Thursday, November 19, 1970 7 University Daily Kansan It May Not Be Quite the Same But KU and Mizzou Still Battle By DON BAKER By DON BAKER Assistant Kansan Sports Editor It may not be like a Missouri-Kansas game we’ve become accustom to, but nevertheless the annual grudge battle will unfold before our eyes Saturday in Columbia and its a safe bet to say the usual excitement and fierce competition, both on and off the field, will comply. While the game has grown to traditionally be of great importance to the final outcome of the Big Eight championship, Saturday's renewal of the 79 year old rivalry, fifth oldest in major college football, will only settle the border feed for another year. 1980 KU SHOCKED the number one ranked Tigers in Columbia, 23-7, only to have the decision reversed later by a forfeit when it was defeated by the Jayhawks had used an侵略er player. Six times in the decade of the sixties, one or two clubs met in a season ending chapter of the tour, and two others invited. This week, however, howl sounds will be elsewhere as Missouri (44) and Iowa (45) meet at the top. In 1965 it was Missouri on top with a sound 44-20 victory in Lawrence that catapulted the Tigers into the Sugar Bowl. In '68 the Jayhawks kept the Orange Bowl officials happily by edging Mizzou, 21-19, with the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Gator Bowl for a consolation nrize. Last year, can we ever forget, it was all Missouri in a 69-21 rout that brought the first signs of the Jayhawks' motto for this year — "Kansas Will Be Back." Though the game may not have the glamour it has enjoyed in the immature past, still, it's still fun and the tradition says, like Mizzou coach Dan Daneve said earlier in the week, anything is possible. ALL RESERVED SEATS have been sold long ago assuring a crowning of 61,000 plus but standing-room-only tickets are still available in Allen Field House until they expire. From most standpoint dogs the game appears be nearly even though the Tigers have been on defense. All other players, including defensive tackle Duke Holden, who has not played since the Iowa State game due to a strained knee, will be ready to go. At Columbia injuries have been a problem devine to make numerous subcourses. THOUGH THE GAME WILL HAVE little KANSAN "I really don't know what to say." Pepper edgers said Wednesday concerning the recent murders. RODGERS CAN AT LEAST be optimistic about the Jayhawks' physical status, which is more than Devine can say, but KU appears as ready as it has been since early in the year. "We are in pretty good shape health-wise." Rodgers admitted saying that only sophomore defense end Geary King will miss the action. bearing and importance in the final outcome of the conference race, it will be important from the standpoint of just how successful this "comeback" year will be for Kansas. Rodgers set three goals at the start of the year for this season to be successful. First, KU must have a winning season, it must win the state State and third, it must defeat Missouri. One-third of the criteria has been met (a 21-1 win over KST) and a victory Saturday for Baylor. But an earlier victory over AND A VICTORY WOULD indeed be gratifying to the 14 seniors that will terminate their collegiate careers Saturday. Many of these seniors have gone from the richness of a 9-2 year and the Orange Bowl in their youth to the famine of a 1-9 record and last place in their junior years. A winning season in their climax would be a fitting finish. Jayhawks would end the year with a 6-5 mark, a record that would not be bad for a team figureed no better than for sixth place in the conference race this year. In preparation for the quickly approaching season, the KU swimming team will stage an intra-squad meet at 7 p.m. Friday in Robinson Gymnastium. KU Swimming Team To Battle Friday Night The Jayhawks will work out today in Memorial Stadium and stage a brief practice session Friday afternoon before boarding buses for Columbia. KU coach Dick Reasonan will he divide his team into two balanced 14-man squads to be matched. "This meet will provide a competitive factor," Reamon said. "They are anxious for a meet and the dual gives them a chance to go under