Monday, November 1, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
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'Hawks tangle with Sooners
Women's rugby team loses tough match, men win in shutout
By Jason Walker
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The hits were heavy Saturday afternoon at the Westwick Rugby Complex as the Kansas men's and women's rugby teams collided with the Oklahoma Sooners.
The Jayhawk men's team flogged the Sooners 35-0, raising its fall season record to 8-3. The women fell short in their match, 27-22, but kept the score close the entire game.
Stephanie Bishop, Lawrence senior and team captain, said that despite the loss, the game was a success in terms of the way the team played.
"We had a great game," she said. "We didn't give up and really dominated the entire game. I think we really came together as a team."
Bishop said that the Jayhawks dominated the field position war during the game, but that the Roses, Oklahoma's women's team, took advantage of Kansas' mistakes.
"Most of their scores came on mistrackles or when we just
Members of the Kansas rugby team fight for the ball against the Oklahoma Sooners. The men's team won the match 35-0 on Saturday. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN
weren't ready," she said. "And they capitalized on our penalties."
Bishop said that the women's team record didn't show the level of talent on the team.
"We've done a lot of great things but just couldn't finish," she said. "But I think we look great going into the last two weeks of the season."
The Kansas men, on the other hand, improved their record against the Sooners with a barrage of offense that never let
Oklahoma into the game. Brent Zluticky, Wichita sophomore, said that the win was a great boost in the confidence of the team.
"We definitely blew them out," he said. "We made a few mental errors, but I think that was partly due to the blowout."
Zluticky said the Oklahoma game was a good way to illustrate the way the team has improved in the past year. He said that last year the Jayhawks eked out a 17-16 victory in overtime against the Sooners.
"Everything is looking on the up and up," he said. "We keep steadily improving. Most of the team are juniors and sophomores, and we have some good freshman impact players. I think we should be pretty good for a couple of years to come."
This weekend the men will travel to Rockhurst in Kansas City, Mo., while the women will play Truman State in Kirksville, Mo. Bishop said the game against Truman State was the Jayhawks' biggest of the year and she thought they had a good chance of winning.
"It's really important because they are our main rival," she said. "Hopefully we can win big."
The men's team will play its next home game in two weeks against Kansas State.
The Associated Press
MANHATTAN, Kan— David Allen scored three touchdowns and No. 6 Kansas State —eying a Nov. 13 showdown with No. 9 Nebraska —remained unbeaten Saturday with a 48-7 victory against Baylor.
— Edited by Jennifer Roush
Undefeated Wildcats slaughter Bears, 48-7
Kansas State (8-0 overall, 5-0 Big 12) allowed seven first downs and 119 yards, but did surrender a second-half touchdown for the first time all season.
Baylor (1-7, 0-5) did not snap the ball inside Kansas State territory until 12:09 remained in the game. But a muffed punt gave the Bears the ball on their 49, and six plays later Darrell Bush scored on a 4-yard run, making it 41-7 with 10:14 to play.
Allen scored on two short runs and caught a 14-year scoring pass from Jonathan Beasley and twice came close to getting his NCAA-record seventh career punt return for a touchdown. In the third quarter, a 65-yard return for an apparent touchdown was nullified by a penalty. And in the second quarter, Baylor's Charles Henderson
Save for that brief series, the Wildcats dominated, rolling up 24 first downs and 402 yards after taking a 34-0 halftime lead.
tackled Allen on the 28 after a 50-ward return.
The 50-yarder was followed four plays later by Beasley's 14-yard scoring strike, giving the Wildcats an overwhelming halftime lead en route to their 20th consecutive regular-season Big 12 victory and their 50th straight home victory against an unranked team.
Jamie Rheem kicked field goals of 24 and 37 yards in the first half and set the school record with 13 successful kicks in a row during a season.
At halftime, the Wildcats had 17 first downs to just one for the Bears, and had outgained the visitors 267 yards to 29.
On Kansas State's first possession, Beasley was 3-for-3 in a 15-play, 71-yard drive that consumed 7.35 and was capped by Beasley's 1-yard run.
On their second possession, Joe Hall made it 14-0 with an 11-yard run. Hall, who sat out the fourth quarter along with most of the other regulars, rushed for 109 yards on 23 carries.
Beasley, who was 10-for-16 for 118 yards and a touchdown, hit three consecutive passes for first downs in a 72-yard drive in the second quarter that Allen capped with a 3-yard run.
