Texas Tech junior Jaret Greaser
broke his leg on a missed 52-yard field
goal attempt with 8:31 remaining in
the first quarter Saturday in Nebraska’s
29-0 win over the Red Raiders.
Greaser, a junior from Amarillo, Texas,
knows NU kicker Kris Brown from
high school. Brown played at Carroll
High in Southlake, Texas.
Brown felt Greaser’s pain.
“That’s kind of a bad break for
him,” Brown said. “I guess he was just
swinging through the ball, and it’s just
kind of one of those freak things that
happens. I hope the best for him.”
Greaser said he thought some
body ran into his leg.
“I knew it was broken when he hit
me,” Greaser said. “My leg was on
full extension on the follow through. I
did the same thing in high school
playing quarterback.”
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NU I-back Ahman Green rushed
for 178 yards against the Red Raiders
in the junior’s fifth consecutive 100
yard effort. Green, who moved to
fourth on Nebraska’s career rushing
chart, has scrambled for 2,873 yards
in his career. Green passed No. 6
Derek Brown’s 2,699 yards from 1990
to 1992; No. 5 Lawrence Phillips’
2,777 from 1993 to ’95 and No. 41.M.
Hipp’s 2,814 from 1977 to ’79.
“There’s no other running back
around that I’d rather have in the hud
dle than Ahman Green,” senior offen
sive tackle Aaron Taylor said. “He
pushes it each and every down and
gets every yard that he can.”
Green’s 31 career touchdowns
also rank fourth on Nebraska’s all
time chart.
In his 300th game as Nebraska’s
head coach, Tom Osborne improved
his career record to 248-49-3.
“That’s a lot of games,” Osborne
said. “I guess I’ve enjoyed most of them
- there have been a few I wish I could
take back, but it’s been a lot of fun.”
This season marks the 10th time
the Huskers have started 6-0 under
Osborne.
With a win over Kansas next
week, Osborne could go for his 250th
win against Oklahoma in Lincoln on
Nov. 1. Osborne would be the fastest
coach in college football to reach the
250 plateau and would average 10
wins a season during his 25th year as
head coach.
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Freshman Joe Walker started his
first career game Saturday against
Texas Tech. Listed as a comerback in
Nebraska’s media guide, Walker has
primarily played rover this season, but
he started Saturday in place of the
Sam linebacker in Nebraska’s nickel
package, which features five defen
sive backs.
“It felt good to be out there with
the first unit,” Walker said.
Though Nebraska Defensive
Coordinator Charlie McBride said the
position changes are a disadvantage to
Walker, the 5-foot-9,190-pound Walker
said his mobility is an advantage.
“Whatever they want me to play,
I’m willing to give 100 percent.”
Nebraska’s defense has held
Texas Tech’s offense without a touch
down for nine quarters. The last time
the Red Raiders scored a touchdown
against the Husker Blackshirts was in
the third quarter in 1994, when quar
terback Zebbie Lethridge hit Scott
Aylor for a six-yard touchdown pass.
NU beat Tech last year 24-10 in
Lubbock, Texas, but Tech’s touch
down was scored by the Red Raiders’
defense, which returned a nine-yard
interception for a touchdown.
Notebook compiled by senior
reporters David Wilson and Antone
Oseka.
Sandy Summers/DN
TOP: AMMAN GREEN eludes Texas Tech’s Dane Johnson on the way to a piece of his 178 yards rushing
Saturday. Green moved into the No. 4 spot on the all-time NU rushing charts.
Sandy Summers/DN
VERSHAN JACKSON battles Tech’s Kris Kocurek. Jackson caught one pass for 15 yards.
Tech can’t explaii
■ Lethridge says his
ankle was not an issue in
Nebraska’s domination of
the Tech offense.
By Antone Oseka
Senior Reporter
The Texas Tech players knew
scoring against the Nebraska
defense was going to be tough.
But Tech Coach Spike Dykes
figured the Red Raiders would be
able to score at least a couple of
times.
Even trailing 13-0 at halftime,
Dykes and the Red Raiders knew
they were only two touchdowns
away from evening up the game.
“We were two big plays from
taking the lead,” said Tech defensive
end Montae Reagor.
Those plays never came.
Nebraska beat Texas Tech 29-0
while holding the Red Raiders to
127 yards of total offense, with
nearly all of that coming through
the air. Tech rushed 26 times for 17
yards.
For the first time this season,
Tech was limited to less than 100
yards of offense in the first half as
the Blackshirts held quarterback
Zebbie Lethridge and his team
mates to 68 yards on 26 plays.
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good to talk about,” Dykes said. “I
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