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Daily Nebraskan
Monday, October 4, 1982
Husker players defeat 1 7th-ranked Auburn, 41-7
Nebraska converted 16 of 20 third down situations
into first downs and rolled for 504 yards of total
offense against the highly touted Auburn defense as the
Huskers claimed a 41-7 victory against the 17th-ranked
Tigers Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala.
The Huskers helped quiet the emotional crowd of
73,900 when they took the opening kickoff at their
own 27-yard line and moved the ball 73 yards in 13
plays for the first score.
Nebraska had three third down conversions, and
quarterback Turner Gill completed passes of 7 and 16
yards to tight end Jamie Williams in the drive. Fullback
Doug Wilkening took it up the middle the final 15 yards
for the touchdown.
Auburn ran the kickoff back to the 29. On the Tigers'
first play from scrimmage, halfback Lionel James went
71 yards down the side into the end zone. The play was
Husker-Tiger Statistics
Nebraska
Auburn
7
7
7
0
7
0
20-41
0-7
NU - Wilkening 15 run (Seibel kick)
AU Jackson 4 run (Del Greco kick)
NU - Brown 58 pass from Gill (Seibel kick)
NU - Rozier 2 run (Seibel kick)
NU - Rozier 12 run ( Seibel kick)
NU - Schellen 41 run (Seibel kick)
NU Brungardt 13 run (kick failed)
Attendance - 73,900
NU AU
First downs 31 13
Rushes-yards 68-342 43-171
Passing yards 162 116
Return yards 13 18
Passes 10-19-1 7-11-1
Punts 2-50.5 443
Fumbles-lost 4-2 3-3
Penalties-yards 3-45 3-15
Time of Possession 36:44 23:16
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Nebraska, Rozier 24-88, Wilkening 9-60.
Schellen 5-54. Auburn, James 8-69, O'Neal 8-40, Jackson
5-18, Jessie 5-18.
PASSING-NEBRASKA, Gill 10-19-162-1. Auburn.
Campbell 6-10-91-1, Mann 1-1-25-0.
RECEIVING NEBRASKA, Brown 2-78, Williams 2-24,
Hill 1-19. Auburn, Woods, 3-59, West 2-25, Carroll 1-25.
ll Standings
Big Eight Football Standings
Conf. All Games
Oklahoma 1 -0-0 2-2-0
Kansas State 0-0-0 3-1-0
Missouri 0-0-0 3-1-0
Nebraska 0-0-0 3-1-0
Kansas 0-0-0 1-2-1
Oklahoma State 0-0-0 1-2-0
Colorado 0-0-0 1-3-0
Iowa State 0-1-0 2-2-0
Saturday 's Results
Arizona State 30, Kansas State 7
Missouri 28, East Carolina 9
Nebraska 41, Auburn 7
Oklahoma 13, Iowa State 3
Tulsa 20, Kansas 15
UCLA 34, Colorado 6
Oklahoma State idle
Games Next Saturday
Kansas at Oklahoma State
Kent State at Iowa State
Missouri at Kansas State
Nebraska at Colorado
Oklahoma vs. Texas (at Dallas)
called back to the Husker 40, however, as the officials
ruled James had stepped out of bounds at that point.
The Tigers fumbled later in the series at the Husker
21, and Nebraska recovered and moved the ball down
field before Gill was intercepted by Mark Dominey at the
AU28.
Bo Jackson dove over from the 4-yard line to com
plete a 72-yard, 10-play series for Auburn that tied the
game at 7-7.
Tigers lose momentum
Auburn began to lose momentum in the second quarter
when Al Del Greco missed a 46-yard field goal attempt.
Nebraska took control again at its own 29 after the
missed field goal. But after four running plays and an
offensive pass interference call against Todd Brown, the
Tigers had the Huskers in a third-and-23 situation at the
Nebraska 42. Gill then connected with Brown on a 58
yard pass play for a touchdown that put Nebraska ahead
for good.
The Huskers had another chance to score with four
seconds remaining in the first half when Auburn fumbled
a punt return at its own 30 and Nebraska recovered. A
Kevin Seibel field-goal attempt went wide to the right,
though, and the half ended 14-7.
The Nebraska Blackshirt defense stopped Auburn in
three plays after the second half kickoff then took the
Tiger punt at the Husker 43.
Using nearly half of the third period, the Cornhuskers
marched 57 yards in 13 plays with I-back Mike Rozier
taking it over from the 2 for the score with 7:03 left
in the quarter. Seibel's kick made it 21-7. The drive was
aided by a successful fourtlvand-1 conversion at the
Tiger 18-yard line.
