Friday, Nov. 5, 1954. University Daily Kansan
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Kansas-Nebraska to Renew Rivalry Cornhuskers Hold 43 to 14 Edge In Series That Dates Back to 1892 Along the TAYHAWKER
By JACK LINDBERG
Kansan Sports Editor
The Kansas Jayhawks play the heavily favored Nebraska Cornhuskers for the 60th time tomorrow afternoon as Kansas will be celebrating its 1954 homecoming. Kickoff at KU's Memorial stadium is set for 2 p.m. and a crowd of 25,000 is expected for the contest.
The Kansas-Nebraska rivalry began in 1892 and the Jayhawks were victorious in the first game 12-0. Since time that the Cornhuskers have taken a commanding lead in the series between the two schools as they have won 43 of the 59 games that have been played. Kansas has won 14 games and three have ended in ties.
Coach Glassford was under severe pressure starting the 1954 campaign and to make matters worse the Nebraska team lost two of its first three games. Minnesota topped the Cornhuskers 19-7. The Nebraska team rallied to defeat Iowa State 39-14, but then lost 7-3 to Kansas State.
Nebraska could be called the surprise team of the Big Seven conference this year. After the 1953 Cornhusker team finished the season with three victories, six losses, and one tie, dissension broke out in all quarters against Coach Bill Glassford. The students, alumni, and players were all after Glassford's scalp, but the coach weathered the storm, primarily because of a five-year contract with a five-year option he possesses from the school.
Since losing to the Wildcats Nebraska seemed to catch fire and scored impressive victories over Oregon State, Colorado, and Missouri on successive Saturdays. Nebraska defeated the Beavers 27-7, the Buffaloes 20-6 and the Tigers 25-19.
Nebraska is now the definite team to beat as the Big Seven representative in the Orange Bowl game on New Year's Day in Miami.
With "bowl fever" hitting the Nebruska team, it will definitely make it order for the Jayhawks to post their first victory of the season.
Nebraska, like KU's other opponents this season, is strong in reserve strength. Led by halfbacks Ron Clark, returning after two years in the Army, and sophomore sensation Willie Greenlaw, the Cornhuskers have two of the finest runners in the Midwest. But reserve halfbacks Dennis Korinek and Harry Johnson leave little to be desired by any one.
Nebraska's offense, which is primarily a ground offense, is quarterbacked by Dan Brown. Brown, a senior, played blocking back on Nebraska's short-lived single wing team last season.
At fullback the Cornshuskers have letterman Bob Smith. Smith ran for 736 yards last year in 136 carries for an average of 5.2 yards per try. He is backed up at the fullback slot by Jim Yeisley, another hard runner. Yeisley is also an excellent pass receiver. During the 1953 season Yeisley caught six passes for 99 yards.
The hard charging Nebraska line is led by left end Andy Loehr, one of the seven lettermen on the Nebraska squad. Bill Giles, the right end, wasn't even listed on the Nebraska roster after spring football, but he has impressed Coach Glassford so much, that he is now a starter.
Bill Holloran and Don Glantz are very capable tackles. Both are big men, weighing 228 and 219 pounds respectively, and both are exceptionally fast. These two men, along with guards Charles Bryant and Bob Wagner, were instrumental in NU's victories over Colorado and Missouri.
The Nebraska line is anchored by center Bob Oberlin. Oberlin, a senior letterman, has been a regular since his sophomore year.
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PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP
Nebraska Pos. Kansas
Andy Loehr (175) LE Don Martin (199)
Bill Holloran (228) LT Gene Vignatelli (217)
Charles Bryant (197) LG D. Pfutzenreuter (155)
Bob Oberlin (212) C Dick Reich (212)
Bob Wagner (185) RG Bob Preston (187)
Don Glantz (219) RT Dick Knowles (203)
Bill Giles (194) RE LaVerne Fiss (172)
Dan Brown (176) QB Bev Buller (168)
Ron Clark (177) LH Terry McIntosh (178)
Willie Greenlaw (192) RH Dick Blowey (178)
Bob Smith (194) FB Bud Laughlin (207)
Officials; Cliff Ogden (Wichita), referee; Grady Skillern (Oklahoma), umpire; Ben Beckerman (Iowa), head linesman, and Don DesComber (Warrenburg Teachers), field judge.
Kansas, plagued by injuries all season, will go into tomorrow's game without starting right end Bill Bell. Bell suffered a sprained ankle in the Kansas State game last Saturday, and team physician, Dr. Jack Marshall has not yet given his permission for Bell to play.
LaVerne Fiss, a sophomore from Johnson, will replace Bell as the starting end.
Other changes in the Kansas lineup could be tackle Mike Rogers playing end, halfback -end John Anderson playing fullback, and left end Don Bracelin moving to the other tanker position.
The KU backfield will have Bev Buller at quarterback. At the halfback positions will be Terry McIntosh and Dick Blowey, and Bud Laughlin will be at backfull.
