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A strange sequence of events that left almost everyone in the press box laughing occurred in the second quarter of Saturday’s 49-14 Nebraska win over Iowa State. Iowa State had a first down and 10 from the NU 34-yard line when Troy Davis was stopped for a 4 yard loss. On second down, Terrell Farley sacked ISU quarterback Todd Doxzon for a loss of 12 yards. An illegal procedure penalty cost ISU five more yards, and after an incomplete pass on third down and 31, Iowa State center Patrick Augafa was whistled for unsports manlike conduct. ISU was whistled for illegal procedure again before facing fourth down. Finally, on fourth down and 51 from the ISU 25, Marc Harris punted the ball 75 yards into the Nebraska end zone for a touchback. ■ The Nebraska defense contin ued to shine Saturday, allowing 14 points. Since losing to Arizona State, the Huskers have outscored their eight opponents 413-71. NU’s top unit has not allowed a rushing touchdown this season. Injury update: Several players were treated for injuries after the game, but none appeared seribus. I-back Ahman (Seen (turf toe) will be ready for Monday’s practice. Rush end Jared Tomich (thigh bruise), tight end Tim Carpenter (knee), quarterback Scott Frost (knee) and rover Mike Minter (shoulder sprain) may be held out of Monday’s practice. Rush end Chad Kelsay (knee) did not travel to Ames, and his status this week is unknown. ■ Three Big 12 teams clinched bowl bids Saturday by picking up their sixth win of the season. Texas (6-4) beat Kansas 38-17 in Lawrence, Kan., Texas Tech (6-4) beat Southwest Louisiana 56-21, and Texas A&M (6-5) beat Okla homa 33-16. Texas leads the South Division and with a win over Texas A&M on Nov. 29, the Longhorns will play in die Dec. 7 Big 12 cham pionship game against either Ne braska or Colorado. ■ Center Aaron Taylor said he loved the wet, sloppy playing con ditions Saturday. “This is an offen sive lineman’s dream to play in this stuff,” he said. “We ran between the tackles a lot, so that made tilings even better.” After the game, Tayloriitd full back Brian Schuster appeared to be tiie Huskers" two dirtiest players. I" '.I . f%TsSp*' v? f U a '4 i Former Nebraska defensive tackle Christian Peter, who was drafted by New England in the Na tional Football League draft last April and released later that same week, will sign a contract this week with the New York Giants, his brother said Saturday. “The ltid has been through so much,” Jason Peter said. “The Gi ants are getting a steal.” Gameday notebook compiled by senior reporters Ttovor Parks and Mike Dock. * ! > > V > I ■ H Green explodes for a career-high 212 yards, out-gaining ISITs Heisman Trophy candidate Davis. at. By Trevor Parks Senior Reporter AMES, Iowa — Wet and sloppy. That’s the type of weather Ne braska needed for its smash-mouth of fense and smoth ering defense to operate smoothly in a 49-14 win over Iowa State Saturday afte% noon. The game was played before a sold-out and rain-drenched crowd of47,850 at Cyclone Stadium Twvior in Ames. ^ “We want to run the ball right at people, and we want to beat people physically on defense,” said quarter back Scott Frost who completed 8 of 17 passes for 103 yards and two touch downs. “Having a slow, muddy field like that might be a little to our advan tage.’ The fifth-ranked Comhuskers im proved to 9-1 overall and 7-0 in the Big 12, setting up a regular-season fi nale with Colorado to decide the cham pion of the North Division. The win ner of the Nov. 29 game at Memorial Stadium will play in the Big 12 cham pionship game, Dec. 7 at the Trans World Dome in St. Louis. Iowa State fell to 2-8 and 1-6 with the loss Saturday. NU extended its NCAA-record streak of winning at least nine games in a season to 28 years. “There was nothing remarkable about the game,” Coach Tom Osborne said. “We played about the way I thought we would.” Anman ureen turned in a career- ; best performance, rushing for 214; yards on a 29 attempts in just three; quarters. His 4-yard touchdown run in ; die third quarter gave NU a 35-0 lead. f While Green, a sophomore from j Omaha, was plowing through die Cy-i clone