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Thursday. November 12, 1970
University Daily Kansan
Remember 1964 KU-OU Game? KU May Need More of Same
By DON BAKER
By DON BAKER Assistant Kansan Sports Editor
It's been a long time since Kansas has defeated Oklahoma in football. In fact the last time was in 1964 and even in that one, some players who never must have must have had some help from above.
For the few fans in Memorial Stadium that 11th day of October in 1964 who arrived late and were unable to play, the game as far as KU was concerned as the Hawks scored on the first and last plays of the game.
KU ALL-AMERICAN GABLE SAYERS们 the dahawks off on the right foot when he returned it. Oklahoma kickoff and returned it. Beyonce on that point from on until the last play of the game, it was all Oklahoma as the Sooners dominated every statistic kept, except for the
The last play, and winning play, of that game has and will remain lodged in the memories of KU fans (and OU fans too for 14-7 with only a few seconds remaining, a fight troke out on the east sideline after Sooner Rick McKinley interfered with Sayers
After heads were cooled, KU, benefited by a penalty, was given the ball on the 0U 26-jar basket.
SOME OF THE 44,000 highly partisan KU fans had already left thinking the Jaywhacks had no chance and wanting to beat the traffic away from the stadium.
But KU refused to die as quarterback Bobby Skahn (a KU freshman assistant coach) took the snap and pitched out to halfback Dave Crandall who ran wide to
left, stopped, and threw across the field back to Stikhan on the 30. The sophomore signal from the end zone was a few shocked Sooners, and barely got his foot in the end zone before being pushed out of the end zone.
With no time showing on the board, coach Jack Mitchell and his inspired team were not about to settle for a tie, so pulling some more money was in their best interest. They called for a running play that saved
captain Lairn Brown, Steve Lawson, John Riggins, Ron Jessie, Dave Standage, Steve Natames, Richard Martindale, Keith Lieppman, Rick McGraw, David Crombie, Will Armine, Rich Huckley and Dale
As is usual with the season drawing to an end, the game is a "must" for both teams in their efforts to finish high in the final Big Eight standings.
Oklahoma is currently 5 overall and 3-1 in conference play, good enough for third place
"It was a big win for us because our squad had a great deal of respect for Missouri," Fairbanks said. "So, I think it gave our kids the confidence they can be a good team."
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WHILE GAINING CONFIDENCE, Fairness over confident for Saturday match with KU.
Jayhawks the two points they needed for the victory.
a lot to boost his team as it heats down the season's final stretch.
QUARTERBACK SID MICEK, who
quarrelled in turn with the
Crandall who in turn handed to
sofiphere back Mike Johnson who swept right end and
adged into the other corner of the endzone for
quarterback.
1. 1:30 p.m. kickoff in Memorial Stadium will be the beginning for the 68th meeting between the schools, the oldest interruption of the season, as the Alabama has won 40 while losing 21 and tense 16.
THE GAME WILL ALSO be the final home appearance for KU before closing out the season. A three-time winner of Columbia. On hand will be 14 senior Jayhawks to make their final appearance in Iowa.
Whether it was help from above or whatever, this year's KU squad, Pepper Rodgers' jung of Jayhawks, could use a little bit more to entertain them, they entertain the Sooners once again.
The Jayhawks, 5-4 overall with a 2-3 conference slate, are tied for fourth with the Coyotes.
behind Nebraska and Kansas State.
BOTH THE SOONERS AND THE JAYHAWKS are similar in that their offenses rely primarily on a ground attack and the "big play."
It is the "big play" that worries Rodgers most about the Sooners.
"What success we have had on offense, regardless of the formation, has been on the big play,"OU coach Chair Fairbanks said "play at the Big Eight briefing in Kansas City."
"THE NUMBER ONE THING for us is to stop Oklahoma from making long plays and for us to stop giving up the long play," Rodgers said.
The Sooners will come into the game with momentum having won their last two outings while the Jouwhasos have contrastingly lost their first outing. The Sooners' sixth week's win, a 28-13 decision over Missouri, did
Hawkins has a very good football team," he says. "We'll have to struggle to beat us and we will have to play hard." As has been the case with other KU opponents, the Jayhawks offense most worries Hawkins.
"As a group, in the backfield and receivers they have a great deal of talent. We'll have a few guys who can really
BUT OF LATE and up until the second nane of last week's game with Colorado, KU's offense has been far from spectacular. Only in the third quarter, when KU put 22 points on the board to narrow a 21 point boltage Colorado led to a meager six points, have the defense displayed their "big play" offensive strength they demonstrate earlier in the war.
What made the difference?
Then Rodgers came up with probably the quote of the year.
"I don't know," Rodgers said. "We scored more points but we still lost."
