Monday, Nov. 19, 1951 University Daily Kansan
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Jayhawks Trounce Aggies 27-12 As Robertson Surpasses Babers
By CHARLEY BURCH
Daily Kansan Sports Editor
Two quick touchdowns late in the first quarter combined with tallies in the second and third quarters enabled the Jayhawks to down Oklahoma A&M 27-12 at Stillwater Saturday.
A chilled homecoming crowd of only 17,000, saw Jerry Robertson's passing attack out do that of Don Babers, who was until Saturday the third most successful passer in the nation. Robertson completed 10 out of 17 while Babers made good 12 of 32 attempts.
The big difference between Babers and Robertson was that Orbon Tice, KU senior end, played one of the best games of his career. The cold weather seemed to hamper the A&M receivers but not Tice.
Especially in the first half was the Robertson to Tice combination effective. An interception stopped a string of six consecutive completions late in the first half.
Robertson did nearly as well on the ground as he ripped off several yards through the middle. Carl Sandefur and George Kennard were big factors in the ground gaining as they consistently opened up holes in the Cowpokes' forward wall for the hard charging KU backs.
Bud Laughlin was injured on the last play of the game to join Dean Wells, Paul Leoni and John Konek with leg injuries.
The Kansas ground game found the going rough against the A&M line. The removal of Bob Brandeberry, fiery halfback, in the last of the first quarter with a leg injury hurt the Kansas ground gaining.
Charlie Heag played only a few minutes and was definitely used sparingly by Coach J. V. Sikes.
The first Kansas score came late in the first quarter as Robertson started to make his passing attack felt.
An aerial was taken by Orbon Tice on the A&M 32. He evaded an Aggie tackler on the 25 and went on to the goal after Paul Leoni,reshman end, threw a key block.
John Konek kicked the ball through the uprights to put Kansas in the lead 7-0 with 1:30 in the first quarter.
The Jayhawks started rather slowly but made their next tally much quicker, in fact, only 46 seconds later.
The kickoff by Chet Strechlow was taken on the one yard line by Bob Thielen, who made his way to the 15 yard stripe. On the first play Bob Hantla, Orville Poppe and George Mrkonic rushed Babers, causing him to fumble.
Mkrionic came up with the ball on the A&M 3-and fullback Bud
Laughlin crashed over on the first attempt.
The touchdown play proved rather costly to Kansas, however, as Bob Brandeberry suffered a leg injury and was forced to leave the game.
Konek's kick was true to raise the Kansas score to 14-0.
The KU secondary was in for a busy afternoon as Babers continued to fill the air with passes. The cold weather and Kansas' alert defense worked together to limit Baber effectiveness.
John Konek, sophomore back who played nearly a full game, was a key figure in the KU pass defense as he intercepted three passes and knocked down several others, two of which were in the end zone.
The third Kansas score came after the team's longest drive of the season. Hal Cleavinger took a punt by Ken McCullough on the Kansas one yard line and carried it to the eight.
With it second down and eight vards to go, Robertson threw from his own goal line to the 34 where Tice again made a fine catch.
Robertson gained two yards on the first play but fumbled. Oliver Spencer saved Kansas by covering the ball.
Konek's kick was short and with seven minutes left in the first half Kansas held a 20-0 lead.
The rest of the first half belonged to the Cowpokes as they galloped back into the ball game with 12 points.
Baber's passes began to click as A&M rolled from their own 44 to deep within Kansas territory. Konek intercepted a pass on his own 35 and made a nice return to the 38 only to fumble with Dean Seeman, A&M fullback, recovering.
Though the ball had exchanged hands twice, the play only amounted to a five-vard loss for A&M.
A 15-yard penalty against Kangas moved the ball to the KU 28, where Babers uncorked his first TD pass of the afternoon to Ron Bennett.
Skip Warren's kick from placement was wide.
A Robertson to Cindrich pass was intercepted by Dorsey Gibson to set up the second A&M score with 50 seconds left in the half.
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'arrangement of their forward wall. A Kansas drive was momentarily stopped on the A&M 43 but Morris Kay recovered an Aggie fumble on the Oklahomans' 34 with the last touchdown as the result.
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A determined goal line stand was made by the Aggies but Laughlin finally crashed his way over from two yards out.
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Konek's try was successful to finish the scoring at 27-12.
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The touchdown was Laughlin's third of the game, making a total of 12 for the season.
Babers threw to George Wooden to the KU 35 and re rambled on to the 14 before being stopped.
score remained 20-12 at the half.
Changing from their usual spread formation the Aggies went into the T with Baber rifling the ball into the end zone to Ron Shackleton.
remained 20-12 at the half. The Aggie defense, rugged all afternoon, improved in the second half with KU's fast, powerful backs being held down.
The Jayhawks used a 3-5-3 line much of the time. Both teams, however, were constantly changing the
Again the kick failed and the
In the final quarter the fighting Cowpokes halted a Kansas drive on the three yard line after coming from the KU 44.
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