Lopsided score surprises Kansas coach
By Jeff Singer
Senior Reporter_
Kansas football coach Glen Mason
said during the week before his team
played Nebraska that iheCornhuskcrs
were one of the lop teams in the
nation.
He wasn’t disappointed.
The 13ih-rankcd Jayhawks came
into Lincoln undefeated in Big Eight
play, but left Memorial Stadium as
49-7 loscrsto No. 7 Nebraska.
Mason said that oven though he
thought Nebraska would be lough, he
didn’t expect the score to be that
lopsided.
“Am 1 surprised that w e got beat by
the score wedid? Yeah I’m surprised,”
Mason said. “1 knew that we’d have to
have a great, great effort to come in
here and win this football game, be
cause you can T count on those guys to
make any mistakes and they didn’t.”
The mistakes were made by Kan
sas. The Jayhawks had the Big Eight’s
top-rated rushing defense entering the
game by allowing an average of 113.8
yards per game, but let the Huskcrs
roll up 351 yards on the ground.
The Jayhawk defense also led the
conference in total defense by allow
ing 283.4 yards per game before
Saturday’s kickoff. But Nebraska
quarterback Tommie Frazier and the
Husker offense had 533 yards against
Kansas.
Mason said Frazier deserved a lot
of the credit for Nebraska’s victory.
“He’s got great sjteed and he docsn ’ t
make mistakes,” Mason said. “I’m
sure that al ter th is year’s done, every
body will start talking about the
Hcisman Trophy.”
While Frazier completed six of 11
passes for 161 yards and three touch
downs with no interceptions, Kansas
quarterback Chip Hillcary was 11 for
28 for 145 yards and two intercep
tions.
Mason said the discrepancy be
tween the quarterbacks symbolized
the difference between the two teams’
play*
“We’re very disappointed — not
only because wc lost, I don’t think we
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Cornhusker quarterback Tommie Frazier runs the ball in Saturday’s 49-7 Nebraska win over Kansas.
played very well,” Mason said. “All find any positives from the loss that
the credit goes to Tom Osborne and dropped the Jayhawks’ record to 4-1
his staff and his players; they’re awe- in Big Eight play and 7-2 overall,
some.” -*
‘‘The No. 1 criterion that 1 use is
Mason, Big Eight Coach of the how we played; if I would’ve thought
Year last season, said it was hard to that we played well and we lost, I’d be
-—-1
in here wilh all smiles,” Mason sakf
Kansas entered Saturday’s game
ranked fourth in the nation in scoring
offense wilh an average of 38.5 points
per game. The Jayhawks’ seven points
was their lowest output since last
season’s 41 -3 loss al Oklahoma.
Mason said that having lo suffer
through lopsided losses was just part
of football. f
“Thai’s what’s great about this |
game — there’s no place to hide out t
there,” he said. I
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Shannon nabs Big 8 honor
From Staff Reports_ __
Nebraska senior outside hitter Eileen Shan
non was named Big Eight Player of the Week
for her performances last week in three
Comhusker volleyball victories over Top 20
teams.
Shannon totaled 15 kills last week in
Nebraska’s win over Colorado, which assured
the Huskers of a share of their 17th consecutive
conference title.
In the Arby’s Classic in Lincoln last week
end, Shannon passed former Husker Virginia
Siahr and became the school’s all-time kill
leader with 1,413. She also was named the
tournament’s most valuable player for leading
Nebraska to wins over Texas and Texas Tech.
It was the first conference honor for Shan
non this season and the third of her career.
Nebraska maintained its No. 4 ranking in
Volleyball Monthly in a poll released on Mon
day. The Huskers will face No. 1 UCLA and
No. 10 Southern California Friday and-Salur
day in the Pac 10-Big Eight Challenge.
Huskers suffer injuries, flu I
From Staff Reports__
Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne bet
ter not fill out his starling offensive lineup for
Saturday’s game against Iowa State just yet.
Five Comhuskcr offensive players cither
missed practice or were limited in what they
could do Monday.
Heading the listof injured players were tight
ends William Washington and Gerald
Armstrong. Washington, who suffers from a
sprained arch, has a chance to play, Osborne
said. Armstrong, a junior who has caught six
touchdown passes this season, is “very doubtful
for this week,” Osborne said.
Offensive tackle Zach Wicgert also missed
practice with a sore knee, but should play
against the Cyclones, Osborne said.
Split end Tyrone Hughes was sick, but did
practice some and wingback Abdul Muhammed,
who has a sprained ankle, also participated in
part of the workout.
On the defensive side of the ball, only one
player missed practice — oulside linebacker
Trev Alberts, because of the Hu.
Other than the missing players, Osborne said
practice went as usual for the first day of the
week.
“It was a normal practice lor a Monday,” he
said. Y j
Coaches
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Waklen said he thought that one of the keys,
to the buskers’ domination of Colorado and
Kansas had been freshman quarterback Tommie
Fra/icr. h
“They have 10 solid players around him, but
he seems to be the glue they need to pull the
whole thing together,” Walden said, “i’d give
up parts of my body to have someone like him
here for four years.”
While Walden said he feared a busker per
formance similar to the Kansas and Colorado
games, he saw one positive thing about playing
at home.
“I’m just glad we’re not a ranked team
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playing Nebraska in Lincoln on ESPN because
that seems like a bad formula,” he said.
In other Big Eight news, Nebraska outside
linebacker Trev Alberts was named Big Eight
Defensive Player of the Week. The 6-4, 230
pound junior recorded eight tackles, two sacks
and had four quarterback hurries.
Kansas State running back Eric Gallon was
named Big Eight Offensive Player of the Week
after rushing for 164 yards on 24 carries in the
W ildcals’ 22-13 w in over Iowa State Thursday.
Gallon won the honor in a split vote over
Husker light cndGerald Armstrong, who caught
two touchdown passes against Kansas.
Armstrong also tied an NCAA record for
catching six consecutive touchdown passes. He
lied the record previously set by Carlos Carson
at Louisiana State.