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Monday, November 29, 1982
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Vol. 82, No. 69
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By Bob Asmussen
Following Nebraska's 28-24 victory
against Oklahoma Friday in Memorial
Stadium, several Nebraska players admitted
they had visions of a game played earlier
this year.
The win, which earned the Huskers
their second straight Big Eight champion
ship and a ticket to the Orange Bowl
to play Louisiana State, showed signs
that it might have an ending similar to
that of the Sept. 25 game at Penn State.
In that game, Penn State drove the
length of the field in the final seconds
and claimed a 27-24 upset win against
NU. Friday, with Nebraska leading by
four points, Oklahoma was moving the
ball, and with only three minutes re
maining, had it at the Nebraska 35-yard
line.
Additional football coverage on Pages 8
and 9.
Oklahoma quarterback Kelly Phelps
then missed on three straight pass attempts
and Nebraska took the ball over on downs
at their own 35.
After three plays, Nebraska gained
only eight yards and was forced to punt
the ball back to the Sooners with 53
seconds left. Still time for another Okla
homa miracle.
"Scott Strasburger had it figured out,"
Bret Clark said. "He's a smart guy and he
knew what was coming."
Phelps dropped back uid looked tor
an open receiver, but he ended up con
necting with Nebraska's' Strasburger who
took the ball to the Oklahoma 1-yard
line, where he was mobbed by fans coming
out of the stands with 26 seconds remain
ing. The fans' action cost Nebraska 15
yards with a penalty for unsportsman
like conduct.
Fans disappointing
"I was really disappointed (with the
fans)," Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne
said. "Barry Switzer got knocked to the
ground. I apologized to the Oklahoma
people."
Nebraska opened the scoring with
9:39 left in the first quarter after mov
ing the ball from the OU 44-yard line,
where the Sooners had fumbled a punt.
OU then drove 66 yards on their next
possession to tie the score at 7-7 with
5:04 left in the first quarter.
Following a Roger Craig fumble at
the Sooner 27, Oklahoma took the ball
66 yards for a field goal that made the
score 10-7 with 13:43 left in the second
quarter.
"I thought defensively we sputtered
at times," Nebraska defensive end Tony
Felici said. "Our offense kept us in the
game."
After the Oklahoma field goal, Nebras
ka took the ball to their 49-yard line.
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Quarterback Turner Gill threw a long
lateral to wingback Irving Fryar that
bounced on the artificial turf. Fryar
picked the ball up on the bounce and
completed a 37-yard throw to tight end
Mitch Krenk.
"I'm supposed to act like it's a messed
up play but I didn't have time today,"
Fryar said. "The guy was on my face so
I didn't see the catch."
Doug Wilkening completed the drive
with a 2-yard run. that gave Nebraska
the lead for good. Wilkening put NU on
top 21-10 later in the second quarter
with a 14-yard touchdown run.
Sooners quickly score
Down by 1 1 points, the Sooners didn't
wait long to strike in the second half.
On third and 1 1 , Phelps gave the ball to
OU running back Marcus Dupree who
took off on an 86-yard touchdown run.
The two teams then exchanged touch
downs in the third quarter and held each
other scoreless throughout the final period
to make the final score 28-24.
Despite the win against Oklahoma, Ne
braska's chances for a national champion
ship apparently were ended during the
weekend. Second-ranked Penn State
defeated Pittsburgh Friday and top-ranked
Georgia toppled Georgia Tech Saturday
to set up a Penn State-Georgia matchup
in the Sugar Bowl for. the national title.
But national title or not, NU's second
straight win against Oklahoma still held
plenty of importance for the players.
"It's just really great to be going out
the way we did," middle guard Jeff Merrell
said. "It really felt good."
Nebraska ends its regular season Satur
day at Hawaii before getting ready for
its Jan. 1 date with Louisiana State, a
team that was upset Saturday night by
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As time runs out on the clock, Nebraska fans pour onto the football field Friday,
toppling both goal posts. Pieces of the posts,' valued at about $2,500, were recovered
later.
