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Sports
University Daily Kansan, October 12, 1981
Line riddled by injuries, Cowboys in 20-7 loss Jayhawks' lack of offense leads to 'embarrassing' loss Faltering offense burdens defense
Boycock tackle Gary Chachere smothers quarterback Frank Seuer en route to a 28-7 Oklahoma State victory Saturday. Seuer was tackled behind the line of scrimmage 7 times for a loss of 73 yards.
Don Fambrough took off his hat and smoothed his hair back with it, his brow creased, looking perplexed, frustrated and embarrassed all at once.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE was right. His Jahaywhas had just lost to Oklahoma State, 20-7, in the Big Eight opener for both schools. And yes, he also sagged the猩ing KU offense has been this season.
"There's not much to say," the KU Head
said. "We had no effort. Today is
the word we've been."
The alums who returned for the Homecoming Day game must have wished they had stayed home and listened to the game. Or mowed the lawn. Or driven tiny wooden spikes under their fingernails. It wouldn't have been more painful than watching the most embarrassing performance by a KU team since the Louisville disaster last season.
Reasons for the poor offensive performance are many, and some are exaggerated. But
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several are valid.
- The loss of a Kerken Bell would be crippling to any offense. Although Ball had not picked up the yardage of last year, because opposing defenses keyed on him, he is a tough back who wang out the extra 1 or 2 yards just on the merits of his stock build and determination.
- The offensive line is battered. Guard David Lawrence "played on one leg," as Fambrough put it. Lawrence returned to action after four weeks of rehabilitating from torn ligaments in his knee. He played in a knee brace that, while flexible, restricted his movement.
PAUL FAIRCHILD is capable but inexperienced. K. C. Brown played although Fambrough intended to rest both he and Lawrence during the game because of injuries. David Wessling broke an ankle and foot and probably will miss the rest of the season. And so it goes.
"We're getting completely wiped out up front," Fambrigh said. "I've gone years and years without a lineman getting hurt. Now we've lost Dave Wessline—he's out for the season.
"We're jumping offsides, holding, making mistakes."
Lawrence, despite his comeback, was
the first of his performance and that of the
sports in 2014.
"It (the brace) breeze down me a little and that hurt us as a队," Lawward said. "I was surprised at the mistakes we made, my mistakes included.
"WE KNEW THEY were real tough. They were strong and extremely quick. The only thing that happened was they got hit."
Fambridge knew last spring that the offensive one needed help. He recruited junior college players.
But he never promised a quick fix. And he knew that juco and high school players wouldn't be ready to step in. The line obviously was the one that had the best opportunities for careers and inexperience have further weakened it.
"You get a bunch of sophomores who aren't sure of themselves," Fambrough said. "They look slow. But it's just that they haven't played. They've had tough position to play in experienced people."
- The running game is too centralized. Bell could run the ball 20-25 times a game and do well. Bell's replacement, Garfield Taylor, now is facing the same problem Ball did -- defenses are looking for it. Saturday at dudurday 18 and freshman Harvey Fielder faces just once.
GRANTED, THE fullback's main job thus far has been to block for the tailback, hence the switch to Jones, who is larger than both Brad Butts and Walter Mack. But Jones updied 28 yards on his 8 carries, and could have been used more.
"He played well for his first time," Fambrough said. "He did as well as we could. It absolutely no reflection on Brad Butts or Walter Mack. He's just bigger."
Fambrough said yesterday there was a good chance there would be more backfield sub-fields.
"We're going to do something," he said. "We'll try to find the right combination. We're not going
Jones, a black belt in judo, scored KU's tonech touchdown on a 7-yard run in the second quarter. His initials. E. J., could stand for "Expert in Judo." What do they really stand for?
"I HAVE NO idea." said Jones.
- Frank Seurer is having a rough year as quarterback. Seurer had a meteoric freshman season and was considered one of the top quarterbacks in the league this season.
He certainly has the talents to be one of the
best, if not the best. Seurer's passes can be
amazingly accurate as long as the receivers. But
they are less reliable.
The sophomore was 7 of 20 Saturday for 93 yards. He was under constant pressure from the Cowboy defense, which caught him behind his scrimmage 7 times for a total loss of 73 yards.
The Oklahoma State defense entered the game ranked fourth in the nation.
