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University Daily Kansan, October 17, 1980
Team's bubble burst in 1969 Orange Bowl
By MITCHELL SNYDER Staff Reporter
It seems as if every year the Big Eight representative to the Orange bowl comes from the winner of the Oklahoma-Nebraska game.
But it hasn't always been that way. Other teams have been involved in the chase, including the 1968 Kansas Javahawks.
The Hawks featured a highly explosive offense, including All-America quarterback Bobby Douglas and runners John Riggins and Donnie Shanklin.
The defense was anchored by All-
America defensive end John Zook and
All-Conference linebacker Emery
Hicks.
The Jayhawks opened the season against the University of Illinois as the sixth-ranked team in the country.
With the defense forcing five turnovers, KU rolled to a 47- victory. Kansas put the game out of reach by scoring 20 points in an eight-minute span in the fourth quarter. Shanklin picked up one of five carries and scored two touchdowns.
THE SECOND GAME, against Indiana in Lawrence, turned into a showcase for Shanklin. He pickuped up 199 yards on eight carries, including touchdown runs of 65 and 54 yards, and returned four punts for 139 yards, highlighted by a 50 yard touchdown to lead KU to 38-20 victory.
"It was the best running I've ever seen," said KU Coach Pepper Rodgers after the game. "And I mean ever."
The defense again forced five turnovers to aid the cause.
The third game brought the University of New Mexico to Lawrence. The offense, which rolled in the first two games, simply awesome against the Lobos.
Douglass passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more in less than two quarters to fuel the 'Hawks to a 68-7 rout of New Mexico. Backup quarterback Ettinger accounted for two more touchdowns as the 'Hawks piled
up 54 kills of total offense. For the
defence, she and the defense can
use with five kurnaers.
KU ROLED into the Big Eight season with its first undefeated non-conference contest in 16 years. KU won both contests and ninth-ranked Nebraska in Lincoln.
"Never has an opening conference game been so important." Bob Devany, Nebraska head coach, said before the game.
Nebraska led 13-9 midway through the fourth quarter when Douglass took control. He scored on touchdowns in victory and 10 yards to give KU 23-10 victory.
After an impressive comeback against Nebraska, KU moved up to fourth in the polls.
The offense returned in game five against Oklahoma State. Douglass passed for two touchdowns, ran for another and accounted for 234 yards total offense as the Jayhawks crushed a cumberland 540 yards while the defense forced four turnovers. Their fifth straight win moved KU to No. 3.
THE OFFENSIVE onslaught continued the next week in Ames against Iowa State. The Jayhawks exploded for four touchdowns in a four and one-half minute span at the end of the game, knocking half on their way to a 45-25 victory. Douglas was 11-18 for 186 yards and two touchdowns.
The offense continued to roll in game seven against Colorado. They piled up 428 yards rushing including 162 by Rigins and 108 from Douglass on their way to a 27-16 victory. The defense was awesome. It snuffed 11 Buffalo quarterback Andy Broderick times and held Colorado to 40 yards through the air.
The bubble finally burst in the eighth game of the year.
Dougias completed only 11 of 28 passes and threw two costly interceptions as Oklahoma stunned the Jayhawks 27-23. The less knocked KU out of first place in the Big Eight and down to seventh in the national rank.
inga. Rodgers made no excuses for the loss.
"It's as simple as can be," he said. "Oklahoma just outplayed us. When we needed the big play on offense or defense, we didn't get it. They did."
BU LOOKED to take its frustrations out on its next opponent. What better medicine than cross-state rival Kansas State.
Douglass passed for three touchdowns and ran for another and Riggins exploded on for 189 yards as the 'Hawks won 38-29. The defense held the Wildcats to 156 yards total offense and forced six turnovers.
The victory must have impressed the Orange Bowl Committee, because on the Monday after the game KU was defeated in State in the New Year's Day classic.
