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ports, The Manhattan Mercury Sunday, September 15, 1985 Bl Same story for KSU: No offense, another loss "We know they are going to blitz and we worked on some things to keep them from doing it, but obviously, we didn't do it," said offensive coordinator AlSandahl. Obviously. How they scored First Quarter Northern Iowa 7, Kansas State ft. 1 :45 Carl Boyd scores from the three to complete an II play 85-yard drive' Boyd carried three times fur nine yards and caught a pass for 28 yards in the drive. QB Mike Smith hit on four-offive passes for 52 yards in the drive PAT Mike Angell.

Second Quarter Northern Iowa 10, Kansas State 0. Mike Angell toes a 33-yard field goal UNI took over on their own 20 and drove to the KSU three before the drive stalled. UNI drove 64 yards in 12 plays in the drive. Third Qua rter Northern Iowa 10. Kansas Stale 6.

3:52 Greg Strahm scores Irom the one The Tl) on a 71-yard, eight-play drive John Kendrick hml one rush for 52 yards in the drive PAT notched Facts figures I'M KSl 23 First downs 9 50-214 Rushes yards 43 1WI 15 Passing yards 7H 17 Return yards 22 2BI6-2 Passes 21 8 0 4-159 Punts 9 3-3 Fumbles lost il l) 15 Penalties vards 4 31 32:37 TimeofPossession 27 23 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSlllNG-Northern Iowa. Boyd 27 111, Peebles II. -67, Smith 6-4. Kansas St 14 142, Wilson 12 14 PASSING-Northern Iowa. Smith 28-16-2-1115.

Kansas Williams 21 8-0-78 RECEIVING-Northern Iowa. Framke 6-7), Owais :1 17, Boyd 2-37 Kansas St 4-50, Dean 18, Moodv I 8 A badly for what turned out to be the final score 10-6t, The TD drive, while a highlight, told the story of K-State's offensive day. From the 13-yard line, it took K-State six plays to score; it took them four snaps from the four to score. While the word on last week's 225-yard offensive day against Wichita State was "too complex," this week's gameplan was vastly simplified, but the results read even more bleakly 43 rushes for 106 yards and 8 of 21 passing for a 184 net total. QB Williams described his passing stats by saying, "It's a little hard to concentrate on routes wheri all you're looking at are an 8 for 21 passing day.

"We worked on our blitz all week and tried to get a little bit better at pass protection, but it really went pretty much to no avail," Dickey said. "We didn't protect the passer again and didn't get any consistency with our running plays." It was sadly true. John Kendrick did pop runs of 36, 52 and 19 yards, but aside from his 142 yards on 14 carries, no one else hardly took a step. Next high on the team was Ray Wilson with 14 yards and it took him 12 carries to net that figure. "They lined up pretty Hight and with an eight-man front and blitzed us.

We thought we could pop a' big play a time or two, but we didn't do it often enough." An example of K-State's ineptness on offense was in the first half when they ran the ball 26 times for a total of 41 yards. Thirty-six of those yards By MARK JANSSEN Sports Editor Jim Dickey used the word "damaging." Running back coach Tom McVay said, "I'm at a loss for words." "We're not coming out to play. I can't understand it," added Barton Hundley. "Practices have gone well. There's been a lot of talking, but no doing." The comments came after Kansas State's 10-6 loss to Northern Iowa University.

It was the second loss of the season in two tries. Both times to lowly ranked teams Wichita State and, this time, to a Division I-AA team in the Panthers. Once again, it was K-State's inability to pick up the blitz that ruined their day. Quarterback Randy Williams was dumped a total of six times for minus-48 yards. When he did try to pass, he was hurried to the extent of Kendrick lone bright spot otherwise dismal in By JERRY HOLM Sports Writer The thick silence that hung over the K-State locker room afte.r KSU's loss to Northern Iowa said everything that needed to be said about the Wildcats' performance on Saturday afternoon.

There weren't many high points for the Wildcats in the 10-6 loss most of the K-State players and coaching staff would agree with that but tailback John Kendrick did provide a few highlights for the disgruntled KSU fans. The 5-11, 210-pound senior rushed for a career high 142 yards, only 42 yards less than the 184 yards the rest of the Wildcat offense managed. But despite his stellar performance, the loss stung Kendrick just as bad as it did the rest of the squad. "It still feels like a losing battle," he said after the game, the disappointment obvious on his face. "I'm still a part of the team, and no matter how many yards I gained, the score tells the truth in the end." an4tirlr coiH ho navor trmiicrhr about his yardage during the game.