"THEY WERE EXTREMELY quick," Fambrouch said. "Much quieter than we
Fambrough stands behind his axiom-you need a good defense and a good kicking game to win. KU has both. But he never said you could get by without an offense.
thought. I though they were offsides half the time, but I guess they weren't."
"We've still got a good defense and kicking game," he said. "But until we get something resembling an ankle, we'll go with what we've been taught in class as lesson with young sophomores and freshmen."
etc.
Intramurals Football
CHAMPIONSHIPS
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Trophy League
Fiji 1 #, Phi Kappa 4 #
Greece Women
Trophy League
Alpha Gamma Delta Greek Oversee
Independent Men
Trophy League
Assassins 9, James Court 7, overtime
Independent Men
Trophy League
Grider Gridir 14, HIPER 12
Hill Championships
Sunday, Oct. 18
Women's, 3-20 p.m.
Men's, 2-30 p.m.
Volleyball
Friday and Saturday Central Missouri State Tournament
Central Missouri State
KU15. William Woods 11
KU15. Missouri Western 11
KU15. Missouri western 7
KU14. St. Mary 17
KU15. St. Mary 17
KU14. St. Mary 3
KU14. Florissant Valley 3
KU7. Central Missouri State 15
KU7. Missouri State 15
KU15. Central Missouri State 15
Northern Iowa 10
Northern Iowa 10
Northern Iowa — i6, KU-20
Northern Iowa — i6, KU-20
Hockev
National Hockey League
Buffalo 2, Vancouver 2
Minnesota 1, Pittsburgh
Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh
Chicago 3, Chicago 4
Yankees beat Milwaukee, 7-3; Montreal, Dodgers advance
By United Press International
NEW YORK-The New York Yankees, responding to a verbal blast by owner George Steinbrenner, muscled their way into the American League Playoffs last night, using home runs by Reggie Jackson, Oscar Gamble and Rick Cereto to produce a 7-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the deciding game of the AI East mini-series.
STEINBRENNER, the Yankees' controversial owner who has twice fired Martin, made a well-publicized visit to the clubhouse after Saturday night's 2-1 loss that evened the series at two games. He made the sweeps for their sloppy play and said there would be the changes if the club志 to Milwaukee yesterday.
Jackson tied the game in the fourth inning with a two-run homer and Gambie followed with a solo shot to send the Yankees against their former manager, Billy Martin, and his Western Division champion Oakland A's in a five-game series starting tomorrow at Yankee Stadium.
Dave Righetti pitched three innings in relief of Ron Guiday and picked up the decision that gave the Yankees their fifth division title in six years and left the Brewers one victory short of becoming only the second team ever to win a Rose Series after loading the first two games.
PHILADELPHIA—Steve Rogers, a one-man wrecking creep, knocked the Philadelphia Phillies off their World Championship perch by pitching a six-hitter and singling home two runs yesterday to spark the Montreal Expos to a 34 victory in the decisive game of the National League East Playoffs and to give the Canadian team its first divisional title.
Montreal 3, Philadelphia 0
IN WINNING the shutout battle, Rogers beat
three-time Cy Young award-winner Steve Carlton for the second time in the playoffs and helped the Expos average last year's earnings to match the Phillies on the last weekend of the season.
Rogers, who went 8% innings to beat the Phillies 3-1 in the first game of the series, walked only one and struck out two in tumbling the World Series champs.
LOS ANGELES—Jerry Reuss scattered five hits and Steve Garvey scored one run and drove in another with a triple yesterday to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 40 victory over the Houston Astros, giving them the National League West title.
But, as proud as he was of his pitching, he may have been even prouder of his clutch twirl-单 in the fifth that provided the Expos with the only runs they needed.
Larry Parrish added a run-scoring double for Montreal in the sixth, but the Philies could manage only six singles—one of them a bunt—against Rogers.
THE DOGERS had little early success against Houston's Nolan Ryan, but finally scored in the sixth inning on RBI singles by Rick Monday and Mike Sioseca and added a third run later in the inning on an error by first baseman Denny Walling.
Los Angeles 4. Houston 0
Los Angeles opens the NL playoff playoffs at Dodgers Stadium tomorrow against the Monster.
The Dodgers added their final run in the seventh inning when Ken Landreaux lined the ball off Astros relief pitcher Dave Smith's left ankle, with the ball bouncing into the seats for a ground-rule double and forcing Smith to leave the game with an injury. One out later, Garvey frelereel Frank LaCorte and tripped off the left field wall to score Landreaux.
