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Monday, November 24, 1975
University Dally Kansan
Staff Photo by DAVID CRENSHAW
El Paso fun beckons players
Nolan Cromwell runs over MU's Kenny Downing
By ALLEN QUAKENBUSH
Associate Sports Editor
It doesn't bother University of Kansas football players that they are going to spend their December afternoons practicing instead of basking in the warmth of their apartments.
They don't even care that they aren't going to get to school Day at home. That doesn't bother them in the real world.
All that matter is that Kansas is going to the Sun Bowl! to play Pittsburgh Dec. 26 in El Paso. For only the fifth time in the 85-year history of Jayhawk football, KU is bowl bound.
"HEY, IT'S A GREAT feeling." wide receiver Waddell Smith said after Saturday's 42-24 win over Missouri. "It wasn't too long ago that nobody gave us a chance of going anywhere."
The Jayhawks get a week off before resuming practice. Conch Bud Moore will meet with the players next Monday to announce the practice schedule for the rest of the season.
"I THE IDEA OF WORKING out for the next month doesn't easily turn me on," cornerback Steve Taylor said, "but it's worth it. Winning and going to a bowl is everything. Nobody likes to lose."
IESPESH the additional number of hours the KU players devote to football, almost to a man, think it's worth it.
Center John Morgan is going to approach the game with a different attitude from that for regular season
"I don't think practice will be very hard," tight and Jim Michaels said, "I doubt that we'll work too much for a couple of weeks. We'll probably work out in shorts quite a bit."
"We're going to have to practice, but what the hell—it's not going to be that bad," Morgan said. "Couch Moore said that we have to approach the game as fun. We're going to enjoy it."
games. Morgan, a starting guard on the Liberty Bowl
team, years ago, mated that game with a b knee
titling him to the All-Star team.
Because the game is Dec. 26, the players won't be spending Christmas Day home. But for most, it's a holiday party.
"I KIND OF HATE TO MISS Christmas at home." Michael said, "but I can spend a lot of Christmas at home. You don't get too many chances to spend it on something special like this."
Only a week ago, it didn't look as if Kansas was going anywhere. The Sun Bowl announced that it would take the winner of the KU-Colorado game. When the teams were determined destined to end their season against Missouri.
But Colorado elected to take a bid to the Astros. But Houston, given all of KL's盟友, must give Missouri a bid to All KL联盟.
Waddell Smith agreed that emotion played a large role in the KU win.
"Everybody was really fired up for this one," said backhill Lavernice Smith, who ran for 236 yards. "We were really tired of it."
"WE JUST DECIDED to give it all we had. We knew we had nothing to lose."
"We were more emotional today than we have been all season," he said. "We were able to relax before the game, but everybody knew exactly what he had to do for us to win. We wanted to win this game badly."
Early in the season, not even the most optimistic KU
fan could have thought the Jayhawks had a chance of going anywhere. After the disastrous 18-14 loss to Washington State in the season opener, even a winning season seemed remote.
"After that game, I didn't think we'd win again," Moran admitted.
EVEN AFTER THE WIN over Kansas State, which gave the Jayhawks a 5-2 record, nobody was planning on a bowl bid. At that point, a winning season still remained doubtful.
Three tough games against ranked teams—Oklahoma, Colorado and Missouri—remained. And the Jayhaws needed to win two to have any chance at a bowl bid.
“As the season went on,” Michael said, “we started thinking that we might have a chance at a winning season. But we had three tough games to finish with and we didn't even know if we could win two out of the
"But after we beat Oklahoma, we knew had a chance at a bowl bid."
THE OKLAHOMA GAME MAY have been the turning point in the season. After that, with the players on the field, the team would win.
"Our players are the same youngsters now that they were at the first of the year. Moore said. "They just like it."
The players see this season as the beginning of something bigger. Kansas, never known as a football school, may be on its way to developing a successful program.
Jayhawks blast defenseless Tigers, 42-24
"It's a good start," defensive end Steve Jones said, but it's a pretty good reward for the season we had.
Staff Photo by DON PIERCE
Waddell Smith celebrates
Knoff, Butler Cromwell win Big 8 berths
Three Kansas football players have been named to the first team all-age Eight team, and two have been selected to the Ninth.
Cromwell, who played defensive back for the past two years, was moved to quarterback at the beginning of the year by his new coach. He played in the Bie Eight in rushing with 11.43 yards.
The three are quarterback Nolan Cromwell, defensive tackle Mike Butler and safety Kurt Knoff. Cromwell and Butler are junius. Knoff is a senior.
Knopf was selected to the first team for the third time. Despite an injury-riddled season, he finished the year with 65 tackles, a pass interception, a fumble recovery and a goal.
Butler, the ringleader of KU's defensive batte, was selected for the first time. Butler had never been in a game before.
Halfback Laverne Smith earned a post on the second team.
Three players attained honorable mention. They were defensive backs Eddie Lewis and Chris Golub and center John Morgan.
By YAEL ABOUHALKAH
Halfback Laverne Smith had his best game ever Saturday, churning for 236 yards and two touchdowns
The KU Rugby Club ended its fall season yesterday with a 20-3 win over the Kansas City Bulls on the field at 23rd and Iowa streets. Scoring for the KU ruggers were Matt McGraddal and Bill McGillvray. KU ended semester play with a 9-1-4 mark.
