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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 6, 1964
Homecoming Sports Schedule Set
Huskers Meet KU For League Lead
The nation's winningest football team will put its string of victories on the line against the nation's "last-minute team" here tomorrow when Nebraska meets KU.
By Russ Corbitt (Sports Editor)
The Jayhawks will have their hands full trying to please the expected homecoming crowd of 44,900 in the 71st edition of the KU-NU series.
Nebraska, ranked fifth in both national wire polls, is holder of the nation's longest current winning streak. The Cornhuskers earned their 14th consecutive victory by a 9-0 margin over Missouri last week.
THE JAYHAWKS have developed somewhat of a Houdini act, winning or preserving four of their five season victories in the final minute of play. The series of squeakers began with Richard Pratt's recovery of a TCU fumble on the one-yard line with 18 seconds left in the season's opener, preserving a 7-3 victory.
Four games later, Bob Skahan scampered for 26 yards and the matching touchdown against Oklahoma as time ran out. Mike Johnson gave KU a two-point conversion and the victory on a double reverse.
Gary Duff and George Harvey were the heroes a week later, as they stopped Oklahoma State's Tony Sellari just short of the goal with 44 seconds remaining in the game. The tackle stopped the Cowboy end's attempt for a two-point conversion in KU's 14-13 conquest.
The string of squeakers continued last week, as Duff brought down Kansas State's Larry Condit at the 14 after he ran 21 yards on the final play of KU's 7-0 victory.
KU AND Nebraska are currently tied for the Big Eight conference lead with identical 4-0 marks. But the Cornhuskers' credentials are more impressive and cast them in the role of the favorite.
Last year's Orange Bowl champions are leading the conference in every offensive and defensive department, and top the nation in total defense on an average yield of 136.6 yards. Their 68.9 rushing defense figure is second only to Notre Dame's 30.5.
"Kansas is a very fine football team and we will have to go more than 100 per cent to win," NU Coach Bob Devaney said. "We haven't played a team yet as explosive as Kansas.
"ANY OF THEIR backs can go all the way, anytime. Of course, Gale Sayers is a tremendous football player, but we can't just worry about him. We've got to worry about Ron Oelschlager, Bob Skahan, Mike Johnson and the others, too." Devaney said.
Sayers, the new conference career rushing leader, is on the road toward an unprecedented third consecutive league rushing title, and the Jayhawks have not lost since Skahan took over at quarterback and Oelschlager recovered from his pre-season injury.
KU Harriers Lack Depth in League Meet
Kansas, for a change, is not the favorite as Big Eight cross-country squadrons go to the post in their 32nd derby at Manhattan Saturday. Gun time is 10:30 a.m. over the three-mile Manhattan Country Club course.
The Jayhawkers, who have won 15 of the last 17 crowns, are unbeaten in five meets of the year, but they'll be running this one below full strength. For one thing they won't have 4.06.9 miler John Donner in harness. Sixth in this field a year ago, he has been sidelined all season with a lame knee.
Two other juniors, Ken Holm and Bill Saul, will be below par. Holm missed KU's sweep of the State Federation at Manhattan last Saturday with a lame foot. Saul has just been certified for action after recovering from mononucleosis.
THIS MEANS four veterans, Herald Hadley, John Lawson, Lowell Paul and Bill Silverberg, plus sophomore Tom Yergovich, will be obliged to carry most of the load. Hadley ran seventh last year; Lawson third: Holm eighth.
"Oklahoma State is the favorite," KU Coach Bill Easton said. "They are deep in manpower and have a fine No. 1 boy in Van Ruden (Tom). They had their first seven men within 25-seconds against Oklahoma, and within 53-seconds against Arkansas."
Missouri's Robin Lingle will be shooting for a repeat individual title, but will be under pressure from Von Ruden, Colorado's Dave Wighton, and Silverberg, who reached the final Olympic trials in the Steeplechase.
Varsity, Frosh Battle At Field House Tonight
Freshman Coach Bob Mulcahy
"Our biggest problem right now is learning a lot of new things," Owens said. "We have made a lot of changes, so our holdover experience (11 lettermen) doesn't mean a great deal now, and won't through the early games.
Al Lopes, 6-5 All-American from Coffeyville Junior College, has cut such a wide swath in Kansas' early basketball practice, that he has displaced co-captain Dave Schichtle in the Jayhawker backline for the annual Varsity-Freshman Homecoming game today. Tipoff time is 7:05 p.m. in Allen Field House.
Unsnel, 6-7, thus will team with Riney Lochmann or Steve Renko, both 6-5, at forward. The latter, of course, won't be in action Friday since there still is hope he may be available for the last couple of football games following a shoulder injury against Oklahoma.
IF LOPES CONTINUES personal improvement, KU's only starter below 6-5 will be Del Lewis, hustling 6-1 guard from Topea. Owens plans to play holdover all-league center George Unseld at forward all the way to make room for 6-11 junior center, Walt Wesley.
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will send up a starting five, which figures to contest a game which the yearlings have won only once—behind a 42-point blast by Wilt Chamberlain in 1955—since the affair was inaugurated in 1924.
Starters for the freshman squad will be Wilson and 6-5 Rodger Bohnenreihl at forwards, 6-8 Bo Harris at center, and 6-0 Pat Davis and 6-5 Ron Lang at guards.
It will be spiked by one transfer, 6-7 Bob Wilson from Western Michigan, plus three varsity reserve on lend-lease.
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