Monday, October 13. 1975
Staff Photo by DAVID CRENSHAW
Offensive show sputters
This fumble by Nolan Cromwell led to second quarter Nebraska score
By ALLEN QUAKENBUSH
Associate Sports Editor
LINOOL, Neb.- It seemed at 1-3 1F,
1-2-3 punt was the only consistency
the University of Kansas offence
could muster Saturday.
The KU offensive machine, which had rolled for 925 yards the past two months, lost to Nebraska in rung up against a big, quick University of Nebraska defense. The Jayhawks
finished with a dismal 177 yards total offense and only seven first downs in the 16-9 loss.
"Our assistants did a great job of designing our defense and the players executed very well." Nebraska coach Rick Sparrow said he made sure that Cromwell didn't run.
Locker room talk
"ORN ENDS KEYED on him and our cornerbacks and safeties did a great job of taking away the pitch. We wanted to take the pitch and then play the pitch man."
Nebraska's "Black Shirt" defense did just as the coaches ordered it to, limiting Nolan Cromwell to 62 yards in 19 carries. Halfbacks Lafford Smith, McNeil and Skye Sharp got only 29 yards when Cromwell was forced to pitch.
"They had real good pursuit to the ball, "Smith said. "Every time I got the ball on the pitch, the man was on me as well." No one else had a chance to react or anything.
FULLBACKS NORRI Banks and Dennis Wright, who combined for 39 yards, had no more success running from well and crew had running outside.
"They were a fullback key team," banks said. "They would watch which team was coming in, and they flowed. They were slanting right into the hole every time."
Staff Photo by DAVID CRENSHAW
The Jayhawks only scoring threat came late in the first half. A 20-yard run by Cromwell and a 50-yard pass from Cromwell to Waddell Smith moved the ball to the Nebraska three-yard line with 11 seconds left in the half.
Receiver Walt Little showed game effects in KU locker room
ON THE NEXT PLAY, Cromwell optioned left and pitched the ball to Campfield. But the ball slipped away and fell on it at the six for a loss of three.
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"They really did a super job of keeping us from getting in," Fromwell said. "Then they blocked the field goal, gave them a lift going into halftime."
"I just mishandled it." Campfield said. "I was trying to throw a block because I thought Cromwell was going to keep the ball."
"Their linemen and linebackers were much quicker than we were used to," Wright said.
Almost to a man, the KU defensive players credited Nebraska's quickness for its success at stopping the wishbone.
"OUR EXECUTION WASN'T as good as it had been, and that was caused by their quickness. I think you could put all four teams we had played together and not come up with as much quickness as Nebraska had."
With time running out, Dennis Kerbel's 22-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Nebraska end Ray Phillips. Although it didn't look as if Phillips was touched, Kerbel accepted the blame for the blocked attempt.
INSTEAD OF GOING into the locker room at halftime within three points, the Jayhawks still trailed. 6-0.
"I made the mistake of not hooking the ball around him," Kerbel said, "and he got a hand on it."
Nethier center John Morgan nor guard Buch Mascarello could pinpoint the attacker unable to blow out the Nebraks defensive line as it had in the past two weeks.
"We weren't getting off the ball like we had in the last two games." Mascarleo said, "but I really can't explain why. It was hard to sustain the blocks. They would slide away from you and make the play."
MORGAN SAID, "WE felt that if we did what we been doing we could move the ball against them. We won't really know what happened until we see the films. They could have just been physically better than us.
"We just couldn't get much movement. We'd get it somewhere but we just couldn't get it all the way around."
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CINCINNATI SHADES BOSTON—Dave Concepción rescued Cincinnati with a game-tying, two-out single in the ninth innings, then stole second and raced home with the winning run on Ken Griffey's double as the Reds rallied for a 32-win over the second game in the second game of the World Series on a comeback triumph tied the Series at one victory each. The two teams play tomorrow night in Cincinnati.
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CHIEFS WALLOP OAKLAND—Mike Livington rode for three touchdowns and scored one himself to launch the Kansas City Chiefs to a stunning 42-10 upset over the Oakland Raiders yesterday in Arrowhead, a national television audience watched the game. The team's previous games, score three, first quarter touchdowns on the surprised Raiders.
BIG EIGHT ACTION—Second-ranked Oklahoma and fourth-ranked Nebraska were the only Big Eight teams left with spodess records after weekend football action. Oklahoma hung on to nip fifth-seeded Kansas, 16-0. In other games, 12th-ranked Missouri romped 14th-ranked Oklahoma State, 41-14; Iowa State rallied to beat Kansas State, 17-7; and 13th-ranked Colorado turned back Miami, Fla., 23-10.
Cross country wins own meet
Bob Timmons, University of Kansas cross-country coach, had a simple explanation for his team's victory over Iowa State University and Southern Illinois University Friday at the Lawrence Country Club.
“As we went into the meet, the only thing we were thinking about was winning,” he teamed up with them because they defeated a good team, we’re at last a shape going into our remaining meets.”
John Roscoe again led the Jayhawks, finishing first over the five-mile course and 28-man field with a time of 25.13. Bill Lundberg was second; Kent McDonald, third, Mason Mason, sixth, and Joel Cambron, tenth.
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KU's team defeated Wichita State University 25-30.
Soccer club loses
The KU soccer club lost a 4-3 match to Missouri, yesterday at Memorial Stadium. Juan Dernaumoi scored two goals and coach Jim Browning scored one. The loss dropped KU's record to 3-2.
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