UniversityDailyKansan / Friday, September 13, 1991
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Police lay strategy for first home game
By Melissa Rodgers
Kansan staff writer
KU and Lawrenceence are gearing up for a near-capacity crowd at Memorial Stadium for the first home football game of the season tomorrow.
Weather permitting, about 40,000 people are expected to attend tomorrow's game against Tulsa, said Scott Williams, assistant director of the Williams Fund.
KU's command centerisa Winnebago specially modified for police use. It has emergency scanners, phone lines and cellular phones.
The Winnebago, which will be stationed on the stadium's south side, is outfitted with a television that monitors crowd activity in the stadium.
A video camera in the stadium's press box will be used to follow activity. The camera, operated by a KU police officer, will be used in case a disturbance arises, said Lt. John Mullens of the KU police.
If a police officer needs assistance, the television in the command center will help other police officers locate the problem so that police can be sent to the scene, he said.
Mullens said KU police would have all 38 officers on call.
During the game, 22 uniformed officers, two officers on bicycles and two detectives in street clothes will be patrolling in and around the stadium.
Lt. Mike Reeves of Lawrence police said extra Lawrence officers would be on duty tomorrow.
The officers will be there for public safety, Mullens said. They will watch for medical emergencies, fights, heat exhaustion and people drinking alcohol in the stadium, which is illegal.
Lawrence and KU police are preparing to deal with a home-opening crowd of about 40,000.
The street-clothed officers usually are sent to calm unruly crowds, Mullens said. He said the sight of a
Two ambulances, six emergency medical technicians, five paramedics and a physician will be on hand at the stadium and also will be
able to communicate with the KU police command center.
State and local law agencies assist in monitoring game-day traffic around Lawrence, although KU police have primary jurisdiction at the stadium.
KU police will control campus traffic. Lawrence police will be stationed on city streets and the Kansas Highway Patrol will watch the turnip.
Reeves said about eight Lawrence police officers would be on standby in the stadium in case KU police needed assistance during the game.
Most game-day problems for the Lawrence police occur after the game and are caused by people who have been drinking, Reeves said.
MIAMI (AP) — Miami sent Houston's space-age offense back to the stone age Thursday night and probably ruined the Heisman Trophy hopes of David Klingler.
The Associated Press
The second-ranked Hurricanes shut down Houston's record-breaking quarterback and Gino Torretta threw four touchdown passes to humble the No. 10 Cougars 40-10.
Miami stops Klingler, Houston's run-and-shoot 40-10
Klingler, who threw nine touchdown passes in Houston's season-opening 73-3 rout of Louisiana Tech and set an NCAA record with 54 TD losses last season, didn't get one against Miami's dominating defense until the final 3 seconds.
"They had a dominating defense and a dominating offense," Klingler said. "That's how easy it was."
He completed 32 of 59 passes for only 216 yards, 83 fewer than his lowest total last season, and was sacked five times before a stunned crowd of 71,842 and a national television audience.
It was Miami's 39th straight victory at the Orange Ball, tying Notre Dame for the second-longest home winning streak in NCAA history.
"It's one of the great efforts I've
ever been around," Miami coach Denis Erickson said. "Any time you hold down a quarterback like David Klinger, it's a great accomplishment."
The game, which dragged on for 3 hours and 54 minutes, was the longest in Miami history. But it must have seemed even longer to Houston.
The Cougars (1-1) had more penalties than points in the first half against Miami (2-0), whose defensive defense was less effective than his 'inexperienced offensive front.'
"We knew we had to get in Klinger's face and disrupt his tempo," was defensive Rusty Meedaris said. "I was so pumped up I felt like lightning."
The Hurricanes led 30-3 at halftime and their continued domination in the second half, scoring on a 51-yard pass from Torretta to Kevin Williams and a 29-yard field goal by Carlos Huerta.
Torretta, overshadowed by Klinger in the pregame publicity, outplayed his more famous counterpart. The junior quarterback completed 16 of 35 passes for 365 yards, including two TD tosses apiece to Williams and Lamar Thomas.
*Everybody asked how we'd stop
Klingler. Nobody asked how they'd stop us," Torretta said. "Usually, everybody talks about our offense. It was nice being the underdog for a change."
After exchanging inflammatory remarks in pregame interviews, both sides stopped talking to the media for several days. But Miami linebacker Micheal Barrow said there was a steady flow of trash talk during the game.
"This was the bad boys' bowl game, 'Barrow said. 'If you dominate someone, you're allowed to talk trash to them."
Thomas had 7D catches of 2and 71 yards, while Williams' receptions covered 33 and 51 yards. Miami's other points came on a 2-yard TD run by Martin Patton and a safety that occurred when Houston's Chris Pezman snapped the ball over the head of punter Charles Langston and out of the Cougars' end zone.
Houston, which gained 702 yards against Louisiana Tech, had only three first downs and 76 yards in the first half against Miami. The Cougars, who averaged 47 points and 587 yards per game last season, were held without a touchdown until Klingler threw a
7-yard scoring pass to Marcus Grant with 3 seconds remaining. Their other points came on a 25-yard field goal by Roman Anderson with 3:53 left in the first half.
"Miami's offense wore our defense down by making a lot of big plays, and we just couldn't find our rhythm on offense," Houston coach John Jenkins said.
Thomas had six receptions for 138 yards while Williams caught four passes for 126 yards. Stephen McGuire gained 120 yards on 19 carries for the Hurricanes.
There were a total of 31 penalties for 314 yards in the error-plagued game. Miami was flagged 17 times for 158 yards and Houston 14 times for 156 yards.
The victory was Miami's 11th straight over a Southwest Conference opponent, including a season-opening 31-3 win over Arkansas and a 46-3 rout of Texas in the Cotton Bowl last season.
Miami's 39-game home winning streak equals the one compiled by Notre Dame from 1907-18. Alabama holds the record with 57 consecutive wins in Tuscaloosa from 1963-82.
Nolan Ryan becomes only second pitcher to win 10 or more 20 times
The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Minnesota Twins knew it wasn't going to be a good night when a bank of lights went out 12 minutes before the game started
Nolan Ryan and dim lights? Not a fun prospect.
Power was restored but Ryan baffled the major league's best batting team, allowing on four hits and victory over the Minnesota Twins. Ryan yielded only
two second inning singles as he became only the second pitcher to earn 10 or more wins in 20 different seasons.
“It’s the longest and the best he’s pitched since he came back off the disabled list the second time,” Texas manager Bobby Valentine said. “He feels good again. There is correlation between feeling well and pitching well.
Ryan (10-6) had been tied with Cy Young and Phil Niekro with 19 seasons in double figures. Don Sutton recorded 10 or more wins 21 times.
"I don't think much about records but it's good to be in that kind of company," Ryan said. "Our team was tireded getting home at 7 a.m. from the west coast but I was fresh because I stayed behind. It helped. I had good control."
Of Ryan's 106 pitches, 74 were strikes.
"I got the curve over," Ryan said. "I went back home to the ranch and worked on mechanics. I slowed my windup down. It helped."
In earning his 312th victory, Ryan passed Tom Seaver for 14th on the alltime list. Next is Gaylord Perry at 314.
"Now I'm chasing old Gaylord,"
Ryansaid. "I'll like to catch him."
Ryan went seven innings, one run and two singles, striking out nine, and
Reliever Jeff Russell gave up a two-hour by chili Davis in the ninth.
Ryan, who pitched his seventh no-hitter on May 1, had a perfect game after three innings but Dan Gladden ended the no-hit season. No other team. Gladden scored a single by Chuck Knoblauch and a groundout by Kirby Puckett.
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