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Sports The Salina Journal Sunday, September 27,1987 Page 23 Turnovers send KU to third loss ByHAROLDBECHARD Sports Editor LAWRENCE Just when it seems things can't get any worse for the University of Kansas football team, another Saturday afternoon comes rolling around. This time it was Louisiana Tech which had its day in the sun with the beleaguered Jayhawks. The Bulldogs made the most of their opportunity with a 16-11 victory Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. No, this wasn't Louisiana State of the Southeastern Conference which handed KU its 10th consecutive loss. Instead, it was Louisiana Tech of NCAA Division I-AA stature, a school known more for women's basketball than football.

It wasn't what the visitors from Ruston, did on the field that dropped KU to 0-3 for the season. It was more what the Jayhawks did to themselves, shooting themselves in the foot time after time. All in all, Kansas turned the ball over eight times (five interceptions, three fumbles lost) and were penalized 11 times for 60 yards as it wasted its best offensive output in many a moon. "I'd rather look bad and win, than look good and lose," head coach Carl Torbush said after gaining his first victory at Tech. "It wasn't pretty, but we will take it." Tech quarterback David McKinney echoed his coach's thoughts.

"It wasn't pretty, but it was a victory," McKinney said. "We've had pretty losses, so we'll take this." The Jayhawks outgained Louisiana Tech 350-227 in total offense but weren't able, to put the ball in the end zone until late in the fourth quarter because of an abundance of mistakes. "Turnovers happen. They happen to a team when it's in a slump," a solemn KU head coach Bob Vale- sente said. "If I had an answer to the turnover question, I would make a lot of money because every coach in America wants to know the The Jayhawks didn't have any answers at the quarterback position, either, as first Kelly Donohoe and then Mike Orth misfired time after time.

The two combined to complete La. Tech 16, Kansas 11 GAME IN STATS IT KU First downs 9 14 Rushes-yards 43-153 49-207 Passing yards 74 143 Comp-Att-Int 9-26-0 10-37-5 Total offense 69-227 86-350 Punts-avg Fumbles-lost 2-2 3-3 Penalties-yards 5-40 11-60 Possession time 27:51 33:09 Individual Statlitlei RUSHING Tech: Powell 15-110-1, Priddy 12-41, Douglas 7-17, Roundtree 3-5, McKinney 6-(-18). Kansas: Snell 10-55, Terrell 21 -97, Rogers 11 -33, Orth 5-12-1, Bredesen 1 -8, Hooks 1-2. PASSING Louisiana Tech: McKinney 9-260-74. Kansas: Donohoe 4-8-2-26, Orth 6-29-3117.

RECEIVING Louisiana Tech: Wright 5-53-1, Slaughter 2-17, Cannady 1-8, Powell l-(-4). Kansas: Rogers 5-70, Vaughn 2-50, Wedel 2-7, Harris 1-16. PUNTING Louisiana Tech: Hickingbotham 11 Team 1 -0. FIELD GOALS Louslana Tech: Stover 1-3 (42). Kansas: Klemp 1-1 (40).

LEADING TACKLERS (Top 5) Louslana Tech: Sanders 15, Osborne7, Sims6, Wallace 5. Kansas: Moore 8, White 6, Bredesen 5, Koncz 5, Mattox 5, Newman 5. Scoring Summary Louisiana Tech 3 0 13 0 Kansas 05 0 6 First Quarter IT Stover 42 yd. field goal, 1:44. Second Quarter KU Safety, Mattox blocks LTU punt out of end zone, 7:43.

KU Klemp 40 yd. field goal, 0:57. Third Quarter LT Wright 20 yd. pass from McKinney (pass failed), 9:41. LT Powell 6 yd.

run (Stover kick), 0:56. Fourth Quarter' KU Orth 1 yd. run (pass failed), 5:28. A just 10 of 37 passes and had five intercepted. Orth, who left the KU locker room immediately after the team meeting, was inserted into the lineup late in the first quarter after Donohoe threw two interceptions in KU's first three possessions of the game.

The 6-5 senior from Liberal also has his troubles, throwing three interceptions and completing just 6 of 29 passes for 117 yards. "You go into the game ready that's all I have to say," Orth said. Valesente said he changed quarterbacks to give the Jayhawks a spark. We felt we had to start Kelly and give him the opportunity to move the ball," Valesente said. "Mike Orth had come along so well and was obviously waiting in the wings for the opportunity to come into the ball game.

