Monday, Nov. 12, 1951
KU Clicks In Second Half; Edges Tough Loyola 34-26
By CHARLEY BURCH Daily Kansan Sports Editor
The University of Kansas football team and 18,000 fans were stunned Saturday afternoon by Loyola's 20-point scoring spree in the first quarter. Kansas finally united its forces in the second half to win 34-26.
The Jayhawks managed to slow Loyola in the second quarter and counter attacked with one touch-down. The victorious Jayhawks tore into the Lions with 27 points in the final half.
Klosterman kicked the extra point to put Loyola in the lead 7-0 with the game only six minutes old.
At halftime, the Lions had out rushed KU 134 to 175 yards. But the hard, fast running of Charlie Hoag, Bud Laughlin and Bob Brandeberry aided the Jayhawks in rolling up a final total of 389 yards.
The Lions' ground attack netted only 47 yards in the second half as the KU defense began to operate more effectively. The slowing of Loyola's ground game forced Quarterback Klosterman to rely more upon his deadly accurate passing.
The Lions took the opening kickoff on their own five yard line and roared down the field on 14 plays. Don Klosterman ended the drive with a pass to Fred Snyder for the initial touchdown.
The KU secondary couldn't stop his passes but the receivers were nailed on the spot for minimum gains.
At this point KU had had the ball for three plays and was trailing 14-0.
The kick for the extra point was blocked, by Tice.
One minute late the under-rated Lions had doubled their score. A pass by Chet Strehlow was intercepted by Neil Stewart, a 200-pound tackle. Stewart took the ball and galloped down the field with Orbon Tice and Carl Sandefue in hot pursuit.
The Lion's heavy but fast forward wall, averaging 218 pounds, was moving the Kansas line, especially on defense, all over the field.
Klosterman quarterbacked his team well, keeping the Jayhawks in an apparent state of confusion with his deceptive ball handling.
The third counter by the Lions came after KU had been unable to pass Lovola's 18 vard line.
A series of line plays by Bob Burton, Bill McKernan and Danny Seivert brought the pigskin to the KU 18. Burton broke through the Kansas line and scampered across the goal without being touched.
Klosterman's boot made the score 20-0 with one minute and 58 seconds left in the first quarter.
Byrne kicked to the Loyola 35 yard line after the team had been
Head Football Coach J. V. Sikes won nine letters in football, basketball and baseball under Dana X. Bible at Texas A&M.
Cliff Kimsey, Jayhawk backfield coach, played under Coach J. V. Sikes at Georgia.
set back 30 yards by two penalties Laughlin and Brandeberry carried the ball to the Loyola 24.
Two plays later Brandeberry took the ball on the 13, cut to his left and smashed his way into the end zone for KU's first score. He appeared to be caught on the 10 but a key block by Charlie Hoag cleared the way.
John Konek split the uprights to make the score 20-7.
Robertson attempted a pass which was incomplete. With only a second showing on the clock, Hoag threw a pass into the end zone. It was intercepted by Loyola halfback Clark, who returned the ball to the 17.
Interference with the receiver was called by the officials on a pass by Robertson to Orbon Tice, giving Kansas the ball six yards from the goal with only nine seconds remaining in the first half.
With about a minute left in the first half, Konec intercepted a Klosterman pass on the KU 35 and returned it to the Loyola 35 yard marker.
Gains to the five by Brandeberry and Strehlow were nullified when a 5-yard penalty was called because Kansas took too many time-outs.
Five plays after Konek took the second half kickoff, Fullback Laughlin crashed over from four yards out. Konek's kick was again accurate to boost the score to 20-14.
Kansas racked up six more points eight minutes later when Brandeberry carried the ball 23 yards to the KU 43. Four plays later the ball rested on the 32, where Charlie Hoag took a handoff and went over right tackle. He suddenly turned to the left and with aid of good blocking sped into the end zone.
Kansas took the lead for the first time when Laughlin smacked his way over the goal line with 9 minutes and 45 seconds left in the contest. Konek's kick was good, making the score 27-20.
Dean Wells, halfback, made a beautiful interception of one of Klosterman's passes shortly after the kickoff. He took the ball on his 42 yard line and returned it to the 46 before being dropped by Bob Burton, the intended receiver.
This set the stage for the final KU marker. The Jayhawks remained on the ground, giving up on passes which proved unsuccessful for Kansas all afternoon.
Laughlin was adding 10 yards to his afternoon's total of 122 yards when he fumbled on the Loyola 14. Wint Winter, offensive center, scooped up the ball and carried it seven yards further.
Strehlow went the remaining distance in two quarterback sneaks. Konek added the final KU tally.
The Lions were not finished and
Perfect Football Slates Are As Rare As Five Cent Beer
New York—(U.P.)—Like Indian-head pennies, nickel beer, and the 50-cent blue plate lunch with dessert, unbeaten and untied college football teams were getting pretty hard to find today.
There were just 21 left from coast to coast, eight of them so-called major outfits. Six more teams dropped off the list over the weekend and the ranks are bound to dwindle even more in the remaining waning weeks of competition.
Headed by seven-straight Tennessee, the nation's number one team in the United Press rankings by the coaches, the list of major teams also included Cincinnati's Bearcats with nine in a row, Stanford with eight, and Princeton, Maryland, San Francisco, Michigan State, and Illinois, with seven apiece
cumbed to Kings Point, N.Y., Merchant Marine Academy, 13 to 6; and little Centre of Kentucky, which was literally "kicked out" by Sewanee, 3 to 0, on a field goal, and Black Hills S.D. State.
Two of the teams on the list, Princeton and Bucknell, have new all-time school winning records. The Prancing Princetons won their seventh straight and their 20th in a row, 54 to 13 from Harvard, while Bucknell squeaked past Colgate, 21 to 20, for their 12th in a row, longest in that school's history.
Two teams were assured of staying on the list. They wound up their seasons over the weekend. They were Lawrence of Wisconsin and the Trenton, N.J., Teachers.
The teams which dropped off during the weekend were Morris Brown of Georgia, which lost to Tennessee State, 13 to 12; Eastern New Mexico which dropped an intersectional battle in Nebraska to the Peru Teachers, 19 to 7; Rochester which lost to St. Lawrence, 41 to 6; New Haven, Conn. teaches which suc-
The Midwest had 10 of the perfect record teams. Seven were from the East, two from the South, and two from the Pacific coast.
moved to score with Klosterman completing six consecutive passes in their final touchdown drive. The last pass was to Fred Snyder in the end zone.
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Two KU secondary men were guarding him closely but he managed to snare the ball on a diving catch. The extra point try was wide to leave the score at 34-26.
Illinois, Stanford Near Bids For Rose Bowl Game
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New York—(U.P.) Illinois and Stanford, entering the home-stretch of the race for lucrative bowl invitations, were almost as certain today of a New Year's date in the Rose Bowl as Georgia Tech is of one in the Orange Bowl.
Tech's Engineers received the call from the Orange Bowl committee after the 34-7 victory over VMI last Saturday to become the first college "definitely" in.
Rose Bowl: Almost certainly Illinois vs. Stanford. Illinois, with seven straight victories, has a tough one with Ohio State next Saturday but closest rival is Michigan, which is ineligible for the bowl. Stanford with an 8-0 slate after a thrilling 27-20 victory over Southern Cal, must win only one of its two remaining games to clinch mathematically.
Pl annu the ball Jan.
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