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Owens named Top Back
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) Steve Owens, the Oklahoma tailback who continued his personal vendetta against the record book in the Sooners' opening day 48-21 romp over Wisconsin, Monday, was named Big Eight Back of the Week by a panel of conference sportswriters.
Owens carried 40 times for 189 yards against the Badgers Saturday to break the National Collegiate Athletic Association record for consecutive regular season games of 100 or more yards rushing.
It was the 10th straight game—and 14th in his career—in which the 6-2, 215-pounder had rushed for more than 100 yards. Counting the 1969 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Owens has picked up 100 or more yards in 11 straight games and 15 in his career.
The yardage also enabled the big senior to surpass former Kansas great Gale Sayers as the alltime leading rusher in conference history. He now has 2,707 total yards, 32 more than Sayers achieved during the 1962-64 seasons.
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When told of Owens' selection, coach Chuck Fairbanks grinned, "I'm running out of adjectives."
Kansas baseball coach Floyd Temple has announced that fall tryouts for the varsity baseball team will begin this week at Quigley Field.
"Steve played a great game for us," Fairbanks said. "During the course of the ball game, we felt that because Wisconsin was having so much success running the ball against us it would be necessary to control the ball with our running attack. And when it comes time to control the ball, there's nobody I'd rather have carrying for us."
Any freshman cr sophomore not already contacted by Temple who is interested in trying out should report to the field at 3:45 p.m., Thursday, September 25.
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Other sessions will be held on the 26th and 29th.
Sooner quarterback Jack Mildren, who as a sophomore was starting his first game Saturday, said Owens made his job easy.
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Owens, a prime candidate for the Heisman Trophy, also scored four times against the Badgers on four, three and a pair of two-yard bursts. That put him within 15 touchdowns of the Big Eight
career scoring record of 242, set over a period of four years by another Sooner, Buddy Leake, during the 1951-54 campaigns.
Dickey hit 17 of 26 passes for 148 yards in the Wildcats' 48-15 win over Baylor; Anderson gained 163 yards rushing and 43 passing in the Buffers' 35-14 victory over
"He did a great job running inside for us," Fairbanks said. Other strong contenders for the honor after opening games were Kansas State quarterback Lynn Dickey, Colorado quarterback Bob Anderson and Missouri place-kicker Henry Brown.
The tailback was personally responsible for 10 of Oklahoma's 20 first downs.
Tulsa, and Brown set a conference record in kicking four field goals, including the winning one, in the Tigers' 19-17 squeaker over Air Force.
Also nominated were Kansas wingback Willie Amison, Nebraska halfback Larry Forst, Oklahoma State defensive back John Gates and Iowa State cornerback Jerry Fiat.
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