SPORTS
The University Daily KANSAN
January 23, 1984 Page 10
Records fall in Super Bowl rout Allen, Raiders ambush 'Skins
By United Press International
TAMPA, Fla. — It was billed as the greatest duel in Super Bowl history, but thanks to Marcus Allen, the Los Angeles Raiders turned it into the biggest rout in the 18-year history of the game.
Washington, the defending Super Bowl champion, entered the game as the highest-scoring club in National Football League history, a record set before Butt. But the Raiders, the shoqsh shop of the NFL family, who ran up points in record numbers.
Allen scored two touchdowns and accumulated 191 yards — a Super Bowl record — on 20 carries yesterday to destroy the Washington Redskins 38-15.
Los Angeles! 38 points were the most ever scored by a Super Bowl winner, and the 29-point margin of victory was the largest in 18 Super Bowls.
Allen, who came on strong in the playoffs to help carry the Raiders to the Super Bowl, broke Redskins' fallback John Riggins' record of 166 yards last season with his spectacular performance yesterday. He was the unanimous choice as the game's Most Valuable Player.
"I DON'T WANT this to be considered an individual effort. It was a complete team effort," said Allen, the AFC player of the Year as a rookie in 1982. "I can't say enough about the play of our offensive line. They did just a little bit of it. We're coming tremendous holes for me and all I had to do was run through them."
Allen pushed Los Angeles to a 28-9 lead in the third period with a 5-yard
downbound run and then ended the Redskins' dream of a second consecutive Super Bowl triumph by dashing 74 yards for a touchdown on a broken play.
"On the first touchdown, we were in a goal-line offense at the 5-yard line." Allen said. "They over-pursued me and I cut back and there was just one guy standing there. I put a move on him and I guess he just missed me."
Later in the third quarter, Allen applied the death bite to the Redskins.
THE PLAY BEGAN as Allen swept left, only to be greeted by several
For complete Super Bowl statistics see p. 9
Washington defenders. Allen then reversed direction, eluded a tackle by Ken Coffey behind the line of scrimmage and bolted untouched up the middle to complete the 74-yard touchdown run.
"On the second one, it was kind of my fault at the start," Allen said. "I should have been inside instead of trying to take it to the outside. They were all waiting for me there so I turned around and tried to make something out of nothing. I saw some daylight and just crushed the rest of the way. I got a great block from Cliff Branch and that made the difference."
Allen's scamper was the longest scoring run in a Super Bowl, breaking the record of 38 yards set by Baltimore in 167-7 loss to the New York Jets in 1969.
His touchdown came after the Raiders' defense made a big play to stifle Washington's final hopes. With his club trailing 28-9, Redskins coach Joe Gibbs decided to go for a first down on fourth by a rushing play that Riggis tried the left side but was hit and knocked back for no gain by Rod Martin and Mike Davis.
THE RAIDERS other touchdowns came from two obscure reserves in the first half. Both scores helped Los Angeles take a 2-3 all-time lead.
Derrick Jensen, a reserve tight end,
made a great individual effort to
provide the Raiders with a 7-0 lead 4:52
into the game.
Jensen broke through a block by Washington's Otis Wonsley, blocked Jeff Hayes' pint from the 23 and then ran in, scoring to recover the ball for a touchdown.
It was only the second time in Super Bowl history that a blocked punt had resulted in a touchdown. Minnesota's defense had a similar score against Pittsburgh.
Los Angeles got another touchdown from Jack Squire, a little-used linebacker from Illinois. He was inserted into the game as a pass defender, after Washington took over in the second half, with just 12 seconds left in the half.
Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann faked a screen pass to the right, wheeled and lofted a screen to the left toward running back Joe Washington. Squire leaped in front of Washington and dashed 5 yards into the endzone with seven seconds left in the half for a 21-3 Raider lead.
The Raiders' big-play style are counted for Los Angeles' second score.
TAMPA — Marcus Allen breaks loose for a 74-yard touchdown run, the longest run in Super Bowl history. Allen gained 191 yards and scored twice to help the Raiders wash Washington 38-9. Allen was unanimously selected as the game's Most Valuable Player.
Former Jayhawk Mike McCormack among 4 to enter NFL Hall of Fame
By Staff and Wire Reports
Mike McCormack, a former all-Big Seven player who played for the University of Kansas during the early '80s, was one of four players whose ability to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
McCormack, along with Charley Taylor of the Washington Redskins, Wilkie Brown of the Oakland Raiders and Arnie Weinmeister of the New Giants, will be formally admitted into the Hall of Fame on July 28.
The Seattle Seahawks will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Hall of Fame Game. McCormack is president of the Seahawks.
Mike McCormack
Thomas benched, but Missouri wins
By United Press International
Missouri Coach Norm Stewart gave Malcolm Thomas an unfamiliar look at the game of basketball and it resulted in a superior performance by his star forward.
