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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 15, 1968
Douglass back of week; KU 4th in polls
Big Eight Back of the Week Bobby Douglass cuts around the right side of the Nebraska line on sweep in last Saturday's 23-13 victory over the Cornhuskers in Lincoln. (Photo by John Burke)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) Statistics don't always tell the story.
They certainly didn't Saturday for Kansas' Bobby Douglass, this week's Big Eight Back of the Week.
It was a sun-pal day statistically for the rangy southpaw, but when the fourth-ranked Jayhawks needed points the most it was Douglass who got them in a clutch come-from-behind 23-13 win at Nebraska.
Douglass, a raw-boned, 6-4,
220-pound senior whose dropback passes and powerful running make him a top pro prospect, hit only eight of 20 throws for 78 yards and netted a mere
15 yards rushing on 16 carries.
But what Douglass did to Nebraska's vaunted defense in the final 10 minutes is what the Cornhuskers remember most.
Trailing 13-9 with slightly less than 10 minutes remaining, Douglass engineered a 74-yard, time-consuming 14-play drive for the winning touchdown with 4:09 to spare.
He ran five yards for one first down, passed 11 and eight yards for two others, smashed three yards off tackle on a third-and-one from the Husker 11 for a fourth and bulled his way over from the one for the touchdown.
When Nebraska game up the ball on its own 26 after failing to get a first down in the waning minutes, Douglass gained all but two of the yards running in a six-play march for the icing TD—sprinting the final 10 yards around left end with only 71 seconds remaining.
"I can't think of a better pick for the Back of the Week," said Kansas coach Pepper Rodgers.
"Bobby did a great job in that last drive. But he's played good football for us since we've been here."
Douglass now needs only 92
yards passing to become the Big Eight's 12th player in history to pass for 2,000 yards in a career. He also has six games remaining to erase the all-time KU record of 2,368 yards passing, held by Ray Evans who played for four years.
Douglass was a unanimous choice in balloting by a panel of newsmen. He won the honor twice last year as a junior, being named following the Jayhawks' 26-15 win over Oklahoma State and a 17-6 victory over Missouri.
Among the other nominees were defensive backs Butch Davis of Missouri, Colorado's Steve Tracy and Oklahoma State's John Gates.
Davis made a touchdown-saving tackle on Colorado's Ward Walsh that ended a 51-yard run at the Tiger 2 and intercepted
two passes to preserve Missouri's 27-14 win over the Buffs; Tracy was in on 13 tackles, and Gates had three pass interceptions and four tackles in OSU's 21-17 upset over 10th-ranked Houston.
Others nominated by the coaches were Oklahoma quarterback Bobby Warmack, Nebraska halfback Joe Orduna, who gained 98 yards rushing and scored both Husker TDs; Iowa State's Jeff Allen, who scored twice in the Cyclones' 23-14 upset at K-State; and tailback Mack Herron of K-State, who caught eight passes-one for aTD—for 81 yards.
USC Record Breakers
LOS ANGELES (UPI)-Since 1912, 59 University of Southern California track and field performers have equalled or bettered world records.
Looking back to 1967
It was the warmest day of the year, Thursday, March 23, 1967, when Pepper Rodgers came to the Kansas Union to talk football.
Seating and coffee were available for more than 100 but only 10 students were there. It had been a disappointing year for KU football fans and it seemed too good to be true that a new coach could make much difference right away.
made a few comments. He said he was looking for "agile, hostile and mobile" players all over the nation.
Then he answered questions.
How many games would the Jayhawks win during Rodgers' first year at KU?
More than the experts predict, Rodgers answered, but less than he, alumni and students might desire.
Then, in answer to another question, Rodgers startled the students.
"Kansas cannot presently recruit on the basis of winning the Rose Bowl or Cotton Bowl," he said.
The newly appointed coach
"But maybe next year we can . . . or the year after."
Everyone laughed. Except Pepper.
Football teams will retire to their dressing rooms if oranges are thrown onto the playing field and will not return to resume the game until the orange-throwing has stopped, Jay Simon, the KU sports information director, said yesterday.
Orange-throwing will hold up game
The Big Eight established this policy after the Oklahoma fans hurled oranges onto the field during the game between the Sooners and the Jayhawks.
Simon also said that tickets for the remaining KU football games are still available.
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Nation G S B T
Russia 1 1 3 5
United States 2 1 1 4
Hungary 1 1 0 2
Romania 1 1 0 2
Japan 1 0 1 2
Kenya 1 0 0 1
Iran 1 0 0 1
Great Britain 0 1 0 1
Jamaica 0 1 0 1
Mexico 0 1 0 1
Ethiopia 0 1 0 1
Austria 0 0 1 1
Tunisia 0 0 1 1
Poland 0 0 1 1
First NCAA Champs
EUGENE, Ore. (UPI)—The University of Oregon team won the first NCAA basketball championship by beating Ohio State 46-33 at Evanston, Ill. in 1939.
NEW YORK (UPI)—Southern California's defending national champions, taking advantage of Ohio State's stunning upset of top-ranked Purdue, Monday bounced back into top ranking when the 35-member United Press International Board of Coaches named the Trojans the No.1 college team in the nation.
The Trojans, unbeaten in four starts, received 21 first place votes and 329 points to easily outdistance Ohio State (eight No. 1 ballots and 296 points) for the top spot.
Penn State and Kansas held their No. 3 and 4 rankings while Purdue, No. 1 the last two weeks after unending Notre Dame, dropped to fifth, one slot ahead of the Fighting Irish.
Three Southeastern Conference powers-Florida, Tennessee and Georgia took the next three places with Arkansas, breaking into the elite for the first time, taking the No. 10 spot.
The United Press International top 20 major college football teams with first place votes and won-lost-tied record in parentheses. Fourth week.
Syracuse moved up to 13th, followed by Nebraska, which was dropped from the top 10 by Kansas.
**Team** Points
South State (21) (4-0) 206
State State (8) (3-0) 29
Penn State (3) (4-0) 270
Kansas (3) (4-0) 249
Notre Dame (3-1) 144
Florida (4-0) 125
Tennessee (3-0-1) 116
Arkansas (4-0) 62
Arkansas (4-0) 62
Second 10-11, Miami (Fla)
25; 12, Stanford 10; 13, Syracuse
14; 14, Nebraska 10; 15,
exas 14; 15, Texas 16;
issouri 7; 18, Michigan 19,
California 5; 20, tie, Michigan,
State and Minnesota 2.
Others receiving votes—Arizona State, Mississippi, Southern Methodist
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