The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 207

tfMajor College totball Missouri 18 lows State 9 Oklahoma 38 Kansas 0 Nebraska 21 Kansas State 12 Section Sunday November 11 1979 THE KANSAS CITY STAR ports Struggling Missouri Stops 1-State 18-9 lit tUlnlr nnlllrl CtAPoH Htl could have scored on that think I said Gibler of the 55-yard completion my leg tightened up I strained it (hamstring) earlier in the game When I ran out this guy see me until Phil (Bradley) got me the ball I had been open all day on that crossing pattern" Certainly the game should never have gotten down to Missouri needing a big play from Gibler and a late field goal by Verrilli who was denied a chance at a game-tying field goal last See MIZZOU Pave 58 Column 1 the job done" said Verrilli who kicked two field goals against Colorado can see why they might lose confidence in me missing the extra points I was happy to get in there and get another Gibler who caught a touchdown pass against Colorado ended the day with four catches for 108 yards Obviously he is a cog the Tigers need if they have any chance of upsetting Oklahoma next Saturday and going to a bowl His big play seemed to take the fire out of Iowa State which had battled back into contention behind the passing of quarterback Terry Rubley Schwartz made the touchdown-saving tackle The Tigers could gain only 1 yard in three plays and let Verrilli kick a 26-yard field goal that matched Jack Ba-stable and Henry Missouri record of four in one game Verrili could have ended up as the goat of the game He missed the extra point after the touchdown a 3-yard run by Terry Hill in the first quarter He kicked three more field goals before the final one but Missouri led only 15-9 as the game wound down I missed the extra point I tried to block it all out of mind and get onds to go pushing Missouri ahead 18-9 and out of danger Verrilli a transfer from Boston University get his chance to tie the Missouri mark until Gibler a freshman from Grandview made the big offensive play of the game Missouri had a third-and-f ive situation at its 35 when Iowa State blitzed and strong safety Jeff Stallworth was left in single coverage with Gibler a 6-foot-4 220-pounder Gibler caught Phil pass got around Stallworth near the sideline and almost scored when he raced 55 yards to the Iowa State 10 Mike relieved after his Tigers improved their record to 5-4 overall and 2-3 in the Big Eight have to play that full game going down to the fourth The game played in 29-degree weather with a chill factor of 11 degrees was strikingly similar to 13-7 victory over Colorado this year because two of the heroes were the kicker Ron Verrilli and tight end Andy Gibler The Tigers after gaining a 12-0 halftime lead put the game away when Verrilli kicked a school record-tying fourth field goal with 3 minutes 5 sec By Steve Richardson A Member of the Sports Staff AMES It was a capsulization of season once again Saturday at Cyclone Stadium Throwing away scoring opportunities missing extra points and letting a team come back were part of the repertoire but Missouri held on for an 18-9 victory over Iowa State before 46800 chilled fans and a regional television audience The Tigers struggled as they usually have this season always do it the hard said Coach Warren Powers obviously USC Closes In On Rose Bowl Errors Blunt K-State Opportunistic Huskers Stop Wildcats 21-12 final touchdown on a 10-yard run by fullback Marcus Allen with 11:50 left to play On game-winning drive White carried the ball three times for 58 yards reeling off runs of 30 26 and 2 yards Tom Flick Washington quarterback completed 18-of-28 passes for 245 yards and one touchdown He was intercepted twice After the Trojans went ahead 24-17 Washington got to the USC 1-yard line On second down tailback Vince Coby was thrown for a 1-yard loss Coby then was thrown for a 3-yard loss On fourth-and-five Flick completed a pass to Coby but he was stopped for a 5-yard loss and the Trojans took over the ball with 3: 11 to play McDonald had scoring passes of 19 yards to Kevin Williams in the third quarter and 8 yards to Dan Garcia in the second quarter for other two touchdowns Eric Hipp kicked a 31-yard field goal in the second quarter for the Trojans SEATTLE The University of Southern California moved close to clinching its 10th Rose Bowl bid in 14 years Saturday with a 24-17 Pacific-10 victory over Huskies Oregon helped cause by upsetting Stanford 16-7 Saturday to end last hope The only way Southern Cal could be denied the bowl trip would be if it loses to UCLA and Washington beats Washington State next Saturday and Wash ington's early-season loss to Arizona State is overturned Arizona State has been charged with using ineligible players in the victory over Washington The conference is expected to rule on the charge next week Quarterback Paul McDonald passed for two touchdowns and tailback Charles White rushed for 243 yards in 38 carries for USC The fourth-ranked Trojans improved their record to 5-0-1 in the Pa-cific-10 and 9-0-1 overall The 15th-rat-ed Huskies dropped to 5-2 in conference play and 7-3 overall With the score tied 17-17 the Trojans drove 80 yards in seven plays for the Sooners' Defense Strangles Kansas By Joe McGuff Sports Editor MANHATTAN Kansas State st to Nebraska Saturday as expect-1 but there was nothing routine about the struggle between the No 2-ranked Huskers and the lowly Wildcats To wit: There were 13 turnovers Nebraska was not able to put together a scoring