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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, November 22, 1968
New storybook character
Jets to battle 'Bambi'
SAN DIEGO (UPI)—The New York Jets, who bowed to Oakland and "Heidi" last-time out, move South to take on San Diego and "Bambi" Sunday.
The Jets, still only a step away from their first Eastern Division championship, were beaten in a bizarre windup last Sunday when the Oakland Raiders scored two touchdowns within nine seconds in the final minute to win, 43-32.
Most of the nation's television viewers didn't see the fantastic finish, however, because the network switched to a children's movie, "Heidi."
New York will be on TV again Sunday, taking on the San Diego Chargers, and this time the storybook character who poses a problem—a much more real one, too—is "Bambi." That's the nickname given Lance Alworth, San Diego's deer-fast flanker who'll lead the chargers in their bid for revenge of an earlier loss to the jets.
The Chargers (8-2), battling to stay alive in
the Western Division title chase, are favored by 5½ points to sink the Jets (7-3).
In other AFL games Sunday, Oakland is heavily-favored at Cincinnati, the Patriots play host to Miami, and Buffalo travels to Denver. Kansas City and Houston are not scheduled.
New York's Jim Turner has tied a pro football record with his 28 field goals and seems a sure bet to break it with four games remaining. He booted three against San Diego when the two teams met earlier.
Don Maynard had 10 receptions for 228 yards against the Raiders and now has grabbed 39 tosses this season. Teammate George Sauer leads the league with 53 catches.
Joe Namath was 19-of-38 for 381 yards against the Raiders and finally threw a touchdown pass after being shutout for six games.
But the Chargers duo of Gary Garrison (36 grabs) and Alworth (48 receptions) are just as explosive and maybe even more so—if Johnny Sample of the Jets doesn't fully recover from his bout with the flu.
Coaches'outlook gloomy for lowly 'Skins, Eagles
CLEVELAND (UPI)—Joe Kuarich, the harassed head coach of the hapless Philadelphia Eagles, no longer is the only member of the exclusive club reserved for losing coaches-now that Otto Graham of the Washington Redskins has joined.
Graham's non-voluntary enrollment came about when a
Red Raiders' safety a danger with punts
LUBBOCK, Tex. (UPI)—Safety Larry Alford has the second smallest foot on the Texas Tech Red Raider football team, but when he starts making tracks, he's a real crowd pleaser.
Alford's specialty is punt returning. He has been among the top three punt returners all season, and he's in the process of winning his second straight Southwest Conference punt return championship, making him a candidate for national honors.
Alford also covers the long scoring pass and has done so well this year, that only four have been completed this year when he was in the game.
Alford captured the SWC punt return title last season as a sophomore with 320 yards on 32 returns.
With only tomorrow's crucial SWC bout with Arkansas remaining on this year's slate, the 5-10, 180-pounder has returned 35 punts for 416 yards and an 11.9 average per return.
"It's been our goal all along to have the best defensive team in the conference," says Alford. "We believed that we could all along, and now we're doing it."
The Raider pass defenders, of which Alford is a prominent member, have allowed 182 yards per game. Although Tech has faced four of the nation's top 10 passers this season, it has allowed only 127 of 271 passes to be completed while intercepting 17.
"I'm real proud of the way our defense has come through this season," said Alford. "The big difference this year has been the play of our line. I can remember getting 14 to 15 tackles in a game last year, but this season I'm lucky if I get four or
five. They don't leave us much work."
Saturday the Tech defense faces another tough job in Arkansas and top-notch quarterback Bill Montgomery.
Alford says his job as a "free safety" is to help out the rovers and halfbacks, and catch the free man nobody else covers. "It is just a big job of helping out," he says.
"All our whole defense wants to do is to get the ball back in good field position for the offense," Alford says. "If I look up and see the opposition coming down on me real fast, I like it because there is a good chance they will run past me."
Alford said from there he just played it by ear—"Know where to run, when to run, and what your blockers are going to do for you."
On interceptions, Alford says:
"When you catch it, you've really got to have an instinct about which way to go because there is a lot of traffic. You can't completely decide while the ball is in the air."
"Sometimes you decide wrong, and you end up walking off the field in two parts."
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Washington newspaper suggested editorially that the Redskin coach wasn't doing the job and "Otto Must Go" slogans, similar to the "Joe Must Go" signs in Philadelphia, went on display in the nation's capital.
Things are expected to get worse for the two coaches Sunday when the winless Eagles meet the stampeding Cleveland Browns at Cleveland and the Green Bay Packers invade Washington.
Green Bay, fighting for survival in the Central Division race, is a 12-point choice in its first meeting with the Redskins since 1959.
The big game on the NFL slate takes place at Baltimore where the Coastal Division leading Colts host Central front-runner Minnesota in a battle between the league's two defensive giants.
Cleveland, possessor of a 5-game winning streak, longest in the NFL this season, is an $18\%$ point favorite to hand Philadelphia its 11th straight loss.
In a key game on the West Coast the New York Giants (7-3) face the Los Angeles Rams (8-1-1) with the Rams favored by 11.
In other games Capital Division leader Dallas (8-2) is favored over ailing Chicago, Detroit is a 12-point pick over New Orleans, and the San Francisco 49-ers are favored by $ \frac{5}{2} $ points over the improved Pittsburgh Steelers.
OU's Owens real powerful
COLUMBIA, Mo.—Pile-driving Steve Owens of Oklahoma left a vivid impression on Missouri's fandom after buckling Tiger defenses with a 177-yard rushing effort last Saturday.
Volunteered one head-shaking believer, "that guy was running so well against us that if he ran
smack into any one of our Columns, he'd make three yards."
The Columns, landmarks on the red campus at Mizzou, are 43-ft. high Ionic stone remnants of the University's first administration building that burned in 1893.
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