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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 29, 1956
Bob Marshall, Fumbles Give KU 21-13 Victory
Quarterback Bob Marshall and a fumbling Oklahoma A&M football team enabled the Jayhawkers to win their second game of the season Friday at Stillwater, Okla., 21-13, before an estimated crowd of 14,000.
During the first half, the Kansans played good, steady ball, as they were leading 7-6 in scoring, leading in rushing, 167 yards to 81, and were showing signs of an effective offensive punch. But in the second half, the sophmore laden Cowboys, gunning for their third win of the year, completely dominated the game.
Two sparkling plays by sophomore quarterback Bob Marshall saved the game for Kansas.
Trailing 13-7 late in the third quarter, KU's line held the determined Cowpokes and forced them to punt. Marshall took the punt on his own 12-yard line, faked to halfback Ernie Russell on the 10, and then, picking up good downfield blocking, rambled 90 yards down the right sideline for a touchdown.
The conversion after touchdown by Bill Bell put Kansas in front to stay, but the Jayhawkers were pressured by the hard driving A&M team throughout the remainder of the contest.
Marshall Intercepts
Late in the final period the Cowboys marched to KU's 14 yard line and seemed sure to score. However, after effective running drive, A&M elected to pass for the touchdown. Cowboy quarterback Johnny Allen spotted a receiver in the end zone, but Marshall intercepted the pass for a touchback, killing A&M's final drive with less than a minute left.
The first quarter of the game was mainly a defensive battle and ended with the Cowboys on Kansas' 37 yard line. On the first play in the second period, Charley McCue recovered an A&M fumble on KU's 27 yard line.
KU Scores First
Halfback Bobby Robinson and Marshall combined good runs to start KU's first offensive threat of the game. Fullback Homer Floyd capped the 73 yard march with a six yard touchdown run around left end. Wally Strauch converted to give Kansas a 7-0 lead with 8:43 minutes remaining in the first half.
Bill Bell kicked off to the Cowboys, and the A&M ball carrier fumbled and Bell recovered. Two plays later, Cowboys quarterback Billy Borum intercepted a pass from Marshall and A&M started its first scoring drive of the game.
Aided by a 15-yard personal foul penalty and a 5-yard offsides penalty against Kansas, and the passing of halfback Jim Wiggins, A&M drove 82 yards to score, with Borum plunging over from the one. The conversion was wide and the half ended with Kansas leading, 7-6.
The Cowboys, fired up and determined to register a win, took the second half kick-off and drove 74 yards to score. The march was featured by the running of A&M fullback Larry Rundle and halfback Duane Wood. The extra point attempt was good and A&M went into the lead 7-13.
KU went to the air following the kick-off, with Wally Strauch completing two passes for 24 yards. But the A&M line held and Kansas was forced to punt. The Cowboys failed to get their offensive attack moving and punted. Then came Marshall's 90 yard punt return.
Passing Attack Fails
The remainder of the third period and the entire fourth period was almost entirely dominated by the Cowboys. Twice during this time, A&M had long drives started, but both were stopped by fumbles. Center Frank Black recovered one fumble on KU's 29 yard line and fullback Joe Held recovered the other on KU's 30.
Game Summary:
Still determined to win, A&M once again started a drive for the goal-line. The Cowboys drove 54 yards to KU's 14 yard line, but then came the play that won the game for Kansas. Cowboy quarterback Johnny Allen spotted an A&M
Game Summary KU A&M
First downs 13 27
Yards Rushing 182 232
Yards Passing 48 113
Total Offense 230 345
Passing 4-9 8-18
Total Yards Gained 430 443
Fumbles & recoveries 3-3 7-2
Penalties & yards 9-65 4-30
receiver in the end zone, but Marshall, on a dead run, intercepted for a touchback with 2:22 minutes left.
McCue Intercepts. Scores
Kansas failed to move the ball, and punted to the A&M 46 yard line. Unnerved by their three fruitless attempts to score, the Cowboys tried in desperation to score on long pass plays. After an incomplete pass and a loss of 16 yards, A&M's Allen again attempted a pass, with :02 remaining, but McCue intercepted on on the 45 yard line and scored with the aid of good blocking. Marshall converted to give Kansas a 21-13 victory.
Cross-Country Wins 3rd Meet
KU's powerful cross-country squad once again dominated the first five places to defeat Texas and Oklahoma A&M in a triangular meet at Stillwater, Saturday.
Jerry' McNeals winning time of 15:06.9 "was excellent" said Coach Bill Easton. "A wind with gusts of 20-30 m.p.h. faced the runners the last half mile of the race and four times over the three mile course," he said.
