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hard for our boys to have confidence when something like this happens to them every week. I wish I had the answer for it. If I did we would be winning."
Friday night John Riggins, KU's leading rusher, was suspended from the team forcing the injury plagued Jayhawks to mold a makeshift offense. Sophomore Steve Conley was inserted at the tailback position to fill the gap left by Riggins. Ron Jessie played with a broken hand and sophomore Chuck Schmidt started at fullback.
Both coaches agreed that the absence of Riggins was insignificant to the KU loss. Gass said, "Their loss of Riggins didn't alter things on our part. They have such a diversified offense we couldn't have keyed on him anyway."
Conley was second among Kansas ground gainers with 52 yards in 14 carries, and was impressive as a punt returner.
The loss gave KU sole possession of the cellar in the Big Eight with an 0-4 league record and a 1-6 overall mark. After the narrow defeat to the Cowboys Pepper Rodgers stood shaking his head wondering what else could go wrong. He said, "It is a wonder these guys haven't quit. They might as well. Everything has happened to them."
But Pepper might have pinpointed it the week before when he said—as he has before—that his team just isn't that bad, and added that he was willing to prove it—"We'll play any 1-5 team in a bowl." This week, it's 1 and 6.
STATISTICS
Okla. St. Kansas
First Downs 17 16
Rushing Yardage 206 138
Passing Yardage 178 146
Return Yardage 95 51
Passes (Comp'd—Att'd—Had Inte'd) 10-20-2 9-22-1
Punts (Number-Average) 6-40 10-39
Fumbles Lost 2 0
Yards Penalized 79 109
Score by Quarters
Oklahoma State 7 7 7 7–28
Kansas 0 0 11 7–27
Oklahoma State 7 7 7 7-28
Kansas 3 0 14 8-25
OSU—Cole 70 pass from Cutburth (Pruss kick)
(Pruss kick) KAN—Conley 5 run (Bell kick)
KAN-Contley y run (bell kick)
KAN-McGowan 13 pass from Basler (Bell kick)
OSU-Hallmark 97 kickoff return, included 12 return by Cole and 85 return for Hallmark on lateral (Pussick kick)
O'Sullivan 97 kickoff return, included 9 return for Hallmark
Hawk heroics
Kansas split end George McGowan slips between three OSU defenders into the end zone on the first of his two scoring receptions. Starting the game at safety, the versatile McGowan (besides receiving 13 and 16 yard touchdown tosses) made two unassisted tackles and intercepted a Cowboy aerial.
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KAN-McGowan 16 pass from Basler (Schmidt pass from Basler)
Attendance—40,000
Chiefs stampede Buffalo, 29-7
BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) — Jan Stenerud kicked five field goals, including a 37-yard go-ahead boot with 14:09 to go, and Johnny Robinson intercepted two Buffalo passes to set up insurance touchdowns Sunday as the Kansas City
Chiefs whipped the Buffalo Bills 29-7.
Stenerud's kicks, from 47, 34,
37, 44 and 18 yards, were all the
Chiefs needed to overcome a 7-0
first-period deficit.
The 37-yard game-winner that put the Chiefs ahead 9-7 came after Caesar Belser recovered Bubba Thornton's fumbled kick-off return at the Buffalo 22 and
the kansas City drive was halted when running back Robert Holmes was dropped by a charging Bills' line at the 30.
Buffalo's only score came on a 14-yard pass from Darragh to Marlin Briscoe with 5:42 remaining in the first period.
Stenerud cut the Buffalo lead to 7-3 after 2:35 of the second period with his 47-yard field goal.
Foster. Nelloms pace Frosh
By BRUCE CARNAHAN Kansan Sports Writer
The KU freshman football team, paced by quarterback Marvin Foster's 54-yard touchdown run on KU's initial play of its opening series, rolled to its third straight victory Friday by trouncing Oklahoma State 35-14 at Stillwater.
Foster got the Hawks off on the right foot when he scampered around right end, picked up some excellent blocking, and raced untouched into the end zone before many of the fans had settled into their seats.
Foster, who directed KU on two other first half scoring drives, led the frosh rushing attack by picking up 90 yards on nine carries. The slender Kansas City Central product alternated at split end and quarterback. As a quarterback he completed 4 of 10 passes for an additional 47 yards total offense.
The KU defense pounced on four OSU fumbles and the Hawk offense capitalized by turning three of the recoveries into touchdowns.
KU recovered a fumble on the Colts' five yard line after a 32 yard punt by Jerry Evans had pinned OSU on the one yard line. Just two plays later, fullback Jerome Nelloms scored the first of his three touchdowns by cracking over from the two-yard line. The conversion made the score 14-0 and it appeared that KU was off and running.
KU, taking advantage of the first of OSU's costly fumbles, scored again shortly after Foster's dazzling run.
Oklahoma State, yet to chalk up a victory in three attempts, came right back to score on the first play of the second quarter. The 62-yard drive was capped when quarterback Emory Ballard plunged 1 yard between his guard and center for the score. Tailback James Williams, a thorn in KU's side all afternoon, gained 24 yards and three first downs during the 62-yard drive.
Nelloms, who also scored on a 1-yard plunge in the second quarter and on a 17-yard burst in the fourth quarter, rushed for 70 yards on 16 carries.
Williams, who picked up 95 yards rushing on 19 carries, riddled the KU defense for 85 of
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his yards during the first half.
Williams has now picked up 336
yards rushing during OSU's three
straight defeats.
Four minutes later in the second quarter, Dellard, facing a fourth-and-one situation on the OSU 40, tried to sneak for the first down but fumbled and KU again recovered.
KU marched 40 yards in nine plays for its third touchdown. Foster, who hit 2 passes for 27 yards, set up the score with a 15 yard toss to tight end John Schroll at the one. Nelloms dove over guard on the next play for the score.
A one-yard pass from Dellard to flanker John Weldon with 58 seconds left in the first half cut the Hawks' half time margin to 21-14.
KU's defensive unit shut off Williams and the OSU offense in the second half to preserve the victory. Williams was able to gain just 10 yards rushing in the second half.
Jerome Nelloms
The Jayhawks clinched the victory with two fourth quarter touchdowns. Quarterback Bob Bruegging tossed 16 yards to Schroll for the first of the two scores.
Schroll, by catching five passes for 90 yards against the Colts, overtook Foster as KU's top pass receiver. Schroll has caught 12 passes for 159 yards this year and Foster has snagged 10 for 161 yards.
Nelloms' third touchdown, a 17-yard run, climaxed KU's offensive explosion. Bob Helmbacher, KU's new soccer style placekicker, kicked his fifth extra point to conclude the Jayhawks' 35-14 victory.
MOVABLE PARK
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPI)To beautify a barren block cleared for urban renewal in the business section here, a portable park has been opened by a merchant group. The park, believed to be the only one of its kind in the United States, can be dismantled quickly and reassembled elsewhere in the city as other areas are razed.
Flowering crab apple trees were brought from Ohio and set in decorative planters. In addition to trees and shubbbery the park contains two bus stop shelters. During evening hours picturesque gaslights provide soft, mellow illumination in the mini park.
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