"You can't think about those things," came on one Kendrick run. While the offense was nil, the defense was only average, allowing UNI 345 yards. The Panthers were led by Carl Boyd's 111 rushing yards and Mike Smith's 165 passing yards. "We missed a lot of tackles and our defense made a lot of errors," Dickey said. The 'Cat defenders did force five turnovers, but on four of the five following possessions, K-State's offense ran only three plays before punting it away.

UNI scored the game's first points with 1 :45 to go in the first quarter on Boyd's run from the three. Then near the end of the second period, Mike Angell toed a 33-yard field goal to make it 10-0 at intermission. The 'Cats made a game of it late in the third stanza on a Greg Strahm one-yard run, but the PAT missed day ball over to the Panthers three plays later. Kendrick couldn't come up with a reason as to why the Wildcats couldn't punch the ball into the end zone. "I don't know what happened when we got down close," he tried to explain.

"I don't know if it was the play selection or if we weren't hyper enough or if we just didn't want it bad enough. We had plenty of opportunities." Kendrick said he felt the offensive line did a good job blocking. "We had good unity from both the O-line and the fullback," he said. "They opened, the holes and then I just ran hard through them. I just wish I could have gotten into the end zone." After the game, Kendrick refused accept any praise for his outstanding performance.

"I can't think individually at this point because when you start doing that it can really mess you up. Right now we just have to pull together as a team and continue to get better and better. That's the main thing." against Colorado 1969. Dickey lost considerableyardage while being sacked iriihe Missouri game. "ItVnice and everything, but theres another game next week," Morsetn.

I think the whole ol- fense was confident going into the Continued on Page B2 Facts 'n figures Vanderbilt 0 7 1 IC Kansas 7 21 7 742 KU Vaughn 66 pass from Norseth Johnson kick KU Vaughn 10 pass from Norseth I Johnson kick) KU Fields 7 run Johnson kick I VU Crawford 1 run Herl ine kick KU Cddwell 29 pass from Norseth I Johnson kick) VU-FG51 Herline KU Estell 15 pass from Norseth I Johnson kick) KU Fields 1 un( Johnson kick) VU Wealherspoon 5 run pass fai 1 Van KU 26 First downs 33 30 -98 Rushes-yards 42-153 336 Passing yards 498 11 Return yards 21 46 25 2 Passes 43-26-1 6-40 Punts 3-37 2-1 Fumbles-lost 2-1 6-46 Penalties-yards 11-69 25:53 Timeof Possession 34:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSWNG-Vanderbilt, Woods 11-33, Crawford 8-33. Kansas. Rogers 19-96. Norseth 10-29 PASSING-Vanderbilt, Wracher 28-15-0-212. Richardson 13-5-2-68 Kansas.

Norseth 38-24-O-480, Quick 4-2-0-18. RECErVING-Vanderbilt, Mitchell 8-184, Popp 7-57 Kansas, Estell. 9-174. Vaughn 6-153. Norseth, Hawks rip Vandy LAWRENCE (AP) Mike Norseth took full advantage of a porous Vanderbilt defense Saturday and riddled the Commodores for 480 yards through the air, snapping Big Eight passing and total offense records and leading Kansas to a 42-16 college football triumph.

"The receivers just did a great job catching the ball and getting to the Saberhagen he said. "If we don't win, then the yards don't amount to anything." Kendrick 's performance was the only thing that kept the Wildcats within striking distance of the Panthers. Late in the second quarter, Kendrick cut through the middle of the Panther line, broke a couple of tackles and scampered away for a 36-yard gain, moving the ball all the way to the NI 41 yard line. But four plays later, the K-State drive stalled, leaving the Wildcats empty handed. Kendrick finished the half with 64 yards.

Midway through the third period, Kendrick struck again. Plunging into the middle of the line, Kendrick saw daylight for an instant and burst through the hole. The result was a 52-yard gain which set up the Wildcats' first and only touchdown. Late in the game, Kendrick broke loose again, this time sprinting 19 yards into NI territory, but the Wildcats were not able to earn another first down, and turned the open spots," said the rangy 6-foot-3 senior. "The offensive line did a super job." Norseth hit 24 of 38 passes and erased the conference record of 461 yards set by Kansas State Lynn Dickey against Missouri in 1969.

