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Tuesday, November 27, 1973
University Daily Kansan
Kicking Crucial to 'Hawks' 2nd Place Finish
Fumble by KU's Jaynes (12) Catches the Attention of MU's Butler (67)
Kansan Staff Photo by DAVE REGIER
By YAEL ABOUHALKAH
ABOUHAK
Kanaan Sports Writer
This has been the year of the toe for the University of Kansas football team.
As KU rolled to a 7-3-1 regular season record, a second place finish in the tough Big Eight Conference and a Liberty Bowl invitation, six of the 'Hawk's final eight games were decided by the direction, or misdirection, of placekicked footballs.
the newest addition to the KU string of heart-stopping wins was Saturday's 14-13 victory.
The kicker who suffered the latest indignity of missing a can't-miss extra point or field goal was Missouri's Greg Hill. He usually sure-footed Hill, who had connected on 19 of 19 extra points going into the KKU MU-game, came onto the field with headning only to boot him more through the uprights to give Mu A 14-0 lead over arch-rival Kansas.
Seconds earlier, MU's John Moseley had returned a KU punt $35 for a touch-down. When Moseley was mobbed by teammates, he ran out of time and the players returned to the sideline. Finally, Hill swing his foot into the ball, waisted a second and walked defectedly off the field. The extra point attempt had fallen short, allowing HILL sat stunned on the MU bench.
After the miss, Dave Jaynes threw a 14-yard scoring strike to Bruce Adams.
Then, following a Missouri punt, Jaynes had the 'Hawks perched on MU's 14 yard line. Facing a fourth down and two situation with 1:37 left in the game, Jaynes rolled back to receive Emulet Edwards pass to receiver Emmett Edwards over the stretched hands of Moseley.
The extra few seconds it took the KU players to return to their bench, after the mobbing of both Edwards and Jaynes, gave 'Hawk placekicker Mike Love more time to think about the importance of his extra point kick, one that could break the 13-tie rule.
"The players were just telling me that it was all up to me now." Love said after the game. "You have to be there, and time I'd been given. We're not supposed to look up but I knew the kick was good as soon as
Jayhawk punter Marc Harris had one of his best days, averaging 45 yards on seven kicks. The punt that led to KU's final scoring drive traveled 45 yards from the MU 46 to the Tiger's one yard line and was downed there by Paul Bower.
The first half of the game ended 0-0; MU failed twice on field goal tries. KU, meanwhile, was compiling only six yards rushing and 80 yards passing as the 'Hawk receivers either dropped passes outright or missed them by inches.
Much of the credit, however, for the incomplete passes went to the Missouri secondary, head coach Don Fambrough said.
"Nebraska's leading the nation in pass defense, but I'd have to put Missouri a real close second," he said. "They did an excellent job on pass coverage. We kept coming from breaking one but not another; we did their defenses would come in and bat the ball out."
Fambrough said the Hawks made some adjustments at halftime, adjustments that led to a rushing attack that gained 120 yards, and opened the way for Jayman' two
"We made a few changes at halftime," Fambridge said. "I 'think Jaynes' leadership really took charge in the second ball. He took a couple of hard doubles when he won." When we overcome the period when we couldn't seem to get the ball snapped without fumbling it.
"Our running game just had better execution today, Missouri was concerned about the pass so we set them up and ran at them and kept them off balance. Jaynes mixed it up on offense a little better in the second half."
KU's games this year have been a house of horrors for placeckickers, starting with the 'Hawks 28-27 loss to Tennessee in the fourth game of the year.
in that game, KU missed three field goal tries, forcing the Hawks to try a two-point shot.
The 'Hawks then beat K-State on a fourth quarter touchdown, 25-18, which was to be the Jayhawks' largest victory margin in their conference games.
The kicking woes were compounded in a 10.9 loss to Nebraska when KU missed a pass.
In their next game, a 22-30 win over Iowa State, the 'Hawks were beaten by a final second field goal if not for the swarming KU defense, which refused to allow the Iowa State offense any room in which to score. The Hawks had missed only the 'Hawks had missed the extra point not once, but twice on the go ahead fourth quarter touchdown.
