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Monday, October 17, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Sports
Close doesn't count in KU's loss to Buffs
Kansas' offense sets season mark, fails to execute
Kansan sportswriter
By Jeff Euston
Kansas' 21-9 loss to Colorado on Saturday was a story of missed opportunities.
Despite a season high 378 yards of total offense, Kansas managed on three field goals.
"I'm proud of you," Kansas coach Glen Mason said of his players. "I think everybody was happy to be here when they happened or that had happened we could've won. I was pleased with our effort, but I think it wasn't."
The Jayhawks marched into Colorado territory on eight of their days to vow a fourure at the state's highest level.
different times, but could never score a touchdown.
"We had a lot of success in the open field," Kansas center Chip Budde said. "But when we got down close, we weren't able to capitalize.
"There's less field to work with near the end zone. They have a smaller area to cover and they tightened up. And we should have executed better."
The Jayhawks' first missed opportunity came in the first quarter. On a third and goal shot, the Colorado eight quarterback Kelly Donohue cornered of the end zone. But Vaughn jugged Donohue as he went out of bounds, and the team scored an 25-yard field goal from Brad Fleeman.
On their next possession, the Jayhawks successfully ran a fake field goal. Holder John Brehm ran six yards to the Colorado 10 for a first down to keep the drive going
But four plays later, Kansas was forced to kick another die goal — this time a 27 yard run from the end zone.
After Colorado took an 14-14 lead on Eric
Greenwood, one-year-tooward touchdowns
Kansas had a three-point run.
to 7-6
Donoboe and Vaughn connected on a 49-yard pass that moved the Jayhawks to the Buffaloes' 15 with just nine seconds left in the first half.
"I didn't want to be in a situation where I couldn't bring two-pole conversions to tie them." Manipulated.
Feleman's 24-yard attempt, however, was too long and Kansas sat at halftime 14-6.
Rather than run one more play, Musson chose to run the ball toward the center of the field to set up another field goal attempt by Fleeman.
The Jayhawks opened the second half with another trick play — a pass from Vaughn to Quintin Smith. But Smith turned the waggy way and the pass fell just out of his reach.
should have had it, "Smith said. It was right. It went right through my fingers. I just sat."
The Jayhawks were forced to punt, and did not have another opportunity to score until Fleeneman made a 32 yard field goal late in the fourth quarter.
While the Jayhawks were wasting their scoring chances, the Buffaloes were capita-
lizing.
Colorado scored touchdowns on a short drive of 38 yards and on two 80-yard man tops.
The Buffaloes' first downchown was the result of a turnover on the Jayhawks' first down.
Colorado free safety Bruce Young recovered a fumble by Vaughn at the Kansas 38, and Colorado's combination 1 formation/wishbone rushing attack took over.
The spark plug for the Colorado offense was the 5-foot-6, 190-pound halfback Bieniemy, who carried the ball four times for 26 rushing yards and a touchdown downplunge from the one yard line.
"He's not very tall, but he runs about two
inats half feet of the ground." Maas said of
him. "I think he's one foot tall."
mups and I knew he was a good runner. He may be a young guy, but he's a man."
But Biemieny is just getting warmed up. He finished with 195 yards and two touchdowns.
Colorado coach Bill McCarrie told the Kansas defense played well under thecircu
"Their defense hung in tough and played really hard," he said. "We were physically much more superior to them and all we really had to do was run right up the middle."
Colorado rushed 64 times for 110 yards — accounting for all of the Buffaloes' total defense. Colorado's four pass attempts came in the first half — and were all incomplete
The Kansas defense, which entered the game giving up 48 points and 564 yards a gain, allowed fewer points, 21, and fewer yards, 310, than it had all season.
"As far as stat go, we improved," Budde said. "But like everybody says, statistics are for losers. If we had improved as much as we wanted, we would have won."
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Good statistics not enough for Kansas to pull off victory
By Craig Anderson
Kansan sports editor
It was the best game of the season for Kansas quarterback Kelly Dondey and the Jayhawk offense, but it ended out to be the most frustrating.
"It was so sickening that we were hit with tinguisks away from having two years of training, but after Kansas' 21*9* loss to Colorado it just seems things that have never been that good."
