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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, September 22, 1967
Hawks open against favored Stanford
By Chip Rouse Kansan Sports Editor
KU's gridiron Jayhawks, under the direction of new head coach Pepper Rodgers, kick-off their 78th football season Saturday against the Stanford Indians in Palo Alto, Calif.
Rodgers paced his team through a light 45-minute workout Thursday in final preparation for Saturday's season opener.
The KU mentor reported that 47 players would make the trip to Stanford. Four regulars will not make the trip due to injuries. Defensive right tackle Grant Dahl, roving linebacker Bill Lynch, fullback Steve Lukert and defensive end Steve Carmichael will remain behind this weekend.
Douglass at quarterback KU's starting backfield against the Indians will be composed of Bob Douglass at quarterback, Don Shanklin at the flanker position, Junior Riggins at tailback and Spencer Kissell at fullback.
First KU game to be aired here
The KU-Stanford football game will be aired tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. (CDT) over KLWN-AM (1320 kc) and KANU-FM (91.5 mc) as part of the KU Sports Network.
Play-by-play will be handled by the new and the old as new Network Director Gary Bender is joined by former head Tom Hedrick.
"The Pepper Rodgers Show" will follow 15 minutes after the game with the head coach discussing the game.
Up front offensive, Rodgers will start John Jackson at split end, Harold Montgomery and Keith Christensen at the tackle positions, John Greene and Ken Wertzberger at the guard spots, and Dale Evans at center.
Defensively, the Jayhawks will stack up like this: Vernon Vanoy and John Zook at the defensive ends, Orville Turgeon and Larry Dercer at the tackle positions, Mickey Doyle and Mike Sweatman at the linebacker slots, Emery Hicks at nose guard, Bill Perkins will be the roving linebacker (hawk), Drue Jennings and Pat Hutchens at halfback, and Tommy Ball at safety.
Stanford returns 25 The Indians, who return 25 lettermen from last year's 5-5 club.
dropped their season opener last week to Oregon State, 13-7.
Assistant KU football coach John Cooper scouted Stanford in the Oregon State contest. "They have some real fine athletes," Cooper said. "They have as much talent as any team we play this season with the possible exception of Colorado and Nebraska."
Stanford is led by quarterback Chuck Williams and flanker Gene Washington. However, Williams is reported as a doubtful starter Saturday due to a recurring ankle injury which has bothered the senior quarterback all week.
Indians pack speed
Washington, who started out fall drills as a quarterback, was moved to the flanker position in order to make better use of his
tremendous speed. He ran the 100 in 9.7 in high school and caught five passes against Oregon State.
Other Stanford players to watch include fullbacks Greg Broughton and Jack Root and running back Nate Kirtman. Root is a two-year starter at fullback, but
lost his starting job to Broughton for the Oregon State game.
Scanning the Big 8
"We're ready to play," Rodgers said after Thursday's short practice session. One thing is for sure, he said, "we'll play a spirited, aggressive game."
Five of the seven Big Eight football squads that battle tomorrow are expected to lose, according to pre-game predictions.
With Nebraska idle and recovering from wounds suffered in its victory over Washington last week, only Colorado and Oklahoma are picked to win.
The team left by plane from Kansas City at 12:15 today.
Colorado's Buffaloes are favored over Oregon's Ducks in a televised game from Corvallis, even though CU fullback all-American Wilmer Cooks is not expected to play.
Kansas State tangles with Colorado State at Greeley and is picked to drop its first outing under Vince Gibson's leadership.
The Razorbacks of Arkansas are still a potent group and are favored over Oklahoma State.
The Oklahoma Sooners are picked to top Washington State as Chuck Fairbanks opens his career at the OU helm.
KU's Jayhawks are a 10 point underdog as they invade Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif.
The home field advantage may help Missouri some but Southern Methodist should still come out on top.
Texas Tech should have no problems with Iowa State.
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