STATISTICS ARE FOR LOSER$^a$ "he said,
"how about that for a quote"?
With the game being tabbed as a toss-up, traders is clearly concerned about the tiders.
"I know they aren't going to let up on us," he said, "so we'll just have to hope we can hang in there and get some breaks and maybe win."
Coach Ted Owens' basketball teams will scrimmage image today at 4 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse, where the team is a part of the annual KU basketball press day in which numerous members of the press from the surrounding area will interview coaches and members in addition to a picture taking session.
Cage Scrimmage Set For 4 P.M. Today
Owens said the arcimage will be gamelike and not controlled being played entirely.
Named to the starting lineup for one team will be Bob Kiviston and A狸 Nash at guards, Dave Robisch and Pierre Russell at forwards and Roger Brown at center.
ALL FIVE ARE LETTERMEN and all five were starters last year for Owens' club that finished 17-9 overall and 8-6 in conference play.
Kivisto is a 6-11 junior from Aurora, Ill. who averaged seven points per outing last year. Nash, a 6-10 junior from Hwyttsville, Md., started only part-time last year after surprise injuries in injury in pre-season practice and ended the season with a five point per game average.
Russell and Robisch, both all conference performers last year, return for their senior years and give the Jayhawks solid strength at the forward position.
Back for his senior year at center, Brown came on strong at the end of last year after a season of being down and going. The tallest man on the squad at 8-10, Brown finished last year with a six point per game.
ROBISCH, A 6-9 SPRIeldFIELD, ILL product, led the Big Eight in scoring last year with a 27 point per game average, Russell. His five games were the most valuable player last year, is a Kansas
City Wyandotte High School alumna who averaged 13 points a game last year.
Starting on the opposing team will be Williams and Bud Stallwilk at guards, Neal Mask and Greg Douglas at forwards and Randy Canfield at center.
Williams and Canfield are sophomores who Owens believes possess great possibilities. Williams is a 5-11 Denver product while Campbell, at 6-9, bails from Wichita.
GIVING KU UNEXPECTED strength at forward is the 6-8 DAVLE. The Kookui, Iowa senior has missed the last three semesters of competition because of ineligibility. Playing the first half of the 1968-69 season, Douglas averaged five points a game.
Mask. a 6-6 junior from Tusla saw only two points last year while averaging two points a game.
Stallworth rounds out the opposing team. After playing forward last year and averaging 13 points per game, the 8-Hartsele, Ala. junior has been moved to guard by Owens to alleviate a depth problem at that position.
ROUNDING OUT KU'S TWELVE man team and will also see action in today's seriumpressure Jerry House, a 6-5 sophomore from Yale and a 2-4 mark Matthews, a 6-4 senior guard from Mets.
The end of this week's practice leaves KU with only three additional weeks to prepare for the season's opener on Dec. 1 against a highly regarded Long Beach State team.
Preceding that game, however, will be the annual freshman-varsity game, to be played Monday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. in Allen Field House.
Hixon Sees Promise in KU Frosh
The next scheduled scrimimage open to the public will be at 10 a.m. Saturday.
By NOBLE COSGROVE
Kansan Sports Writer
Freshman coach J. C. Hixon said, "We're not finished yet. This week we have been working with the varsity by running Oklahoma's plays against them. We will do the same next week but we will use Missouri's plays."
The Kansas football freshman finished their season last Friday by defeating Oklahoma State. 40-38. But, it will be at least two more games before they can completely hang it up for the year.
"it's hard to sum up the season," coach Hixon said. "We played better during the latter part, but we still should have done much better for the season."
THE FRESHMEN PLAYED WELL in their season, scoring 13.5 does two of the own pitch's 10 pitches. They also own pitch's
Anyone that followed the Hawkets could tell they had the manpower, they just simply didn't have consistency as a team. Even the Hawks did, and David Jaynes, was somewhat sporadic.
ALTHOUGH THE FRESHMEN weren't very successful in winning as a team, coach Hixon was quick to point out the talent the son said really had.
"We had a lot of boys that did a fine job for us, even if we didn't win," he said. "Denny Choliah went both ways for us and Roland Cox gave us strength in the defensive line."
The coach also mentioned running backs
Vince Leber, Don Schaefer and quarterback Dajyn Jesu, but he said there were only a 49.
The freshmen will soon start their winter football program, which includes work outs and a spring practice.
"WE REQUIRE ALL PLAYERS that plan to go out for spring football to participate in our winter program," Hixon said. "If the players were out of shape when the spring sessions began, there would be many injuries."
Coach Hixon said that all players who participate in freshman football were assumed to be interested in varsity ball, and not in the regular-season game, so they would be considered part of the varsity.
