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Gameday: Kaij |tay Nebraska defensive players praised KSU's Michael Bishop after the game. The senior quarter back accounted for 446 yards of total offense. Bishop hit 19 of 33 passes for 306 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 140 yards and two more scores. He became the first Kansas State player to run for more than 100 yards against Nebraska since J.J. Stokes in 1993. "1 think we frustrated (Bishop) in the first half, but he bounced back, and that’s part of the reason they're such a good team." NU cornerback Ralph Brown said. "Bishop assured us that he is one of the best quarterbacks in the country." ■ Officials from the Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Holiday and Fiesta bow ls had seats in the press box Saturday. Fiesta Bowd officials appear most interested in Kansas State, which has a good shot to go to Tempe, Ariz. if it w ins out. While the Wildcats may be traveling to Tempe. the Huskers are looking toward San Dtego. Holiday Bowl officials walked Nebraska's side of the field and talked with NU Coach Frank Solich after the game. Holiday Bowl’officials have indicated they want Nebraska if the Huskers defeat Colorado on Nov. 27 in Lincoln. s Kansas State set a home atten dance record Saturday with 44,298 fans on hand. The crow d made its presence known, cheering wildly through most of the game. Crouch said the noise did not affect NU's offense. ■ Split end Kenny Cheatham and tight end Sheldon Jackson led an effective performance by Nebraska's receiving corps Saturday. Cheatham caught a career-long reception and a career long touchdown reception wdien he grabbed a 45-vard Crouch pass with one hand. The score gave NU a 14-7 advantage w'ith 11 minutes remaining in the fourth. Jackson had a career-best two touchdowns in the game, an 8-yard pass from Crouch for NU's first touchdown of the game and a 9 yard Crouch pass that gave the Huskers a 30-27 lead with 8:27 remaining in the fourth. The last time a Nebraska tight end scored twice in the same game was against Iow'a State in 1996. m NU place kicker Kris Brown tied the NCAA record for career points after touchdowns when he made one in the third quarter. However, Brown missed a chance to break’the record when he failed to hit a extra point on the Huskers' next scoring drive. Brown now has 2 1 6 career extra points on 22 1 attempts. Gameday notebook com piled by senior staff writer Shannon Heffelfinger I Huskers fall to K-$tate for first time since ’68 By Shannon Heffelfinger Senior staff writer Mass hysteria gripped the Kansas football team ap’d its fans Saturday in the waning moments of the Wildcats' 40-30 victory over Nebraska. After the Wildcats' game-clinching score in the fourth quarter, Michael Bishop picked up the ball and ran down the field in celebration. .And most of the 44.298 people who made up the largest crowd in KSU history stormed Wagner Field and swung from the goal post. Problem was. three seconds still remained on the clock. Thirty years ofNU dominance over Kansas State couldn't end soon enough for the Wildcats and their fans. They ran around hugging each other, screaming and crying and reveling in the sweetness of the biggest win in Kansas State history. The Cornhuskers, strapped with three regular-season losses for the first time since 1977, tasted only the bitter ness of one that got away. They acted disgusted when asked if the torch has been passed from one Big 12 great to another. “This is a one-year thing,” NU cor nerback Ralph Brown said. “Next year, we will not lose to Kansas State. You can put that on me. We will not lose." Few Huskers were more diplomat ic than Brown. Although purple cov ered the field and the stands, and every where Brown’s teammates looked after the game, most of the Huskers saw only red. “If you ask them off the record, away from the TV cameras, they will know deep down that they should not have won this game,” Nebraska line backer Jay Foreman said. “They did not come out here today and kick our butts. “I don't know what the hell the deal was, but they did not win that game.” Foreman disputed several calls by the referees, including a no-call by the officials on Nebraska's last realistic chance to piece together a scoring drive. The scoreboard read 34-30 Kansas State. With no time outs remaining, the Huskers lined up for fourth-and-eight from their own 32. KSU linebacker Travis Ochs sacked Crouch for a 12 yard loss with 2:32 left in the fourth quarter. NU Coach Frank Solicit and every Football game review Nebraska »Kansas Si Rusbing Rushing Name Car Yds Avg TD Name Eric Crouch 22 108 4.9 0 Michael Bishop Correll Buckhalter 13 54 4.2 0 Eric Hickson Joel Makovicka 5 28 5.6 0 Brian Goolsby Receiving Receiving Name Rec Yds Long TD Name Sheldon Jackson 4 48 22 2 Darnell McDonalc Matt Davison 2 21 12 0 Aaron Lockett Kenny Cheatham 1 45 45 1 Brian Goolsby Passing Passing Name Comp Att Yds TD Name Eric Crouch 10 21 139 3 Michael Bishop Game Stats Nebraska Kansas SL First downs 18 27 Fumbles lost Rushing attempts 43 43 Interceptions Rushing yards 236 233 Penalties / yards Passing completions 10 19 Punt returns / yan Passing attempts 21 33 Kickoff returns / y Passing yards 139 306 Time of possessic Total yards 351 512 Sacks/yards KdtMftSlKS 30 Kansas Si 40 Car Yds Avg TD 25 140 5.6 2 11 56 5.1 0 15 5.0 0 Rec Yds Long TD 12 183 38 2 6 117 61 0 16 6 0 Comp Att Yds TD 19 33 306 2 Ntferaska Kansas Si 2 4 1 1 5/34 8/83 Is 0/0 4/105 ards 4/47 2/45 n 28:53 31:07 1/10 3/22 — Scoring summary s 7 »7. ™al K-State 7 7 10 16 40 Team Qtr. Scoring play Plays - yards Score Nebraska Texas NU 1 S. Jackson 8 yd pass from E. Crouch 8-80 7 0 KSU 1 M. Bishop 2 yd run 11-55 7 NU 2 K. Cheatham 45 yd pass from E. Crouch 3-43 14 7 NU 2 K, Brown 18 yd field goal 9-62 17 7 KSU 2 M. Bishop 1 yd run 7-76 17 14 KSU 3 D. McDonald 17 yd pass from M. Bishop 7-61 17 21 KSU 3 M. Gramatica 25 yd field goal 4-4 17 24 NU 3 R. Brown 74 yd fumble recovery 24 24 KSU 4 M. Gramatica 21 yd field goal 13-63 24 27 NU 4 S. Jackson 9 yd pass from E. Crouch 6-77 30 27 KSU 4 D. McDonald 11 yd pass from M. Bishop 10-80 30 34 KSU 4 J. Kelly 23 yd fumble recovery 30 40 Husker on the field argued that Ochs yanked Crouch’s face mask and spun it iround his head. "It was a face mask.” Crouch said. ‘It should have been a penalty, but they didn't make the call.” Said Ochs: “I'qi not sure I got him, but they would have had to score any wav to beat us, and that was a long wavs off.” The Wildcats took over on NU’s 20-yard line, rushed four times, ate up 2:17 and did not score. Nebraska regained possession with 15 seconds left - enough time for one play. KSU's Joe Bob Clements Jon Frank/DN slammed into Crouch and forced a fumble. Kansas State’s Jeff Kelly scooped it up and sprinted into the end zone for the Wildcats’ final score of the game. “We played well, but not quite well enough to beat what is ranked the No. 1 team in the country,” Solich said. “Yes, I thought it was a face mask, but appar ently no one else saw it that way.” The disputed face mask call served as the final oddity in a game full of them. There were three lead changes in the game, and KSU trailed at the half Please see HUSKERS on 14