Monday, October 13, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
Page 7
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By Chuck Green
Sports Editor
Nebraska's 30-10 Homecoming vic
tory over Oklahoma State Saturday
night had all the makings of a good
hockey game.
The weather certainly gave the 76,04 1
fans on hand at Memorial Stadium
visions of winter sports. The 39-degree
temperature at kickoff and the 35 mph
gusts of wind from the north combined
with the blowing and freezing rain to
make playing and watching conditions
miserable.
The mood of the crowd also added to
a hockey game atmosphere as the fans
were screaming for blood midway
through the third quarter.
But it was the source of the fans'
hostile attitudes that made the game.
Midway through the third quarter,
with the No. 3 ranked Cornhuskers
leading 21-10, tempers heated up on
the field. With 7:40 remaining in the
third quarter, Oklahoma State Ail
American safety Mark Moore hit Ne
braska quarterback Steve Taylor after
he had gone out of bounds. The tackle
knocked Taylor out of the game for 2
12 minutes and brought the first of
four personal foul penaltites against
the Cowboys.
The tackle also nearly started a
brawl.
"Fortunately, none of our guys swung,"
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said.
"You definitely don't want any offset
ting penalties. We tell our guys all the
time, if you swing back and hit some
one in the facemask or the helmet,
you're not going to hurt them, but you'll
sure hurt the team."
Clete Blakeman quickly replaced
Taylor and became the next target for
Oklahoma State. But not before, Okla
homa State strong safety Mike Hudson
drew the second personal foul of the
series three plays later when he kicked
NU spikers pounce on Tigers
The No. 5 ranked Nebraska volley
ball team had few problems disposing
of Missouri Saturday afternoon.
Before a crowd of over 800 at the
Coliseum, the Cornhuskers downed the
Tigers 15-2, 15-4 and 15-1.
The day was designated as "Enid
Schonewise Day." The senior from Bea
trice led the Huskers with 14 kills. But
she wasn't the only Husker in the
spotlight.
In the first game Nebraska jumped
to a commanding 1 1-2 lead. From there,
senior All-American Karen Dahlgren
took over and scored three of the last
four points of the game.
The second game was no different as
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Nebraska I-back Keith Jones after Jones
had been tackled. The penalty put the
Huskers at the 1-yard line.
The third personal foul came on the
next play. After Blakeman scored, he
was knocked down five yards into the
end zone by Moore, who was flagged for
his second personal foul.
But It wasn't over yet.
Before the end of the quarter, Okla
homa State linebacker Sim Drain was
flagged for slamming Taylor to the arti
cial turf after he'd thrown an incom
plete pass.
Before the game turned into a shov
ing match, though, Nebraska started
the game by scoring on a 1-yard run by
Jones with 10:37 remaining in the
opening period.
. .They need to
take their loss and
get out of here. We
own this place.'
Thomas
The run capped an eight-play, 40
yard drive, aided heavily by wingback
Dana Brinson's 58-yard return of the
opening kickoff.
Jones finished the game with 85
yards and two touchdowns on 14 car
ries to lead all rushers.
One minute and 40 seconds later,
Nebraska scored again on split end Rod
Smith's 63-yard punt return. Dale Klein's
extra point made the score 14-0,
Nebraska.
"It's been so long since I've scored, I
was wondering if I could still break a
punt return," Smith said, "but now I
know I've still got it.
"I just went with my instincts and I
don't think they were ready for what we
did," Smith continued. "There was a
good block early (in the return), but, I
don't know who it was. I stepped to the
the start. Sophomore Lori Endicott had
five ace serves as Nebraska jumped out
to a 6-0 lead. Endicott set a school
record for a three-game match with six
of the Huskers' 13 ace serves.
Nebraska finished the match by
dominating Missouri in the third game,
as the Huskers cleared the bench and
everybody saw action.
It was the Huskers 49th conference
victory in a row and raised their season
record to 14-3 on the year.