Kansas had a score of 23. Texas scored 42 and Oklahoma A&M scored 65. The Jayhawkers placed 1-2-4-5 in what was expected to be their toughest meet to date.
"We expected Joe Villarreal of Texas to finish nearer the top than he did." Easton said. Villarreal reached the finals of the Olympic 1500 meter trials at Los Angeles last summer and was considered the top Texas cross-country runner. He finished seventh.
Easton said that KU's fifth, sixth, and seventh men would have to finish higher if the Jayhawkers went to place at the top in the NCAA cross-country championships at East Lansing, Mich., Nov. 26. These three men finished 11th, 12th, and 13th Saturday.
NCAA Is Nov. 26
Following McNeal across the finish line was Bernie Gav of the Jayhawkers. His time of 15:12 was 20.5 seconds better than his previous best recorded time against the Chicago Track Club and Drake. In the two previous meets he placed fourth.
Walt McNew of Texas, second place finisher in the Soultwest Conference championships last fall spoiled KU's bid for its third straight slam by placing third. His time was 15:18.
Texan Takes Third
The Jayhawker's Barry Crawford and Capt. Jan Howell rounded out the top five. Their times were 15:23 and 15:26 respectively. Howell has placed 1-2-5 and Crawford 3-3-4 in the first three meets this year.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—(UP) —The Colorado Buffaloes today were riding easy street on the way to an Orange Bowl bid.
By UNITED PRESS
Although they are scheduled for a loss to Oklahoma this weekend, only one game actually stands in the way—Missouri at Columbia on Nov. 10.
Colorado Views Orange Bowl Bid
Winner of the game probably will go to the Orange Bowl.
Games played so far would tend to show that Colorado is the stronger. Both the Buffs and Missouri have met Kansas State and Iowa State. Colorado won 34-0 and 52-0, respectively, while Missouri won 20-6 and 34-0, respectively.
Another thing that gives Colorado an edge is that it already has won four conference games to only two for Missouri. So no matter what Oklahoma does this Saturday, the Buffs are nearly in while Missouri has to fight off the other eager teams to stay in the running. A Missouri loss anywhere along the line would almost put Colorado in the bowl.
A pair of traditional rival grudge games also are on the conference slate, with winners in the past both underdogs. Kansas State has taken the past three from Kansas but will be the underdogs at Manhattan. Nebraska has taken the last two from Missouri but will be the underdog at Lincoln.
Freshman Football Team Loses To K-State, 36-13
The Kansas State freshmen threw a close ball game wide open in the second half and trounced the young Jayhawkers 36-13 at Manhattan Friday. It was the freshmen's first game.
K-State led only 6-0 at the half, but opened up in the second half when Joe Vader recovered a kickoff furable on the Kansans 16. Three plays later Vern McConnell sneaked over from the one and K-State started a scoring parade.
The KU yearlings were forced to punt four plays after taking the second kickoff of the half, and George Whitney, who was a thorn in the Jayhawker's side the entire afternoon, rambled 70 yards with the punt to make it 18-0.
An exchange of punts and fumbles gave state the ball on its own 34, then McConnell hit John French with a 53-yard pass who carried to the KU 14. McConnell skirted around the end from 12 yards out to score.
The young Wildcats scored their fourth TD of the third quarter after a Hawk punt went out of the bounds on the KU 14 yard line. Quarterback John Solmos snuck over from the one to boost the K-Staters lead to 30-0.
KU Punt Leads To Score
KU, after having made no serious scoring threat for three quarters, hit early in the fourth when quarterback Phil Vogren tossed a 44-yard scoring aerial to end Ray Pace. Charley Lukinac booted the extra point to make it 30-7.
Lukinac, after State was forced to kick at the end of the next series returned the punt 33 yards to the K-State 26 and on the first play Vogren hit end Sam Simpson with a touchdown pass.
K-State came back to drive to the Jayhawker's seven, but the Jayhawkers took over on downs. After three pass attempts, State guard Don Miles blocked a punt by Vogren and end Gerald Griffin picked the loose ball up on the two and stepped over.
Hindered By Injuries
Kansas, unable to run with any efficiency against the Cats, got their most rushing yards from Lukinac 26 yards in nine carries.
The yearlings were hindered throughout the game by the loss of key men who are on the ailing list. Coach Wayne Replogle used practically his whole squad in an effort to stop the rampaging cats. He said that end sweeps were the thing that hurt the Jayhawkers the most.
The brightest spot in the KU picture was their passing game. Although they could not get an effective ground attack rolling, they completed 6 of 16 passes for 105 yards.
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