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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Mondav. October 12. 1992
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Kansas blasts past Kansas State 31-7
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By David Bartkoski
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas senior defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield, 71, rushes toward Kansas State's quarterback, Jason Smarjiasco, 13, late in the first quarter. Kansas defeated K-Steel 31-17 Saturday at Memorial Stadium. With this victory, Kansas again moves into the Associated Press Top 25.
The lights went out in the press area in Memorial Stadium at 4:03 p.m. Saturday, just before Kansas coach Glen Mason appeared to field post-game questions about Kansas' 31-7 victory against Kansas State.
Philin Meirind / Special to the KANSAN
The Kansas defense dominated K-State's offense, limiting the Wildcats to 69 yards of total offense and sacking junior quarterback Jason Smarjasso nine times.
But the Jayhawks, 4-1, turned the lights out on the Wildcats, 3-1, long before that in a contest played before an estimated 52,000 fans, thought to be the largest crowd ever at a Kansas home game.
Smarjasso said that the Jayhawks' front seven defenders came hard off the ball and that the entire defense seemed to know K-State's every move.
Kansas fumbled and lost the ball on its first two possessions.
"We'd run outside, and they'd be outside," he said. "We'd run inside, and we knew they would be there."
Kansas senior tailback Maurice Douglas, who rushed for two touchdowns and a career-high 127 yards, fumbled on the fourth play of the game. The ball was recovered by K-State senior Brent Venables on the Kansas 35-yard line.
Kansas did not have much trouble with K-State's defense as it rushed for 289 yards and compiled 457 yards of total offense.
Although the Jayhawks dominated the Wildcats statistically, three Kansas turnovers in the first half helped keep K-State in the ball game.
Two plays later, Kansas junior cornerback Robert Vaukoff intercepted a pass by Smargiasso and returned it 19 vards to the Kansas 42-vard line.
But Kansas broke its string of mistakes when Douglas scampered into the end zone from 7 yards out, and the Jayhawks took a 7-10 lead near the end of the first quarter.
In the next series, Kansas turned the ball over again when junior tight end Dwayne Chandler fumbled, and Venables recovered the ball on the K-State 24-yard line.
AP Top 25:
KU gets back in,
Sooners go out
| | Record | Pts | Pts |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Washington (30) | 5-0-1 | 1,516 | 2 |
| 2. Miami (30) | 5-0-1 | 1,516 | 2 |
| 3. Michigan | 4-0-1 | 1,410 | 3 |
| 4. Alabama (1) | 4-0-1 | 1,315 | 6 |
| 5. Texas A&M | 5-0-1 | 1,308 | 5 |
| 6. Florida St. | 5-0-1 | 1,252 | 8 |
| 7. Colorado | 5-0-1 | 1,142 | 9 |
| 8. Stanford | 5-1-0 | 1,101 | 11 |
| 9. Penn St. | 5-1-0 | 1,033 | 7 |
| 10. Georgia | 4-1-0 | 958 | 12 |
| 11. Nebraska | 4-1-0 | 905 | 14 |
| 12. Notre Dame | 4-1-0 | 852 | 13 |
| 13. Tennessee | 4-1-0 | 850 | 4 |
| 14. Syracuse | 4-1-0 | 725 | 15 |
| 15. Mississippi St. | 4-1-0 | 623 | 18 |
| 16. Georgia Tech | 4-1-0 | 598 | 17 |
| 17. Virginia | 4-1-0 | 541 | 10 |
| 18. Southern Cal | 2-1-1 | 497 | 20 |
| 19. Clemson | 3-2-0 | 377 | 25 |
| 20. Boston College | 4-0-1 | 370 | 21 |
| 21. N. Carolina St. | 5-2-0 | 273 | 25 |
| 22. Washington St. | 5-0-0 | 209 | — |
| 23. Florida | 2-2-0 | 180 | 23 |
| 24. West Virginia | 3-0-2 | 132 | — |
| **25. KANSAS** | 4-1-0 | 85 | — |
Jhers Receiving Points: UCLA 82, Xalahone 79, Tuscsine 42, Anzoron 51, alifarima 34, San Diego St. 29, Air Force 11, Jhio State 11, Mississippi 10, Wisconsin 9, Jah 7, Auburn 4, Hawaii 4, North Carolina 4, Illinois 2, Kansas State 2
Source: The Associated Press
K-State again picked up momentum when junior free safety Jamie Mendez blocked a 36-yard field goal attempt by Kansas junior ficker Dan Eichlöch early in the second quarter, and the Wildcats recovered the ball on their own 22-yard line.
Kansas later answered with a 58-yd drive, capped off by a 2-yard touchdown run by senior fullback Monte Cozzens. The Jayhawks then added a 22-yard field goal by Eichloff and led K-State 17-0.
The 'Hawks were driving toward another score near the end of the half when K-State senior strong safety C.J. Masters intercepted a pass by Hilley and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown. The extra point after the touchdown made the score 17-7, the halftime score.
