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plays this Saturday against
a the way it did in the first half
20 loss to Oklahoma State,
nhofer said that “overall for
i it was almost a perfect half
cly” during the Tigers’ game
Oklahoma State last Saturday
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nhofer said the Tigers will try
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came out in the second half
sed some scoring opportuni
idenhofer said. “We missed a
it field goal which really
ave been a big field goal for
Iso missed a scoring opportu
ne end zone.”
af Missouri’s offensive suc
idenhofer said, is due to an
ment in the passing game,
first two or three ball games
having so much success run
ball, we won the first two
Widenhofer said. “We just
ant to get into that situation
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nhofer said the passing attack
roved because Missouri is
lsed to its flexbone offense
installed this spring,
re just learning a lot about our
n this offensive scheme,” he
e just put it in in the spring,
idn’t really throw the ball that
the spring. We just learned
un the triple and double op
Widenhofer said another reason
Sfor the improvement in the passing
game has been quarterback John Stol
lenwerck. Stollenwerck, a sopho
piorc, was one of three players who
came to Missouri this season after
ISouthern Methodist dropped its foot
H hall program.
Stollenwerck completed 14 of 23
■ passes for 189 yards and rushed five
I times for 30 yards against Oklahoma
■ Stale.
“He’s really come into his own as a
Bpasser. He’s got great touch and a
■ quick release,” Widenhofer said. “He
■just really came on as a field general.
■ He’sabrightkid.and 1 think rightnow
■he really understands his limitations
Ion the option. He doesn’t dance
■around out there; he just takes it up the
■field when he has the chance to.
|g Missouri compiled a 3-8 record last
Hear, hut this season the Tigers are off
Ho a 4-3 start. All their losses have
Home to ranked teams.
B Widenhofer said the improvement
Hs due to a strong coaching staff,
Hniproved recruiting and the switch to
Hhc flcxbonc.
■ “We’ve done a great job of recruil
Hng the last couple of years,” he said.
|‘Our talent is better, we have better
Hverall team speed, we can run a little
Heller, which is important because if
Hou can’t run you can’t play.
H ' “I think we have a philosophy here
Bn offense which we hadn’t had the
Hirst two years. The first year we threw
Hie ball an awful lot. The second year
H'e kind of scrambled around trying to
IBun a trap option.”
On defense Carl Reese, who
coached at Missouri from 1977-82,
returned as the Tigers’ defensive
coordinatoraftercoachinginthe now
dcfuncl United States Football
League.
‘‘He might have been our best re
cruit,” Widenhofcr said.
Widenhofcr said the Tigers are
looking forward to playing Nebraska.
“I think they’re very, very well
coached. I think they’re an excellent
football team, and you can’t ask for a
better opportunity than to go out and
play the first- or second-best team in
the country,” Widenhofcr said. “We
hope it’s a big game for Nebraska
because if they come in thinking it’s
not a big game, then they may be in for
a big surprise.”
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Linebacker Andy Zacharias attempts to tackle a Bethany (Kan.) ball carrier during
Nebraska’s 55-0 victory over the Swedes earlier this year.
Cornhusker freshman football team
to flock with Red Ravens Thursday
By Steve Sipple
Staff Reporter
When the Nebraska freshman
football team faces Coffeyville
(Kan.) Junior College tonight, Red
Raven coach Dick Foster said his
chief concern won’t be on the play
ing field.
Instead, Foster said his main
concern and the key to the Com
huskers’ junior varsity success will
be standing on the sidelines.
Nebraska’s junior varsity has a
lot of great players, Foster said, and
they are coached better than the
Red Ravens. They have seven to
nine coaches, while most Kansas
junior colleges have no more than
four, Foster said.
“They’re so much more sophis
ticated offensively and defen
sively,” Foster said.
Actually, Nebraska coach
Shane Thorell said, the Huskers
will take six coaches toCoffeyville
for their 7 p.m. game against the 6
1 Red Ravens. Nebraska, 2-1, will
try to avoid becoming the first
Husker freshman team to lose two
games in a season since the 1957
team finished 0-2.
