University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 10, 1986
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Sports Monday
KC wins, closes in on 1st playoff spot in 15 years
Seahawks defeated by Chiefs
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs improved their postseason prospects yesterday by playing the type of defense it takes to win in the playoffs.
The Chiefs held Curt Warner to 16 yards, and Bill Kenney three touchdown passes lifting Kansas City to a 27-7 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
More football scores p. 8.
"Everytime we win now, it just keeps us in the playoff chase for, not only one more week, but for two more weeks," Kansas City head coach John Mccovey said after the Chicks improved with their fourth straight victory.
Kansas City has only an outside chance of overtaking Denver to win the AFC West, but the Chiefs are in the running for a wild card spot. Seattle lost its third straight to fall 5-3.
Warner entered yesterday's game with a conference leading 815 yards, but the Chiefs smothered him. Warner carried 11 times as Seattle, came from behind, went to a passing game without success in the second half.
"He's their offense," Kansas City linebacker Dino Hackett said of Warner. "If you don't shut him down, they'll have a big day. Our game plan was to stop him, and we did a good job."
Seattle head coach Chuck Knox said "We just didn't have any offense at all today. We couldn't throw the ball, we couldn't catch the ball, we couldn't run the ball. The whole of-
Kenney helps Kansas City see the light
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bill Kenney has gone from the darkness of the Kansas City Chiefs' early fall, into the shadows of the autumn light and is now basking in the sun of a 7-3 record.
Basking cautiously, though, as he has started only three times in the Chiefs' four-game winning streak after replacing Todd Blackledge, who was pulled after several poor performances.
Kansas City's record is the best 10-game start the Chiefs have had since 1971, when they were 7-2-1. That year was also the last time Kansas City appeared in the playoffs, a fact not lost on coaches, players, fans and, most of all, owner Lamar Hunt.
The Chiefs, second place in the AFC Western Division, will meet the conference-leading Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium next week, in the first of two matchups.
The promising win-loss record provokes Kenney, head coach John Mackovic and the rest of the team to entertain, in the very outside corner, thoughts, the possibility of a playoff spot this year.
"Everytime we win now, it just keeps us in the playoff chase for, not only one more week, but for two more weeks," said Mackovic.
Yesterday, Kenney added the mortar to what had been several strong but separate offensive blocks for Kansas City this season, and built the team a 27-7 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. Kenney has been with the Chiefs since 1980 and was the starter most of last season before he was injured and Blackledge was brought in
Working behind a very strong defensive game, Kenney threw to 10 different receivers against Seattle, completing 22 of 41 attempts for 264 yards and three touchdowns.
His season totals on the three starts and fill-in's for quarterback Blackledge are 67 of 119 for 909 yards and 7 touchdowns, compared with 48 of 169 for 98 and 7 TD's in 7 starts this year.
"It's evident they (the tight ends) did an excellent job."
"Everybody in our offense has a chance to catch the ball," Kenney said. "That's the way it's designed, to mix it up and keep a defense off balance.
Midway through the first half Kenney completed nine consecutive passes — one a 2-yard toss to Walt Arnold for a 7-10 lead—and ended the second quarter with 149 yards in the air, two touchdowns and a 17-10 lead.
"At last, this season we were able to get going
in the first half." he said. "Our offensive line did such a good job in the first half, I was able to pick my receivers."
Kenney's passing game was based on quick, short hits to a variety of receivers.
"We rotated it so much, it was nice for all of us to play." Walt Arnold, tight end, said. "It feels good to catch some passes, but I don't believe it (using tight ends to such an extent) will last all season.
Seattle defensive end Randy Edwards testified to the Chiefs' offensive juggling act.
"It's hard to get to the tight end when the team is struggling, right now we're getting to the tight end."
Kenny mixed things up pretty well, because he knew that he needed the plan," he said. "They definitely took it to us."
"They're as good as any. They've got two games left with Denver we'll see how they play."
"We know going out there to play them will be a different game," he said. "But we've got the
fense was about as poor as you can get."
Kenney completed 22 of 41 passes for 258 yards and three interceptions. Two of those interceptions were by Kenny in the fourth quarter, players with 50 career interceptions.
Kenney completed 4 of his first 12 passes before sparking the Chiefs to a 17-point second quarter. He threw TD passes of 2 yards to Walt Arnold and 8 yards to Stephone Paige in the quarter.
Kenney's 25-yard TD pass to Carlos Carson in the third quarter gave the Chiefs a 24-head. Kansas City's Nick Boone scored the field goal goal before Seattle scored
The Seahawks scored on Gale Gilbert's 38-vard pass to Steve
The Chiefs forced three turnovers, including a vicious hit by Kevin Ross that forced a fumble with 3:30 left and扣住了 Kansas City to run the clock down.
The Seahawks were held to 6 yards rushing, 30 passing and one first down in the opening half. Seattle intercepted two of Kenney's first four passes, however, in a scoreless first quarter.