defense — statistically the* nation’s second-worst unit—his coun terpart, Troy Davis, had problems picking his way through Nebraska’s ' Blackshirts. Davis, who entered the game as the nation’s leading rusher, averaging 202.4yards per game, was held to 138 yards on 34 attempts with no touch downs. He had 55 of those yards in the final quarter, after Nebraska’s top de fensive unit was removed from the game. Y Davis has 1,960 yards this season. Coqpled with last year's 2,010 yards, he has 3,970 yards in two seasons, breaking the two-year mark of 3,906 set by Southern Cafifomia’s Marcus Allen in 1980 and 1981. Nebraska Defensive Coordinator Charlie McBride said he was proud of the buskers’ effort against Davis, who scored 19 touchdowns in nine games before being shut out by NU. > ‘Tie gets involved so much that every time he gets the ball, you hold your breath,” McBride said. ‘Tie had a couple of big runs on us today, but they were both on defensive i .” Ironically, it v as a Davis e rorthat set up Nebraska’^ On a third-down-and“22 £lay from ' ; * | j _I Player Att/Cap/tatYds. IDs Player Att/Cmp/lm Yds. TDs 17 ToddBandhauer 4/2/0 5 1 v First downs Fumbles / returns 0/0 1/1 Penalties / yards 5 / 63 9 / 99 Kickoff returns / yards 1/0 3/69 Third-down conversion 10 of 15 5 of 13 Average yards per play 5.7 Sacks/yards 2 / 26 0 /0 ■H « A lot of people wanted us to think about Colorado, but I think the team pretty much stayed focused throughout V.;- c" - - ' this past week and on » die ISU 44, Davis fumbled a delayed handoff from quarterback Todd Doxzon, and Jon Hesse recovered the ball at the 39. Nebraska moved the ball 39 yards in eight (days and tooka 7-0 lead when Frost threw a 6-yard pass to Vershan Jackson with 8 minutes, 13 seconds left in die first quarter. frost and Jackson connected again for Nil’s second touchdown less than four minutes later. Three plays after a 28-yard punt by ISU’s Marc Harris, frost threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Jackson, putting the Huskers in front 14-0. Nebraska’s first-quarter explosion continued when Damon Benning took a handoff six yards up the middle for a touchdown. Kris Brown’s extra point attempt was blocked, leaving NU with a 20-0 lead. Beginning the game with three touchdowns was a confidence booster for Nebraska’s offense, center Aaron Taylor said. NU was averaging only 5.3 points in the first quarter before Saturday’s 20>point performance. makes things go a lot easier when we put points on the scoreboard ■! early,” Taylor said. “They have a whole different card-playing hand when we are moving the ball well right off the bat. We scored on our first three pos sessions, and that was a serious downer for them.” *■ Before the entkpf the fijrst half, Nebraska marched 80 yards in 11 plays, a drive that ended with a 1-yard Frost sneak just 21 seconds before halftinse. Holder Jon Vedral then threw a shovel pass to Joel Makovicka, who trotted into the end zone for a two point conversion, giving NU a 28-0 halftime lead. Osborne said he was concerned about the playing conditions. Prior to the game, an inch of rain fell on the field, but the Nebraska offense man aged to roll up 491 yards, 388 of which came on the ground. “The thing I didn’t want to do was come over here and play in a game where the" elements took you out of what you could do,” Osborne said, “because that can play a great equal :_h izer. In the second half, Nebraska put ^ together two impressive 80-yard scor ing drives. l$e first march ended with a Green 4-yard run on NU’s opening posses sion^the second half, and the Husk ers later drove 80 yards in 17 plays, taking 6:46 off the clock. Frost scored on a 2-yard option keeper on fourth down-and-goal play with 1:35 remain ing in die period to give NU a 42-7 lead. Iowa State scored two second-half touchdowns, both passes to wide re ceiver Ed Williams. > Doxzon hooked up with Williams on a^22^ard strike in the third, and backu|n§tdd Bandhauer connected y with Willi ams oh a 2-yard pass late in - the fourth. * ~*^cishadno fj n the back pjnKU. think the team pretty much stayed fo cused throughout this past week and concentrated on lowa'Stat&’Vr - r ■* .\r.