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Friday, September 9, 1994 Page 11
IComhuskers defeat Red Raiders 42-16
Scoring
Nebraska
Texas Tech
1st 2nd 3rd
7 7 14
0 3 6
4th
14
7
Nebraska 42
Texas Tech 16
Neb- Tommie Frazier 58yd run (Tom Sieler kick)
Neb- Frazier 3yd run (Sieler kick)
TT- Jon Davis 49yd field goal
TT- Scott Aylor 6yd pass from Zebbie Lethridge (conversion failed)
Neb- Lawrence Phillips 2yd run (Sieler kick)
Neb- Phillips 56yd run (Sieler kick)
Neb- Eric Alford 35yd pass from Frazier (Sieler kick)
TT- Ben Kaufman fumble recovery in end zone (Davis kick)
Neb- Clinton Childs 30yd run (Sieler kick)
Rushing
Phillips
Schlesinge
Frazier
childs j
Passim
Frazie^HnMisV?
Berringer
r - r
Receiving N
Phillips s J
Alford
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Breakdown...Neb....Tech,
First Downs 26 17
Rushes-yards 63-524 42-147
Passing 88 150
Return Yards 5 7
Comp-Att-Int 5-17-1 11-29-1
Punts-avg. 3-47 8-41
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 5-44 4-30
Time of Possession 33:50 26:10
NlTs MVP /jwrenca '/I
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By Mitch Sherman
Senior Reporter
LUBBOCK, Texas — Nebraska’s
defense bent Thursday night in Lub
bock but it did not break.
Eleven days after holding West
Virginia to 89 total yards in the Kick
off Classic, the Comhusker defense
gave up 297 yards in Nebraska’s 42-16
win over Texas Tech at Jones Stadium.
Playing before a crowd of 32,768
— the 15th-smallest crowd to see Ne
braska play in the last 32 years — the
Huskcrs looked impressive early.
Nebraska quarterback Tommie
Frazier said it was important to start
the game with a bang.
“We left the locker room,” Frazier
said, “and 1 told my linemen, ‘We are
going to explode.’”
No. 1 Nebraska, 2-0, took the ball
78 yards in seven plays in the game’s
first two minutes. On third down and
one from the Texas Tech 42-yard 1 ine,
Frazier scampered 58 yards to give
Nebraska a 6-0 lead.
The Red Raiders, 1-1, could not
move the ball on the ensuing posses
sion, losing one yard in three plays
before punting.
Nebraska appeared ready to ex
plode, but their second drive stalled
after a 28-yard Frazier run was called
back because of illegal motion.
I-back Lawrence Phillips, who ran
for a career-high 175 yards in the
game, was stopped on fourth and one
two plays later.
The stingy play of the Red Raider
defense was a sign of things to come.
Other than a 15 play, 98-yard drive,
which took more than five minutes off
the clock midway through the first
half, Nebraska had problems moving
the ball against the Tech defense in the
second quarter.
“I thought Texas Tech played well,”
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said. “I
was proud of them. I thought they
played hard. It was a good coaching
game for Spike Dykes (Texas Tech
coach).”
Trailing 14-0 with just over 11 min
utes left in the first half. Tech quarter
back Tony Darden hit tight end Field
Scovell for a 43-yard pass to the Ne
braska 37-yard line.
The Blackshirts were able to stymie
the Tech offense, but not before Jon
Davis was in position to kick a 49-yard
field goal, the first points scored on
Nebraska this season.
Nebraska had a chance to blow the
game open, but sophomore place-kick
er Darin Erstad missed field goals of
42 and 49 yards in the second quarter,
both wide left.
Osborne took the blame for the lack
of success moving the ball in the sec
ond quarter.
“I probably got a little too fancy,”
he said. “1 got us in trouble by what I
did, but I thought we had to throw the
ball some.”
Osborne said the Huskers’ passing
game will need to improve before their
Sept. 17 meeting with UCLA in Lin
coln.
Frazier completed five of 15 passes
for 88 yards and one touchdown.
Texas Tech took the toll 80 yards in
nine plays to open the second half and
cut Nebraska’s lead to 14-9. Tech went
for a two-point conversion, but redshirt
freshman quarterback Zebbie
“Iprobably got a little
too fancy. I got us in
trouble by what I did,
but I thought we had to
throw the ball some. ”
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TOM OSBORNE
Nebraska coach
Lethridgc hobbled the snap and was
sacked.
Lethridgc, who primarily played in
the second and third quarters, ran for
62 yards on six carries, several times
scrambling a.way from pressure.
“(Tech’s quarterbacks) arc legit,”
Nebraska defensive coordinator
Charlie McBride said. “They can run,
and they are going to give people
problems forever.”
Leading by only five points, Ne
braska responded by driving 83 yards
for a touchdown. The drive was high
lighted by the play of fullback Cory
Schlesinger, who bettered his career
best run twice on the possession.
Runs of 41 yards to the Tech 27
yard line and 24 yards to the 2-yard
line by the senior from Duncan, helped
give Nebraska a 21-9 lead with 9:01 to
go in the third quarter. Schlesinger
finished w ith a career-high 84 yards on
six carries.
