The rivalry continues...
Governor's Cup, bragging rights at stake in game
Kansas junior right end Guy Howard tackles Colorado State University running back Leonice Brown during Saturday's game at Memorial Stadium. The Jayhawks will take a revived defense to Manhattan in their game against the Kansas State Wildcats at 1:12 p.m. tomorrow.
Richard Devinki / KANSAN
By Mark Button
Kansan sportswriter
It is not Florida State against Miami, or even Alabama and Auburn, but to the players and fans of Kansas and Kansas State, tomorrow's game represents the biggest rivalry around.
Kansas leads the all-time series, with a record of 61-24-5, and since 1969 when then Kansas governor Robert Docking awarded the Wildcats with the Governor's Cup following their 26-22 victory against the Jayhawks, Kansas has claimed state bragging rights 16 of the 24 games.
Although the battle for the Governor's Cup does not receive much national coverage, residents of the state know how important the game is.
"This is the game I've been waiting for all season," Leslie Luehring, Chicago senior, said. "It's the one game I make sure to see each year."
Luehring said that she had attended every Governor's Cup game since her freshman year in 1990 when the Jayhawks defeated the Wildcats 27-24 in Lawrence.
"That was a classic Kansas-Kansas State game," she said. "There were so many KU fans on the Hill, it really made the rivalry seem huge."
In the 1990 game, about 45,000 fans in Memorial Stadium and another 9,000 on Campanile Hill watched as junior quarterback Chip Hilleary rushed for 102 yards, including a 40-yard gallop late in the game that set up freshman Dan Eichloff's 58-yard game-winning field goal.
While many Kansas students share Luehring's enthusiasm for the rivalry, some think K-State fans take the rivalry more seriously.
"I think KU fans are apathetic," Chris McCune, Overland Park senior, said. "Two
years ago when K-State came back and beat us, it was like mass exodus down there. They tore down the goal posts and drove around honking their horns all night. When we win, it's like, no big deal.
The Wildcats had reason to celebrate in 1991, as they scored 13 points in the final 10 minutes of the game to defeat the Jayhawks 16-12. Last year, Kansas avenged its defeat by pounding the Wildcats 31-7 in front of a near-sellout crowd of 48,604.
Could it be that Kansas students and fans are taking the football team for granted?
"It's possible," said senior wide receiver
Greg Ballard, who grew up in Lawrence and said he knew the importance of the game. "I think maybe the fans expect us to win because we usually do."
Usually is right. Kansas has won 14 of the last 20 meetings between the two schools.
Despite the recent Jayhawk domination of the rivalty, the 4-0 Wildcats will bring the Governor's Cup back to Manhattan, said Steve Swanson. Kansas State senior.
Swanson said the two schools' attitudes toward the game typifies the kind of people at each campus.
expect to beat us," he said. "People here are much nicer. We treat this as the biggest game every year."
While the Kansas State game may not be the Jayhawks' biggest challenge every year, Ballard said that to him and his teammates tomorrow's game was definitely important.
"The people at KU are stuck-up and they
"It is the biggest game for us so far this year," he said. "It's a very pivotal game. If we win, we can gain some momentum going into the Big Eight season. If we lose, who knows where the season will go."
KU/KSU Facts, Trivia. Stats and Stories
In 1969, Governor Robert Docking personally purchased a 34-inch silver trophy to be presented to the winner of the Kansas-Kansas State game. Since that game 25 years ago,
the traveling trophy has been in Kansas' hands 16 times. The silver trophy has been without a home only once. The 1987 game ended in a 17-17 tie.
Docking said at the time that he hoped to begin a tradition with the trophy, which was suggested to him by football fans at both campuses.
K-State won the first Governor's Cup 25 years ago, 26-22, in Memorial Stadium to a then-record crowd of 51,000. It was the first game the Wildcats had won since they wiped out the Jayhawks 46-0 in 1955.
