6 University Daily Kansan Monday, October 1, 1979 Lost running attack found By MIKE EARLE Associate Sports Editor KU tailback Walt Mack was all smiles Saturday after the Jayhawks had just downed North Texas State 37-18, and he had every reason to be happy. Mack and backfill Harry Sydney both gained more than 100 yards in the game. The last KU bucks to gain more than 100 yards was against Lauren Smith in the 1976 season. A transfer from the City College of San Francisco, Mack finished the game with 124 rushing and one touchdown. Quate an infield pass, and he scored in which he gained only one yard. "We get better every week," Mack said. "This is just a start. Our offensive line did a great job. We worked hard in practice all those coaches knew just where we were lacking." KU's running attack had gained only eight total yards before Saturday's game. In preparation for the Mean Green, Couch Dunn concentrated on the ground game last week. Mack said the emphasis on rushing was partly responsible for his success. "You can check out the results." We did a few things in practice, and it really paid off. We drilled on running up the middle and worked on打 holes faster." Mack was taken out of the game near the end of the fourth quarter after gaining 98 yards. When the KU coaching staff learned he was close to the 100-vard mark, he was sent back in. Mack responded with a 23-yard touchdown run. "When I went in, the offensive linemen said "Cmon Walk let's go and we went," Mack said. "This feeling he has is trying to be going to forget it and get ready for Syracuse." For fullback Harry Syredy the 101 yards gained on 16 carries marked the second time in his career he has rushed for 100 yards. He is now carrying carries in last year's OK to Oklahoma. "Now we know we can run," Sydney said. "People are going to have to respect our running game now." "I didn't doubt our ability. We knew it would take time and that we'd have to be patient. Doing it in front of the home crowd was great." Sydney, who also had 22 yards in pass receptions, was quick to give KU's offensive line credit for his success. "With those holes they were making I could've run all night." "We put a lot of emphasis on the run this week. Our oftensive line did a bellwax job." "It helps a lot having six good running backs to go with," Sydney said. "If you get tired, someone on the sideline can take your place. I feel like I had to stay in there." Sydney also said he was more effective because of the rest he received from substitutions. "We gained a lot of respect today. We wanted this one for ourselves and Coach Fambourg. I think we can count on our running game." BARB KINNEY/Kansan staff Drive way tailback Walter Mack found a hole big enough to drive a truck on Saturday against North Texas State. After taking quarterback Brian Bettek's handoff, Mack used a sled to move Bettek into the end zone for a touchdown. Jefferson and his speed to escape Gwombie (20) for a big gain. Mack, who had one yard for the season entering the game, finished with 124 joins on 26 carries. The 'Hawks KU's Harry Sydney, the former winger quarterback turned fullback, escaped the match of Green mean defender Lauren Haynes on the way to a 27-yard touchdown run in the second quarter Saturday. Sydney traveled for 101 yards on 16 carries. With Walter Mack's 124 running yard, KU did the first to go over 100 since Nolan Crownwell Stepvin' out KU mangles Mean Green 37-18 By TONY FITTS Sports Editor The Kansas football team proved the dreary days of the Bud Moore regime are over Saturday with their 37-18 victory over Oklahoma State. Green, breakеng a 11-game loss streak. The Jayhawks showed they can win some football games both offensively and defensively. KU rolled up their hard yardage in the second half and held out with 485 yards passing and running. In 1976, at the peak of Moore's wishbone attack, Nolan Clemens, Lauwers Smith and others won the game. Defensively, Kansas held North Texas State to 96 net rushing yards. The Mean Green had been averaging 229 yards on the ground in their four previous games. "I've been telling the kids all along that if good players will happen," KU Coach Couch brought after the