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University Daily Kansan / Monday. October 22, 1990
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Buffalo stampede crushes Jayhawks, 41-10
By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas fans let out a collective sigh after the first quarter ended. The Jayhawks had gained only 3 total yards on 21 plays.
Football
A wave of optimism rushed through the Parents' Day crowd after receiver Dreyton Drayton caught an 11 yard touchdown pass with a kick from the yardfield goal by kicker Dan Eichholz made the score 20-10 at the half.
But in the third quarter the Buffaloes began a stumppe that ended only after they had scored 21 points, the fans began looking for the exits.
After the dust cleared, the score at the end of the third quarter was 41-10. It eventually was the final score against Colorado at Memorial Stadium.
Linebacker Pat Rogan set up Kana's only touchdown when he hammered Colorado quarterback Darian Hagan, forcing a fumble that linebacker Brad Peebler recovered on the Colorado 11-yard线.
Kansas coach Glen Mason said he was not happy about how Kansas scored the touchdown.
"We didn't have any consistency to our offense," Mason said. "Our only score was off a turnover by the Colorado offense. I was also not pleased that after we scored, they tried it right back for a field goal."
Mason said the Jayhawks lost because neither the offense nor the
defense could execute well aganist the 15th-ranked team in the country.
“As a coach, you’re always looking for secrets to beating a team,” Mason said. “Today there were no secrets. They executed their offense to perfection, letting (Colorado tailback Eric) Biennium run.”
Bieniemy scored with a 41-yard run on Colorado's first possession in the third quarter. He scored two others and was the day's leading rusher with 174 yards. He outgained the Jayhawks total rushing output by 100
The return of quarterback Chip Hilieary gave Kansas 120 yards passing.
Bienemey set school records for career rushing and scoring in Saturday's game, and he became the only Colorado back to have two 1,000-yard seasons. He has gained 1,040 yards so far this year.
Hilleary said he was especially dissappointed by the way the game went because of the good turnout for Parent's Day. After five weeks on the road, the Jayhawks played in front of the Lakers and several hundred more on the hill.
Defensive lineman Lance Flachbärd said it was a bad day for the Jayhawks defensively because of a hit that missed tackles and mental errors.
"People say we're a tired football team, but I don't think we're tired physically as much as mentally." Flachsbach said. "The day to day grind kind of gets you, but you have to suck it up in the middle of the season. I think playing K-State next will fire will us up again."
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ABOVE: Kansas running back George White tries to break a tackle by Colorado linebacker Chad Brown as Kansas offensive tackle Christopher Perez bocks Colorado outside linebacker Alfred Williams. RIGHT: Colorado tailback Eric Bieniemy, Heisman Trophy candidate, breaks away for an uncontested touchdown.
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Kenny Drayton leads the Jayhawks in touchdown receptions.
Drayton snares TD third score of season
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
In fact, Saturday's touchdown catch was the Jayhawks' only touchdown in Kansas' 41-10 loss to Colorado.
It was a Chip Hilleary pass, and it was a Kansas touchdown, so it must have been caught by wide receiver Kenny Dravon.
Of four Kansas touchdown receptions this season, three have been made by Drayton and one by Jim New.
On the first play of the second quarter, Colorado quarterback Darian Hagan fumbled after being hit by linebacker Pat Rogan Braebel Brad Peecher on the field with Colorado's 11-vard line.
On Kansas' first down, tailback Tony Sands gained nothing around right end, and on second down Hillery lofted the ball over the left end in the end zone, where Drayton was waiting.
The Jayhawks' score was not even on the play called in the huddle.
"We had another play called and Chip checked out of it," Draton said. "He just threw it, and I
"I don't think Chip had a lot of time to throw the ball, so we couldn't run the deeper routes," he said. "We got a couple underneath, quick passes, but other times that we couldn't really get far."
But the play wasn't over. As soon as Drayton caught the ball, a flag was thrown for pass interference.
Drayton finished the game with three receptions for 28 yards. Tailack George White also had three receptions for 6 yards, and tight end Chad Fette had two receptions for 41 yards, on short offsides.
came down with it."
"I thought it was on me, but it wasn't," Drayton said. "When I went up for it, he kind of clipped my heels, and I almost fell. I thought they got me because I kind of shot him the elbow."
