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The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 55

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And Iowa State Turn to Lose 1 By Frank Boggn Writer GORMAN Quarter, back Jack Mlldren cavorted, around Owen Field like a new puppy with an Itch. At times, he resembled a A. Tittle with a hair-piece throwing bullets instead of balloons. He ran like his feet were afire and when all his damage had been parlayed with a bunch more, Oklahoma had blitzed another opponent Saturday, namely Iowa State, 43-12. "Mildren played like a fellow: who had decided to remind folks that he was a member of that same football team halfback Greg son plays for Iowa Stale and could for anybody.

He worked like a horse, barrelling ahead for 74 yards on 15 carries. Defensively, right end Mcrv Krakau was in the Sooners' way quite often as was monstorman Matt, Blair, who was injured late in the day and carried off via stretcher. Blair regained consciousness and was able to leave on the plane with his teammates. Roy Bell, filling in at various times for Joe Yy-lie when the hitter's leg wasn't feeling any too good, added SO rushing yards for OU and fullback Conl. on Page 4, Col.

1 football seven limes lo equal the most number of times they'd dropped the darn thing. On three other occasions in 1048, 1950 and 195S they had lost, thai, many fumbles. And still, which, must indicate brute strength at its bru-test, OU crunched out 67!) yards total offense with 504 along the artificial ground and 175 through the real air. It was indeed a strange for I he season to seven consecutive floggings, rolled into command by hatflime and despite losing six nf those seven fumbles in the second half still scored twice to Iowa Stale's once. It makes you wonder yel another week if those are humans out there.

Everyone had been told this is one of Iowa State's better football learns and those in the crowd of 60,500 be pointed out that Pruitl did not sit idle Saturday. He carried 24 times -more than usual for him and gained 15!) yards less than usual for a follow accustomed to averaging 1S5 per afternoon. That total offense record Mildren cracked had lasted an entire week. It had been the 294 yards stepped Kansas State. OU, extending its record Pruitl had made so famous this fall.

He did il so effectively he wound up breaking the school's total offense record with 323 yards. He scored twice and threw two touchdown passes. a the game proved something the Sooners had been wondering about all fall: they ain't even capable of stopping themselves. They fumbled away the sort of day, maybe the strangest, thing being that everybody wound up silling on his or her raincoat and using umbrellas lo motion for the hoi dog vendor. The sun broke through in the midst of the second quarter, not long after Mildren and mates had broken through with the game's first 17 points.

Before you find it necessary to thumb through the pages looking for it, let it now believe it. The Cyclones were a pesky outfit, making the Sooners work harder for their scores than many teams have. Iowa State seemed tn have a goodly number of people waiting at the corners when Print came into their view and only the fact he runs like a Sal-urn rocket that goes sideways instead of up enabled him lo gain what he did. Tailback George Amund- Point Parade U-MlWren 1 run (kick (ailed) U-FG Carroll JJ U-Harrlson 41 pass Ironi Mildren (Mildren run) i Carlson run (run failed) SECOND QUARTER we 10 Ifiiff OU-Pruill 1 run (kick lalled) OU-Cliandlcr Mildren (run lalled) THIRD QUARTER run (Carroll kick) IS-Joncs kickoll Attendance W0o Section October 31, 1 97 I 1 Blazers Win mmw mm J3-M 84-504 Rushin9 yarda Passing vardaqe Huskers Ride Buffs Herd on Point Parade FIRST OUARTER Scorini Play Neb Kinney 11 run (Sansor kick) SECOND QUARTER Neb Oamkrogcr pass from Taggc (Sanqcr kick) Colo Branch 34 pass from Johnson (Dean kick) Neb Taq9C 1 run (Sanger kick) Neh-Kinncy 15y Vnlncy Mcece Staff Writer LINCOLN, Neb. University of Oklahoma football faithful can forget that wish bono) ful thinking that Nebraska isn't a bonafide claimant tn the No.

