| Lincoln, NE. - The scene was another beautiful night for football with over 3,423 fans attending the Spartan and Northeast Rocket game. The Spartans came out flat, the fans were flat and Northeast used the wind and short punts to capitalize on a 17-0 lead in the first 16 mintues of play. A Boomer Russo sack prevented a 24-0 deficit.
On this day the Spartans caught a season building break when Matt Dingledine intercepted a pass and ran 19 yards for a Spartan score. Suddenly, the spirt returned and the desire to score more was ever present. The fans, the student body, the band and cheerleaders felt the spirit and with a lot of heart the Spartans reeled of 31 unanswered points to close out the Rockets 31-17. Ironoically it was Dingledine that ignited the Rockets to a fourth quarter comeback over the Spartans last season. This year Dingledine wearing the blue ignited the Spartans from the defensive side of the ball. Dingledine also intercepted a door slammer in the fourth with a 50 yard return. Spartan quarterback Pat Spangler had a monsterous career day scoring 3 touchdowns on runs of 25, 4 and 1. Spangler finished the day as the leading rusher for the Spartans with 80 yards, including some very key first down runs. Tony Tabatabai's 26-yard field goal with 3:27 left in the third quarter was his seventh field goal of the season out of eight trys. The defense shutdown the Rockets for all of the second half.
This night could go down as the night the Spartan program turned around. The Spartans have the talent and proved they have the heart but, the next
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The fans, the band, the cheerleaders, the team, coaches must all bring their "A"
game Thursday night for a homecoming game against the powerful Bulldogs of North Platte. The Spartans can not afford to come out of the gate like they did against Northeast. Should be another exciting night of Spartan football. Don't miss it and bring your loud voices.
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