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Sunday, September 13,1981 The Salina Journal Page 9 Kansas teams capture home openers KSU's offense rushes by South Dakota, 31-10 (See Related Story, Page 13) By HAROLD BECHARD Sporta Editor MANHATTAN It's been 13 years since Bobby Douglass used the quarterback sweep as a potent offensive weapon at Kansas University. Kansas State head coach Jim Dickey knows he doesn't have a player at quarterback with the running ability of a Douglass or even a Steve Grogan, who quarterbacked K-State in the mid- '70s. But you wouldn't know it by looking at the stats after Saturday's non- conference game with South Dakota. K-State quarterbacks Darrell Ray Dickey and Rusty Hill combined for 200 yards on the ground as the Wildcats posted a 31-10 victory over the visiting Coyotes before a KSU Stadium crowd of 20,210 sun-baked fans. The victory on the warm (83 degrees) afternoon marked the first time the Wildcats have opened the football season under Dickey with a win.

"It's always been tough to get the season started after you've lost the first game," Dickey said. "We've never won the first game since I've been here and it feels good to finally break that streak." The KSU offense, predicted before the season to be a pretty salty outfit by Dickey, was just that. It rolled up 29 first downs, 368 yards rushing and 536 yards of total offense against the out- manned Coyotes. Here's an example of how productive the day was for the Wildcats. The 29 first downs were the largest total in a game since KSU had the same amount against Oklahoma in 1969.

The total is the second greatest ever by a K-Slate teaiVi. The 536 yards of total offense is third on the modern-day list (since 1950) behind the 562 against Oklahoma in 1971 and 546 against Drake in 1954. The 368 yards of rushing ranked sixth on the list and was the highest total since 1957. Dickey's 126 yards rushing by a K- State quarterback broke Steve Grogan's 1973 record of 100 yards in a game against Memphis State. Dickey's 246 yards of total offense ranks him in the top ten for single- game performances by a Wildcat.

"I think we'll be a better offensive team than last year even by holding those guys out," Jim Dickey said when discussing his seven redshirt starters. "We really showed some promise out there today." First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards SD 15 31-067 225 30 1 KS 29 168 45 Individual Statistics RUSHING KANSAS STATE Dickey 16 126. Hill 13 74 Toluao 12-70, Hundley 11-41. Meyers 6-27. Pearl 8-25.

Farolmo 3-12, Mock l-( 7). SOUTH DAKOTA: Huston 1360, Ebeling 3-12, O'Boyle 3-12. Ezell 1-4. Fast 1-3. Daniel 8-(-14).

PASSING KANSAS STATE: Dickey 7-11-0-120, Hill 1-2-0-48. SOUTH DAKOTA: Daniel 13-22-1-225. RECEIVING KANSAS STATE: Manning 2 54. Wallace 1-48, Colemon 2-40, Bentley 1-18, Hundley 28. SOUTH DAKOTA: Lelkvold 2-67, Dlcus 462.

Harmon 3-42, O'Boyle 2-35, Huston 2-19. PUNTING KANSAS STATE: Fulhoge SOUTH DAKOTA: Seibel But everything wasn't on the rosy side in the South Dakota dressing room. Head coach Dave Triplett was upset with the way K-State was running its offense late in the game against his NCAA Division II team. "For us, playing them (KSU) was like K-State playing the Kansas City Chiefs," Triplett said. "I'll tell you one thing if I ever get the chance to coach in the Big Eight against Jim Dickey, you can bet that I'm going to run up the score on him if I get the chance and you can quote me on that.

"There they were, scrambling and passing long on a second-division team right up to the end when they had that big lead." But a big lead is something the Wildcats haven't had for a while. "We have a helluva time usually getting that many," Dickey said of his team's 31 points. "It feels good no matter who it's against." K-State Jumped on top early in the game when Dickey hit split end Ernie Coieman with a 35-yani scoring strike the 9:25 mark of the first quarter. But South Dakota came right back to cut the lead to 7-3 when Kurt Seibel booted a 39-yard field goal with 5:02 left in the first quarter. K-State made it 14-3 at halftime after Mark Hundley dove over from a yard out at the 7:32 mark of the second period.