"There are some things that shouldn't have happened there," he said. "You shouldn't throw that interception. We had a couple of penalties that I didn't think should have happened."
Mason said the Kansas turnovers and mistakes in the first half concerned him.
Kansas began the second half the way it began the game, dominating the Wildcats on both sides of the ball.
Cozzens and Douglas scored on 4- and 6-yard touchdown runs, and Eichloh added two extra points to finish Kansas' scoring for the day.
The Jayahawk defense held the Wildcats to two first downs through three quarters, and K-State had negative yards in total offense until the fourth quarter, when both schools primarily played second- and thirdteam players.
"Their front four was awesome and gave us no room to operate." he said.
K-State coach Bill Snyder said the Kansas defense was the best his team had played against since he came to K-State.
Kansas junior defensive tackle Chris Mumalawala said he did not think the K-State offensive line played like they did earlier this season.
He said that he thought the 16-day break between the California and K-State games helped the Jayhawks.
"We came ready to play and had extra rest," he said. "K-State had only
a few days. It will ease the pain from last year's loss."
NOTES:
The 69 yards of total offense by K-State are the fewest the Kansas defense has allowed since the 1961 game against the Wildcats, when K-State had 35 yards of total offense.
downs in the first half and eight in the game. It was the fewest first downs by a Kansas opponent since the 1975 game against K-State.
Senior tailback Maurice Douglas scored his seventh and eighth rushing touchdowns of the year Saturday. He has scored at least one touchdown in every game this season.
Kansas' defense gave up no first
Senior fullback Monte Cozzens
rushed for two touchdowns and a career-high 84 yards.
K-State had minus 56 yards rushing. That is the fewest rushing yards ever allowed by a Kansas defense, minus 23 yards against Denver in 1947.
career. He scored seven points Saturday and has 201 career points. Bruce Kallmeyer, a kicker who played from 1980-83, owns the Kansas record of 233 points in a career.
Philip Meiring/ Special to the KANSAN
Junior kicker Dan Eichloff became the second player in Kansas history to amass 200 points in his
■ Kansas has won 11 consecutive games against K-State in Lawrence and has a 61-24-5 all-time record against the Wildcats.
Trying to gain extra yardage, Kansas senior tailback Maurice Douglas dives toward teammate Chris Powell, sophomore fullback, Kansas State linebacker
Senior finds success as tailback
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
Rushing 127 yards in 26 carries, Douglas set a career high in yards rushing in Saturday's game, something that meant even more to him considering the competition.
After redshirting last season in order to make the move from backfill to tailback, the efforts of senior Maurice Douglas are beginning to pay off.
"It's a big game, and you always like to perform well in big games," he said. "K-State's a good football team. But I just think we have a really good football team right now. I just think we can beat anybody any time out."
Douglas rushed for two touchdowns. He also caught three passes for 26 yards. His first reception, however, resulted in a turnover.
Early in the first quarter, Douglas had just grabbed the ball thrown by quarterback Chip Hilleary before being hit hard, fumbling the football. Kansas State linebacker Brent Vandenables recovered the ball, ending Kansas' first possession.
"I turned up and caught the ball, and I was still trying to get it put away," he said. "I turned, and he hit it, and still put it back." There was nothing it could do."
Douglas said that he had to put that play out of his mind in order to concentrate on what he had to do. On the Jayhawks' third possession of the game, Douglas caught a pass for a 9-yard gain starting off a drive. The Jayhawks downfield to the 7-yard line from where he ran into the end
With the help of the offensive line, Douglas topped the 100-yard rushing mark for the first time in his career. He scored 74 yards against Tusa on Sept. 19.
zone for the first points of the game
"The line did a great job," he said.
"They made some big holes, and all I had to do was just run. From a landmark standpoint -100 yards -that's what everybody looks at, and I'm glad I made it.
Douglas' second touchdown came in the third quarter, when he ran six yards up the middle and into the end zone.
Fullback Monte Cozzens said Douglas had adjusted well.
At 5-foot-10 and only 105 pounds, Douglas was too small to play fullback. The pounding on his body began to wear him down, prompting the switch to tailback.
"I feel pretty good. I'm starting to get more confidence every game out. Taking a knife was a little bit hard, but then it turned to feel like I belong out there now."
"He's improved game by game," Cozzens said. "In practice you can see it. He's running hard, and it pays off on Saturday."
Chiefs fly by Eagles 24-17
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dave Krieg scorched a confused Philadelphia secondary for 272 yards and three touchdowns, and Kansas City sacked Randall Cunningham six times en route to a 24-17 victory yesterday against the NFC's last unbeaten team.
The Eagles (4-1) came into the game with the NFL's No. 3 defense against the pass, yielding 148-3 yards a game. But Willie Davis exceeded that all by himself with five catches for 167 yards.
The Eagles also have been leading the NFL in scoring defense with 8.5 points a game, and total defense with an average yield of 208.5 yards.