Stewart benched his starting but slumping forwards Thomas and Blake Wortham Saturday night against Nebraska and it resulted in a 50-48 victory over the Cornhuskers, thus averting a potentially disastrous 0-2 start in the Big Eight by the four-time defending champion.
But the 'Tigers didn't win because Thomas was on the bench. Quite the contrary — the benching seemed to stoke his competitive fires and Thomas wound up scoring a game-high 19 points, including 13 in the second half to deliver Missouri from a 1-point deficit with 6½ minutes remaining.
"I wanted to take some pressure off a few guys," Stewart said. "I wanted to get them out."
minutes and give them a chance to get into the ballgame. I wanted to get them there first.
Thomas sat for six minutes before being dispatched into the game by Stewart and he wound up scoring one more point than his team-leading average of 18 points a game. Wortham, however, played only two minutes and scored two points.
"We beat a good ball club on their floor and had to come from behind to do it." Stewart said. "It's a good win for us."
In other Big Eight games Saturday, Oklahoma State nipped Colorado 76-74 in overtime and No. 17 Oklahoma outlasted Kansas State 83-80.
Winfred Cank sank a 17-foot jump shot with 42 seconds remaining in regulation to force the overtime with Colorado and then converted three free throws in the final 33 seconds of the extra session to put the Cowboys alone atop the Big Eight with a 2-0 record. Case finished with a career-high 21
points, including 8 of Oklahoma State's final 11 points.
Wayman Tisdale scored 30 points and guard Shawn Carke came off the bench to score 14, including a driving basket with 27 seconds left to seal the victory. Alabama improved its record to 15-2 with its 11th victory in the last 14 games.
"IF WE'RE going to win this year it's going to be down to the wire," said Oklahoma State Coach Paul Hansen, whose Cowboyes were tabbed in the preseason as the seven-place finisher in the Big Eight. "We were fortunate to win this ball game but at the same time had a character by hanging in there."
Eddie Elder had a career-high 30 points and 12 rebounds for Kansas State and was part of a defensive triangle along with center Ben Mitchell and guard Eric Watson that harassed Tidale into a 12-of-24 shooting performance and limited the All-Big Eight forward to a season-lead five rebounds.
Marcus Allen sets records named MVP
By United Press International
"I should have been inside but I went outside instead and then I had to try to get into the building."
What happened 'was his second touchdown of the day, assuring the Rangers' victory over the Redskins. He was a Valuable Player for Super Bowl XVIII.
TAMPA, Fla. — Marcus Allen said that the 74-yard touchdown run that clinched the Los Angeles Raiders' 38-9 victory over the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl yesterday began as a "foul-up."
Alain gained 191 yards on 20 carries for two touchdowns. He broke the 168-yard rushing record last year by Redskin fullback John Reggins.
His season started out slow, and he registered only one 100-yard effort.
But then the tailback got hot and broke the century mark in both playoff games.
His performance yesterday was so spectacular that President Reagan joked that Moscow had called to say that Allen was a "secret weapon." Allen said he did not have a chance to respond to Reagan's remarks.
Alen described the long touchdown as a play to the left called "17 Block Trail." He said the tackle and tight end double-teamed the defensive end while the guard. Mickey Marvin, pulled out.
"It was a foul-up to be honest with you. Instead of going inside Mickey, I went outside and then I cut back to the middle where I saw some space."
Allen cut to the right then angled to the middle and ran in untouched as wide accents of red were used, while the only Redskin defender that had a chance to prevent the touchdown
Alen said the honor of winning the game and the Most Valuable Player Award tropped anything in his career for the USC in 1987. Heisman Trophy for the UC S.C. in 1987.
"This is a different level," he said.
"This is number one. This is an enemy."
He also said the success made up for the disappointment of being drafted for the team.
"They said I wasn't fast enough," he said. "They said I couldn't do it. Thank God I had the strength and the endurance I feel I've matured as a running biathlete, we have to understand my skill, my health and fifth year playing the position."
Allen was recruited at USC as a fullback.
Early in the year Allen was disappointed he wasn't getting to carry the team.
Turnovers,officiating spark Iowa State to victory over KU
By United Press International
AMES, Iowa — Iowa State brought an 8-1 record into Saturday's game against KU and the Jayhawks found out why as they lost to the Cyclones 61-36.
Encouraged by 14,381 screaming fans, the Jayhawks were in a position to win as they held a 54-12 score with 5:28 left in the game. But the Cyclones scored the next seven points and hit the first loss of the conference season.
"We just could not get to the free-throw line," KU Coach Larry Brown said. "We had a two-point lead and threw it in to Kelly (Knight) and he got raped. They were stuck on six team fouls for a long time."
