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Monday, September 16, 1974
University Daily Kansan
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
SPORTS
KU Veer-T clobbers Washington State,14-7
By MARK ZELIGMAN
Sports Editor
University of Kansas football coach Don Fambrough admits that he went into Saturday's game against Washington State still unsure about many areas of his team.
The new Veer-T offense was untested. Running back Laverne Smith and quarterback Scott McMichael were breaking in. Questions existed about the offensive line. Players returning from injuries and injuries were tested, but defensive unit led to some doubts there.
After the Jayhawks defeated the Cougars, 14-7, not only did these unknown quantities become known, but many can now be listed as strengths.
Fambrough now knows his team can run the Veer, and run it well. He knows that McMichael is his quartetback and that he gains a good one after he gains experience.
"I WAS VERY impressed with Scott
McMichael," Fambrigh said. "He threw the ball well, although he didn't have that many completions. Considering this his was one of the best he played. I thought he handled himself very well."
A Veer offense doesn't work without a pool of running backs, a commodity the Rams don't have.
McMichael completed seven of 15 passes for only 110 yards, but he didn't have to throw often because of the success of the running game, which pitched up 339 vards.
Robert Miller and Laverne Smith each set career highs for one game rushing totals. Co-captain Miller, who gained only 342 yards all last season, wrecked the Cougar defense by riding for 180 yards. Smith, a promising sophomore, gained 119.
Opening the holes for Miller and Smith was an offensive line that Fambrough was especially pleased with. The line came through when it had to, especially late in the
fourth quarter when Washington State made things interesting.
The Cougars had cut KU' 140 lead in half and had forced the 'Hawks back to the KU-seyard line with a well-placed punt. Slightly more than three minutes remained.
"We had to eat up the clock," Fambrough said. "We needed that desenerably."
That the Jayhawks did. They responded
and eventually ran out of the clock,
and eventually ran out of the clock.
EARLIER IT LOOKED as if the game wouldn't be that close. In the second quarter, Miller turned a simple dive play into a 31-yard touchdown run to put the 'Hawks on top, 6-4. Mike Love's point-after kick was wide.
In the later in the quarter, McMichael capped a 45-year drive by sneaking over from one yard out to make it 12-0. McMichael then scored on a point conversion and made the score 14-0.
On their first possession of the third
quarter, the 'Hawks had a chance to put the game away. But a fourth down pass on the Cougar three fell incomplete and the Cougars found new life.
"We should have scored more points," Fambrough said. "We stopped ourselves a lot of times."
"I if I had it to do over again, I probably would go for the field goal," said Farnbrough. "But we had a lot of momentum over the time, and I thought we could make it."
The Jayhawks' failure to put more points on the scoreboard was the only disappointing factor in the game. A pass interception, two fumbles and two unsuccessful attempts on fourth down kept KU's score down.
The 'Hawks' total of 449 yards, compared with the Cougars' 155, clearly shows how KU dominated every facet of the game except the score.
FAMBROUGH SAID this Cougar team was the best they'd had in the last five years, especially offensively. An experienced offensive line and a 1,000-rusher in Andrew Jones offered proof to Fambrough's claim.
The Jayahawk defense sparked the duel that eventually stopped the Courage offense effectively stopped the Courage offense.
Fambrough said Jones was as good a back as KU would face all year. Although Jones gained 91 yards, he needed 29 carries to it. He gained most of the yardage in the fourth quarter when Washington State finally began to move the ball consistently.
Big Eight quality questioned after first games
Fambrough praised Steve Towle, Dean Zook and Mike Butler on the defense for their performances. He also said all the linebacks had played well.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Nebraska and Oklahoma State were impressive in their opening football games Saturday, but other teams didn't show much doubt about the league's over-all quality.
Players who had off-season knee operations—Towle, Fedron Dellon and Odell Weidner—all played without any bad effects from their injuries, Fambrough said.
From Associated Press
David Humm threw two touchdowns and ran for another in keying Nebraka to a kill.
Newcomers Terry Miller, a freshman, and Kenny Walker, a junior college transfer, led Oklahoma State to a 59-0 trouncing of Wichita State.
