SPORTS University Daily Kansan/Monday, January 27,1992 7 'Skins bust Bills' no-huddle The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS - The no-names of Washington's defense were too much yesterday for Buffalo's no-huddle offense. The Redskins won their third Super Bowl in 10 years, 37-24, putting the game away with 24 straight points after a scoreless first period in which they blew two touchdown chances. The Bills, one-point losers to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl a year ago, never were in this meeting of the team with the two best league records. Mark Rypien, the game's MVP, was 18 of 33 for 292 yards and two touchdowns as Washington ran the NFC's streak in the NFL's marquee game to eight straight. But the win was as much the work of obscure defenders like Kurt Gouveia, Brad Edwards, Fred Stokes, Jason Buck, Aloid Mays and Andre Collins. as any of the team's stars. Edwards had two of the Redskins' four interceptions; Goveia, with help from a Collins blitz, set up a score by picking off a pass from Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly on the first play of the second half and Mays's sack, one of five for the Skins, forced a fumble that Stokes recovered. "We played a team that was better. They showed it," said Buffalo coach Marv Levy, whose Bills lost 20-19 last year. Kelly set a Super Bowl record by throwing 58 times, completing only 28 for 275 yards. Thurman Thomas, the NFL's MVP, did even less, gaining just 13 yards on 10 carries. Coach Joe Gibbs earned his third Super Bowl victory, tied with San Francisco's Bill Walsh and one behind Pittsburgh's Chuck Noll the all-time list. It was not all defense, of course "The "Posse" — receivers Art Monk, Gary Clark and Ricky Sanders — led a 17-point explosion in 5 minutes, 45 seconds of the second quarter after a scoreless first period. That surge saw the Redskins use no-huddle offense themselves in a modified reprise of their record 35-point second quarter in their Super Bowl rout of Denver four years ago. The Washington defense held Thomas in check, kept kuffal out of its territory until 3:10 remained in the first half and generally allowed little until two late touchdowns made the score appear respectable. "Thurman Thomas is a great running back," defensive end Charles Mann said. "They just didn't use him. I think we got some scores and got up early and they got away from their game plan. I thought he'd carry 30 times." "I felt I should have been used more in the first half. I don't know why we got away from the running game," said Thomas. "You got to give credit to the Washington defense. Our no-huddle offense is a fast-paced offense but they staved with it." The game got off to a bizarre start and continued that way through the first 10 minutes. Buffalo's Brad Dalauso was forced to kick off twice because his first kick was ruled an "inadvertent kickoff" because referee Jerry Markrebrit was out of position. Also, Thomas missed the Bills' first two offensive plays because he could not find his helmet under the Buffalo bench. So did Thomas Washington also blew two scoring chances. The Redskins drove 87 yards to the winning touchdown, and passed for 29 yards on their first drive. On third down, Rypien hit Monk in the back of the end zone, but replay official Cal Lepore overturned the TD because Monk's foot was on the rear line. It was the first touchdown reversed by replay in Super Bowl history. The Redskins got another chance a play later wan daren Green tipped Kelly's pass and Edwards returned it 23 yards to the Buffalo 12. But twoplays later, Rypien's third-down pass hit guard Mark Schlereth in the helmet and Kirby Jackson picked it off for the Bills. Buffalo finally got into the end zone on a 56-yard drive following a 29-yard pass interference call on Mayhew. That gave the Bills a first down on the 1-yard line. On third down, Thomas sliced off left tackle for Buffalo's first offensive touchdown in its last seven periods — its only TD in the 10-7 AFC title game win over Denver was scored by the defense. KU rips 'Huskers with defense By Lyle Niedens Kansas 103 Kansan sportswriter Kansas coach Roy Williams said that before the Jayhawks' game on Saturday against Nebraska, one of the team's goals was to have its best defense of the year. And after No. 5 Kansas disposed of the Cormuskers in 103-78, defense was that the team 1 "think defensively, we really set the tone for the game." Williams said. "I think we're going to go a little deeper." The Cornhuskers had troubles all game with Kansas' pressure