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sports the KANSAS CITY STAR OUTDOOR RECREATION SPORTS OUTDOOR RECREATION KANSAS CITY SUNDAY OCTOBER 13 1968 SECTION KU MU BEAT BIG-GAME PRESSURE Two Late TDs Lift Kansas Past Tough Nebraska 23-13 Tiger Defenders Alert In Chilling Colorado By 27-14 Score POUND OUT YARDAGE Mizzou Backs Slam Into Buff Line Roll for 421 Yards CROWD SETS RECORD Come-From-Behind Jay-hawks Do It Before 67119 Fans By Bill Sims (Assistant Soorts Editor of The Star) Lincoln Neb Kansas kept its poise and forsaking any attempt to explode an offensive bomb calmly ground out 74 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with only 4:09 left in the game to knock powerful Nebraska out of the undefeated ranks 23-13 yesterday The largest crowd in Big Eight history 67119 sat under cloudy skies on a warm muggy day and alternately cheered and groaned as the football fortunes of their favorites took a turn for better or worse Regardless of the personal preference of the fans certainly not one could hon- Kansas-Nebraska By Dick Wade (Assistant Sports Editor of The5tar) Columbia Me Missouri the team that has tried fancy football with little success this season went back to plain yesterday and batted down opportunistic Colorado 27-14 in a Big Eight football game that kept the crowd of 50705 on its feet all afternoon Generously mixing what Coach Dan Devine calls the wing-slot-T formation with the new-fangled I the Tigers mashed out 421 yards rushing with an exhibition of ball control that wounded but never quite knocked desperate defenders Illustrating the dominance is this statistic: Missouri ran off 111 plays to a slender 37 for the Buffs But as so often is the case statistics tell Statistics Missouri-Colorado Statistics Kansas Nebraska 15 15 154 188 78 51 5 9 8-20-0 6-11-1 8-42 5-37 1 1 105 74 0 0 9 First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles tost Yards penalixed Kansas Mo 26 421 33 115 4-12-0 4-38 2 45 7-27 Colo 6 97 153 108 3-11-4 4-35 1 35 0 7 7 7 10 3 (Sangster kick) First downs Rushing yardaqe Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Colorado Missouri Mo Staggers 3 run MOVE OVER YOU BUFFS Jim Harrison 236-pound sophomore fulback takes a handoff from Terry McMillan and slashes over from the one-yard line for a touchdown against Colorado two seconds into the second quarter to wrap up a 19-play 86-yard Tiger push No 45 for Missouri is halfback Joe Moore One of the fallen Colorado defenders (in front of Harrison) is tackle Bill Brundige (No 77) No 61 for is guard Joe Clark Mo Harrtson I run Pruett 66 pass ney kick Mo FG Brown 35 Colo Engel 80 pass from Anderson (Haney kick) Mo FG Brown 30 McBride 1 run (Sangster kick) Attendance 50705 'VAWTKV'AV 1: Nebraska 0 6 0 Orduna 27 run (kick failed) Safety Sigler intentionally downed ball in end zone Shanklin 1 run (Bell kick) Neb Orduna 1 run (Rogers kick) Kan Douglass run (Bell kick) Douglass 10 run (Bell kick) A 67119 RODGERS SURE HIS TEAM GOOD But Kansas Coach Makes No Claim to Being Nation's Best "Pro Football the full story Missouri breath easily until the 8 08-left-to-play mark And if Butch Davis the hustling defensive back made an almost impossible play there easily could have been a different winner Colorado came into this game figuring it could sting the deep defenders who come up to support so eagerly And sting it did scoring on pass plays of 66 and 80 yards and missing a third 6-poinier when Davis overhauled Ward Walsh of Colorado two yards short of the goal line after Walsh had run 51 yards on a power play at tackle Pops on Fumble This do-or-die effort by Davis who came from the far side of the field and from 10 yards in arrears became a game-breaker when Colorado fumbled on the next play and Roger Wehrli recovered for in the end zone But it took more to save the bacon They needed a big play when their lead was 20-14 And they got it from Rocky Wallace the defensive tackle who spent the afternoon chasing CYCLONES FOIL K- STATE Cashing In on Six Interceptions and Two Fumble Recoveries Iowa State Collects 23-14 