The Wildcats scored again with 9:10 left in the third quarter when Masi Toluao raced 18 yards off the left side. Steve Willis, who was 4-for-4 in extra (See K-STATE, Page 11) South Dakota 300 State 7 7 7 10 31 KS-Coleman 35 pan from Dickey (Willis kick) SD-FG Seibel 39 KS-Hundley 1 run (Willis kick) KS-Toluao 17 run (Willis kick) KS-FG Willis 25 SD-Llkvolv 53 pass from Daniel (Seibel kick) KS-Dlckey 11 run (Willis kick) Borg, McEnroe showdown set Austin wins Open NEW YORK (UPI) Tracy Austin, her career threatened earlier this year by a back injury, beat Martina Navratilova in two tie-breakers Saturday to win the U.S. Open Tennis Championship for the second time, while John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg set up another renewal of their dramatic rivalry in the men's final. Borg played the match after a telephone threat against his life was received in the late afternoon at the main switchboard of the National Tennis Center. Plainclothes police were seated just off the court for his protection, Austin, who was sidelined for four months because of her injury, was unable to deal with Navratilova's power game in a quick first set but then recovered for a 1-6, 7-6, 7-6 victory.

"This one means more to me because at 16 it all came so fast," said Austin, referring to her 1979 title. "I think I was too young to realize how important it was. Then after losing Wimbledon and after this injury, it means even more to me to come back." Earlier, McEnroe overcame a minor ankle sprain to beat back the determined bid of fellow New Yorker Vitas Gerulaitis, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, and in the final match of a program that stretched on for just under 10 hours, Borg registered his 10th consecutive victory over Jimmy Connors, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4, his sizzling serve accounting for 14 aces. The 22-year-old McEnroe now la only one victory away from a third conwcu- tive Open crown, which he can claim Sunday. Not dnce Bill Tilden won from IMO-tt has any man captured the national championship three yean in a Tracy Austin McEnroe defeated Borg in last year's Open final as well as the championship of this year's Wimbledon.

Navratilova fought back three times from a breakdown in the final set and then saved three match points in the 12th game, only to double fault on the final point of the match. Austin, who won the Open in 1979, won the second set tie-break 74 and the third set 7-1. "I thought she really had me in the second set," said Austin, who earned $66,000, "but I was lucky to be able to come back." Playing in warm but windy conditions on Center Court, Navratilova seemed ready to make good on her promise to win the Open for the first tune in celebration of her American citizenship, and she raced through the opening set in 25 minutes, dropping only the sixth game. But Austin, with her patient baseline game, finally achieved her first break in the sixth game of the second set, only to have Navratilova get the break back in the next game. Austin, though, then took the tie-break.

Three times in the final set Austin broke, and three times Navratilova got it back in the following game. But in the tie-break it was all Austin as Nav- ratilova won only the fourth point. Borg, one step away from the championship he now covets more than any other, made few mistakes against Connors, dropping his service only once. That came in the fourth game of the second set on a backhand crosscourt pass by Connors and the fourth seeded American then held his service to lead 4-1. But Borg, giving up a lot of his usual topspin to hit flat shots, broke back in the seventh and llth games.

Borg then broke service in the ninth game of the final set and held service at 15 to wrap up the match. ARM TACKLE Kansas defensive back Dan Wagoner (5) tries to bring down Oregon tailback Reggie Brown Saturday afternoon in a non-conference UPI Photo game at Lawrence. Kansas won the game, 19-10, to improve its record to 2-0 for the season. sports The Salina Journal Wesleyan falls to Baker, 47-16 By BRAD CATT Sports Writer BALDWIN CITY Jon Bingesser's debut at Kansas Wesleyan will go down in history as a somewhat lopsided defeat. But forget the final score, which read Baker 47, KW 16.

