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Williams rushes for 260 yards eslevan holds off AA j- END OF THE LINE Kansas Wesleyan (white jersey). The Coyotes' Mike Lindsey Joornal photo Evtlyn Bur quarterback Bill Evans (3) is sacked from (left) and McPherson's Ben Franklin (61) Wesleyan held off the Bulldogs, 24-22, in a behind by McPherson 's Carlton Williams were left out of the play by Williams' tackle. big Kansas Conference game here Saturday. AAU gets 13-3 victory Tigers ovoid KSU upset By HAROLD BECHARD Sports Writer MANHATTAN Revenge is sweet and Missouri got it here Saturday afternoon but the Tigers almost left KSU Stadium with a sour taste in their mouths. Remembering last year's 19-3 upset loss to Kansas State, Missouri was intent on wiping out that nightmare in a big way.

But the Tigers were almost bumped off again. K-State's game defense battled tooth- and-nail against James Wilder Co. before finally allowing Missouri a touchdown with 2:15 remaining in the game. It was the first TD by Missouri in 118 minutes against K-State, but it was enough to spur the Tigers to a 13-3 Homecoming win over the Wildcats before 30,610 fans and an ABC regional television audience on a crisp and windy afternoon. Walker praised "K-State always plays us tough," said Missouri coach Warren Powers after the game.

"Their defense is strong and very physical up front. I thought Walker (defensive end James) and Cole (linebacker Tim) played great for them." Yes, K-State did hold Missouri to just a touchdown and a pair of field goals, but the 16-ranked Tigers were playing without All-American candidate Phil Bradley at quarterback. Bradley was nursing a shoulder injury. "Our other two quarterbacks (Dan McDaniel and Mike Hyde) did a good job, but of course we're always a better football team with Phil in there," First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards MU 19 84 17 KSU 14 100 4 Powers said. K-State coach Jim Dickey agreed.

"He can do so many things for their football team," Dickey said of Bradley. "I think their idea was to just come in here, play it close to the vest without him and then get after Nebraska next week." Walker and Cole totaled 24 tackles between them, but most of the time they were trying to haul down Wilder, who could be compared to a runaway freight train when he gets into the open field. The 6-3, 218-pound senior rushed for 122 yards on 23 carries. "The one guy that really impressed me was Wilder," Dickey said. "He was the difference in the ball game." Wilder also reached somewhat of a milestone against KSU.

A 12-yard run in the third quarter pushed the Tiger fullback past the mark for his career. "Wilder ran great today just like the great back he is," Powers said. The keys in the ball game were turnovers and field position. K-State had three turnovers and Missouri had none. The wind, which was blowing out of the north at 15 to 20 miles per hour, made field position and the kicking game all (See K-STATE, Page 26) OUT OF TROUBLE Kansas State quarterback Darrell Dickey (4) leaves Missouri's Jerome Sally (56) behind as he UPI Photo races around the end.

Missouri stopped Kansas State, 13-3, Saturday. By BRAD CATT Sports Writer Lee Dobyns tried but he just could not force a smile. He knew his young McPherson College football team had played well enough to upset Kansas Wesleyan Saturday before a near-capacity homecoming crowd at Martin Stadium. But the narrow 24-22 defeat Wesleyan pinned on the gallant Bulldogs was no consolation for Dobyns. "We felt we could have won it two or three times," the first-year McPherson coach said.

Yes folks, the young Bulldogs came within an eyelash of knocking off Ron DuPree's Coyotes. "Those darn Bulldogs are always tough on us," said DuPree after the tense Kansas Conference thriller. But the KW coach was not surpised that the Coyotes' fifth triumph of the season was not assured until the game's final seconds. "I had a gut feeling it was going to be this kind of a game," DuPree said. And oh what a football game it was.

Wesleyan rolled up 474 yards of offense during the cool afternoon. But it wasn't until the Coyotes converted a first down with 1:31 remaining that this KCAC matchup was decided. "We played well enough to win, but we sure didn't dominate," said DuPree. Coyotes score quick It appeared this game had the makings of a cakewalk for the Coyotes when quarterback Bill Evans scampered 45 yards to paydirt on KW's first play from scrimmage. But that was the last evidence of a rout.

McPherson, which fumbled away one Duke Williams scoring opportunity midway through the first quarter, tied the game 7-7 with 55 seconds remaining in the opening period when Bulldog quarterback Kevin Reffner connected with Mike Payne on a 35-yard scoring strike. Three possessions later, the Bulldogs marched to the KW five-yard line before settling on a 21-yard field goal by Jim Yockey. Wesleyan came right back. With Duke Williams picking up a chunk of yardage on a 58-yard scamper, the Coyotes tied the game before halftime when Clinton Doyle drilled a 19-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining. DuPree was disappointed in his club's effort in the first half.

"We played lifeless," he moaned. Williams gains 260 But the Coyotes' ground-oriented attack got rolling after intermission. And, as usual, it was Williams who did the most damage for Wesleyan. The bruising, 230-pound fullback was spectacular while gaining 168 of his 260 yards during the final two quarters. "Duke looked pretty fair, didn't he," DuPree said of his All-American from New Bern, N.C.

