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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 5, 1953
Jayhawks Deflate Iowa State Win 23-0 for Shutout Before Parents, Bands
Paced by the running of halfbacks Ralph Moody and Don Hess, the Jayhawkers shut out Iowa State 23-0 to win their first conference clash of the season before 20,000 Band day and Parents day spectators.
In a ragged game, which saw six fumbles by Kansas and three by the Cyclones, the Jayhawks scored two touchdowns and a safety in the second quarter and added another tally early in the final stanza to win their first game in three starts.
The only Cyclone threats came in the first quarter when they twice penetrated inside the Kansas 10-yard line only to lose the ball on downs. The Jayhawks outgained Iowa State 262 yards to 47 on the ground and 69 to 51 in the aid to dominate play.
The Jayhawks got off to a slow start as Iowa State dominated the first quarter but from then on it was all Kansas.
Iowa State took the opening kickoff and put it in play on their 33-yard line. They moved to their 49 in eight yards and then punted to the Kansas 44.
Kansas ran three plays to the Iowa State 38 where Hess fumbled and Cyclone tackle Ron Thompson recovered. Iowa State then moved to the Kansas 5-yard-line in 12 plays with 25 and 10-yard passes by Cyclone quarterback Bill Plantan snarking the drive.
The Cyclones gave the ball up on downs on the five when a fourth down Plantan to end Barney Alleman pass went incomplete.
Three plays later Moody fumbled on the 12 and I-State recovered to set themselves up for another scoring try. The Cyclones got to the eight before they again lost the ball as they missed a first down by about a foot.
With 8:21 to go in the second quarter, Hess plunged over from the one to give Kansas its first score of the game.
The scoring drive started when Hess intercepted a Plantan pass on the Kansas 29 and ran it back to the Cyclone 46. Moody went over right guard for 17 yards to the 29, and then Hess, fullback Frank Sabatini, and quarterback John McFarland moved to the one in six plays where Hess went over for the score. Halfback John Handley added the kick for point to make the score 7-0, Kansas.
The kickoff went to the Iowa State 21 where quarterback Daryl Hobbs failed on one pass try, was thrown for a 9-yard loss by tackle Joe Fink, and then was trapped in his end zone on the next attempted pass by linebacker Merle Hodges and fullback John Anderson for a safety. This made the score 9-0.
A little over three minutes later the Jayhawks added their second touchdown of the period. Iowa State free kicked from their 20, and Anderson took the ball on his own 39 and ran it to the Cyclone 43.
In 10 plays, featuring a 14-yard sprint by Anderson and a 10-yard pass from McFarland to end Jerry Taylor, Anderson plunged over from the six for the tally. Handley converted again to make the score 16-0 in favor of Kansas at halftime.
The Jayhawks took the second half kickoff, and after a punt exchange, moved to the Cyclone 36 where Iowa scored. Rawley fell on a Sabatini fumble.
The Cyclones get nowhere on three plays and punted to Moody who took the ball on his own 33 and raced 30 yards to the Cyclone 37 with Hodges throwing a key block.
The Jayhawks took possession of the ball on the I-State 44 to end the third quarter, and then moved to their final touchdown in 11 plays with 11:46 left in the game.
In three plays the Jayhawks moved to the I-State 28 where the Cyclones took over on a fumble by Hess.
Anderson and quarterback Dick Sandifer did most of the running as KU moved the ball to the 3-yard line where halfback Bob Allison went over for the score. Handley added his third straight conversion of the game to make the score 23-0.
Kansas threatened again later in the period when a 34-yard Sandifer to Harold Patterson pass put the ball on the Cyclone 20, but the drive ended four plays later when Allison fumbled on the 4-yard-stripe.
Outstanding defensive games were turned in for the Jayhawkers by end Morris Kay and center Bob Hantla. Outstanding in the defensive back-field was Don Hess who intercepted two Plantan passes and did a good all-around job.
Kansan photo by Dean Evans
The leading ground gainers for Kansas were Moody, with 59 yards on eight carries and Hess with 54 yards on 10 tries. The leading ground gainer for the Cyclones was fullback Max Burkett who got 19 yards in 12 carries.
The Statistics
IS KU
First downs 6 17
Rushing yardage 47 262
Passing yardage 51 69
Passes attempted 13 7
Passes completed 3 3
Passes intercepted 0 2
Punts 6 2
Punting average 35 27
Fumbles lost 1 5
Yards penalized 25 51
The Score by Quarters
Iowa State ... 0 0 0 0—0
Kansas ... 0 16 7 0—23
TOUCHDOWN—Don Hess hits paydirt for the first Jayhawker touchdown in second quarter action against Iowa State Saturday. The play started on the one yard line. Morris Kay (87) threw the key block, taking Dick Cox (40), Iowa State halfback, out of the play. Iowa State players, Jim Rawley (50), Kim Tidd (87), and an unidentified man watch as Louis House, referee, signals the score.
Browns, Lions Victorious
New York—(U.P.)—The San Francisco F. o.r.t.-Niners, Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions boasted the only perfect records today as the 12-item National football league warmed up for a season of surprises.
Coach Buck Shaw's Forty-Inners furnished yesterday's top thriller when end Gordy Soltau's 13-yard field goal with only six seconds to go gave them a 31-30 upset triumph over the Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco.
The Browns, with Otto Graham completing 15 out of 22 passes for 310 yards and three touchdowns, beat the Chicago Cardinals, 27-7, and the Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers, 17-13, on George
Blanda's 16-yard scoring pass to end Jim Dooley with $3 \frac{1}{2}$ minutes to go in yesterday's other games. The games were played at Chicago and Green Bay.
In Saturday night games, the Lions rallied with 17 third-quarter points to defeat the Baltimore Colts, 27-17, and the Pittsburgh Steelers downed the New York Giants, 24-14. The Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins began the weekend action Friday night by playing a 21-21 tie.
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