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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 8, 1963
Freshmen Down K-State. 23-12
Rv Bob Jones
The KU freshman football team survived a bad case of first game jitters to beat the K-State freshmen 23-13 here yesterday.
KU opened the scoring on its first series of downs, when quarterback Wally Hinshaw kept the ball and ran around right end for 67 yards. Ron Manka kicked the extra point, and KU led 7-0
Bill Henry of Kansas State took the kickoff following the KU touchdown, and raced 84 yards for a touchdown. The extra point was good, tying the score at 7-7.
FOR THE REST of the first half the two teams were plagued by mistakes. The first two passes the KU freshman threw were intercepted, and Kansas State drove into KU territory serveral times only to have fumbles end their drives.
The freshman Wildcats took the lead late in the first quarter when
Both Teams Pessimistic As KU Prepares for NU
By Russ Corbitt (Assistant Sports Editor)
Coach Jack Mitchell said the thought of revenge will not help his Jayhawkers at Lincoln, Neb Saturday.
But you can bet the team, as well as KU students and fans have not forgotten the 40-16 homecoming thumping the Cornhuskers dealt the Javhawkers last season.
Mitchell's Jayhawks, who have outscored their opponents, 75-7, in winning their last two games, may find themselves Saturday wishing they could have saved some of those touchdowns.
IN NEBRASKA, KU will be facing the nation's leading rushing team and one of the biggest lines the Jawahraws have seen this season.
Mitchell was quite emphatic in his belief that the memory of last year's defeat would not help his charges get fired up for the game.
"We don't even have the same squad," he said. "A lot of our boys playing now weren't in that game. If anything, it will help Nebraska get ready for us. They'll try to prove last year's game wasn't a fluke."
NEBRASKA Scout John Melton was equally pessimistic in his report.
"Kansas has been looking forward to this game since last year," Melton said. "They think they were better than last year's score and will be pointing for Nebraska."
"Kansas wants this game very much and they will come up here sky high. We will have to play mighty good football to beat this Kansas club."
PESSIMISM, which is a tradeMark of most coaches. Particular our own Jack Mitchell, was quite evident in the KU coach's attitude while preparing for the game.
"They (Nebraska) do so many things well, are so big and strong, and have so much speed in the backfield, its a tough choice to know just what does concern us most," he said.
"There is no place to start and no place to stop when talking about the problems Nebraska creates."
CORNHUSKER Quarterback Dennis Claridge is still listed as a doubtful starter because of a severe leg bruise.
KU also has a doubtful starter in Jay Roberts, starting end, who injured his shoulder in the Kansas State game.
Henry Howard took a punt, fumbled the ball, picked it up and ran 64 yards for a touchdown. A bad snap from the center caused the extra point try to fail, and the score stood at 13-7 in favor of Kansas State.
George Worley, who broke his hand in the Iowa State game, and Ron Marsh, who missed the Kansas State game last weekend after an automobile accident, will both be available for duty Saturday.
THE 70TH Kansas - Nebraska meeting will have its kickoff at 2 p.m. Saturday, rather than at the usual 1:30 p.m. starting time.
The Cornhuskers hold a 47-19-3 edge over the Jayhawks in past meetings, but KU has won the last three games played at Lincoln.
Nebraska, with a 4-0 conference record this year, holds a slim half-game lead over Oklahoma, whose record stands at 3-0.
KU is 2-2 in league play and 4-3 overall, but has lost those three games by a total of just 10 points.
KU could not get its offense moving until late in the half when Gipp DuPree entered the game at quarterback, and threw two passes to J. C. Hixon, who scored with only five seconds left in the first half. Manka added the extra point, and KU led at halftime 14-13.
they handed the ball back to K- State with a fumble.
The final KU touchdown was set up when another Jayhawk quateroak, Bob Skahan, threw a 50-yard pass to R.B. Miller on the 3-yard line
Two plays later Gary Dahlin scored the touchdown. The extra point try was blocked and KU held their winning 23-13 margin.
Twice they were stopped from going all the way by mistakes. Castillo overthrew a receiver who was wide open, and on another play, a halfback fumbled just as he broke into the clear.
THE WILDCAT freshmen were not ready to give up, however.
IN THE SECOND half, a fumble on his own 23-yard line by K-State's Henry Howard set up KU's next scoring opportunity.
In spite of these errors, K-State moved the ball to the KU 11 yard line. There Castillo dropped to pass, and had to hurry his throw. KU intercepted the pass on the four-ward line and kept possession of the ball until time ran out.
Spitballs
KU picked up only a few yards in three tries after the fumble, so Manka was called on and kicked a 39-yard field goal to give the KU freshmen a 17-13 lead.
K-State tried to get back in the football with the passing of quarterback Victor Castillo and the running of Henry Howard, but key pass interceptions, and the large KU interior line which stopped the Wildcats from running up the middle, held K-State scoreless for the remainder of the game.
THE JAYHAWKS were having their troubles too. Once they stopped a K-State drive inside their 20-yard line, and using straight power plays moved to the wildcats' 22 where
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Tight Finish Predicted For Meet Tomorrow
The 32nd annual conference meet will begin at 10:30 a.m. on the three-mile Lawrence Country Club course.
Missouri, Colorado, and undefeated Oklahoma State and Kansas are expected to make Saturday's Big Eight cross country meet here one of the tightest mass finishes in the modern history of the meet.
Defending champion Colorado is returning with four veterans and outstanding sophomore Dave Wighton.
Missouri also has four returning starters from last year's team. Mu's top runner, however, is Robin Lingle, an Army transfer.
Eddie Winn represents the only Oklahoma State veteran, but he will be pacing a team of sophomores who won last year's Freshman Postal title.
KU's hopes will rest mainly on veteran Paul Acevedo and sophomore John Lawson. Captain George Cabrera and Herald Hadley, both veterans, are also expected to finish high for the Jayhawks.
Lingle is considered the individual favorite in the meet.
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