Page 8 University Daily Kansan, September 15, 1980
Deadlocked game fails to sour Seurer's opener
ByGENEMYERS
Sports Editor
The Kansas football team pleads not guilty to charges of cowardice, whimpering and complicacy. The team's defense is morale, hard work and guts.
Kansas could have gone for a two-point conversion and victory Saturday against the Oregon Ducks in Eugene, Ore. Instead the Jayhawks kicked an extra point and opened the season with
A similar decision would have caused a Big Eight crowd to start a rousing rendition of "Chicken hawks, Chickenhawks, Chickenhawks, But the non-conference Doppa fans simply booed.
"THAT'S TOO BAD for them. Isn't it?" said Frank Seurer, who directed KU to the tying touchdown with 15 seconds left in the game. He was victorious in the victory for him; it was a patch-up victory for us."
KU is 1-4 in morale and 0-1 for the season. But that 0-1 record is the best KU has had this late in the season in four years. Since a 5-4 record in 1976, KU has finished 3-7-1, 1-10 and 3-8.
The ghosts of seasons past led KU head coach
Don Fambrough to turn conservative and play for the tie.
"I want everyone to know that I'm not satisfied nor is the team satisfied with a tie," Fambrough said. "But we were 10,000 miles from home and we didn't give up." There was no hard that I couldn't take a chance on losing.
"If we don't come out a loser it is a little easier to show that the hard work has paid off. I felt that it was so important to win the first game. I got to thinking that if winning is so important than not losing is important. And a tie is the second best thing."
RICH BOOKS, Oregon's head coach, called the tie disgusting.
"I feel it's a loss," he said. "We were capable of winning, but we didn't." The tie turns our arm back.
The game had been all but lost when KU failed to make a first down on fourth and inches at the Duck 20-yard line. There was 3:42 left to be played. But Oregon failed to run out the clock and gave KU 93 seconds and the ball 62 yards from the goal.
Then freshman quarterback Seurer (pronounced SIGH-eR) slowly began KU's rally. He missed David Verser with a pass on first down. He was sacked on second down but Oregon
defensive end Gordon Bledsoe was penalized for tackling Seuer by his chin strap.
"I TRIED TO take charge", Seurer said. "I was telling everyone that it was no or never. I was telling everyone that it was no or never."
The 15-yard face mask penalty brought the ball to midfield. A 15-yard pass to Lester Mickens brought the ball to the Duck 35-yard line. A 9-yard run by Kerwin Bell and two passes to Wayne Capers put the ball on the 14 with 22 seconds remaining.
Mickens slanted over the middle and dropped a pass. But on the next play Verser ran the same pattern and grabbed a pass at the 4. He rolled into the end zone.
The decision to go for the extra point and the tie came quickly from the sideline. Bruce Kallmeyer, a freshman from Shawne Mission South who had missed a field goal attempt in the first half, split the uprights and the game was tied at 7.
"KALLMEYER COULD have made me look bad and could have made the football team look bad," Fambrough said. "Here I was worried about having a freshman quarterback in there going for two points and what do I do but send a freshman in to beck."
The players did not object to the decision.
"I knew we'd go for one," Harry Sydney,
fullback and offensive captain, said. "You must remember that a tie is better than a loss. Next week it's no wins and no losses, and it's starting all over again."
"I was comfortable with the choice," said Bell, who won the starting halfback job with 69 yards in 20 carries. "It is early in the season and it's only the first game."
Bell and Sydney both had problems late in the game. Twice KU had the ball deep in Oregon territory on third down and inches to go. The first time, with eight minutes to play, Sydney was stopped on both third and fourth downs. The second time, with four minutes to play and after Dave Horn had blocked a Duck punt, Bell was stoned on third and fourth downs.
"We were let down after the second time," Bell said. "I figured that Oregon would keep the ball and run out of the clock."
"MOST PEOPLE thought it was old KU all over again," Sydney said. "it had stopped ourselves and had made mistakes. But we proved that we could come back."
Oregon, which had lost to Stanford 35-25 by a touchdown. But the Duke's also overpowered 60-54.
"I'm sure we surprised them," Fambrouch said. "It was obvious that they thought it would
be a runaway. They were ready to run up a lot of points."
