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University Daily Kansan / Mondav. October 8.1990
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Jayhawks, Iowa State call it a draw at 34-34
By Rob Wheat
Kansan sportswrite
AMES, Iowa — The Jayhawks rushed onto the field in celebration. They laughed and hugged each other, slapped high fives and tumbled onto
Football
Defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield had just batted down a fourth-down pass, and Kansas took possession with 1:49 left to play. Jayhawku had a three-point lead and a first down on the Cyclones' 41 yard
The eventual 34-34 tie seemed impossible at the time.
Quarterback Chip Hilleary still disputes the call that kept Kansas from converting on a fourth-and-inches situation. The call gave Iowa State the ball on its 32-yard line with 56 seconds left to play.
Then, with the wind at his back kicker JEEF Studak booted a 53-yard field goal with 18 seconds remaining it ran to a 54-34 tie with Iowa Saturday.
A frustrated Kansas coach Glen Mason said he wanted to play the Cyclones in one more quarter.
"I said, 'Come on, (Cycle coach Jim) Walden! Let's put the teams on the field and play another quarter.' Mason said. "He said he thought we wouldn't find out anything, except that we're still both even."
The two teams had the same number of first downs, but Kansas outrushed Iowa State and had gained more total yards.
Kansas took the lead after a 54-yard run by running back Tony Sandys set up a 6-yard Maurice Douglas run with 2:31 to play in the game.
The touchdown and kicker Dan Eichloff's successful point-after attempt gave Kansas a 34-13 lead, and said he knew the game wasn't over.
"Everybody said, 'Coach, you scored too fast,' " Mason said. "But I wasn't worried about that at the war." I was just worried about scoring it.
Sands said that after the touchdown he thought the game was over.
"I thought we had it won, but now it feels like a loss," Sands said. "You don't gain respect by tying a team. I don't like sharing a win with anyone but my teammates. I'm real selfish about that."
Sands was the leading rusher for Kansas, gaining 169 yards on 22 attempts, and scored the Jahaywah's first touchdown on a 4-ard run.
Hilleary passed for 158 yards, completing 12 of 20 passes. He also rushed for 66 yards.
The Jayhawks' first big play came when Hilley completed a 44-yard touchdown pass to receiver Kenny Drayton, who fought on two defenses.
Hilleary said that Kansas took control of the game oftenly and that he wanted to play the Cyclones again.
Hilleary said he was angry that the referees didn't call first down for the Jayhawks with 56 seconds left in the fourth quarter. He said he knew
Kansas made the first down
"We shouldn't have tied them," Hillary said. "We got a bad spot. We knew before the play that we had to get a big gain or the refs wouldn't give it too us. I felt today that they weren't on our side."
"They had to go for the tie. We had them beat. we feel that we lost the game because we go out there to win, not to tie or lose."
Hillary didn't throw any interceptions Saturday. The game's lone interception was credited to Cyclone quarterback Chris Pedersen. Defensive back Hassan Bailey made the save and the ball was tumbled gumble the Cyclones' ball.
Iowa State recovered the ball on its 6-yard line for a loss of 31 yards. They lost 5 more yards on the next play and then scored a goal. Maualamaula sacked Pedersen.
"I felt really good about it at the time," Bailey said. "Against Louisville, all the other D-backs made one, I applauded for them, but I wanted my tears."
Another bright spot defensively came in the fourth quarter when linebacker Pah Rogan hit Cyclone Rowe with a corner kick. The reverse play and forced a fumble.
"People expect us to play them tough now, but we have to get to the point where people say 'Dang, they beat us.'" Flachsbarth said. "Today was a loss as far as we're concerned."
Kenny Drayton hauls down a touchdown pass in Kansas' 34-34 tie.
Sands' big day tinged by concern for young son
By Derek Simmons
Kansan sportswriter
Tony Sands is tackled by Iowa State's Matt Grubb, right, and Mark DouBrava, left.
**AMES, Iowa** — Five games into the season, while Sanya Sands finally played the game wanted.
After averaging 62.8 yards through four games, Sainsbury exploded for 169 yards in the second half.
"I knew it was going to come eventually," Sands said. "The guys on the line kept telling me that they were coming."
'I don't like sharing anything, especially in football. It's not a 'W.' I feel it's on the same level as a loss if it doesn't go as a win. It's in the back two columns.'
— Tony Sands KU running back
Sands ran the ball 12 times Saturday, slightly more than his average of 19.8, and averaged 7.6 yards a rush — more than the average of 5.3 yards a rush average through the first four games.
the holes. Today my line and my fullback made really big holes, and I just ran the
Though Sands was all business during the game, his mind was on his two-week old son, DeShawn, afterward. DeShawn was hospitalized Thursday night in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., with blockage in his esophagus that did not allow food to pass into his stomach.
