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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
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Football Game Review ****** ‘
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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
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