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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1400313, member: 289"] THE AFTERMATH “Syracuse’s defense, after having trouble early, took charge in the second period. The Orange intercepted four Husker passes, seeming to come up with one whenever the Huskers began to get dangerous. The improvement in all phases of the overhead game was the decisive feature of the contest…“The greater depth of the Orangemen paid off, since Nebraska playing a hard-hitting game through the first three periods, was unable to mount a serious offensive as the Cornhusker regulars tired in the late going.” “Syracuse justified the final score by notching a margin in virtually every department.” Syracuse out-rushed the Huskers 208-170 and out-passed them 141-57, (on 7 for 10 passing to 3 for 8), for a total yardage edge of 349-227. The Orange had 19 first downs to 30. They intercepted 4 passes to 1 but lost 2 fumbles to 1 for a +2 turnover edge. Roy Stinnett of Nebraska completed all 7 of his passes, but three were Syracuse players. There were only 9 penalties called in the game, 5 on the Orange for 52 yards, 4 on Nebraska for 24. SU ran 66 plays to 53 for the home team. Stephens was the leading ground gainer, with 71 yards on 13 carries. Thomas led Nebraska with 50 to Brown’s 41. Zimmerman was 3 for 6 for 60 yards. Fogarty and Jackson, halfbacks by trade, were each 2 for 2. “Stephens was voted the best back of the day, while Lasse was named the top lineman, though the Orange flank was turned considerably by the Huskers.” The Post said that Lasse had “played his best game of the year.” The Orange thought that Nebraska was stronger than Iowa State, the only team the Orange failed to defeat this year. Ben Schwartzwalder: “Our kids thought Nebraska was a better team than Iowa State. The Nebraskas hit harder than the Iowa States and we were impressed by the fact that they never gave up even after they fell behind.” He said the team changed their defense after Nebraska’s lone touchdown drive. “We wound up using about seven defenses. We just had to feel around to find out which one would be best for us. This was a good Nebraska team and they will win some more games this season.” Actually they wouldn’t, losing their remaining 5 games, including a 0-13 loss to Iowa State, to finish 1-9. “Nebraska’s coach, Bill Jennings, whose ulcers weren’t helped a bit by today’s defeat, was wary about comparing Syracuse with Army and Pitt, the other two eastern teams which defeated the Huskers this season. “I thought we played a better game against Syracuse than we did against either of those teams and that makes it impossible to compare the teams properly. At that, Syracuse got only one less touchdown than Pitt.” “All hands seemed to come through the contest in good shape. Reserve halfback Dean DeAngelis, with a 103 temperature, spent the day in the student infirmary here. He was left in Lincoln and will return home when well.” He must have bene a lonely kid for a while there. When the team got home trainer Julie Reichel went to bed, the latest flu victim. The Herald had a picture on the front of their sports page of Tom Stephens running it over form the one for the first score. Syracuse is in its usual white jerseys with orange pants and helmets with blue numbers and trim. Nebraska has on red jersey and helmets with white pants. They have Baltimore Colts-like rings around their shoulders, but nothing on the sleeves. Both teams have numbers on the sides of their helmets. The photographer is at the back of the end zone and to Stephen’s left. The SU line has opened a sizable hole. One Husker has stuck an arm out in front of him and another has a hand on his back but that’s no obstacle for a determined runner. The picture page had a shot of Dave Baker following a blocker through the line for 5 yards, also in the first quarter. At the bottom of the page Baker is being “hauled down for a short loss” by three Nebraska players. The caption was entitled “Didn’t matter.” On page 54 they showed a picture of the Nebraska field goal, complete with an arrow showing the flight of the ball. The Post had the same picture on its front page of Stephens scoring the first touchdown. It was an AP wirephoto. The local papers hadn’t sent their own photographers to the game. They also had the two pictures of Dave Baker runs and Prusia’s field goal. Monday’s Herald-Journal announced “Undefeated Orange Among Nation’s Best”, pointing out that they hadn’t lost in their last 10 regular season games, something only three other major schools- Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Wyoming- could claim. Another win would extend the streak to 11 and tie a record set in the 1922-23 seasons, when the Orange won 11 in a row. Bill Reddy acknowledged “Nebraska was hitting hard up front and the Huskers earned a lot of respect from the Orangemen. This was a much better team at home than the one that plodded through shutout losses to Army and Pitt earlier and because it looked far better Syracuse suffered by comparison with the Cadets and the Panthers. Nebraska, like Syracuse, seems to be improving steadily and it figures to cause trouble in the Big Eight before the season is over.” Nope. “How good did Syracuse look against Nebraska? That’s a question asked repeatedly by Orange supporters since the game. I thought they looked better than ever, even though there’s still room for improvement. They lost the ball on fumbles twice but they came up with four interceptions and they just wore down the hopped-up Huskers for an overwhelming victory. Particularly impressive was the team’s reaction to Nebraska’s comeback…some tams might have panicked. Instead, the Orangemen displayed fine poise, went back to work and not only pushed back the Huskers steadily on scoring marches but also contained the Nebraska offense strongly….and dominated play completely for the last 30 minutes. The Old S cout was still in Nebraska on business and made a collect call from Omaha to talk to Arnie Burdick. He pleaded that he “didn’t have any change in my pockets”. He noted that Lincoln “is only a few hours by plane these days, not a two day trip like it used to be when the Orange and Nebraska met in those great battles in the twenties.” “I knew the boys were going to have their troubles because of the flu bug that hit them during the week so I was glad they came through. It was a good one to get over. Now they can concentrate on the fat part of the schedule that lies ahead. “ Nebraska was the skinny part of your schedule in 1957. On the plus side: “I thought that Syracuse put on two terrific marches in the ball game in going in for its last two scores. The first one, near the end of the first half, showed a great deal of imagination, poise, resourcefulness and determination. That was not an easy touchdown to score and it looked like the boys wanted that extra cushion before going to the dressing room. And they went out and got it. And the last score was Syracuse’s most cohesive drive displayed this year. It was a businesslike march. The boys didn’t fumble, didn’t go offside, didn’t blow key blocking assignments: they rolled. It was the kind of a march last year’s team used to make consistently. That’s the kind of a game that the Orange is going to have to turn in Saturday in order to get past Penn State.” On the negative side: “The Orange continues to make too many mistakes and good football teams will make you pay for those mistakes. Our center snaps on our kicks are bad. I doubt if any team that Syracuse plays coming up wouldn’t have had the speed to block at least one punt Saturday. And the boys miss too many signals and assignments. This is going to get costly if they don’t reform. “ “They did hustle and their pass receivers made some fine catches, making the passing attack look a little better than it actually was. And they grabbed four Nebraska passes, bringing the total of interceptions for the season to ten. But now the pass defense will really start to get tested. The best passers are all coming up, beginning with the cutest of the lot in Penn State’s Jacks. He’s one of the best in college football today. And State had some fine receivers to go with him, too. Don’t let the boys get fooled by that Penn State-Vanderbilt score. (The Commodores had shockingly upset State32-20.) The Lions really want to taste some Orange meat on Saturday.” [/QUOTE]

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