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homa State 17 „•■■•* ’■-^_1• *■ • _: . V .r ^ " ,-. -v'.- ...! 1 OSU dissatisfied with moral victory Cowboys hoped for win against NU By Shannon Heffelfinger Senior staff'writer KANSAS CITY. Mo. The Oklahoma State football team walked away from a battle with the second ranked team in the country Saturday with a moral victory. OSU beat the Cornhuskers in near ly ecery aspect of the game, topping NT in passing yards, running yards, first downs and time of possession But the Cowboys failed to outdo Nebraska when it counted the most. With a chance to tie the game at 24 w ith five seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma State 1-back Nathan Simmons rushed for no gam at the Nl I-card line. The Cowboys fell to Nebraska 24 17 m front of 79.555 fans at Arrowhead Stadium. And for OSl linebacker Raymond Cato, that was the bottom line. Forget about moral victories. "We wanted to proce we weren't here just to be here." said ( ato. who totaled nine tackles including four for losses and sacked Bobbc New combe once fora 10-card loss "We didn't )ust show up so that (Nebraska) could play in a game. We knew we could w in. and we wanted to prove that to people." OSU Coach Bob Simmons said the Cowboys proved themselves in the first half “We played disciplined football and executed the game plan to perfection.” Simmons said. "We gave up two quick touchdowns in the second half, but i was happy with the wav we regained our composure "We came up here wit It a good game plan, and we thought we could execute it and w in ” But ironically, it was their execution or lack of it that mav have doomed the Cowboys. \ With 2:2 1 left in the game. Oklahoma State quarterback Tonv Lindsay directed the Cow bovs from their own 41-yard line 5s vards to the Nebraska 1. Live seconds remained in the game. With no time-outs left. Simmons hurriedlv decided on a play that called for an extra lineman, second-string center Revnell Laving., to- line up between left guard Adam Dav is and left tackle Dav id Comacho to create an unbalanced line cat the left side Lavmge. who wasn't standing near Please see OSU on 11 Football Game Review ****** ‘ Ceterasla •= ^ Rushing Name Car Yds Avg TD DeAngelo Evans 15 41 2.7 1 Bobby Newcombe 13 22 1 7 1 Joel Mackovicka 6 9 1.5 0 Receiving Name Rec Yds Long TD Kenny Cheatham 3 32 13 0 Mat; Da visor. 3 31 1? 0 Sheldon Jackson 2 70 40 0 Passing Name Comp Att Yds TD BoPPy Newcombe 9 15 112 0 Eric Crouch 1 1 30 0 Game Stats N«hmka First downs 12 19 •—. Rusnmg attempts 36 55 Rushing yards 73 175 Passing attempts 16 24 Passing completions 10 11 Passing yards 142 18C Total yards 215 355 Rushing "SgPU. Name Car Yds Avg TD Nathan Simmons 26 114 4.4 0 Jamaa! Foods 12 55 4 6 1 Brian Aikms 5 15 3.0 0 Receiving Name Rec Yds Long TD Ethan Howell 2 72 67 1 Sean Love 2 36 25 0 T. Richardson 2 2 4 0 Passing Name Comp Att Yds TD Tony Lindsay 10 23 158 1 Scott Else' 1 22 0 Nebraska Fumbles lost 0 0 interceptions C 0 Penalties / yards 1/15 10/59 Punt returns vara; 6 106 3 20 Kickoff returns / yards 4 / 68 3 / 49 Time of possession 24 50 35 10 Scoring Summary Nebraska 0 3 14 7 24 Oklahoma Si. 0 3 7 7 17 Team Qtr Scoring play OSU 2nd Tim Sydnes 37 yd field goal NU 2oo Kris Brown 43 va field goal NU 3rd Bobby Newcombe 6 yd run NU 3rd DeAngelo Evans 1 va ran ■ OSU 3rd Jamaal Fobbs 3 yd run OSU 2“ Ethan Howell 67 yd pass from T Linasa. NU 4th Joe Walker 73 yd punt return Piays-yards Score *iebras*3 OSU 13-48 0 3 7- 76 10 3 7 - 56 17 3 8- 82 17 10 ; - 30 1” r 24 17 •J".\ Frank I).\