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Friday, November 22,1974
University Daily Kansan
KU-MU contest stirs memories
By KEN KREHBIEL Sports Reporter
Sports Reporter
With the 83rd KU-Missouri game just coming up this Saturday, fans of both schools undoubtedly will recall some of the memorable games of the past. And there
That "fur and feathers will fly" in Columbia this Saturday in "the oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi," are well known and overused phrases. But if you look past some lean years for both schools, you'll find some exciting big games.
The first KU-Missouri game was played in 1891 in old Exposition Park in Kansas City, Mo. It was the second year of football for the team, and KUB began a trend by wipping 22-10.
That first game drew a respectable 2,000 fans. Because of the rivalry, large crowds have been a trademark for the series. The largest crowd attended what many still call the best game in football at 6,013 fans watched Orange Rockville Kansas at home. 21-19.
The early games were played in Kansas City because it was a neutral site and drew large crowds. The only break from Kansas City was in 1907 when the schools said the rent was too high, and the game was played in St. Joseph.
However, St. Joseph was too partisan Missouri, and the crowd was small, so the games were moved back to Kansas City until 1911. The teams then started to alternately host the game, except for two years during World War II.
The first big game of the series was in 1909 when both teams went into the game undefeated. KU was also undefeated and the team streak of 18, which is still a school record.
William Roger from Princeton was the new Missouri coach and inspired the Tigers with the famous line, "The team that won't be beat, can't be beat."
Missouri wouldn't and wasn't, winning 12-6.
In 1919, both teams went into the game tied for the Missouri Valley lead. Although KU's record was only 3-1-3, including three scoreless ties, the game was for the title. KU had lost only twice in the first 22 years. KU began to begin to even out as Missouri wins 13-6.
KU then enjoyed its most prosperous stretch of victories by winning five straight games from 1930-34. The prosperity was short-lived, however, because of the arrival of head coach Don Faurot on the Missouri scene.
In his first eight games against the
Raptors, carrot came away undefeated
and with two wins.
In 1943, the Jayhawks broke the Tigers' best stretch, and in 1946, the two teams played the first of several "classics" that many fans today still remember.
The Jayhawks, led by All-American Ray Evans, went for KU's first Big Six title against the Tigers. Both teams entered the game with 3-1 records.
Evans sparked behind a line that included Don Fambrough. The Jayhaws put together an eight and a half minute drive in which they hit Oklahoma for the Big Six championship.
Evans' performance included a key 54-yard run that Missouri Coach Faurel called "one of the best, if not the best performance I've ever seen."
In 1947, KU was 3-0-1 and Missouri was 3-1. Again, Evans was the star with 194 total yards. Again, he guided the Jayhawks from 62 to 56, and was captured by a touchdown with 1:06 remaining.
With the 20-14 win, KU went to its first bowl game, the Orange Bowl.
in 1960 KU went to Columbia to face the undefended number one-ranked and Orange Bowl-bound Tigers, the only time either team entered the game in the top national pro asses pro John Haddi, Curtis McClinton and Bert Cameron led the Jayhawks to a 23-7 victory.
The upset victory gave KU the Big Eight championship with a 6-01 record. It was the first time in 12 years that Oklahoma didn't win the title.
Bert Coon rushed for more yards than the entire Missouri team, which was contained by a KU defense that featured a nine man front.
However, Cowen's ineligibility caused KU to forefeet the victory and the conference to end.
In 1964, a Jayhawk win would have given
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them a tie for the Big Eight championship, but the Jayhawks, led by Gale Sayers, were beaten in the fourth quarter because of a weak defense.
Gale Sayers was held to 19 yards rushing, the worst total in his illustrious career. The KU defense gave up 17 fourth quarter points as a shawk went from 14 to 14 to a 31-14 loss.
Head Coach Jack Mitchell said, "We've been getting along all year with one of the weakest defenses in the conference, and today it finally caught up with us."
The game most college students today can still remember is the one in 1968. That was the year the Jayhawks went to the Orange Bowl and entered the Missouri game with the highest scoring offense in the nation.
KU was first in the Big Eight in total offense and scoring and Missouri was first in both.
KU had already accepted the Orange bowl bid and Missouri was on its way to the Gator Bowl. It was the first time both teams entered the game with bowl bids. The winner of the game would finish the contest, but would record and would at least tie for the title.
KU had outscored its opponents 58-8 in the first quarter that year and jumped out to an unbeaten lead.
The excitement of the game was magnified by the absence of a scoreboard on the field.
By halftime, it seemed the game wouldn't be so exciting. Missouri's quarterback Terreon Burris second half. With 2:05 left, and the crowd going up, Burris was left, Missouri cut the KU flag to 21-19.
KU took the kick-off to the 30 and could manage only one vard on two running plays.
With the Tigers offense dominating the second half, KU couldn't afford to give up
On third and nine, All-American quarterback Bobby Douglass rolled out, apparently to run, but spotted tight end John Møsier at midfiel for a 19-yard gain and a first down. The clock ran out two plays later and KU won the thriller.
KU's cornerbuck Dave Morgan was the hero with a 5-3 yard interception return for the first KU touchdown, a fumble recovery at the MU 19 to set up the winning touchdown and an interception in the KU end zone that secured the winning touchdown for Missouri.
Missouri Head Coach Dan Devine said, "I don't want to say anything trite, but I'm not fooling when I tell you this was our all-time best effort. We just played too well to lose."
KU head coach Pepper Rodgers said that near the end of the game, he looked across the field and gave Devine a peace sign—half of one.
one-sided in the series. Devine was accused
of stealing the score up the score in the 69-
21, Missouri. Victory, his team's first,
was one of the games.
Last year both teams again had bowl games wrapped up. With KU trailing 13-4 in the final quarter, Dave Jaynes engineered two touchdown drives for a 14-13 KU vic-
The next year's game produced the most
With only 1:37 remaining and a fourth down at the Missouri 14, Jaynees threw to Emmett Edwards at the goal line for the winning touchdown.
The next year's game produced the most more money than (it) will be goo
Although this year's game doesn't feature the glittering records of some of the past games, it is KU and Missouri, and no one else has. The players are more likely than not, it will be a good one.
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