Page 4 University Daily Kansan Monday. Nov. 9. 1953
Wildcats Mangle Jayhawkers,7-0
Kansas Fumbles Pave Way to Defeat Again
By STAN HAMILTON
Kansan Sports Editor
The Kansas State football phenomenon still continues after the surprising Wildcat pasted a 7-0 defeat on an erratic Kansas team here Saturday before about 25,000 chilled fans.
The Jayhawks spent most of the game backpedaling before repeated Wildcat thrusts, but four times the rock-ribbed Kansas line stopped K-State's attacks inside the KU 20, only to have a second quarter KU fumble deep in its own territory pave the way for the lone score of the contest.
Twice in the second period before the touchdown KU stiffened and turned back the Purple tide. Guard Bob Hantla broke through to spill halfback Bernie Dudley for a 10-yard fourth down loss on a play that started on the Jayhawk 13, and minutes later KU tackle Bud Bixler, who played his best game of the year, pounced on a third down K-State fumble on the Kansas 15.
-Kansan photo by Clarence Henderson
Kansas took over on the recovery, but after driving 15 yards on four plays, quarterback John McFarland dropped the ball and Wildcat Doug Roether recovered on the KU 30. In three plays, one a 19-yard sweep around left end by Corky Taylor, K-State moved to the four.
GOOD FOR FIVE YARDS—John Anderson (33), Kansas fullback, found himself in this predicament Saturday as he plowed over left guard for five yards early in the second quarter. First to tackle him was tackle Larry Hartshorn, on ground behind Anderson. Others closing in to help bring him down are linemen Bob Smith (78), Ron Nery (73), and Bob Hilliard (60), and fullback Doug Booth (30).
With first and goal to go, Dudley tried to circle right end but co-captain end Morris Kay sneaked past a blocker and nabbed him on the nine. A Wildcat fumble on the next attempt put the ball back two more to the 11, from where Dudley crashed over left guard on third down for the TD. Quarterback Bob Dahnke's placement was perfect to give K-State all it needed for the victory and a Monday holiday at Manhattan.
It marked the first Lawrence triumph for the long cellar dwelling Wildcats since 1929, and the first Wildcat victory over KU since their 18-14 decision at Manhattan in 1944. K-State now stands in second place in the Big Seven with a 4-1 record while KU, with 2 wins and 3 losses, holds down the fifth position.
Statistics mean little to the average fan, but KU's almost ineffectual attempts to get an offensive going showed in the final figures. KU gained only 108 yards rushing to K-State's 349. Only one pass was completed by either eleven, a 16-yard heave from McFarland to Kay in the early moments of the third quarter.
Kansas really threatened but once, that in the waning minutes of the game when halfback Ralph Moody reeled off a 49-yard punt return from his own 29 to the 'Cat 22 with 6:50 to go. Gains of eight and two by John Anderson and Don Hess advanced the ball to the 12 for a first down. The same pair carried out the winning touchdown with just over four minutes remaining KU had a first and goal on the 1-yard line.
Quarterback McFarland called on Hess for the TD try, but the most he could get through the center was one foot. Anderson tried the next and got to the 6-inch line. Then, with 3:50 to go, a KU substitution cost the Jayhawks five yards for the next try from the six. McFarland hit as he attempted to lateral and fumbled. Guard Ken Gowdy swept in and fell on the ball to stop the drive and KU had it.
The Wildcats, after a 5-yard off-sides penalty, ran three more time consuming plays and then booted out of bounds on the KU 44. One pass by McFarland fell incomplete and he was hit by the play, was intercepted by Gowdy. Two plays later the game was history.
Kansas could not get anything to work in the opening half while the Wildcats were knocking at the door most of the time. An exchange of punts and fumbles in the first quarter kept both squads from scoring, but at the end of the first quarter K-State was on the KU seven after running 16 plays in a drive that started on its own 17.
After the visitors lost the ball on downs when Hantla saved the day, KU was forced to punt after moving the ball only two yards. State moved right back to the KU 22 from its own 34 in four plays, but this time Bixler pushed in to stop another threat.
Five plays later KU made the fatal bobble, its second at that point, and K-State capitalized to ice the victory. A nice 26-yard run-
back of the kicked T by halfback Bob Allison put the ball on the Kansas 37, but quarterback Dick Sandifer fumbled on the first play as he was attempting to pass and K-State took over again.
This time the Wildcats fumbled and again it was Bixler who recovered on the KU 46, but on the first play a Bev Buller pass was intercepted by Gowdy, and time ran out four plays later.
