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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 17, 1964
NO GAIN—KU's Fred Hageman, (55), meets Oklahoma fullback Ron Hartline head-on during the first quarter of Saturday's game. Gib Wilson, (43), moves in to help stop the scoring attempt.
Mitchell Explains Field Goal Attempt
"I'm really sick. I'll live with that decision for a long time."
Jayhawk coach Jack Mitchell was a very worried man after the tie with Oklahoma Saturday. Sitting on a training table facing a host of inquisitive reporters, the likeable cigar-smoking coach searched for words as he explained his thinking and reasoning behind the field goal attempt which turned out to be the play costing KU its first win over the Sconers since 1946.
Among the statements which Mitchell had for the press in the post-game locker room session which dwelled on his apparently incorrect plan were:
"That decision meant the ball game. I made the decision. If the line of serum damage was inside the one, it was a poor decision.
"I'm not defending the decision;
it was obviously the wrong one."
"I'm totally responsible.
thing or
But what were Mitchell's reasons
for such an attempt?
Most important in analyzing the situation, it must be remembered KU had run out of time outs.
The distance of the kick was no different than an extra point. Although there was an angle, this would not have made much difference. KU's John Suder has stated previously, "Having to kick from an angle doesn't make very much difference."
There was also the element of time running out on the Hawkers before they could complete the play. There was, in Mitchell's mind, time for only one play and that play had to be the one which gave the Hawkers the best chance of scoring.
Mitchell felt that attempting a field goal would have been just like kicking an extra point. He had great confidence in his kicker. The Jayhawk boss said, "I thought John had missed the only one he was going to miss this season after our first touchdown. I felt he was automatic."
In a somewhat ashamed tone, Mitchell used the unsuccessful field goal try, and the main reason why it was missed to summarize KU's play.
Mitchell said, "Under pressure, during the critical period of the ball game, we just don't perform. We lack the poise of a really great team. I think the nervousness our team displayed on the attempt to win comes from me. There is an old saying: 'A nervous mother has nervous children.' I guess I'm just a nervous mother and the boys are going to have to get used to that, because I can't change. There was no reason to hurry."
One point Mitchell, stressed was he wasn't sure at the time, nor did he know after the game, where the ball was placed to start the kick. Mitchell mentioned he had talked to his players, the officials and fans including Chancellor W. Clarke Wesooe. None could give him the exact distance from the goal line. Estimates ranged from one foot to three yards. Even Benny Boydson, who was playing guard right next to the ball on KU's final play, couldn't say where the ball was. Although he was close, he wasn't sure if it was just a couple of feet from the end zone, or two or three yards.
The answer finally came from the referee Earl Jansen. He said after the game the ball had been placed on the one and one-half yard line.
In closing Mitchell added, "They did what they were told to do. We had made up our minds if we didn't score on Hadi's run we were going to kick. We wanted to run it, but the time wasn't in our favor. It's just too bad we couldn't have made it."
He then repeated one thing, "I'll live with that decision for a long time.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.— Isaac Goldberg.
By Bill Sheldon
Jack Mitchell's Jayhawkers found a tremendously potent offensive weapon Saturday but couldn't figure out how to beat the Oklahoma Sooners.
An almost unstoppable passing combination of John Hadi and Bert Coan highlighted the Hawks' disappointing 13-13 tie Saturday. It was this pair in particular, and the KU passing attack in general that was the most impressive phase of the fiercely played deadlock.
Coan snared five perfectly thrown Hadl aerials for 81 yards of the surprising 210 yard passing total for the Hawks. Each of the Hadl to Coan completions was an important gain for KU. The most important of these wasn't a forward toss, but a lateral that resulted in KU's second touch-down.
Oklahoma was able to penetrate Kansas territory only once with the exception of their scoring drives. One reason for this was the finely placed punts of Hadl. He booted the oval out of bounds once to the one foot line, once to the five, once to the 10 and had another punt bounce backward only to stop one yard into the endzone.
In addition to his fine pass receiving Coan was the ball carrying leader for KU. He was called upon 16 times and gained 65 yards. The lanky sophomore was the workhorse of the Kansas offense as Curtis McClinton was not available for full-time offensive duty.
Jayhawk Passing Impressive In Tie With Oklahoma
Proof of the inability of the Sooners to move consistently was that they compiled 131 of their total 239 yards on their touchdown drives.
As Had put it after the game, "We lost that one in the first half." It was an incomplete pass and an unsuccessful field goal try that stopped KU the first two times they had the ball. Every other time the Hawkers had possession they were forced to punt.
Mitchell agreed with his quarter-back's statement but added, "It was the first four minutes of the first and third quarters that hurt us the most."
Mitchell meant that Oklahoma came onto the field at the start of each half ready to play and they proved it by moving uncontested through the Jays' defense for their two touchdowns. These two drives were the only times that the Sooners were able to move, and as Mitchell said, "At halftime I didn't feel that they would hurt us. They had moved the ball well only once and that was the only time they had done it this year."
But the KU defense was "flat" at
the start of the second half and the visitors had little trouble plowing 76 yards in 13 plays for the touchdown.
KU looked especially lifeless on the two Oklahoma marches. But, Mitchell, viewing the overall play of his charges commented, "I can't understand how we could be flat for a game such as this one." Only late in the battle did the Hawkers show the "reckless aggressiveness" which has made them a successful team this season.
The main failure of the Hawkers on defense was the inability to stop the bull-like charges of Oklahoma fullback Ron Hartline. This bruising senior, and captain of the Sooner squad, carried 20 times gaining 110 yards. This was all but 57 yards of the Oklahoma rushing total.
The KU offense was hampered with McClinton able to run at only three-quarter speed. But the flashy junior surprised the capacity crowd with some of the most exceptional catches of the season. As Mitchell put it, "McClinton played a helluva game for a boy who couldn't run."
Catching three passes for 72 yards, recovering one, fumble, taking a pitch-out from Hadi and carrying to the Oklahoma 18 were among the accomplishments of McClinton. Despite his fine performance, all he could say following the game was, "I don't have much to say."
Although McClinton didn't enter the game until midway into the second period, he was one of the offensive standouts for the Jayhawkers.
Many dejected people left memorial Stadium, but the most disappointed was KU's John Suder. It was a bad day for "Stubby." He had his consecutive string of 22 successful extra point tries broken and missed two field goal attempts, one of which will probably never be forgotten in the minds of Kansas, or Oklahoma football fans. The senior
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from Cincinnati was the first to leave the dressing room according to one managed. He explained that Suder wasn't feeling too well.
How will the tie with Oklahoma affect the remainder of the Kansas schedule?
Assistant Coach Bobby Goad had the answer. He said, "I don't feel today's outcome will have much if any effect upon our play the remainder of the season."
Good, who is in charge of the KU offensive line felt his ends, which have been a KU weakness. "Held well throughout the game and caught the ball very nicely."
The former Oklahoma end had one last statement, "I think we have a better football team than Oklahoma and I think everyone in the stands left with the same feeling."
Feller Has Record
CLEVELAND — (UFI) — Bob Feller, former Cleveland hurler, holds the major league record for the most bases on balls issued during a lifetime—1,764.
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