He added 2V yards rushing for 509 yards in total of fense that toppled Dickey conference record of 411 yards set shut down starter in the league this year, I don't know who he is," Moore said. "He threw every pitch to the exact spot he wanted." After George Brett reached on second baseman Mike Gallego's one-out sixth-inning fielding error, McRae hit a 3-2 pitch from John, 4-8, over the left-field wall for his 14th homer of the season. The Athletics came back against Saberhagen in the bottom of the sixth as Tony Phillips doubled to score Alfredo Griffin who had singled and stolen second base. KANSAS CITY OAKLAND Gnffinss Phillips 3b Bochtelb Kngmndh' MOavisrf Murphy cf Canseco If Heathc Gal lego 2b Collins ph Totals ab rh bi 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 10 0 4 12 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 J2 2 5 2 ab rh bi 4 110 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 3 I 3 I LSm'ithlf OMoren cf Uonescf Brett 3b McRae dh White 2b Balbom lb Motley rf Sundbrgc Cncpcnss Totals Kansas Citv Kit 002 2 Oakland "I Game Winning RBI McRae 9i E-Murphy, Phillips, Gallego DP-Oak Land 1 LOB-Kansas City 4. Oakland 4 2B McRae.

Phillips HR McRae (14i. SB-Gnffin 121). Bochtei3i Uones IP KR BB SO Kansas Citv Sabrhgn W.1M 9 3 112 Oakland John L.4-8 I 5 2 10 JHoweJl I 0 0 0 0 2:22. A 30,628. 12 Oakland A's, 2-1 K-State quarterback Randy Williams finds himself surrounded by UNI Dream comes true for Northern Iowa OAKLAND (AP) The most frightening thing about Bret Saberhagen is that he's just 21 years The Kansas City, right-hander ran his record to 18 with a three-hit, 2-1 victory overUie Oakland A's on Saturday Enabling the Royals to win their fourth straight game and for the 12JJjiime in 13 games.

He good now but he getting bet ter, catcher Jim Sundbera said of Karho rtan wVin hoc inn 1 rtf hie last 19 decisions. "It's almost scary to think how good he'll be when he's been around a few years." Saberhagen allowed just five men to reach base and struck out a career-high 12 batters in out-dueling A's veteran Tommy John, 4-8. "I knew that was close to a career high but I never thought I'd gotten that many," said Saberhagen, whose previous career-high in strikeouts was nine. "I'm not going to strike a lot of guys out with my fastball but I have my best curve of the year and a good slider and I got some strikeouts with those." A'sJ Manager Jackie Moore, who' was ejected in the fifth inning by home! plate umpire Greg Kosc for arguing a called strike, marveled at Saberha gen's performance. "If there's a better right-handed Staff color photoby Rod Mikinski defenders during Saturday's action.

players several players that I recruited for Butler or Indy. I know a lot of them and know what they can do," Bolks noted. "Also it was big for us because there are seven guys who played juco ball in Kansas thatxare at Northern Iowa. Those guys are real Cowan said this will piye the Division I-AA school a big liftit proves 4hat we can play against the bigger schools. Last week we lost avgame that we should have won (sixtur-novers against Drake).

We knew that if we kept our offense on the field Ion enough, the defense would pick up the slack. The defense did that, all right. What a feeling it had to be for these guys from Northern Iowa. "It feels good to come back and stick it to them," Aimable said. "They didn't recruit me and it's good to come back and beat them.

"Everybody was pumped up. This was a big win. This was the first time that UNI has played a Division I team and we beat them," he added. Rob Bolks, a UNI assistant coach, also has had close ties in the Sunflower State. Bolks served as an assistant coach at Independence and also as the head coach at Butler County Community College.

At Butler, Bolks coached John Kendrick, who had a career day for the Cats Saturday. "Obviously it's a great feeling because Kansas, State has had describe this feeling. It's unbelievable. I knew we could run with them." The win was especially sweet for two players and a coach who used to live in the Sunflower State. "This will be our season," said Alan Speicher, who played for two years at Independence Community College before transferring to NIU.

"We knew we could beat them. Our defense was too tough. Had it not been for that fumbled punt, I don't think we would have had any problem. I think they could have handled anybody today." Moses Aimable, a senior corner-back from Junction City, loved coming home and beating the Wildcats. By GARY VAN CLEAVE Sports Writer Spencer Cowan remembers growing up in Laurens, Iowa, and how someday he would like to be on a team that beat a Big Eight Conference team.

"I remember when I was growing up and how it would be neat to beat a Big Eight team. Iowa State is next door and I thought it would be real big to beat Iowa State someday," Cowan said. Cowan's dream of beating a Big Eight team came true Saturday when his Northern Iowa Panthers shocked Kansas State in KSU Stadium, 10-6. "It's starting to soak in now," Cowan noted. "There's no way to II LMS.s, II CU 21 1 1: N-westerrV 27 SfcwrKQ Hts.

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