Wesleyan took the second half kickoff and promptly marched 80 yards in nine plays. Williams capped the im(See COYOTES, Page 26) Sports The Salina Journal Huskers win, 45-7 No. 8 Nebraska too much for CU BOULDER, Colo. (UPI) Sophomore I-back Roger Craig scored three tunes and rushed for 176 yards on 21 carries, including a 60- yard touchdown scamper, to lead eighth-ranked Nebraska to a 45-7 Big Eight Conference victory over winless Colorado Saturday. The win, Nebraska's 13th straight over the Buffs, kept the Cornhuskers tied with Oklahoma and Missouri for the Big Eight lead.

With a 7-0 lead on a 3-yard run by Andra Franklin in the first period, Nebraska erupted in the second quarter for three touchdowns and a field goal to take a 31-0 halftime margin. Craig scored two of those touchdowns, both on 3-yard runs. Colorado scored its lone touchdown early in the final period on a 6-yard pass from Mark Essington to tight end Bob Niziole. The 80-yard scoring drive was the best offensive performance by the Buffs in the game, as Essington committed two costly turnovers earlier in the contest to set up Nebraska touchdowns. The Cornhuskers' Jarvis Red wine played for only one quarter, rushing for 64 yards on nine carries.

Redwine made his first appearance in two weeks after being sidelined with a rib injury. Colorado coach Chuck Fairbanks, whose team has been plagued by injuries and inexperience, called the game "a bitter disappointment for us to have to swallow." "Our players tried to play hard today and it's a credit to Nebraska's quality of football to win as handily as they did," Fairbanks said. First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Neb 23 111 19 Col 17 151 159 Nebraska 7 24 7 7 45 Colorado 0 007 7 Neb Franklin 3 run (Seibel kick) Neb Craig 3 run (Seibol kick) Neb Quinn 1 run (Seibel kick) Neb Craig 3 run (Seibel kick) Neb FG Seibel 52 Neb Craig 2 run (Seibel kick) Col Niziolek 6 poss from Essington (Woods kick Bell lifts Jayhawks to 14-14 tie with Cowboys UPI Pholo QUICK STOP Kansas quarterback Steve Smith (light jersey) is sacked by Oklahoma State's Dean Prater. STILLWATER, Okla. (UPI) Freshman tailback Kerwin Bell ran for 149 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to give Kansas a 14-14 tie with favored Oklahoma State.

The Cowboys, now 0-5-1, scored one touchdown and added two safeties and 'a field goal. Bell broke for an 80-yard run early in the second quarter for his first touchdown and scored again late in the final period on a 6-yard run. He carried the ball 25 times and was the game's leading rusher. A last-second 52-yard field goal attempt by Bruce Kallmeyer to break the stalemate was unsuccessful. OSU started its only successful scoring drive at the end of the first quarter and on the third play of the second pe- First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards KU OSU 18 15 143 107 24 37 riod, running back Ed Smith rushed five yards for a touchdown.

Smith carried 34 times for 126 yards to pace the Cowboy ground attack. Nine seconds later, linebacker Ricky Young tackled Jayhawk quarterback Frank Seurer in the end zone for a safety. The Cowboys got another safety late in the same quarter when strong safety Pete DiClementi blocked a Kansas punt and the ball rolled out of the end zone. Senior Colin Ankersen kicked a 24- yard field goal with one second re- maining in the first half to give OSU a 14-7 halftime lead. Bell, who was averaging 4.2 yards per carry coming into the game, boosted his rushing total to 716 yards this season to break the Big Eight Conference record for rushing yardage by a freshman.

That mark previously was held by Joe Washington of the University of Oklahoma. The Jayhawks, now 2-3-2, gained 194 yards on the ground and 143 yards in the air compared with 121 yards rushing and 107 passing for the Cowboys. Kansas 0 7 0 7 14 Oklahoma State 0 14 0 OSU Smith 5 run (Ankersen kick) OSU Safety Seurer tackled in end zone KU Bell 80 run (Kallmeyer kick) OSU Safety blocked punt rolled out of end zone OSU FG Ankersen 24 KU Bell 6 run (Kallmeyer kick) Breaks didn't help OSU STILLWATER, Okla. (UPI) Coach Jimmy Johnson said Oklahoma State got plenty of breaks but just couldn't take advantage of them in the Cowboys' 14-14 tie with Kansas Saturday. "You sometimes wonder what it takes to win a ballgame," Johnson said.

"I think we had plenty of opportunities today and we had plenty of breaks. "We made some things happen in the kicking game and we made some things happen defensively, but we were unable to take advantage of them," he said. "We were unable to hold on to the victory that was so close." Kansas coach Don Fambrough said Oklahoma State was probably the best team in the country with the record it has (0-5-1). "I want to give them a lot of credit," Fambrough said. "They are well coached and a lot of times when teams have lost that many games they have the tendency to throw it in, but they certainly didn't." Cowboys quarterback Houston Nutt said overall Oklahoma State played well, "it was one or two things that cost us like penalties and a few passes I overthrew there at the end." Running back Ed Smith, who led the OSU ground attack with 126 yards rushing, said the offensive line dirt a good job of opening up holes.

"Kansas brought a few linebackers in the second half and that made it a little said. "We didn't lose and that's the main thing. We've got five games left and things will start going our way.".