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LOOKING FOR DAYLIGHT ... Hcsker fullback Tom Ratfesiim, who nished for 108 yards, rumbles throm the Wycmi3 line et left At rlslat, it tica three Cowboys,
led by Reck Mirich, to bring him down.
aunch goal inspires Blaclcshirts in stampede
By Mike Reilley
Daily Nebraska!! Staff Writer
The lump in Nebraska defen
sive coordinator Charlie McBride's
throat disappeared Saturday as
the Husker Blackshirts shut out
Wyoming in the second half en
route to a 42-7 victory.
Husker coach Tom Osborne set
a goal for the defense: allow the
Cowboys only 100 yards passing
and 100 yards rushing,
"When coach set that goal, I
had a little lump in my throat "
McBride said.
The Blackshirts came within a
hair of achieving their goal by
holding the Wyoming offense to
only 93 yards rushing and 104
yards through the air.
The key to the defense's suc
cess was their ability to read the
Cowboy's offense, McBride said.
At times, it seemed Husker safety
Bret Clark read Wyoming's de
fense like a book. Clark led the
Huskers with five unassisted tack-
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Freshman Huslcers defeat
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By JefT Korbelik
Daily Nebraakan Staff Writer
Nebraska's freshman football
team constantly saw footballs in
the air in its 38-9 victory over
Ellsworth Junior College of Iowa
Falls, Iowa, last Friday.
Ellsworth's quarterbacks threw
43 passes, completing 18 for 251
yards. They had to pass in order
to compensate for a running game
the Nebraska freshman defense
shut down. Ellsworth rushed for
a negative 14 yards, and their
leading rusher of the day, Morris
Hill, gained 9 yards on six at
tempts; "They went completely away
from their running game," Young
said. "We try and stop the run
first, and we showed that we
could do that pretty well."
Nebraska's secondary earned
some of their coach's respect after
intercepting six passes, two each
bvcornerback John Custard and
safety Franklin Barber, and one
each by monsters Jon Marco and
Brad Buller. Buller returned his
41 yards for Nebraska's final
touchdown.
Qssrterfcsck Vren&Ell T-citn etudes a tzzlliT.
his defense a lot of the same stuff
of putting the ball in the air. He
said the Ellsworth game was a
good one before entering the Iowa
State contest because his players
really took charge in the sec
ondary. Nebraska scored early on a Jon
Kelly 2-yard run after Keith
Jones returned the opening kick
off 92 yards. Jones, an I-back
from Omaha Central, scored twice
and led the Huskers with 136
yards rushing. He scored on a 1
yard plunge late in the first quar
ter and broke a 90-yard touch
down run with 10:38 left in the
fourth quarter.
The Huskers' otherpoints came
on wingbacks Dana Brinson's 26
yard run and Jim Gruenwald'j
46-yard field goal Young said his
offense lacks consistency right
now, but should gain it as the sea
son progresses. As for the defense,
Young said they made one mis
take on Ellsworth's only touch
down. Ellsworth lined up three
receivers on one slide and the
Huskers left Kevin Ringer open
for a 65-yard scoring oass im
the middle in the second quarter.
Ellsworth's only other points came
on a third-quarter safety after a
Young said Iowa State's junior punt was blocked through the
varsity, Nebraska's second game, end zone.
tes and eight total tackles and got
in some particularly hard hits on
Wyoming quarterback Dave Gos
nell, twice behind the line of scrim
mage. "We have been punishing some
people," Clark said. "We showed
that today."
McBride had nothing but praise
for the senior tri-captain.
"I think Brett is one of the best
defensive backs weVe ever had
around here," McBride said. "He
is not only a good hitter, but a
sure tackier."
They're real strong, real tough
and real fast," Gosnell said of the
defense. "I have all the respect in
the world for No. 10 (Clark), the
strong safety. Whenever I tried to
do anything outside, it seemed he
was there."
Despite a few mistakes and
mental errors, McBride said his
defense played weii. "Our philo
sophy is when someone makes a
mistake, good pursuit will cover
it up," McBride said.
The Blackshirts strong show-,
ing was a bright spot in Osborne's
eyes. "I can't say Wyoming is a
great offensive team, but the
defense did play well," he said.
Defensive end Scott Strasburger
said the success of defense in the
opener can be attributed to their
closeness.
Wyoming's only score came in
the second quarter when the Cow
boys mounted a six-play drive
from the Nebraska 38-yard line,
after strong safety Dane Ingram
interecpeted a Craig Sundberg
pzss and returned if 44 yards.
Gosnell hit running back Kevin
Lowe for a 9-yard scoring strike
to pull Wyoming to within a touch
down, 14-7.
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