I horell said tne victory string
won’t be his primary concern.
“Well, that’s on my mind,”
Thorell said. “But the main thing
I’m concerned with is going down
and winning at Coffey ville. “I have
a lot of confidence in the players
that they’ll go down there and do a
good job."
Thorell said he will start quar
terback Tom Haase in place of
Keithen McCant, who started in
the Huskers’ first three games.
Haase, from Aurora, has com
pleted three of seven passes for 70
yards and has rushed for 48 yards in
a backup role.
“Keithen’s had a sore arm and
Tom’s been playing really well,”
Thorell said. “He’ll do a great job
for us.”
Nebraska will also be without
backup split end Dan Pleasant,
fullback Randy Williams and tight
end Dan Lohmeier, Thorell said.
He said Pleasant suffered a shoul
der injury in Sunday’s practice and
is “doubtful” for tonight.
Lohmeier, who tore the anterior
cruciate ligament in his knee ear
lier this season, and Williams, who
broke his foot in the Air Force
game, are both out for the season.
The Husker freshmen have also
been without varsity defensive end
Mike Croel, comerback Tahaun
Lewis and strong safety Reggie
Cooper, as well as redshirts
Mickey Joseph and Leodis Flow
ers.
Thorell said he doesn’t feel
shortchanged despite the missing
players.
“It would be great to have those
players,"Thorell said. “But we feel
the players we have are real good
and we’reconfidentthey can do the
job."
I-back George Achola and full
back Tim Johnk will join Haase in
the Nebraska offensive backfield.
Achola leads the Huskers in total
offense with 278 yards — all rush
ing. He has averaged 6 yards per
carry and has scored three touch
downs. Johnk, a walk-on from „
Schuyler, has carried 13 times for
62 yards.
Thoreli said Tim Bishop, a 6
foot-2, 190-pound walk-on from
Springfield, will start attight end in
place of Lohmcier.
Foster said Coffeyvilie has to
change its strategy against the
Huskcrs because they have an
abundance of offensive weapons.
He said the Red Ravens can nor
mally key on one position against
the junior college teams they face.
“They’re good,” Foster said.
“I’m very impressed. In this league
you can, but against them anybody
can hurt you. You can’t focus on
one weapon because they got a lot
of others that w i 11 shoot you down.”
Nebraska has averaged 391
yards and 45 points a game. Defen
sively, the Huskers have limited
opponents to 185 yards and 7 points
a game.
Thoreli said Foster will also
bring some firepower into
tonight’s game. The Red Ravens’
wishbone offense rolled up 536
yards in a 49-14 victory last week
over Hutchinson (Kan.) Commu
nity College and has averaged
401.1 yards and 43.3 points a game
this season.
“They present a big challenge,”
Thorell said. “They got so much
team speed — probably more than
any team we have played. The
running backs and quarterbacks
have excellent team speed.”
Thorell said the Red Ravens,
who are ranked eighth among the
nation’s junior colleges, have ac
cumulated some impressive num
bers. Quarterback Steve Mallory, a
scholarship player at Kansas State
before former Wildcat coach Jim
Dickey was fired midway through
the 1985 season, has completed 39
of 82 passes for 528 yards and nine
touchdowns.
Foster said Mallory has spent
most of the season handing off to a
talented group of running backs.
Mike Loman, who was a Proposi
tion 48 casualty at Florida Univer
sity last season, leads the Red
Ravens with 498 yards on 68 car
ries and 14 touchdowns. Fullback
Eric Jenkins has rushed 83 times
for 400 yards and second-string
quarterback Mike Mason has 377
yards on 47 carries.
Poster said Mason and running
hacks Saran Stacy and Dabby
Dawson will see extensive action
in backup roles. Stacy rambled for
137 yards on 10 carries against
Hutchinson.
Thorell said the Red Ravens’
wishbone presents another diffi
cult challenge for Nebraska’s de
fense. Air Force’s wishbone attack
compiled 291 yards against Ne
braska. <
been pr^partngi'bi^be * *
wishbone for a long time," he said.