game. "They hadn't found on our until today, but now I know what happened." "I'm just so happy for a bunch of seniors who have given so much to this program and who have received so little. I hope we're on our way." KU worked especially hard the week before the game, putting in extra time on the running game after averaging four vards in each of the two previous games. "We just work our butts off this week on execution," Mike Gay, offensive tackle and co-captain, said. "It was the same game plan as before, we just put it all together." Kevin Clinton, KU quarterback, said, "We just dedicated this week to the runnings game." We were relied on by the runnings game, but we knew we had to run. Even the I could have runn Clinton almost needed to run to keep his offensive statistics up. He was bothered by a muscle spasm in his back and missed a number of masses. "I'm not going to make excuses with my back," he said. "I just wasn't sharp today." Clinton's ribs were bruised in the fourth Chiefs block 2 punts, win 24-6 SEATTLE (UPI) -- Ted McKnight scored on runs of 23 and 84 yards and Kansas City blocked two Seattle pints yesterday to win the disappointing victory over the dismounting Seahawks. McKnight, who finished with 147 yards on 12 carries, put the Chefs ahead 7.5 when he snapped his second pick and unintroduced into Seattle's end zone with 13:49 left in the first half. McKnight's run came immedately after Eedbam, a Houston receiver, attempted punt by Seattle's Herman Weaver. Walter suffered a similar fate with 11-45 left in the game when M.L. Carter blocked him from passing to Jake Bubbler TD march. The four-play drive was capped when rookie quarterback Steve Fuller hit another first-year player, running back Chase Johnson in the TD pass to give Kansas M.A. 17-46 lead. the second quarter to account for Kansas City's other success, Efren Herrera kicked field goals of 38 and 20 yards for Seattle's only points. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Dave Reverting to Murray in the midst of litter at the Oakland A to a 8-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the season finale. McKnight burst through a bunched up Seattle defense from his own 16 with 1:27 to can the boat for the Chiefs, who are 3-2. Seattle was able to move the ball in sports against the Chiefs' defense but could not reach it. The Lions traced 31 yards on the very first play from scrimmage, set up Herrema's first field goal. The Seahawks, preseason pick to contend for the AFC West crown, are now 1-4. Rovals lose final and wait for next year Jan Stenerud kicked a 36-yard field goal in Dennis Leonard, 14-12, suffered the loss while Brian Kingman, 8-7, was the winner in relief. Dave Murphy and Dave Chalk hit solo home runs to help the A's to a 4-1 lead after seven innings. The Royals scored three in the eighth to it 4-1 on John Wathan's two-run triple and Steve Braun's RBI grounder. The Royals, dethroned this year by California as American League West champs, got a run in the first on Amos Otis' RBI double. singled to lead off. Two out later, with Wilson running on the pitch, Otts doubled into center to score the speedy Royals outfielder. Wilson Wilde, who finished the year as the American League stolen base king with 83. EAST W L Pct GR Pittsburgh 39 64 .508 Baltimore 39 64 .508 St. Louis 86 78 .231 Los Angeles 86 78 .231 Houston 86 78 .231 Chicago 82 69 .144 Atlanta 82 69 .144 Kingman was the only pitcher to finish with a winning record for the A's whose final day victory prevented them from tying | WIN | MILKSHAKE | | :--- | :--- | | 4 Los Angeles | 71 | 309 | | 5 Chicago | 86 | 349 | | Los Angeles | 86 | 349 | | San Francisco | 71 | 438 | | San Francisco | 71 | 438 | | Atlanta | 19 | 438 | | Atlanta | 19 | 438 | NATIONAL LEAGUE The Royals set an attendance record of 2,261.848 for the season—an average of 28.589 per game—despite playing two less than in 1787, their previous record year. Toronto with the worst record in the major leagues this year. AMERICAN LEAGUE | Elev. | L.F.C. | L | Pct. | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Alhambra | 105 | 66 | 38 | | Milwaukee | 70 | 32 | 46 | | New York | 89 | 71 | 56 | | Newark | 81 | 18 | 