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I . lom Osborne cred ited tne tans after Nebraska won its school-record 34th-straight 'hc game Saturday night o”— Vn' The previous mark w from 1901 through 1906 “I really do believe that we m gotten more of a home-field adva tage in recent years,” Osborne said. ‘It seems like die crowd has ^UU&U into a lot more and shown more en thusiasm.” At many stadiums, he said, fans would not stay to watch the end of a 63-7 blowout. “Most of the people would have been gone by the end of the third quarter,” Osborne said, “but it's nice have that kind of support f< people to stay around and see d last substitution.” - The Comhuskers’ last home de feat was a 36-21 loss to Washing ton,Sept.21,1991. ^ ' ifjt 1 1 Kansas tailback June Henley did not make the trip to Lincoln after being ticketed for suspicion of driv ing while intoxicated last week. KU V/VUVU VIAVU 1TAUJVU UV1VUUVU UiO decision to suspend the seventh ranked rusher in the nation. “Any time any of my guys act inappropriately, I don’t like it,” Mason said. “I take full responsi bility for it. I dealt with it and I talked to Mm.” U j j Mason said he titisure if 1 Heiley W^uld rettfnri 6SSthrday, when die Jayhawks travel to Iowa - State. ■ Nebraska’s victory Saturday was its 27th-straight conference win and its 28th-consecutive win oyer Kansas. The NU defense also extended its streak of games with at least one quarterback sack to 35. ■ , _| Injury report: Rush end Jared Tomich (deep thigh bruise) may not practice today; fullback Brian Schuster (partially separated shoul der) did not play Saturday; I-back Ahman Green (reaggravated turf toe) will practice today. Cornerbacks Mike Fullman (bruised ankle), Michael Booker (bruised ankle), Chad Blahak (sore shoulder), linebacker Terrell Farley (sore shoulder) and rover Octavious %/__ _- •_\_ * mvi oiim uduiduuig; wcic also treated for injuries. None ap peared serious. ■ Previously unbeaten Alabama and West Virginia lost Saturday. The Tide lost 20-13 to Tennessee and Miami beta the Mountaineers 10-7, leaving just No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Arizona State and No. 17 Wyoming with perfect records. Nebraska remained fifth in both major polls Sunday. ■ Before the game, former Ne braska quarterback Tommie Frazier’s jersey was retired. Frazier put on his red N6.15 one last time before die game and threw a 20 yard pass to former NU wingback Clester Johnson. Notebook compiled by senior reporter Tfcevor Parks and staff iiidrter David Wilson. Husker quarterback nears NU record with 254 yards passing. % By Trevor Parks Senior Reporter ■ Under a full moon and a stadium filled with artificial light Saturday night, the Nebraska football team shined the brightest. The fifth-ranked Comhuskers, who struggled to score only 24 points and committed five turnovers last week at Texas Ted), exploited for a 63-7 win over Kansas before 75,158 fans in Memorial Stadium's first night game junce 1992. Jp ;}£ The win, Nlrs 34th straight at home, improved Nd)rasl»t06«J over * all and 4-0 in the Big 12, keeping die Huskers in a fu^itece tie wim Colo rado in North Division. NU Coach fom Osborne was in a mudi better mood after the tumover : * free offensive effort against Jayhawks than he was one week earlier. “I was struggling a little bit trying to figure out if we were solid on both sides of the ball or not,” Osborne said. “We seemed to be more sure of what we wanted to do— and that’s be a After going three downs and out on \ its opening offensive series, theNe braska offense looked better than it hadj all season* scoring touchdowns on A msijor reason was quarterback Seed Frost ; Frost, a junior tr|j|sfer from Stanflrd, had his best game as a Husker. In the first half, he completed 11 of 15 passes for 220 yards.rTwo of his incompletions wej&majfcln an