Kenney twice hit wide receiver Henry Marshall on third down to
keep the first scoring drive his. His quick 2-yard pass to Arnold at the back of the end zone made it 7-0 1:20 into the second half.
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Kansas City made it 10-0 with a 35-yard field goal by Lowery the next time it had the ball. Kenney completed all four passes in the drive for 46 yards. The Chiefs settled for the field goal after safety Kenny Easley sacked Kenney at the 18 on third down.
The Chiefs scored their second touchdown less than five minutes later, after the Kansas City defense finally yielded a first down. But the Seahawks kept the ball just five plays before puning and Kenney directed a nine-play drive that ended with an 8-yard pass to Paige.
Seattle Kansas City
Second quarter
K-12 | Army 2nd pass from Kenyon (Lowery, xx, yy)
MC | Villanova 54, Kansas 36
Third quarter
Carson — 25 yard pass from Kenney (Lowery kick)
KC — PAGE 8-yard pass from Kenney (lowery kick)
Third quarter
KC — Carson 25-yard pass from Kenney (Lowery kick)
Fourth quarter
Fiveth quarter
Fourth quarter
KC — FG Lowley 37 yards
SEA — Largest 38-yard pass from Gilbert (Johnson) kick
A: 53,268
RUSHING. Seattle, Warmin 11-16, Williams 3-10, Marin 4-22, Tampa Bay 7-5, MILWAUKEE. RUSHING. Seattle, Warmin 11-16, Williams 3-10, Marin 4-22, Tampa Bay 7-5. **MILWAUKEE:** 1-3, Pratt 4-19, Gleden 7-3. **Tampa Bay:** 1-3, Pratt 4-19, Gleden 7-3.
A. 53,268 Individual statistics
Kings 2-12, 11-23 City Kings 2-14, 3-24 Saints 2-10, 2-12 RECEIVING: Seattle, Seattle. Warner G-4,4 Largest - 4-72. Tice 2-16, Skanea 2-12, Williams 1-7, Kansas City. Page 2-15, Kings 2-11, Williams 1-7, Kansas City. Page 2-15, Kings 2-11, Williams 1-7, Kansas City. Harry 1-10, Marye 1-9, Green 1, Coffman 1-1
MISSED FIELD GOALS; Seattle, Johnson 51 yards
KU teams unbeaten in rugby
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Two teams from the University of Kansas Rugby Club are undefeated in Heart of America Rugby Union merit table play.
The varsity team has a record of 4-0 in merit play play after beating Central Missouri State 41-0 Saturday and Kansas Complex at 23rd and Iowa街.
By JANE ZACHMAN
The Broncos fell to 8-2 and saw their AFC West lead cut to one game over Kansas City.
Wing Mike Hammond scored the second try, with King kicking another conversion.
Hammond and flyback Bob Borchardt ran in the first two tries of the second half. Both were followed by conversions from King.
Pat Kirk, hooker, and John Brooks,
playing the number eight position,
scored the final tries of the half to
make the score 20-0.
Wing forward Mitch Anderson scored the first four-point try, followed by a two-point conversion kick by backfill Paul King.
"This is the biggest thrill of my life," Saunders said. "Coming into the game we thought Denver was the best team in the NFL."
Rolf Bentinchke kicked three field goals and safety Jeff Dale had two interceptions helping the Chargers, who were 15-point underdogs.
King scored the last nine points of the game with a try, a conversion and an goal.
The varsity team's next match will be against Kansas State Saturday at Shenk Complex. The match will decide which of the two teams, both 4-0 in merit table play, will be the Western College Champions and go to the national playoffs, KU head coach Bill Mills said yesterday. The winner will also be the Heart of America Rugby Union Champions.
Bentershire connected from 25, 40 and 21 yards and Dale intercepted Denver quarterback John Elway twice thwarting good Broncos 'scor-
"It looks like we can't stand prosperity," Denver Coach Dan Reeves said. "As I've said many times, you don't play to play poorly in this division."
San Diego hands loss to Broncos
The KU club team beat the Dallas Harlequins, who were previously undefeated, 13-6 yesterday. The Harlequins were the National Club Side Champions in 1985 and finished
The Chargers, 2-8, snapped an eight-game losing streak and won their first game since Al Saunders
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"It was fun to be out there today."
Flick said. "One week makes a big difference. It's like a new season, so I can finish strong in the second half."
Chris Feeley/KANSAN
Mitch Anderson, Wichita senior, tries to break free from a mass of Kansas and Central Missouri State players. KU's varsity rucky team won 41-0 Saturday.
third last year
While watching films during the week, the Broncos saw Flick complete four of 17 passes in his first NFL start last week. But yesterday, Flick completed 16 of 22 passes and engineered time-consuming drives guiding the San Diego Chargers to a 9-3 upset over the Broncos.
The only score in the first half of the match was the Hariqueins' six points scored from two penalty kicks. Jerry Clark, playing the number
DENVER — The Denver Broncos hardly recognized Tom Flick yesterday.
Wing Tom Rosewitz scored the final try and Rivalo scored penalty kicks.