Triumph Before Record Crowd of 32000 WIPE OUT I-STATE BULGE Pis OP 160 52 GIVES TIGERS POWERTOBURN Ball Control Game Too Much for Buffs to Handle estly say he seen one of the finest most fiercely waged struggles ever fought in this long series About 61000 of thobe fans were rooting for the hometown Husk-ers of course but they had nothing to cheer in the final 10 minutes as Kansas shoved the ball on the long march to victory in 13 plays and then added the clincher three minutes later on Unbeaten List Thus the sixth-ranked Jayhawks boosted their season record to 4-0 as the No 9 rated Nebraskans dropped to 3-1 The Husker defense was just as tough as had been advertised but the overlooked defenders certainly can claim a large part of the credit for this triumph It was the defense that perhaps came np with the biggest play of the game for Kansas 6-2 late in the third the Jayhawks made a when linebacker Emery ponnced on a Husker at the Nebraska 19 It plays before Donnie dived over for the Bill extra put in front 9-6 apparently provided breathing Nebraska came back to ahead 13-9 on a 49-yard with 9:58 remaining to the fourth period the stadium rocked with of joy The way the defense had been playing Nebraska partisans the victory was sewed failed to reckon with the of the Jayhawks only three passes Kansas to take advantage of fine blocking by the men to chew up time and 53 60 103 85 107 126 140 114 151 Two Ds in Second Pull Purple From 0-13 to 14-13 Photographs From Columbia by John Vawter and Ray Corey By Gary Warner (A Member of The Star's Sports Staff) Lincoln Neb The diehard Cardinal fans said it after the World Series and so did some fans yesterday after 23-13 victory over Nebraska: still No 1 shot back an unruffled Jayhawker may have the second best team in the country but we are No Pepper Rodgers was less positive but for a football coach he went beyond the dressing-room double talk by saying not sure No 1 but we sure have a good And all the doubters and fence-straddlers and yes even most of the Cornhuskers believed it after the game had ended It was strictly a toss-up for! yardage Trailing quarter break Hicks fumble took six Shanklin tonchdown point and room When forge drive play in huge shrieks Huskers the figured up They determination Using preferred some up front AMERICAN LEAGUE WESTERN DIVISION Pet Oakland 4 0 0 1000 Kansas City 4 1 0 800 San Dieqo 3 1 0 750 Cincinnati 2 3 0 400 Denver 1 3 0 250 EASTERN DIVISION New York 3 1 0 750 Boston 2 0 1 500 Miami 1 3 1 250 Houston 1 4 0 200 Buffalo 1 4 0 200 LastNight Buffalo 14 Miami 14 (fie) Today Cincinnati at Kansas City 3:05 Denver at New York Houston at Boston San Dieqo at Oakland NATIONAL LEAGUE Eastern Conference CAPITOL DIVISION Pet Pts OP Dallas 4 0 0 1000 159 43 New York 4 0 0 1000 154 87 Washington 2 2 0 500 93 127 Philadelphia 0 4 0 000 65 126 CENTURY DIVISION Cleveland 2 2 0 500 68 86 New Orleans 1 3 0 250 88 100 St Louis 1 3 0 250 61 106 Pittsburgh 0 4 0 000 61 151 Western Conference COASTAL DIVISION Baltimore 4 0 0 1000 124 44 Los Anqeles 4 0 0 1000 117 39 San Francisco 2 2 0 500 83 81 Atlanta 0 4 0 000 47 141 Central Division Minnesota 3 1 0 750 114 57 Detroit 2 2 0 500 98 1 00 Green Bay 2 2 0 500 98 79 Chicago 1 3 0 250 62 125 Today Baltimore at San Francisco Detroit at Chicago Los Angeles vs Green Bay at Milwaukee Minnesota at New Orleans New York at Atlanta Philadelphia at Dallas Pittsburgh at Washington St Louis at Cleveland By Del Black (A Member of The Star's Sports Staff) Manhattan Kas Billed as a battle between sophomore-studded football teams with a footnote reserved for mistakes Kansas State-Iowa State struggle came off as expected Only the outcome was different Defying the favored role Iowa State outclassed Kansas State and made less mistakes in registering a 23-14 victory Six pass interceptions and two fumble recoveries pro- By Gib Twyman (A A'lember of The Star's Sports Staff) Columbia Mo In case anyone had forgotten this is what Missouri football is supposed to look almost There was the return to the wing-T type offense hammering at the tackles