In the first quarter, an Arnold Snell halfback pass to wide receiver Willem Vaughan was overbred by North Carolina and end zone. On Kansas' first offensive second half, a Vaughan pass to wide receiver Quinn Smith missed by the length of a finger. There was no defensive defender within 10 yards of Smith.
As it happened, Kansas went without scoring any touchdowns in the game.
"we could have easily scored 28 to at points today," Donohue said. "It would we pile up the first down but dopped ourselves in their territory."
Donohue *265* yards on 18 compilations was the second-best total of his career, better only by his 281 yards passing game last season against State. In his last three games, Donohue has thrown for a total of 665 yards.
As usual, much of the offense that Kansas did generate came from Donohoe passes to Vaughn and Smith. Smith caught seven passes for 98 yards, while Vaughn had six receptions for 110 yards.
"They threw it my way on the out and Colorado) just kept giving it to me." Smith said. "It was part of the game plan."
Kansas defenders wrapped up Colorado fullback Erich Kissick after a short gain Saturday.
Vaughn's 110-yard game was ninth consecutive over the 109-yard run by Rakel and his 113 yards against Newebraska and 113 yards against New York. Smith's sevenceptions on three rushes.
"I've known all season long that Quintin is an excellent receiver." Dinoboe said. "Everyone is going to have a good time, but we have no problem going to Quintin."
The statistics looked nice, but talk from Kansas players and coaches after the game revolved around the 12-point loss, which was the Jaycows' fifth consecutive non-winning game and the 12ird in their last 24 games.
Kansas ended up outbuilding Colorado in almost every category but the big one on the scoreboard. The Jayhawks outgained the Buffalers 28-14, and the downs, had zero penalty yards, and averaged almost 14 words a play.
"If we don't win, it really doesn't matter," Smith said. "That's the main thing."
Huskers trounce OSU
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Forty-two unanswered points in little more than a quarter were not coached by coach Tom Osborne comtemporary.
Quarterback Steve Taylor ran for three touchdowns and passed for 10 yards, rushed for 256 yards and three touchdowns as the Corksnorkers.
Still, Osborne felt uneasy.
Nevertheless, the seventh ranked Cornhuskers held on for a 63-42 win over 10th-ranked Oklahoma State in Lincoln.
"Normally, with a 20 point lead and 12 to 15 minutes remaining, we'd have our (subs) in there," he said. "But we weren't stopping them and I didn't feel good at all." He told me they took a Lake Steve Tauria out and risked a back exchange until we got down around two minutes (left).
"That's probably paranoia on my part, but I just had that feeling."
Nebraska. 61 overall and 2-0 in the Big Eight, scored 28 scores on its first 12 plays and led 55 in the last 14 games. In yards, Charles Fryar returned an interception to Clark ran for 63 yards. He scored 60 and 43 score runs.
"We were concentration on out and seeing how many points we could score in the first quarter," Taylor said. "But it was unlikeable, 42 points. We played UNLV and even score in the first quarter."
Barry Sanders rushed for 10 yards and four touchdowns on 34 carries for the Cowboys, 44 and 11. The Wichita, North product has his season totals to 162 yards and 19 touchdowns in five games.
"We never did give ourselves a chance to be in the ballgame and not get hurt." He added that home State coach Pat Jones said, "I felt entering the ball game, for me, was the biggest challenge."
thing positive needed to happen to us early in the game and, obviously, it went just the other way.”
in other Big Eight Conference games, No. 9 Oklahoma swatted Kansas State 70-24 and Missouri had a way to game at Iowa State 21-3.
Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer sometimes is criticized for his candor.
"We spent most of the time listening to scores from around the country," said Switzerland after the rout of the Wildcats in Norman.
The Sooners, 54 and 2-0, learned in the game they had a chance to win. They lost the record set against Colorado in 1960. Joe Muti scored on a 31-yard run with less than a minute to play. Oklahoma finished with 762 yards.
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Volleyball team beats Iowa State
Bv Arvin Donlev
Kansan sportswriter
It was high school volleyball mug at Allen Field House on Saturday, and the Kansas volleyball team put on a clinic on winning volleyball for the 300 high school players in attendance.
The Jayhawks defended Iowa state in straight sets 15, 13 and 15-12. Kansas won its first Big Eight Conference match in three tries and the record to 4-15. Iowa State is 2-4 in the conference and 9-9 for the season.
The Jayhawks, who have struggled most of the season, have won two matches in a row and coach Frank Pineau was she pleased with the turnaround.