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 30, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| rank | team | rec | pts | pve |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Florida St. (55) | 9-0 | 1,732 | 1 | 2 |
| 2. Penn St. (9) | 9-0 | 1,683 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. Virginia Tech(6) | 7-0 | 1,607 | 3 | 4 |
| 4. Tennessee | 6-1 | 1,507 | 4 | 1 |
| 5. Florida | 7-1 | 1,470 | 5 | 1 |
| 6. Kansas St. | 8-0 | 1,417 | 6 | 1 |
| 7. Georgia Tech | 6-1 | 1,331 | 7 | 1 |
| 8. Mississippi St. | 7-0 | 1,107 | 18 | 1 |
| 9. Nebraska | 7-1 | 1,155 | 18 | 1 |
| 10. Wisconsin | 7-2 | 1,087 | 11 | 1 |
| 11. Texas | 7-2 | 996 | 12 | 1 |
| 12. Alabama | 6-2 | 935 | 14 | 1 |
| 13. Marshall | 6-2 | 931 | 13 | 1 |
| 14. Georgia | 6-2 | 787 | 10 | 1 |
| 15. BYU | 7-1 | 734 | 16 | 1 |
| 16. Michigan | 6-2 | 691 | 15 | 1 |
| 17. Purdue | 6-3 | 602 | 18 | 1 |
| 18. East Carolina | 7-1 | 594 | 17 | 1 |
| 19. Michigan St. | 6-2 | 472 | 19 | 1 |
| 20. Ohio St. | 6-3 | 459 | 21 | 1 |
| 21. Texas A&M | 6-2 | 356 | 22 | 1 |
| 22. Miami | 4-3 | 302 | 23 | 1 |
| 23. Mississippi | 6-2 | 262 | 25 | 1 |
| 24. Notre Dame | 5-3 | 112 | — | 1 |
| 25. Southern Miss. | 5-3 | 111 | 20 | 1 |
Other recipients voting: Arkansas 81, Washington 21,
Boston College 30, Louisiana Tech 21, Michigan 13, Arizona 7, Colorado 7, Utah 5, Kentucky 3, Oregon St. 1,
Sanford 1.
Top 25 teams win with combinations of luck and skill
The Associated Press
On a day of close calls, No.1 Florida State and No.2 Penn State started slowly but finished strong enough to keep perfect seasons going.
At this point, though, winning by any means is all that matters if the Seminoles and Nittany Lions want to play for the national championship in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 4.
The top-ranked Seminoles sputtered in the first half at Virginia on Saturday night, then broke open the game with a four-touchdown second half — one on Chris Weinke's 50-yard scoring pass to Peter Warrick — for a 35-10 win.
"if scares me, but as long as he end up like they ended up, I can survive, I guess."
said Florida State coach Boby Bowden after the Seminoles moved to 9-0 and 7-0 in the ACC. "It's funny. You look at the score and you say, 'Yeah, boy, they're number one.' But gosh, you look at the first half and you say 'Gee, I don't know whether they are number one or not."
At Champaign, Ill., the Nittany Lions (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten Conference) led pesky Illinois by three points late in the third period, but Rashard Casey replaced Kevin Thompson and within 69 seconds he had a touchdown pass and a touchdown run and Penn State won, 27-7.
"The 'W' is all that matters. I don't care if we win by 51 or 1," said Lions linebacker Brandon Short, who had 13 tackles.
Especially for the Seminoles and Nittany Lions, who also are No.1 and No.2 in the Bowl Championship Series standings, which will decide who will play in New Orleans for a national title.
some other Top 25 teams were just lucky.
Bobby Newcombe returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown and then caught a 49-yard scoring pass from Eric Crouch with 3:24 left to give No. 9 Nebraska (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) a 24-17 come-from-behind road win against Kansas (3-6, 1-4).
Kris Stockton's 18-yard field goal as time expired lifted No. 11 Texas (7-2, 4-1 Big 12) to a 44-14 victory against upstart Iowa State (4-4, 1-4).
Hayden Epstein kicked a 20-yard field
goal with 18 seconds left, giving No. 16 Michigan (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten Conference) a 34-31 win against Indiana (4-5, 3-3) at Bloomington...
And then there was Notre Dame.
and then ranked the 24th-ranked Fighting Irish (5-3) extended their NCAA-record winning streak against Navy (2-6) to 36 in a row but needed Jarious Jackson's 16-yard touchdown pass to Jay Johnson with 36 seconds left to koe out a 28-24 win.
At Huntington, W.Va., Marshall (0-0, 50 MAC) extended the nation's longest major college winning streak to 12 games as Chad Pennington threw for 288 yards and four touchdowns against Northern Illinois (45, 42).
Playing without injured stars Shaun Alexander and Andrew Zow, Albany (6-2) got two touchdown runs from Shaun Bohanon and a 65-yard punt return for a score from Freddie Milons in an easy win against Southern Mississippi.
In Michigan's win against Indiana, Anthony Thomas ran for 197 yards and three touchdowns, while the Hoosiers' Antwaan Randle El threw for 290 yards and four touchdowns.
LaVell Edwards notched career win No. 250 as Kevin Feterik threw for 336 yards and two touchdowns in BYU's victory against Air Force. Drew Brees threw for 283 yards and two touchdowns as Purdue (6-3, 3-3 Big ten) held off Minnesota.
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