SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, November 9, 1992
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'Huskers destroy 'Hawks, take Big 8 lead
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Maurice Douglas (#26) is tripped up after attempting to break through the Nebraska defensive line. Kansas was held to 128 total offensive rushing yards during Saturday's game in Lincoln.
By David Bartkoski Kansan sportwriter
LINCOLN, Neb — Once Nebraska's Big Red Machine got rolling Saturday, Kansas could do little to shut it down.
The Cornhuskers led 7-0 after one quarter but scored 42 points in the second and third quarters thrashing the Lakers 40-7 before 76,287 fans in Lincoln.
Kansas senior strong safety Charley Bowen said Nebraska's success passing the ball made it more difficult for the Jayhawks to defend against the Cornhuskers.
No. 7 Nebraska improved to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the Big Eight Conference, and No. 20 Kansas dropped to 7-2 and 4-1.
Then Frazier rolled out to his right and bit junior split Corey Dixon into a pin.
"We knew we were going to have to stop the option," he said. "We gambled on defense, and they completed it, passes. They caught us off stride."
He connected with junior Gerald Armstrong on passes of 36 and 11 yards for Nebraska's first two scores.
Freshman quarterback Tomnie Frazier threw three touchdown passes to help the "Huskers establish a 21-0 lead. Frazier, the top-rated quarterback in the conference, has thrown for 462 yards this season without an interception.
The Cornhuskers, whose rushing offense is No. 1 in the Big Eight and the nation, gained 351 yards on the ground.
Nebraska junior Derek Brown rushed for 156 yards on 15 carries, and sophomore Calvin Jones gained 107 yards and scored two touchdowns.
Early in the game, Nebraska also found success with the pass.
Kansas conducted its only scoring drive of the night.
Senior tailback Maurice Douglas' 4- yard touchdown run in the second quarter capped an 80-yard drive by Kansas.
The Jayhawks trailed 21-7 at that point but could come no closer to the Cornhuskers.
Jones scored touchdowns on runs of five and six yards, and Nebraska grabbed a 35-7 halftime lead.
On the third play of the second half, Nebraska senior free safety Tyrone Byrd intercepted a pass by Kansas senior quarterback Chip Hilleary and returned the ball 30 yards for a touchdown.
Senior defensive tackle Dana Stubfield said the Jayhawks thought they might be able to contain Nebraska's offense, which lead the nation in scoring at 43.25 points a game.
The Cornhuskers maintained not only both offensively and defensively.
"Going into the game, we thought we could slow them down," he said.
"But they got the momentum going their way, and they kept it going."
After Nebraska's third touchdown,
Kansas was forced to punt on its next series of plays, and Nebraska scored its final touchdown on its next possession.
Nebraska senior fullback Lance Lewis ran five yards for the score, and junior kicker Byron Bennett added the extra point to make it 49-7.
Kansas coach Glen Mason said that he was disappointed with the Jayhawks' effort.
"I if thought we played well and lost, I would be all smiles," he said. "If we had won and didn't play well, I wouldn't be happy. That's the truth."
for 49.7 yards and finished for 0.7 yards.
The Kansas quarterback said he also was disappointed with Kansas' performance.
Big Eight results
How other conference football teams fared this weekend:
Top25 teams
Saturday:
Colorado defeated Oklahoma St., 28-0
Oklahoma defeated Missouri, 51-17
KANSAN
Thursday:
K-State defeated Iowa St., 22:13
"This is a night when we didn't come to play," he said. "The Kansas Jay hawks did not show up tonight."
Kansas will face Colorado Saturday at Memorial Stadium in its last home game of the season. The Buffaloes are overall and 3-1-1 in the conference.
Game time has been moved from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. so that ABC can broadcast the game regionally.
NOTES:
Douglas scored his 11th touchdown of the season, tying him with Tony Sands and Bud French for sixthplace on the Kansas single-season touchdown list.
Kansas has not beaten the Cornhuskers since 1968, and Nebraska coach Tom Osborne is 20-0 against the Jahawks.
The Jayhawks entered the game first in the Big Eight in total defense, but after surrendering 533 yards to Nebraska, they dropped to fourth.
