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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 20, 1958
University Daily Kansan SPORTS Officiating Brings Storm of Protests
By Bob Macy
The official score at the end of the Oklahoma-Kansas game Saturday was 43-0. The score in the minds of many students and fans who watched the game was a little different.
The reason for the question mark was the questionable officiating. The crowd was simply unable to see the game the way the officials saw it.
Coach Jack Mitchell, obviously displeased with the calls, said after the game that he didn't think the officials were "favorable" to Oklahoma.
But after watching tilms of the game Sunday, he said, "The facts are there." He hinted that action would be taken to "bring this to the front."
KU's Athletic Director, A. C. (Dutch) Lonborg, said last night he was going to request Big Eight President Reeves Peters to view the films of the game.
Any action taken will not change the score of the game. It will always remain 43-0 in the record books.
Coach Mitchell said Sunday, after viewing films of the game for several hours, that there were at least five major mistakes during the game. Three of these mistakes handed Oklahoma two touchdowns—good for 15 points.
Probably the biggest mix-up of the afternoon came near the end of the game when OU's Pellows broke away and was running for a touchdown.
The game movies showed he was run out of bounds at the 10 by Roger Boeger and Dave Harris. He came back onto the field just inside the red flag.
No official signal was given. When OU lined up in kicking formation on the three, many fans, and Coach Mitchell, thought the Sooners were going to take it easy on KU by trying a field goal.
It wasn't until the score showed a touchdown that they knew what had been done. In spite of the fact that the Sooner had taken 9 yards of his run off
the playing field, Oklahoma was given credit for another touchdown.
At this point, many of the 30,000 spectators in Memorial Stadium rose to their feet and started a chorus of thunderous boos. The length of the field was packed solidly with students who had developed an interest in the officiating.
As soon as the final gun sounded, the students and fans swarmed onto the field. The Pinkerton guards, who line the field after games, were unable to keep the crowd off the playing area.
The second touchdown came after two official rulings. In the official game films it was obvious that something was wrong.
Oklahoma started one of its plays with a wide option play around left end. The Oklahoma player was hit from behind and upended just after crossing the line of scrimmage.
As he was hit, the ball squirted from his hands and bounced forward. A KU player fell on the fumble. Then, an official called the play an illegal forward pass and penalized OU.
This gave the Sooners possession of the ball. In doing this, Kansas' right to accept the penalty or refuse and take possession of the ball was disregarded.
It was on this series that OU marched to the Kansas sevenyard line before their drive ground to a halt. On a fourth and goal-to-go situation, OU's Bobby Boyd hit a teammate in the end zone with a scoring pass.
Boyd appeared to be a yard beyond the line of scrimmage when he threw the pass. This also showed up on the game films. Officials ruled it a complete pass and a touchdown.
There was one dissenting opinion on the touchdown. That came from the official nearest the play who signaled that Boyd had been run out of bounds.
Glo-Bal Adopted for Kansas Tourney
If the play had been called differently, the score might have been 6-0 instead of 14-0 at halftime.
Points were mighty scarce for Kansas, Kansas State, Iowa State and Nebraska Saturday. All four of those Big Eight teams lost games—three of them were shut out.
While Oklahoma was surging over Kansas 43-0, Missouri rushed past slightly-favored Kansas State 32-8. In other games, Colorado performed as expected against Iowa State and won 20-0; Nebraska suffered a 38-0 defeat by Syracuse; Oklahoma State scored early to down Houston 7-0.
Missouri rode to victory on the efforts of junior quarterback Phil Snowden. He completed 10 of 13 passes for 153 yards.
The Tigers played without the services of ace halfback Hank Kuhlman, who stayed home with an injury. But halfback Mel West took up the slack and continually troubled Kansas State defenders. He ran 170 of Missouri's 231 ground yards.
Snowden completed a 15-play, 82-yard drive by sneaking for the first touchdown from the one-foot line. Charlie Rash then missed his extra point kicking try, ending his consecutive string at 29. He was one shy of tying the national record.
With mutual consent of team managers, the ball was tested in several games in this year's tournament.
Three Big 8 Teams Shut Out; Missouri Dumps K-State 32-8
Missouri built the score to 25-0 at halftime. The Tigers scored only once more in the second half. Rash made his conversion try good after the final MU touchdown early in the fourth quarter.
Kansas State made its single touchdown in the last period. Les Krull scored the touchdown and passed to Vern Osborn for the extra two points.
Colorado remained undefeated by beating the Cyclones of Iowa State 20-0. Fumble troubles for the Buffaloes gave the Cyclones several scoring opportunities, though.
Big Eight offensive leader Howard Cook of the Buffaloees netted 91 yards rushing and eight more passing. Iowa State tailback Dwight Nichols got only 20 yards rushing and 30 on passing.
Fullback George Adams scored twice for Colorado and Eddie Dove added the last touchdown. The touchdowns came after drives of 51, 65 and 50 yards.
Nebraska was unable to get a first down until the second half. In the third period the Cornhuskers got to the 34-yard line of Syracuse before being stopped.
Nebraska moved into Syracuse territory only three times during the Orangemen's rout of the Cornhuskers.
Snowden passed 20 yards to Russ Sloan for the second score.
Syracuse quarterback Chuck Zimerman figured in three of his team's scores.
Nebraska collected only 11 yards rushing and 30 passing. The Syracuse bench was cleared as the Orange played with substitutes during most of the game.
Houston University lost its first game of the season to Oklahoma State after the Cowpokes called on a great last quarter defense to cinch the victory.
Oklahoma State scored late in the first half on a 39-yard drive and protected its lead throughout the rest of the game.
Wayne Replogle, assistant coach, is now serving under his sixth head coach at KU.
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Beta Theta Pi Trips Phi Delts In IM Action
Beta Theta Pi players showed little mercy for their fellow Greeks on the intramural field Friday as they zeroed in four touchdown passes to sink Phi Delta Theta 26-0 in a fraternity B game.
For the Betas, Endacott solved the Phi Delt defenses and pitched passes to account for all four of the touchdowns. Falletta caught two of the passes. Jerry Spots and Emerson caught one each. Coleman was credited with two extra points.
In Independent action, the Flubs lost a 6-0 fray with Concordia. Darrell Haeffele flubbed the Flubs' plans when he scored the winning touchdown.
Alpha Tau Omega beat Acacia 36-0 with Gary Grose scoring three touchdowns, and Larry Matthes, Larry Olsen and Jerry Dedrich, one each.
Ted Childers boosted Foster to a close 7-6 win over Don Henry. J. Morgan Bishop and Bob Bowersox traded touchdowns but Childers' extra point was the difference.
The new baseball, which is easier to see than the regular one, was created by Congress President Ray Dumont. It also will be used in the majority of the NBC's 48 franchised state tournaments.
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