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Daily Nebraskan
Tuesday, August 30, 1933
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Alter all the talk and fanfare, the
game itself wasn't even close.
Nebraska, behind Turner Gill's two
touchdown passes and 53 yards rush
ing, embarrassed Joe Paterno's Penn
State Nittany Lions 44-6 Monday night
in front of 71, 123 fys at Giant's Sta
dium in East Rutht. ford, N.J.
Nebraska's domination of the game
couldnt have been predicted after the
first series. Gill and Mike Rozi buo
ed on the first play frfcrv V
and before Gill could bt Jfccbook for
an alternative play, he was sacked by
Mike Zordich for an eigf&yard loss.
But that drive stalled after three , and
Penn State was unable to move after
an 11 -yard pass from Doug Stange to
Kenny Jftclcson, Nebraska's "Scoring
Explosionent to work.
Gill hir Fryar with a 26-yard pass on
the fourth play of the drive, and after a
15-yard penalty, hit Scott Kimball for
10 more. His next target, Shane Swan
son, went 31 yards down to the Penn
State one yard line. Two plays later,
Gill went over left guard Harry Grim
minger to record the game's first touch
down. Strang started the next Penn State
drive by rifling a pass through the
hands of Kirk Bowman, and after a
one-yard run by Tony Mumford, over
threw Baugh. The lion drive stayed
alive on a 15-yard personal foul pen
alty, but Strang, setting a prcscendent
for the game, again overthrew two
pass attempts.
Nebraska got the ball back on its
own 14, and drove 86 yards on seven
plays in 2:20 for the next score, a 20
yard pass to tight-end Monte Enge
britson, on the last play of the first
quarter.
Nebraska scored once more in the
firt half on Todd Frain's 20-yard touch
down catch from reserve quarterback'
Nate Mason, with just over five min
utes to play.
By halftime, Nebraska has already
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Mike Cozier carries two Penn Elite defenders with him for a short first
half gain in Nebraska's 44-6 victory llcnday night
outpassed the Lions 131 to 57, out- Heisman Trophy going into the game,
rushed them 167 to 52r and had a managing only 49 yards on 10 carries,
seven-minute edge on time of posses
sion. Despite the fact, that Nebraska In the second half, Nebraska con
had five fumbles, all of which they tinued to flash the offensive depth and
managed to recover, and Mike Rozier, skill that earned them the nation's No.
perhaps the Huskers' best hope for the 1 ranking.
Crowd cheers,jeers defeated lions
CySecttAhlilxand sad P&t Clark
' Ycu could tell right away the
crowd at Chesterfield's last night
wasn't thinking about the first day
of classes. At 5 p.m., the books got
shut and the beer got opened: By 8
p.m., the Lincoln crowd was more
than ready for the first Kickoff Clas
sic. By 11 p.m., the Lincoln crowd
was wondering if there would be a
second Kickoff Classic. "
We, the sportswriters, are trained
to be professional, and impartial
But the crowd at Chesterfield's
wasn't. Penn State didn't even win
the coin toss, and it was all downhill
from there.
The crowd was less than kind.
"I think Penn State deserved what
they got tonight," said Michelle
Greenquist, one of a table of Scarlet
Fever victims who arrived at Ches
terfield's before dusk to get a good
spot in front of the big screen
television.
Even though it wasnt a home
game, the red-clad herd at Chester-
' field's kept their cheer consump
tion, and their beer consumption, at
high levels. They saved their loudest
cheers for Heisman Trophy candi
dates Mike Rozier, Turner Gill and
Irving Fryar, while at least part of
the crowd reserved special reverie
for Lincoln hometowner Craig
Sundberg's appearance in the
fourth quarter.
There's no reason to believe that
many of the people at Chesterfield's
knew each other when they came to
watch the game, but that didn't
matter much during the collective
high fives after touchdowns. Husker
football has long been at least as
much a social event as a sporting
. event, and the fact that the game
was a couple of thousand miles
away did little to dampen the
. enthusiasm of the crowd. It would
have been easy to think that you
had attended a party, when sud
denly a football game broke out.
Collectively, the crowd could
express some of the baser instincts
that individually they may have felt
too shy or too polite to make public.