Punt fumbled
After the kickoff, Nebraska again held the Tiger
wishbone offense in three downs, but Dave Burke
fumbled the ensuing punt on the 13 to put Auburn in
field position. Defensive end Bill Weber ended the Tiger
threat when he recovered an AU fumble at the 14 on
the next play.
Nebraska fumbled again later in the drive but held
the Tigers on downs after quarterback Randy Campbell
made a bad pitch on a fourth-and-1 situation.
After that, the Husker offense went to work, making
touchdown drives of 57, 74 and 42 yards.
Gill pitched to Rozier for a 1 2-yard touchdown on the
first of the series of three scores. Fullback Mark Schellen
broke loose for 41 yards to end the 74-yard drive and
make it 35-7. I-back Tim Brungardt went 13-yards for the
final touchdown with 1 :24 left in the game.
Nebraska had to play the game without its starting full
back, Roger Craig, but his three substitutes - Wilkening,
Schellen and Mark Moravec - combined for 124 yards
and two touchdowns to fill the void. Craig, who reinjured
a deep thigh bruise against Penn State, did not make the
trip to Auburn.
The win raised Nebraska's record to 3-1 entering Big
Eight play. The Huskers play at Colorado Saturday.
Auburn, also 3-1 , is at home Saturday against Kentucky.
New rules lead to Big Eight's decline
The party's over.
For more than a decade, Big Eight football fans have
boasted of having the strongest conference in the country.
That claim has been suspect for the past several years,
but this season should have removed all doubt.
Don't get- me wrong, the Big Eight still has some
powerful baU clubs, but it's a far cry from what it was
in 1971 when Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado finished
1-2-3 in the final Associated Press poll.
With four non-conference games to go this season,
Big Eight schools have chalked up a combined 15-13-1
record - not too impressive considering the schedules
have been laced with opponents like New Mexico State,
Kentucky and South Dakota State.
No Big Eight team could manage to win all its non
conference games this year, and Oklahoma, usually one
of the league leaders, is 1-2 in non-Big Eight play and
been able to recruit them lately.
A 7-4-1 record last year and a 1-2 start this season
made it evident that OU no longer has the talent it used
to have. It shouldn't be much of a surprise that the
Sooners ran most of their plays from the I-formation
Saturday at Iowa State.
Although Nebraska fans will no doubt hope that
Switzer doesn't have his problems worked out by Nov. 26
when the Sooners come to Lincoln, it is hoped that
Switzer and the other conference coaches are able to
overcome the NCAA regulations with superior coaching
and bring the Big Eight back into the national limelight.
p Larry Sparks
Random Thoughts: At last, Kansas State has been
brought back down to earth. The Wildcats, off to a
3-0 start, were beaten by Arizona State 30-7 Saturday
night. The Cats may have learned something, though -they
should schedule all their games against teams like
South Dakota.
Nebraska's 41-7 whipping of Auburn should prove
that the Huskers still are a strong contender for national
honors this year. With some help from a few other teams,
a national championship still is possible.
still looking down the barrel at a game against undefeated
Texas this week in Dallas.
Recent national polls show only one Big Eight team -Nebraska
- ranked in the top 20. It hasn't been all that
long ago that five teams made the lists.
More than anything, new NCAA regulations have
led to the decline in Big Eight prestige. The 30-scholar-ship
rule and other stiff recruiting regulations were made
with the intention of making college football more equal.
That means either making the bad guys better or
making the good guys worse. Unfortunately, it seems to
have done the latter.
The first-class football programs no longer are able
to get the quality and quantity of players they once
got. Consequently, the programs have suffered.
Nowhere is that more evident than in Norman, Okla.
OU Coach Barry Switzer's wishbone formation, once
one of the most explosive offenses in the country, needs
a lot of highly skilled players, and the Sooners haven't
Sports Shorts
The Nebraska volleyball team, ranked ninth in the
latest NCAA poll, won the Southwest Missouri State
Invitational Saturday at Springfield, Mo.
The Cornhuskers defeated the host team in the
championship game 2-15, 15-7, 15-12, 8-15, 16-14.
Nebraska finished pool play with a 3-1 record.
The Husker women's tennis team dropped a pair of
dual matches to Oklahoma State and Houston during
the weekend.
Oklahoma State defeated Nebraska 9-0 Friday and
Houston won 7-2 Saturday in Oklahoma City.
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