"I'm excited for them," Albutz said. "We've been working harder and harder in practice and, I have been telling them that practice is the key to getting turned around a little bit and playing games are starting to turn around."
In Kansas' victories over Iowa State and Drake on Thursday, the Jayhawks not off to good startings and still games — something they had not done before.
With the score tied 2-2 in the first game against the Cyclones of Iowa State, Kansas scored 12 unanswered points and went on to win 15-4.
Junior hitter Jodi Oelschlager said the quick start and the hine crowd may have riddled Iowa State.
"Allen Field House is really hard to play at." Oelschlag said. "It's an advantage to us. So when we jumped over the fence, early, they got down, so it was easier."
"I was surprised that we got off so a good start, but it really helps to play at home. The crowd was great."
Oelschlager, who had been a starter most of the year, came off the bench to lead the Cyclones leading 13-6 and sparked the Jashkaws to a 15-13 come-from-before.
In the third game, the Jayhawks once again looked destined for defeat in Iowa State leading 12-6.
But a kill and a dink by senor hitter Lisa Christoph, two returning errors by Iowa State, a刀 by Delschager and an ace by sophomore blocker Lia Patterson tied the score at 12.
The Jahawks scored the last three points on an ace by Oehlschlag, a net violation against the Cyclones and the Spurs. Adrian Powell, to win 15-12
Powell led the Jayhawks offensively with 8 kills in 16 attempts. Patterson and Senior Elswood Watson led the Jayhawks led Jonksen Ledesma led Jonksen Ledesma in wickets to 10.
Despite the Jayhawks' 4-15 record, Jorgensen said they had not given up on making it to the Big Eight Tournament in Salina on Nov. 25, 27. The top four conference teams qualify for the tournament.
Jorgensen said a more serious attitude in practice had made a difference.
"We've focused a lot better in practice," Jorgensen said. "I think we realized after 15 games of losing to our opponents, we changed our attitude and get more upfront."
Jayhawk men's soccer wins two games, moves into first place in Midwest League
"The passing is better and the hitting is more effective," she said. "We've been working on our shots on this game, but I have to just power through people."
By Jeff Euston
For the match, Kansas had a 263 kill percentage, and Albizt said a change in defensive strategy recently have contributed to the turnover.
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's soccer team posted two victories this weekend, and moved into first place in the Midwest Collegiate Soccer League with a record of 13-2-1.
On Saturday, the Jayhawks defended Wichita State 2-0, improving their record to 3-01 on the road.
Kansas midfielder Sean Hollom scored the first goal on a penalty kick with 9 minutes gone in the first half. The score remained 1-0 until Kansas scored from the Shocker gogoua with a shot from 20 feet out.
Goalies Jon Gregor and Andrew Nordquss combined for the shutout.
Kansas and Wichita State have split their four games this season.
"It was a good win all around for us." Kansas coach Glen Shirtefla said. "It was a hard fought
game. We had some injuries, but hopefully every one will be ready for next week."
Victory Kansas, using many of its B team members from Missouri State University 30 at Shore Complex.
Central Missouri State had no substitutes available, and Shirliffe used the game to give many players from the Jayhawks' second team some playing time.
They looked a little shaky, like one would have it taken, but in the half second they hit it together.
The Jayhawks' first goal came on a mowin-rom midfield Jason Paeke to forward Steve
After a scoreless first half, Kansas scored three times in a 12-minute span during the second half.
"Eighty percent of the players that played today were from our second team," he said. "It’s been a while since they’ve had a full game. The last time these guys had a full game was three weeks ago."
Hodes.
Less than 4 minutes later, forward Ed Nelson was taken down in front of the goal and awarded a penalty shot. Nelson converted, giving the Jayhawks a 2-1 lead.
In the last minute, midfielder Dave Staveys got the final goal on a mishandled Central Missouri State.
Kansas midfielder Brad McChenese suffered a cut requiring five sitches above his eye when he knocked heads with a Central Missouri State player during the first half.
The Jahaywah' new games will be at 8 a.m. against Nebraska-Omaha and at 11 a.m. against Central State next weekend at the Ed Koch Field in Kansas City. The Kenneth Road Complex in Kansas City, Mt.
Later the same day, Kansas will face Kansas State at 7:30 p.m. at Olathe North High School.
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