Monday, October 24, 1977 University Dally Kansan 7 Cowboys storm past soggy Jayhawks,21-0 Bv GARY BEDORE Snorts Writer Maybe they should have left the water on the field. The Okhama State Cowboys, behind the running of halfback Terry Miller, defeated the Kansas Jayhawks 21-0 Saturday in a closely contested game. The Jayhawks have suffered in two years. Nearly two inches of rain descended on Lawrence and the artificial turf of Memorial Stadium before Saturday's game, and the field had to be squeezed twice before the game to remove the excess water. FOR THE JAYHAWKS, that may have been the turning point of the day, as Miller ramped for 149 yards on 31 carries to lead OSU to the win. The Cowboys, now 4-3 on the year, said they came into the game relaxed, and they played well. "It was the first time we showed enthusiasm this year," Miller said. "Today we wanted to play. We came to have fun. You've got to get excited. When our line comes off the ball and gets excited, it helps." Oklahoma State's linebacker John Corker echoed Miller's thoughts on the Cowboys' attitude toward the game. "WE WEERE loose on the team bus." Corker said. "You've got to have fun. We knew we'd kick them, we just had to show their fans." The Jayhawks' fans did not have much fun Saturday. A Parents' day crowd of 38,720 braved a morning downpour and a snowstorm that lasted overnight. The Rams stepped on the KU turnovers started. As in most of KU's defeats this season, turnovers made the difference. Kansas committed five turnovers, four in the second half. "It's the same old story as far as we concerned," KU head coach Bud Moore said. BUT MOREE said the Jayhawks were not going to play dead for the rest of the season. The Jayhawks travel to Iowa State to face the Cyclones this Saturday. -KANSAN Sports "I'll assure you, we're not just going to lie down and die," Moore said. "I am very optimistic about the rest of the season. We have no intention of giving up. If we did that, we might as well cancel the rest of our games." In Saturday's game, which pushed the Jayhawks' record down to a dismal 1-5 and 0-2-1 in the Big Eight, the Kansas turnovers were of the costly variety. Kansas lost three fumbles and two interceptions, one of which OSU defensive end Mike Edwards returned 19 yards for a touchdown. Edwards picked off a Jeff Hines screen pass and ran in untouched for the third-quarter score. Ewards also intercepted a Brian Bethek passes in the fourth quarter to set up Miller's season-high 309 yards. IN THE FIRST quarter, Nornis Banks fumiled and the Cowboys took advantage when quarterback Randy Stephenson led a drive against the Lions to touchdown run by halfback Vince Guzman. There were about 10 minutes left in the game and KU was behind 14-14 when Banks fumbled on the OSU 17-yard line to foll the Jayhawks' chance to score. The Kansas offense rushed for 208 yards. Halfback Bill Camp fieldained 128 yards on option plays that turned into long gains. He had runs of 38, 28 and 21 vards. "I don't feel good at all." Campfield said. "I'd rather be bad myself and have the team win. We just made too many mistakes. We turned the ball over too many times. the Jahwahys' first possession of the second half. Edwards, a 6-3, 202-pound junior, later intercepted a Hines pass and returned it 19 yards for a touchdown. He added a final injury to his back. Okhlahma State defensive end Mike Edwards recovers fumble as teammates Gary Hrons, No. 3, and John Corker, No. 45, look on at Saturday's *21*-victory over Kansas at Oval in Oklahoma City. Wet recoveru "I should have broken my first two runs, when I get the bail, I just want to do the best I can." KANAS HAD only one first down in each of the second and third quarters, forcing the pitcher punter Mike Hubach to kick eight times. The second half averaged an average of 50.5 yards for the eight points. Several of the Oklahoma State players said they expected Kansas to run the ball up the middle and spent time during the week