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By Derek Samson
I Senior Reporter
When Iowa State trailed 14-0 with
6:05 to play in the first quarter, and its
offense hadn’t yet stepped on the field,
Cyclone coach Dan McCamey knew
it might be a long day.
And it was as top-ranked Nebraska
routed Iowa State 73-14 Saturday in
front of 75,505 fans at Memorial Sta
dium.
McCarney said he was amazed by
the Comhuskers.
“I’ve been in college football for
25 years as a player and a coach, and
that’s as fine of team as I’ve ever
played against or coached against,”
McCamey said.“I’ve coached against
teams that were No. 1 before, but
(Nebraska) is just a totally dominating
football team.
“They not only have outstanding
players, but they do a great job as a
coaching staff. This didn’t surprise
me at all. Obviously, the score got
away from us, and I didn’t think the
score would get as bad as it did. But it
was the men and the boys.”
Nebraska took the opening drive j
69 yards in eight plays and capped it t
with a 4-yard touchdown run by '
Tommie Frazier. On the kickoff, the t
wind held up the ball, and Nebraska’s
Eric Stokes recovered the 25-yard kick. (
Eleven plays and 41 yards later, .
Ahman Green scored on a 6-yard pass {
from Frazier to put the Huskers up 14- ,
0.
But McCarney said that even
though two turnovers on kickoffs led 1
to Nebraska touchdowns, he wouldn ’t r
use it as an excuse.
“We made some real critical er- s
rors,” he said. “We fumbled two kick- i
offs, which is ridiculous and inexcus- I
able. You don’t stand a chance against $
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17 Oregon 7-2-0 635 19
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19 Virginia Tech 7-2-0 418
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i great team like Nebraska if you do But McCarney, who admitted
hat. But I give all the credit to them. Davis’ Heisman chances were fading,
rhey are just a magnificent football spent the majority of his postgame
eam-” press conference praising Nebraska.
Iowa State’s Heisman Trophy can- “They’re as fine of a team physi
lidate, running back Troy Davis, im- cally that I’ve ever seen,” he said.
irovcd his nation-leading rushing to- McCarney said Davis’ numbers
al to 1,647 yards with 121 yards could have been better, but Nebraska’s
igainst Nebraska. defensive line was too strong.
~ •_.. ,, . . x “They didn’t allow us to do the
avu said he showed he could put things we wanted to offensively,” he
p big numbers against one of the best sajd “They have a physical front seven,
ashing defenses in the country. j didn>t seJ many times when we were
“I rushed forover 1 OOyards,” Davis knocking red jerseys back off the ball
aid. “I think that I did good out there, like we have in our other eight games,
’he defense was going to key on me. That’s a credit to them. They are just
proved to people I could run on them physical, tough and had a great
nyway.” scheme.”
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Nebraska coach Tom Osborne, along with l-backs Clinton
Childs and Damon Banning, gets ready to run on to the field
before the game Saturday.
• •
• After Florida State’s 33-28
loss at Virginia Thursday night, Ne
braska took a commanding lead in
both football polls. In the CNN/
US A Today coaches poll, Nebraska
now has 52 first-place votes, com
pared to 28 last week. Ohio State
moved ahead of Florida for second.
In the Associated Press poll, Ne
braska has 45 First-place votes, and
Ohio State is second with 12. Last
week, the Cornhuskershad 23 first
place votes.
* * *
• By winning their ninth game
ofthe season, the Huskers kept alive
their NCAA-record streak of 27
seasons with at least nine wins.
* * *
• Nebraska I-back Ahman
Green broke Calvin Jones’ record
for rushing yards as a freshman.
Green, who had his fifth 100-yard
game of the season, has rushed for
997 yards, including a 176-yard,
three-touchdown performance Sat
urday. Jones ran for 900 yards in
1991. Green is just 131 yards shy of
the Big Eight freshman record of
1,127 set by Kansas’ June Henley
in 1993.
♦ * *
• Tommie Frazier tied David
Humm’s school record for touch
down passes in a career, throwing
his record-ty ing41 st to Reggie Baul
in the second quarter. Overall in his
career, Frazier has 75 touchdowns,
an ongoing Nebraska record.
Frazier passed Humm for second in
all-time total offensive yards with
5,128, and he needs only 156 yards
to pass Jerry Tagge for the record.
Frazier also set the school record
for wins by a starting quarterback
with his 30th.
* * *
• The 73 points the Huskers
scored against Iowa State were the
most ever scored against a Cyclone
team, topping Nebraska’s 72 points
against the Cyclones in 1983. The
margin of 59 points was the largest
in the series. The Huskers’ 624 yards
rushing was the second highest in
school history, and the most Iowa
State had ever allowed. Nebraska’s
776 yards of total offense was also
the most the Cyclones had ever
allowed.
* * *
• Iowa State coach Dan
McCarney said he hoped people
wouldn’t think Nebraska ran up the
score.
“Never at one time did I think
they were trying to run it up,”
McCarney said. “They were just in
another league. They substituted
early in the second half, and we
couldn’t stop any of them.
“(Nebraska coach Tom
Osborne) said he was sorry the score
got away. I said, 'That’s not your
fault, coach; that’s our fault.’”
• Nebraska did not have a punt
against Iowa State, markingthe first
time the Huskers haven’t punted in
a game since their 71-14 win over
Colorado State in 1991.
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• In Osborne’s 23-year career at
Nebraska, the Huskers have scored
10,017 points, while the opposition
has scored just 4,293.
* * *
• The Huskers have had one
play scoring drives in six of nine
games this season and seven one
play drives overall. Nebraska’s one
play score came on Green’s 64
yard touchdown run with 10- min
utes remaining in the third quarter.
* * *
• Injury Report: Offensive
tackle Eric Anderson sprained an
ankle against Iowa State and will
miss practice Monday. Fullback
Brian Schuster also will miss prac
tice Monday.
Notes compiled by Senior Reporters
Trevor Parks and Derek Sa son.
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