The 'Hawks still had to play Missouri for a shot to take the conference crown.
The offense didn't play well, so safety Dave Morgan took matters into his own hands. He intercepted two passes, returning one for a touchdown and three for a touchdown. He victory and a tie for the Big Eight title. It was KU's first title since 1947.
The Jayhawks finished the regular season as the fifth-ranked team in the league.
THE 1989 Orange Bowl turned to be a game not soon forgotten by KU fans. In the infamous "Twelfth Man" game, the Hawks were edged by Penn State 15-14.
KU apparently had the game wrapped up twice only to let it slip away. They led 14-7 with a little more than a minute left and Penn State 50 yards away from the tying score. It took Penn State only four plays to score and get within one point. Then they got to the two-point conversion. The 'Hawks stopped the attempt and apparently won the game 14-13.
But wait a minute. The 'Hawks were caught with 12 men on the field to give Penn State a second chance. The Nittany team got the second time to steal a 14-4 victory.
'70s laid bare crises, students
By TIM SHARP Staff Reporter
The Vietnam War, Watergate and the energy crisis left students at the University of Kansas disillusioned and distressed. They rebelled against the system by tearing off their clothes and running amuck in the streets.
Streaking was a national craze in 1974, and reared up at KU on March 6 of that year. At least 25 male streakers and 10,000 spectators gathered around the Chi Omega fountain after the KU-KState basketball game. Watching streakers was, of course, a more popular pastime.
Streakers dashed down Jayhawk Boulevard, urged on by the cheers and applause. When Watson reached Watson Library, many led obscenities call to K-State.
at the University of Missouri. The at-
tention complained that it weathered to bake its
THE STREAK, publicized before the game, was an attempt to break a streaking record set a few hours earlier
As warm weather approached, streaking's popularity increased. Streakers appeared almost nightly. They jumped out from buses, ran across campus, then vanished into the night.
BUT THE Orange Bowl disappointment could not erase a truly marvelous year. The Jayhawks led the conference in scoring, rushing and total offense. The Wildcats recorded records for points scored, most yards gained and most first downs.
Signs advertising a streakers' reunion appeared on campus.
"Streakers of '74—and those who were too chicken" were invited to streak at 11 p.m. one night in March in front of the Camanile.
MILLER HALL attempted to break the world's record for consecutive daily streaking. The women started by chancellor the chancellor the residence one night.
However, Nancy Dykes, wife of former Chancellor Archie R. Dykes, said the she had been aware of the she had she had be home all night and hadn't seen anyone.
charges were dropped when the district attorney's office decided that no no-liability charges were filed.
Female streakers complained about the hazards of streaking.
KU POLICE tended to ignore streakers. There was no state law against streaking, and they admitted that the streakers weren't hurting anybody. They were just "a bunch of idiots running around naked."
Lawrence police did arrest streakers for indecent exposure. Many Lawrence taverns offered free beer to anyone who
The 1970s
came in nude, but because of the Lawrence police crackdown, streakers were reluctant to appear in a bar with their nants down.
Streaking wasn't confined to college campuses. The Kansas Senate formed its own streaking club, said State Sen. Wint Winter, R-Qttawa.
State Sen. Norman Gaar, R-Kansas City, Kan., said he was the founding father of the "ad hoc committee of Senate streakers." Gaar said the committee club meeting consisted of "once around the rotunda with all secretaries invited."
At the time, he said the University budget, which the Senate was working on, "should provide for more ski masks and tennis shoes."
"is hard to run without a bra," one brazen young woman said. "It's extremely difficult. don't know if it feels like jock, but it's difficult without a bra."
Another mention that she wasn't in shape to run all the way down Jayhawk Bay.
Two seniors streaked across the stage at Memorial Stadium at the 1974 Commencement dressed only in mortar boards and free-flowing graduation gowns. They initially were charged with disorderly conduct, but the
The Legislature never came through with the money. There were too many to deal with.
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