and stomping through on the power sweep the action one associates with Coach Dan Devine There was ball control no make that ball captivity so completely were the Tigers in command There was the defense that lives in a Missouri uniform It was the almost however that provided the only doubt as to what the Tigers were all about yesterday as they methodically took Colorado apart piece by piece in their Big Eight opener The almost was big enough that it could have changed the final 27-14 score Amazingly it was three breakdowns by that proud and powerful defense that almost let Colorado get an upset in edgewise Anyone worth a Tiger button knows it is the offense that almost costs football games The defense never But while that contradiction set the pace for a day of paradoxes Whatever Missouri did wrong was eventually and completely lost (Continued-on Pag 3S) Bob Anderson the quarterback who went into the game as the Big total offense leader Colorado got the ball with 11:39 left in the game on it 20 after Henry Brown missed a Missouri field-goal attempt from the 25 On first down Anderson faded to pass Monte Huber the right end who was split out broke into the open at midfield But just as Anderson launched his throw Wallace tackled him The ball popped into the air short of its target Davis intercepted on the Colorado 42 and returned to the 36 From there the Tigers got the put-away touchdown in nine plays This was an important drive for more reasons than the obvious This could be the 3-minute period in which Terry McMillan grew up as a quarterback Gain at Critical Time He made the pitch play well when Jon Staggers got the first down when hit fourth-and-2 on the Colorado 28 Two plays (Continued on Page 3S) Photographs From Manhattan by Bill Radford jr Oregon State Falls By One To Kentucky the first 50 minutes The breaks fell to the Huskers first then to Kansas as the score went from 6-0 to 6-2 to 9-6 to 13-9 Then the Jayhawks who would have been forgiven by their fans if they had only fought off the powerful Huskers for the rest of their game drove goalward with quarterback Bobby Douglass putting together an almost perfect 14-play 73-yard drive that jumped the Jayhawks back in command this time to stay Rodgers thought about that drive after the game and said was what you might call a physical He called the shot perfectly (Continued on Page 4S) Handwriting on Wall When Bobby Douglass finally capped the march by blasting over from one yard out and Bell added the point to give the Jayhawks a 16-13 advantage the only noise heard came from the 5500 jubilant fans After the kickoff Nebraska was forced to try to pick up a first down on a fourthand-3 situation at its 27 as the clock ticked away Again the blue-clad defenders were up to the challenge with end John Zook and Hicks teaming to stop the bid Kansas proceeded to salt away its first victory here since 1961 by traveling 27 yards in seven (Continued on Page 4S) Lexington Ky (AP) The score was 35-34 but it was still a defensive battle as well as a touchdown marathon last night as Kentucky upset 20th ranked Oregon State Oregon State 7 14 0 Kentucky 7 14 14 Enyarf 1 run (Rich kick) Lyons 6 run (Jones kick) Main 3 pass from Preeca (Rich kick) Ken Lyons 2 run (Jones kick) 5 Ore Enyart 2 run (Rich kick By Joe McGuff (The Star's Sports Editor) EXICO Soldiers in olive drab uniforms with rifles at their sides ringed the Olympic stadium yesterday but inside the dove of peace symbol of this Olympiad withstood the threat of being supplanted by the bayonet The Olympics opened precisely on schedule and without incident the only shots heard were from a battery of ceremonial howitzers Athletes from the world over marched around the stadium to the applause of 80000 spectators and then took their positions in the middle of the infield President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz of Mexico declared the games open in a brief speech Forty thousand colored balloons were released and soared off into a partly cloudy sky The Olympic flag was raised Enriqueta Basilio of Mexico carried the