defense. The Jayhawks held Nebraska to 39 percent shooting from the field. — The Cornhuskers, leading the Big Eight Conference with 42.5 percent three-point shooting, made only 4-of-18 from behind the three-point line. — Kansas forced Nebraska into making a season high 29 turnovers. "I thought we were very active," Williams said of Kansas' defense. "We made them turn it over, and we got some breaks out of it. We didn't give up uncontested shots." The Cornhuskers' offensive deficiencies began catching up with them midway through the first half. Nebraska, 13-3 and 1-2 in the Big Eight, led 28-27 with 8:24 left in the half when Kansas guard Rex Walters hit his second three-pointer, giving the Jayhawks a 30-28 lead. | Player | M | FG | KT | FT | R | A | F | A | T | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Jamison | 28 | 16/0 | 31/0 | 3/3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | | Scott | 24 | 0/8 | 17/0 | 3/6 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | | Walters | 14 | 1/1 | 41/0 | 1/6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | | Jordan | 31 | 11/6 | 71/8 | 0/2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 7 | | Dainvau | 20 | 0/4 | 31/0 | 0/3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 7 | | Gurley | 7 | 1/7 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Oostergt | 17 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 2/3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | | Nash | 5 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | | Johanning | 5 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | | Walsh | 1 | 0/1 | 0/6 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shortly after Walters' three-pointer and during a media time-out, Nebraska coach Danny Nee received a technical foul. During the time-out Walters hit the technical free-throws, pushing Kansas' lead to 32-28. Percentages: FG 45% (35% / 87%), FT 6% (29% / 87%) Wooden (B麻榫), Blackbird shirts: Wooden (B麻榫), Blocked shirts: (Jamison 3, Otterrag 3, Woodbury) Streak: 12 (Jamison 3, Otterrag 3, Woodbury) Jamison (Jamison 3, Otterrag 3, Woodbury) Patricia Guiret) Technique none. However, that's as close as Nebraska got. Five minutes later, Kansas again led by 18, 67-49, after a Walters' Kansas increased its lead to 18, 58- 40, early in the second half before a 7-0 Nebraska run cut the lead to 58-47 with 17:56 left in the game. After the time-out, Kansas took control. The Jayhawks outscored Nebraska 20-10 for the remainder of the half and grabbed a 52-38 half-time lead. Owens 24:07 1/4 6/6 10 2 3 8 Creswell 20:36 1/5 6/6 10 2 3 8 Chandler 24:34 6/10 5/6 4 1 5 17 Johnson 31:13 3/10 5/6 2/2 1 5 8 Parkowski 35:13 6/10 2/2 6 3 4 17 Hayes 20:19 4/18 6/1 6/1 3 4 19 Bubbick 30:26 4/18 6/1 6/1 3 4 19 Glick 17:48 3/7 5/5 3 1 1 0 0 Glask 17:48 3/7 5/5 3 1 1 0 0 Percentages: FG 40% (25,6%) FT 80% (24,0%) Three-point goals: 41/ (A) Paintkins 3, Hayers Blocked shots: 7 (C) Dancer, Owens, Paintkins) Steals 5 (G) Johnson, 2, Hayers, 2 (Chuckish) Halftime: Kansas 52, Nebraska 38. Officials Rewolds, Millentree, Smith. At 15.800. dunk off a fast-break attack from point guard Adonis Jordan, who led the Jayhawks with a game-high 20 points, including six-three pointers. The 'Hawks grabbed a 20-point lead, 84-64, on a Richard Scott layup with 4:15 left and hit the 100-point mark for the fourth time this season with 57 seconds left on a three-pointer by reserve guard Lane Czaplinski. The Jayhawks, now 14-1 and 3-0 in the Big Eight, got big games from their top three scorers - Jordan, Walters and Scott. In addition to Jordan's 20 points and 16 points from Walters, Scott, who has scored in double-figures in all four games of his career against Nebraska, scored 17 points and tied a Kansas season-high with 10 rebounds. "Richard had his best rebounding game of the year," Williams said. "We really need somebody to step forward Kansas guards Adonis Jordan and Greg Gurley trap Nebraska guard Michael Hughes. Chinstine McFartand / KANSAN every day inside and give us some consistent play. It's been a different guy usually, but we've had somebody step up most of the time." Courtside: Johann played with five stitches above his left eye. He was hit with an elbow by freshman center Greg Osterlag in Friday's practice. Kansas senior center David mer players Charlie Black and Paul Endacott at halftime. Black was an All-American in 1941-42, 1942-43, 1945-46 and 1946-47. Endacott led the Jayhawks to national championships in 1922 and 1923. Tennis teams cruise past competition By Jerry Schmidt Kansan