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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: NEBRASKA l-BACK Dan Alexander gets upended during a draw play against
Texas. Alexander had 136 yards on 21 carries lor the game.
TEXAS WIDE RECEIVER Ryan Nunez celebrates with Texas fans after ITT* 24-20 victory Saturday. Texas
fans stayed for a half hour after the game saluting and cheering the team.
TRACEY WISTROM enters the Nebraska locker room after Texas’ victory Saturday. Right above Wistrom,
several UT fans harassed each player going into the locker room.
ERIC CROUCH makes a pitch while Texas linebacker Aaron Humphrey chases him down. Crouch had 204
yards passing for the game, a career high.
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UT quarterback Major
Applewhite has now thrown
for more than 200 yards in 18
straight games, dating back to
his first start against Kansas
State. Applewhite had only 47
yards passing at halftime but,
completed 8 of 9 passes in the
second half. The nine passes
were 12 fewer than the number
he threw in the first half.
Applewhite’s day gave him
4,617 total yards for his career,
moving him past former
Heisman Trophy winner Earl
Campbell for fifth place.
Though it largely got lost
in the shuffle, Eric Crouch
passed for a career-high 204
yards in Saturday’s loss, the
most yards passed for by an
NU player since Bobby
Newcombe against Texas
A&M last season. Crouch had
31 rushing yards for 235 total
yards.
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Saturday, ESPN showed a
feature on Crouch, who
explained how much easier it
was to manage the 25-second
clock this season than it was
last year. In the game, NU
burned three timeouts because
of plays sent in late by the
coaching staff.
Nebraska’s next opponent,
Kansas, scored a mildly sur
prising upset over arch rival
Missouri with a 21-0 victory
Saturday, as Jayhawk fans
stormed the field and tore
down the goalposts. The game,
which will be held Saturday at
6 p.m. and televised by Fox
Sports Net, marks the fourth
consecutive time that NU has
played KU at night in the
series. The last time the
Huskers played there was the
weekend of the October ice
storm two years ago.
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A trick play afforded
Bobby Newcombe the oppor
tunity to throw his first pass
since the California game
Sept. 11. Newcombe’s protec
tion broke down on the reverse
pass, but he was still able to
complete it to Matt Davison
for a 33-yard gain. NU went on
to get a field goal out of that
drive.
“I couldn’t make a very
good fake,” Newcombe said.
“So I had to pull up and throw
it as quickly as possible.”
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piled by senior editor Samuel
McKewon.