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1 mmm IPS! II ii 1 iV TV TTh meltliout iV I a. rc1 -V ft 1 1 COX (Mil in jump into- a Y-u lean cany Duncan-to-Gibbons heroics jCy 7 "a IS (l)f tin noccio fni- lhd vaM: and fry in me nrsi quarter, xne played a major part in for 340 varrU nnH nasspd u- an Iowa record and his for 195 more. The resulting 535 ha 00 11 1 fi TOWS through for 226 yards on the teams against iowa. the Hawks much more irou VX' a- DUNCAN (l)V: Tfescott two touchdovns. Here he terback Randy Duncan to nnvonncr tivp varus oil have nung on a Minnesota Gophers, 44-20, to roll ahead frrnunrf a.Wault that Sta2- o- tw-nr havo rpafhpd nnf of GIBBONS' SHORT ONE Capt.

Jim Gibbons of Iowa had perhaps his greatest day against Minne- awaits a strike from quar- open Iowa scoring. The play, lounn uuwii. ibl uie nawia iuas uuoimi himui mv uuwn.n nine jjooovij awi a Out nf flip hattlp strode Cant. Jim Gibbons with as By Bert McGrane (8undy Rtgiiter Btarr Wj-itr) yards in total advances undoubtedly excels any total previ-nnslv marlf. hv fh Hawks in the long Minnesota series.

-w-rtiir rrrv IA TInhoofon Tnwa swim? the heftiest J. haymaker the Hawks ever team Saturday, smashing the Iowa gave up some of its prestige, even in gaining a tremendous victory. All season long the Hawks have been smashing op- to a showdown with Ohio Mate next saturaay. In a snectacular answer to the unwarranted "quitter" posing running attacks, iney aiani me this embattled Minnesota team. c.i..J..

Statistics Iowa aiinorsitin i First downs r. IBS fihh n-19 panta Intercepted by 1 Punts 0 Fumbles lost 0 Yards 65 4.4 8i Mmnesota 7-2o nLuL 4 SCORING (3. Plunse; 3. plungei: Cox (1. DlUnsei; conversions.

uiiin Uj s. Gibhons 2 15. psss (rom Duncan; 52. pass-run irnm fcuniani. Prescntt (recovered furnhja 1.

H-mpel (4S run; ron-Tersions. Prescott Si field, goal. Prei-cott (35). Next Foes IOWA st Ohm State MINNESOTA it Michigan State SUUl Oal.uiua, cciLciiius tag placed on the Hawkeyes by Time magazine, Iowa Smmolv TYiinimiTPrl ita riistnmarv defensive emphasis to fine a display of pass receiving as any Hawkeye ever has shown. He caught nine throws from Randy Duncan for 164 yards.

The nine catches equaled an Iowa record set in 1952 by Dan McBride and the total yardage was the most ever made on passes by a Hawkeye. The Duncan-Gibbons combination clicked for eight completions in the first half alone. One mere was added in the third quarter before Duncan, suffering a recurrence of his stomach cramps, left the game and did not return. A crowd of 58,103 saw the Hawkeyes roll up the highest score ever made by Iowa against Minnesota. It was not the widest margin of victory but the 44-point total surpassed the" best on record the 41-7 triumph by the championship team in 1921.

Chances are many records fell in the game. Iowa ran TM. mir famous line. They slammed lthi. unu tun tViot neieu a mmiicauia icain mai.

i m- ground, a remarkable improvement on tne aver- AVLf JH'l sjuitiitj t.aw Hurtling ahead on the ground and in the air, the Hawks came out of a rugged 7-7 first quarter to bang home 23 points in the second period and 14 more in the third. aBYmLTA1Itt Big Ten Race W. L. T. P.

