Freshman DeAngelo Evans, a
native of Wichita, Kan., was not
welcomed back to his home state
Saturday.
Every time Evans’ name was an
nounced over the KSU Stadium
When Evans
Evans said.
The prep superstar at Collegiate
High School, who ran for more than
8,000 yards and 130 touchdowns in
four years, chose NU over Notre
Dame but was also heavily re
cruited by KSU and Kansas.
Evans, who rushed for 168
yards, went over die 100-yard mark
for the first time in his short
Comhusker career with 10 minutes
remaining in the third quarter.
After the game .Jared Tomich,
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Sophomore Kris Brown kicked
four field goals in a game for the
first time. The sophomore from
Southlake, Texas, had kicked three
field goals in a game four times
before his performance Saturday.
The Comhuskers jumped two
spots in each of die two major polls
Sunday, ranking fourth in the USA
Today/CNN Coaches’ Poll and fifth
tes’ poll, NU ranks ahead
ta State. Kansas State fell
to No. 22 in The AP poll.
The Nebraska defense kept
streaks alive with two interceptions
and three sacks. Interceptions by
Michael Booker, Ralph Brown and
Eric Warfield marked the 11th con
secutive game in 'Which Nebraska
intercepted a pass. Sacks by Terrell
Farley, Jason Wiltz and Jon Hesse
marked the 32nd straight game in
which NU recorded a sack.
Nebraska’s leading tackier was
Jamel Williams, who had five tack
les. Kansas State’s leading tackier
was Mario Smith with 14. "
The reason for the difference?
Nebraska held the ball for 37 min
utes, 47 seconds, and Kansas State
held the ball for just 22:15.
In other Big 12 action Saturday,
Kansas romped Oklahoma 52-24,
Texas Tech defeated Baylor45-24,
Texas A&M beat Louisiana Tech
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State 71-14 and Missouri beat
Southern Methodist 27-26.
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improved to 3-1,
winning the first-ever Big 12 Confer
ence game in school history. The Wild
cats fell to 4-1 and 1-1 in the league.
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question by painfully and powerfully
showing feat NU belongs among the
nation’s top five teams.
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supposed to happen all year. We
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entered the game second in the Big 12
in passing efficiency, was a dismal 3
of 14 for 16 yards after one half.
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yards and two interceptions. That
didn’t help a rushing game that totaled
24 attempts for 25 yards.
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tune, and we just had a hell of a day.”
KSU finished with just $6 total
yards on 52 plays, its lowest yardage
total since picking up 16 yards in a
1992 loss to Colorado. The 86 yards
were die fewest given up by Nebraska
since a 1984-Win over Iowa State.
Except for the one drive that be
gan in Nebraska territory, the Wildcats
did not move die ball across the 50
yard line until backup quarterback
Jonathan Beasley ran 14 yards to reach
the NU 42 with 5 minutes, 42 seconds
remaining in the game.
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backward two yards before Rheem’s
kick.
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of the finest games they've ever
played,” NU Coach Tom Osborne said.
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