Sands considered missing the game, but decided he would be more useful at the game.
"I had an obligation to the team," he said. "I just left it in the Lord's hands. I couldn't."
Sands scored one touchdown early in the second quarter and set up the Javahows' final
touchdown with a 54 yard sprint through the middle of the defense with 3.39 left in the
"I just got some great blocks and never looked back," he said.
Sands was caught from behind by Iowa State cornerback Marcus Robertson at Iowa State's 17 yard line, and two plays later Dallas Houston Douglas scored, giving Kansas a 4:34 lull.
but the gap wasn't enough to ensure the victory, and Iowa State's Jeff Studd kicked a 53 yard field goal with 18 seconds left for the tie.
Sands was not content with the tie.
"I don't like sharing anything, especially in football," he said. "it is not a W. I feel it's on the same level as a loss if it doesn't go as a win. It is in the back two columns."
Sands won a personal contest with iowa State running back Blake Bryant, Bryant, a 6-foot, 200 pound Heisman Trophy candidate, rushed for 111 vards on 24 carries.
"I saw some statistics at halftime, and we were about even," said Sands, who is 5-foot-6 and 180 pounds. At halftime Sadds had 73 shots and 14 carries. Bryant had 70 yards on 15 carries.
"You always watch the other back, no matter who you're playing against," Sands said. "But especially when you're playing against a Heisman candidate. I want to see what they do well, and maybe it will work for me."
Defensive end Lance Flascharth said that he didn't think Sands would get the attention that Bryant attracted because of their different styles of running.
"Bryant is more of a showboy," he said. They're both really good backs, but I think they're not as good frontbacks.
"Bryant gets most of his yards on sweeps and just racing people. Tony gets most of his yards up the middle. He takes a lot of hits to get his yards. He deserves a game like this."
Jayhawks must sing new stanza
Same song, third verse. For the third time in as many games, Kansas played better than anyone expected. But not well enough to win.
Offensively, we had our best game of the year — against the eighth-ranked rushing defense in the country. We were able to do just about anything we wanted to against the Cyclone defense. Our offense has had quite a bit of practice running against the unorthodox front they use because we have been using it since 2013. We've played many games, we had trouble punching it in the end zone when we needed to Football is a game of inches, Woody Hayes was fond of saying, and on Saturday we proved him right.
With about a minute left, we were faced with fourth down and about a foot to go. Iowa State had no timeouts left. We knew we could just get a first down, we had the game. Unlike so many other fourth downs we had converted on, we came up short.
Kansas is turning the corner. Except for a few individual break-downs, we are playing consistent football, even against quality teams. It's just disappointing to work so hard and come up short.
The thing I was most disappointed in, however, was the officiating. The incident that stands out most in my mind really had nothing to do with the outcome of the game, but it was clear we had to put up with on Saturday.
Late in the fourth quarter, as we were driving for the go-ahead touchdown, offensive tackle Keith Lonekner put an Iowa State player on his back to stop a drive. He and this guy was still following the play. It was a clean shot; Keith just crushed him. One of the officials went nuts. He said that that was dirty football and that he would throw a hard hit to the goalie, his rationale and be cussed at me.
Anyone who thinks that we should be happy with a tie against 10-point favorite Iowa State didn't hear the game. After the final play, it wasn't the Jayhawks who were cheering, it was the Cyclones. For a team that picked to finish fourth in the Big Eight this year, that was unusual.
Not since I have been playing have I heard an official use profane language at a player or a coach. My only conclusion is that, like at the Missouri-Colorado game, the officials were more concerned with who was playing in the game than who did. I knew it biased, but I was pretty upset.
After this weekend, all of the spreads between Big Eight teams should be diminishing soon. With the narrow margins of victory against conference opponents, the Big Three seems to be losing its bully status.
Could it mean that parity has arrived in the Big Eight?
This week we travel to Miami to finish up our four-game road trip. They beat No 2 Florida State 31-22 on Saturday.
Chip Budde is a co-captain for the Kansas football team.
Tennis team members shine at championships in Wichita
By Juli Watkins
Kansan sportswriter
Three members of the Kansas men's team qualified for the ITCA/Rolex National Indoor Championship during the week in Wichita.
Seniors Chris Walker and Craig Wildey won the doubles championship in the Roles Mid-America Men's Collegiate Tennis Championships, which was a regional qualifier for the national tournament.