Setting themselves up perfectly for a last ditch field goal, the Cowboys muffed their chance at victory with a bad placement and an 18-yard swipe at the ball by the OSU duckkicker.
The Jayhawk's next two games, a 10-10 tie with Oklahoma State and a 17-15 victory over Colorado, were decided by a field goal. The Jays had scored and a field goal that never even got off.
The frustration for opponent's placekickers mounted in the Colorado game when a final second field goal attempt was thwarted with the help of a Buffalo fumble on a run that had been meant to set up the CU attempt. The Colorado placekicker stopped his warming up exercises and sat down slowly on the CU bench.
"I guess by now you'd get used to games like this," famBrough said after the Missouri game. "This is the most exciting game." I think I've ever been associated with."
Fambrough said that this year's Jayhawk team had gained confidence that it could win the close games, especially after a narrow victory over State, Iowa State and Colorado games.
"It would have been easy for this team to let down," Fambridge said. "I'm so proud of this football team, so happy for them, especially the seniors. I think one of the main differences between this year and the last two years was that they were more confident and attitude. Through all the injuries, they continued to play well, belting each other out constantly."
Carolina State next Monday, Fambrough said.
The Hawks begin preparations for their
Dec. 17 Liberty Bowl clash with North
"We know that North Carolina State is a tremendous football team," Fambridge said. "We've heard that they've got a very good running game, but we'll know more about them after we get the game films we're exchanging with them this week."
The Wolfpack finished its regular season with an 8-3 record, winning the Atlantic Division.
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Bv the Associated Press
The Crimson Tide of Alabama replaced Ohio State vengeantly at the nation's top-level football league.
Ohio State's 10-12 tie with Michigan shook things up in the AP's next-to-last regular-season poll. Oklahoma, which had been third, moved into the runner-up position while Ohio State dropped to third and Michigan held onto fourth place.
Jayhawks Ranked 17th
Ohio State had been No. 1 since the fourth week of the season when Southern California, the defending national champion, was held to a 7-7 tie by Oklahoma.
Notre Dame and Penn State, both unbeaten and untied, remained fifth and sixth, respectively, this week. They stayed in contention for the national title, which will be decided following New Year's Day bowl names.
Alabama, which defeated previously alabama beaten Louisiana State 21-7 last Thursday, received 36 first-place votes and 1,176 points from the AP panel of 63 sports writers and broadcasters. The Crimson Tide had been in second place for six weeks.
Twenty first-place ballots and 1,095 points went to Oklahoma, which blanked Nebraska 27-0 on Friday and dropped the Cornhuskers from 10th to 13th place.
Ohio State and Michigan were almost as close in the voting as they were in Saturday's deadlock game. The Buckeyes received two first-place votes and 892 points, and Michigan earned one top vote and 878 points.
The top twenty teams, with first place votes in paren-
house, season records and total points are
The top topical teams with two playoff teams in parity
1. Alabama (30-10-0) 1,176
2. Ohio State (31-8-1) 892
3. Ohio State (31-8-1) 892
4. North Carolina (21-9-0) 522
5. Notre Dame (21-9-0) 522
6. No. California 9-1-1 750
7. No. California 9-1-1 750
8. Texas 9-1-2 308
9. Texas 9-1-2 308
10. Arkansas State 10-1-0 319
11. Florida State 10-1-0 288
12. Nevada 9-1-2 298
13. New York 9-1-2 298
14. Miami, Ohio 10-1-0 86
15. No. Carolina St. 8-1-0 37
16. Clemson 7-1-0 41
17. Maryland 9-1-2 82
18. Missouri 9-1-2 6
19. Missouri 9-1-2 votes, listed alphabetically are Auburn.
Others received votes, alphabetically as Assistant East Carolina, Georgia, Keel State, Tulane.
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CONGRATULATIONS! to DAVID JAYNES Nation's No. 1 Quarterback
Selected to the Kodak All-American Team for 1973
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