Sports
University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 2, 1989
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Oklahoma offense too much for KU
Bright spots dwarfed in 45-6 defeat
By Gene King
Kansan sportswriter
Kansan sportswrite
Mistakes tended to overshadow any bright spots of the Kansas offense Saturday as Oklahoma capitalized on the Jayhawks' errors en route to a Sooner victory, its third of the season.
Kansas' Chad Fette struggles to escape Oklahoma's Greg DeQuasie.
"I said all along that we'd have to play error-free football to win," Mason said. "We obviously made too many mistakes."
Oklahoma defeated Kansas 45-6 in front of 44,500 fans, the largest crowd to watch a game in Memorial Stadium since the Nebraska game in 1986.
"I knew that they were a good, strong football team," Mason said. "We'd have to play great, and they'd have to play poorly."
The team that did commit the crucial mistakes, though, was Kan-
On the Jayhawks' second possession, quarterback Kelly Donohoe dropped back to pass on a third and eight at the 10-yard line. He was hit and then fumbled. The Sooners recovered on the 5.
An interception thrown by Oklahoma quarterback Tink Collins, playing for the injured Steve Collins, was stopped in the second half of the season scored on the Sooners.
Two plays later, Oklahoma running back Mike Gaddis scored on a 2-yard plunge over the top for the first touchdown of the game.
Oklahoma didn't play an error-free game, but mistakes were fewer and less frequent.
With 1:17 remaining in the first half, strong safety Deral Boykin intercepted Collins' pass at the Kansas 34
take.
The Jayhawks then did what Mason wanted them to do the whole game — capitalize on a Sooner mis-
Utilizing the two-minute offense,
Donohoe took Kansas to the end zone in nine plays. The score came on a 12-yard pass from Donohoe to tight end John Baker with 18 seconds left.
"Kelly just laid it in there for me," Baker said. "There were two guys on my back. Kelly couldn't have thrown it any better."
"It doesn't mean a lot. I shot myself in the foot a couple of times," Donohoe said, talking about the early fumble and a drive-ending interception later in the game.
Mental mistakes also played a factor in the outcome.
Donohoe's drive-ending interception came in the fourth quarter.
Kansas came close to another touchdown, but a holding penalty in the first quarter negated an eight-run game by tailback Frank Hattchett to the 1.
After driving down to the 15, Donna scrambled out of bounds, losing 9 *BAMM*
On the same possession, place-kicker Brad Fleeman had an opportunity to put Kansas on the board with a 32-yard field goal. The snap was low and Fleeman's kick knuckled as it passed under the goal post.
That field goal was the first miss of the year for Fleeman, who also missed the extra-point attempt after Baker's touchdown reception.
"I was worried about the holder getting the ball down, instead of worrying about my job," Fleman said. "It affected my steps."
Then on a third and 15 from the 24,
Donohoe threw to wide receiver
Kenny Drayton, and the pass was
picked off by cornerback Kevin Thompson at the end, driving the game.
Donoho finished 11 for 24 with two interceptions. He threw for 142 yards and scored a touchdown. The Hilleyman Chip Hillery, Hillary entered the game with 8:21 remaining.
He threw for 18 yards, completing a yard pass night to Chad Fetts.
averaged more than 330 yards gained 133 on the ground combined with 160 passing yards.
"I thought Kansas did a good job of mixing up their play selections," Oklahoma coach Gary Gibbs said. Oklahoma on the short passes to the tight end."
Oklahoma's offense rushed for 410 yards while completing six passes for a total of 139 yards.
The Kansas offense, which has
Gaddis led all rushers with 172 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries.
Punter B.J. Lohsen, who was needed six times during the afternoon, punted for a total of 317 yards. Lohsen averaged 52.8 yards a kick, with a long of 66 yards.
"He did a great job for us," Mason said. "I was a little concerned about their return game, and I started to
get nervous when he got off those long punts. I was afraid he might out-kick our coverage."
But perhaps the brightest moment for Kansas came during halftime.
Kansas retired the jersey of two-time All-American Gale Sayers. The No. 48 he wore during his career with the Jayhawks from 1962 to 1964 was retired, joining John Hadl's No. 21 and Ray Evans' No. 42.
Tellback Ike Lewis fumbles the ball after being hit by outside linebacker Dan Newbrough.
KU Lacrosse defeats Michelob
By Andres Caveller
in its first home game of the fall season, the Kansas Lacrosse Club on Saturday beat Michelob, a club at St. Louis, the beer company of St. Louis, 7-8.
Coach Bill Poindexter said the Jayhawks ensured the victory in the fourth quarter by scoring four goals.
Kansan sportswriter
"We started out fast, and toward the middle of the game we got tired because it was so hot," he said. "But we had a good talk at the end of the third quarter, I told him to keep breath, and then it was easy."
Club president Mike Beaty said,
"At the end we got more patient,
and it all worked fine."
Beaty, who scored four goals, two of which were in the fourth
John Sheehan, who scored a goal in the fourth quarter, agreed that Kansas had a slow beginning and that Oklahoma played a good game against them.
Dan Grossman, who scored one goal and had one assist, said that in the first half no one was catching the ball.
quarter, said the team needed to work on ground balls and on coordination between the midfield and the attack.
"During practices everything seems fine, but we get nervous at the games." he said.
Scott Reinecke, who also had one goal and one assist, said that the team was playing better together but that the defense needed work.
but that the definite needed work.
"With the new players, it is different." he said.
He said that goalie Mark Raskin had an exceptional second half.
Of the new players, midfielder Dave Gamble had an excellent
game. Grossman said.
