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Nebraska's win Saturday
marked the Comhuskers’ 700th all
time victory, joining NU with just
five other Division I schools that
have reached the 700-win plateau:
Michigan (759), Notre Dame (740),
Texas (707), Alabama (706) and
Penn State (700). The win also ex
tended NU’s 32-game home win
ning streak, the nation’s longest.
CSU Coach Sonny Lubick said
he was impressed with quarterback
Scott Frost’s two passing touch
downs and one rushing touchdown.
“We knew coming in that their quar
terback Frost wasn’t as bad as he
was made out to be after that loss
last week,” Lubick said. “I can’t say
we ever had him rattled at all dur
ing die game.”
Will linebacker Terrell Farley
made his return to the field Satur
day after being suspended for the
Huskers’ first two games. Farley
had four tackles and one pass
breakup against the Rams.
All-America candidate Grant.
Wistrom blocked a Matt McDougal
field-goal attempt and an extra
point, tying a school record for
blocked kicks in a game. Wistrom
also recorded six tackles — second
on the team behind Jon Hesse’s 13
— and sacked Moses Morenoonce
for a six-yard lo#^ Jrf
In the fourth quarter, true fresh
man DeAngelo Evans rushed six
times for 72 yards and scored his
first career touchdown on a 30-yard
run. “Where I came from,” Evans
said, “I was the man since I was in
eighth grade. Here, everybody is a
bluechip All-American. I don’t think
it intimidated me, but I knew I had
to prove myself.”
Frost said he was upset with the
negative comments Nebraska re
ceived after its Sept 21 loss to Ari
zona State. “A lot of the people that
are saying those things don’t know
a lot about football,” he said.
“Maybe they need to take a foot
ball class or something.”
Nebraska moved up one spot in ~
the USA Today/CNN Coaches’ Top
25 to No. 6 and one spot in The
Associated Press Top 25 to No. 7.
Notre Dame, previously ranked
fifth in The Associated Press poll,
fell six spots to No. 11 after losing
29-16 to third-ranked Ohio State.
For the second straight wedk,
Florida is ranked No. 1 in both polls.
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Injury report Fullback JoSf
Makovicka was held out of the
game because of a hamstring pull;
wingback Lance Brown saw limited
action because of an ankle sprain;
cornerback Mike Brown and rttth
end Travis Toline left early because ^
of mild concussions; fullback Billy
Legate experienced a sore neck and
shoulder; linebacker Ryan
Terwilliger bruised hislower back;
and Farley and cornerback Michael
Booker each bruised a shoulder.
Gameday notebook compiled
by staff reporter David Wilson
and senior reporter Ttovor Parks.
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Huskers amass 628
yards in the season’s
most dominating win.
By David Wilson
Staff Reporter
Despite a 56-point win Saturday,
the Nebraska football team still is not
back to where it would like to be. But
the Comhuskers are getting close.
Nebraska racked up 628 yards of
offense and defeated Colorado State
65-9 in front of a Memorial Stadium
crowd of 75,575.
But the win, Coach Tom Osborne
said, was not as significant as it ap
peared on the scoreboard.
“Colorado State’s defense has
struggled some this year,” Osborne
said. “So I don’t think people need to
read too much into this.”
The seventh-ranked Huskers (2-0)
will find out if the game set them back
on track Saturday when they travel to
Manhattan, Kan., to play 4-0 and 16th
ranked Kansas State.
Nebraska, which was shutout by
Arizona State Sept 21, wasted no time
putting points on the board against the
Rams.
The Huskers opened die game with
a 10-play, 62-yard drive, capped by a
three-yard Scott Frost touchdown pass
to tight end Vershan Jackson.
“We took the ball and fan it right
at them,” Frost said. “It gave us a lot
of confidence for the rest of the game.
arid I think we had sotriltfunf to prove
today.”
Frost completed 13 of 18 passes foi
143 yards and two touchdowns, was
not sacked and did not throw an inter
ception.
“I could see by a lack of what was
in front of me that the line did theii
job today,” Frost said.