sportswriter Kansas retired the jerseys of for- Aline-upchanged proved to be the difference for the Kansas men's tennis team Saturday, while the women opened their season with two victories, including the defeat of No. 23 Utah. Senior Pat Han, who moved from number two singles to number four, gave Kansas the lift it needed to overcome losses by the team's top two players and defeat Drake 5-2 in a key regional contest at the Overland Park Racquet Club. Han defeated Ross Nwachukum 6-2, 3-6, 7- (7:5) to pull Kansas even with Drake at two matches apiece. After the first two singles matches, Kansas reeeled off victories in four straight singles matches and added a doubles victory to put the contest out of reach. "Paul and Carlos had been playing well so we moved Han to number four," Perelman said. "He had not been playing as well and I thought it was necessary to make a change. It turned out to be the deciding factor: This is a very big win for us." On Friday in Topeka, the Kansas women defeated No. 23 Utah, 7-2, then beat Northwestern yesterday 6-3: Eveline Hamers, Rebecca Jensen, Nora Kovas and Abya Woods each won two singles matches and Kansas won five of six doubles matches. Women's coach Michael Center said he was pleased with the weekend games. "I thought we played very well overall, "Center said. "Weebat two quality teams in Utah and Northwestern. We still need to improve some things, but we can't complain. We beat the 23rd ranked team 7-2." The next match for the women will be Feb. 3 at Alvarmar Country Club against Brigham Young University. Courier defeats Edberg to capture Australian Open The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Jim Courier, ascending from a notch of the No 1 ranking, beat Stefan Edberg to become the first American winner of the Australian in 10 years and capture a second Grand Sham title. Courier, dominated throughly by Edberg in the 1991 U.S. Open, drove a final backhand return past Edberg to wink yesterday, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. "This tastes just as sweet," said Courier, 21, comparing his Australian title with the French. "It's a little bit different because I've done it before." KU women win at Nebraska, lose third starter this season Coach concerned by physical opponents By Cody Holt Kansan sportswriter LINCOLN — And then there were nine. The Kansas women's basketball team lost its third starter of the season Saturday night when junior Marthea Gervais dined in the Hawks' 57-43 victory. McCloud's season-ending injury leaves Kansas with only nine players who average more than five minutes a game. The Jayhawks, 14-3, moved into a first place tie in the Big Eight Conference with Nebraska. Oklahoma and Alabama, which all have 3-4 conference records. The injury lessened an otherwise important road victory for Kansas. "It's an unbelievable win for us because we did it at their place," KU coach Marian Washington said. "It's going to be very difficult for anyone to come in here (Lincoln) and win." Kansas' nation-leading defense quieter the 4,369 fans for most of the game. The Jayhawks used a match-up zone defense to limit the big Eight's leading scorer, Nebraska center Karen Jennings, to 14 points. Saturday's game was the first time since Feb. 3, 1991, that Jennings was held to fewer than 20 points, breaking a string of 24 consecutive games. junior guard Stacy Truciet said. "She's their number one player and that's whothey were looking for. For our defense shut hurden down." "The zone defense was for Karen," Marthea McCloud off the bench including several baskets down the stretch as Nebraska appeared to be gaining momentum. Truitt led the J ay h a w k s with 17 points McCloud, a 5-foot-10 center, averaged 7.3 points a game and 5.6 rebounds while filling in for junior center Lisa Tate. Tate played in only five games this season before she was diagnosed with a stress fracture in her left leg. McCloud tore the medial collateral ligament in her left knee during a loose ball scramble with 1:11 left in the game. She may have also torn her anterior crutile ligament, which is the same injury that sideline senior Tanya Bonham last week for the remainder of the season. "Stacy really came alive tonight and carried us for a lot of minutes," senior guard Kay Key Hart said. "She had an understanding and just kept taking it right at them." Kansas 54 Washington said she was concerned Player Johnson M 36 FG FT 7 R A F T 2P Aycock 33 5/10 02 6 4 0 10 McCloud 25 2/0 02 6 4 0 14 Witherspoon 10 0/2 00 0 0 2 3 Sharefet 10 0/2 06 0 0 2 4 Kite 14 3/6 01 0 1 0 8 