at the Banks. Banks gained 38 yards in 11 carries. OSU safety Peter Coppola was proud of the Cowbys' defensive effort. Bethke said the Kansas mistakes were turning points. "We felt they'd have a hard time throwing the ball," OU coach Jim Stanley said. "We know we have to get it right." "THEY THOUGH they could run on us," Coppala said. "We stuffed them up the middle. I think we proved a lot to ourselves." "When I was in, my own mistakes hurt us, bekkhie." said he. "Wed make a mistake here and there and it would stop our drives. And my interception didn't help things any." Kansas suffered a blow when it was learned that linebacker Don Pile, who played Saturday, has ligament damage in his right knee. He will be out for the rest of the season. STATISTICS | | scoring | | :--- | :--- | | Oklahoma State | 5 0 7 7 - 21 | | Kansas | 6 0 7 7 - 21 | | Arkansas | 8 (Arrow) / (Amherst Blade) | TEAM STATISTICS OUU 10 Dist downs 10 Ryders down 62,21 Dash down 50 Parts and yards 3.9 Pistes 3.9,1 3.1,2 Pole 3.1,2 3.1,2 Plumbers-let 1.1 1.1 Plumbers-let 4.1 4.1 Oklahoma State: Miller 31-19; Baldie 31-8; Orange 64-5; Campbell State: Bale 11-8; Baldie 11-8; Orange 64-5. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Okahanna State, Stephenson 2-5-0, 46 yards; Millett 1-1-0, 27 yards; Oklahoma 0-3-1, 0 yards 27 yards; Bali 3-4, 9 yards; Rumba: Bees 3-1, 5-15; Hines 3-4, 13 yards; Kickoff: 3-1, 5-15. Kansas. Vers 3-27, Campfield 2-27, Banks 1-9, Higgins 1-8. Punting Oklahoma State: Hanna 9-40.7. Kansas: Hubach 8-50.3. Punting Oklahoma, Nebraska maintaining status quo By United Press International Terry Miller forced the Big Eight to jiggle its record books last weekend, but Oklaahoma and Nebraska did their best to maintain the status quo. Miller rushed for 149 yards Saturday in Oklahoma State's 21-0 victory over Kansas to move past Oklahoma's Joe Washington into the top spot on the Big Eight's all-time rushing list with 4,117 yards. So much for the "now." Under the "old" category, sixth-ranked Oklahoma knocked off Iowa State 35-16 in the battle of the conference unbeats to assume sole possession of first place. From the unbeaten ranks 33-15, for its 10th straight triumph over the Buffaloes. IN THE ONLY other game, Missouri won 24-13 over Kansas with a 28- 12 decision to Kansas State. Iowa State led 16-14 in the third quarter when the Cyclones' ace nosegudge Ron McFarland injured his left knee and had to be helped from the field. Six plays later, Lott completed his shovel pass to Peacock and the rout was on. I. M. HIP rushed for 172 yards and two touchdowns to give Nebraska a surprisingly easy win over seventh-ranked Colorado. It was the fifth straight 100-yard game for Hipp, who raised his season total to 658 yards. "We psyched ourselves up and were ready to play," Nebraska quarterback Tom Sorley, who threw a 22-yard touchdown to Kenny Brown in the game, said. "We have all the respect in the world for Colorado. We would be one of our toughest games." Oklahoma quarterback Thomas Lott ran for two touchdowns and hit Elvis Poeason with a shovel pass for a 39-yard score to hand Iowa State its first conference loss, despite a 177-yard rushing performance by Cyclone tailback Dexter Green. Colorado linebacker Tom Perry was hospitalized in critical condition yesterday Big Eight Standings Oklahoma 2 W L T F Pit Pick Opp Iowa State 2 1 0 66 47 56 54 Kansas State 2 1 0 66 47 56 54 Colorado 2 1 1 500 43 43 43 Kansas 2 1 1 500 43 43 43 Kansas 2 1 1 500 43 43 43 Oklahoma W L L Pte. Pkg. Opp. Alabama 5 2 17 380 81 94 California 5 2 17 380 81 94 Texas State 5 2 17 380 81 94 Oklahoma State 4 2 10 715 112 114 Okayana State 4 2 10 715 112 114 Kansas 5 2 17 366 81 94 Kansas 5 2 17 366 81 94 Okahanna 35, Iowa 10; Nebraska 16; Colorado 12 Okahanna State 21, Kansas 6; Missouri 28, Kansas State THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE U.S. Army Oklahoma at Kanee Oklahoma State at Kanee Okahoala State at Kanee 1:30 p.m.; Missouri at