1 rating in the U.S. of A. The Cornhuskers faced their first "good" foe nf Ihe season Saturday afternoon and treated il jusl as they had seven previous opponents namely as a guest of honor at a steam-rolling parly. Colorado, which had surprised 1-SU and Ohio Slate while Insine only lo Oklahoma, was mangled. 31-7, by a Bic Red Horde which passed and pranced lo 324 vards toial offense, 222 of Game in Figures il in Iho firM halt, durmc which the customers who sal in a light, rnlrl rain until Ihe second half It't like on old-fashioned six-gun shootout as OU quArtorback Jack Mildren looks a defender squarely in the eye and dares him to "draw," POKES POST HECK-UVA VICTORY Game in Figures The Standings Point Parade Kansas, losing its first home field match nf the Cowboys Kansas SI-S4 w-US in four appearances Rushing yardage Passing yardage envisioned a triumph by more than the 45-1" margin by which Oklahoma laid out the Buffaloes.

The Huskers just missed matching the 24-0 score by which Oklahoma mishandled Colorado in the first half. The score here was 24-7, sophomore quarterback Ken Johnson having hurled the Buffaloes on a 58-yard, five-play touchdown trip. Johnson slung tn slot-back Steve Menriez for IS yards to the Nebraska 3D and three plays later kept his conl in the of a fierce pass rush and obbrd a Pi 1-yard payoff pilch in swift Cliff Branch, who'd outrun salely Bill Kosch. That made il a 11-7 fracas, hul the Ruffs' hopes were quickly deflated as Ihe Cornhuskers barrelled 75 yards in PI plays with quarterback Jerry Tagge hittinc two passes for 51. Then 'he Huskers made il 24-7 by moving 41 yards in eight plays in only S3 seconds lo the 17 to set up Rich 34-yard field goal on the final play of the half The visitors made only of ilieir eventual 151 y.uris the first hall and Johnson's touchdown pit eh mtcinijiteri a string in which Nebraska scored on lhtee straight possessions.

Sanger's field cnal came No. 5, The final yardage differ-oiti e. 321-157. was constructed on erlces of tushinc and 144-52 a i c- Nebraska had been avcracmc 45i.t offensively and had been yield-mc 7 defensively. Tagce hit 1U of 17 passre foi 144 yards and had two before relinquish-mc 'he helm in the fourth quar'er.

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in ninrul Stariium. no a threat in inustei OUnhm nUiilHit Fumbles lost Yards penalued Inst This time it decided to go for a field goal, apparently figuring ii would have lime 1o regain the hall and post a winning touchdown, However, the 31-yard field coal attempt was wide and when the Jay-hawks did eel ihe tool hall acain they never cot out of their own territory. 'lite first half, pl.ucr) durinc a steady rain, (rallied four lost fumbles by the Kan sans ami a touch-Cont. on I'acp rt. 2 Tom Carraway, the foot-hall was planted on the Jayhawk 14.

Bobby Cole was speared for a four-yard loss on first down. Then Tony Pounds, who entered the came for the lirst time with only 12 minutes remaining, fired an IS-yard zoning pass tn end Reuben Cant with fit 33 led. The 15-4, 225-pound Cant, towcrinc above a defender, made a stretching grab al the Jayhawk five and exploded into ihe end zone. By Ray Sol dan Assistant Sports Editor LAWRENCE, Kan. Kansas gambled with a fourth-quarter pass from Us end zone while leading.

30-9, but Eugene Jefferson of Oklahoma State held the trump card and Ihe Cowboys escaped with a 17-10 Rig Eight football victory Saturday, Jefferson, who set up the first Oklahoma State touchdown with a fumble recovery on the Jayhawk 3fi, intercepted Pan Hock's the fading minutes. Heck started it with a 25-yard run to Ihe Cowboy A holding penalty hurt the Jayhawks. hut a pair nf 12-yard pass completions by llock had the hall on the Oklahoma Stale 15 with third-nnd-four coming Kansas 1 SECOND QUARTER Time Lell Scoring PlaV 14:30 OS Graham run iCIapn kick) Downed ball THIRD QUARTER 1:41 KU-Schroll 41 pan Heck (Kelmbacher kit FOURTH OUARTl 1:) KU-FG Helmbacher 34 OS-Ganl II oass Ironi Pounds (Elliott pats from ftraham) Attendance JS.0OO pas'; on Ihe Kansas 15, After Jefferson ran arrows Ihe field in search of daylight and laieraled to teammate Wilh the Cowboy lead now at 15-10, they elected to go for a two-point conversion and cot it. Pick Crahnm, Ihe i Manor at quarterback for Ihe Pokes, returned to action and flnnteri ihe conversion pass to Steve Iwo yards and it be-in foul th-and-six at the With four minutes re-nine. Kanas look an-'i ramble and again A draw play was solved ma by the Cowboys lor a hiss oth TCU'S JIM PITTMA I OSES SOUTHWEST mi ti raso nonMnm It.

