Page 4 University Daily Kansan Monday, Nov. 23.1953
Fight-Marred Game To Missouri, 10-6
By STAN HAMILTON Kansan Sports Editor
A last-minute Jayhawker touchdown followed by a wild free-forall slugging match in the middle of the field were not enough for KU as Missouri overpowered the Kansans 10-6 to win the big Homecoming battle before 34,000 chilled fans.
The Tigers pushed over a second quarter touchdown, added the conversion, and tallied a fourth period field goal from the KU 11, while the sole KU 6-pointer came with 21 seconds left in the contest on a long 62-yard pass play.
Missouri won the contest as expected but the 4-point victory was not as great as had been anticipated. The Jayhawks played one of their best games of the season and gave the Tigers much more than they had bargained for.
In fact, the fired-up underdog Kansans battled the visitors to a surprising scoreless standoff in the opening quarter, running 20 plays to MU's 12.
In 13 plays after taking the initial kickoff KU drove to the MU 17, but a fourth down John McFarland pass intended for Ralph Moody fell short and Missouri took over.
Five plays succeeded in getting them nowhere so Tiger quarterback Vie Eaton punted to the KU 38. An exchange of punts followed and on the first play of the fatal second
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A Bob Schoonmaker pass to Jack Fox advanced the ball to the KU 34, and a duplicate play four tries later moved Mizzou to the two. Schoonmaker bucked over right guard and Ed Merrifield's perfect placement gave the men of Coach Don Faurot all they needed for the triumph.
The drive started when, on the fourth play of the final quarter, Jack Brase intercepted a McFarland pass intended for Don Hess and ran it 10 yards to the KU 46. Nine attempts placed MU on Kansas' four, and Merrillfield did the job.
Missouri added an insurance three points early in the fourth period when Merrifield kicked a fourth down field goal from the KU 11-yard line. There were eight minutes and 50 seconds remaining in the game.
And then came the thrilling finish.
Missouri was penalized 15 yards on the ensuing kickoff for a personal foul, giving the Javahys the ball on their own 45. Two plays went for naught, but quarterback Dick Sandifer uncorked a 17-yard tape to Morris Kay and Kansas was on MU's 35 with five minutes to go. Another Sandifer to Kay aerial advanced KU to the 23.
Right half Bob Allison drove to 18, but MU took over on downs on the next play to quell what most thought would be the last Kansas scoring threat of the season.
Ten plays later Frank Cindrick grabbed a Missouri punt and returned it to the KU 31. Then Sandifer found Harold Patterson with a forward and KU was on its own 48 with 30 seconds left.
Then on the play that started the melee Sandiffer faded back and hit Patterson on the 12 and the big end pushed his way past a pair of Tiger defenders and crossed the goal line standing up.
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While the ball was still in the air the fisticushs started in the region of Kansas' 40 on the KU side of the field. Tiger end Jim Jennings grabbed Sandifer just as he let go of the pass and the affair was on.
KU tackle Orville Poppe and Jennings started mixing it up while Patterson still was maneuvering downfield, and before the touchdown he scored about 20 players we battled back where the play had started.
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As Patterson was crossing the goal line, the Missouri bench emptied onto the field, followed by several hundred sideline spectators. Coaches from both elevens and officials hit a hat and the point try, the kickoff, and one last play went off without incident.
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John Handleys conversion attempt soared wide but it did not matter anyway. Missouri had time to kick off, and the kickoff and the game was over.
Missouri almost had another TD soon after its other in the second quarter. Hess took the kickoff after the first score and was snowed under on the 23. Two plays after that McFarland hit Patterson with a pass on the KU 36 but Schoonmaker tore it from Patterson's grasp and ran it back to the 25.
In two plays Tiger quarterback Tony Scardino was thrown for a 10-yard loss by Kay and Joe Lundy. Then on the next try end Jim Milne was spilled for another yard loss by Dick Knowles. Scardino punted and just barely got it off as end Don Bracelin got his fingertips on it.
bracein got his fingertips on it.
The statistics:
| | KU | MU |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| First downs | 13 | 11 |
| Yards, rushing | 95 | 116 |
| Yards, passing | 146 | 132 |
| Passes attempted | 20 | 11 |
| Passes completed | 8 | 7 |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 1 |
Punts ... 4 6
Punting average ... 44 36
Fumbles lost ... 1 1
Yards, penalized ... 5 60
**SCORE BY QUARTERS**
Kansas ... 0 0 6—1
Missouri ... 0 7 0 3—10
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