When the turnovers occurred Wesleyan knocks off Threshers ByBRADCATT Assistant Sports Editor NEWTON Brad Jenkins made a wish late Saturday night and Troy Lewis and Bryan McManus combined to make it come true. Jenkins' young but determined Kansas Wesleyan football team needed one more big play from its defense to hold off hard-charging Bethel. "I know He (God) doesn't choose sides in a football game, but I was doing some praying," Jenkins said. "And I really had a feeling something good was going to happen." It did. Lewis, KW's free safety, tipped away a Scott Stiles pass and McManus made a diving interception in the end zone.

The turnover, which came with 2:11 remaining in the contest, halted a last-ditch Bethel drive which had reached the KW 11-yard line. The turnover was the fifth of the night for the Coyote defense and Wesleyan 14, Bethel 11 Kansas free safety Clint Normore (8) and linebacker Kyle Schenker (60) stop Louisiana Tech's Garlon Powell for a short gain in the first quarter of Saturday's 16-11 Jay hawk loss in Lawrence. (Donohoe's interceptions), we were trying to establish some impact and maybe create a spark." Valesente's plan didn't work as Orth overshot and underthrew receivers several times. The most costly throw came with minutes remaining in the third quarter and Tech holding a 9-5 lead. On a fourth- and-3 play at the LT 28, Orth faked a running play and lofted a pass over the middle and over the outstreched fingers of a wide-open Mark Parks at the LT goal line.

Two series later, Louisiana Tech took an 11-point lead with an 89-yard scoring drive in 11 plays. Garlon Powell, who had a 38-yard run in the drive, polished off the drive with a 6-yard run around left end with 56 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Kansas made things close in the fourth quarter when Orth, who during one portion of the game misfired on 17 of 18 pass attempts, led the Jayhawks on an 86-yard drive in eight plays before scoring on a 1-yard run. The TD came with 5:28 remaining and was set up by a 43-yard screen pass from Orth to fullback Mike Rogers. Down by five, the Jayhawks misfired on a two-point conversion but still had two more chances to score the winning touchdown.

However, Orth was intercepted at the LT 33 with 1:50 remaining and then could only get his team to the midfield stripe in the final 35 seconds. The defeat wasted a solid defensive performance by the Jayhawks. Louisiana Tech led 3-0 after the first quarter despite not making a first down. The Bulldogs had just one by halftime and only nine the entire game. "I felt the defense kept us in the game early," Valesente said.

"Later on, we had the opportunities, but we kept throwing them away. We actually beat ourselves." KU also had a solid running attack, for once, as Darrell Terrell had 97 yards on 21 carries and KU rushed for more than 100 yards as a team (the Jayhawks had 207) for the first time in eight games. But it wasn't (See KU, Page 24) K-State fails to capitalize on Iowa's mistakes Iowa running back David Hudson (20) breaks away from Kansas State cornerback Marcus Miller on a first-quarter run. IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) One week after blowing away Iowa State with a near flawless performance, 19th-ranked Iowa gave a demonstration in winning ugly Saturday. The heavily favored Hawkeyes turned the ball over seven times six interceptions and one fumble and actually had to come from behind to get by winless Kansas State 38-13 in their final non-conference game of the season.

"That was quite a frustrating game," said Iowa coach Hayden Fry, whose team had dominated Iowa State 48-9 a week earlier. "I don't recall any time as a head coach where I have had a team score 38 points, win a game and have such an empty feeling. "This game was sort of a mess, real hully-gully from an appearance standpoint, but the score was 38-13 and it was a win. We'll take that going into the Big Ten season." Kevin Harmon totaled 193 yards rushing and receiving and scored a touchdown, while reserve quarterback Dan McGwire passed for two scores to lead the Hawkeyes, who had been favored by 42 points but didn't break the game open until the final 10 minutes. "Kansas State really hustled and hit hard," Fry said.

"They played their hearts out. "We're not a bad football team. We had seven turnovers in this game, but had only one before this, so hopefully we got them all out of our system. We had enough of them to last a season. But remember, Kansas State gets the credit for a lot of Kansas State stunned the Iowa crowd of 67,700 by converting its first interception into a 7-0 lead on Gary Swim's 4-yard touchdown pass to running back Tony Jordan 7Vfc minutes into the game.

Iowa came back to score on three straight possessions to grab a 21-7 lead.then struggled much of the time after that before nailing down its third victory in four starts. Kansas State, which had five turnovers but trailed only 21-13 heading into the fourth quarter, fell to 0-3. "Coming into the game, we wanted Iowa 38, KSU 13 First downs Rushes-yards Passing. Return Yards Comp-Att-Int Punts GAME IN STATS KSU II 40-84 104 91 15-31-2 8-36 Iowa 27 43-172 271 47 18-33-6 2-34 4-1 6-44 30:28 Fumbles-Lost 4-3 Penalties-Yards 10-76 Time of Possession 29:32 Individual Statistics RUSHING Kansas State: Jordan 18-50, Lewis 8-16. Iowa: Harmon 20-108, Hudson 1355.