Hortd.i State North Texas 21. Irake 12 Kit Texas lei 7 Texas 22. SVH IS Texas UM 17, Arkansas 9 Trinits 2S. Arlinclirti 7 It was first believed that the two men probably had eaten together before the came and in some way had contracted food poisoning. Dr.

Ed Etier TCU tenm physician, said. "Coach Pittman suffered an apparent cardiac arrest on the field. His condition was such that we were tinnhle to ro-xivo him at the emergency room of the hospital." The doctor said everything possible was dur.e en route to the hospital, ineludinj mouth-'-Mnouih closed ma.i2o ard iritra' MIDWEST 33, otinct'mn i. 1 ta CONTEST Okl.ihi.ma 13. Irma Stale 11 Oklahoma State 17.

Kansas Tennessee r.K. Tulsa 3 Kansas State 2K. Miswrnrl 12 Nebraska St. Colorado? Ttf 31. Baylor 27 Illinois St, Northwestern 7 Ohio State Minnesota 12 Memphis Chninnati 21 xntmrn ID.

florid 7 Icmwi) 10. Wake orr-st 9 Mi.isvrf.trt 21. ISl 22 21. S. Carolina (I anrlirtilt Tnlane s.ni,li al 21.

alrtrnn (' I (an IS. Mat' M. vi. Vi. ri.iia Ilart'imnlh 17.

al- 15 it. Srin- Mate Si, irSiiti srd.ice tie lirrakr Miihican SI, Indiana 7 Miihican Slate 13. I'unhie Xn. tllmois h-nt Mate 7 Xi.lr. Hani'- II.

Nasy 0 Tnlerfo 15. Miami Ohio illanra Vnter 27 Tioa WACO. Tex. (AP) Coach James Noel "Jim" Pitt-man of Texas Christian University collapsed on the sidelines of the TCU-Baylor football game Saturday night and died a short time later in a Waco hospital. Only minutes earlier, assistant athleiic director Buster Brannon of TCU had collapsed in the press box.

He was treaied at a hospital and released. Pittman's collapse came in the first quarter of the Itame. Pittman had a history of hert tiouble. He suitered two seveip attacks while on ih. staff of TXirrrll P.oya at Texas heore coinr, to Tulano, where he --oaehed urn! lhi season.

Steve Judy, the T(T" quarterback who hd hwked to Pittman for instructions, saw coach on me grw.d. called a humeri time out and rushed to the Hde. A doctor quickly examined Pittman and several men earned htm from the field on a stretcher about He died at lYovidenee Hospital. It had been only minutes earlier that Hi a profusely, mid mher press box occupants. "I feel sick." eollasped and was taken tn Hillcrest Hospital recovered quickly.

Pittmnn. rci-ame ember lfTft. He came to e.nHr.c Tiiare tn a I.iber Ho He irpU-ed Fred alter iu-t Triare from a rioiiimat topi in So ears. His last ally. Pittman timk over IVi STATE SOUTH Mahama 11.

Vss. State id ilarie' 2S. Stale ast arnlina 2S. 'nrman 1 Tet 21. Itike Kentncls 33.

ircinta Teth 1iilsxilT IT. Tampa Conl on Pa R. Cnl Pea! at 'attorn i.ntheaviern rt 'eastern 21. Vtsestern Vt Vnirtmn- ranharKtf" 21. Cemrat Slate )nan1en TI, erttral 1 s.rmtnnelen S2.

Incstnn fl 1H:" pm. Ot Hlstlislit. tv tit. Week's Log on Ptwje years as a top assistant wt Washington and Texas. Pittman' widow and tv.

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