Olympic torch into the stadium and lit the Olympic flame to the cheers of her countrymen The 10000 pigeons were released circled the stadium to gain altitude and climbed swiftly away the ceremonies came to a close proud Mexicans chanted Mehico! The self-congratulatory mood of the Mexicans is understandable The troubles that have beset this Olympics are without precedent First there were objections to the altitude Then it was said the construction of facilities was hopelessly behind schedule The threat of a boycott by several nations including Russia developed when a decision was made to admit South Africa The decision was later rescinded Then Mexico City was hit by student riots virtually on the eve of the Olympics The thought was given to calling off the Olympics But finally it was decided to go on Yesterday the day of days arrived The pageantry and color of the opening ceremony unfolded slowly and movingly Mexico had proved herself before the eyes of the world Greek Delegation Leads Long Procession THE START OF the ceremony featured the release of the five Olympic rings made of light inflated plastic They were colored red green yellow blue and black There was a stirring at one end of the stadium as the Greek delegation appeared and began to move briskly around the track Thereafter the various nations followed in alphabetical order except for the Mexicans who came last The Australians marched by the women clad in yellow suits and the men weering green coats and white pants The Bermuda delegation was what Bermuda shorts The Bulgarians wore drab gray suits The color suggested a close out sale at Sing Sing The first prolonged cheering was heard when the Czechoslovakians walked on to the track The fans stood and cheered as the Czechs walked by and many waved handkerchiefs The applanse spread from section to section as the Czechs passed The Czech men attired in blue suits and white straw hats lifted their hats and waved to the spectators as they walked The cheering reached its peak as the Czechs passed in front of President Diaz The United which is Estados Unidos in Spanish and therefore well up in the alphabetical came on the track just as the Czechs were leaving The delegation received a warm but unspectacular welcome If anything the Russians were greeted a little more warmly than the Americans But the Russians had to use (Continued on Pago 2S) Blazers Look Sharp As Blues Flounder Forston Ken Lyons 122 pass from (Jones kick) Ken King recovered In end (Jones kick) Ken Forston 24 run (Jones kick) Enyart 2 run (Rich kick) Enyart 3 run (kick failed) 32000 vided the Cyclones with enough impetus to spoil the day for a record stadium crowd of 32000 Also brushed aside by the cool Cyclones was a bevy of records Dave Jones caught seven passes bettering by one Jim (Iowa State) Big Eight conference career mark of 97 and gained 75 yards to wipe out Eppie (Iowa State) league record of 1-411 yards Jones now has 1484 yards attempted 50 passes outmeasures by four a team mark for game Lynn 21 completions is a school mark by one toss and the 295 passing yards wipe out the 248 they amassed against Indiana three years ago 'Cat Comeback Wasted Evaporating in the analysis of the outcome was Kansas brilliant 14-point second-quarter rally that overcame a 13-0 deficit The Cyclones struck quickly in the second half by recovering a (Continued on Page 8S) Chiefs Will Attack Former Teammates By Bill Richardson (A Member of The Star's Sports Staff) IF pro football followed a yearly college tradition game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals could be designated on the schedule as home-coming The Chiefs are coming home after two weekends on the road and five Bengals are returning to their former home base as pros the first time back for ex-Chiefs Bobby Hunt Sherrill Headrick Fletcher Smith Andy Rice and Mac McClure all members of the Cincinnati defensive unit Game Means a Lot to Both Sentimentalities aside a vital Western division meeting for both clubs The Chiefs in hot pursuit of defending American Football league champion with a 