The rout most of the Wildcat faithful had anticipated here Saturday night never really materialized. For three quarters, the Coyotes slugged it out toe-to-toe with the No. 5- ranked Wildcats and trailed only 27-16. Only a 20-point fourth quarter spurt by Baker made the final margin lopsided. "The effort was good we just ran out of gas," said Bingesser following the season-opening non-conference game.

"I was getting embarrassed in the fourth quarter." Wesleyan actually led this one, 16-13, late in the second quarter after Mike Carey booted a 27-yard field goal. But Baker took the ensuing kickoff and drove to paydirt in the final two minutes before intermission to take a 20-16 halftime lead. Fullback Taylor Gill, who led Baker's powerful ground attack with 139 yards, scored the go-ahead touchdown on a six-yard plunge up the middle with 47 seconds left in the second quarter. "We played an excellent first half," Bingesser said. Despite two turnovers and a handful of penalties, Baker was not to be denied in the second half.

The Wildcats opened the lead to 27-16 at the 7:30 mark of the third period when Ben Reed capped a 50-yard drive with a six-yard TD run. KW Baker First downs 12 20 Net Yards Rushing 48-169 58-400 Net Yards Passing 102 108 8-15-1 5-9-0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 6-4 Punts-Average Penalties-yards 2-23 7-74 Individual Statistics RUSHING WESLEYAN: Edwards 27-184. Copeland 6-1, Evans 13-3, Thompson l-(-2), Harris 17) BAKER Rauschelboch 1-1, Gill 29-139. Reed 15-102, Reeves 4-88, Phillips 2-8. Williams 6-62, Ration 1-0.

PASSING WESLEYAN Evans 7-14-1-93, Houser 1-1-0-9. BAKER: Phillips 2-2-0-46, Rauschelbach 3-7-0-62. RECEIVING WESLEYAN: Harris 3-39, Brooks 1-12, Thomas 3-48, Copeland 1-3. BAKER Bates 496, Diaz 1-12. PUNTING WESLEYAN: Schnauti BAKER: Clark 2-46.

Kansas Wesleyan At Baker 13 13 3 0 7 7 KW Edwards 22 yd. run (pass failed). Gill 1 yd. run (kick lolled). Reed 3 yd.

run (Boeh kick). KW 84 yd. run (Carey kick). KW Carey 27 yd. tield goal.

Gill 6 yd. run (Boeh kick). Reed 6 yd. run (Boeh kick). Phillips I yd.

run (kick failed). Reeves 66 yd. run (Cummings kick). Williams 3 yd. run (Cummings kick).

Bethany loses opener SPRINGFIELD, S.D. Bethany made mistake after mistake here Saturday and in the end it cost the Swedes as South Dakota-Springfield posted a 10-7 victory in the Swedes' opener. A rugged Pointer defense sacked Bethany quarterbacks 10 times for 88 yards in losses. Springfield grabbed a 3-0 lead with 9:58 left in the first half when Ward Bachenhaus kicked a 39-yard field goal. The Swedes took the kickoff and drove to the Pointer one yard line where they had a first and goal, but couldn't score in four cracks.

Springfield fumbled and Jiiiii Kent recovered for Bethany and two plays later quarterback Clint Pick went over from the one for the TD. Rick John- First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Beth 14 8 89 SD-S 10 49 88 son's PAT kick gave Bethany a 7-3 lead at the half. The Swedes intercepted three passes in the third quarter but coulcui't get the ball in the end zone. The Pointers got the winning touchdown with 12:40 remaining in the game on a one-yard run by Matt Dudley. Bethany SD Springfield SD Bachenhouj 39 FG Fick I run (Johnson kick) SD-S Dudley I run (Bechenhaut kick) Defense keys KU win over pesky Ducks, 19-10 iSee Related Story, Page 13) By BRAD CATT Sports Writer LAWRENCE Don Fambrough said what every one of the 33,840 sun-soaked fans in Memorial Stadium had to be thinking here Saturday afternoon.

