"What else can you say about him?"
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The Sooner's human battering ram, Steve Owens, hurtles the Kansas line in one of his 44 carries Saturday. En route to a possible Heisman Trophy winning performance, Owens pounded for 201 yards rushing and set two new national records for career touchdowns and rushing.
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with KU, Hicks said: "They are nowhere the club they were last year. But anybody who tries to pick the Big Eight is out of his mind. This is a great conference to play in. Every week you face someone who is good at something."
This week the somebody or maybe the something was All-America tailback Steve Owens who staged one of the best performances of his brilliant college career. In 44 carries, Owens rushed 201 yards—hardly what one could call a bad break or a
mistake, but one of the reasons Basler has found it difficult to win football games in the Big Eight.
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Owens, Sooners romp
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Owens added two more NCAA records to his credentials Saturday. Although Owens still has two games to play, the 201 yards on 44 carries increased his three-year rushing total to 3,535 yards and shattered the 3,388 yard record held by Mercury Morris of West Texas State. Owen's three touchdowns brought his career total to 54 and enabled him to break the 23-year old record of Army great Glenn Davis, who scored 51 times while playing on the Army teams of 1944-45-46.
KU held Owens to 56 yards in the first half and the Jayhawks strolled into the dressing room with a 15-14 half time advantage, but the 213-pounder rambled for 145 yards in the second half to surpass the 100-yard mark for the 18th straight game.
With 3:29 left in the first quarter Owens capped a 62-yard drive by leaping over left tackle for two yards and the first score of the game. With a first and ten at the KU 18, Owens set up the score by cracking off left tackle, breaking a tackle, and racing 16 yards down to the KU two.
After recovering a John Riggins fumble at the KU 26-yard line, OU wasted no time in driving for another score in 9 plays. Owens raced over from the two and the point after touchdown gave OU a commanding 14-0 lead with 13:58 still remaining in the second quarter.
KU's defense, with linebacker Emery Hicks and Gary Davenport doing most of the damage, held Owens and theOU offensive machine under control for the remainder of the half and KU's offense, aided by Steve Conley's two punt returns, was able to put together two sustained drives to take a surprising 15-14 lead.
Conley set up the first score by returning a punt 19 yards to the KU 41. KU kept the ball on the ground and scored when quarterback Phil Basler sneaked over from the one. The 'Hawks elected to go for two points and Basler
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pinpointed split end John Mosier in the endzone for the conversion to cut the OU lead to six points.
The Jayhawks struck quickly for the go-ahead touchdown. Following the kickoff, OU punted to Conley at the KU 43 and the 197 pound sophomore raced 48 yards down the right sideline where Roy Bell hauled him down at the OU 9 yard line. Ron Jessie tried left tackle for two yards on the first play and then Basler rolled left, failed to find blocking or a receiver, reversed his field and scamped the remaining 7 yards to paydirt.
KU's success was short lived as Owens and company marched 76 yards down to the KU two with the ensuing kickoff. With a third-and-two situation the Sooners once again called on Owens but Hicks dropped the OU senior for a one yard loss. Bruce Derr kicked a 20 yard field goal to put OU on top for good.
The third quarter remained scoreless but on the first play of the fourth stanza Owens took a pitchout from Jack Mildren and swept seven yards around left end for his third score as OU increased its lead to 24-15.
Emery Hicks summed up KU's frustrating afternoon when he said, "Every week you face someone who is great at something. This week it was Owens. What else can you say about him? He's the Heisman Trophy winner. The best."
University of Kansas Young People's Theatre
presents
The Snow Queen
by Suria Magito and Rudolf Weil
on
November 22 at 10:00 a.m.
University Theatre Murphy Hall
For tickets call: UN 4-3982