K-State drove to the KU 13 early in the third period and on fourth down end Ed Pence attempted a field goal from the 20. Tackle Joe Lundy and end Harold Patterson, however, burst in to block the kick, but in only three plays KU again punted out of danger.
The only other serious scoring possibility was two plays after the fourth quarter began, but Taylor was stopped by Joe Fink and Hantla for a 3-yard loss to the Kansas 10. Kansas State except for the last-moment Jayhawk push that fell short.
The score conceivably could have been worse, but fine punting by Moody, who averaged 38 yards on six boots, and excellent defensive line play when it was needed most, prevented a K-State romp.
Veryl Switzer, K-State halfback,
was the leading ground gainer for
Bill Meek's team with 167 yards on
16 carries, an average of 10.5 per
run. Taylor had 70 on 13 carriers,
and Anderson was high for KU with
74 on 12 tries. Hess, who ran for 27
on seven carries, was the only other
KU back who got more than seven.
| | KU | KS |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| First downs | 7 | 12 |
| Yards, rushing | 108 | 349 |
| Yards, passing | 16 | 0 |
| Passes attempted | 9 | 1 |
| Passes completed | 1 | 0 |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 2 |
| Punts | 6 | 4 |
| Punting average | 38 | 34 |
| Fumbles lost | 4 | 3 |
| Yards penalized | 20 | 55 |
Four National Basketball association players rated by a national sports magazine as among the top 50 professional cagers never played for college teams.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Kansas ... 0 0 0 0—7
K-State ... 0 7 0—7
SCORE BY QUARTERS
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By KEN BRONSON
'We Got Beat Bad,' Sikes Says
Kansan Assistant Sports Editor
"The Wildcat has killed the Jay- hawker! He may never score again!"
That was the sentiment voiced by many fans in cold, dreary Memorial stadium Saturday afternoon when the struggle between Kansas State and KU had come to an end.
Kansas State won the ball game, 7-0, perhaps the worst 7-point defeat ever administered to a football team. K-State fans were happy and proud of the victory; Kansas fans were sad.
Down underneath the stadium in the warm dressing room, Kansas players trooped in and began to undress and shower. The room was like a morgue. The loudest noise wafted the kiss of the showers as the players waded off the mud that had accumulated through the long afternoon.
Over in a dark the room sat probably the loneliest man in the state. J. V. Sikes, who had just seen his team absorb its sixth defeat against two wins, had little to say about the game.
"We were slow and sluggish and still weren't tackling well, but we wouldn't have deserved the tie today if we could have gotten it. They played better than we did. We didn't play bad, though. We had a
"They beat us 7-0, worse than I've ever been beaten by one touchdown," he said. "They've got good speed and better spirit. They do everything real well.
Not since 1934 when Kansas State won the Big Six football title with a 5-0 record, has it won as many conference games as it has so far this fall—four.
In three of the past four basket-
ball campaigns KU has finished
either first or tied for first in the Big
Seven.
When Detroit university was shut out 19-0 Saturday by Marquette, it marked the first whitewashing for that school in 57 consecutive games.
chance. We sure stopped them down close a lot of times, didn't we?"
Most of the Kansas players were in harmony in their explanations for the loss. Joe Fink, sturdy guard who played another steady game, wrestled out of his uniform and sat dejectedly on a bench.
"I thought we were going to play good today, but I guess we didn't," he said. "They beat us pretty bad."
John McFarland, KU's sophomore quarterback who had just finished his first contest against the upliner rivals, said Kansas State was the best team he had played against since Oklahoma.
"Switzer and Taylor were awful good," he muttered, "but that full back of theirs, Roether, sure knock ed me down a lot."
"Those kids made me awfully happy today," he said. "I'm just so happy to win this one, I don't know what to say. Our line was great and Joe Switzer and Corky Taylor played a great game. I'm just tickled to death."
And while some of the fans may have been wrong about the Wildcats killing the Jayhawkers, most of them agreed that one other bird had a field day.
The buzzard that has been hanging over the head of Sikes probably had his best day in a long time. Up until this time the bird has just been waiting and circling in the air. Now he may dive, land, and begin picking up the remains.
For Sikes drew an ocean of criticism when, with the ball on the 1-foot line late in the game, he sent in Bob Bantlia for Dean Ragon, costing the Jayhawkers a 5-yard delaying penalty.
"Maybe I let the boys down," Sikes commented after the game. "I called to Hantla to go in for Ragon and he was down the bench and didn't hear me right away, I turned to call to him again and I guess the official must have signalled time was in then. I thought time was still out, and I'm awfully sorry about it."
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