"We try to give each individual the benefit of the doubt, in fact, we really leave it up to the man himself whether or not he makes the varusity." Hixon said. "We usually wait until about three weeks of spring practice have taken place, and make any team cuts or decisions, and those decisions are made by the player wants to do and he has shown himself to be capable of."
THE COACH NOTED a few of his players that would definitely be facing stiff competition.
"Our punter, Marc Harris, has a good chance and the wicket, Boyke Waffer, will be ready."
David Jaynes will be invading the ranks of varsity and spring practice will show the strength of his team.
powerful running game and better, more experienced receivers.
HIXON SAID THE FRESHMAN football program at KU was really, 'more of an ad' than a program.
"We feel that the adjustment to be made from high school to college is too great to have us playing variety footbal. You take a boy in and also get acquainted with the university, and force him to play eleven games per season, and you would see quite a struggle for me."
The freshmen only play four games in a season and coach Hixon said he felt this gave the player time to learn the football system and what was expected of each participant.
"It also gives them plenty of outside time to study," he said.
AFTER THE VARSITY ENDS its season, Hixn and coach Pepper Rodgers will sit down and go through the freshman films, examining each player individually.
"This will take about two weeks, Hixon
that it gives in time to catch up—time we
don't have."
J. C. Hixon, a KU graduate and an ex-fallback for the Jayhawks, completed his first year as head freshmen coach somewhat disappointed, but optimistic.
"I really enjoyed it," he said, "and I am glad to be part of your freshmen freshmen of course, no one can say how good the freshman will be next year because we don't know whom we will get until they sign the letter."
KU linebacker Steve Rochie (51) and safety Gary Adams (18) apply the stops to Colorado running back John Tarriver during last week's 45-27 game.
Kansan Photo by JOHN RURKE
Big Eight Statistics
29 loss to the Buffaloes in Boulder. Both Roach and Adams have oveen among the KU leaders in the tackling department. After nine games, Roach has been credited with 67 tackles while Adams has made 64 starts against Oakland, Mo. Junior while Adams is a Barrelseville, Okla., sophomore.
RUSHING OFFENSE
| | G Att. | Yds. | Avg. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Colorado | 8 458 | 1765 | 205.8 |
| Nebraska | 9 521 | 2158 | 239.8 |
| Missouri | 9 469 | 1690 | 217.8 |
| Oklahoma | 8 461 | 1729 | 261.7 |
| Kansas | 9 447 | 1769 | 260.7 |
| Iowa State | 8 462 | 1690 | 152.5 |
| Oklahoma State | 8 357 | 1091 | 12.5 |
| Kansas State | 9 379 | 1091 | 12.5 |
*RUSHING DEFENSE*
G Att. Yds. Avg.
Missouri 941 1299 134.3
Nebraska 971 1285 142.8
Kansas State 961 1457 150.8
Oklahoma 966 1507 150.8
Colorado 909 1437 179.6
Oklahoma State 892 1897 225.0
Iowa State 848 1848 231.0
Kansas 881 1268 260.4
TOTAL OFFENSE
| | G Att. | Yds. | Avg. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Nebraska | 9723 | 8566 | 428.5 |
| Colorado | 8639 | 3084 | 385.0 |
| Missouri | 8741 | 3213 | 357.0 |
| Kansas State | 9702 | 3046 | 325.5 |
| Oklahoma State | 8826 | 2637 | 328.8 |
| Iowa State | 8506 | 2549 | 318.6 |
| Oklahoma | 8506 | 2549 | 318.6 |
G Att. Yds. Avg.
Kansas State 9729 7256 284.9
Nebraska 9600 2671 296.8
Missouri 6533 2796 316.8
Colorado 8588 2592 324.0
Oklahoma State 8619 2592 340.8
Iowa State 8198 2592 340.8
Oklahan State 8688 2929 367.4
Kansas 7634 2929 367.4
TOTAL DEFENSE
Comp. Att. Inter. Pct. Vals. Avg.
K-State 132 323 121 49.56 126.7
Okla. St. 114 225 118 49.53 1546 193.4
Nebraska 125 202 162 9.61 1648 193.8
town St. 104 234 174 4.44 1329 166.1
Missouri 167 252 175 4.39 1325 166.2
North Carolina 152 244 173 4.39 1325 166.2
Kansas 75 173 103 4.34 1670 191.8
Oklahoma 75 103 105 4.34 1670 191.8
PASSING OFFENSE
PASSING DEFENSE
Comp. Att. Int. Pct. Yds. Vals.
