KU drops 4th in a row, 44-20
Cyclones cap off bad week
Photo by John Burke
It's been that kind of season
By JAY THOMAS Kansan Sports Editor
"I just don't know what to say—not to the players, not to the press, not to anybody." Well Peper, neither does anyone else.
How anybody can play so well and lose so badly is beyond comprehension, much less explanation. But, as it has been all season, it was that kind of day—in fact, that kind of week.
On Monday it was announced that Ron Jessie, the 'Hawks second leading ground gainer and top breakaway threat, had broken his hand and could neither catch nor carry the ball. The injury would plague him for the rest of the season, though he could play defense. This, on top of the losses of John Mears and Xerk White, was bad enough. But it was only the beginning.
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After Tuesday and Wednesday had produced nothing disastrous, Thursday dawned with the same predictable cloudiness that has hung over Lawrence and Memorial Stadium most of this fall. Pepper Rodgers, as he usually does on Thursday, slept in and did not get ready for work until around 10 a.m.
But when it came to leave, Rodgers discovered that he had no automobile to take him the three miles to Allen Field House. His wife had driven one car to Topeka, his son had gone to school in the other and his assistants were recruiting out of town
An old bicycle was laying around the garage and it soon became apparent to Rodgers that it was either that or Hoof City. Thus, Pepper Rodgers, talented, well-paid football coach of the University of Kansas, rode up and down the hills of Mount Oread to work on Thursday. As he quipped afterward, "Last year
it was Cadillacs, this year it's old bikes."
second series, it's Amison for 16,
Riggins for 11, and Douglass to Mosier for 20 and then 11. Bill Bell kicks a 31 yard field goal and KU leads 3-0. The Orange Bowl Express is right on track.
Now it's Saturday. The New Mexicos, the injuries, the pass interference calls are behind. Today is the day when everything can all (but) be forgotten.
In the first quarter, Kansas starts out like last year. Bobby Douglass (alias blond, 6"3", 212 pound, left-handed, No, 10 Phil Basler) is at quarterback. On the
Following Vern Skripsky's 48 yard field goal (a Cyclone record), Kansas, after stalling once, takes over on the Iowa State 31 thanks to an Emery Hicks interception. Douglass to Mosier for
eight and Amison's scissor play run for 16 highlight a seven-play drive capped by Rich Rucker's one yard TD blunge, 10:34 KJ.
plunge, 10-3. KU Before the half is over, the Jayhawks have scored again on a last-minute, 74-yard drive. Douglass has six completions in ten attempts for 75 yards and Kansas has amassed 175 yards in total offense. All of yesterday's heros
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