State Aggies 16-0 in the teams' first meeting on Oct. 4, 1902. The game was played in Lawrence at
- Kansas shut out the Kansas
McCook Field, which ran west to east where the north bowl of Memorial Stadium now stands. Kansas ended the season at 6-4, but Jayhawk coach Arthur Curtis and K-State coach C.E.Dietz only coached that 1902 season. The Aggies ended the season at 2-6.
More TRIVIA, See page 2A
Memories of past haunt teams
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas defensive tackle Chris Muhalama remembers the feeling of walking off the field at KSU Stadium in Manhattan two years ago after Kansas State defeated the Jayhawks 16-12.
"That was the worst feeling I had of any football game," Maumalamaul said. "Their fans wouldn't let us walk off the field because they were tearing down the goal posts and yelling at our face. It took us a lot longer to get back to the locker room, but what could we do? We lost."
Maumalanga does not want to experience that feeling again tomorrow when the Jayhawks and Wildcats renew their annual rivalry in Manhattan. Kickoff is 1:10 p.m. and the game is a sellout.
Last season, Maumalanga and the Jayhawk defensive line played a prominent role in Kansas 31-7 victory against K-State. The Jayhawks allowed 69 yards of total offense and registered 12 quarterback sacks.
K-State senior center Quentin Neujahr said that last season's performance was in the past.
The game is over with, done with and
the Wildcats' Lair
Jayhawk fans traveling to Manhattan tomorrow should be aware that a half mile of Interstate 70 near mile marker 334 is under construction. The interstate is reduced to one lane each direction from mile marker 322 to 316.
The Riley County Police department recommends two routes into Manhattan. The first route leaves I-70 at exit 328 and goes north on Kansas Highway 99 to Wamego and then west on U.S. Highway 24 into Manhattan. The second route leaves I-70 at exit 313 and goes north on K-177.
At the US-24/K-177 Junction, both routes meet and follow US-24 north to Kimball Avenue, at which point the route goes west to the stadium.
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gone with." Neujahr said. "The score was 31-7, and we had negative 56 yards rushing."
Offense has led K-State to its best start in 62 years. The Wildcats' 4-0 start this season has been helped in part by the performance of a new starting quarterback.
Junior Chad May has completed only 51 percent of his passes but has provided more consistency at the position.
"Chad has performed well so far this season. K-State coach Bill Synder said. "He picked up our offense well and has the mentality to perform in our system."
May's performance also has impressed Kansas coach Glen Mason.
"He sits in the pocket well and obviously has a good understanding of what they're doing offensively," Mason said. "He also puts the ball on the money, both short and deep."
The last two seasons, the winner of the Kansas-KState game has parlayed the victory into a winning season and finished in the top half of the Big Eight Conference. That fact is not lost on Maumalanga.
"This game is a spring board for success for both teams," he said. "If they are successful, they can keep on going to bigger and better things. If we are successful, it's going to keep building our confidence and success."
By.Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas offense rallies to meet high expectations
They had big expectations placed upon them. They had experience returning this season and all-star candidates.
The Kansas offensive line's performance during the first four games of the season, however, did not produce the type of results they or the coaching staff were looking for.
But now as the Big Eight Conference season approaches, the offensive line believes that they can live up to the preseason expectations placed on them.
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Before the season, Kansas coach Glen Mason said this year's offensive line would be the best during his tenure in Lawrence. However, injuries have hampered the continuity of the unit so far this season.
A UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN SPECIAL EDITION
Senior center Dan Schmidt missed
See OFFENSE Page 3A.
OCTOBER 8,1993
KU vs. KSU
Inside this section
POINT, COUNTERPOINT: Kansas and Kansas State Collegian's sports editors face off. Page 2A & 3A.
PRESIDENTIAL BET: KU and K- State's student body presidents have more riding on the game than bragging rights. Page 2A.
TEAM LINEUPS: The probable starting lineups for the Jayhawks and the Wildcats. Page 2A.
THE DAILY EDITION: Look inside this special section for the regular Kansan.