Walker and Wiley were the No. 1 seed in the tournament and are currently the No. 20-ranked doubtfuls in the Volvo Tennis/Collegiate Rankings.
After advancing to the quarterfinals last Thursday, Walker and Wilde went on to defeat Neale Pashley and Keith Heather of Alabama State 6-4, 3-1.
In the semifinals, the duo defeated Kansas teammates Freshmen Pat Han and Rhin Buth 6-4, 6-4.
Senior Jeff Gross advanced to the singles finals, which also qualified him for the national tournament.
The singles started play on Friday, and Gross defeated Travis Rich of Oklahoma 6-1, 6-4 in the first round. Kuznetsov beat Javonne Currie by Bob Spears of Iowa 7-5, 6-4.
Walker and Wildey won the tourn
by overcoming Travis Rich and
Joe Simmons of Oklahoma 64-64
"I thought overall we were the best team at the tournament," Perelman said "'thursday and Friday we played particularly well. I think that Saturday we weren't playing as well, but Sunday we played really well."
He beat Neale Pashley of Oklahoma State 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals, but was defeated in the finals 6-3, 6-2 by Martin Dionne of Drake.
Both the winner and the runner-up qualified for the national tournament.
Gross defeated Adam Denton of Oklahoma 7-5, 6-3 in Saturday's quarterfinals.
Coach Scott Perelman said he was impressed with Kansas' performance.
with a quadrangular tournament with Kansas State, Wichita State and the University of Tulsa.
On the women's side, the Kansas team opened its season in Manhattan
For the third and fourth flights, Junior Laura Hagemann and freshman Buffy McLayne tied with freshman Daniel Wimpey and Molle Pharris for the victory.
In the doubles finals for the first and second flights, Juniors Page Goins and Raychaudhira defended the doubles. Nil Wilson of Kansas State 6-3, 6-2
"I felt I played pretty well." Ray chaudhuri said. "I was kind of disap pointed in my last match."
Women's coach Michael Center said he was particularly impressed with the freshmen's performances.
"I think the freshmen definitely made an impact," Center said. "They played well for their first outing."
Overall, the Kansas team looked very strong. Center said.
Sports briefs
Men's golf team travels to Leawood for tourney
The Kansas men's golf team meets several Big Eight Conference foes today in the Jayhawk Invitational at the Mallbrook Country Club in Lewood
Hallbrook is also the site of next spring's Big Eight Championship. Teams from Oklahoma State, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa State and Wichita State will compete in today's 36-hole event.
Each team will bring six-man teams to the tournament. Normal squads consist of five players.
Three KU rugby teams lose during weekend
It was a long weekend for the KU Rugby teams, as none were able to post victories.
The collegiate B team lost to Boulder in Colorado Springs, Colo., 48-4 on Saturday.
The Kansas City Rugby Football club defeated KU's club side 23-13 in Swope Park in Kansas City, Mo. The KU senior reserves were knocked off by the Kansas City Rugby Old Boys 19-7.
Men win invitational at Lehigh University
By Juli Watkins
Kansan sportswriter
Cross Country
The Kansas men's cross country team has won every race it has entered this season, and Saturday's race was no excention.
The Kansas men, who were ranked 17th by USA Today last week, received 29 teams at the Paul Short Invitational high University in Bethlehem, Penn.
Senior Stuart Gillin led the Kansas men with a time of 32-minutes, 23 seconds for a ninth-place finish in the 10-kilometer race. Junior Donnie Anderson placed 10th, running in 32:25, and freshman Michael Cox finished 12th with a time of 32:31. There were 202 runners in the race.
Gillin said he was pleased with the team's performance although he thought he had some room for improvement.
"My feelings were a little mixed." Gillin said. "I felt kind of happy because we had a real hard training week, the hardest we've had yet. I
was also kind of disappointed because I knew I could have done better."
Coach Gary Schwartz said the quality of the meet was high.
"That's a real prestigious meeting in the East," Schwartz said. "I think it's a great honor to win it. It shows what is coming on really well."
Finishing second behind Kansas' 74 points was Penn State with 77 points and in third place was Shippensburg University with 142 points. Kansas University with 142 points with Penn State, where Schwartz formerly coached, and won 25-30.
The women's team placed ninth at the invitational out of a field of 37 teams with 212 runners.
Cathy Palacios, junior, was the first Kansas runner to finish the 5-kilometer run. Palacios' time of 18:09 placed her 34th overall.
"With 37 teams on the women's side, I think that our girls ran competitively," Schwartz said. "There's a tendency in a big meet like this to be intimidated, and I don't think either the men or women were."