KU out to better 65 record
The Kansas Jayhawks open the grid season Saturday when they tackle the high flying Texas Tech eleven on the home field at 1:30 p.m.
KU will be at home this year to face the Red Raiders, who upended the birds, 26-7, last year in Lubbock. Not only were the Hawks forced to contend with a hot Texas team, tornadoes played havoc with the last quarter of the game.
THE TEXAS team is still looking for a quarterback and linebackers, but with them they should have another good year. Even the most optimistic followers, do not see another team as strong as the 1965 Red Raiders, who posted an 8-2 mark en route to the Gator Bowl.
Replacing Tom Wilson, whose field generalship was as valuable as his passing, which was third nationally, will be senior Guy Griffs or junior John Scovell.
TEXAS TECH was hardest hit by graduation in the linebacker spot. The brightest hope for replacement this year is junior Phil Tucker, who, as a guard last season, was one of the region's top blockers.
Otherwise, the Raiders should be pretty sound defensively, with eight returning starters. Four offensive starters are among the Raiders' 35 returning lettermen.
This year Texas is expected to stay mainly to the ground with their running game. Their main weakness lies in the lack of good pass receivers.
AFTER OPENING at home the Jay hawks hit the road for a month. Their next game is Sept. 24 in Tucson, Ariz., where they will clash with the mediocre Wildcats of Arizona.
This will be the Hawks' only en counter of the year under lights, with kickoff time set for 9 p.m.
This will be the Jayhawks's sixth meeting with the Wildcats of the southwest, with the Hawks dropping last year's game, 23-15. The Hawks will be out to get the edge of the six game series, which now stands at two wins, two losses, and one tie.
ARIZONA FOOTBALL for 1966 should be an exciting one. Coach Jim LaRue, now in his eighth year, has promised to open the game up and has recruited three junior college passers to do just this.
"We will also have good experience in several senior college transfers and a flock of better than average returnees." LaRue said. "In all we will have 21 lettermen, 15 of whom were starters. Nine of these were offensive and six were on the defense side. Added to this group will be a good sophomore list."
The Western Athletic Conference team is hoping to overcome their 3-7 record of last season, but will be hindered by the use of inexperienced sophomores.
Among the departed lettermen are such stalwarts as John Hankison, record-shattering quarterback, and Aaron Brown, everybody's All American end in 1965.
MINNESOTA'S 1966 offensive emphasis is expected to return to the running game, ball control and defense. Some promising new backs should give the Gopher attack a boost.
THE KU ELEVEN will travel to
KU has never been a victor of this Big Ten team. But the last encounter with the Gophers was in 1896, when they kept the Hawks scoreless, 12-0. The Gophers edged the Jayhawks by one touchdown in the only other meeting, in 1893.
The 1966 University of Minnesota football team will present a new look both in personnel and tactics.
Minneapolis, Minn., for their third game of the season, where they meet the Minnesota Gophers.
The Cyclones had a 5-4-1 record last season, but with 27 returning lettermen, will be a much more experienced ball club.
top targets back, so the Cyclones are expected to become a real aerial circus.
The Minnesota season last year was mediocre, with a 5-4-1, standing. Their main weakness this
AFTER A MONTH on the road,
Kansas returns home on Oct. 15
for Parents' Day and the first Big
Eight home game of the season.
season will be lack of depth at any one position.
THE BIG EIGHT season opens for KU on Oct. 8 in Ames, Iowa. There they will tangle with the Iowa State Cyclones, who twisted the Jayhawks' tail last year in a 21-7 defeat.
Iowa State is expected to take to the air this year, as one of their weaknesses lies in offensive running.
IOWA STATE hopes to make good use of experience gained with its passing offense last year to move into a possible first division berth in the Big Eight football picture this fall.
The Big Eight's offensive star,
Tim Van Galder, will have all his
The Crimson and Blue will take on the Oklahoma Sooners, who
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Daily Kansan
Thursday, September 15, 1966