Truitt 21 7/12 3/4 1 0 1 7 Jennings 36 7/18 0/1 11 2 13 14 Taylor 25 7/19 0/1 11 2 13 4 Hesch 33 5/8 1/2 1 4 0 21 Yedsaera 38 5/8 1/2 1 4 0 21 Yancey 29 1/2 0/0 3 1 3 1 Russell 12 1/2 0/0 3 1 3 2 Collinis 12 2/4 0/0 1 1 0 1 Collins 8 0/1 0/0 1 0 1 0 Witherington 8 0/1 0/0 1 0 1 0 Percentages: FG 41% (8/24), FT 32% (1/2) Three-point goals: 3 Kie (2) Kie, Blocked kis (1) McCord, Stakai 13 Johnson, 3 Truth kis (2) Javon, 2 Ayosyo, Hint, Kis Technical skills Percentages FG 44%, 24% (254), FT 50%, 24% Three-point goals: 1/5 (Yeshea). Blacked shots 1 (Colliani). Steals: 8 (Denegas, 4 Taylor, 2 Yesha, Colliani). Technicals: none. Nebraska 51 with the amount of physical play the Jayhawks were encountering. Halftime: Kansas 29, Nebraska 24. Officials: Strong, Snow. A: 4,369. "I feel we've been experiencing an awful lot of physical play," said Washington. "I really worries me. Ivegotcha not on their own, they're hurt." Kansas will travel to Stillwater, Okla., to take on Oklahoma State in a key Big Eight matchup Wednesday night. Kansas swim teams dominate Cyclones By Chris Jenson Kansas sportswriter A storm blew into Ames, Iowa. Saturday afternoon, but it was not supplied by the hometown Cyclones. The Kansas man's and women's swimming and diving teams blew by Iowa State with the men winning 150-94 and the women 156-86. Kansas head coach Gary Kempf said the team swam as well as they had all dunk in duel competition. "We are definitely on the right track," he said. "The intensity of the meet was very good." The Jayhawk women won all of the individual events in the meet as well as finishing first, second and third in the 400-yard medley relay, the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle, respectively. Kempf said the Cyclone women had sustained injuries to some of their key team members and were weaker than he had expected. Freshman Frankie Hanson was a double winner for the Jayahawks with victories in the 1,000 freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly. Other standouts for the women were sophomores Marsha Trachi, who won the 200-yard breast stroke, and Michele Riffel, who won the 50-yard freestyle. The men were led by sophomore Following Quercigrosa's lead were juniors Zhawn Stevens, who won the 200-yard individual medley, and Tim Corzine, who won the 200-yard backstroke. Senior Shawn Melton said the team was really focused for the entire meet, something they had been working to improve upon. "This meet gave us the confidence that we can work together," she said. "Everyone was very encouraging toward each other throughout the meet." KU track teams improve, finish second Dan Querciagrosa, who set a pool record in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 9:30.4 By Chris Jenson Kansan sportswriter The Kansas men's and women's track and field teams gave favored Kansas State more than they bargained for Saturday at the third annual Kansas-Kansas State-Missouri Triangular in Columbia. The Jayhawks kept the meet close “This was a really good meet,” she said. “We track and field should be all about the race.” Coach Gary Schwartz said he was very encouraged with the progress the team had made. However, the Wildcats won the meet, edging out in-state rival Kansas 117-132. Missouri was third with 80. Both men's and women's points were combined in the overall score. by scoring 24 field, 18 sprint and 20 distance and middle-distance points on the men's side and eight field, 18 sprint and 29 distance and middle-distance points on the women's side. Other winners for the women were Melissa Swartz in the 800 meter, Kristi "It was fun to be in a meet where we were contesting for points and for the win," Schwartz said. "We got a lot of quality performances." On the women's side, Kansas won the 800 meter, the mile, the 3,000 meter and the two-mile relay races. The women were lead by freshman Natasha Shafer, who won the 55-meter sprint and was second in the 200. Kloster in the 1,000 meter and Catherine Palacios in the mile. Junior Julia Saul校 a school record in the 3,000 meter, breaking the record she set last weekend at the Kansas Invitational. She shattered her old record of 9 minutes, 54.43 seconds by 16 seconds with a time of 9:38.8. "WescaredKansasState and gained some respect from them and throughout the Big Eight." Shafer said. The men's side was lead by sophomore Harun Hazim, who won the long jump, was second in the triple jump and third in the long jump, finished fourth in the 55 meter dash Other victors for the men were John Bazzoni, in the pole vault and Michael Cox in the mile.