Tomorrow will be the final appearance for six Kansas seniors on the Memorial stadium gridiron. Bud Bixler, captain of the 1954 Kansas team, will be the only senior not able to participate in the game. Bixler suffered a broken collar bone on opening day of fall practice.
the rest of the Jayawk starting lineup will be similar to that of the last few games. Don Martin will be at left end, Gene Vignatelli and Dick Knowles at tackles, Don Pfutzenreuter and Bob Preston at guards, and Dick Reich at center.
The Jayhawks practiced this week primarily on defensive scrimmage. Coach Chuck Mather switched his players from position to position in order to get maximum effectiveness from the KU personnel. The Jayhawks have given up an average of 35.4 points per game this season while they have averaged only one touchdown per game.
The largest crowd to watch a Nebraska football at Lincoln was 39,770 in 1950 when the Cornhuskers played Penn State. In 1952 the Kansas Jayhawks drew 39,775 fans into Nebraska's Memorial stadium.
Other seniors are Bud Laughlin, acting team captain, John Anderson, Gene Vignatelli, Dick Knowles, and Don Bracelin.
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Coach Mather feels that KU will have to stop Nebraska's running attack. The Cornhuskers ran for 331 yards against Missouri last Saturday, and they have averaged over 250 yards per game this season.
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The Kansas cross-country runners will attempt to stretch their Big Seven dual meet victory string to 23, when the Jayhawks play host to Oklahoma over the hilly three-mile KU course tomorrow.
The meet will start at 1:20 p.m.
40 minutes before the kickoff of the KU homecoming football game with Nebraska.
Al Frame, Kansas cantain, is expected to pace Coach Bill Easton's distance runners to a victory over the five-man Sooner squad.
Oklahoma's main hope lies in the performance of Ron Reed, who posited a time of 15 minutes, 20 seconds, in taking sixth place against powerful Oklahoma A&M. Frame has negotiated the three-mile KU course in 15:12.6, winning easily over the
Other Oklahoma runners will be John Dahl, Dick Dudley, Dick Shunatana, and Don Ladd.
Tom Rupp, a junior, and Jan Howell, Grant Cookson, and Lowell Janzen, a sophomore trio, complete the KU soud.
The KU runners have one defeat so far this season, a non-league loss to Oklahoma A&M, and victories over Drake and Missouri.
All men interested in trying out for the freshmen basketball team should report at 8 p.m. Monday on the practice floor of Robinson gym.
Cage Tryouts to Be Monday
By TOM LYONS Assistant Sports Editor
The Big Seven conference is one of the strongest in the country, if not the strongest. Few persons realize this until they check the facts which bear out that this conference has won more top honors than any other conference in the U.S. in the past three years.
Lately, rumors have been coming out of Norman, Okla., that the Sooners would like to compete in another conference because they believe their football team is too good for the Big Seven. Bud Wilkinson, OU's coach, has said he doesn't believe the Sooners have dominated conference football to the extent where it was time to pull out of the conference.
Oklahoma has had some good scares in the last few years—and many of them have been handed out by Big Seven teams. Just last Saturday, Colorado almost pulled an upset by leading almost the entire game 6-0, until the Sooners came back in the last quarter and scored two touchdowns.
Oklahoma may have the top notch grid machine in the Big Seven, but we haven't seen the Sooners walking away with the first place honors in the other major sports.
In basketball, KU, NCAA basketball champion in 1951, went to the Olympics that same year—certainly the undisputed No. 1 team in that sport. The next year, KU missed repeating the 1951 performance, losing to Indiana in the final game of the NCAA playoffs by one point. This past year KU was still potent, and if it hadn't been for a coin flip with Colorado, the Jayhawks might have regained the old spark and gone all the way in the NCAA playoffs—KU had the best team in the Big Seven last year, despite the flip.
It seems to us—OU would be proud to be a member of a conference which, in the last three years, has walked off with first place honors in four major college sports—just look at the record.
In track last season, KU's cross-country team captured the NCAA title. And you can't forget Wes Santee, whom many persons believe is the finest miler in the nation. Santee brought fame to the Big Seven conference by winning the title of NCAA cross country champion.
In baseball, Big Seven Missouri university captured the NCAA crown just last June. MU lost to Holy Cross in 1951 in the final game of the national playoffs.
In football, the consensus of opinion is that Oklahoma had the best team in the nation last year—despite what the eastern sports-writers concluded (they rated Maryland No. 1). What more proof can be offered other than OU held the Terrapins scoreless in the 7-0 Orange Bowl game last New Year's Day?
The records show that in the past three years, the Big Seven conference has walked off with the top honors in basketball, baseball, track, and football—which is more than any other college conference can boast—even the Big Ten which is considered by many sportswriters as the strongest conference in the country.
Can Oklahoma ask for more? We think not, and believe if its officials would take another long look at the record they would realize the Big Seven isn't so bad after all.
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