Fans' enthusiasm leaves injuries, damages
By David Creamer
"Not all of the people on the field after
the game were students: a lot were older,
(people) in their 30s and 40s," UNL
Police Lt. Edmund Burke said.
Burke was refering to the thousands of
fans who invaded Memorial Stadium foot
ball field with 26 seconds remaining in the
Nebraska-Oklahoma game Friday.
The fan mayhem during and after the
game left persons injured and the field
damaged.
Lincoln General Hospital reports four
people were treated for injuries and
released.
UNL Police Sgt. Marvin Kinion report
edly was struck in the back of the neck
by a frozen orange thrown by a fan during
the third quarter.
In addition to personal injury. Memorial
Stadium sustained damage after the 28-24
Nebraska victory.
In the post-game madness, both goal
posts were torn down and a smoke bomb
was set onto the southwest corner of the
filed which burned a hole in the artificial
turf.
UNL Athletic Department Grounds
Director Bill Shepard said it will probably
cost at least $5,000 to replace the goal
posts.
The field will be patched by the univer
sity grounds crew Shepard said.
Portions of the goal posts were found
near campus after the game. One 20-foot
section was found in Broyhill Fountain,
another section was found at 17th and Q
streets, and another was found at Ninth
and O streets.
Del Weed, who was in charge of the
American Red Cross squad at Friday's
game said that there was no notable in
crease in the number of injuries, but there
was a lot more inebriation.
Lt. Burke said about 30 university
police officers were on duty at the football
game and about 60 Lincoln Police Depart
ment officers on duty until the fourth
quarter.
The LPD officers had to leave during
the fourth quarter to get to their traffic
details. This left only about 30 officers
to contend With the post-game melee.
Continued on Page 7
Police collect $579942 from fall parking tickets
By Chris Welsch
The UNL police have collected $57,942 from parking
tickets this semester as of Nov. 10, said Ray Coffey,
business manager of the UNL Business and Finance
Office. The revenue goes toward improving parking
lots, Coffey said.
Becky Stingley, a senior majoring in English, said
she is not satisfied with the way the money is spent.
"It really makes me sick," Stingley said. "The money
should go to make more parking closer to campus."
Stingley, who describes herself as a habitual parking
offender, said there is not enough parking close to cam
pus. "No woman in her right mind would walk all the
way to her off-campus parking space after dark," she
said.
"The thing that offends me most is that they (UNL
police) tow after 5 o'clock, she said. "Last year, during
finals week, I left Love Library at 12:30 p.m. to find
that my car had been towed.
"I called the police. I had $10 worth of outstanding
tickets. I don't dispute that I should pay the fine, but
how do they expect a woman to get down to the station
from the library?"
Sgt. Mylo Bushing, UNL parking and traffic officer,
said the discontinued use of the rhino boot has increased
the number of cars being towed this year.
"Definitely more cars are being towed," Bushing said.
"But not more than were impounded with the rhino
boot." -
The majority of cars are towed because of outstanding
tickets, and the towing has not decreased the number of
tickets left unpaid, he said.
Bushing estimated that about 275 vehicles were towed
in October alone.
"It's senseless to impound a car for one $2 parking
ticket," he said. "We're flexible there."
Cars are towed for having more than two unpaid
tickets or an outstanding $10 to $15 ticket, he said.
Towing instead of using the rhino boot probably has
not saved the police department time or money,the said.
"As far as saving money, it hasn't cost any to' switch,
except for the loss of the $20 charge for taking the
boot off," he said.
Lincolnland Towing Jnc. now gets the money for
towing, he said.
Towing does require more time for police since the
officers must wait 20 to 30 minutes for the wrecker
to arrive, he said.
Coffey said that $455 has been lost because of the
demised rhino boot.
"That is a very small figure when you're talking over
$50,000," Coffey said.
The problems officers had with the boot have been
eliminated, Coffey said.
"They haven't been ruining their uniformi," Coffey
said.