Colorado; 2:30 p.m. in Omaha after undergoing surgery for a head injury received in Saturday's game Perry collapsed in the dressing room after the game and was taken unconscious to Lincoln's Bryan Memorial Hospital, where surgery to ease pressure on the brain. THEN HE was taken by ambulance in the university of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Colorado Coach Bill Mallory accompanied Perry to Omaha. "The game doesn't mean very much when something like this happens," Mahlory said as he waited outside the operating room, where she was getting a beat, but this is a young man's life." OSU drops tennis squad from unbeaten ranks. 5-4 "He was dinged, but he didn't want to come out. The doctor checked him out, and he seemed to be all right, and he went back inside. "The doctor went into conversations," Mallery said. Oklahoma State ended Kansas' women's tennis team's undefeated Friday on the Allen Field House courts, winning 5-4, but Carrie Fotopolos defeated the Big Eight Conference's defending champion, Lisa Berry. Perry received a blow to the head during a play in the third or fourth quarter. Perry, a 6-foot-3, 228-pound senior, started on defense for the Buffaloes Saturday. The final game statistics showed he made three unassisted tackles. Berry won the first set, 6-2, but Fotopoulos then dominated the second set, led 5-1 at one point. Berry won five straight games and was within one point of winning the fourth set, Fotopoulos railed to take the set in a tie-breaker. 74. Fotopoulos won the third set, 6-2. Fotopoulos matched a match point in the second set to defeat Berry, whom she had lost twice before in the finals for the Big Ten. The Valley Conference tournaments last year. KU won one other singles match when Barb Ketterman defeated her opponent, 6-3, 6-4. KU coach Tom Kivisto was pleased with his team's play against the defending women's Missouri Valley champions. The doubles competition enabled the Jayhawks to stay close to the Cowbys. They also defeated the Ketterman and Lassa Leonard won, 6-3, 6-0. Kathy Merrion and Schirr Schrauer traded the first two sets with their own. But before losing the last set and the match, 5-7. "Bridget (Gullif) has had the flu. If she had been well I think we would have won." Kivisto said he was encouraged about KU's title hopes when Big Eight play resumes next spring. Friday's meet ended in fall season. KU finished with a 18-1 record. "They had their whole team back and we "were playing with four freemen," he said. "I felt like we had a chance (to win the big easy) before," he said. "No. I definitely feel it." Staff Photo by GEORGE MILLENER Driving force Terry Miller's drive was too much for KU linebacker Monty Carbone as the Cowboy running back rumbled for another gain in Saturday's Parents' Day game at Memorial Stadium. Miller moved into first place on the Big Eight's career rushing list with a six-yard dash in the fourth quarter. The same carry put Miller over the 1,000 yard mark for the season, making him the only man in Big Eight history to rush for 1,000 yards or more in three consecutive seasons. Terry Miller rushes into Big Eight records Bv JASON NUSS Sports Writer When Miller, a Heisman Trophy candidate if there ever was one, turned the corner around left and early in the fourth quarter for a six-yard gain Saturday, he became the leading career rusher in Big Eight history. Amid all the big runs of Terry Miller's career at Oklahoma State, it seems strange that the one that put him into the record books was only a six-varder. On the same carry, Miller, who gained 149 yards on 31 carries in the Cowboys 21-0 victory, became the first back in Big Eight success. In his second yard rushing for three consecutive games The 6-0, 195-inch senior from Colorado Springs, Colo., now has 4,117 yards rushing in his career and 1,943 yards this season. The old Big Eight mark had been 4,071 yards, set by former Oklahoma standout Joe Washington. "I REALLY DIDN'T know when