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Clockwise from top left: SCOTT FROST runs through a group of Baylor defenders Saturday. Frost carried 12 times for 71 yards and threw for 103 yards. JOEL MAKOVICKA rumbles for a chunk of his 57 yards. Makovicka, NU’s third-leading rusher, carried the ball eight times. AHMAN GREEN breaks free of the Baylor defense. Green rushed 20 times for 158 yards. KENNY CHEATHAM lunges for the football as Baylor’s Rodney Smith and Robert Neal defend. Photos by Ryan Soderlin / DN Football Game Review SST 2 Nebraska^ Baylor ite.,S: Rushing JBkJ Rushing No. Name Yds Avg TD No. Name Yds Avg TD 30 Ahman Green 158 7.9 4 22 Jerod Douglas 84 5.6 1 7 Scott Frost 71 5.9 1 6 Darrell Bush 74 8.2 1 45 JoelMakovica 57 7.1 1 29 Elijah Burtons 11 1.8 0 Receiving Receiving No. Name No Yds TD No. Name No Yds TD 14 Lance Brown 2 59 0 6 Darrell Bush 2 26 0 88 Sheldon Jackson 1 37 0 20 Mark Cogdill 2 19 0 6 Kenny Cheatham 1 17 0 86 Gamer Simpkins 2 17 0 Passing Passing No. Name Att Cmp Int Yds TD No. Name Att Cmp Int Yds TD 7 ScottFrost 8 5 0 103 0 7 JetfWatson 19 7 1 66 0 1 Frankie London 9 3 0 35 0 Game Stats mmm mm? mm% \ First downs 27 12 Fumbles lost 3 2 Rushing attempts 64 37 Interceptions 1 0 Rushing yards 410 196 Penalties / yards 8 / 90 5 / 51 Passing attempts 17 19 Punt returns/yards 7/55 0/0 Passing completions 8 7 Kickoff returns / yards 2/76 1/15 Passing yards 138 66 Time of possession 32:39 27:21 Total plays 81 56 Third-down conversion 8 of 13 1 of 13 Total yards 548 203 Fourth-down conversion 0 of 3 0 fo 0 '■ Average yards per play 6.8 3.6 Sacks / yards 4/36 1/11 Huskers leave impression on BU // NU true freshman cornerback Erwin Swiney also intercepted a pass. “Basically in a football game, four or five plays make the difference,” Baylor coach Dave Roberts said. “You just can’t go out and put the football on the ground.” The Huskers’ first-team defense pro duced all three BU turnovers, which left senior defensive tackle Jason Peter ques tioning the backups. “Like I said last week, there was a lit tle problem with depth,” Peter said. “And that showed again today. So we’re going to have to go back to practice again Monday and start developing some more depth.” Though it wasn’t a picture-perfect win, Peter said, Nebraska is still on track to reach its goal. “Baylor isn’t the greatest team,” Peter said, “but they’re in our way to a national title. So we had to get through them.” By Andrew Strnad Staff Reporter WACO, Texas - There were no sur prises Saturday night. A team full of talented players at each skill position dominated a team trying to do anything just to compete. Baylor never posed a serious threat to Nebraska. The Bears were outgained by the Huskers in virtually every offen sive category. BU quarterback Jeff Watson, who finished the game with 66 yards throw ing the ball but minus-36 yards rushing, said the Bears found out a lot about their own team, which should help them compete with the rest of the Big 12 Conference. “We kept our honor. We never gave up,” Watson said. “Dignity, integrity, all those things. It sounds cheesy, but we have to build up from somewhere.” Watson also learned a great deal from playing the Huskers. The Bears’ signal caller said Nebraska is the best team in the country. “I don’t think people realize, but II - / know I need to gain some weight if Vm going to take on linemen like Nebraska s.” Kenyada Parker Baylor linebacker maybe they do, that (Nebraska) is at a level that we want to reach,” Watson said. “Everyone wants to reach that level.” The level Watson was referring to wasn’t easy to specify, according to the 6-foot senior. But could it be described in one word: dominance. “It’s not like we’re bowing down to them like, ‘Wow, they’re gods.’ But the speed, the talent and the depth, and all other aspects puts them with the best if not the best team in the nation,” Watson said. Baylor lost earlier this season to unbeaten Michigan 38-6. Feelings were the same among the Baylor defenders. Junior linebacker Kenyada Parker ran into the Husker running game, which piled up 410 yards on the ground. In addition to Parker’s five tackles, the 6-2, 202-pound run stopper scored the Bears’ last touchdown of the game with no time remaining by recovering a Willie Miller fumble in the end zone. Parker said the whole game was a learning experience, and one that mighl have a lasting effect on his career. “I know I need to gain some weight if I’m going to take on linemen like Nebraska’s,” Parker said. The Huskers blasted the Bears off the ball for an average of 6.8 yards per play. The Bears also aided the Huskers by turning the ball over three times, which had BU coach Dave Roberts dis appointed. “When you get into a game, any game, no matter who it is, you can’t turn the ball over and expect to win football games,” Roberts said. Despite losing by 28 points, Roberts was thoroughly pleased with his team’s effort, especially in the sec ond half when the game was out of reach-. Roberts said he expected the Huskers to get his'attention with their talent and speed, but he was most impressed with the Huskers’ attitude toward the game. “What impressed me about them was their class,” Roberts said. “They’re very classy. They just go about th^ir business and win. Coach Osborne is a very classy person.”
