Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-22
Lack Dash and Spirit Shown in
Other Big Games Of the
Season.
LINE CRUMBLEs BEFORE IOWA
Only in One Period Does Scarlet and
Cream Show Old Form.
POTTER AND HOWARD ARE STARS
HRwkcycs Fight Uphill Game
VnIientIy and Gross, Garretsoa
and Cranberry Prove big 81
Ground Gamers. II
ny FRED $. HUNTER.
Statistics Of Game.

statistics of Game.
First downs gained; Nebraska, 17l
Held for downs: Nebraska, A; Iowa, 9.
Successful forward passesi rebrasxa'
2; Iowa, 3.
Yards gained by passes; Nebraska, 1871
Puntsi Nebraska, ass yards in puutSi
iowa, 2O2 yards in punts.
Penalties; Nebraska, Ito yards; Iowa.
rStai yards gained. Nebraska, 4o1I
iowa, 322.
IOWA CITY, la, Nov n-(SpeciaI
Telegram THE trustv toe OF Captain
Vic Halligan alone saved Nebraska from
a tie game with Iowa today. Halllgan
booted three field goals from placement.
netting a total Of nine points. Those
points, coupled with the one touchdown
counted. made the Nebraska score, 16 to
Iowas Z.
Something was lacking In the Corn
husker attack. The team was lacking
In that old spirit and fight. which has
given the University of Nebraska an
envied reputation from coast to coast
and il is also apparent that the sturdy
athletes were suffering from an attack
of "chestiness" Those two delinquencies
nearly defeated the Huskers and, as re-
ated before, HalIgan, playing his last
game for Nebraska alone won the battle.
HRwkeyes Crush Line.
The Nebraska line that sinew bundle
OF beef and strength, which has foiled
the attacks OF the mightiest. crumbled
like so much paper before the Hawkeyes.
On the defense and on the offense, the
Hawkye line upset the Nebraska rank
on every occasion. The Cornhusker in
| which has
heretofore played such an important part
! in Nebraska victories. was uneven and
practically of no benefit 10 the men
carrying TIE ball.
Only for brief few minutes In the
third quarter did the Cornhuskers show
their old-tlme form. Then series OF
masterfully executed forward passes and
desperate line plunges by Rutherford
swept the ball down the field to the six
inch line. where Potter squirmed over
for the lone Nebraska touchdown.
] Potter Always Ready.
/ Nebraska's secondary defense and Herb
Potter, playing safety, kept the Iowa
score to one touchdown Time and again
Garretson, Parson. Carberry and Gross
broke through the line and were only
downed by that secondary defense ON
| numerous occasions the ltaWkeyeS slarleu
| well-balanced forward passes that es-
capped everybody but the vigilant Potter.
The little Husker quarter spoiled many
passes which, II successful, would have
given the Iowa runner a clear field to
the goal line. Chamberlain, the sensa-
tional rhalfback. who had in previous
games broken away for frequent long
runs. was powerless. Not once do he
make a gain of over six yards. Ruther-
ford. while consistent barely averaged
five and six yards. Delamatre worked
up to standard at fullback and Potter
and Halligan and Howard shone bril-
liantly, but the rest of the team was mis-
erably weak.
First Point scored.
+ Potter, Halligan and Howard. three mel
playing their last game for the Scnrle
and Cream, were the real stars. When
ever Nebraska made long gains II was
along the aerial route to Howard OF
Halligan from Potter or Halligan. Halt
gan's tackle was the only invulnerable
spot on the Nebraska line. Halligani
booting was nothing short of miraculous
Thre eplace kicks out five attempts wer,
accomplished. One was from the thirty
eight-yard line, another from the thirt!
and the third from the twenty-five-yar'
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