drive longer than 15 yards The Huskers trailed K-State 12-7 in the third quarter The Huskers scored their second touchdown after recovering a fumble at the K-State 15 in the third quarter and went 15 yards in the fourth quarter following another fumble recovery to gain a 21-12 triumph before a crowd of 43210 at KSU Stadium Defensively Kansas State played well enough to win but the Wildcats lost the ball four times on fumbles and four times on interceptions Nebraska also was generous giving up the ball five times on fumbles However the fact that Kansas State turned the ball over eight times against a team of caliber and still had a chance to win indicates the intensity with which the Wildcats played we had held on to the ball we could have won said Tom Osborne Nebraska coach they had held on to the ball they could have won They played real well We just concentrating on the football game although I want to take anything away from Kansas Jim Dickey Kansas State coach was pleased with the performance of his team even though he found the turnovers disturbing disappointed for our Dickey said played as well as we could play Kids lose those games coaches do Our players have given any more erf themselves They did everything they could I told them we had to play an error-free game to win but we made See MISTAKES Page 3S Column 1 Orlin WagnerSpecial to The Star soon by the man who made it Kansas State's Eddy Whitley (left) Derrie Nelson of Nebraska makes certain of that There are pass receptions and then there are pass receptions Some you remember Some you don't This one isn't likely to be forgotten Pay The Price mg quarterback and a 60-yard run by Darrell Shepard third-team quarterback piled on two more touchdowns for the final score and gave Oklahoma 38 points for the fourth straight week was thinking about Switzer said guarantee you that if we score 38 points the next two weeks (against Missouri and Nebraska) Considering that Kansas get anything going offensively there was little doubt in the announced crowd of 71187 that Oklahoma which enjoyed its first shutout since 1974 would break the game open sooner or later It seemed that Kansas knew it too turning point had to be when we realized we would not be able to move the said Coach Don Fam-brough whose Kansas team was unable to manage any runs longer than 7 yards run we pass and we knew we move the Fambrough switched to Clinton early in the fourth quarter as a replacement for Brian Bethke a senior who has played well lately actually becoming the top passer in the Big Eight Conference But neither enjoyed any sort of success For the game Kansas had only 37 yards on the ground The Jayhawks did get 147 through the air but most of those came in the waning minutes The big gainer was a 57-yard completion from Tim Jones running back to Jimmy Little wide receiver with 1:34 left in the game Kansas was beaten by a See SOONERS Page 4S Column 6 By Rich Sambol A Member of the Sports Staff NORMAN Since the middle of last season when Billy Sims began his run toward the Heisman Trophy in earnest the byword at Oklahoma has been offense And it should be The Sooner football team can score from anywhere on the field with its superior blend of speed and power But what beat Kansas 38-0 Saturday was defense was a great job by the defense" said Barry Switzer Oklahoma coach whose team entered the homecoming contest ranked sixth just had a great great Through the first half Kansas had only 9 yards in rushing and only 29 yards in total offense The Jayhawks did not cross the 50-yard line until ll minutes 24 seconds remained in the fourth quarter The score at that time was only 17-0 and Kansas could have made the outcome respectable had not the unexpected happened On the same series with quarterback Kevin Clinton dropping back to pass the ball slipped out of his cocked right hand and into the hands of John Goodman Oklahoma tackle Goodman 6-foot-5 285-pound senior clamped onto the ball and rambled 56 yards for the touchdown his first as a collegian was just hoping no one would catch said Goodman who had clear sailing all the way I had been tackled I never would have heard the end of Kansas had not fell all of Oklahoma's fury The on a l-yard run by Kelly Phelps second-team Peck Survives Pressure to Get PGA Card because entire careers can rest on four rounds of play This was the environment that Peck 23-year-old Kansas Citian found himself in last week And although he is what you might call a thoroughbred of amateur golf (he was a Walker Cupper) Peck knows it is a new ballgame when it comes to the PGA Tour four days before the tournament I felt more pressure than ever See MIKE Page 15S Column 1 be playing well at the right time make it The young kid with the fancy car and the flat belly a good club player who has won a couple of tournaments always cut it during the week when stomachs wrench mouths get dry and muscles tense One misplayed hole can cost a potential PGA player a six-month wait until the next tour school or maybe a lifetime of playing golf in the big leagues It is a week many people dream about for several years Many dread it By Steve Richardson A Member of the Sports Staff The scene last week was the Professional Golfers Association Tour school where Mike Peck of Milburn was Involved in the most pressurized tournament in golf He came out of it alive halthy happy most with his tour card Some never do In the last few years numerous golfers from Kansas City have tried but failed to make the