The Jayhawks shot only two free throws in the second half while the Cyclones shot 12 ISU was not whistled over and then in the final seven minutes of the game.
"WE STILL HAD a chance, but jeff (Guiot) made a couple of turnovers." Brown said. "Those were two critical ones because they converted on both."
KU also committed a couple of key turnovers and scored only two points in the game.
"For a while it was so loud I couldn't hear the plays," said KU forward Carl Henry. "I was just running out around there trying to move."
At one point the crowd was so loud that all 10 players on the court stopped.
The crow roared its approval as ISU's Terrance Allen took the second turnover in for a dunk to give the Cyclones a 56-54 lead with 4:35 to play.
Henry almost single-handedly kept KU in the game during the first half, scoring 17 of the Jawhavas' 28 points.
"Carl was great," Brown said. "We just didn't get him the ball enough in the game."
Henry managed only two points in the second half and finished with 19 for the game.
"WE JUST COULDN'T get over the hump," Henry said. "We were ahead 54-52, but we couldn't pull away. We just made some mistakes."
"THE TURNOVERS hurt, but the big thing was our inability to get to the line," Brown said. "One time, Greg (Drrelling) went up for a four-foot jumpshot and the guts she saddled him. He got out and ended up about 16 feet away."
With Iowa State leading 34-28 at halftime, KU outscored the Cyclones 10-2 at the beginning of the half as Calvin Thomson pumped in six points.
Thompson scored 12 points to go with Henry's 19. Allen and Barry Stevens each scored 14 to lead ISU. Stevens, the only player to reach the point, is his lowest point total of the season.
Both teams then traded baskets for the next 10 minutes as neither team ever lead by more than two points until the end.
"I was a little uptight at the beginning of the game," Thompson said. "I decided to go out the second half and just play."
The loss dropped KU into a tie for second place in the conference behind Oleksandraaska will travel to Allen Field House Wednesday night to face the Jayhawks.
AMES, Iowa — Greg Dreiling and Kelly Knight try to keep Iowa State's David Moss from shooting. The Jayhawks could score only one basket in the final five minutes while losing 61-56. It was KU's first conference loss of the season.
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Women edge Cyclones
Barbara Adkins' five-foot baseline shot at the buzzer gave the Kansas women's basketball team a 5-5-3 record. Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.
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Adkins' shot capped a comeback by the Jayhawks that brought them from a five-point deficit with 1:40 remaining in the game.
The victory evening the Jayhawks' Big Eight Conference record at 1-1. The winpped Kansas' overall record to 5-9.
"We just felt we had to take it to them." KU coach Marian Washington said of the play. "Quarles just saw the chance to drive."
A layup by Adkins brought the Jayhawks to within three with 1.07 left. Then, after Iowa State missed a layup with 45 seconds left, Jayhawk guard Valerie Quarles drove the length of the lane to the basket. Iowa State's Jane McCann, Quarks sank the free throw to complete a three-point play and the score 33-33.
Ronda Thacker of Iowa State missed a shot with 12 seconds remaining to set up a field goal.
Iowa State had taken the lead at 45-44 with 6:10 remaining after falling behind by nine early in the second half. The game ended until the final seconds of the game.
In the first half, the Jayhawks' nine-point lead was the largest in a in which the lead changed hands nine times. In the second half, Kansas led 84-31 at halftime.
Iowa State stayed in the game at the foul line, connecting on 17 of 23 shots
from the throw tree line. Kansas outscored the Cyclones 44-36 from the field but was whistled for eight more fouls. The Jayhawks made 11 of 15 fouls.
"Four of our starters had at least four fouls, but we hung in there." Washington said, "iowa State played a good game, and it's tough to lose a game like that with a basket at the buzzer, but it's a good win for us."
Two Jayhawks fouled out of the game. KU guard Toni Webb fouled out with 3:24 remaining, and center Vickie Adkins fouled out with 1:50 left.
Adkins led all scorers in the game with 16 points.
Also in double figures for Kansas were Barbara Adkins with 15 points and James Hoyle with 12 points.
Snider led the Jayhawks in assists with four and steals with six.
"We had to drive up here and our bus was really cold, and I was concerned about individuals getting sick," she said. "We had to work the entire ball game."
Iowa State center Tonya Burns led the Cyclones in scoring with 14 points.
Next Big Eight action for the
Nets at Wednesday at home
against Nebraska.
The Jayhawks shot 40 percent from the field overall, hitting 23 of 50 shots in the game Iowa State. Shooting 31 and connected on 18 of 57 shots for the night.
Washington said the win was also a good one because of the bad circumference.
The Cornhuskers lost 92-71 on Saturday to the Missouri Tigers, ranked 11th in the nation. Kansas lost to the Tigers 71-62 last Wednesday.
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