the gun." Friday's exhibition showcases a KU swimmer in each event with the potential of being the best in the Big 10 in that event while bringing Kansas to a fourth straight league title. Leading the Jayhawks this season are three senior triumphants, all standout on last Friday. Kim Bolton, KU's only scorer in last year's NCAA meet (consolation game) in the 50th season, has been a key contributor. freestyle relay teams that hold school and Big 2records. Bolton holds individual titles in the 50, 100 and 2 freestyle and was a team leader at last year's conference meet at low school last year's conference meet at low school. Kansas' John Riggins to have an unmountable lead a week ago, but Nebraska's Joe Orduza readding an adding 16 points on huskershis' 51-13 victory over Kansas State. Bruce Bowe gives the Jayhawks added strength in the distance freestyle. The team's new skating season is in the both the 500 and 1850 freestyle events and should be a top contender for the national title. "I tell you one thing," Rodgers said, we're going to try and play the best game there is. Scoring Race Close The other captain, Steve Trombold, is the strength of KU's backstroke corps. In last year's league meet, Trombold took first in the 200 and second in the 100 backstroke events. Orduna scored four touchdowns, running backing the three senior captains are 11 other returning lettermen, all ready to go in FEB. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)—One of the sidebits of Saturday's Nebraska-Oklahoma and Kansas-Missouri football games will be eight Conference. Distances in each race will be shorter Friday than a normal collegiate dual as the KU swimmers prep for the Big Eight relays, the season opener Dec. 4-5 at Lawrence. Goals Becoming More a Part of John's Thinking By DON BAKER Assistant Kansan Sports Editor John Riggs said before the season start he had no goals for this football season. He added he was just going out to play and do the best he could. On the basis of Riggins' rushing and total offense figures for the first ten games, it is easy to see he has done just that. The most notable goal within Riggins' reach is moving into the number three spot among all-time BIG Eight rushers and at the same time, becoming the number one rusher on the all-time KU list. With 2,577 yards gained going into this weekend's game, it was 99 yards short of moving ahead of former RUG great Gaily Sayres total of 2,075. BUT NOW WITH ONLY the Missouri game left in his collegiate career, the big KU halftack and All American candidate was one of those who took a goal or two has entered his mind. "Really I haven't thought of it as a goal," Riggs said. "I think just coming close to a record of Gayle Sayers is an accomplishment. "But," Riggs added, "the closer the game (Missouri) comes the more I think about it." BUT BIG JOHN ADMIRINGLY fully realized his personal success has been mostly a team effort and without the support of particularly the KU offensive line, he would be shooting for few goals Saturday against Missouri. "Last summer I said we would have a good offensive line." Riggins said. "But was wrong because we've got a great offensive line." KU coach Pepper Rodgers has repeatedly praised his offensive skill. Steve Lawson lightly steered the 62- and 328 pound Chicago product is being killed as a strong contender. THE FACT THAT RIGGINS is within reach of Sayers is the result of the best year the Centrata senior has had since 2014. He was rushing attempts he has netted 1,002 times, becoming only the third player in Kansas history and the 11th in Big Eight history to gain more than a 1,000 yards in a single game, but his dunking downblows (giving him 22 for his career). In addition to needing 99 yards rushing to pass Sayers, Riggins needs 128 to break Wade Stinson's one-season rushing mark of 1.128 (Sayers is second with 1.125) to defeat against the Tigers would move him alone in another category—touchdowns for a single season. The two are currently tied with 14. If Riggins can repeat last week's performance and score two touchdowns, he will move ahead of the mark of Bud Wilson who played for KU from 1949 to 1951) who scored 32 touchdowns during his career. A big