Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1963
University Daily Kansan
Page 7
FOLLOW ME, MEN—Gale Sayers (48), KU's all-America halfback, leads the way Sayers are Ron Marsh (67) and Steve Renko (11). Ralph Kubinksi of MU pursues on an end sweep in the KU-Missouri football game here Saturday. Following Sayers has been named to at least three all-America first teams to date.
Jayhawker Football Season Ends on Sour Note
By Russ Corbitt
By Russ Corbitt
(Assistant Sports Editor)
Saturday, Nov. 30 1963
Another KU football season had drawn to an end.
For the seventh consecutive year, an upset in the annual KU-Missouri football game had become a reality.
For the sixth consecutive year, the home team failed to win.
KU's 1963 FOOTBALL season ended on a sour note, with a hard-fought, well-played, 9-7 loss to the Tigers here.
The postgame atmosphere and activities in the KU dressing room were varied—a few barely visible tears, many handshakes and congratulations on a well-played game and a few understandable
sighs of relief for the ending of another season.
A handful of reporters gathered around senior fullback Ken Coleman who had played his final outstanding game for the Jawhaws
"I felt pretty good until I fumbled and cost us the game," Coleman said. "I don't remember anyone hitting me. My hole was there and I was just getting ready to jump. I must have just squeezed the ball too hard."
COLEMAN WAS referring to the first-quarter fumble which MU's Vince Turner turned into a 101-vard touchdown run.
After carrying the ball 11 times in a 16-play drive from his own 24-yard line to the MU two, Coleman again received the handoff from quarterback Steve Renko.
But as he dove over the goal line, the ball squirted from Coleman's arms and into the waiting arms of Turner. Turner picked up the only block he needed, and raced the distance of the field for the first score of the game.
Another senior, end Jay Roberts, was talking to several friends and relatives as he finished dressing.
ASKED IF HE was ready to start working out for basketball now, the big three-sport letterman said, "I am not even thinking about that yet. I am going to get my weekend vacation before I do anything."
Guard Harley Catlin, one of the stout KU linemen who had held the MU offense almost impotent throughout most of the game, had
nothing but praise for the Tiger line.
"They had a great line," he said. "I would say it is as good as Nebraska's and Oklahoma's. We've only faced two poor lines this season, Oklahoma State and Colorado."
Another defensive standout, All-Big Eight end Mike Shinn, accounted for the only real drive MU mounted, which resulted in the winning field goal in the fourth quarter.
"THEY JUST CAME out and played better ball in the second half," Shinn said. "We had kind of a letdown and didn't play as well."
Coach Jack Mitchell, sitting on a table in the back of the dressing
room, spoke freely with a half-
dozen reporters.
"The breaks have been pretty even in the series up to this game." Mitchell said. "The kids (KU) were so ready and played so hard. You might say they really got the job done too, in a way.
"I think that's three times this year we outplayed our opponents and lost the game.
"Our pass defense and our offense was as fine as it has been in several years. That's as good as we can play."
Mitchell said he felt especially sorry for the seniors on his squad.
"They won't get another chance," he said, as he pulled a cigar from his coat pocket, unwrapped it, and put a match to it.
YOU COULDNT TELL IT—This woman, one of about 45,000 persons who jammed Memorial Stadium for the 72nd KU-Missouri football game, says she's rooting for Missouri. Unlike many KU fans, she left the stadium happy.
Photos by Roy Inman
UNHAPPY?—The frown belongs to Jack Mitchell, KU's coach, who has just seen Missouri go ahead of his team with a filed goal.
HAPPY?—He may not show it here while he talks to an assistant, but Conch Dan Devine's (left) Tigers defeated KU Saturday.