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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1947
Kansas Edges Aggies 13-7 As Griffith, Pattee Star
Although stopped four times within the enemy 10-yard line, a slashing University of Kansas ground attack netted 317 yards and a 13 to 7 Jayhawker victory over the Oklahoma A. and M. Cowboys in Stillwater Saturday.
Spotting the Aggies a seven-point lead 1 minute and 10 seconds after
BY COOPER ROLLOW Daily Kansan Sports Editor
At Stillwater Saturday, Kansas was within breathing distance of the Aggie goalline four times during the game, but each time the Jayhawkers were forced to relinquish the ball on downs.
The Hawks were clearly the better team. They dominated throughout the contest, crashing the Oklahoma defense for sizeable gains at will, except the four times when they became offensively impotent on the enemy 10-yard line.
Again the Sauer men demonstrated their ability to come out on the top end of the score, which is still the most important thing in a football game.
Currently the second best team in the nation in total defensive statistics, the Jayhawkers showed Aggie fans how they secured the top listing by limiting the Oklahomaans to a total of 147 yards gained by passing and running. A & M made 108 yards on the ground, and 39 yards by aerial method. Previous to the Aggie contest, Kansas had yielded 979 yards in seven games, for a 139.9 average.
The surprise Oklahoma upset of Missouri makes the Big Six football picture about as clear as a water-soaked Rembrandt. Any number of things can now happen. Only one thing is certain, though: When the smoke clears after the games next weekend, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri all will be somewhere in the first division of the conference standings.
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Three major football eleveens were knocked from the list of undefeated and untied teams over the weekend. Only Notre Dame, Michigan, Southern Methodist, and Penn State can boast of unblemished records.
Harry Gilmer completed 11 passes out of 13 attempts to lead his Alabama teammates to a 14 to 7 victory over previously unbeaten and untied Georgia Tech.
The Idaho Vandals, pregame underdows, scored touchdowns in the second and third periods, to blast Utah from the perfect-record list, 13 to 6.
Mighty Pennsylvania, seeking victory number eight of the season, was dumped unceremoniously from the undefeated-untied ranks by an Army team on the rebound from a massacre at the hands of Notre Dame. The Cadets tied the Quakers 7 to 7.
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Notre Dame didn't get by as easily as usual Saturday afternoon. Playing on a mud-soaked field, the Irish had to work hard to stave off an inspired bunch of Northwestern Wildcats, 26-19.
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The Kansas State Wildcats, finishing their conference season with a 0 to 14 defeat administered by the Cyclones of Iowa State, have only two claims to distinction at the end of an unsuccessful season: The Wildcats have occupied the Big Six cellar for three successive seasons, and have now lost 25 consecutive games.
The Hawkeyes of Iowa, stirred to football greatness by the resignation of Coach Eddie Anderson, rose to defeat a heavily favored Minnesota team 13 to 7. Iowa had beaten only unimpressive Indiana and weak North Dakota State previous to the Gopher encounter, and was not figured to show the Minnesotans much of a battle.
Pits in western North Carolina in which 300-year-old trees are now growing, are believed to be the remains of mines dug by DeSoto.
the opening kick-off, an aroused band of Jayhawkers went ahead to score two touchdowns, hold the Aggies in their own territory most of the afternoon, finishing the fray still unbeaten in 12 consecutive games.
The Cowboys gained their early lead when Merlin London, Aggie end, pounced on a team mate's fumble in the Kansas end zone for a touchdown and Jack Hartman kicked from 'p' placement for the extra point.
In the second quarter and again in the third, Forrest Griffith powered through the A. and M. line and dashed across the double stripes for both Kansas touchdowns. He travelled 12 yards on the first trip and 19 yards on the second. Don Fambrough made good his second try for extra point with a perfect placement after the first was blocked.
PATTEE GRIFFITH
The superiority of the Kansas ground attack is indicated by the fact that Griffith gained more yards from scrimmage than the entire Aggie backfield and Frank Pattee lacked but four yards of matching A. and M. rushing figures.
However, with their backs to the wall the Aggie defense rose up on four ocassions to halt the Jayhawk assaults within 10 yards of a touchdown.
A Parents Day crowd of 15,000 Oklahoma's let loose with wild cheers when London recovered Ken Roof's fumble in the end zone. Evans had taken the kick-off in the end zone and, after returning the ball to the 12-yard line, had dumbled when hit. Charles Shaw recovered for the Aggies.
Roof tried the center of the line but only gained one yard. On the next play he moved across the right side of the line to the five where he also fumbled when tackled. The ball bounced into the end zone and London fell on it.
The first Kansas touchdown came in the second quarter and was set up after a 56-yard drive with Evans and Griffith marking off the yards on long runs.
On a second down Jim Spavital got off a 53-yard spiral punt which Evans took on the Kansas 26. After a 14-yard punt return, Evans swept right end for 19 more yards. Bertuzzi tried the line but was met hard for no gain. Griffith picked up 10 yards around the right side of the line.
Hogan failed to gain on a buck into the center but Griffith picked up 10 more on the next play. An off-side penalty put the ball on the Aggie 12-yard line and from there Griffith drove over the right tackle for the score.
Behind 7 to 6 at the half, the Jayhawks moved out in front early in the third period when Griffith cut through the Aggie line, raced to the left to outdistance the secondary and scored. Evans threw a crucial block. Fambrough's extra point kick gave the Kansans a 13 to 7 lead.
In the final minutes of play the Aggies gave Kansas fans some anxious moments when they moved to the Jayhawk 31-yard line. This was the furthest they had penetrated into Kansas ground during the afternoon except for their early touch-down after a fumble recovery. Scott ended this final Aggie threat when he intercepted a pass and returned it to the Kansas 19-yard line.
Once in each period the Jayhawks were stopped by a stubborn Aggie line that fought best when it's back was against the wall.
The Jayhawkers made their headquarters in Ponca City, about 40 miles from Stillwater. Friday afternoon they practiced on a High school football field.
Game Notes
It drizzled most of the day Friday and the gravel road from Ponca City to Stillwater was muddy enough Saturday to make driving difficult. However, it was near perfect football weather Saturday afternoon. The sky was cloudless, there was a slight breeze from the west and the temperature was 45 degrees just before game time.
A. and M. observers in the press box predicted a Kansas victory ranging from one to three touchdowns and were not surprised when the Jayhawks began to roll after the early Aggie touchdown.
Otis Wile, sports publicity director at the Aggie college, handed a Kansan reporter an illustrated booklet on the history of the Sugar Bowl and commented, "Looks like you fellows at Kansas might become very interested in this before long."
There are four separate pep organizations at the Cowpoke school. Each wears a slightly different colored jacket. Just before the opening kick-off when the team returns from the dressing room to bench, the pep clubs form an aisle through which the team passes as the band plays the school song.
The A. and M. fans, whose team faces Oklahoma university Nov. 29, were not overjoyed when it was announced that the Sooners had knocked over the favored Tigers of Missouri.
Guests will include students from foreign countries who are attending the University. One student from each of the countries represented is picked at random and invited to the banquet.
International relations will be the theme of the Baptist Student Youth Fellowship annual banquet to be held at 5:30 p. m. Nov. 23 in the Baptist church.
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