Drayton now has caught passes in 18 consecutive games. For the season, he ranks second in receptions and receiving yards to Fette.
The catch was good for only 11
yards, far fewer than Drayton's
season-high 44-yard touchdown
catch against Iowa State.
Chiefs ruffle few feathers during 19-7 loss at Seattle
KC can't capitalize on four interceptions
The Associated Press
SEATTLE - Kicker Norm Johnson is back on target, and so was the Seattle Seahawks' defense yesterday.
"Give the Seahawks some credit," Kansas City fullback Christian Okove said after Seattle's 19-7 victory over the Chains in an error-filled game. "They tried hard to shut down the game. They had great penetration."
Johnson kicked four field goals, and Seattle's defense held Okoye and Barry Word in check.
Dave Krieg was intercepted four times, but Seattle recovered three Kansas City fumbles. Rusfors扑器 sacked Steve DeBerg and recovered DeBerg's fumble on the Kansas City 11-yard line to set up the clinching 4-yard downhit by John L. Williams with 1:54 left to play.
“It’s one of our best defensive games, and, like they say, the best is yet to come.” Porter said.
The 200-pound Okoye, last year's NFL champion, was held to 31 yards on 11 carries, and the 240-word Word, who set a Kansas City single-game rushing record with 30 squares limited to 25 yards on seven rushes.
The Seahawks' defense featured 293-pound rookie defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy, who made his second NFL start in place of the injured
Okove rushed for 156 and 126 yards in victories over Seattle last season
Jeff Bryant. Kennedy helped throw Okoye for a pair of losses in the first quarter.
"We knew before the game if we could stop Okave and their running game, we could win the game." "We could win the game," good and we won the football game."
Johnson, who had missed five of 12 field-goal attempts going into the game, booted his second 39-yarder with 9:25 left and gave give the Seahawks (3-4) a 9-7 lead. Johnson then kicked a 48-yield field goal with three minutes to go, giving Seattle a 12-7 lead.
Johnson has been under a barrage of criticism in Seattle. Coach Chuck Kroegn brought in free agent kicker Karlis for a tryout two weeks ago.
"The criticism has toughened up." Johnson said. "People talk about having stress on the job. But I don't think that people can know what stress is until they've been in my shoes."
The Seahawks went 56 yards — from their 23-yard line to the Kansas City 21-yard line in 11 plays, and drove the ball on a goal, which gave Seattle the lead for good. The lead was highlighted by a 9-yard pass from Krieg to Jeff Chadwick on fourth down. That gave the Seahawks a ball on the Kansas City 28-yard line.
"We made some positive plays, but we didn't make enough of them," Kansas city coach Mach Schotten-
heimer said.
"It's just nice to win," Seattle coach Chuck Knox said.
The Seahawks cut the Kansas City lead to 7-6 when Johnson kicked his second goal field, a 29 yard, after a three-pointer that captured at the Kansas City 9-yard line.
The Chiefs (4-3) led 7-3 at halftime on a 35-yard touchdown pass from DeBerg to J.J. Birden with 58 seconds left in the first half. It was Birden's first career NFL touchdown.
After the Chiefs' 'TD, the Seahawks went 54 yards in six plays, and Johnson made his first 39-yard field goal as time expired in the half.
Seattle's previous three possessions ended with Kansas City interceptions.
The first interception occurred when Jeff Donaldson picked off Krieg's pass with 1:22 left in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Kevin Ross intercepted a pass at the Kansas City 5-yard line, and Albert Lewis stole another at the Chiefs' 9-yield line. The Bengals chefs drove 91 yards in 10 plays and scored their only points for the game.
Ross intercepted another pass in the third quarter.
Nesby Glasgow recovered Okoye's tumble in the second quarter. A fumble by Word in the third quarter was retrieved by Eugene Robinson.
"Turnovers are always a key element." Glasgow said. "If you have the opportunity to strip the ball from a back and get a fumble, you do it."
Reds complete Oakland sweep in history-making Series upset
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. - Believe it. It happened.
The Cincinnati Reds, given no chance to beat the Oakland Athletics, needed only four quick games to win. They are one of the biggest upsets in baseball history.
The Reds won in every way and even completed their improbable sweep Saturday night after losing two star players, Eric Davis and Billy Hatcher, to injuries. Cincinnati again relied on Jose Rijo and rallied for two runs in the eighth inning to win 2-1. And that was it.
