Monday, November 25, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Jayhawks season best in 60 years
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On the Missouri side of the field, a coed in a mini-skirt was picked up in the bottom row of seats and escalated to the top of the stands by a sea of flat, outstretched hands. A few rows away, a man waved a large stuffed alligator at the team. The cheers turned to boas as the Kansas Jayhawks trotted onto the field.
The "bad guys" had arrived.
Both bands blasted their fight songs across the field; feet stomped the concrete floors in the stands; cheerleaders, bouncing and somersaulting, waved bouquets of their school colors at the crowd; the crowd sitting on the big 'M' squirmed more than ever, now as they jockeyed for flatter more comfortable rocks.
Too few tickets
Large, disappointed crowds huddled outside the stadium by ticket booths and entrance gates. Two young, attractive girls stood by the press entrance. They saw a writer they knew and called to him.
Can you get us in?" one asked.
On the other side of the high gate he looked at them and shrugged his shoulders.
"No chance," he said.
Another writer looked at the two girls and whistled.
"Man, out in Colorado we don't leave girls like that standing alone," he said.
"Give 'em your press pass," said the first writer.
The man from Colorado grinned and got on the elevator which would whisk him to the press area.
Out in the parking lots, scalpers were still doing business.
On the field the teams lined up for the kickoff and when the ball was in the air the crowd exhaled its emotion in a thunderous salvo.
Before the game, uncertainty sprinkled with some optimism and hope seemed to be the general mood for both KU and MU fans. But as the first quarter
wore on and KU found itself with a 14-0 lead, Tiger fans began to mumble in disbelief.
The first blow to Missouri's hopes of finishing 8-2 with a share of the Big Eight title came when alert Dave Morgan, Jayhawk safetyman swiped a Terry McMillan pass and sped 35 yards for a score. Jayhawk fans bellowed their approval and Missouri fans buzzed.
With 3.25 gone, Bill Bell booted the extra point.
The Jayhawks were not finished, however. On their next possession, Douglass threw a 33-yard bomb to split-end George McGowan for another score. After Bell's extra point, the score was KU-14, MU-0 with 6:55 remaining in the quarter.
In the press box, pro-Missouri sports writers wiggled uncomfortably in their seats. Those from Kansas strained to "allay" their emotions.
Missouri, stymied by the Jayhawk defense, finally drove for a score with two minutes to go in the half. Quarterback McMillan pitched out to setback John Staggers who rumbled into the endzone for six. KU's Bill Hunt blocked the extra point try and KU led at halftime 14-6.
The third quarter was a draw. Both KU's and MU's defensive teams turned in glowing performances.
In the fourth quarter, the Tiger scoring machine began to hit on all eleven cylinders.
KU had gone ahead 21-6 on a one yard run by Douglass after Dave Morgan had recovered a Missouri fumble in Tiger territory. The game looked like it might be a Jayhawk rout.
Then the Tigers began to move. They took the KU kickoff and scored in eight plays when Staggers took a McMillan pitchout and scooted 2 yards into the endzone. Now it was KU—21, MU—12 and the Tigers went for two extra points in hopes of closing the gap to seven points. Their attempt
failed. The crowd was tense. It would take a touchdown plus the extra point and either a field goal or another touchdown for the Tigers to win.
After an exchange of punts, McMillan took his Tigers from the KU 48 to the KU end zone in three plays. He tossed to Greg Cook for the score. After the extra point the score was KU-21, MU-19 with 2:05 remaining in the game.
Strains of "Hold That Tiger" could be heard throughout portions of the stadium. Now it was a matter of the Jayhawks hanging onto the ball until the clock ran out. On two plays after Missouri's kickoff the Jayhawks could only manage to gain one yard. With third and nine, coach Pepper Rodgers came through with his usual heart stopping play. Douglass rolled out to his left and threw 19 yards to tight end John Mosier for the first down. The clock ran out two plays later.
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For the first time since 1908, the Jayhawks had put together nine wins. Quarterback Bobby Douglass eclipsed the KU total offense record held since 1948 by Ray Evans, a former KU all-American. Douglass gained a total of 188 yards running and passing to raise his career total to 3,832 yards-98 yards better than Evans' record.
In the jubilant Jayhawk dressing room defensive end Vernon Vanoy, 6-8 and 260 pounds, zeroed in on Chancellor W. Clarke Wescow and threw him for loss—into
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the shower room. At last word, the chancellor was still looking for a pair of dry pants to wear home.
Pepper Rodgers accommodated the KU pep band by leading them in the fight song. It was probably the first time in history a football coach directed a band in his undershorts.
KU's John Zook, named as all- American Sunday night, might have summed up the general team attitude in the locker room after the game.
"We can't be disappointed with this win." Zook said. "They've got to be the toughest team we've played. They're probably the hardest hitting team we we've played all year. Missouri is a physical team—Oklahoma is a finesse team."
So now it's on to the Gator Bowl and a game with Alabama for Mizzou, while the Hawks look forward to the Orange Bowl and powerful Penn State which clobbered Pittsburgh 65-9 Saturday.
MU dressing room dim
In the Tiger dressing room silence was the rule, depression the mood.
Somehow, after the game KU played against the Tigers, another game would seem like a let down. But KU fans can contemplate this as they feast on oranges Jan. 1.
Tiger quarterback Terry McMillan couldn't speak for 45
minutes after the game and team captain Carl Garber, a defensive guard, spoke for his team.
"Ive never been associated with a team that played this well and lost," he said. "We played too well to lose."
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