Iowa St. 85 17 19 7,478 980 122.5
K-State 110 265 15 4,411 1127 152.5
Okla St. 106 185 12 4,173 1123 141.5
Colorado 90 189 13 4,765 1155 144.4
Nebraska 107 229 20 4,691 1386 154.0
Kansas 107 229 17 4,691 1386 154.0
Missouri 92 229 12 4,692 1587 163.0
Oklahoma 116 233 18 4,692 1587 163.0
SCORING OFFENSE
| | G | Pts. | Avg. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Nebraska | 9 | 330 | 36.7 |
| Colorado | 8 | 239 | 28.8 |
| Kansas | 8 | 229 | 25.4 |
| Missouri | 9 | 129 | 21.8 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 160 | 21.8 |
| Oklahoma State | 8 | 165 | 20.6 |
| Iowa State | 8 | 162 | 20.3 |
| Kansas State | 9 | 170 | 18.9 |
SCORING DEFENSE
G | Pts. | Avg.
Kansas State | 9 | 134 | 14.9
Nebraska | 9 | 143 | 15.9
Colorado | 9 | 164 | 18.2
Missouri | 9 | 175 | 19.4
Oklahoma | 9 | 157 | 19.6
Kansas | 9 | 221 | 23.4
Iowa State | 8 | 207 | 25.9
Oklaahoma State | 8 | 214 | 26.8
KEU QUARTERBACK DAN HEDK felt a buoyry rush on this play from Colorado 6-1 and 244 pound defensive tackle Bruce Smith. Action came late in the second quarter and
Kansan Photo by JIM FORRIS
Smith's rush was at least partially responsible for Heck's pass, instead of Xerk White (41), to be intercepted. Six plays later the Jawahres will make a 38-half lead over the Jayhawks.
By DON BAKER Assistant Kansan Sports Editor
Another Stern Test
The much publicized Kansas defense has only two more weeks to suffer through because it can begin to look at next year and, hopefully, be able to win the young corps of Jaheyw defenders, who rank last in conference rushing defense (83 yards per game) and sixth in passing offense. The team must devote its full attention Saturday to a offensive Oklahoma onair stalwart, junior quarterback Jack Willey, and sophmore running back Joe Wyle.
Oklahoma coach Chuck Fairbanks makes no bones about it—the Sooners will run and must be able to do so effectively if they are to win Saturday. Unfortunately Popper Rodgers can find no satisfaction in that piece of news because the Sooners will not have out of the triple-triple, containing all year.
"WE HAVE BEEN LESS than sensational in stopping the triple-option," Rodgers said candidly at Monday's Big briefing in Kansas City.
Apparently enough can not be said of how Rodgers feels about Wylie's capabilities.
The Sooners will rely primarily on the running of Wylie, who ranks second only to KU's John Riggs in the latest Big Eight basketball game, 622 yards, or an average of 78 per game.
"I can't think of a better football player than Joe Wylie." Rodgers said. "We can't stop him, we're just going to have to try to slow him down."
RODGERS' APPRAISAL of the fleet halfback being the best (foot player) he knows of did not find Fairbanks completely concurring.
"I don't know about that," Fairbanks said cautiously. "He's a different kind of back. He's not a power runner like John Gossip. He doesn't have the outside moves Wyle has."
Fairbanks added, 'Wylie fits in well with what we're doing and I'm glad we've got him.'
Wyli, Mildren and the other Sooner backs will concentrate their running attack wide rather than the straight ahead attack of the Hawks, so they use so effectively against the Hawkies.
"TEAMS THAT HAVE run well against them (the Jayhawks), have been powerful running teams", "Fairbanks analyzed, the team team but rather an option running team".
Because of the strong running attack, the Sooners have utilized the pass effectively in keeping defenses honest while allowing of the pressure off the OU backs.
Directing the aerials is Milden, the doeverything quarterback generally conceded to be a great one before his career ended. To date Milden has thrown the ball 94 times with 46 attempts hitting the in-game target for an accumulation of 788 yards.
BUT IT REMAINS that Fairbanks and his Sooners will rely on their ground attack and it is this KU must stop if it is to bring them under attack. And even its conference slate at 6-4.3.
"Running is what we do best," Fair-banks said, "so if we are going to win we will have to run well."
Defensing the Jayhawks, Fairbanks and the Sooners will think about something that a week ago they never would have.
Rodgers, maintaining his theory of utilizing the "surprise call" to disrupt the play in much of the first half of the Colorado game. Quarterback Dan Heck used "d叭叭" to call for a fumble.
RODGERS SAID THE USE of no huddle hopefully would wear an opponents defense down.
Fairbanks concedes the no-huddle presents a problem in preparing for KU. "It would be better to prepare," Fairbanks said. "‘I will be prepared.’ Fairbanks said. ‘‘I will be prepared.’ Fairbanks said. ‘‘I will be prepared.’ Fairbanks said. ‘‘I will be prepared.’ Fairbanks said. ‘‘I will be prepared.’ Fairbanks said. ‘‘I will be prepared.’ Fairbanks said. '