UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, October 20, 1995
5B
Aches aside, Elway is expected to play
The Associated Press
DENVER — A short week makes 35-year-old bones creak, and John Elway was feeling his age Wednesday.
The Denver Broncos quarterback, who suffered a sprained ankle and thigh bruise in Monday night's 27-0 rout of the Oakland Raiders, said he felt more sore than he did Tuesday.
With one less day of recuperation and preparation for the next game, Elway said he needed the extra day.
Broncos coach Mike Shanahan didn't believe Elway would miss any practice time and that he would
be near full strength for Sunday's matchup with AFC West leader Kansas City in Denver.
"Healthwise, we wound up in pretty good shape" after the Raider game, Shanahan said. "We had no operations yesterday, and that's a first. I knew it had to stop sometime."
Defensive tackle Shane Dronett is listed as definitely out of the Kansas City game because of a knee injury, and defensive end Dan Williams is doubtful with a knee injury.
Elway and his teammates were feeling better about their battered bodies because of the Oakland win.
Reverting to frequent use of the shotgun formation, which Elway had had previous success with, the Broncos have generated 878 total yards the last two weeks. The defense, meanwhile, has held the opponents without a touchdown.
"We're finally putting every phase of the game together." Elway said. "That game was fun because we dominated for 60 minutes."
"I've always been comfortable in the shotgun," said Elway. "It takes some pressure off me because I can see things better back there. The key thing is that we're good enough up front to be able to go with the shotgun all the time. If the guys aren't protecting, the shotgun doesn't help you."
Elway still was seething about being thrown to the ground by the facemask by Oakland's Chester McGlockton, an infraction that wasn't called. When he questioned the official, he received three anologies
The Broncos aren't looking to be pampered. They were the aggressors against the usually intimidating Raiders. Linebacker Dave Wyman was even ejected after elbowing Raider Jeff Hostetler in the throat.
Raiders sideline injured Hostetler
"That was something we really needed," Elway said. "We played their type of football game, and they were the ones who ended up backing down. That's an attitude we need to carry throughout the season."
The Associated Press
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Jeff Hostetler has a compression fracture in his neck and will miss the Oakland Raiders game Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.
Hostetler will be replaced by 40-year-old Vince Evans.
The Raiders didn't announce how long Hostetler would be sidelined.
The quarterback suffered the injury to the cricoid bone in his neck late in the first quarter of Monday night's 27-0 loss to the Denver Broncos. He was hit by linebacker Dave Wyman, who was ejected and
later fined $4,000 by the NFL.
Hostetler didn't leave the game until late in the third quarter, and he spent the night in a Denver-area hospital. It was announced that Hostetler had suffered an injured larynx, and Oakland coach Mike White said the quarterback probably would play against the Colts.
White said Hostetler was being seen by doctors Wednesday because of flu symptoms.
However, Hostetler spent time in a hospital since returning to the Los Angeles area because of his illness, not because of the injury to his neck.
K-State's mobile QB worries Nebraska
Wildcats' defense leads the nation in preventing points and total yards
BIG EIGHT FOOTBALL
LINCOLN, Neb. — There certainly is life at Kansas State after prolific quarterback Chad May. Enter senior Matt Miller.
The Associated Press
Neither Nebraska's Tommie Frazier nor Kansas quarterback Mark Williams — who direct the other undefeated teams in the Big Eight Conference — is on top of the league's total offense list. The conference's leader is Miller, a senior who averages 226.7 yards of offense a game, which is more than half
the team total of 439.8.
"Matt has really made some progress since he's been here," Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder said. "He's gained confidence, which is a big part of the improvement."
Miller has thrown eight interceptions.
but he has completed 67 percent of his throws. He has passed for 13 of his 17 touchdowns.
Matt Miller
The quarterback they have now is a very fine thrower," Osborne said. "He also tends to run the ball more ... they run some quarterback draws, and this fellow scrambles around a bit."
Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne said that Miller was more mobile than May.