KU closes with doubleheader sweep
By MIKE ARDIS Sports Writer
The Jahwayhs finished with a 6-4 mark in the fall season, but they won five of their last six games. Yesterday's games were won with good pitching and defense and good baserunning.
"WEVE STARTED to play the way we're supposed to," Head Coach Marty Pattin said.
In the first game the Jayhawks limited Baker to one run and struck out 14 players. Mike Watt pitched three innings and picked up seven of the strikeouts.
"I had a good fastball and the ampire gave me the corners," Watt said. "I'm throwing a slider which Coach Pattin showed us and it's really helped."
Jeff Neillziel led off the first game by getting on base after being hit by a pitch. Joe Heeney scored him on a triple and was driven home by a Todd Schweiber single.
The Jayhawks added three more runs in the second to increase their lead to 5-0. Baker got their only run of the day in the fourth on a double, an error and a double steal.
"I WAS PLEASED with the way Ackley patched," Patton said. "The umpires were giving us a lot of trouble."
Randy McIntosh picked up five strikeouts in three innings he worked and Chis Ackley got two. He hit a double off Josh Goff.
The Jayhawks took the nightcap 3- without a lot of hitting. In the second inning Joel Gibson got on base with a double and was advanced to third on an error and scored on a sacrifice fly.
KU picked up two more runs in the third on good baserunning. Bill Yellon got on base after being hit by a pitch. Dick Lewallen followed with a fielder's choice when Yellon broke up a possible double play by his upending the shortstop. Todd Schweigart scored Lewallen with a triple and was brought home on another sacrifice fliv.
While the pitching has improved, the hitting still has not come around.
"M A T L I F E TLE concerned about our hitting!" patting. "We get a couple of runs in the ear, and there's a chance we can score."
"But as I said, pitching is 90 percent of the game. IT take the good pitching and the good hitting."
The Jayhawks didn't get as many strikeouts in the game, although Jim Philips got six in three.
JAYHAWK NOTES: The Jayhawks will be playing in intrasquid games as much as possible the rest of the fall. They'll take off one day this week when all of the pitchers face the hitters in a game. Coach Marty Pattin will pitch for the pitchers and Bill Yelton will pitch for the hitters.
Kansas City wins, Raiders suffer another shutout
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Rookie Joe Delaney rushed for 108 yards and caught three passes for 104 yards yesterday to lift the Kansas City Chiefs to a 27-0 victory over Oakland—the third straight week the defending Super Bowl champion Raiders have been shut out.
Bill Kenney completed 15 of 23 passes for 72 yards and two touchdowns, rookie Billy Jackson scored on a 4-yard run and Nick Lowery kicked three field goals. The Chiefs improved to 4-2. The Raiders fell to 2-4.
It marks the first time in the 22-year history of the Oakland-Kansas City rivalry that one team has shut out the other. It was the Chiefs' first victory over the Rams in 1970 season when they blanked Baltimore, 14-0.
Dalaney, making his first professional start because of an ankle injury to Ted McKnight, topped 100 yards rush for the second straight week as the Chiefs beat the Raiders for the fourth time in their last five meetings. Daleney off the bench for the injured McKnight in the first quarter against New England last week to gain 101 yards.
terback Jim Plunkel was pulled from the game in the fourth quarter for the second consecutive week. The Raiders were shut out previously this season by the Detroit Lions and the Denver Broncos and have now gone 12 straight quarters without scoring.
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Oakland Kansas City
The Raiders were futile offensively as Ray Guy was forced to punt nine times and quar-
KC--FG, Lowery, 52
KC--Jackson, 4-yd. run (Lowery kick)
KC--FG, Lowery, 25
KC--Carstall, 4-yd. pass from Kenney, (Lowery kick)
KC--Smith, 9-yd. pass from Kenney (Lowery kick)
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
National Football League 30 Oakland 19 San Diego 14 Los Angeles 34 Atlanta 38 Tampa Bay 21 Green Bay 10 Houston 37 Seattle 17 Cincinnati 67 Cincinnati 41 Baltimore 19 Philadelphia 31 New Orleans 14 Washington 24 New York Jets 28 New England 24 New Jersey 68 Saint Louis 48 Dallas 14 Denver 27 Detroit 20 Minnesota 33 San Diego
NIGHTS GAME
By RON HAGGSTROM Associate Sports Editor
Miami at Buffalo
KU's defense has played as if they want a post-season bowl bid.