O.P. Ohio State ...5 0 0 160 33 i0va 4 0 1 139 55 Michigan State 4 1 0 142 47 Games Remaining OHIO STATE Iowa, Sat- urday; at Michigan, Nov, 23, ioVA At Ohio State, Sat urday MICHIGAN STATE Min- fense, but he preferred not to discuss his team's defense. "I believe we can run against most any team," said Warmath. "We're strong up the middle. We must have had some defensive lapses or how do you account for Iowa's 44 points?" Warmath continued: "I'm making no pretense of comparing the 1956 and '57 Iowa COMMENT Continued on Page Three Scores OF ALL SPORTS Football GREATER DES MOINES Wichita 14, Drake 7 BIG TEN Cincinnati 21, lndianj 0 Iowa 44.

Minnesota 20 Illinois 20, Michigan If Michigan State 34, Notre Dame 6 Ohio State 20, Purdue 7 Wisconsin 41, Northwestern 12 BIG EIGHT Colorado 20. Colorado State 0 Iowa State 13, Nebraska 0 Kansas 13, Kansas State 7 Oklahoma 39, Missouri 14 Oklahoma State 39, Wyominj MISSOURI VALLEY Houston 27, Mississiooi Southern 11 1 North Teas State 12, Chattaroogi 0 Tulsa 3, Texas Tech 0 IOWA CONFERENCE lutoer 14. jena Vista Parsons 24, Uooef loma 13 Simpson 20, Wanbarj 13 IOWA INDEPENDENTS Missouri Valley 20, Grace'and 12 Whitewater State 41, Loms 21 NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE Dayton 43 North Dakota State 6 Florence State 40, sue 0 Dakota Sta'f 20, Vmlit MORE SCORES: Pcge 2 i II "LlaZTgCpIC' HZ sJSb''. Ik-- e-U'Ci. 0 fiOWAt) Continued on Page Ten nesota, Saturday.

Best Gopher Offensive Game Not Good Enough By Tony Cordaro (Sunday Register Staff Writer) IOWA CITY, IA. Strategy played a secondary role here Saturday as Iowa defeated Minnesota, 44-20. It developed into a battle of hard knocks with the alert 1 Cyclones Shatter Jinx --And Nebraska, 13-0 By Leighton Housh (Executive Spirts Editor) if' 4 i -V I sf 1 1 vi ft WiV 7 'tv I 7a 7v 5fri -Vt ct.i Nj.VfA LJZ (M), '7 mmJsJV2XSjZ ikamtUa AMES, IA. Jim Myers and got one big job done here Nebraska and its jinx right off Statistics Imva State Nebraska Virmt rfnwnt 17 Rushing vardaee 270 35 Passing yardage 50 39 4-R 3-1 fun't T-32 8-40 Fumbles lost 2 3 Tarda penalued 40 40 a a InterrantaH hv 2 1 SCORING KehrasKS ..0 Iowa 8tste 0 7 Iowa State Harden il foot 0 0 013 plunge i. Ingram plunge conversion.

can- on. Next Foes IOWA STATE South Dakota NEBRASKA Colorado Season Records NrSRAKA 12 wash. State 34 0 Army 42 4 Kansas St, 7 tnta-a state 10 Denver 0 7 Svracuse 7 14 Oklahoma 40 21 Kansas 6 ll j-'iTTsoiiran 9 Svrsrii-e 2t 13 Missouri 35 13 Missouri 14ll0 Kansas St. It 12 Kansas 141 0 Prake Iowa State Nebraska Ohio Downs Purdue, 20-7 at age made by other Big Ten Minnesota easily caused IOWA quarter, the play gave FOOTBALL PHOTO BY Bj8 WNO fumbled, the last time snuffing out a Drake chance to go for a tie in the final minute on Wichita's 20. Weak in Middle The Bulldogs were overwhelmed by Wichita's rushing game the first half, when the Shockers slammed to 133 yards.

Most damage came through Drake's middle. The Bulldogs missed one opportunity from Wichita's eight late in the second quarter, and two others from the 18 and 20. LaBrasca's 19-jard pitch DRAKE Continued on Page Eight his Iowa State football team Saturday they almost ran Clyde Williams Field, 13-0. The Cyclones, playing with all their early-season fire and zip, dominated Nebraska about as decisively as they themselves had been dominated by Drake just seven -days earlier. Not until two-thirds of the third quarter were history did the Huskers nose the ball past midfield.

