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Bob Churchich took up where he left off as the Big 8's Sophomore Back of the Year last fall by pitching a pair of TD passes to All Big 8 end Freeman White.

But the veteran combo wasn't enough to counter the defensively stacked opposition as the Reds stopped the Whites, 33-27, in the spring practice final game. An All Sports Day crowd of 7,000 saw the free-wheeling action.

H'PEDIA NOTES: After the game, coach Bob Devaney singled out Dennis Richnafsky for praise, saying the sophomore-to-be split end "caught the ball better than anyone I've seen in this stadium since I've been here." What about Freeman White, with his five catches for 101 yards? Devaney said: "Freeman made one tremendous catch, but he dropped about as many as he caught."

SPRING-GAME HISTORY
NU ROSTER

Reds 33
Whites 27
May 8, 1965
Lincoln, NE

Whites        7    0    7   13  —  27
Reds          6    7   13    7  —  33

First quarter
WHI - Freeman White (16, pass from Bob Churchich;
      Duncan Drum kick) 10:29
RED - Larry Casey (15, pass from Wayne Weber;
      kick failed) 2:41
Second quarter
RED - Kaye Carstens (1, run; Larry Wachholtz kick) 0:02
Third quarter
WHI - White (25, pass from Churchich; Drum kick) 9:10
RED - Mick Ziegler (58, run; Wachholtz kick) 8:26
RED - Ken Brunk (3, run; kick failed) 4:58
Fourth quarter
RED - Charles Winters (13, run; Wachholtz kick) 14:17
WHI - Miles Kimmel (31, pass from Dennis Morrison;
      Drum kick) 7:06
WHI - Mike Barry (63, recovered lateral, kick blocked) 0:10

                    WHI     RED
First downs           8       9
Rushing yards        65     175
Passubg yards       160     119
Total yards         225     294
Passes             9-23    9-20
Intercepted by        1       3
Punts-average    7-33.9  4-29.3
Yards penalized      10      55
Fumbles lost          1       6

RUSHING
WHI: Kirkland 5-36; Tatman 7-27; B.Brown 3-8;
     Buckler 2-8; Wilson 6-7; Farrer 1-1;
     Fierro 1-(-6); Morrison 2-(-8); 
     Critchlow 3-(-8).
RED: Ziegler 8-79; Carstens 4-32; Winters 7-29;
     Brunk 7-11; Gregory 5-9; Haasch 2-9;
     Fortuna 4-4; Ecklund 1-3; Weber 2-0;
     Riley 2-(-1)

PASSING
WHI: Churchich 7/13, 119 YDS
     Fierro 0/5, 0 YDS; Morrison 2/5, 41 YDS
RED: Weber 7/11, 81 YDS; Sigler 2/8 38 YDS;
     Fortuna 0/1, 0 YDS

RECEIVING
WHI: White 5-101; Kimmel 1-31; Wilson 1-19;
     Smith 1-10; Jeter 1-9
RED: Richnafsky 4-35; Casey 2-44; Delaney 2-14;
     Winters 1-30; Gregory 1-3

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