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University Daily Kansan Monday, Sept. 24, 1962
KU Impressive Despite Loss
Sayers, McFarland Leiker Please Crowd
By Steve Clark
John Hadl and Curtis McClinton, KU's 1961 All-Americas, were forgotten Saturday.
Assuming new roles as KU crowd pleasers were:
- Sophomore Gale Sayers, a "gold-plated recruit" whose running combined Hadl's elusiveness and McClinton's speed.
- Quarterback Rodger McFarland, a riverboat gambler disguised in football gear, whose adept signal calling, and pinpoint passing, were nothing short of "phenomenal."
- Tony Leiker, who in fine Hadl fashion orbited four punts for a 53-yard average. $ \textcircled{4} $
ALSO FORGOTTEN was the departed entire 1961 starting line including All-Big Eight selections Elvin Basham and Kent Staab.
Why? Because a young, hard-charging line led by seniors Ken Tiger, Duke Collins, Fred Eiseman, Pack St. Clair, juniors Pete Quatrochi and Jay Roberts and sophomore Brian Schweda held a strong offensive Texas Christian team to 199 yards, 159 by rushing and 40 by passing, 87 yards less than the Jayhawkers total offense.
While the Jayhawkers' showing was impressive, they were unable to capitalize on the "big play" and bowed to the Texas Christian Horned Frogs 6-3 before a record 35,000 Memorial Stadium crowd.
THE JAYHAWKERS lost two touchdowns from rule infractions. The first came with 1:37 seconds remaining in the first quarter. With the ball on the TCU four-yard line, McFarland ran a quarterback keeper and dived into the end zone, ending a nine-play march from the KU 38 yard line.
Kansas was penalized for illegal motion and the ball was placed on the Texas Christian nine-yard line. Field goal specialist Gary Duff entered the game and successfully attempted his first collegiate field goal giving Kansas a 3-0 lead.
The Horned Frogs retaliated quickly and in 3:34 they lead 6-3. The scoring drive started on the TCU 28 and took but 10 plays.
QUARTERBACK SONNY GIBBS mixed his plays with fullback Tommy Crutcher, and halfbacks Jimmy Fauver, Donny Smith, and Marvin Chipman sharing the ball-carrying
Gibbs himself carried once for 18 yards and completed a seven-yard pass to end Ben Nix, before completing a 12-yard pass to end Tom Magoffin for the score.
The Horned Frog drive was aided by a personal foul penalty against the Jayhawkers which moved the ball from the 24-yard line to the 14.
THE JAYHAWKERS started retaliation quickly as Sayers returned the kickoff from his own two-yard line to the KU 47. A holding penalty on the second play of the series stopped the KU drive and Leiker quick kicked 52-yards to the TCU 11-vard line.
Another personal foul penalty on the kick was charged to the Jay-hawkers, moving the ball to the TCU 28.
KU RECEIVED the ball in the second half and on their third play, bobbed the ball again. "Texas Fats" McFarland gambled with pitchouts and lost, as TCU's Nix recovered on the KU 25. A stout Jayhawker defense stalled the Frogs on the KU 16 and Kansas took over on downs. The ball changed hands twice and KU started a late third quarter touch-down march.
TCU was halted on the KU 38 and Jerry Terrell punted the ball out-of-bounds on the KU 10-yard line. The Jayhawkers moved the ball steadily upfield for 15 plays before a lateral from McFarland to Sayers was fumbled and TCU recovered on their 33 yard line.
Their second touchdown was nullified when an illegal receiver was down field on a 13-yard roll-out pass from McFarland to Leiker. McFarland lost 11-yards attempting to pass and Duff entered the game to attempt his second field goal. The kick was blocked and so was another KU scoring opportunity.
Early in the fourth quarter a KU drive was halted on the TCU 18-yard line. A disputed pass play from Leiker to Roberts near the end zone
TROUBLE—Kansas quarterback Rodger McFarland (15) is in trouble as Texas Christian end Lynn Morrison (87) breaks up a pass play. Incidentally, McFarland and Morrison, both Texans, are close friends.
terminated a 41-yard drive. Officials ruled that Roberts trapped the ball.
"IT WAS the official's decision and we have to accept it," Roberts said following the game. "Personally, I thought I caught the ball."
KU started another drive from their own 45-yard line late in the game that almost resulted in a last second victory.
ers entered the game after resting almost the entire fourth quarter and with the ball on the five-yard line skirted right end for the goal line. He was stopped on the two.
McFARLAND COMPLETED three passes to favorite target Roberts, a 6-4, 206-pound junior. A personal foul on one pass play to Roberts moved the ball to the 14-yard line.
Duff re-entered the game. With the clock running out the kicking tee was thrown from the field and a "touchdown" play was attempted. McFarland's pass to Duff was incomplete in the end zone as the game ended.
The Horned Frog pass defense then centered around Roberts. Say-
ROOOKIE SAYERS answered any doubts concerning his running ability on his first carry. The Omaha, Neb., speedster carried around his right end and was breaking into a
Being singled out as a workhorse, he carried the ball 27 times for 114 net yards for a 4.2 average per carry.
clear field when he slipped on the wet turf.
McFarland also answered doubts concerning his passing finesse. The Ft. Worth senior completed eight of 13 passes for 92 net yards.
SIGNAL-CALLING was McFarland's forte. "Rodger called 90 per cent of our plays," Mitchell said after the game.
Leiker carried the ball three times from the slot-back position and gained 17 yards for a 5.7 average.
"He called them at the line of scrimmage. He did one of the finest job of checking signals at the line of scrimmage that I have seen."
INJURED KEN COLEMAN was used sparingly, carrying the ball but five times for 22 yards. On his first carry he was stopped for one yard, but his second carry, he ripped through the Texas Christian line for nine-yards and a first down.
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