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Football game review Colorado 14 Nebraska Colorado Rushing Rushing Wsh* Name Car Yds Avg TD Name Car Yds Avg TD Correll Buckhalter 15 92 6.1 0 Marlon Barnes 25 102 4.1 0 Joel Makovicka 5 21 4.2 0 Dwayne Cherrington 6 39 6.5 0 Eric Crouch 17 18 1.1 0 Receiving Receiving Name Rec Yds Long TD Name Rec Yds Long TD Shevin Wiggins 3 42 24 0 Javon Green 5 72 18 1 Correll Buckhalter 3 29 21 0 Marcus Stiggers 4 25 8 0 Matt Davison 2 31 27 0 Adam Peeke 1 15 15 1 Passing Passing Name Comp Att Yds TD Name Comp Att Yds TD Eric Crouch 10 22 123 0 Mike Moschetti 12 18 132 2 Game Stats Nebraska Colorado Nebraska Colorado ' First downs > 12 18 Fumbles lost 1 2 Rushing attempts 37 46 Interceptions 1 1 Rushing yards 131 112 Penalties / yards 5 / 44 7 / 78 Passing completions 10 13 Punt returns / yards 3/20 3/43 Passing attempts 22- 19 Kickoff returns / yards 2/42 1/2 Passing yards 123 134 Time of possession 26:18 33:42 Total yards 254 246 Sacks/yards 6 / 48 2/15 I - Scoring Summary Nebraska^ 7 3 3 3 16 Colorado 7 0 7 0 14 Team Qtr Scoring play Plays - yards Score Nebraska Colorado NU 1 C. Finley 42 yd interception return 7 0 COL 1 J. Green 17 yd pass from M. Moschetti 11 -80 7 7 NU 2 K. Brown 30 yd field goal 11-45 10 7 NU 3 K. Brown 30 yd field goal 9-65 13 7 COL 3 A. Peeke 15 yd pass from M. Moschetti 13-80 13 14 NU 4 K. Brown 25 yd field goal 10-49 16 14 -Jon Frank/D> Dawn Dietrich/DN ERWIN SWINEY, an NU left cornerback, and Chad Kelsay, a left rush end for NU, squish a Colorado player during Friday’s game. The Husker defense kept the team ahead to win the game 16*14. It was the seventh consecutive win for the Huskers over the Buffaloes and the fourth win in the last five years by 5 or fewer points. Scott McClurg/DN NEBRASKA RIGHT RUSH END Chad Kelsay tackles Colorado’s Marlon Barnes for a loss during the second quarter. Despite a concerted effort to establish its rushing offense, Colorado was able to rack up only 112 yards on the ground in Friday’s game. Photos by Scott McClurg/DN ABOVE: COLORADO WIDE RECEIVER Javon Green tumbles into the end zone after a 17-yard touchdown pass during the first quarter. Green’s score marked the first time CU had reached the end zone at Memorial Stadium since 1994. LEFT: NEBRASKA WINGBACK Shevin Wiggins takes the field during a special ceremony honoring the Husker seniors before their last game at Memorial Stadium. Twenty one graduating seniors took part in the pre-game proceedings. Buffs frustrated, angry in loss to NU By Shannon Heffelfinger Senior staff writer The frustration burst forth from the fists of Colorado linebacker Hannibal Navies, who crouched down and pounded the turf as the final second ticked off on the Memorial Stadium scoreboard Friday. It broke the tense silence in post-game interviews when CU Coach Rick Neuheisel called the Buffaloes’ 16-14 defeat the “most sickening thing I’ve ever been around.” And it shined in the black streaks smeared across quarterback Mike Moschetti's face, who refused to make excuses for Colorado's disappointing 7-4 season or for its fourth loss in five years to the Comhuskers by less than five points. “There are no excuses,” Moschetti said defiantly. “If we’re starting all freshmen, we still expect to win. I'm tired of hearing that we’re young, and I’m tired of hearing we’re beat up. It doesn’t matter. When we put on a Colorado helmet, we expect to win the game.” Colorado came painfully close to doing so in front of an NU crowd of 75,958 fans. The Buffaloes shut NU down and forced a onds remaining in the fourth quarter. After a 58-yard punt by Bill Lafleur, CU took over at its own 9-yard line. The Buffaloes quickly notched two first downs on back-to-back plays, the first a 12-yard run by Marlon Barnes, the second a 10-yard pass by Moschetti to wide receiver Javon Green. But a false start penalty stalled CU’s drive, and an 8-yard sack by Nebraska rush end Chad Kelsay set the Buffaloes back fur ther. Facing third-and-15 at the Colorado 26 yard line, Moschetti threw consecutive incomplete passes. Nebraska regained pos- : session with 1:41 left in the game. Neuheisel blamed the outcome on three i key turnovers and penalties. Colorado's first miscue took place four ; minutes into the first quarter when Flusker i free safety Clint Finley intercepted a Moschetti pass intended for tight end Tom Ashworth. Finley ran the grab back 42 yards ; for a score. In the second half. Nebraska's i Mike Rucker caused two Moschetti fumbles that NU recovered. The second fumble, recovered by freshman Jeremy Slechta, led to place-kicker Kns Brown's third field goal of the day and the Huskers' winning score. Neuheisel hinted that he disagreed with several of the penalties called against CU. rhe Buffaloes were penalized seven times for 78 yards, including one offensive pass interference call that ended a crucial drive during the fourth quarter. “I have to be careful here because I don’t want to get sanctioned,” Neuheisel said. 'My opinion was that Darrin (Chiaverini) was making a play on the ball. The Nebraska defender wasn’t. He was face guarding Darrin. Again, that’s my opinion, and my opinions are biased.” Despite his frustration, Neuheisel was pleased with Barnes and Colorado’s defense. Barnes, who has played in only five Barnes because of an injury, rushed for 102 yards on 25 carries. The offensive and defensive lines had a dominant performance, CU linebacker Jashon Sykes said, but the defensive line controlled the trenches as well. Colorado held Nebraska to 131 yards rushing. NU had -2 rushing yards after the first quarter. “We Dracticed for two weeks for this iiffense,” said Sykes, who led CU with 13 ackles. “I knew what they were running out ff every formation. Today was a defensive *ame. They couldn’t do anything against us. We shut them down.” Sykes added that Nebraska will face a lealthy and experienced Buffs team next /ear. “Everyone in the country knows that lext year Colorado is going to be right back vhere we were in 1990. We're going to turn his thing around next year.” In the wake of his second disappointing ;eason in as many years, Neuheisel strug gled to echo Sykes’ predictions in his post >ame comments to the Buffaloes. “It’s hollow. I’d love to say we’re excited ibout where we are. I think we're headed in he right direction and the future is bright. 3ut today, in the post-mortem of a two-point oss that's as sickening as any I've ever been iround, it's hard to be as upbeat as 1 think we ieserve to be with respect to the future.”