The offensive line, which allowed
Frost to be sacked three times against
Arizona State, was much improved,
Osborne said.
Aaron Taylor, who was moved
from guard to center this spring, played
the majority of the game at his famil
iar left guard position, while Josh
Heskew filled in at center.
I-back Ahman Green, who led Ne
braska with 163 yards on 22 rushing
attempts, also said he was impressed
with die offensive line.
Down 14-0 late in the first half af
ter a Damon Benning 19-yard touch
down run, the Rams put their first
points on the board on a 32-yard touch
down pass from Moses Moreno to
wide receiver Geoff Turner. Husker
rush end Grant Wistrom blocked the
extra point attempt, leaving the score
at 14-6.
With 3:07 remaining in the first
half, Nebraska responded with a 67
yard drive, its longest of the game.
Frost finished the drive, running in
from four yards out to put the Huskers
ahead 21-6.
Nebraska left 51 seconds on the
clock for Colorado State, which started
at their own 15-yard line.
Two runs up the middle, followed
by timeouts from both teams, and an
incomplete pass forced die Rams to
punt the ball back to the Huskers.
Nebraska started on CSU’s 40-yard
line and four plays later, Kris Brown
kicked a 27-yard field goal to give the
Huskers a 24-6 lead at halftime. rr
“They earned it,” Colorado State
Coach Sonny Lubick said of the Husk
ers’ 10 points in the final three min
utes of die half.
Osborne said the final minutes put
the momentum in Nebraska’s favor
going into the locker room at halftime.
Nebraska safety Eric Stokes, who
filled in at comerback Saturday, said
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f
he expected Colorado State to do more
’dahow us a little
said. “They kept it
pretty vanilla today, but I think they
did that so they could protect their
quarterback.”
Moreno completed 13 of 26 passes
for 255 yards, one score and two in
terceptions.
“We wanted to establish a running
game first,” Moreno said, “but Ne
braska had a talented defense and shut
us down when they had to.”
The Husker defense held the Rams
to 59 yards on the ground and allowed
CSU to convert just 1 of 11 third-down
conversions.
“We played pretty dam well today,”
Wistrom said. “There was a lot more
bit more,” Stokes i
Colorado St,
Nebraska
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I think a lot of
people were worried
that we forgot how
to play football”
Grant Wistrom
NU rush end
run up the middle, putting Ne
:a ahead 37-6.
e thfld quarter came to an end
intensity out on the football field. I
think a lot of people were worried that
we forgot how to play football.”
Sam linebacker Jamet Williams
kept the .momentum in NU’s favor,
ending CSUVfirst second-half posses
sion with an interception at the Ram
42-yaailime. Williams returned the ball
to theColoradb State 13.
The Husker offense dominated the
second half, outscoring the Rams 41
3 and racking up 330 yards.
A 1-yard Frost pass to Sheldon
Jackson opened the second-half scor
ing. With 11:06 left in the third quar
ter, senior fullback Brian Schuster
found the end zone untouched, scor
15
6f the _
when true freshman comerback Ralph
Brown intercepted a pass in the end
zone.
I-backs Green, Jay Sims and
De Angelo Evans added rushing touch
downs and Shevtp Wiggins returned a
punt 43 yards foifa score to end die
scoring. ^ ^
Guard Chris Dishman s^d the of
fense showed naore confidence Satur
day because it was more relaxed on the
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Receiving
Receiving
Plqw
Hoc. Yds. TD* Player
Rec. Yds. IDs
30 Ahman Green
19 , 0
< RomM Antoine 3 67 0
Passing
Passing
Pbynr
Att/Cmp/lnt Yd*. TD« Pfagmr
IDs
11
4/1/0
5/1/0
15 0
Pint downs
19 Fumbles
Rushing yards
490 IS Penalties/yards
7/0 1/41
Paning completions
14
Kickoff returns/yards 3/91 7/ltl
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Total plays
61
Third-down conversion 10 of 17 lofll
Average yards per play -6J 5.4 Sacks/yanls
3/30 0/0