4-1 mark are a solid favorite over the expansion entry Bengals who have posted a surprisingly strong 2-3 record About 46000 fans are expected at Municipal Stadium for the 3:05 kick-off The game will be broadcast oyer radio station The Chiefs carry a 3-game winning streak into this game their first of three straight home appearances They have bumped Denver 34-2 Miami 48-3 and Buffalo 18-7 and have compiled some impressive statistics in the process Kansas City leads the league in interceptions with 14 least yards a game allowed rushing 836 average fewest touchdowns surrendered with six and has the top passer in Len Dawson (588 per cent) and the scoring leader in kicker Jan Stenerud with 61 points Besides the statistics the Chiefs have a rare plus factor (Continued on Page 2S) Texas Tech Pins By Five College Station Tex (API-Cool crafty Joe passes sent Texas Tech winging on three touchdown drives last night as the Red Raiders upset Texas A 21-16 in a madcap Southwest conference football showdown The unbeaten Raiders shoved across two touchdowns in the final period in downing the defending conference champions and retained a share of the conference lead with Arkansas passing provided the key yardage on all three scoring thrusts and he got the clincher on an 8-yard pass to Charlie Evans goal that he skirted around Ouimet and fired the puck into what amounted to an open net Sandwiched around goals were scoring strikes by Terry Gary and Don Giesen-brecht of the Blues each time bringing Kansas City back from a 2-goal deficit But when Erickson scored for the Blazers with 4 minutes 41 seconds remaining to re-establish a 2-goal margin it was all over Despite the 4-goal beating Ouimet turned in for the most part an encouraging performance in his professionabl debut With the Blues unable to get moving Ouimet repeatedly found himself under the gun as the Blazers unleashed 35 shots In fact had he not come up with a rash of good saves the Blues would have been ont of it long before the 4: 41-mark in the third period Oklahoma City struck first on a power play with Dan Schock firing in a rebound shot in the opening 2:07 On the play Oui- (Continued on Page US) By Dick Mackey (A Member of The Star's Sports Staff) Oklahoma Plagued with faulty stick work that repeatedly slowed their attack the Kansas City Blues opened their 1968-69 Central Hockey league season with a resounding thud last night dropping a 5-3 decision to the Oklahoma City Blazers It might have been first-night jitters that haunted the Blues but whatever it was was painful as they sputtered throughout the first two periods before being floored in the final 20 minutes when Tim Webster and Grant Erickson exploded for a 3-goal spree It was the first victory of the campaign following an opening loss to Tulsa on Friday night two goals were carbon copies On both occasions he broke down the right side Each time his move required goalie Ted Ouimet to come out of the nets in an effort to cut down the angle but as Ouimet did Webster neatly drilled the puck in So slick was his move on the first K-State and Iowa State Statistics Iowa Stata State 13 24 254 71 65 295 61 101 8-13-0 29-50-6 7-37 4-34 0 2 34 24 First Downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Return yardage Passes Punts Fumbles lost Yards penalized Iq459pcd Oct 12 Iowa State 7 6 3 Kansas State 8 14 0 0 14 Warder 4 run (Powers kick) Allen 61 (kick blocked) Harrison 1 run (Arreguln kick) Herron 3 pass from Dickey Ga-reguin kick) ISU FG Skripsky 19 ISU Allen 2 run (Skripsky kick) a 32000 70 14-21 3(7 Texas Tech Texas AIM KG Riggs 38 Stewart 3 run (Vinyerd kick) Sheffield 20 run (Riggs kick) Stewart 2 run (Vinyard kick) Evans pass from Hargett (Vinyard kick) Maxwell 37 pass from Hargett (pass failed) 43470 TEXAS 26 ARMY 10 ALABAMA 31 TENNESSEE 24 INDIANA 38 NOTRE DAME 27 OHIO STATE 13 ARKANSAS 35 OKLAHOMA 20 CALIFORNIA 7 VANDERBILT 7 GEORGIA TECH 7 IOWA 34 NORTHWESTERN 7 PURDUE 0 BAYLOR 19 (Story on Page 5S) AM DnrfA CC (Story on Page 6S) (Story on Page 6S) (Story on Page 7S) (Story on Page 10S) (Story on Page 10S).