21 | | Cleveland | 81 | 81 | 100 | | Detroit | 81 | 100 | 100 | | Metrorail | Week 1 | | :--- | :--- | | *e*California | 82 | 74 | 543 | | Kansas City | 81 | 79 | 312 | | Houston | 82 | 76 | 312 | | Minneapolis | 82 | 87 | 306 | | Milwaukee | 82 | 87 | 304 | | Seattle | 87 | 87 | 14 | 14 | | Seattle | 87 | 87 | 14 | 14 | | Seattle | 4 | 100 | 34 | 34 | quarter when he was hit after releasing a pass. The injury is not serious, according to Fambrouch. END REGULAR SEASON Clinton played most of the game, but Brian Belthe like reinforced him at times. Belthe missed a key play like the one worn by Houston Oilers quarterback Dan Pastini. KU quarterback coach John Hadl said that the team also had one for Clinton, but that Clinton had decided not KU got in a few hits of their own on Monday, according to defensive coordinator Tom Batta. The Mean Green got 180 yards and two touchdowns on only five of their own. "The one thing we have been working or since practice began back in the spring was the idea of having a big play. Batta said. "As long as we let the big play affect us like that, we're going to be happy." "We could move the 'football'," he said, "What hurt us was trying to get the football. We'd probably not win but I felt like we could throw. We are not going to be hard-bested and stubborn and just playing." "I was pleased, though, that we stopped the run and forced them to throw. We may Even though there were some problems, most KU players and coaches were pleased with the victory. North Texas Coach Jerry Moore wasn't over impressed with KU's defense—when he got a chance to play against it. Fambrough said, "This is the moment have given up some big plays on defense, but we made some big plays, too. NORTH TEXAS STATE... 6 6 6-18 KANSAI ... 3 10 7 17-37 KU-F1 FUH Ibanez S2 KU-F1 FUH Ibanez S3 KU-F1 W. Sturm Ibanez (Hawksbuck) kick KU-F1 W. Sturm Ibanez (Hawksbuck) kick NW-Witte 4 pts from Severnan (kick bucket) NW-Witte 4 pts from Severnan (kick bucket) KU-Bittef 1 pts from Hornbuck (kick) KU-Bittef 1 pts from Hornbuck (kick) KU-F1 FUH Ibanez S3 KU-F1 FUH Ibanez S3 KU-Mack 25 pts from Newmarch (pass bucket) KU-Mack 25 pts from Newmarch (pass bucket) 30 It may not be so great next week. KU fayacus Syracuse, a team that has scored 104 points in the last two games, against Northwestern and Washington State. Fam. Baylor, especially with their Al-East quartar buck Bill Hartley, was a team to respect N. TEXAS KANSA First downs 17 Rutherford-ats 30 Passing yards 24 Passing yards 25 Passing yards 28 Passing All-Comp-Int. 35-15-14 Total offense yards 156 Offense yards 83-4-3 Fumbles offs 34 Fumbles ons 64 Fumbles on 68 that you cherish. You know it can't last long, but bov, it is sweet." Clinton was a little less poetic: "It was great!" Receiving - N. Texas, Harvey 74, Terrell 34-7, Witte 2-4; Kanap, Sakab 34-8, Verberr 34-7, Sydney 22-2 By GENE MYERS Ruston - N. Texas, Harvey 322, Jackson 6-16 Jones 5-13 Kansas, May 31-24 Seattle 16-10, Hagberg 5-8 Pasig - N. Texas, Stevenum 11-24, Case 2-14, Kana good job getting them out of their game plan." Defensive front stunts Texans Snorts Writer KU's revived rushing game staged a premiere appearance Saturday, but the defense made an unexpected showing. Leroy Irwin, the free safety with the demonic nickname "Dr. Death," made only one lance in KU's 37-18 win over North Texas State. But "Dr. Death," according to himself and Moon Green quarterbacks by Joe Stevenson, played a standout game. "Their secondary could be picked apart or shot," said the injured jacket his shoulder on a first quarter hit by Kirby Criswell, said. "That's the weakest part of the defense, except for that one free kick." "One assist on a tackle, that's all I had to do," Irvin said. "That's just great. I get tired of tackling. With a good team, the defensive secondary should be the last defense, making relatively few tackles. Tackling is for the linemen and backlineers. Yet, ivir had 21 tackles in KU's ing losses and is 75 yr of the school record, held by linebacker "Up front they did a great job. I knew they'd finally shut people down." KU shut the Mean Green down by com- pense to the line of scrimmage on both offe- nance and