151st play is charm, KU-KSU tie
—UDK Photo by Jeff Corcoran
ONE MAN TEAM
Don Sharklin drives through four Wildcats as he leads KU rushing.
By JERRY KLEIN Assistant Sports Editor
On the 151st play of Saturday's game at Manhattan, blitzing Billy Lynch, KU defensive halfback, smashed Kansas State quarterback Bill Nossek from the blind side.
The sophomore signal-caller was tossed, bounced around and finally thrown to the ground without the football, like a discarded ice-cream wrapper.
Safety Bill Hunt pounced on the ball at the K-State 30 and KU had its last chance with 30 seconds left. It had been the most important play of the game for the Jayhawkers.
AFTER QUARTERBACK Bob Douglass lost three, he completed his first pass, a 12-yarder to end Sandy Buda. With no timeouts and eight seconds left, Douglass fired the next pass out of bounds, wasting four seconds.
Coach Jack Mitchell then sent sophomore Thermus Butler into the game and KU lined up into field-goal formation at the K-State 28-yard line.
Both lines clashed as center Bob Kreutzer snapped the ball to regular field-goal holder Tommy Ball. The 6-2, 197-pound Butler, who had been keeping his head down studying the tee, swung his right leg and watched as the ball angled toward the left side of the uprights.
THE OFFICIALS extended their arms into the air, signaling the kick was good. Butler, Columbus, Ga., sophomore, who had never kicked a field goal in college, tied the score at 3-3 with
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Daily Kansan Monday, October 31, 1966
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Shanklinleads rushing; almost tops KSU mark
Don Shanklin, KU sophomore halfback, gained nearly as many yards rushing in Saturday's game as the entire Kansas State team.
The 5-9, 171-pound speedster picked up 114 yaras in 22 carries, almost half of KU's total of 234 yards. K-State netted 134 yards.
K-State's Cornelius Davis, ranked fourth in the nation in individual rushing, gained 80 yards in 26 plays.
Dave Morgan, KU punter, kicked five times and averaged 45 yards. His 44-yard average leads the nation.
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