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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, October 16, 1967
Rodgers' best victory
Jayhawks shuck NU corn
By Chip Rouse Kansan Sports Editor
Deep within the golden valley. Glorious to view,
Stands a site of football history,
Where Kansas beat NU.
The Jayhawk's 10-0 upset victory over nationally eighthranked Nebraska put the skids to a 59-game scoring streak compiled by the Cornhuskers from 1961-1967.
It marks the second time KU has halted a major Nebraska football streak. In 1916 the crimson and blue edged the 'Huskers, 7-3, to snap a string of 35 consecutive games in which Nebraska had gone unbeaten.
Joy and excitement (and wet I might add) filled the air in the KU dressing room, while across the way in the Nebraska locker
room one would have received the impression that someone had just lost his best friend.
"We got beat," NU coach Bob Devaney said after the game Saturday, "KU was ready to play football, and they played a good game.
“KU executed its plays well and was real tough defensively,” Devaney said. “We (Nebraska) thought we could move the ball running against Kansas. Our original game plan was to run and try to throw some passes.”
Head Coach Pepper Rodgers called the victory his best win ever. "Yes, it's my best victory, especially as a head coach," Rodgers said. "I've said for a long time, we will play our best game when we play our first conference contest."
Quarterback Bob Douglass was right on target again Saturday, completing 10 of 22 passes for 93 yards. "I'm still going to have to throw better, Douglas said. "Our protection was good, and we hit the passes we needed to."
All - American middle guard Wayne Meylan felt the Nebraska effort was poor. "Our effort was just no good." Meylan said, "we were too lackadaisical.
"When you get the ball in scoring position, you've got to score," Meylan said.
The victory vaulted the KU football Jayhawks into second place in the Big Eight Conference standings. Colorado, who faces Nebraska next week, has swept through two Big Eight contests undefeated, while the Jayhawks are 1-0 in league play.
KU's linebacker Mickey Doyle stops NU's Ben Gregory for no gain.
Scanning the Big 8
IOWA STATE 17,
KANSAS STATE 0
K-State had three opportunities to score from inside the four-yard line in the first quarter but failed on all. The Cyclones put seven points on the scoreboard with only 75 seconds remaining in the first half with the key play being a 26-yard pass from quarterback John Warder to end Wayne Perry. I-State added 10 points in the third period.
The Sooners started out tough, scoring the first time they got the
TEXAS 9, OKLAHOMA 7
ball, but that ended it. Texas stiffened up the defense but didn't get a point until a 35-yard field goal by Rob Layne. The decisive score was a fourth-quarter TD on a seven-yard run by quarterback Bill Bradley.
Colorado's fierce running game and powerful passing game, led by quarterback Bob Anderson, ripped the strong Tigers. Anderson completed seven of 10 tosses for 71 yards and rushed for 48.
COLORADO 23, MISSOURI 9
Defense halts NU
More than 80,000 eyes were watching the Cornhuskers Saturday in Memorial Stadium. Most important of those were the 22 belonging to the Jayhawk defensive platoon that shut-out Nebraska for a 10-0 victory.
Kansas' spirited, gang-tackling defense stifled the usually potent NU rushing game, allowing only 72 net yards compared with a 239 yard average through its first three games.
"We thought we could move the ball running," NU's head coach Bob Devaney said. "Our original game plan was to run, and throw some passes."
Coach Pepper Rodgers had run them through plays and showed game films during the week to
But the Jayhawks were prepared.
familiarize them with NU's running attack. It apparently paid off.
"We knew their backs were bigger than most we'll face," KU defensive end John Zook said.
"We knew we'd have to have good pursuit and have a lot of people around the ball carrier," he said.
They jammed up the middle, often several helping on the tackle. They thus closed NU's running game, limiting Ben Gregory to 24 net yards and Dick Davis to 43.
And the Hawks did exactly that.
"There were few technical difficulties, we felt like we could give them nothing," he said.
"Defensively, we played a hell-uva game," Rodgers said.
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