"Thank goodness for our defense," the University of Kansas coach exclaimed after his Jayhawks held on to defeat stubborn Oregon, 19-10. KU's defense could not take sole credit for the Jayhawks' second non- conference victory in as many starts, however. After all, punter Bucky Scribner put on an All-America-type performance and the KU offense did rack up 276 yards and put 17 points on the board. But it was the Jayhawks' defense which was the big story on this hot (89 degrees) and humid (86 percent) afternoon. Time and time again Oregon threatened to overcome KU's precarious 17-10 halftime lead.

And each time, the Ducks were turned away. "Our defense made some mighty big plays all afternoon," Fambrough said. It was only fitting that the Kansas defense secured the win. Marky Alexander put an end to Oregon's last-gasp effort when the sophomore end from Topeka sacked quarterback Kevin Lufk on consecutive plays. The second sack came with just 1:28 remaining and, more importantly, came in the OU end zone for a safety.

"I told them (the defense) before the game that there was no way we were going to shut down their offense they're just too good," Fambrough said. "But I said 'Make them earn everything they get and we'll be I think that's what happened." For a quarter it appeared KU would send the Ducks home embarrassed. The Jayhawks dented the Scoreboard at the 6:29 mark of the opening period when tailback Kerwin Bell swept right end for a six-yard touchdown run. Four plays later the Jayhawks were back in business again after Oregon coach Rich Brooks made an ill-advised gamble. The Ducks' boss had his club attempt a fourth-and-one situation at the OU 29.

He had to be second-guessing himself after Terrance Jones was stacked up at the line of scrimmage for no gain. "We didn't want to be conservative we figured six inches wasn't much to get," Brooks said. "But their defensive tackle stunted, we missed a block and they were in our backfield." Two plays later KU capitalized on the opportunity when quarterback Frank Seurer connected with wide receiver Bob Johnson on a 22-yard scoring pass. Bruce Kallmeyer's PAT kick made it 14-0 with 3:48 remaining in the opening period. But a rout never materialized.

Oregon drove 66 yards on its next possession to set up Doug Jolleymore's 31- yard field goal. Baker scored again on its next possession when reserve quarterback Albert Phillips connected on a 34-yard pass to split end Bobby Bates to set up the score. Phillips then went over on a quarterback sneak just over a minute into the fourth quarter. The Wildcats added two more touchdowns in the late stages. Charles Reeves broke a 66-yarder for one TD and Craig Williams tallied the final score on a three-yard run with 35 seconds remaining.

"For three quarters we played with them," Bingesser said. "But we got tired and gave up too many big plays in the second half." 0 16 20 47 First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Ore Kan 20 48 -143 47-161 133 119 83 0 17 29 0 7 18-1 6 8 50.3 2-1 1-1 1 -5 2-20 Individual SlotUtlci RUSHING OREGON Lulk 102 54 Brown 2291. Young I 12, Billups 525. Jonej 1 (-6). Johnson 415.

KANSAS Seurer 8 I 17). Mack 1-53. Bell 21 91, Bulls 3 12. Copers I 8 Toy lor 2-15, Smilh PASSING OREGON lulK17290 133 KAN SAS Seurer 7 18 1 119 RECEIVING OREGON Brown 4 26. Billups 2 12.

Hogensen 6-61. Moser 3 27 James 27 KAN SAS Copers 480. Johnson I 22, Boslin 1 12 Schleicher 15 PUNTING OREGON Murphy 6 35 5 KANSAS Scribner 50.3. Then, after Mike Walter recovered Seurer's fumble at the Kansas 22, the Ducks cut the deficit to 14-10 on a one- yard run by Reggie Brown with 9:11 left before intermission. Kallmeyer scored the final points of the half when he booted a 32-yard field goal with one tick left in the second quarter.