day against Missouri would give him a chance to surpass three more KU records. "I've been pleased with this year," Riggins admitted while discussing his rapidly terminating KU career and the future of his institution, whole I.ve had a good season. BUT WHILE RIGGNS readily agree Lawson has done a great job, he tends more to speak of the entire offensive line rather than just one man. "To single out anyone in the line is not any better than singling out anyone in the backfield." Riggins emphasized. "It's a team all the way." "I really thought we'd do better than this," Righy said in reference to KU/5's mark and current fifth place standing in the state. "I thought we'd be a title contender his season point total to 80. Giggins scored twice, on 22 and 65-card runs, in his team's 28-24 less to Oklahoma, pushing his total to 84 points. It is this type of team unity that has characterized the Jayhawks this year. Hodgers said before, the one thing this team lacked was not lacked in unity and enthusiasm. The league scoring championship would appear to be heightened by two senior men, who kicked with kicker Paul Nebraska and Dave Haney of Colorado well down the list with 64 and 63 points, respectively. AND SO SATURDAY WILL close out the career of John Higgins who has undoubtedly, regardless of how many goals he scored, named among the many immortal football greats at KU. Pepper Rodgers has said numerous times that John Higgins was a master of the presence has given KU fans many things to cheer about and one can only hope the 'Big Tran' will have a deservingly good result. These last few goals he has not attained “Getting beat by Nebraska really hurt,” he added. “You know, we were really high after beating State State and then dropping out of let everybody down temporarily.” WITH RIGGINS, AND 13 OTHER SENIORS, graduating, hollies will have to be filled next year if the Hayhays are to improve on this year's showing but will never back in the thick of the Big Eight title season when football season rolls around next fall. BUT JOHN EMPHASIZED he is not disappointed with the effort and performance of this year's team. While Saturday's game will bring to a close Riggs' collegiate career, a bright pre-year appears ahead for him and he seems he's looking forward to the challenge. "I think our team has a lot of character." "I know I have a pro future," he said. "But the thing of it is you never know how you'll do until you get them. The funny thing about it is that guys you never hear about in college sometimes make it big in college. And guys you hear a lot about never make it." "I think we've got some good freshmen coming up. 'Ikhun said, "and we have a lot of guys that want to be next year that will be great next year." I know as far as my position group I never seen so closely." "I think that's what makes our line so great," Riggins said, "they're just great hasters." "I'm not optimistic about it but I'm not pessimistic either," he said. "Sooner or later you find out whether you have it or not." John bases his prediction that KU will make a run for the conference title on the premises of outstanding talent and, most importantly, outstanding hustle and desire. Rigg's 14 touchdowns ties him for the most touchdowns ever scored by a Kansas player in a season with Wade Stinson, current Jayhawk athletic director. The 230-pound running back gained 178 yards last week, leaving Orlando up six points to surpass the 1,000-yard mark rushing. Hugins had one, 1,002 yards ahead of Ortrafa's 768 and Oklahoma's 594. Ruggis' career wailing total is 2,577, which makes him the fourth-best in the league. Steve Owens, Bob Anderson and Gale Soyers, but needs only 94 games Saturday to surpass Kansas State's Lym Dickey has regained the passing and total offense lead. The 6-4 quarterback, a coach to go high in January's conference, had 192 points and a total offense accumulation of 1,807 vardens. Oklahoma State's junior quarterback, Tony Pounds, franks behind Dekind in both bodies. The Cowboys' Hermann Eben still rank No. 1 in pass receiving with 752 yards on 47 catches. Iowa State's Oti Stowe had 67 vards on 46 retcuits. Another Cowboy, Jim Benien, is the league's top painter with an 