‘‘I think the guys feel comfortable
with what they are going to see."
Thorell said the Husker defend
ers will have to show discipline and
not ignore any of Coffeyville’s
offensive weapons.
‘‘If you have one guy that
doesn’t pick up his responsibility,
you’re going to be in trouble,’’
Thorell said.
Thorell and Foster said their
teams are excited about tonight’s
clash.
‘‘1 think the attitude is really
good," Thorell said. “We beat the
redshirts last week and the players
arc really excited. Hopefully we’ll
carry that excitement to Cof
feyvillc."
Oklahoma match
to decide Big 8
volleyball champs
By Mark Derowitsch
Senior Reporter
Although one game doesn’t make a
season, Nebraska volleyball coach
Terry Pettit said the 1987 Big Eight
championship will be decided Satur
day night.
“Our players know that if they want
to successfully defend the conference
championship, then they have to beat
Oklahoma,” Pettit said.
The Sooners, 17-6, will get their
second chance at defeating Nebraska
Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at the NU
Coliseum. The first time the two
teams met, Nebraska defeated Okla
homa 15-6, 15-4, 15-12 in Norman,
Okla.
Pettit said if the Sooners lose to
Nebraska, they will be unable to win
the conference title because of their
two conference losses.
“If we win the match, Oklahoma
would be eliminated from the pic
ture,” Pettit said. “I would say that this
will be a crucial match for both
teams.”
Oklahoma coach Miles Pabst said
the Cornhuskers will win the Big
Eight title even if they lose to the
Sooners.
“If we beat Nebraska 3-0, we will
have still lost more sets than they
have,” Pabst said. “There is a possibil
ity of us winning the conference, but I
don’t think Nebraska’s going to lose
their last three games.”
Pabst said the match will be crucial
for Oklahoma because an at-large
regional bid could be at stake.
“The match will have more of an
impact if we upset Nebraska. It would
help us from the regional standpoint,”
Pabst said. “It could help us get an at
large bid.”
Pettit said the Huskers, 21-1 over
all and 7-0 in the Big Eight, will have
to play better than they did at Norman.
“I think Oklahoma is a good team,”
Pettit said. “I don’t think we played all
that good the last time, but we cer
tainly will be ready this time. We are
difficult to beat in the Coliseum.”
Sophomore Karri Mulry leads the
Sooners with a hitting percentage of
.321. Senior Temell Carter is second
on the team with a .301 hitting per
centage.
Before the Huskers’ game against
Oklahoma, Nebraska will face Colo
rado Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the NU
Coliseum. The Buffaloes will take a4
14 record into the match, including a
0-7 mark in the Big Eight.
Pettit said Colorado shouldn’t give
Nebraska any problems.
“Colorado is a young team that has
some talent,” Pettit said. “They run a
very sophisticated offense, but it is
probably too sophisticated for the
experience they have.”
Although the Huskers defeated
Colorado 15-4, 15-5, 15-11 earlier
this season in Boulder, Colo., Pettit
said he wasn’t satisfied with the way
his team played.
Tina Murray leads the Buffaloes
with 167 kills. She has a hilling per
centage of .110.
♦ 'The Huskers are<®fc*g off an 8
15,15-11,15-1,15-5 win against Iowa
State Tuesday night at Ames, Iowa.
Pettit said he was satisfied with
Nebraska’s victory over the Cyclones.
“I think Iowa Slate played real well
in the first set,” Pettit said. “From the
middle of the second game on, we
started to become aggressive. Val
Novak, Virginia Stahr and Carla
Baker were very successful attacking
during the match.”
Pettit also said the Huskers were
able to play a lot of people.
“Jarilyn Obcrmiller came off the
bench and played well,” Pettit said.
“The match against Iowa State and the
matches this weekend will give us an
opportunity to play a lot of the bench
and should give us some more depth.”
Novak and Stahr each recorded 12
kills to lead Nebraska.