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University Daily Kansan Monday, Dec. 3, 1951
Jayhawkers Complete Best Season Since 1947 With Win Over MU
By CHARLEY BURCH
By CHARLEY BURCH Daily Kansan Sports Editor
The Kansas Jayhawkers finished their best season since 1947 by trouncing Missouri 41-28 before a Homecoming crowd of 35,000 Saturday.
Their season's record stands at eight wins and two losses to be the seventh team in KU's 62-year-old history to compile that good a record.
The victory was particularly sweet to Coach J. V. Sikes it marked the first time under his tenure that the Jayhawkers have defeated Missouri.
The KU victory locked the Big Seven ceilar door on Coach Don Faurot's team to place them there for the first time since 1935.
The 10-touchdown scoring spree, which set a record for the 60-game series, saw two TDs scored in the first quarter, three in the second, one in the third and four in the fourth.
Bob Brandeberry caught a 6-yard pass from Charlie Hoag to start the scoring. Hal Cleavinger, defensive
halfback, recovered a fumble by Jim Hook, MU quarterback, on the Tiger 27 to set up the play. John Konek booted the extra point to put Kansas ahead 7-0 with 5 minutes and 13 seconds gone in the initial period.
Orville Poppe, sophomore tackle,
ended MU's first drive by recovering
a fumble on Mizzou's 40. Ten plays
later Hoag ripped off the remaining
yard. Konek's kick boosted the
score to 14-0.
Finally managing to hold on to the ball, the Show-Me team traveled 55 yards to score. Buddy Cox, freshman subbing for injured Tony Scardino, led the assault from the spread formation.
Hook passed to Bill Fessler for the first MU marker. Paul Fuchs kicked the extra point.
Both teams scored in the remaining 40 seconds of the first half. Jerry Robertson connected on a 10-yard pass to Hoag in the end zone. A 42-yard aerial from Robertson to Orbon Tice set up the TD play. Konek again was successful.
Thirty-four seconds later MU countered with seven points to make the score 21-14 at the half. Hook threw to Harold Carter, who was finally knocked out of bounds on the KU 1 by Tom Brannan. Hook sneaked across on the next play. Fuchs added the extra point.
A lone TD was scored in the third frame when Robertson heaved a 14-yard pass to Tice to complete a 54-yard advance. Konek's kick was true to make it 28-14.
Four more TDs were squeezed into less than seven minutes of the final stanza. Bud Laughlin, who picked up 101 yards rushing, pushed across from the KU 7 to score. Konek missed the uprights.
Play In Big Seven Starts With Games This Week
Kansas City—(U.P.)-The Big Seven basketball campaign gets under way with a full head of steam this week, with four of the conference teams tucking wins under their belts in Saturday night's kickoff efforts.
Kansas State college, the defending champion, launched its drive for high honors again with an easy 67-51 win over Purdue of the Big 10 Saturday night before a record opening night crowd of 12,000 in Manhattan.
Elsewhere on opening night it was Colorado 62, Wichita 57; Nebraska 60, Iowa State Teachers 44, and Iowa State 54. South Dakota 50.
Kansas, with another tall and potentially powerful club, begins its operations tonight against Baylor at Lawrence.
Games This Week:
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Tonight: State State Morning-
side, Ohio State at Kansas State.
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Baylor at Kansas, Texas at Oklahoma.
Wednesday—Oklahoma at Southern Methodist.
Friday-Iowa State at Creighton, Colorado A&M at Colorado.
Saturday-Kansas State at Arizona, Colorado at Colorado A&M, Denver at Kansas, Minnesota at Nebraska.
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