Rugby squad wins
There wasn't anything special, Steve Jones said, about the half time speeches in the University of Kansas locker room during Saturday's game with Missouri.
"We knew at half time that we were better than they were," asserted Jones, a defensive end. "But we just had to go out and prove it."
And prove it the Jayhawks did, thrashing
Pigers, 43-24, to earn a trip to the Sun
Trailing 104 of at half time, KU exploded for 301 yards of total offense and 21 points in the third quarter to start its steamrolling win. By the time the smoke had cleared, the Jayhawks had marched for 628 yards of total offense, 556 coming on the ground.
THE WIN ASSURED KU a bury against the Pittsburgh Panthers (7-4) in the Sun Bowl Dec. 26 in El Paso. The win also sweed up fourth place in the rugged Big Eight. The Jayhawks ended 4-3 in loop play; 7-4 overall.
"They were supposed to be great against the wishbone," said center John Morgan. "But we just annihilated them. By the end, they could play music plays. We were just blowing them out."
One of those tackles, Morris Pippin explained KU's running game plan.
BUD MOORE, WHO IS taking a team to a bowl game in his first year as the Jayhawks head coach, was a little more confident. He's too, he too, was proud of KU's of fensive line.
Staff Photo by DAVID CRENSHAW
"We planned to wait and see what the defense gave us," he said. "A great deal of credit has to go to our offensive tackles."
Meanwhile, the Kansas running backs were in good position to take advantage of a chance to score.
"We JUST HAD A good blocking scheme," he said. "We just run right at the end of the way, and we type of defense they run—they make you run over them. We just blocked them out."
Laverne Smith electrified the capacity crowd of 52,450 with dazzling touchdown runs of 67 and 56 yards, while gaining a career-best 238 yards. FULLDennis Wright and Norris Banks had 113 and 120 yards respectively. Wright and Bill Campfield both scored. Wright on two runs of 20 yards coach and Campfield on a pair of two yard carries.
"WE KNEW THEY (the defense) would be coming." Smith said. "And when they're
MISSORI
MISSOURI
826
KANSAS
First downs
188
Rubber-yards
323-296
70-556
Rubber yards
104
Return yards
3
0
Pounds
34.42
5.70
Pounds
30.42
5.70
Pounds
5.37
4.58
Pounds-lost
107
Pounds-yards
3.46
7.66
MESSENUR-GIBBLE 29 field goal
1 Liam O'Sullivan (L) Smith (S)
2 KARANAS-S. Lilith Smith (L) Smith (kicks)
3 KARANAS-S. Lilith Smith (L) Smith (kicks)
4 KARANAS-S. Lilith Smith (L) Smith (kicks)
5 WASHINGTON-Willie Wagstaff (W) Smith (kicks)
6 WASHINGTON-Willie Wagstaff (W) Smith (kicks)
MESSENUR-Marrassel 2 past from playaway (Gibbles)
SCORING SUMMARY
MISSOURI—Marshall 5 pans on Plairkewicz (Gibbons
MUSGUIGI-Goldwell 26-175, Brown 7-44, Blakemore 6-19, Clemente 3-0, Browne 7-6, KANASAN-8-14, Kim 13-29, Kibas 17-130, Wight 9-13,
HILLCREST BILLIARDS RECREATION'S FINEST "If we don't got it you didn't want to play it no how!"
CANSAS—Campfield 2 run (Swift klok)
INDIVIDUALS
SCREEN BY QUANTUM
MISSOURRIA 7 3 7 14 34
KANSAU 0 7 21 7 12
MISCUIR- Marshall 3-15. Gailhead 3-20. Greensat 4-
KAINAS- Kainas 3-18. Sharp 1-21. Smith 1-18.
Hill 1-18.
Punting
MISSOURI—Goble 5-37.0
KANASAS—Swift 4-35.7
INDIVIDUALS
Rushing
Receiving
MISSOURI - Marshall, 531. Galbreath 3-29. Grossart 1
MISOURI-R -Pisarkewicz 10-94-2, 100
KANAS-Crymoxxell 5-7-9.7
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coming that hard, they overrun you a lot. Our line was doing the job, our backs were blocking and Nolan was doing a good job of reading. Once they let me get into the secondary, I had a straight view of the end zone. I saw it all the way."
KU's defense faced some stern tests from a potent Tiger offense that accumulated 401 kills in the first half, pleased with their ability to hold the usually-dangerous Missouri passing attack to 106 yards. That entailed a lot of pressure on the receiver, and close coverage of his receivers.
Senior All-Big Eight safety Kurt Kniffen injured a knee in the first half. Surgery was performed yesterday and Knoff probably won't play in the Sun Bowl.
THE TURNING POINT in the game came midway through the third quarter when the
Jayhawks led, 21-17, after a Tiger touchdown.
*R* **returner** Eric Franklin fumbled the ensuing kickoff at his 17, putting Missouri in excellent field position for the go-ahead score.
But the Jayhawk defense held, limiting the Tigers to four yards running and an incomplete pass, and forcing an illegal motion penalty. The Tigers had to settle for a Tim Gibbons goal field try of 35 yards. But the kick were to the right.
Two minutes later, Wright burst through the middle for his second TD of the game. His score had been set up by a weaving 41-air yard by Smith.
The Jayhawks received one more scare in the game. With KU leading, 35-17, the Tigers made a final, last-ditch comeback attempt. They used a six minute, 17-play
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