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University Daily Kansan
Monday, Oct. 22, 1956
KU Gets Moral Victory But Sooners Win 34-12
The Oklahoma Sooners won their 34th consecutive game and their 55th conference game without defeat Saturday by downing KU 34-12 in Memorial Stadium before 31,000 football enthusiasts.
While Kansas didn't defeat the number one team in the nation, they scored a moral victory by pushing over 12 points, proving experts wrong when they said that KU couldn't score against Oklahoma.
The game was a hard hitting, hard fought contest between a nationally ranked team and a surprisingly strong Jayhawker squad. In the second quarter Oklahoma scored three touchdowns, two by All-American Tommy McDonald and one on a pass from David Baker, second unit halfback, to Bob Timberlake, left end.
Thomas Scores First
Oklahoma's Jimmy Harris returned Bill Bells kickoff to the 50 to begin the game. From there Oklahoma moved the ball to KU's two yard line in nine plays and halfback Clendon Thomas bucked over right guard for the first score of the game. Harris' conversion was good with 11:33 remaining in the first quarter.
Later in the opening period KU's Jim Letecavits threw Thomas for a three yard loss giving KU the ball on OU's 45. Two plays later Bobby Robinson picked up his blocking and carried to the Sooner's four yard line. Marshall went over on a quarterback sneak for KU's first six points. Bell's conversion was partially blocked by OU's Dennis Morris.
Billy Priceer intercepted a pass by Wally Strauch near midfield early in the second quarter and set up the Sooners second tally. Tommy McDonald raced 12 yards around right end for the score. Harris' conversion was good.
OU Pass Scores
Oklahoma's line held Kansas on the next series of plays. A punt gave the ball to OU on their own 39. With sharp open field running the Sooners swept the field with a 61 yard drive. A 10 yard pass from Baker to Timberlake accounted for the score. Baker booted the extra point.
Second team quarterback Jay O'Neal returned a KU punt to the Kansas 35. Later in the quarter and five plays later McDonald scored from the five.
A recovered fumble by Homer Floyd on the KU four yard line temporarily staved off an Oklahoma touchdown in the third period. But the Sooners came back after holding KU on the Oklahoma 49. Baker scored around right end from five yards out and converted to make the score 34 to 6.
Long KU Drive
Kansas pulled off the longest drive of the afternoon when they marched 70 yards in the final quarter to score its last touchdown of the game. Quarterback Wally Strauch hit Lynn McCarthy with a 10 yard pass for the tally.
Game Summary:
| | KU | OU |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| First downs | 8 | 23 |
| Rushing yardage | 170 | 363 |
| Passing yardage | 36 | 39 |
| Passes attempted | 10 | 7 |
| Passes completed | 2 | 3 |
| Punts | 7 | 4 |
| Punting average | 38 | 35 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | 11 | 14 |
| Yards penalized | 75 | 130 |
to be another touchdown drive in the closing minutes, but the Jayhawker line stopped the Sooners and KU ran out the clock. Final score, 34-12.
Kansas' line was the outstanding feature of KU's performance. Time and again the Jayhawkers stopped the Sooners through the middle of the line, but OU's speedy backs had little difficulty gaining around ends.
Dave Preston, Kansas' second string quarterback, was injured on the opening kick-off. Coach Chuck Mather told the Daily Kansan Sunday that Preston suffered a concussion and may not be ready for Oklahoma A&M Friday.
Freshman Runners Win Postal Meet
Kansas' freshman cross-country squad won its first postal meet of the year against Colorado by a score of 15-40 Saturday. The distance was two miles on the Memorial track.
Tom Skutka, Notre Dame transfer, led the winners with a time of 9:48.5. He was followed across the finish line by Brian Travis who covered the distance in 9:49.9.
Frank Green, Missouri transfer,
was the third place finisher with a
time of 9:54. Other KU runners
and their times were Dale Lubs,
9:55.4; Bob Tague, 9:56.5; Cliff
Cashman, 9:57.5, and Don Greenlee,
10-03
Ralph Poucher was the first Colorado runner to place. His time was 10:39.5. All the other Colorado runners ran the course with times of over 11 minutes.
They were Bernard Frakes, 11:04; Yong Ahn, 11:10; Tommy Curtis, 11:13, and Bruce Hanna, 11:43.
Iowa States largest crowd for a home game was in 1949 when they played Kansas State before 18,792. Their best away from home crowd was 47,702 when they played Illinois in 1952.
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Darrell Simpson passed and kicked the Betas to a 40-4 victory over Lambda Chi in intramural football Friday afternoon.
Simpson tossed six touchdown passes and kicked four extra points. In the first quarter he hit John Newlin and John Lounsbury with touchdown passes and converted once.
Simpson passed to Jim Armatats and Newlin again in the second quarter for touchdowns. In the third quarter Newlin snagged another Simpson pass for a touchdown. Simpson also kicked two placements.
Other results:
Other results:
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Oread 1, Jolliffe 0 (forfeit).
Fraternity B
Sigs No. 2 19, Phi Psi 2.
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Beta Scores Win Over Lambda Chi
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In the fourth it was Newlin again who took a Simpson pass to score the final touchdown.
**Fraternity A**
Phi Psi vs. Sig Ep, field 1.
Phi Kappa vs. ATO—field 2.
Delt vs. Triangle—field 3.
Fraternity B
Phi Delt No. 1 vs Delts—field 5.
Beta No. 1 vs Theta Chi—field 6.
Cardinals, Detroit Lead NFL
The Chicago Cardinals were still undefeated following Sunday's play in the National Football League, when they beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20 to 6, to hold first place in the eastern division. The Detroit Lions also continued to win when they edged San Francisco 20 to 17 on Bobby Lyne's 17-yard field goal. Other Sunday scores were: Washington 20, Cleveland 9; New York 38, Pittsburgh 10; Chicago Bears 58, Baltimore 27, and Green Bay 42, Los Angeles 17.
Oklahoma players have led the Big Seven in scoring since 1948.
Anyone walking into the Oklahoma Sooners' dressing room after their game with KU Saturday would hardly have realized that this was the team which had just extended their winning string to 34 straight.
OU Quiet After Victory
The Sooners were apparently disappointed even in victory. Not only was KU the first team to score on them this year, but the Jayhawkers also played the Sooners on even terms in three of the four quarters. Only in the second period did the Oklahoma machine display its expected superiority.
KU Underestimated
"You just don't continue to shut people out in these days of offensive football," he said. "We played as sharp as usual and weren't looking ahead to any future game."
The OU mentor did not seem a bit disappointed that the Kansans were the first team to score on the Sooners this year.
Clendon Thomas, Sooner right half said. "I definitely underestimated the KU team. The Jayhawkers have the best team we have played this year. Their line was tough and they also have a good group of backs."
"Without desire," he said, "no boy can hope to reach championship heights."
them to be. Any comparison of Kansas to the other teams we have played this year is impossible, but I assure you we opened up all the way."
Desires Success Secret Wilkinson regards desire as the prime essential in the Sooner's success over the past few years.
Tommy McDonald, Sooner All-American left half, expressed about the same feelings as Thomas. Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkinson said he hadn't underestimated KU
Desires Success Secret
"We played as well as I expected us to," he said. "The Jayhawkers were no tougher than we expected
"We're not as good as people think," he said about the team." Actually we've been pretty lucky through this winning streak. You have to be lucky to win that many in the first place, and then, too, we've gone through without serious injuries to our key players.
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