ef fort to stop the clodtjoIf NlJ’s final drive of the halfii ‘ ^ “It felt good to get out there and throw quite a fewpasses,” Frost said. “We threw a lotmoreln the first half Hum we have infSe first half of a lot of games. “When you get a chance to throw that many, you get into a rhythm.” He finished the game with a sea son-best 254 yards passing—just 43 yards shy of David gfejmm’s school record set in 1973 T-^ibmpleting 12 of 16 passesjor^hfee touchdowns. I: - WC <fU UVJUC15UU1U UUW uuw wcu we can perforin and what level we can play at,” Frost said. Said Osborne: “He threw the ball well, ran the ball well, ran die team weU. There is no question if you looked at that game, that he’s got the skills to be an outstanding player. “We’re very pleased with himapd really have been generally satisfied with him all year.” - KU Coach Giefi Mason, who is Q 9 against NU, said he underestimated Frost’s ability. “Bill Walsh recruited him 40 Stanford as a passer and he’s in <§£ Hall of Fattie,”t^ud Mason, whose" team fell to 3-4«M&|a2 after losinglte third straight gaihe. '‘And Tm riding the bus home eating a bologna sand wich.” Against the Jayhawks, the NU passing game was not as bland as bo logna. The Nebraska offense finished the game with 322 yards rushing and 273 yards passing. Entering the game, NU had the 104th-ranked passing of fense in the country, averaging 114.3 yards per game. ‘1 think the perception out there is that we can't throw it or catch it,” Lane Hickenbottom/DN | , — „. , ■ , v ... ■, „■ ■■ .. . . " 11 " - i i —■■ . v ---: a— We all understand . now how well we can perform and what leiMl we can 1 play at.” - r ScottFbost ^ " ^ NU quarterback Osborne said: ‘I’ve beat seeing things in practice that lead me to believe that we can.” Whatever Osborne saw in practice worked in die first half. Ll Frost’s second pp$s of die game was 8,41-yard toss to tight end Vershan Jadboii, giving NU a first down at the Gameday sr f - ---■— -—— Player Att Yds, TO* Ptoyer Att. YA. TO* 21 Damon Beming 9 54 l34 Made Sanders 5 8 0 I «*» Kac.YA.TDi Play* **e. YA. TO* [ gly* Attempt Yd*. TOt Hay* Att/Qmp/latYA, TPs l^lST!im^2/l/1^^^^^^3nEtJotae^9/5/^^9^^1 First downs 34 9 Fumbles / returns 0/0 0/0 Rushing yards 322 55 Penalties/yards 2/15 6/34 Passing completions 13 14 Kickoffietums/yards 0/0 4/75 Total plays 81 57 Third-down conversion 8ofl4 3 of 13 . Average yards per play 7J 3.7 Sacks/yards 3/18 0/0 • ' • *•'•- ■•••••• ' ' • - ’ - ' ------— Jayhawks within 21-7. The score was the first toudidown allowed by die NU defense in 15 quartan. Gram Wistrom led the Nebraska defensive effort widi seven tackles and Jem Hesse added six. After a 10-yard toudidown run by Frost and 1-yard DeAngelo Evans’ score, Frost showed his ability in the two-minute offense. : He guided NU on ah eight-play, 62 yard drive in 55 seconds, throwing a 15-yard touchdown pass to Holbein to put the Huskers on top 42-7 with 20 seconds remaining hefnm hidftim<». The 35 second-quarter points tied an NU record for points scored in the second quarter, equalling the total set against Kansas in 1978. the ball well; we came off die line hard; and we ran hard,” center Aaron Thylor said. It was an all-around good team effort.” Nebraska continued to sparkle in the second half . Frost ran for his second touchdown 1 of the game from nine yards out with 12:29 left in the third. Damon Benning added an 11-yard touchdown run less than 10 minutes later and Josh Cobb, \ a sophomore from Wallace, scored his first career touchdown on a 5-yard run with 8:37 left in the game. As the Huskers begin preparation for Saturday’s trip to Norman, Okla., to play 2-5 Oklahoma, Osborne said j he thinks NU is back in the national title hunt ‘1 redly feel like we have a chance to make a run at it,” Osborne said. “A week ago I wasn’t sure, but I think we do have a chance.”