defense, up the rushing attack on offense clamped down on the Mean Green on "I've never seen our kids get so intimidated." North Texas head coach Jeff Moore said. "KU simply controlled the line and went right at us. "We knew we have a size advantage last Monday, but size didn't matter. They were firing on offense and defense and we couldn't stop them. This is our worst day Controlling the defensive line were nosecaring, the wizard, who had nosegumping and noosegumping and six, Jim Zidm and Criswlend led the backers, combining for nine tackles with four behind their own. "We were stunting a lot and it bothered them," Casey said. "It was a hard game, but they weren't as good as Pittsburgh or Michigan." "We wanted to concentrate on their running game and make them pass. We did Casey and company held North Texas State to 96 vards rushing. Stevenson, Case's backup who was 12-of-31 for 241 yards passing, also was impressed with the KU defense. "There wasn't a weak point out there," Stevenson said. "I was very impressed with the line. I didn't expect that." The defense is just as tough as Southern Methodist, but it's not as tough as a 209 winner over North Texas last week). SMU was stronger but KU is more aggressive and has a more complex offense. Gardner, the 6-0, 260 pound junior noseguard, said the defensive front still has its best day ahead. "We showed what kind of a defensive team we have," he said. "We gained a lot of respect on there today. We're up and we're going to star that way." More standout defensive efforts are what Irvin wants, too. "I'll let Coach Swatman keep the tackle record," "Dr. Death" said, "I want the front line to make tackles from now on." +UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Weekend Sports Roundup 'Cats slip by 'Hawks again For the third time in as many meetings, Kansas State squeezed past women's cross-country team. This time, the meet was Friday's Missouri. KU finished with 61 points, second to K-State's 38. Missouri was third with 67 and Drake fourth with 97. KState's Cathy Saxon, who won the first two individual titles, won again in Columbia. KU's top finisher was Michelle Brown, a former Illinois star. KU's placeres were Maureen Fintolini, 10th, Tracey Wong, 11th, Katie Gretchen Bajma, 20th, Kelly Hiatt, 20th, and Pamela Schultz. Women golfers finish last The KU women's golf team dug itself into the celer of the Region Groundball at Wichita last week and never reemerized. After the first day of competition, Thursday, KU was in seventh place in their seven team tournament. After the final round Friday Sally White scored scores of 83 and 84 for a 167 total and KU's 95. She finished in first, finished with a total of 898 points 32 behind left-facing Michigan. KU won this tournament last year, and Coach Sandy Bahan said before the journey she would be disappointed if KU didn't finish in KU's other competitors on the par 74 Echo Hills Course were Barb Gooosebee 173, Julie Merwald 176, Sara Burgess 177, Cindy Johnson 177 and Liza Howard 178. Ruggers defend Kaw title The KU Rugby club successfully defended its hold on the Kaw Valley Cup in Toucks yesterday. the troglers, who took the title last year, went 24-1 in three games, recording the best score of the four-tournament. In the first game, KU blanked Pittsburgh 18-4. Steve Merdinger, Jim Bartell, Bill Boyle and Kurt Gozda scored for the "Hawks." Barrett also scored a two-point kick. In the second game, the 'Hawks downed Kansas State 14-6. In the second game, the 'Hawks downd Kansas State. The third game against the Toughee Rugby Club, Score scored the game. The Rugby State next game is Saturday at home against Emorna State. Game time is 1:39 p.m. Harriers win dual meet saturday in a dual meet in Carbondale, Ill. KU's Paul Schultz won the competition in 26:15 The men's cross-country team sliped past Southern Illinois 25-30 Saturday in a dual meet in Carbondale, Ill. Other finishes were Tim Gundy, fourth in 26:36; Bruce Coldsmith, fifth in 26:18; Tim Tys, sixth in 26:47; Kendall Smith, ninth in 27:03; Brent Swanson, thirteen in 27:15; Ken Burrows, 15th in 28:31 and David Bauer, 16th in 28:34. The 'Hawks defeated Southern Illinois last year, too.