PASSING Kansas State: Swim 15-31-2-104. Iowa: McGwire 11-18-2-139, Hartlieb 7-13-2129, Poholsky 0-2-2-0. RECEIVING Kansas State: Dean 6-60, Jordan 6-22. Iowa: Harmon 4-85, Watkins 4-41, Cook 3-54, Early 3-39. Scoring Summary Kansas State 7 3 3 Iowa 14 7 0 17 38 First Quarter KSU Jordan 4 yd.

pass from Swim (Porter kick). Iowa Hudson 5 yd. run (Houghtlin kick). Iowa Harmon 1 yd. run (Houghtlin kick).

Second Quarter Iowa Hudson 1 yd. run (Houghtlin kick). KSU Porter 41 yd. field goal. Third Quarter KSU Porter 34 yd.

field goal. Fourth Quarter Iowa Early 14 yd. pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick) Iowa 20 yd. field goal. Iowa Marciano 8 yd.

pass from McGwire (Houghtlin kick). A Tartabull's 9th-inning homer sends Royals past Twins MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Danny Tartabull and his Kansas City Royal teammates are not ready to concede the American League West title to the Minnesota Twins. Tartabull connected for a three run homer in the ninth inning to give Kansas City a 7-4 victory over the Twins Saturday. The Royals are now five games behind Tartabull first-place Minnesota and the Twins' magic number for clinching remains at three. "We're not out of this title race yet," said Tartabull, who was traded from Seattle to Kansas City last December.

"This race is not over. We've shown that we are not going to lay down and roll over. We're taking things day-by-day and you never know what will Tartabull got the pitch he was looking for against Minnesota reliever Jeff Reardon, 8-8, in the ninth. "I know he's a fastball pitcher and he started me off with two fastballs, so I was looking for another one from him and he got it up," Tartabull said. "I was fortunate to hit it far enough for a home run because I was just trying to make contact and hit it deep enough to score the runner from third." Kansas City manager John Wathan said, "Tartabull has been an outstanding addition to this club.

He didn't get enough credit for his home run power in Seattle because people said he was playing in a home run park. But he's shown his power by hitting 31 homers this season, and it's a plus that his average is at .300. "I always felt there was a chance we could win it (the title) and we have been playing well. In this series, our bench has been outstanding and our bullpen has been getting the job done." Kansas City will try to sweep Minnesota today in the finale of the three- game series. Next weekend, the Royals close out the season with a three game home series with the Twins.

"If we drop one tomorrow, we'll probably slit our wrists because of the way we've played on the road," Twins second baseman Steve Lombardozzi said. "We'd like to wrap it up at home in front of our Tartabull's homer scored Kevin Seitzer and George Brett. Seitzer had reached base on an infield single with one out and Brett followed with a double down the right-field Line. The victory went to Royals reliever John Davis, 5-2, who pitched two innings of hitless relief after taking over for starter Bret Saberhagen, who gave up four runs on six hits in six innings. Gene Garber pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his seventh save.

Minnesota's Kirby Puckett started the scoring when he drove in Dan Gladden and Greg Gagne with a single in the first inning. Gladden opened the inning with a single and Gagne walked. Randy Bush's sacrifice advanced the runners to second and third. The Minnesota lead was cut to 2-1 in the second inning when Steve Balboni hit a solo home run, his 24th of the season, off Twins starter Steve Carlton. Minnesota made it 3-1 in the fifth as Gagne led off with a walk, advanced to second on Gary Gaetti's two-out single and came home on Kent Hrbek's single.

The Royals tied the game 3-3 in the sixth on pinch hitter Jim Eisenreich's two-run double off Juan Berenguer following Tartabull's single and a double by Frank White. Bush lined a single, scoring pinch runner Chris Pittaro, to give Minnesota a 4-3 lead in the sixth. Tom Nieto was hit by a Saberhagen pitch and then Pittaro advanced to second on a groundout by Gladden. Kansas City tied the game 4-4 in the seventh on Seitzer's sacrifice fly to center, scoring pinch runner Lonnie Smith from third. Pinch hitter Thad Bosley singled to left before Smith advanced to third on a single by Willie Wilson.

