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University Daily Kansan
Page 8
Monday, Oct. 28, 1963
Mitchell Frets About KU Pass Defense
By Roy Miller (Sports Editor)
Question: "Coach, what was the big factor in today's game?"
Question: "Coach, what's KU's main strength?"
Answer: "I don't know. I can't tell you. We played so poorly."
Question: "Coach, how do you think your team will do against Iowa State next week?"
Answer: "What do you think?"
With that, Coach Phil Cutchin of the Oklahoma State football team tightened his grip on his attache case and boarded a bus waiting next to Memorial Stadium.
Whether the new Big Eight coach was more irritated by his team's 41-7 loss to KU here Saturday or the habit-ridden, unanswerable questions of a reporter is not known.
At any rate, part of his stern-faced, tight-mouthed composure must be attributed to his team's fifth consecutive loss of the season and by the biggest margin.
FOR THE JAYHAWKS, it was their first Big Eight victory of the season.
| | W | L | P | OP |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Missouri | 3 | 0 | 56 | 17 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 90 | 19 |
| Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 55 | 27 |
| Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 43 | 49 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 | 59 | 67 |
| **Kansas** | 1 | 2 | 73 | 45 |
| Oklahoma State | 0 | 3 | 13 | 94 |
| Kansas State | 0 | 4 | 33 | 104 |
Saturday Schedule
Kansas State at Kansas
Colorado at Oklahoma
Nebraska at Missouri
Oklahoma State at Iowa State
But, despite the unmistaken noise of a victory celebration in the KU dressing room, not everything was happy.
For one thing, Gale Sayers, KU's all-America candidate, was sitting on a raining table with pressure and an ice pack applied to his thigh.
SAYERS LIMPED off the field in the first quarter and was sent immediately to the training room. He returned to the game in the fourth quarter. On his first two carries then he picked up gains of eight and 14 vards.
Dean Nesmith, KU trainer, said he wouldn't know until today how serious Sayers' injury was. The injury was a charley-horse of the left thigh.
The same type of injury was suffered against Oklahoma by Tony Leiker. Leiker was able to play in the game after he suffered a charleyhorse, but the starting slot-back couldn't run well in practice all last week and was used only for one putting assignment against the Cowboys.
COACH JACK Mitchell took five reporters off into a secluded laundry room in the dressing room and began thinking about KU's game here Saturday with Kansas State.
"I dread to think of Kansas State," Mitchell said. "They're definitely capable of beating us the way their passing is. There's no way in the world we can beat a good passing team the way our pass defense is."
His Platter on a Head
MIKE MILLER, the Cowboys' quarterback, completed 7 of 21 passing attempts for 93 yards. But, as
"I just wonder if we'll be able to get the ball next week."
"They (K-State) probably have a better chance to beat us than any other team in the conference because of our pass defense. I don't think we are as good on defense as they are in passing.
LONDON—(UPI)—Waiters at the Pigalle, a London night club, threatened to strike today because singer Jill Day crowned a waiter with a silver platter full of peas.
"That damn waiter got on my nerves," Miss Day said of the Saturday night incident. "All through my act he was stacking dishes on a tray and sorting out knives and forks. I grabbed the first thing I could lay my hands on and sloshed him over the head with it."
KU Runners Win Again
In 17 years as KU's cross country coach, Bill Easton's teams have a 67-3 won-lost record for dual meet competition.
The 1963 Jayhawker cross country team ended its dual season Friday at Norman by defeating Oklahoma, 17-46. It was KU's 21st consecutive victory in over-all action and its 40th straight conference victory.
The Jayhawks won seven of the first eight places with the entire KU
squad finishing within a 31-second span.
Paul Acevedo placed first. He covered the three-mile course in 14:52 and finished about 69 yards ahead of his nearest rival, teammate John Lawson, whose time was 15:01.
Finishing behind Acevedo and Lawson were Chick Fero, Walt Mizell of Oklahoma, Ken Holm, Tonnie Coan, Herald Hadley and George Cabrera.
Cutchin pointed out, Cowboy receivers weren't catching the ball too well at all.
Time after time a pass would be thrown from Miller into the hands of a potential Cowboy receiver in open field. But, the receiver couldn't hold onto the ball.
"Gosh, I don't know," Mitchell said after the game. "We still have our problems on defense. I don't exactly know what they are, but we've got them."
defense not only involves knocking the ball down, but we aren't getting a good enough rush on the passer and we aren't adjusting properly."
"The weakness we've had in pass
FOUR PASSES, one a 28-yard play, set up Oklahoma State's only touchdown. Miller scored on a 2-yard keeper.
Sayers scored for KU on 23- and 5-yard sweeps. Ron Oelschlagger got his first touchdown of the season on a 14-yard sweep as did Sid Micek who scored from the 7 on a rollout.
1-yard plunge and Ken Coleman ran the ball in from the 11.
Armand Baughman scored on a
Gary Duff kicked two extra points, Mike Johnson kicked another and Dave Crandall picked up a twopoint extra point play on a run.
In other Big Eight games.
Oklahoma 34, K-State 9; Nebraska 41, Colorado 6, and Missouri 7, Iowa State 0.
TCU, KU's opening game opponent was idle; Syracuse beat Oregon State, 31-8, and Wyoming defeated Utah, 26-23.
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