tour in places such Sports Special as Huntsville Texas where Peck was last week They have had visions of Tom Watson and Jim Colbert dancing in their heads Their dreams of money fortune and fame soon faded crashing into the hard realities of golf There are so many good golfers and only a select the ones that have the stamina skill and good fortune to Chiefs Catch Red-Hot Steelers Bama Splashes Past LSU On Sloppy Field On the Inside What's worse than losing five straight? The Kings found out when they lost Billy McKinney too Page 2S Ohio State clinches a tie for the Big Ten title with a 34-7 victory over Iowa Page 6S Tennessee romps past 13th-ranked Notre Dame 40-18 Arkansas rallies In the second half to defeat Baylor Page 8S Penn State beats North Carolina State on a last-second field goal Page 9S The American Football Conference continues to dominate the NFC Pro Grid Scene Page 10S Rod and Gun Page 12S Rockhurst No 1 -ranked team In the NAIA soccer ratings defends Its District 16 title with a 2-1 victory over Avila Page 13S games they have totaled more than 500 They lead the National Football League in offense averaging 3875 yards a game and lead in scoring with 264 points could be the best of all the Pittsburgh teams played said wide receiver Lynn Swann who has played for three Super Bowl champions course we have to be Super Bowl champions to even compare with the other teams" The Steelers left an indelible impression upon the Redskins especially running back John Riggins who said: playing at the top of their game now You expect them to when November rolls around when the giants start to wake from their Riggins must have done his homework The Steelers have a regular-season record of 84-25-1 since 1972 and only 10 of those losses have come in the second half of the season "They were awake said Riggins last Sunday "They had their eyes open before the game Joe Greene defensive tackle who of By Jonathan Rand A Member o( the Sporh Staff The Chiefs today are like a guy trying to put out a fire while someone feeds the flames with gasoline They are like a guy trying to get over a cold while someone pours ice water on his head They are a team trying to snap a four-game losing streak while meeting the defending Super Bowl champions The Chiefs 4-6 are 19-point underdogs in the 12:01 pm game at Arrowhead Stadium against the Pittsburgh Steelers 8-2 The game is a sellout and will be televised locally by Channel 4 "Beating Pittsburgh is a said Marv Levy coach "But been done twice this It has not been done during the past three weeks Since a 34-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals the Steelers have looked every bit as strong as the team that defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35-31 in Super Bowl XIII at Miami During these games the Steelers have outscored their opponents 94-17 In a 38-7 victory over the Washington Redskins last week the Steelers totaled 545 yards the third time in five ten reflects the mood of the Steelers said it wasn't easy keeping his eyes open was a dead ballgame Greene said "I would have turned this game off I didn't enjoy playing in it" If the Steelers could not get aroused for the Redskins how are they going to get excited about the Chiefs? Greene claims it is a sore spot with him that the Chiefs ran for 188 yards In a 27-24 loss to the Steelers at Pittsburgh last year No other team ran for so many yards against the Steelers in 1978 Swann claims the Steelers will have no trouble finding their customary intensity just look at last film" Swann said see how they gained almost 200 yards on us suid how they almost beat us had It not been for a recovered fumble and touchdown by Donnie Shell If not enough motivation we're In The Steelers put last year's game out of reach when Shell a strong safety returned a fumble for a touchdown See CHIEFS Page 1 OS Column 1 Georgia however will represent the conference in the Sugar Bowl If it defeats Auburn next Saturday regardless of what Alabama does In its final two games Louisiana State 5-4 overall has lost to Alabama nine consecutive years The setback spoiled Charlie 200th game as head coach McClendon who played under Bryant at Kentucky is in his 18th and final season Alabama scored the game's only points on its first possession of the second half after Robbie Mahfouz managed only a 22-yard punt to the Crimson Tide 44 Major Ogilvle gained 19 yards and quarterback Steadman Shealy ran 16 yards as Alabama reached the LSU 8yard line After two penalties and three running plays the ball still was at the 9 and McElroy who missed from 38 and 39 yards In the first half booted his 11th field goal of the season in 15 tries 1 BATON ROUGE La Alan McElroy who missed two field-goal attempts in the first half kicked a 27-yarder in the third quarter Saturday night to give top-ranked Alabama a rain-soaked 3-0 victory over Louisiana State and make Paul Bryant the first college football coach in modern times to win 100 games in a decade A combination of steady rain 55-de-gree temperatures brisk wind a slippery grass field and a couple of turnovers hampered wishbone offense But the Crimson defense ranked third nationally permitted Louisiana State out of its own territory only the deepest penetration was to the Alabama and Intercepted two passes in the final 7 minutes to preserve its fourth shutout of the season Alabama 90 boosted its winning streak to 18 games longest in the nation and remained tied with Georgia for the Southeastern Conference lead.