Oklahoma, top-ranked in the preseason poll nationally, pulled away late for a 28-11 decision over Baylor. Kansas, a conference darkhorse, scored twice in the first half, then held on for a 14-7 victory over Washington State.
Mississippi stalled Missouri 10-4. Texas
whipped Iowa State 24-3 and Louisiana
stopped Oklahoma 27-5.
K-State was erratic in its 31-14 decision over Tulsa. The other conference teams
At Lincoln, Neb. Humm tied the school record for touchdown passes with strikes of 34 and 36 yards. That gave him a career total of 32, equaling that of Jerry Tagge.
Nebraska's defense didn't allow a first
Veteran fullback George Palmer scored twice on one-venture rushes for the Cowboys.
In Stillwater, Okla., Miller had one touchdown and gained 128 yards on 12 carries while Walker, from Arizona, had scoring runs of 48 and 47 vards.
down until 14:19 was left in the second
quart. Cornhuser (in bp) in Osborne
Brown (in bp) in Leighton Browne.
No major injuries were received in the game, Fambridge said—at least none had been taken.
SATURDAY NIGHT'S win was KU's first night-game victory in its last six. Next week, KU tries for two in a row at night, this time against the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville.
saves two balls. oobly is At Norman Okla, the Sooners had only a 75 lead at three of the three quarters but then scored three times in the final period. A nine-yard run by Joe Washington, a one-yard dive by quarterback Steve Davis and an 11-yard end around by Tinker Owens boosted the Sooners' score in the second half.
Washington finished with 156 yards in 17 carries. The Soothers first touchdown came after a missed catch by Washington.
At Baton Rouge, the Louisiana State Tigers ran their new Veer offense to perfection against Colorado. Brad David had two touchdowns. Steve Rogers, Paul Broussard, Terry Robbiek, Carl Otis Trumble and Brian Zierengine each added one for LSU. Trumble's was a 58-yarder and Zierengine's a 55-yarder.
yards in 19 carries and scored two touchdowns, on runs of 10 and 24 yards.
In Spokane, Wash., the Kansas Jayhawks scored their only touchdowns in the second quarter on a 31-yard dive play by fullback Brandon Hunt. The Jackson quarterbackBy Scott McMeilbon
The Saturday schedule is: Iowa State at Washington; Wichita State at Kansas State; Oklahoma State at Arkansas in Little Rock at night; Colorado at Michigan; Kansas at Tennessee, also at night; Baylor at Missouri, and Nebraska at Wisconsin.
"We have all of respect for Tomlinson," he said. "They're much quicker than Washington State on defense. They'll be a real challenge for our team."
As always, Tennessee is regarded highly,
a fact that Fambrough acknowledges.
Last year, Tennessee rolled to an 8-4 record and a bowl game, and defeated KU, 28-27, in the process. Famibrouw said he hit three home runs wouldn't forget last year's one-point loss.
Only Oklahoma is idle this weekend
return by monster Lee Chaves of a blocked punt with 82.5 remaining to seize victor
ON OFFENSE, the Volunteers are led by All-America quarterback candidate Condrege Holloway, Tennessee, like KU, switched to the Veer-T offense this year, mostly to take advantage of Holloway's abilities.
At Jackson, Ole Miss marched 71 yards in 18 plays to go ahead 7-0 on Kenny Lyons' one-yard quarterback sneak with 1:58 left in the third quarter. Ole Miss clinched it on Steve Lavinghouse's 21-yield field goal in the fourth period.
K-State scored in the first quarter on a one-yard dive by Regan Steiner and added another touchdown in the second when Ryan McClain ran 11 yards on a fake field goal attempt.
In Lubbock, Tex., two Texas Tech
sahamons from Kansas and Larry Issue pushed for
the $25 million deal.
UCLA three times inside the Volunteer 10-yard line.
Fambrough said he had nothing planned in particular to stop Holloway.
This year, Tennessee opened its season by yucing, UCLA, 17-47. Especially impressed were the senior attackers, Kyle Farnsworth and
"Holloway's the type of guy who can bust one wide open," Fambrough said. "He can make more of a bustied play than a lot of guys can on a set play."
"We'll just try to get a lot of people around him," he said. "It's hard to set up anything to stop him because you never get his attention to go. He can do so much on his own."