The only Dick points came on the first play of the final quarter. Quarterback Reggie Ogburn scored from the 1-yard line and scored 97 yards, 81-yard line and 54-yard line for a fullback Reggie Brown's 44-yard run.
The KU defense kept Oregon under control the rest of the game. The defensive front three, Stan Gardner, Jeff Fox and Greg Smith, played every play and led the defensive charge.
JIAHYAW NOTES—Freshman Frank Seurer entered Saturday's game early in the second quarter when starter Steve Smith was hit in the head. Smith could have gone back in, but Seurer's performance, 12-for-21 and 103 yards, kept him out. Seurer is listed as the startler for the next game, which is Saturday in Memorial Stadium against third-ranked Pittsburgh.
The Pitt Panthers committed nine turnovers but still beat Boston College 14-6 Saturday. The Pitt defense, led by All-America Hugh Green, carried the generous offense.
The KUOregon game will be televised on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network twice this week, ESPN, which is available through Sunflower Cablevision, will broadcast the game at 2 a.m. Tuesday and 11 p.m. Wednesday.
LaCock paces KC 4-3; Royals' title two away
Bv United Press International
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Pete LaCock hit his first home run of the season yesterday to give the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory and reduce their lead for winning the American League West to two.
Paul Spitlottorf gave a run in each of the first two innings, but had not allowed another runner past second base when he was relieved after the seventh inning. Dan Quisenberry recorded his third pitch out the most in the American League, while Spitlottorf gained his 12th victory against 10 losses.
LaCock's homer off Brian Kingman, 7-18, gave the Rovals a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning.
Second-place Oakland took an 8-2 lead, 10-3 in the first hit a bates-loaded single in the turtle to the six.
George Brett spent his eighth consecutive
game on the bench yesterday. The major-league's leading hitter, with a 396 average, still has a sore right hand. Brett needs 55 at-bats in the league for a win against the American League batting championship.
Brett must have 3.1 times at bat in each of those 18 games to have a chance to qualify. But Royal officials still do not know when Brett will be able to come off the bench.
Kansas City plays again tomorrow night in Royal Stadium against California. The Royals, if Texas beats Oakland tonight, could clinch the division with a victory tomorrow.
In the American League East pennant race, New York beat Boston 5-3 and Baltimore lost to Toronto 4-3. The Yankees hold a five-game lead over Baltimore with 20 to play.
The Yankee victory was their seventh straight in Boston's Fenway Park and marked the first time since 1971 that the Red Sox had been swept at home for a season series.
Kansas City Royals' Magic Number
Seahawks hold off rally; Seattle nips Chiefs 17-16
LAURA NEWMANN/Kansan staff
By United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Nick Lowery booted a club-record 57-yard field goal yesterday, but it wasn't enough to push the Kansas City Chiefs past Seattle.
The Seahawks used Jimm Zorn touchdown passes to slip by the Chiefs 17-16. Seattle took a 17-10 lead in the first half, but ended up having stave off a late-game rally by the Chiefs.
Kansas City quarterback Steve Fuller hit Henry Marshall with six seconds left in the first half with a 1-yard TD pass. Fuller ended the day 20 of for 38 to 148. Zorn was 17 of 27 for 184.
Lowery, who beat out Kansas City's all-time leading scorer Jian Stenner this year, tied for the third-longest field goal in NFL history. Carlyle had 16 points and Tony Franklin's 59-yard have been longer.
Seattle scored on three straight drives midway through the first half to build its 17-point lead.
Zorn marched the Seahawks 67 yards for the first score, a 12-yard pass to Sam McCullum. Seattle then went 50 yards in seven plays with a 7-yard pass to Sherman Smith.
Fuller began Kansas City's city rally by moving the Chiefs 83 yards in eight plays in the last two minutes of the first half. J.T. Smith sustained the drive by catching three passes for 44 yards.
Lowrey's first field goal was set up by Gary Barbaro's interception with nine minutes left in the third quarter. The rookie free agent booted a 50-yard field goal that time, and then followed with a 23-yarder after Gari Spain recovered at the Seattle 7 with 6:25 left in the game.
Kansas City's record dropped to 0-2 after a 31-
exhibition season. Seattle evened its record to 1-
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