Beaty said that Michelob was better than it appeared to be Saturday but that it didn't have enough players and had to borrow six from Kansas to fill up its lines.
Yesterday, Washington University of St. Louis forfeited to Kansas in a game that was scheduled for 11 a.m. It was the fourth fall season game that Washington had forfeited.
Kansas, 2-1, lost last weekend to Missouri.
Grossman said Kansas was preparing for the Third Annual Fall Lacrosse Tournament on Oct. 21. Lawrence and said it would be the first time he and the fall and the most important weekend for the team.
Sooners overwhelm Jayhawks with successful passing offense
By Paula Parrish
Korean sportwriter
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas defense, Oklahoma offense — those two factors combined disasterly for the Jayhawks on Saturday, pushing the Sooners to a 45-6 victory.
Offensively squashed, Kansas' defense was left the task of stopping a young but effective Sooner offense that included a passing game, something Oklahoma had been calling for all yearlong only four times until they came to Memorial Stadium.
Oklahoma again had little trouble rolling up the numbers against Kansas.
The Sooners left Saturday's contest with 539 in total offensive vardage, compared with 270 for Kansas.
In Oklahoma's 33-7 victory against Baylor two weeks
before the Scots gained a total of 338 yards, compared
with 210 yards in the game.
In Kansas 46-3 loss to Baylor last week, Kansas had 129 in offensive yardage, compared with Baylor's 467.
Oklahoma came into Saturday's contest with a well-developed running game but little in the way of passing
In their previous three games, the Sooners completed a total of four passes for 37 yards. Against Kansas, Oklahoma passed six times for a total of 139 yards.
"I didn't really expect them to pass as much as they did," strong safety Deral Boykin said. "We worked pretty much on the run this week. But I think we played it overall very well."
Coach Glen Mason wasn't surprised.
"I've been saying all week I thought they'd come out passing, and that's exactly what they did." Mason said.
With 9:56 left to play in the second quarter, Kansas put an end to the Sooners' third touchdown drive, stopping them at the 19 and forcing them to try for a field goal, which put the score at 17-0.
Kansas' defense broke through the Oklahoma offense again later in the same quarter, led by strong safety Boykin, who played the entire game with an injured
3 ankle.
"There was no way I was going to miss this game, regardless if I had to fake it to the coach or whatever," Bowkin said.
Boykin left the game halfway through the second quarter when he reinjured the ankle but returned minutes later to make a key play for Kansas.
With 2:06 left in the half, Boykin intercepted a pass from Oklahoma quarterback Tink Collins, which Kansas took for its only touchdown nine plays later. Baylor is the only other team this season that has been able to score a touchdown against the Sooners.
"How do you measure attitude?" Mason said. "He was determined to play against the University of Oklahoma."
At the half, Kansas had given up 224 yards and two touchdowns, compared to 172 yards for Oklahoma. The score stood at 17-6.
"I thought we were going to get the victory because we played so well in the first half." Bovkin said.
But the second half again proved to be Kansas' nemesis.
Kansas' defense took the field 28 out of 36 plays during the third quarter and Oklahoma took its 12 in the fourth. The Nets went two widebacks.
"I guess we started getting exhausted." Boykin said.
"It was kind of hot today and we were on the field quite a bit. We just tried to maintain ourselves and do the best we could."
"We couldn't make a big play, we couldn't stop them," said linebacker Wes Swinford. "You just try to stop them and you don't worry about it after a while."
The fourth quarter went no better as Memorial scored two more toughdowns and left Memorial Stadium with a
59-43 victory.
"I thought we played well in the first half, well enough to win the game," Boykin said.
Boykin also said he thought attitude was a problem.
"You have to believe you can win," he said. "We don't have that confidence that we should win. We expect bad news."
Sports briefs
RYAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT! There
was a celebration day was
Nolan Ryan's last game.
Ryan, who earlier this year became the oldest winning pitcher in an All-Star Game, has called a news coverage today in Arlington, Texas.
On Saturday, Ryan, 42, became the
oldest to strike out 300 batters in a season. And the Texas Rangers' right-hander came within five outs of his first perfect game, finally settling for 13 strikeouts and a three-hit, 2-0 victory over the California Angels. The performance was his 57th shutout, his 289th victory and his 199th game with 10 or more strikeouts.
After the game, he implied that his decision was imminent, saying, "I'm going to be in a very bad position."
BUSCH'S SERVICE: A public memorial Mass will be celebrated at 4 p.m. tomorrow for August A. Busch Jr., president and chief executive officer of the St. Louis Cardinals, his family said.
Kansas nails doubleheader victory
By a Kansan reporter
Mark Moore hit a home run and drove in six runs as Kansas rolled past Bacon College, 16-1, in the second game of a doubleheader yesterday at Hogwain-Maupin Stadium.
Moore's three-run homer in the third inning gave Kansas a 5-0 lead that was more than enough for starting pitcher Curtis Shaw.
Shaw gave up one run and one hit
through five innings against Bacone College, Muskogee, Okla., to gain the victory in the second game. Craig Stoppel pitched two hitless innings in relief.
Jeff Berrlinger drove in four runs with two singles and a double.
Kansas pounded out 13 hits in the second game, including Jim Hanna's bases-loaded double in the fourth inning that drove in three runs and Moore's three-run triple in the fifth that made it 13-1.
In the first game, Kansas scored early and often.
Kansas scored four runs in each of the first two innings to put the game out of reach.
Denard Stewart led the Jayhawks with three runs batted in. Jeff Neimeier and Jeff Spencer each drove in two runs.
Steve Renko got the victory for Kansas by giving up just one hit and two runs through five innings.