From that point on, Iowa State was kept busy fending off the Nebraskans as the fewer than 8,000 fans worried away. Punting Vital The Cyclone defenders were successful, though, as Chuck Latting punted five times, three times from behind his own goal. line, and game's end Iowa State subs were manfully threatening to score again. The final gun signaled Iowa State's first victory over Nebraska since World War II days of 1945, and its first shutout of the Cornhuskers since 1919. The split-T visitors just weren't in the ball game during the first half, in which Iowa State ran 47 plays to Nebraska's 22 but still left the field ahead by only 7-0.

Harden Is Weapon Nebraska opened with a defense framed to corral Iowa State's Dwight Nichols on his wide sweeps, so the Cyclones countered with an important fullback threat up the middle GIBBONS' LONG ONE-Here Gibbons out- 4, Kmnosoto DWnnrlanr in take Dlincan'S Ial.Ca w1C -J long throw on touchdown play covering 52 yards. Hawkeves turning in their finest offensive performance. "It's by far the best offensive game we've played this year," said a saddened Murray Warmath, Minnesota coach, who had no accounting for the oneside-ncss of the score. Iowa Coach Forest Eva-shevski said: "It was by far our best offensive game of the year." "Best We Faced" Then Evashevski went one better. "Minnesota was the best running team we've faced this year," he commented.

"The Gophers were hitting hard, giving our defense a problem. "Alex Karras (Iowa tackle) was hurt early in the game and didn't play at peak performance." "That's nice for Evy to compliment our offense, but we still lost 44-207 commented Warmath. The coaches had no dras tic changes in their offenses or defenses. "We mieht have spread our ends and halfbacks more than usual, but that's the extent of it," said Warmath. Use Reverse Iowa used its balanced wing-T offense most of the time.

"Your boys used the re- I verse more than usual ana why shouldn't they? It was working and its only smari football to keep using a play that is working, declared Warmath. Warmath definitely was pleased with Mmnesuta's of- Snips Drake String, 14-7 Wichita Statistics Drako first 1osr 2 Pmbmg vsrdsga IfJ yardaga rassea 21-40 Paseea Imarcepted by Punts I Wichita 11 2 5-40 SS Tariia DtnalizM acosiNO airhlli Toue hd" ns. raa '14 r'. Bellsmy i. rua; lean 2- iMLa.

Tnnrfir, T'rr-r I ia pssa Irom LaBraeca: ronvera.n. Lae-mao. Next Foes miee st Texaa 8.a'.a Coming late in the second IOWa 27-7 lead. r.EO.STEH beaten in six games, had to resort to throwing almost exclusively after falling behind, 14-0, at the half. W'ichita didn't throw a pass, rolling 48 yards in the first quarter for its opening touchdown and 40 yards for its other marker in the second quarter.

The Shockers, who haven't lost to Drake in the past six games and own a 12-2 edge in the series, p-it a tremendous rush on LaBrasca by their linemen. LaBrasca had to eat' the ball three times and he was hit so hard twice that he (BILL BRYSON'S STORY: PAGE 2) Spartans Rip Irish by 34-6 (SEC TAYLOR'S STORY: PAGE 2) Sooners 39, Missouri 14 HITE'S STORY: PAGE 6) By Brad Wilson (Sunday P.egisier Staff Writer! WICHITA, KA.V. Not even Roger LaBrasca's arm could save Drake from its first defeat Saturday as the Bulldogs went down before Wichita's smashing ground assault, 14-7. LaBrasca threw his eleventh touchdown strike of the season in completing 21 of 38 attempts for 216 yards. But the rest of Drake's offense was missing.

The Bulldogs simply couldn't move the ball on the ground, getting only 107 yards by rushing. Drake, previously un mostly Bob Harden, from Omaha. In no time at all the regional television audiences saw Harden pound through CYCLONES Continued on Page Four WICHITA Houston Season Records rssr sk wrT4 -4 7earr a Ar-f a'e r-s ll Tkft. Ck I'l 1 a-n 7 Il 1" 14 Ha-n-L J- 2 All laj-toa 40.