88.4 average on 60 paintings. Marshall Job Not Easy One HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (UP). Red Dawson has the toughest football but, if he doesn't get it, he's out. Dawson, 27, was named acting coach at Marshall University following the tragic plane crash last Saturday that killed 36 students and head coach Rick Tolell and his staff. "We want to get first things first," Dawson says. "We've been thinking, about our coaches' families, and our players' families, and our boosters' families." Dawson escaped death because he was on a recruiting trip. At his first meeting with the recruitment team, mostly freeman, he said there was "about a hundred ways that anything wore can happen to us." The variety players included two who did not make the fateful East Carolina trip for season, four who were injured and eight players being held out of competition this season. "We really haven't had any time to think about it yet," Dawson said. "At the meeting Monday it was clear that the acting university president told our boys that we're down, but we won't stay down; I don't want them to." "As far as I'm concerned, there's no doubt that we'll resume next year, but it's just too soon to be making any plans. I'm sure this is the way everyone would want it. He hopes to get the Marshall football program operating again next year. Dawson said the school probably would apply to the NCAA for permission to use freshmen next season in varsity competition. Dawson and 14 varsity players were left after the crash. Frazier Retains Championship The impressive victory by the aggressive champion from Philadelphia was his first defense of the disputed title he won nine times, enabling the possibility of a big money championship with former heavyweight king Cassius Clay, probably in New York in February. DETROIT (UPI) — Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier, smoking away with thunderstorms left hands, knocked out Light Heavyweight Danny Garcia, seconds of the second round Wednesday night. Tacklers Moving in quickly to gang tackle Oklahoma's Greg Pruitt (30) are a "Kansas has an awfully good football team," Devine said. "They wear you to death on the field, but they are nearly as fast as you Mel Gray. And a guy like Higgins makes you hug the middle of the fence." Davie said he planned a brief practice in devine Thursday to wrap up preparations for the traditional battle with Kansas Saturday at Columbia. COLUMBIA, Mo.(UPI)—Coach Dan Devine directed his Missouri Tigers in a workout lasting an hour and 25 minutes Wednesday and expressed concern about Kansas receivers and powerful Jaiyahwok John Riggins. KU Concerns MU's Devine Kansan Photo by JIM FORBES host of KU defenders. The young Jayhawk defensive unit appears to defend last in high Eight total defense statistics but coach Pepper Radgers is pleased with the unit's progress while having high hopes of great improvement in this area for next year. In other big games this Saturday, third-ranked Nebraska is a 17's-plus choice over Iowa and Oklahoma, with Michigan, sixth-ranked Arkansas in 14 runs. Texas Tech, No. 8 Air Force is four over Colorado, No. 9 Tennessee is an off-the-board team, No. 10 Arizona State over New Mexico. No Gimmicks for LSU Saturday They used to run onto the football field like crazed devils wearing halloween masks, put on their fancy decorated helmets and, spurred on by the roars of the crowd, go out and play aggressive, hard-hitting defense. Louisiana State's fame "Chinese bands." Today, 48 hours before perhaps their biggest game in history, the LSU defense, without nicknames,护帽 helmets, or scary masks, must face the challenge of meeting No. 1 Notre Dame, the nation's most powerful team, at South Bend, Ind., Saturday. There are no more gimmicks attached to LSU's defense. Instead, the Tigers are an extremely coordinated unit of 11 rugged inexperienced players on performance and not on reputation. And pride has carried the Tigers a long way since their opening-game loss to Texas A&M, 26-18. LSU has won seven games since then, moved up to the No. 7 spot in UF's扑救 list. The defense is the backbone of the team at LSU. It is a defense that has allowed just 46 yards rushing