I broke the record," Miller said. "I didn't have a computer in my head so I didn't know how many yards I needed. Breaking the record is definitely a great thrill, but the most important thing is that we won." It also was Miller's 15th consecutive game of rushing for more than 100 yards. The last time Miller failed to gain 100 yards in a game was last year against Kansas. Miller, who gained national publicity two years ago when it was revealed that he wore a girdle to help prevent muscle pulls, had praise for nearly every Saturday, ranging from his teammates to KU's defense. "The record was set for my team," Miller said. "I hope I can share my happiness with the players." MILLER ALSO gave Oklahoma State coach Jim Stanley some credit. "He told me I was loafing." Miller said. On the other side of the field, Kansas players and coaches were heaping praise on "Basically, they played pretty honest," Miller said, and that's saying a lot for KU. They've go' good people and they pretty well contained me." "He's a great back, there no question about that," Moore said. "I'm for him but I'm sorry it had to happen against the University of Kansas." Halfback Bill Campfield, who broke his single-game rushing record for the third week in a row with 128 yards, also had praise for Miller. "TERRY AND I are good friends" Campfield said. "He's a great running back. Deep down inside, I'm glad he broke the record, but I wish it wasn't antitagus." "He's been coaching for a long time and has spotten something in my mind. I imply, "You're going to make a mistake." But KU defensive tackle Franklin King was not that impressed with Miller's performance. He criticized Miller for running out of bounds on several plays. "Miller makes a lot of yardage going directly to the sideline," King said. "He's not the same caliber of player Joe McGraw who is regularly worked for his yardage. Miller doesn't." But Miller had his own reasons for running out of bounds. Keeping his word, Kansas coach Bud Moore did not stack his defense against Mike. "They had the angle on me and I had all the yardage I was going to get, so why hit?"" Miller asked. "It's not always how good you are, but also how smart you are. If I got hit on every play, I wouldn't last half the season." And Miller knows nobody has ever won And Miller knows nobody has only half won. Chiefs record first victory with upset of San Diego SAN DIEGO (UPI)—Safety Tim Gim scooped up a fumble and raced 16 yards for a touchdown with 2:08 left yesterday to lift the Kansas City Chiefs to their first victory of the season, a 21-16 upset of the San Diego Chargers. Gray's score was the second within 28 seconds for the Chiefs in a game the San Diego defense had downed. The Chiefs stopped the Chiefs short of the Chargers' line goal with KANSAN Scoreboard *Tuesday's N.F.L. Results* 17 Seattle 14 Philadelphia 10 Dallas 15 Pittsburgh 10 Denver 14 Cincinnati 10 Washington 10 Boston 27 Houston 17 Johnson 31 Miami 13 Seattle 13 St. Louis 14 New Orleans 13 St. Louis 14 New Orleans 13 New England 17 Baltimore 17 Cleveland 18 Chicago 19 San Diego 18 San Diego 18 3:14 remaining, only to hand back the ball to quarterback James Harris fumbled on the ground. The Chiefs capitalized when Tony Reed plunged over the touchdown. Charger running back Ricky Young fumbled on the ball after it was picked up the ball for the winning score. KANSAS CITY safety Gary Barbaro picked off a Harris pass on the Chief's goal line as San Diego was driving for the potential winning touchdown. The inning came with 23 seconds left as San Diego a first and goal on the Kansas City six. Barbaro leads the NFL with five interceptions. San Diego fell to 3-8 as the team dropped its sixth straight game in San Diego to the Chiefs. The victory snapped a five-game loss streak for Kansas City. The Chargers' defensive unit, ranked first in pass defense in the AFC, dumped starting Chiefs' quarterback Tony Adams six times. Also recovered two Kansas City cities.