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University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 30, 1989
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Last minute scares victorious 'Hawks
Sands rushes for a career-high 217 yards
By Gene King
Kansan sportswriter
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Halloween is not until tomorrow, but some Kansas players got a scare Saturday during a 21-16 victory against Kansas State.
"I was definitely scared," Kansas quarterback Kelly Dohoeh said. "It was like, oh, no, this can't be happening."
Because of a holding penalty K-State was forced back 10 yards, bringing on a first and 20 from the 37.
The Kansas defense that had just given up a touchdown to the Wildcats on their last possession allowed K-State to go from the Wildcat 38 to the Kansas 27 in six plays.
But, but perhaps an even bigger loss on that play was losing quarterback Straw, after defensive tackle David Gordon knocked him out of the game.
Sophomore Paul Watson replaced Straw on the first down and 20. On his first play, Watson ran for five yards. After an incomplete pass, he ran for 12 more yards, taking it to the 20.
Then, on the fourth down, Watson dropped back and started to run up the middle but was stopped for a three-yard loss by linebacker Roger
What was happening was a K-State fourth down and three situation at the Kansas 20-yard line. The Jayhawks were leading 21-16 with a little more than a minute left of winning to their first road game since 1985 when they beat Hawaii 33-27.
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"The fourth-down play was the same call as the previous play, a quarterback draw." K-State coach Bill Snyder said.
The hit on Straw put a young quarterback into a difficult situation,
"That probably won the ball game for us," he said. "But our defense really came together on those last few plays."
"I knew that it was going to be a dog fight," Robben said. "I knew that at some time during the game, we were going to have to reach down and see if we really had what it would take."
But, without the career-best performance by tailback Tony Sands, Kansas would not have been in any position to gain a victory.
Sands rushed for 217 yards in his best day as a Jayhawk. In fact, it was the fifth-best rushing day by any Jayhawk.
"I was determined not to go down. I knew that every vard counted."
"The offensive line said, 'Tony, you run the ball, and success will come,'" Sands said. "I listened to them, the holes were there, and IRIED."
Sands had another career best against the Wildcats. In the first quarter, Sands carried the ball 59 yards for a touchdown. But, in the fourth quarter, he bettered that run by 3 yards. Sands took a Donohoe
See WILDCATS, p. 16
Safety Deral Boykin and linebacker Dan Newbrough upend K-State quarterback Carl Straw in the second half of the Jayhawks' victory.
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Tailback rushes past 'Cats in 21-16 victory
By Paula Parrish
Kansan sportswriter
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas quarterback Kelly Donohoe, who could complete only three passes for 39 yards in Saturday's 21-16 victory against Kansas State, was glad to see the back of tailback Tony Sands.
"I loved to see his back," Dohonoe said. "I'm very fortunate that our running game was going the way it is. That's what won the ball game for us."
Sands accounted for 217 of Kansas' 811 offensive yards and scored two touchdowns against its long-time nemesis, K-State.
"It's one of the biggest games of mv college career." Sands said.
Quintin Smith.
Sands made his presence, known five plays into the game as he took the ball in for a career-high 59-yard touchdown run, assisted in part by a solid block made by wide receiver
"They always told me in practice to set up the block for him, and that's what I did," Sands said. "Once I saw that Quintin had the advantage to take him out, then I cut in and went for the touchdown."
Sands topped his new personal record during the fourth quarter. With Kansas ahead 14-10, Sands took the ball up the middle for a run of 62 vards and a touchdown.
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"Chip blew a hole open," he said, referring to Chip Budde, center. "He opened a hole up so big that I had to take advantage of it."
The team's performance was uppermost in Sands' thoughts, despite the significance of his runs.
"They're not even in my mind because I'm so happy about winning this game," Sands said.
Kansas coach Glen Mason had
Kansas coach Glen Mason, above, shakes the hand of K-State coach Bill Snyder after the Jahayhawke win in Manhattan, Kansas tailback Tony Sands, right, rushed for two touchdowns and a career-high 217 yards in the game.
See TAILBACK, p. 16
Swimming coach Gary Kempf gives his team a pep talk at the base of the diving board.
Coach stresses need for improvement
Swimmers emerge Big Eight winners
By Andrøs Cavelier Kansan sportswriter
Towards the end of the meet, sitting on a chair away from the crowd in a corner of Robinson Natatorium, swimming coach Gary Kempf occasionally smiled at the winning Jayhawks at last weekend's Bie Eight Invitational.
But the meet left mixed feelings about the team's performance for Kempf and the swimmers, even as the Kansas men and women's teams swept the meet. The men's team won with a total of 789.5 points, followed by Iowa State's 413.5 and Missouri's 383.
On the women's side, the 'Hawks won with 735 points, followed by Iowa State's 570 and Missouri's 283.
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"We weren't mainly as ready as we should have been," he said. "We need to grow. We really showed some growing pains."
Kempf said that the team took a step forward, but that neither the men's nor women's squads were sharp enough.
After the first day of races Friday, Kempf told the group of young swimmers they needed to concentrate more, be ready to swim fast and cheer more during races.
Freshman Shawn Stevens, winner of the 200- and 400-year individual medleys, said that at the beginning they weren't concentrating and weren't yelling for the people to do well.
"Towards the end of the second day, everybody was doing it," he said.
Kelly Redden, who won the 400-yard individual medley and the 500-yard freestyle, said that as a team he pulled to pull together more as a group.
Junior John Easton, who won the 100- and 200-yard freestyles, said the meet was good for him, but that the team still had to work on concentration.
Stevens also said the starts in
"He doesn't coach individuals but a team," Redden said of Kempn.
Kempf said the Kansas swimmers also need to work more on little things, such as stroke techniques, finishes and turns.
the legs of the relays were slow and that, in general, everybody needed to concentrate throughout the race.
Stevens agreed, saying they needed to improve on those things and on breathing better at the wall before a turn.
Junior Jeff Stout said that he had problems starting on time at the relays.
Kansas might have beat Iowa State and Missouri by a big margin, but he wasn't quite pleased, Kemp said. Yet, he said some of the swimmers had a good meet.
Junior Lauri Hill won the 100-
Stout, who won the 200-yard backstroke and finished second in three other events, said that it took him two minutes before they started cheering.
Although Kempf said he knew that Kansas needed to grow up as a team, at least the team made projections and did not move backwards.
See BIG EIGHT, p.14
Harriers finish 5th in contest
Anderson finished 14th and Kansas' men, ranked 21 nationally going into last weekend, finished fifth overall at the Big Eight Conference Cross Country Championships in Ames, Iowa. Coach Gary Schwartz had expected the men to place anywhere from second to sixth.
"I can be disappointed but not discouraged," Schwartz said. "I think you are always a little disappointed when you know you could have done better. We won't be satisfied until we finish much higher."
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Kansas cross country runner Donnie Anderson was pleased with his individual finish Saturday but some what disappointed with the men's cross country team's finish as a whole.
"I'm a little disappointed from a team standpoint," Anderson said. "We just didn't click."
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Anderson, a junior from Bartlesville, Okla., came in first for Kansas with a time of 26:13 on the 8-kilometer course.
"It was by far my best race of the year," Anderson said. "It was a nice surprise for me."
Anderson was paced on the course by Iowa State runner John Nuttall, who came in first overall with a time of 25:04. Iowa State, ranked No.1 last week by national cross country coaches, took first place as a team with runners placing first; third, fourth, fifth and ninth.
"It was a good, challenging course," said Anderson. "I think all of the guys wanted to finish higher
See RUNNERS, p. 14