Nebraska's Armstrong scored touchdowns on each of his first six receptions this season. His string of touchdowns after receptions was broken in the third quarter when Kansas senior defensive tackle Chris Maumalanga tackled him at the Kansas 31-yard line.
Maunalanga was limping when he left the game in the second half. His status is unknown
Kansas is ranked 20th in the Associated Press top 25 poll this week. Votes are cast with 25 points allocated to the first place and the point given to the 25th place choice.
n. team record points last week
1. Miami 8-0 1,549 2
2. Alabama 9-0 1,463 3
3. Michigan 8-1 1,424 4
4. Texas A&M 9-0 1,340 5
5. Florida St. 8-1 1,313 6
6. Washington 8-1 1,201 1
7. Nebraska 7-1 1,192 7
8. Notre Dame 7-1 1,092 8
9. Arizona 6-1 1,074 12
10. Syracuse 8-1 1,033 12
11. Florida 6-2 886 14
12. Georgia 6-2 830 15
13. Colorado 7-1 788 16
14. N. Carolina St. 7-2 699 17
15. Stanford 7-3 626 21
16. Mississippi St. 7-2 588 19
17. Boston College 7-1 571 9
18. Southern Cal 5-2 515 11
19. Ohio St. 7-2 467 22
**20. Kansas** 7-2-0 370 13
21. Washington St. 7-2-0 298 25
22. Penn St. 6-3-0 280 23
23. Tennessee 5-3-0 190 24
24. Hawaii 7-1-0 151 —
25. North Carolina 7-3-0 67 —
Others receiving votes: Mississippi 39, Texas 23, Brigham Young 20, Clemson 16, Wake Forest 12, Bowling Green 10, Oregon 8, Georgia Tech 5, Air Force 4, Baylor 3, Oklahoma 3.
Alabama enters national championship picture
Thanks to a Washington loss, the Crimson Tide moved up one place to No. 2 in The Associated Press pollyweekend and intoposition for a Sugar Bowl dream match-up with top-tanked Miami.
The Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. — Alabama may get a chance to do something Washington was迫 did — meet the Miami Hurricanes face-to-face and decide the national championship on the field.
"It feels good to be number two." Tide quarterback Jay Barker said. "It's a lot of pressure. But it's a lot of fun, too."
A new bowl alliance effectively pits the top two teams against each other — unless they already are committed to separate bowls. Alabama, should it win the Southeastern Conference, would earn a Sugar Bowl bid, while Miami has no bowl obligation.
“If the season ended today, we would have Alabama and Miami, one and two, a dream match-up.”
Troy Mathieu, the Sugar Bowl's assistant executive director, said "We're in pretty good shape right now. But we also have a lot more football to be played."
Until Saturday, Matheie's dream match-up was just a dream. Washington and Miami appeared to be headed for a showdown in the polls only, just like last year when each went undefeated and each claimed the national championship.
Washington's 16-3 loss to Arizona Saturday changed that.
"When the coalition was set up, it was intended to do just what it's doing," Mathieu said. "And that was to make for better match-ups ... in the end, making better games for college football fans."
Alabama kept alive in the title hunt beating Louisiana State 31-11, guaranteeing the Tigers their worst season ever. LSU, in its fourth consecutive losing season, lost its seventh game in a row and eighth of the year — all school records.
Chris Anderson ran for 149 yards on only 15 carries as Alabama (9-0, 6-0 SEC) won its 19th consecutive game, the second-longest winning streak in college football.
Miami, who idled Saturday, has won 26 consecutive games; Washington had won 22 in a row before losing to Arizona.
Tide coach Gene Stallings, whose team moved from No. 4 to 3 last week when it was idle, joked that improving was easier this time.
"We moved up." he said, "and we didn't have to have an open day to do it."
To move up to the remaining spot, the Tide will have to beat Miami in the Superdome on New Year's Day.
"We are aware of that, but we are more aware of what we have to do in the next couple of weeks," Stallings said of Alabama's remaining games, against Mississippi State and Auburn, in addition to a possible SEC title game.