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NU awes Dykes, Texas Tech
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By Trevor Parks _
Staff Reporter
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech coach
Spike Dykes said he was glad to sec his Red
Raider team give No. I Nebraska a challenge—
for a while anyway.
“I thought we played extremely hard,” Dykes
said. “1 think anytime you play the No. 1 team in
the nation, you better be ready to play a full 60
minutes.”
For 33 minutes, the Red Raiders were able to
give Nebraska the challenge Dykes was looking
for, trailing only 14-9.
Dykes was pleased with his team’s effort up
to that point.
“In the first half 1 felt if we hung in there, wc
might have an opportunity,” Dykes said. “In the
third quarter, once we got something stopped,
the dam would break somewhere else.”
Dykes said the tough part in the game came
after the Red Raiders had pulled within five.
“When they scored to go up 21 -9, that was the
back-breaker,” Dykes said. . ;
Nebraska scored on an 82-yard drive in eight
plays over a 3:32 span.
Dykes said his team had other chances to
come back, but it didn’t get the job done.
LinebackerZach Thomas agreed with Dykes.
“We played good at times, and then the next
quarter we don’t know what happens,” Thomas
said. “I think we lost our poise a little bit and
didn’t pljty like we can for 60 minutes.”
Although the42-16outcome wasn’ t to Dykes’
liking, he said playing against top competition
was the only way to get better.
“It’s good for you,” Dykes said. “It helps a
young football team. I hope we gained a lot.”
Dykes’ team must rebound quickly before
traveling to Oklahoma to play the Sooncrs next
Saturday.
For running back Byron Haspard, playing
competition like the Huskers was a great thrill
for him.
“It felt really good playing against the No. 1
team in the nation,” Haspard said. “It was a
privilege to play against such wonderful people.
I pray they win the national title. They deserve
it.”
Dykes said he I iked having the opportunity of
playing Nebraska, and looks forward to playing
the Huskers when the Big Eight Conference
expands in 1996.
“You get a chance to see that your program is
not faraway.”
Travis Heying/DN
While the Nebraska football team was in Texas, fans gathered at Grandmother’s
at 70th and A streets to cheer the Comhuskers to a 42-16 victory. The Nebraska
pep band performed at halftime before a small crowd at the restaurant Thursday
night.
Volleyball team to face tough challenges in tournament
By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter
The Nebraska volleyball team made
things look easy in its first weekend of
competition.
However, Comhusker coach Terry
Pettit isn’t counting on that to continue.
The second- and fifth-ranked Husk
ers won all three matches, sweeping all
nine games, to capture the Mortar Board
Purdue Premier title last weekend.
But when No. 9 Arizona State visits
Lincoln this weekend for the FirsTier
Invitational, it could be a much differ
ent scenario.
Arizona State, which will contend
for the Pacific 10 Conference crown,
joins Wyoming and Bowling Green
Slate for the four-team invitational to
night and Saturday at the NU Coliseum.
Nebraska begins its competition in
the FirsTicr Invitational with Bowling
Green State tonight at 7:30 p.m. The
Huskers will take on both Wyoming
and Arizona State on Saturday.
“Arizona State is one of the best
teams in the country,” Pettit said. “Ar
izona State is an experienced, strong
ball-handling team. They have three
players that in their media guide they
call preseason All-Americans. They play
in probably the best volleyball confer
ence in the nation.”
In contrast to last week’s competi
tion — Oregon State, Kentucky and
Purdue — the schools visiting the NU
Coliseum this weekend may give 3-0
Nebraska its first real tests.
“1 think Wyoming is probably stron
ger than anybody we played last week,
and Bowling Green went five (games)
with Wisconsin, and Wisconsin is a
very good team,” Pettit said. “This week
end gives us a pretty good idea of how
we compare against some pretty good
teams. Arizona State is definitely a Top
10 team, so it’s a much fairer compar
ison than last weekend.”
The FirsTier Invite also marks the
Huskers’ home opener. Pettit said play
ing before the home crowd would help
against a team of Arizona State’s cali
ber.
“Its always fun to play in the Colise
um,” he said. “We’ve got to play real
well this weekend. We usually do, but
particularly here, we play our best vol
leyball. I think it will be interesting.”
Despite the Huskers’ domination last
weekend, Pettit said there was plenty of
room for improvement.
“There were some very good things,
and there were some areas we need to
address,” he said. “We played well of
fensively, but I didn’t feel we played
particularly well defensively. We need
to pursue the ball better.
“We need to get the ball to our setter
in position so she can make choices. If
she can make choices, we have some
dominant net players, and I think we
can do a good job.”
Pettit said he was confident his team
would get the job done.
“We’re still developing as a team
and will probably continue to do so for
several weeks,” he said. “Usually you
see the most improvement between your
first competition and your second week
of competition. 1 think the players and
coaches anticipate that we’ll play much
stronger this weekend.”
FirsTier Invitational
NU Coliseum
Nebraska wtN play Bowling
Green Stato Friday aU:30
Wyoming Saturday
and Arizona State
Saturday.
Nebraska.
S Christy Johnsoi
OH Billie Winsett
OH Kelly Aspegren
OH Maria Hedbeck
MB Allison Weston
MB Jen McFadden
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