"Defensively, they're better than last year," Fambrough said. "We saw the films of the UCLA game, and they're a little quicker."
at Manhattan, K-State, which had a 17-0
lead at the half, needed a 30-yard scoring
The Holly suffered a shoulder injury in the UCL game. However, Fambridge said, as fast as possible, she is on her way to England.
Miller's sprint topped an 83-yard march while Mintel's plunge clapped a nine-mile run.
Washington State KANSAS
First downs, 118
Yard hits, 119
Rush yards, 320
Yards捡, 118
Passes, 5-12.0
Longest run, 7-15.4
Punters, 1.0
Fumbles lost, 1.0
Fumbles got, 2.0
Gain, 1.2
Team Statistics
KU -McMichael i yard run McMichael pass to Miller for conversion )
Kansas 0 14 0 0 1-14
Washington State 0 14 0 0 -7 7
Individual Statistics
KU -Miller 23:10, Smith 17:18, McMehanel 11:16, Edwards 11:16, Ross 14:1, Phrade 14:1
WSU--Jones 29-91; Williams 14-36, Peck 13-minus 9.
Passing
*Paiting*
KU—MeMichael 7-15:1, 119 yards.
KU-Edwards 270, Hossein 326, Smith 14, Miller 1. MU-
Warsch-Barring 329, Ferguson 1, Klimble 1.
Group to sell 'Hawk mats
Bob Nelson, member of the sports committee and extension representative of the Division of Continuing Education, said the floor mats were "a fundraising project
The banners will be made by two Lawrence women, Eleanor Wonack, 161 W. 2nd St. and Martha Buller, 507 Arizona St.
The proceeds from the mats will buy banners that, according to the committee, will help "to remember past KU chambers." The team's games for pictures of past All-American's
To achieve this goal the committee has decided to sell floor mats with the words "Kansas Jayhawks" and a red Jayhawk on a blue background.
The time has come to promote University of Kansas athletics and to acknowledge the greatness of past KU championships, teams, and programs. The Chamber of Commerce Sports Committees
Danielson said that he didn't know how much money the committee would have to spend on the banners or how far back the banners would trace championship teams. He said the banners would apply to all major sports.
Punting KU-Love 2-33, Team 1-13.
Danielson estimated that the banners would cost $50-$100 a banner. Nelson said he thought the banners would be cloth and would hang from the fieldhouse catwalk.
to help to promote KU athletics in all forms."
KU women's tennis team loses its own tournament
The season got off to a rocky start last weekend for the University of Kansas women's tennis team, which was shut out in the second round. The courts west of Robinson gymnasium.
Out of KU's six entrances, only two-Lyda Hill and Debbie Hunt—won their first match. Losing to tough opposition from Central State of Edmonds, Okla., and North Carolina of Columbia, Mo., were Julie Ritchie, Wendy Potofft, Jantas Justus and Else Dreher.
And Hill lost to second place and top-seed. Beverly Barger of CSU, 6-0, 6-0.
In the next round, Hunt lost to the eventual winner, Pam Mason of CSU, 6-2, 6-2.
Teammates Barger and Mason defeated Cecilia Lopez and Astrid Daska, also of CSU, 6-3, 6-4, to take the doubles championship. KU's doubles team of Hill and Hunt left to the team of Sandy Crowson and Iliad Padura from Stephens College, 6-4, 6-4.
Five teams originally were invited to compete. But two, Southwest Missouri State of Springfield, Mo., and Oklahoma State University, didn't show.
KU women's tennis team ranked among the top five in the Missouri Valley last year.
KU Rugby Club trounces K-State
The University of Kansas Rugby Club won its second straight game this season by shellacking K-State, 22-4, yesterday on the rugby field behind Oliv Hall.
to make the score 9-4. Another penalty kick by McGillvray and scores by Andy Bibberensen and Brian Hunter made the final score 22-4.
KU scored on a first penalty by Bill McGilvray and lead the St. Johns scored next.
The KU B-team also won, defeating K-
State. 18-4.
In the second half, Lee Mills scored for KU and McGillvair vicked the conversion
The next game for KU is Sept. 21 against the Kansas City Rugby Club in Kansas City, Mt.
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