However, if they have to spend much more time on the field, they won't have to worry about the ball.
And Saturday's game was no exception
THE DEFENSE was on the field for 34 1/2 minutes, nine more minutes than the offense.
Through the first five games the defense has been on the field 30 more minutes than the offense, or half a game. Only in the Knetuchy was the offense on the field longer than the defense.
In the Oklahoma State game, the defense yielded two touchdown scores of more than 50 yards, their first two of the season. The drives were 82 and 61 yards. Other touchdown scoring drives by their opponents have been of 7, 23, 46 and 26 yards.
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Entering the Oklahoma State game, the Jenkins ranked 18 nationally in total defenses.
They lowered their average yards given up per game. Oklahoma State to 189 total yards offensively.
IF YOU'VE witnessed any of the Jayhawks' field goals you'll find this next statistic hard to believe.
no jayhawks have been giving up an average of 3 plays per play. That's less than what the Kansas City Raptors have done.
KU has made more tackles behind the line of scrimmage than its opponents. The Jayhawks have made 41 tackles behind the line of scrimmage compared to 32 tackles by the opponents' defenses.
But the Jayhawks tackles have been for a loss of 143 yards, an average of 5.5. Their opponents have won only 10 of those.
Linebacker Kyle McNorton, honorable mention All-Big Eight last year, has led the way defenses in the first five games with 60 tackles. Linebacker Chris Torenbeh has 60 tackles and Greg Smith, making the switch from tackle, has 41 tackles and end Bryan Horn has 34.
KU's opponents have rushed for 719 yards on
243 attempts, an average of 2.9 yards per carry.
The secondary ranks third in the nation in yards given up passing per game, 85.8 yards. We gave it up 420 yards passing so far. Openly quarterbacks have completed 60 of 104 opens.
In addition to having the defense on the field continually, All-America candidate Bucky Scripher has already pitted 39 times, an average of almost eight punts a game. Scripher, second in the nation, has averaged 46.9 yards per kick.
If the defense and Scribner don't start getting a rest, the Jayhawks' bowl chances will drain along with the energy of the defense.
Cross country teams stumble
Anne Johannessen, Oslo, Norway, freshman, captured 14th place in a field of over 100 runners to lead the KU women's cross country team to a finish Saturday at the Iowa Invitational.
Iowa won the 11-team meet with 29 points. KU bad 137.
**Women Team Placings:** 1. Iowa 29; 2. Drake 48; 3. Wisconsin-Lacrosse 74; 4. Central Iowa 84; 5. Kansas 137; 6. Northern Iowa 177; 7. Luther College 210; 8. Northwest Missouri 215; 9. Northeast Missouri 216; 10. Grinnell 314; 11. Larsas 335.
The men's team lost to nationally-ranked Southern Illinois, 33-25, in a dual meet Friday at College
Individual Pliacings: 14. Anne Johannessen. 19.
Gretchen Bajema. 26. Kelly Wood. 28. Annette
Craighead. 50. Heather Houchin. 57. Kelly Brown.
"Anne, as well as the others, is coming along real well," said KU Coach Theo Hamilton.
Paul Schultz, Omaha, Neb., senior, again paced the Jayhawks. He ran the m-five course
"This is the first year Anne has run cross country and it has taken her a while to get used to the terrain."
Men's Individual Placings 2. Paul Schultz,
3. Bill Lomax, 25:41; 4. John Dickinson, 25:56; 5. Bob Luder, 25:87.
Men's tennis team falls; women continue to win
The KU men's tennis team lost to Nebraska, 7-2. Friday in Lincoln.
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No. 2 singles player Rick Aubin won his match and No. 2 doubles Ed Bollon and Scott Alexander
"Aubin has been doing a good job for us and he played well against Bresser." Cochard Randy Miles
The women's team faired better last week. The women cruised past Emporia State, 9-4, Thursday and defeated Oklahoma City University, 8-2, Saturday in a three-time meet in Manhattan.
"Everyone played real well," Coach Kathy Merrion said. "We'll find our competition in two weeks at the Big Eight meet. We haven't really had any yet."
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