Miller will have a chance to end No. 2 Nebraska's 26-game winning streak against the Wildcats. K-State (6-0, 2-0 in the Big Eight) has not beaten Nebraska (6-0, 2-0 in the Big Eight) since a 12-0 win in 1968. The 'Huskers also have an 18-game home winning streak and haven't lost at home since 1991.
K-State, which is No. 8, boasts the nation's stingiest defense in points (7.5)
and yards allowed (199.8). The Wildcats allowed 94.8 yards rushing a game, compared with the NCAA-best 466.3 averaged by Nebraska.
"They're all very good," Snyder said. "They've got a tremendous offensive line, from tight end to tight end. Everyone knows about Frazier and the backs. As soon as you worry about them, here comes the fullback."
Snyder is 0-6 against Nebraska, but he has turned K-State around. The Wildcats were winless in 1987 and 1988 before Snyder took over in 1989. K-State was 1-10 that year but has improved steadily since. In 1993, the Wildcats were 9-2-1, and last year's record was 9-3. They played in the Aloha Bowl as well.
"We knew there were some good things going on when we got here," senior wide receiver Mitch Running said. "But we had no idea it would change this quickly."
Osborne said he was mildly surprised by the Wildcats turnaround. Kansas State had an image problem caused by a losing record year after year, Osborne said.
"It took a great commitment on the part of the people down there," he said. "They are very thorough in their recruiting. I think they know what they are doing."
The days before Nebraska's 17-6 victory against K-State last year were among the uneasiest all season because quarterback Frazier was out with blood clots, and backup Brook Berringer had a collapsed lung.
"I was more apprehensive about this game a year ago than any game we played, including Miami, including Colorado," Osborne said. "If ever you were going to give K-State an opportunity, that was it. And I mean they've got a great opportunity this year."
On offense, Running, Tyson Schwieger and Kevin Lockett each average more than six catches in a passing attack that averages 236.7 yards a game. The Nebraska defense allows 202.7 yards a game.
"I'm an over-the-middle guy," Running said. "I'm not flashy or one of the deep-play guys. I catch a lot of the third-down balls. They have great speed on defense and some experienced people. I also know they will punish you for your mistakes."
Former Tigers coach Don Faurot dies at 93
The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Don Faurot, who coached football at Missouri for more than 20 years, died today. He was 93.
Faurot, who coached the Tigers from 1935 to 1956, was credited with creating the split-T formation at Missouri in 1941.
Faurot died of congestive heart failure in the University of Missouri hospital, according to a press release from the school.
He was 101-79-10 in his coaching career.Faurot's 1939 team won his first Big Six Conference title and the Tigers' first trip to the Orange Bowl.
Missouri's football stadium is named for him. A member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Faurot remained active in his later years as talent procurer and coach for the Blue-Gray game in Montgomery, Ala., and as executive secretary of the Missouri Senior Golf Association.
Those who knew him respected him for the integrity he brought to the game as well as his coaching skills.
Faurot was born in Mountain Grove, Mo., on June 23, 1902. Despite losing the first two fingers of his right hand in a boyhood farming accident, he was a 145-pound fullback at Missouri in 1923 and 1924 and played basketball and baseball.
He took over as coach at Missouri after coaching nine years at Kirksville State Teachers College, now Northeast Missouri State. At Kirksville, his teams went 26-0 from 1932 to 1934, the best small-college record in the country.
At Missouri, he began coaching a team that had won only two games in three years, and the athletic program was $500,000 in debt.
Because of Faurot's direction, the Tigers were 101-79-10 in 19 seasons, won three conference titles and went to four bowl games. When he retired as athletic director in 1967, the program was in the black, and the stadium's seating capacity had doubled to more than 50,000.
Faurot rigorously adhered to recruiting regulations and relied primarily on homegrown players.
"If you lose with home-state boys, that's bad," he said. "But if you lose with out-of-state boys, that's terrible. If you win with imported athletes, that's good. If you win with your own, that's great."
Funeral arrangements had not been released. Faurot is survived by his wife, Mary, of Columbia, three daughters, seven grandchildren and a brother, Fred, of Columbia.
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