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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Green explodes for a
career-high 212 yards,
out-gaining ISITs
Heisman Trophy
candidate Davis.
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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
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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
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A lot of people
wanted us to think
about Colorado, but
I think the team
pretty much stayed
focused throughout
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this past week and
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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
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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.
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n the back
pjnKU.
think the team pretty much stayed fo
cused throughout this past week and
concentrated on lowa'Stat&’Vr - r ■* .\r.
