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The Nebraska Cornhuskers
couldn't have dreamed of a bet
ter scenario for Saturday's col
lege football games.
The Huskers, ranked second by
the Associated Press last week,
moved into a likely No. 1 ranking
Saturday by beating Kansas 41-7
at Lawrence. Meanwhile, No. 1
Washington was losing to South
ern California and No. 2 Texas
was falling to Houston.
By the time the NU-Kansas
game was finished, Texas had
already lost, 29-15. USC was lead
ing Washington 6-0, and Nebraska
was celebrating its win, which
clinched at least a tie for the
Huskers' fourth straight Big Eight
title. Nebraska can win the
championship outright by beat
ing Oklahoma Saturday.
This was our most important
game of the year," Nebraska coach
Tom Osborne said. "We're very
pleased to get the tie clinched."
Nebraska jumped on the Jay
hawks with three touchdowns in
a five-minute span in the first
quarter.
The Huskers set the tone of the
game from the very start, taking
the opening kickoff and driving
81 yards to score in 15 plays.
Quarterback Travis Turner got
the first of his two touchdowns
on the day, running in from the
one.
The Blackshirts then shut
Kansas down in three plays, forc
ing a punt. Once again, the offense
responded, covering 42 yards in
seven plays, all on the ground
against a strong wind. Turner's
12-yard touchdown run made it
14-0.
Kansas fans saw their upset
hopes fade even more on the
ensuing kickoff, when KUs Robert
Mimbs couldn't handle the ball.
The pigskin rolled backwards to
the Jayhawk 4-yard-Une, where
NLTs Mark Munford pounced on
it. Two runs by Doug DuBose put
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gave the Huskers a 21-0 advan
tage. Nebraska's first-quarter out
burst provided the key to victory,
Osborne said. A 25 mile-per-hour
wind didn't slow the offense, which
rolled for 476 total yards.
"I think our offense has been
making progress," Osborne said.
"We moved the ball awfully well,
although we were sporadic at
times. The defense played real
well today, as it has all year."
The Blackshirts allowed only
three first downs and 44 yards in
the first half Kansas finished the
day with only 24 yards on the
ground. The KU offense, led by
quarterback Mike Norseth, got its
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passing game going in the second
half, however. The Jayhawks fin
ished with 222 passing yards, 38
of those coming on a touchdown
strike from reserve quarterback
Mike Orth to wide receiver Skip
Peete.
NU senior safety Bret Clark
said the Huskers will have to
improve defensively to beat Okla
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"We had a few letdowns and
mental lapses in the second half,"
he said. "We cant let Oklahoma
have some of the opportunities
we let Kansas have."
Clark praised the defensive
line, which garnered four quar
terback sacks and pressured KU
signal-callers much of the day.
"The line has been the biggest
key to our defense this year," he
said. "We've played better on pass
coverage, but the pressure on the
quarterback has been so much
better."
Defensive end Scott Strasburger
preferred to praise the defensive
backfield.
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our having more sacks. WeVe had
that extra half a second to get to
the quarterback"
I-backs Jeff Smith and Doug
DuBose, who combined for 213
ruling yards, were savoring the
win against Kansas.
"I'm really happy and excited,"
Smith said. "We have a great op
portunity if we beat Oklahoma"
Smith carried 20 times for 96
yards. That gave the senior 906
yards for the year. DuBose sli
thered and spun for 1 13 yards on
17 carries, giving him 971 yards.
The two-backs could become the
first pair of 1,000-yard rushers
the Huskers have had in one
season.
"I'm really happy," DuBose said.
"I'm happy because we won a
share of the Big Eight title."
Smith and DuBose both said
they expect a hard-hitting game
against Oklahoma, but said they
were confident the Huskers can
get the job done Saturday.
"It might go down to the wire,
or we might blow them out," Smith
said. "You never know."
Several Huskers said they
weren't looking past Kansas to
the Oklahoma game. The Jay
hawks were looking to pull off a
stunningupt,likethey did two weds
before by beating Oklahoma 28-1 1.
"I felt like we really had a good
chance to win today," KU coach
Mike Gottfried said. "Our defense
did a good job but our offense just
couldn't establish anything consistent-Nebraska
stretched its lead to
28-0 in the second quarter when
Travis Turner hit Brian Hiemer
with a 17-yard touchdown pass.
Hiemer shook off KlTs outstand
ing linebacker, Willie Pless, at the
five yard-line before reaching the
end zone.
The Jayhawks didnt give up,
though, as they held Nebraska
scoreless in the third quarter.
Wedidn'tquit.-saidKUcenter
Bennie Simecka. "We played a
great team, but we made a lot of
mistakes."