Oregon had no trouble moving the ball on the Jayhawks in the second half. But every time the Ducks got within striking distance, KU's defense stiffened. Oregon's biggest threat came on its second possession of the third quarter when the Ducks drove to the KU six- yard line. But on fourth-and-two, KU cornerback Tony McNeely threw Brown for a four-yard loss. Fambrough said the Jayhawks' ability to keep Oregon off the Scoreboard in the third quarter was the key of the game.

"That was the turning point," Fambrough said. "I told them at halftime if we held our own in the third period we'd win the game." Oregon's final legitimate chance to tie the game came at the 11:11 mark of the final quarter. Seurer was hit as he delivered a pass in the flat and Duck cornerback Ross Gibbs had an open field to the end zone, but couldn't come up with the interception. While Oregon moved up and down the field in the final two quarters, KU's offense was relatively silent. But the Jayhawks did not have good field posi- ton after intermission as they started drives from their own 24, 1, 10 and 4- yard lines on their first four possesions of the half.

"That really hurt us," Fambrough said of the poor field position. "With our type of offense, we've got to have it (field position). We don't have the big backs who can ground it out from back (See KANSAS, Page 11) Oregon 0 10 0 0 10 Konsos 3 0 1 19 Kan-Bell 6 run (Kallmeyer kick) Kan-Johnson 22 past (ran Seurer (Kollmeyer kick) Ore FG Jolleymour 31 Ore-Brown I run (Jolleymour kick) Kan-FG Kallmeyer 32 Kan-Sately tackled in end zone by M.Alexander Iowa shocks Nebraska, 10-7 0 7 0 0 3 0 7-10 IOWA CITY, Iowa (UPI) Eddie Phillips scored on a 3-yard touchdown run, Lon Olejniczak kicked a 35-yard field goal and the Iowa defense shut off the potent Nebraska offense Saturday to spark the Hawkeyes to a 10-7 upset over No. 6 Nebraska. Phillips' touchdown came with 9:16 left in the first quarter and capped a seven-play, 44-yard drive.

Olejniczak's field goal came on the first play of the second quarter and gave Iowa a 10-0 lead. The Hawkeye defense then took over and held Nebraska scoreless until 11:42 remained in the game, Nebraska was hampered throughout the game by poor field position and turnovers. The Cornhuskers fumbled five times losing three and suffered two interceptions. Iowa controlled the tempo of the game from the outset, allowing Nebraska only 10 offensive plays in the third quarter. Thunder foot The Hawkeyes started their first three drives of the game inside Nebraska territory, while booming kicks by punter Reggie Roby kept the Corn- huskers bottled up for most of the game.

Roby averaged 53.7 yards per kick on six punts. Iowa scored on two of its first three possessions. The Hawkeyes' initial drive began on the Nebraska 44 follow- First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Return yards Passes Punts Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Neb 13 1 50 81 39 Iowa 1 1 28 23 ing a short punt by the Cornhusker's Grant Campbell. Phillips carried five times in the short drive for 35 yards, including the final three yards for the score. Iowa's second drive of the game, which began at the Nebraska 24-yard line following a fumble, ended in a missed field goal by Roby.

But the third drive, which started at the Nebraska 43 following an interception by Brad Webb, culminated in Olejniczak's winning field goal. Phillips, who replaced the injured J.C. Love-Jordan in Iowa's starting lineup, rushed for 94 yards in 19 carries. Iowa's Pete Gales completed six-of- 10 passes for 34 yards, while Nebraska's Mark Mauer hit six of 12 for 60 yards. Roger Craig, who scored Nebraska's only touchdown on a 2-yard run, led the Cornhuskers in rushing with 74 yards on 19 carries.

Iowa 730 Iowa Phillips 3 run (Olejniczak kick) Iowa FG Olejniciak 35 Neb Craig 2 run (Seibel kick) A 60.160 10.