ROYALS 7, TWINS 4 KANSAS CITY MINNESOTA Wilson cf Seitzer 3b Brett Ib Tartabull rf FWhite2b Balboni dh Pecota ss Eisenreich ph ASalazar ss LOwenc Quirk Thurman If Bosley ph LSmithll Totals Kansas City Minnesota ab 5 3 4 5 4 4 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 37 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 bl 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 ab Gladden If Davidson If Gagne ss BusTi dh Puckett cf Gaetti3b Hrbek Ib Brunansky rf Lombrdzi 2b Smalley ph Newman 2b Nieto Pittaro pr Laudner Beanepr Buterac Totals 010 002 200 Oil 4 1 2 2 5 5 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 30 hbl 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 000-4 Game Winning RBI Tarlabull (20). E--Gagne. Seitzer. DP -Kansas City 2 Minnesota 1. LOB -Kansas City 9.

Minnesota 10. 2B FWhile Eisenreich. Brett. HR Balboni (24). Tartabull SF Seitzer.

Kansas City Saberhagen JnDovisW.5.2 Garber S.7 Minnesota Carlton Berenguer Atherton Reardon L.8-B (31). S- Buih, Gagne. ER BB SO Bethel 18 47-159 131 10-20-2 67-290 5-3 4-32 15-39, 7 14 HBP FWhite by Carlton, Niuto by Sabe hugen, Bubh by Gurbei. Umpires Home. Phillips.

Hibt Paierim Second. Morrison. Thiia 1 Clufk 3.04 A 46.263 GAME IN STATS KW First downs 19 Rushes-yards 57-322 Passing yards 43 Comp-Att-Int 3-7-1 Total plays-yards 64-365 Punts-Avg Fumbles-lost 6-3 Penalties-yards 3-22 Individual Statistics RUSHING Wesleyon: Jackson Gooden 13-97, Martin 4-10, Sanft 2-4, Gunnerson 3-10, Gorrett 18-153, Hayes 1-1, Coumpy 1-8. Bethel: Stiles 11-30, Scott 7-11, Casanova 12-59, Simmons 14-48, Mines 3-11. PASSING Wesleyan: Jackson 3-7-1-43.

Bethel: Stiles 10-20-2-131. RECEIVING Wesleyan: Jones 1-26, Baucham 1-11, Coumpy 1-6. Bethel: Stucky 222, Regier 8-109. PUNTING Wesleyan: Taylor Bethel: Young Scoring Summary Wesleyan 0 I Bethel 0 Second Quarter Young 36 yd. field goal, 0:03.

Third Quarter KW Gooden 27 yd. run (Cooper kick), 4:32. Fourth Quarter KW Garrett 39 yd. run (Cooper kick), 14:51. Stiles 3 yd.

run (Casanova run). 12:02. secured Wesleyan's 14-11 upset victory over the Threshers, who fell to 02. "What a sweet victory," said Jenkins, whose club is 2-0 and tied for first place in the KCAC. "Our kids showed a tremendous amount of resolve all night.

"I'll tell you what's sweet about it we beat a good football team at their place when they knew they'd have to win the rest of their games if they wanted to win a (KCAC) championship It's just a tremendous feeling." Wesleyan's offense was sidetracked in the first half by four turnovers, but the Coyote attack hit high gear after intermission behind the running of fullback Eric Gooden and tailback Darren Garrett. Gooden gave KW a 7-3 lead with 4:32 remaining in the third quarter when he scampered 27 yards for a touchdown to cap a 14-play, 89-yard drive. The Coyotes scored again on their next possession to go up 14-3. This time it was Garrett's turn to grab a spot in the limelight as the junior from Center, Texas, broke three tackles en route to a 39-yard dash down the right sideline. "The hole was there and I hit it," said Garrett, who gained all but six of his game-high 153 yards rushing in the second half.

"This is something I've been waiting for since I was freshman." But it appeared Garrett's and Gooden's offensive heroics might go to waste as the veteran-laden Threshers stormed back. Curtis Bender's 50-yard kickoff return and a 28-yard pass from Stiles to Roderick Hines set up Stiles' 3-yard touchdown run. Enrique Casanove converted the two-point PAT run, cutting KW's lead to 14-11 with loads of time (12:02) remaining. Bethel's first crack at grabbing the go-ahead touchdown ended when Salina freshman Nathan Stanton gobbled up a Thresher fumble at the KW 42 with 8:38 remaining. But the partisan Thresher crowd at Athletic Park was back on its feet moments later as Bethel marched from its own 15 to the KW 11 in 10 snappy plays.

But facing a third-and-6 at the 11, Stiles tried to connect with freshman split end Phil Regier, who had already snared eight passes for 109 yards. Lewis, however, had Regier blanketed and the junior from Newton, Texas, batted the ball in the air. "I saw Troy tip it and I just dove and then it was in my hands," said McManus, who also stopped a Bethel drive in the first half with his first- (See Weslcvau, Page 24).