The club team is already the Heart of America Rugby Union champions after beating the Kansas City Blues rugby club last weekend.
eight position, scored the first KU try of the game in the second half. The score was followed by a conversion by backflow Carlos Riyolo.
Argentine Junior National Team for plavers under 25 years old.
See CHARGERS, p. 10, col. 1
Sports writer
Rivolo is also a member of the
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
Club gives two losses to Ravens
Wednesday, Kansas played in AL
杏ison and beat Benedictine 1-0.
The Kansas women's soccer club defeated Benedictine for the second time in a week, beating the Ravens 3-1 at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets.
Benedictice scored first on a penalty kick early in the first half. Kansas came back to eve the score 1-1 with Carrie Varzal, Kansas center forward, driving in the first Kansas goal.
"We were moving slow when they scored that goal," Belle Jones, Kansas fullback, said yesterday "When it happened, we realized we could
The half ended with the score tied and Kansas, who played somewhat sluggishly in the first half, left the field feeling disappointed but still confident of a victory.
"At the half, we felt like we were in a better position because we had three substitutes and they only had one," Jones said. "In the second half we really got together and got our momentum going."
Kansas dominated the second half. Pascale Haustermann, Kansas wingback, and Jane Lillis. Kansas midfieler, hit the ball at the same time to put it into the net. About ten minutes later, Varzaly scored again, giving Kansas a comfortable lead.
Kansas bowlers place 4th,6th
"Once we got the third goal we just kind of sat on it," Jones said. "We knew if we could contain them, then we could win."
Yesterday was Kansas' last home game. The club travels to Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Rv IANE ZACHMAN
Sports writer
The Kansas men's bowling team placed fourth and the women's team placed sixth at the Mid-States Intercollegiate bowling tournament Friday and Saturday at the North Kansas City Pro Bowl, North Kansas City, Mo.
The places weren't as high as Kansas coach Mike Fine had expected, but he said yesterday that he was pleased. "It's a very nice place," he said.
"The tournament was a lot tougher than I had expected." Fine said.
"The bowlers did really well as a team. When it got to the crucial point in the tournament, they turned it around."
The biggest turn-around occurred when the men's team had a record of 4-4, which put them in ninth place. The Jayhawks came back to win their last five games, boosted their record to 4-9 and put them in fourth place.
Junior Wes Walcott bowled the high game of the tournament with a score of 296. He had a 13-game average of .285.
Senior Tim DeMars bowled a high game of 277 and had a tournament average of 205.
West Texas State won first place in the men's tournament with 15.404 pins. Central Missouri State came in second with 14.484 pins, Wichita State was third with 14.381, and Kansas was fourth with 14.084.
The women's team won only one of its first six games, but they bounced back to win all but one of their last
Fine said that the game the KU women lost was the best game they shot. The loss was to defending national champion Wichita State, which won the tournament with 14,000.
West Texas State placed second with 13,470 and Colorado State was third with 12,171. Kansas placed sixth
Donna Kirk, sophomore, led the women's team with an eighth-place individual finish and a tournament average of 185.
Other bowlers on the women's team and their averages were freshmen Angie Meyers, 173; Debbie Wolf, 158; Pat Fliger, 147; and juniors Gretchen Schmitz, 155; and Debbie Wilker. 133.
Other bowlers on the men's team and their averages were James Kiser, junior, 199; and sophomores John Percival, 188; Eddie Herrera, 193; and Steve Smith, 158.
Greeks place first in intramurals
By NICOLE SAUZEK
Good luck, not bad luck, comes in threes for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity when it comes to intramural football.
For the third year in a row, the fraternity, 1621 Edgehill Road, won the men's Hill Championship, played yesterday afternoon at Shenk Complex, at 23rd and Iowa streets.
The Phi Delts, the Men's Greek League champions, beat the Professional Students, the Men's Independent League champions. 24-12.
"This was the hardest year of the three," Hughes said. "We had a lot of games this time that we had to come from behind to win."
Although the winning tradition was kept alive, intramural football competition this year was tougher than before, said John Hughes, Phi Delt quarterback and Tulsa senior.
Intramural football competition was stiff with 98 men's and women's teams participating in the regular season.
"Winning the Hill Championship was just an added
bonus," Hughes said. "But, we did most of our celebrating after we won the greek trophy."
On the flipside, the women's Hill Championship was won by Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, Gower Place, the Women's Greek League champions, who beat the Women's Independent League champions, 8-0.
This was the first year the sorority won the hill trophy.
"We actually started playing football at the DU's tournament," said Gretchen Beilharz, Fairway junior and Kappa safety.
The Delta Upson fraternity, 1025 Emery Road,
sponsored the 6th annual Gilkerson Memorial
Ball.
"From then on, we really practiced a lot." Beiratzah said. "It was a tough tournament. All of our regular season games were rained out, so we really didn't get going until the tournament."
Although the skills were newly learned and a few more footballs were dropped here and there than during the men's game, Belharz said the Kappa team was filled with football experts.