the
drive with a four-yard touchdown run.
Significantly, 65 of those yards came on
the ground. Going into Saturday's game,
the Cowboys had only given up an average
of 67 yards on the ground over the course
of an entire game.
Nebraska offensive tackle Dan Hurley
said the Huskers were confident they could
move the ball on the Cowboys.
"We thought we could run on them," he
said. "We were a more physical team. We
knew we had one of the best offensive lines
we've had at Nebraska. Today we wanted
to prove it."
Nebraska's second scoring drive was al
most a carbon copy of its first.
Reverse to wingback
The Huskers went 85 yards in 1 1 plays,
all on the ground. The big play in the drive
was a reverse to wingback Anthony Steels
who gained 29 yards.
Gill scored the touchdown on a 9-yard
run, a play on which Oklahoma State was
offside.
"Everyone kind of hesitated when they
(OSU) jumped offside," Gill said. "I just
ran the ball over."
That made the socre 14-0, and it was
obvious the Cowboys were in for a long
afternoon.
Tilings didn't improve for the Cowboys
on the next series. On Oklahoma State's
second play from scrimmage, Husker de
fensive end Jimmy Williams intercepted a
pass from Cowboy quarterback John
Doerner, and Nebraska was back in bus
iness against the Cowboy 36-yard line.
Gill scrambled for 30 yards down to the
6 and it appeared the Huskers were going
to go ahead 21-0.
The Cowboy defense stiffened, and Ne
braska had to settle for a 27-yard field goal
by Eddie Neil.
Nebraska had its chances to put the
Cowboys away in the second quarter, but
was unable to capitalize on them.
After cornerback Ric Lindquist recover
ed a fumble by Cowboy running back
Shawn Jones at the Nebraska. 49 -yard line,
the Huskers drove to the Cowboy 1-yard
line. The Cowboys stopped I-back Mike
Rozier twice at that point and took over
on downs.
Pass interception
OSU was able to get the big defensive
play as cornerback Allen Lyday intercept
ed another Doerner pass.
The Huskers were later stopped when
OSU recovered a Gill fumble.
The Huskers threatened the Cowboys
once more just before the end of the half.
They took over the ball on their own 16
yard line and drove steadily down the field,
going all the way to the Cowboy 29-yard
line before safety Pete DiClementi killed
the drive by intercepting Gill.
Oklahoma State went all. the way to the
Nebraska 9-yard line, where the Cowboys
tried a field goal with only four seconds
left in the half. The kick by freshman
Larry Roach sailed left. It was the first
attempt he had missed inside the 45-yard
line all year.
The Huskers put the game away in the
third quarter by scoring four touchdowns.
The defense again came up with the big
play to put the Huskers in scoring position
with Williams coming up with an inter
ception at the OSU 13-yard line.
It took the Huskers three plays to score,
the touchdown coming on a 9-yard pass
from Gill to tight end Mitch Krenk. It also
marked Gill's final appearance of the after
noon as he suffered bruised ribs on the
play.
Nebraska got the ball back on the next
play when OSU was called for roughing the
kicker. Roger Craig then took a pitch from
reserve quarterback Mark Mauer and went
around the right end for a 69-yard touch
down run.
Cowboys score
The only bright spot for the Cowboys
came on the next series. OSU drove 80
yards on 1 1 plays with the series ending on
an 8-yard pass from reserve quarterback
Rusty Higler to wingback Ron Ingram for
the touchdown. It was the first time in 22
quarters a touchdown had been scored
against the Nebraska defense.
Nebraska quickly returned the favor
when Mike Rozier took the kickoff 93
yards for a touchdown.
Even the defense got into the scoring
act as defensive tackle Tom Gdowski sack
ed quarterback Ike Johnson in the end
zone for a safety.
The Huskers' dominance was evident in
the final statistics. They rolled up 526 total
yards, including 425 on the ground. The
Blackshirts allowed the OSU rushing attack
only 41 yards in 37 carries.
Both Rozier and Craig gained over 100
yards for the Huskers, Craig getting 121 in
12 carries and Rozier 102 in 19 carries.
Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said he
was pleased with the Huskers effort.
"I think this was the best we have 'play
ed," he said. "We didn't play very well the
last two weeks."
"They (OSU) are a good football team.
Turnovers had a lot to do with the high
score," he said.
Oklahoma State Coach Jimmy Johnson
said his team was outmanned.
"We took a physical beating from a
great football team," Johnson said. "We
just weren't physically able to match up
with them. Our kids were halfway in awe
of Nebraska before the game even started.
You can see why."
Conference Football Standings
Nebraska 5-0-0
Oklahoma 3-0-1
Oklahoma State 2-2-0
Iowa State 2-2-1
Kansas 2-3-0
Missouri 2-3-0
Colorado 1-4-0
Kansas State 14-0
Saturday Results
Kansas 24, Iowa State 1 1
Missouri 30, Colorado 14
Nebraska 54, Oklahoma State 7
Oklahoma 28, Kansas State 2 1
Games Nov. 14
Colorado at Kansas
Iowa State at Nebraska
Kansas State. . . . at Oklahoma State
Oklahoma at Missouri
Nebraska dominates diving competition
Women's swimming team quells Wyoming, UNO
By Ken Havlat
It came down to the last event Saturday afternoon at
the Bob Devaney Sports Center Pool but the Husker
women's swimming and diving team defeated Wyoming
79-70 and trounced UNO 123-19. Wyoming defeated
UNO 130-16.
"We are extremely happy to start out the season with
two wins," UNL Coach Ray Huppert said. "This was a
positive note for us. Last year we won only three duals.
We knew this was going to be a tough meet against
Wyoming."
UNL had a pair of triple winners. Jane Meyer won the
100- and 200-yard freestyle and competed on the 400
yard freestyle relay. Elizabeth Brudvik won the 500- and
1000-yard freestyle and competed on the 400 freestyle
relay. Kim Kaiser was the lone triple winner for Wyoming.
Double winners for the Huskers were Sherri Hayward
in the 200-yard backstroke and the 400 individual
medly, Kellie Keown in the 50 butterfly and 400 free
style relay and Wendy Lucero in the 1- and 3-meter diving
competition.
for Lucero, it was her first competition on a collegiate
level and she was happy with the outcome.
"I thought it was really neat," Lucero said. 'The DD
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urday. Brudvik also was a winner in the 500-yard freestyle event and was a member of the 400-yard freestyle relay
team which boosted the Huskers to a last event win against Wyoming.
(diving difficulty) in dives gave us a lot of good competit
ion. Everyone was really friendly. Everyone was support
ive about each other."
Nebraska dominated the diving, which was important
to the outcome as it caputred the first six positions on the
1 -meter boards and the first four on the 3-meter event.
"We wanted to improve," Lucero said. "We didn't
want to leave the dives short and use proper arm move
ment." Lucero had praise for diving Coach Jeff Huber.
"If it wasn't for him I probably wouldn't have won to
day. He works well with people and he cares so much. We
wouldn't have a number one diving team if it wasn't for
him."
Huppert said the team showed a lot of character in de
feating Wyoming, a team the Huskers didn.'t beat last year.
"There is a lot of excitement on this team," Huppert
said, "especially among the upperclassmen. They knew
what it was like last year."
Huppert said he was pleased with the performances of
Marie Suppes and Keown.
'They both came off injuries and were out of the pool
for a week," he said. 'They are not sprinters but we had
to use them there. We had to mix people around. We did
not swim our strongest line-up today because of illness."
The Nebraska men's team also competed against UNO
at the Sports Center pool Saturday but no team score was
kept.
Rozier, DiClementi
tabbed for TV honors
Nebraska I-back Mike Rozier and Oklahoma State
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V ABC television Saturday in Nebraska's 54-7 win against
the Cowboys. 6
Rozier picked up 102 yards on 19 carries and scored
one touchdown on a 93-yard kickoff return
DiClementi had four tackles and eight assists for the
Cowboys, including two tackles behind the line of scrim
mage. He also had one interception with a 32-yard return.
Each school will receive $ 1 ,000 for a scholarship fund
in the name of the players.