Dave Krieg, slumping recently as the Chiefs lost two of three, hit three consecutive passes to set up Lowery's kick. After the Chargers punted to the Kansas City 33-yard line with 3:18 remaining, Krieg moved the Chiefs to midfield, then found Willie Davis for 25 yards to the 25.
Final field goal gives Chiefs 16-14 victory
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nick Lowery kicked a 36-yard field goal with 54 seconds remaining yesterday to lift Kansas City to a 16-14 victory over San Diego and stop the Chargers' four-game winning streak.
Three running plays put the ball on the 18, and Lowery then booted his third field goal of the game and the 300th of his career.
It ruined a comeback engineered by Chargers quarterback Stan Humphries, the AFC offensive player of the month in October.
Humphries, sacked four times in the first half by Derrick Thomas.
directed two second-half touch-down drives, as the Chargers (4-5) erased a 13-0 deficit.
Humphries hit Derrick Walker with a 14-yard touchdown pass to cap an 80-yard drive with 2:55 left in the third period, then connected on passes of 40 and 23 yards in a 9-play, 90-yard drive capped by Marion Butts' 1-yard plunge with 13:28 remaining for a 14-13 lead.
Two of Thomas'sacks led directly to points for the Chiefs (5-4).
Swim teams push each other to beat Tigers in first meet
A 47-yard touchdown pass from Humphries to Nate Lewis that would have made it 10-7 was called back for a holding penalty on tackle Broderick Thompson with about 2-45 left in the first half. Thomas then sacked Humphries on successive plays, forcing a fumble on the second takedown, which Leonard Griffin recovered on the Chargers' 22.
Five plays later, Nick Lowery's 35-yarder made it 13-0 at halftime.
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportwriter
Kansas coach Gary Kempf said the Tigers were in a rebuilding year, and that the match went just as he thought it would.
The Kansas women's and men's swim teams posted nearly identical scores against Missouri Saturday in their 175-115 and 174-119 victories.
The Jayahawks posted higher scores in every event against the Tigers, and throughout most of the meet, the Jayahawks' strongest competition came against each other.
"Missouri did the absolute best that they could, but they were just a little bit out-manned," Kempf said. "We're probably as strong a team as we've ever been. We accomplished what we set to do on Saturday, but we need to work on our speed."
"I think we can challenge ourselves as much as any team can."
Although the 'Hawks overpowered the Tigers, Kempf said that there always was room for improvement.
"We were right where I expected us to be, but we can't stay where we are," he said "We're probably in the best condition of any team I've had, but we need to continue working on our
Julio Suarez Sophomore on the men's swim team
Kelly Reynolds, Pleasanton, Calif., senior, does the backstroke during this weekend's swimming and diving meet. Kansas women cruised to victory agains Missouri 175-115.
Kathleen Driscoll / Special to the KANSAN
speed in order to take the next step." Kempf said that several individual performances stood out, including a live performance at first place in the 1,000-meter freestyle.
Surez, who holds the Panamanian national record in the 1,500-meter freestyle, started off steady and strong in the race, but had to contend with teammate Jeff Wilson.
Although Wilson led early in the race, Stuerez kept his pace and overcame his teammate in the last 100-meter stretch on his way to a 9:25.82 time, his personal best in the event.
"I wasn't too sure going into it about what I could do," Suarez said. "The guy was closing in. I just tried to keep it up, but it felt really good at the end." Kempf said he was pleased with freshman Katie Chapeau's debut performance in the 100-meter back-stroke.
Chapeau, who dolphin-kicked more than half the distance of the first length, finished in 57.85, just two-tenths of a second off the Kansas women's record.
"I was nervous going into it, but I felt really excited," the 6-foot tall Chapeau said. "Everyone has their own
technique, and I just try to take the start as far as I can. Being as tall as I am, I try to use the start to my advantage.
Chapeau and Suirez both said that the Jayhawks' top competition during the meet came against their teammates.
"We got first and second in a lot of events," Chapeau said, "so that tells you a lot about the competition." Suarez said this year's team had a lot of depth.
"I think we can challenge ourselves as much as any team can," he said.