Monday, Nov. 5, 1956 University Daily Kansan
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KU's Chances Slim In Battle For Bowl Trip
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — (UP) — The Colorado Buffaloes are so close to an Orange Bowl bid that even if they don't beat Missouri this week-end, they could land in Miami Jan. 1.
The odds seem to be, however, that Colorado will win the Orange Bowl trip outright by beating Missouri.
Even if Colorado should lose, Missouri would still have to beat Kansas on Dec. 1 to make a race of it. But again, if Missouri should win both those games, the Tigers would be in for a trip to Miami.
Even though Missouri has the advantage of playing at home, Colorado's show of strength in scoring three touchdowns against Oklahoma probably will make the Buffaloes the favorite.
Missouri's recurrent fumbles against Nebraska Saturday took some luster off the Tiger game, even though statistics-wise Missouri should have defeated Nebraska.
Nebraska, for all practical purposes, is completely out of the race since it still must take its loss to Oklahoma. There still are some interesting possibilities for Kansas, if Missouri beats Colorado and then Kansas rises up to beat Missouri.
Counting a Kansas win over Nebraska this weekend and a Missouri loss to Oklahoma, that would give Kansas a tie for second with Colorado with 4-2 records. But Colorado would go to the Bowl on the basis of beating Kansas, 26-25, on Oct. 6.
So Kansas is out of the race also, even though its game at Columbia Dec. 1 possibly still could determine whether Colorado or Missouri will play in the Orange Bowl.
Conference Games
W L Pct. PF PA
Oklahoma 3 0 1.000 127 31
Colorado 4 1  .800 147 52
Missouri 1 1 .667 68 21
Nebraska 2 2 .500 31 47
Kansas 2 2 .500 82 89
Kansas State 1 4 .200 31 147
Iowa State 0 4 .000 21 190
All Games
| Home | W | L | T | Pct. | PF | PA |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 248 | 31 |
| Colorado | ...5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 194 | 94 |
| Kansas | ...3 | 1 | .500 | .194 | 130 | 161 |
| Missouri | ...3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 157 | 89 |
| Nebraska | ...3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 86 | 107 |
| Iowa State | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 86 | 158 |
| K-State | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 53 | 201 |
Bethea Meets Turner Tonight
NEW YORK — (UP) — Heavyweight Wayne Bethea of New York is favored at 13-5 to register his seventh straight victory in a return bout with Howard Turner. Turner's ring opponents were invariably obse-
perators, but he was sparing partner for notables like Archie Moore, Tommy (Hurricane) Jackson and Big Bob Baker. The fight is televised.
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GO BOB, GO—Aided by a timely block by Bill Bell (83), quarterback Bobby Marshall dashes around left end in the third quarter to pick up valuable yardage in KU's second scoring drive against the K-State Wildcats Saturday.
Final Week For 8 Bowl-Minded Teams
The college football season which has produced its usual quota of thrills this year, begins and ends for at least eight bowl-minded teams next Saturday.
The biggest weekend of the 1956 campaign will feature a climatic meeting of the unbeaters between Georgia Tech and Tennessee at Atlanta, Ga., with a Sugar Bowl bid almost certain to go to the winner.
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Other star attractions include Texas A&M vs. Southern Methodist at Dallas, Minnesota vs. Iowa at Minneapolis, and Oregon State vs. Stanford at Palo Alto, Calif.
Both Georgia Tech and Tennessee have won six straight games this season and rank right behind Oklahoma in the National rankings. The twin terrors of the South have played two mutual opponents. Tennessee beat Duke, 33-20, and clobbered Auburn, 35-7, while Tech downed Auburn, 28-7, and needed a last quarter touchdown by fullback Dickie Mattison to edge Duke, 7-0, last Saturday.
Georgia Tech, incidentally, reported is leaning towards accepting a Cotton Bowl bid—if one is extended—so even if Tennessee loses to the Engineers, the Vols conceivably could still wind up in the Sugar Bowl.
Texas A&M and Southern Methodist both are unbeaten in the Southwest Conference which annually provides the host team for the Cotton Bowl, so their meeting next weekend should be a dilly.
In the Big Ten Conference, Ohio
NORMAN, Okla. — (UP) — Oklahoma's Bud Wilkinson, whose team trailed 6-19 at halftime and came back for a 27-19 victory over Colorado, has finally found his team's potential.
Wilkinson Calls Colorado Best Team To Face Sooners
The potent Colorado Buffaloes gave him a chance to watch his Sooners pass a similar test, with flying colors. The Sooners made up that two touchdown deficit in the third period and went ahead with a fourth period clincher.
Wilkinson, who said "Colorado is by far the best team we've played this season," had declared earlier this fall that the true test of Oklahoma's greatness would come when the team was trailing in the fourth quarter.
when the usually reticent coach
"What happened was that Colorado just played a better game in the first half," Wilkinson said. "The old axiom that 'Notre Dame will beat you the second week' nearly held true."
It has always been tough for the Sooners at Boulder. Since Colorado joined the Big Seven, it has given Oklahoma good battle in all but two seasons.
"Ive never been more pleased and proud to be associated with a football team" than he was at the Boulder, Colo. game, Wilkinson said.
Actually, close observers of Big Seven Conference play were not amazed at all that the Sooners had a rough time winning at Boulder, despite their awesome power and complete dominance of conference football.
told what he thought of his team's comeback.
State (3-0) ranks as the only unbeaten team but is ineligible for the Rose Bowl junket, so Minnesota (3-0-1) can remain on the road to Pasadena by beating Iowa (3-1).
The same situation exists in the Pacific Coast Conference, where UCLA (4-1) has moved into a tie with Oregon State for the lead. The Uclans also are barred from the Rose Bowl, but Oregon State will be tough to stop if it gets by Stanford (3-1).
during the past weekend. Michigan rebounding from its loss to Minnesota, scrambled to a 17-14 triumph over the Hawkeyes on a touchdown by Mike Shatusky with 70 seconds remaining.
Oklahoma wiped out a 19-6 halftime deficit to defeat Colorado, 27-19, behind its touchdown twins, Tommy McDonald and Clendon Thomas. It was the Sooners' 36th straight victory and one of their toughest. Coach Bud Wilkinson freely admitted, that Colorado is . . . the best team we've played this season.
Iowa was the ony major team to fall from the perfect record ranks
Haskell Leads Prep Teams
Billy Mills led Haskell Institute to the Eastern Kansas Regional Class AA cross-country title and Wamego placed third three runners 2-3-4 to win the Class B title Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Mills ran the course, slightly under two miles, in 9:10.6. He had set the course record of 9:08.5 just one week earlier.
The top five runners and top four teams in each division will go to the first state high school cross-country championships at Topeka Nov. 17.
Ray Wilson, Haskell, Dan Ralston, Topeka, Robert Groszek, Olathe, and Kenny Lyon of Wyandotte rounded out the top five in Class A and AA combined.
John Brown of Perry led the Class B runners with a time of 10:35-8. The next four runners were Jim Mertz, Wamego, Tom Weikelman, Wamego, Kenneth Bahner, Wamego, and Bill Ford, Baldwin.
Team scores were Wamego, 17; Perry, 25, and Richmond, 42. Baldwin ran only two men and did not place as a team.
Team scores were Haskell, 18; Shawnee-Mission, 45; Wyandotte, 49, and Olathe, 77.
Nebraska's season record in 1953 was 5-5-0.
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