per game, best in the country, and held opponents without a touchdown on the ground Last week, sparked by Allie McKenzie's second touchdown Sage and Romine Estay, the LSU defense held Mississippi State to six yards rushing as the Tigers won, 38-7. But Notre Dame is not Mississippi State or Rice, Baylor, Pacific, Kentucky, Auburn or Alabama, the other LSU victims. They are in, fact the total offense leaders with a 540.1 yard average, rank fourth in rushing with a 308.6 yard mark, and fifth in scoring with a per game score average. The Fighting Irish, 8-4, beat the Ishland, 8-4, defense and scoring defense and have been made 14-point favorites. The two teams have never met before. Top-ranked Texas is idle and will play Thanksgiving Day. Nore Notre's high-powered offense is heed by quarterback Joe Theismann, a rollout that is always a threat to run. Theismann's teammates are his gatefold, who ranks second in the nation Other games find South Carolina 12 over Clemson, North Carolina four over Duke, Yale six over Harvard, Northwestern four over Michigan State, Penn State 17 over Kansas, Stanford 9 over California and Southern California seven over UCLA. All-America guard Larry DiNardo and tackle Mike Martin lead the Notre Dame's offensive line that will have to open LSU's defensive front four. with 7.9 caches per game. Ed Gulaya, Danny Allan and Bill Barr will give the LSU defense a stiff test with their straight-head charges when the team will keep them honest with his end sweeps. But the Fighting Irish, unbearable at home in 13 games, might find LSU a tough nut to crack—and that would be embarrassing in front of all those bowl scouts. RUSHING OFFENSE Big Eight Statistics TOTAL OFFENSE | | G | Att. | Vids. | Diph. | Avg. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Colorado | 9 | 542 | 1516 | 279.6 | | | Nebraska | 10 | 581 | 2337 | 233.7 | | | Oklahoma | 9 | 535 | 2086 | 231.8 | | | Missouri | 10 | 539 | 2088 | 231.8 | | | Kansas | 10 | 497 | 2139 | 213.9 | | | Iowa State | 10 | 497 | 1421 | 151.9 | | | Oklahoma State | 9 | 399 | 1280 | 134.2 | | | Kansas State | 9 | 391 | 1166 | 134.6 | | RUSHING DEFENSE | | Gt | Att | Yds | Avg. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Nebraska | 10 | 392 | 1319 | 13.9 | | Missouri | 10 | 466 | 1446 | 144.6 | | Kansas State | 10 | 524 | 1616 | 161.6 | | Colorado | 9 | 451 | 1554 | 172.7 | | Oklahoma | 9 | 436 | 1620 | 180.0 | | Iowa State | 9 | 551 | 2176 | 248.0 | | Oklahoma State | 9 | 496 | 2197 | 241.4 | | Kansas | 9 | 601 | 2175 | 242.5 | G Att. Yds. Ubs. Avg. Nebraska 10 865 4217 36.7 Colorado 9 740 3554 394.9 Missouri 10 838 3674 36.4 Kansas State 10 771 3371 337.1 Iowa State 10 659 3391 337.0 Oklahoma 9 644 2949 321.2 Okahoma State 9 644 2949 321.2 Okahoona State 9 644 2981 312.5 TOTAL DEFENSE PASSING OFFENSE G. Att. Yds. Avg. Kansas State 10 812 2925 425. Nebraska 10 669 3004 300.4 Colorado 9 665 2777 308.6 Missouri 10 722 3178 318.0 Oklahoma 9 681 3120 346.7 Iowa State 9 757 3289 345.5 Oklahoma State 9 699 3409 378.4 Kansas 9 829 4144 414.8 Comp. Att. Alt. Infr. Pct. Yds. Avg. K-State 175 370 28 47.49 225.69 Nebraska 140 225 10 622 1880 188.0 O-State 129 250 10 622 1880 188.0 I-State 117 262 10 447 1522 160.1 Missouri 119 289 17 348 1526 160.6 Texas 114 275 10 378 1526 160.6 Kansas 80 185 10 432 1122 112.2 Okahanna 80 185 10 432 1122 112.2 SCORING OFFENSE PASSING DEFENSE | | G | Pts. | Avg. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Nebraska | 10 | 381 | 38.1 | | Colorado | 9 | 257 | 28.6 | | Kansas | 10 | 253 | 25.3 | | Oklahoma | 10 | 194 | 21.6 | | Missouri | 10 | 215 | 21.5 | | Iowa State | 10 | 193 | 21.4 | | Oklahoma State | 10 | 171 | 19.0 | | Kansas State | 10 | 183 | 18.3 | Comp. Att. Vit. Pct. Ict. Vage. Avg. I-State 97 296 10 49.7 1113 125.7 K-State 128 288 16 444 1309 130.9 O-State 103 288 16 458 1212 134.7 Colrado 97 214 15 453 1223 135.9 Kansas 111 221 17 502 1419 141.9 Oklahana 121 271 25 494 1590 166.7 Nebraska 130 277 27 469 1685 168.3 Missouri 104 277 14 460 1734 173.4 SCORING DEFENSE Nebraska G 10 Pts. Avg. Kansas State 10 156 15.6 Colorado 9 185 18.5 Oklahoma 9 170 18.9 Kissouri 9 181 20.1 Kansas City 10 266 20.6 Iowa State 9 249 24.9 Oklahoma State 9 224 25.1