Bloodthirstiness was the order of
the day, as the crowd insulted ever
ything from Dan Strang's passing
arm, to Joe Paterno's shaving tech
nique, to the "We Are Penn State"
public service advertisement
All in all, Nebraska's 44-6 romp
. - over Penn State in the first Kickoff
Classic was exactly what Husker
football has had to be in recent
' years a temporary escape from
the rest.of the university. Today, of
course, the university is just a uni
versity again. So put down that
newspaper, kid, you've got some
studying to dp.
The defense got it started, as Mike
Knox, arriving for a Strang pass at
approximately the same time as Mum
ford, picked up the ball in midair and
ran 2 yards for the" fourth touchdown.
After Dan Lonergan replaced Strang,
and promptly threw two incompletions,
Nebraska was stopped on its next pos
session for one of the few times in the
game. But not before a reverse-field
. run by Irving Fryar, which netted 33
yards. Dave Schneider salvaged the
drive with a 34 yard field goal, making
, the score 30-0.
When the Huskers got the ball back
after a fumbled Scott Livingston punt,
Mason engineered a four-play, 40-yard
drive capped by a 14-yard run by Jeff
Smith and Mason's 20-yard touchdown
run. Schneider, who had missed after
Knox's touchdown, booted the extra
point through for a 37-0 Husker lead.
Penn State's offense finally came
alive in the fourth quarter, driving 63
yards against the Huskers' second and
third team defense. But Lonergan over
threw Jackson on fourth and two to
end that drive.
Craig Sundberg took over at quar
terback for Nebraska, and moved Nebr
aska to itsjsixth and final touchdown.
Paul Miles, like Fryar and Rozier a New
Jersey native, handled five carries dur
ing the drive, and dove over from the
one to cap the Husker scoring at 2:24.
Lonergan, with the help of a 26-yard
completion to freshman Steve Alford, '
then drove Penn State to its only score.
However, Nebraska's Todd Fisher block
ed the extra point attempt to add frus
tration to the only Lion joy of the night.
Gill finished the night with 13 car
ries for 53 yards, and 1 1 of 14 passing
for 158 yards. ;
,i Nebraska finished the game with,
500 yards total offense and 23 first
downs. Penn State, ranked fourth in
the pre-season-poll, collected 309
yards, most of those in the last quarter,
ajstfci 7 first downs.
Husker special airs
"Cornhusker Football," which will be
telecast every Tuesday night at 8 p.m.
j-k MPT! ..rill fsi4-.. ..11
wit iiu x wt t. lax icatuic a special ytui-lli
segment as well as highlights from the
Kickoff Classic in its first segment
tonight.
Lincoln broadcaster Don Gill and
Nebraska linebacker coach John Mel
ton will be hosts of the highlight
program.
Coach predicts high, finishf or team
DyJeff Kcrbcliii
Two years ago, the Nebraska
women's tennis team finished fourth
in the Big Eight Championships. Last
year, the Huskers improved their fin
ish to third, behind nationally ranked
Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.
"Our goal was the top three, and that
is where we felt we belonged," Coach
Kathy Hawkins said. "It's hard to pre
dict for next year because we are
pretty much a different team. I would
say the top three again, preferably
higher."
Nebraska has three of their top six
players returning, and three incoming
freshmen: Cari Groce of Stillwater,
Okla., (daughter of Oklahoma State's
women's tennis coach); Jill Pisarcik of
Pittsburgh, Pa., (sister of Nebraska's
No. 2 singes player junior Jamie Pisar
cik); and Jean Halahan oflliddletown,
N.Y. Senior Mimi libera and sopho
mores Lisa' Brooks, Uz iloonsy and
Jerry Mortell round out the roster.
"Talent-wise we are one of the
potentially stronger teams, but our
younger players are undeveloped at
this time, Hawkins said.
Madera, a senior from Omaha, will
be playing No. 1 singes and b the only
Nebraskan on the roster. Hawkins said
they tried to recruit former Omahan
Kirstin Laux, but Nebraska's program
was hot strong enough to draw her.
"Our program is getting stronger
and is attracting players, but we are
limited by weather, facilities and
national competition," Hawkins
explained.
Although a major portion of their
season is played during the faring, the
fall schedule begins with : '" il meet
against Drake lT-Jvrrfitjw. x 30. A
week later, V " , vCl host Oklahoma
State, Colors, BYU, Wichita State,
Kansas and Io'ra in the inaugural
Hunker Invitational. '
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