The Chiefs, who blew a 19-6 lead at Denver in the last two minutes the week before, were leading 24-3 with 12-47 remaining. But Cunningham hit Pat Beach with two touchdown strikes of 10 and 3 yards.
But the Chiefs (4-2) leading throughout the game seemed on their way to an easy win before Cunningham hit two quick scoring passes in the fourth period.
Ditching the Chiefs usual conservative approach, Krieg passed on his first five plays and gave them a
7-10 lead on a 43-yard touchdown strike to J.J. Birden. Then, in the final seconds of the first half, Birden was left absolutely uncovered by a defensive nix-up and hauled in a 24-yard scoring pass for a 14-3领
That touchdown made Krieg the 15 quarterback in league history to throw 200 scoring passes.
On the final play of the third period, Davis beat Eric Allen on a 51-yard completion to the Philadelphia 4-yard line, setting up Nick Lowery's 20-yard field goal. Cunningham, the NFL's top-rated quarterback, fired a 58-yard dart to Fred Barnett at the Chiefs' 15 in the fourth period, and then, with 10.18 remaining, hit Beach with a 10-yard scoring pass.
Roger Ruzek kicked a 49-yard field goal for the Eagles in the second period. After Bennie Thompson blocked Ruzek's 43-yard attempt midway through the third period, Davis hooked up with Krieg on a 74-yard strike for a 21-3 lead.
Derrick Thomas, who had three sacks, forced Cunningham to fumble a few minutes later. Allen then intercepted Krieg's pass and returned it 36 yards to the 10 which set up a 4-yard pass to Beach.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
The Associated Press
Blue Jays beat A's 7-6 in 11 innings
OAKLAND, Calif. — Never lee it be said again that the Toronto Blue Jackets are chickens.
Criticized for years as the best team basketball that could not win the big game, the Blue Jays matched the biggest comeback in playoff history yesterday, beating Oakland 7-6 in 11 innings.
Pat Borders' sacrifice fly in the 11th was the official game-winner and gave Toronto a 3-1 edge in the American League series. But this one will forever be remembered for Roberto Alomar's shocking, two-run homer on Dennis Eckerlen in the ninth that tied the game and completed five run-rally against the A's.
"I wasn't here when they didn't win in the past," Alomar said. "I just want to be in here in the present when we win the big one, so we won't hate to hear anymore about the past."
Alomar's homer accounted for the biggest
Rickey Henderson revitalized the A's early as they knocked out Jack Morris in taking a 6-1 lead after seven innings. Only once before had a team overcome a five-run deficit in the playoffs — Oakland trailed Bowie 5-0 in the second innning before winning 10-6 in 1988.
turnaround in a major league game since Kirk Gibson's homer in the 1988 World Series, also off Eckersley. And it put Toronto one game away from the World Series.
"You look back and you think a 6-1 lead is pretty healthy," Eckersley said. "Who blows 6-1 leads?" it's against reason."
But for the second consecutive day Eckersley was ineffective, and this time it cost Oakland $3 million.
"I think Eckersley wasn't the Eckersley we've seen before," Alamar said.
Toronto scored three times in the eighth, setting up Alomar's tying homer.
NATIONAL
With a 7-1 victory in Game 5 last night, the Pittsburgh Pirates again are in contention in the NL playoffs. The Atlanta Braves lead the series 3-2.
AMERICAN
The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Oakland Athletics in Game 4 of the AL playoffs yesterday. Toronto takes a 3-1 series lead after winning 7-6 in 11 innings.
Pirates stay alive, win 7-1
PITTSBURGH — Barry Bonds is back, and the Pittsburgh Pirates are back in the National League olavoffs.
The Associated Press
With Atlanta on the brink of clinching its second straight NL pennant, Bonds ended his postseason slump with runners and helped the Pirates to a 74-1 victory last night in Game 5.
Bob Walk, who wasn't even in the rotation when the playoffs began, allowed three hits, turning in the best effort yet by a Pirates' ace. He's also scored twice since his rookie year with Philadelphia in 1980.
The Braves still lead the series 3-2, and can
But the night belonged to Bonds, who drove in the second run in Pittsburgh's four-run first. He had two hits and made an exceptional running catch as the Pirates kept the Braves from winning the pennant at Three Rivers Stadium for the second consecutive year.
wrap up the franchise's first back-to-back pennants since 1958 by winning tomorrow or Wednesday in Atlanta.
Pittsburgh will try to duplicate Atlanta's comeback of last fall, when the Braves reversed a 3-2 deficit by winning the final two playoff games on the road.
The near-sellout camp of 52,920 in a drizzly last night almost rocked Three Rivers Stadium into the near Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers.
How bad had Bonds been? He was 1 for 11 in the series, and 8 for 56 (143) in the postseason until his double with one extra base hit and one RBI in 18 postseason games.
After getting a huge start from their oldest starter, the Pirates will turn to 23-year-old knuckleballer Tim Wakefield to even the series in Game 6. The Braves will try to win it all with Tom Glavine, who is 0-3 in three playoff starts against the Pirates.