The Athletics' third straight trip to the World Series ended with yet another disappointment. In 1988, they lost to Los Angeles. Last year's championship was overshadowed by a shake-up and this season's by the Reds.
"You don't expect to win a series like this and sweep a team that was playing so well," said first-year manager Lou Piniella. "But we felt we'd play well and thought that if we got breaks, things would go our way."
Did they ever. Cincinnati outscored the Athletics 22-8, outbit them 45-28, outpitched the best staff in the majors and outplayed them in the
field.
"I don't feel like a loser," said Oakland manager Tony LaRussa. "But I'm disappointed we lost, and we could've done everything better."
Oakland breezed into the Series with a playoff sweep of Boston and a postseason streak of 10 games. The Athletics, the winning team in the majors, were 5-1 favorite in the series, big by baseball standards.
The Reds, who began the season with nine straight victories and held first place all year, closed their year with five wins in a row. The Athletics ended with star slugger Jose Canseco out of the starting lineup because of a hamstring injury. He hit a grounder for the Athletics' next-to-last out of the season.
Rijo pitched two-hit ball for 8% innings, retiring the final 20 batters he faced. Randy Myers retired the last two hitters, finishing a series in which Reds relievers pitched 13 scoreless innings.
It was Rijo's second victory over Dave Stewart and it earned him the MVP award.
“It’s not incredible for me. I thought I could do it,” Rijo said. “We've got one of the best teams in baseball now. I guess the A's are
second."
For the Reds, it was their ninth straight World Series win, a streak that started in the days of the Big Red Machine. They took advantage of Stewart's first error of the season and scored in the eighth on Glenn Braggs' bases-loaded BRI force and Hal Morris' sacrifice fly.
Braggs, who tied Game 2 with an RBI fielder's choice, grounded to shortstop Mike Galloey, who flipped to Kandolph for the only out. Morris, hit in eight at-bats as a designated hitter, deep to right, scoring Winningham.
Barry Larkin singled to left to start the eighth, the fourth straight innig Cincinnati's leadoff hitter reached base. Herm Winningham then reached when he beat the throw to first on a sacrifice焊. Paul O'Neill then attempted a bunt to the left side and struck out the defense cleanly, but his throw pulled second baseman Wille Randolph off first, loading the bases.
Stewart, who ruined himself with control problems in Gare 1, did not walk a batte until starting the sixth ball with four straight balls to Larkin.
Team falls short of its capabilities
See SERIES, p. 12
When Glen Mason took over as coach of the Jayhawks in 1988, he said the players would be responsible for only one thing — playing hard.
Up until yesterday, we have lived up to that obligation. But against Colorado, we let down. There wasn't a lot of emotion on the field. We took it for granted. We know what caused it, but we just couldn't seem to get things going.
In the past, teams could beat us 41-10 even if we played hard and reasonably well. But we have improved.
Now, if we play hard and execute, we should be able to beat most of the teams we play.
We are no longer happy with playing well; we want to win. If we lose it because of what we did, not what we learned in class. That was the case this week.
For the second straight week, the offense didn't play up to its potential. Our lone touchdown was a result of the defense forcing a turnover on the Colorado 11-yard line. The running game, which has been a strong point for the Cavaliers, did not materialize. We only had one significant drive, and we had to settle for a field goal when we stalled at the 8-yard line.
Colorado is a good football team, but if we play up to our potential, there isn't a team in the country that should shut us down like they did. The offensive line has not been performing up to par, and when that is the case, it's hard for anyone to have a good game.
Our lack of offense also put an unnecessary burden on the defense. We managed just one first down in the first quarter. You can't give a team like Colorado that many opportunities score and expect to stay in the game.
As an offense spends more time on a field, its chances to break a big play improves. Colorado had four touchdowns covering more than 30 yards. Our longest play was a 29-yard pass. We did not score on it.
Although we haven't shown it for the past two weeks, we are close to being a good football team. We just need to put everything together. And we had better do it soon. We play Kansas State this Saturday.
Although people berate their non- conference schedule, the Wildcats are an improved football team. They have won more games this year than in the past five years combined. They lost to a strong Missouri team 31-10 on Saturday. I know they will want to spoil our homecoming.
Chip Budde is a co-captain on the Kansas football team.