Nebraska's next opponent is Kansas
Tuesday in the Coliseum. Kansas is 16
3 this season and dropped a four-game
match earlier in the season to Nebraska.
The match is at 7:30 p.m.
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inside and they over-pursued and I just
took off."
The score came with 8:17 remaining
in the second quarter and appreared to
signal the beginning of a rout. The rout
seemed even more inevitable given the
ineffectiveness of the Cowboy offense.
Oklahoma State netted only 1 yard on
three rushes on its first offensive series
and only 49 yards of total offense dur
ing the first quarter. Oklahoma State
raised its offensive total to 166 by half
time. The Cowboys only gained 63 total
yards in the second half, due partly to
the mood of the defense after the per
sonal foul penalties against Oklahoma
State in the third quarter.
"We don't appreciate teams coming
in here and knocking our boys around,"
Nebraska defensive end Broderick
Thomas said. "The little foolish things
that were going on had no business out
there. When they take shots at our
quarterback and I-back, things that
could keep us from winning the Big
Eight or national championship or
whatever. . . they need to take their
loss and get out of here. Wre own this
place."
Linebacker Marc Munford led all
Husker tacklers with 1 1 stops, five of
which were unassisted. Middle guard
Danny Noonan, tackle Chris Spachman
and Thomas all had eight tackles.
"We were really aggressive tonight,"
linebacker Kevin Parsons said. "That
little freshman (Oklahoma State quar
terback Mike Gundy) was scared to
death. We were crushing him."
Nebraska, on the other hand, rolled
up 333 yards of offense including 287
on the ground. Taylor completed only
three of nine passes for 46 yards and
threw two interceptions both in the
first half.
Taylor's first interception came with
1:27 left in the first quarter when a pass
intended for Smith was underthrown
and picked off by Oklahoma State's
Jerry Deckard. Deckard was also the
recipient of Taylor's second intercep
tion with 12:32 left in the second quar
ter. Deckard cut in front of Jones on a
pass back across the field and took the
ball 45 yards untouched into the end
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zone for Oklahoma State's first and
only touchdown of the game.
"That was really a shame," Osborne
said of Taylor's second interception.
"Steve had his confidence shaken with
the (second) interception. He didn't
have a good rhythm tonight. It was a
tough night to play quarterback."
It was an especially tough night for
Oklahoma State quarterbacks, as Gundy
and backup Ronnie Williams, the Cow
boys starter last year, were sacked four
times in the game.
After Deckard's interception for a
touchdown, the Cowboys added a 27
yard field goal by Joey O'Donnell to cut
the Huskers' lead to 14-10 with 4:42 left
before halftime.
Nebraska answered with a Jones
touchdown just two minutes later. The
5-yard run capped a four play, 61-yard
drive. A 47-yard run by Jones to start
the drive was the key play of the drive.
After Blakeman's touchdown, it was
the Nebraska defense's turn to score.
After Oklahoma State failed to gain
yardage from their own 9-yard line, a
penalty moved the Cowboys back to the
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Lee Dykes is pulled down by
Fryar after an incomplete pass
5-yard line. Two plays later, Gundy was
sacked by Thomas. Gundy fumbled and
the ball was recovered in the end zone
by Oklahoma State's center Mike Zen
tic. Zentic is the son of Lincoln East
High School football coach Lee Zentic.
Thurman Thomas led Oklahoma State
ball carriers with 33 yards on 22 carries.
Osborne said he was pleased with
the participation of the crowd in Sat
urday night's game.
"The fans were really enthusiastic
tonight," Osborne said. "I was afraid
that nobody would show up (because of
the weather and the broadcast by
ESPN), but the crowd support was just
excellent."
However, Osborne added that he
thought the loudest the crowd got
didn't equal the quietest the crowd
ever was at South Carolina last weekend.
Osborne also noted that Nebraska's
conservative offensive play in the second
half isn't something the Huskers plan
to stick to.
"We played pretty tight tonight," he
said, "but we won't always be that way.
We'll open it up."