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The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 47

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The Wichita Eaglei
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Wichita, Kansas
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47
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l-rrv T' 7TTP i i 1 -SyKSsA ow 1 rwy wwvr-f MTYyw sperm out on a keeper with 12:28 left in the game' i -'Gonzales again added ihe extra point from placement and the Aggies were out of reach 21-7 However the game Shockers bounced right back to score their second touchdown on one of their longest drives of the season It carried 73 yards and was climaxed when Lamont Johnson called on for four straight running plays scored from the one There were minutes and 28 seconds remaining in the game Troy Ander-sonagain added file extra point Eckman to Meltzer passes accounted for 22 yards of the drive The Shocker quarterback picked up impirtant yardage when he carried wide around left end to the Aggie 7 on a second and 10 situation New Mexico State then added the frosting and almost ran out the clock with a sustained drive for its last score Kelly Olive (Tarn to Page 6D Col 1) JOHN ECKMAN Stars in Ion period going 69 yards in 10 days Again it was the running of Dalton and passing of Olivas that did the damage Olivas found Hayward' Findley for gains of 26 and 20 yards through the air and Lowery for 13 Olivas tailled from one yard THE WICHITA EAGLE SPORTS Staff Photo by Jock Ridley Sunday October 15 1967 Page ID KU's Junior Riggins tries to turn corner tsMis ilamb in arpnse By DALE MULLEN Beacoi Sporti Editor Hie aroused New Mexico State Aggies bounced back in the last half to hand Wichita State University a 27-14 defeat before 12000 fans at Veterans Field Saturday night The Shockers looked like the team of last year in one respect as the battery of John Eckman and Glenn Meltzer caught the Aggies by surprise early in the game They' came out passing and went dread 7-0 in the first Sarter but the Aggies behind i brilliant running of hardworking fullback Doug Dalton tallied twice in each of the last two quarters for the victory The Aggies now stand two victories one loss and a tie while' the Shockers fell below the 500 mark with one victory two losses and a tie Eckman who was injured and missed last week's game and was not supposed to start 'Saturday night went the entire distance on offense He opened the game by passing 12 of the first 13 plays Wichita State had the ball The senior quarterback who completed more passes than any other passer in the country last season was on target Several of his hard passes were dropped early in the game although right to the intended receiver Wichita State scored its first touchdown on its second possession Mike Greenwald returned a New Mexico punt 21 yards to set up the Shockers 46 yards away from pay dirt Lament Johnson picked up one yard on the first rushing at- tempt for the Shockers Then the aerial attack was re-s Eckman hit Meltzer good for 12 yards and again for 19 yards but it was nullified by off sides A pass interference call gave the Shockers the ball at the 19 and on the next play an Eckman pass to wingback Johnson was good for the touchdown Troy Anderson added the kick and Wichita State led 7-0 with 10:41 remaining in the first period Several- New- Mexico State threats were stopped in the first half but the Aggies were not to be denied the second half They sowed the first three times they had possession in the last half The Aggies went 51 yards in seven plays for their first score Dalton who carried the ball 33 times to pick up an astonishinf 213 yards running ran for 24 yards on four carries in the drive Don Jones a 165-poum freshman scored from eight yards out A1 Gonzales' kick tied the game with 10:07 to go in the third quarter It was hard-workin Dalton a 6-foot 200-poum senior who scored the go-aheat touchdown He drove through center from 16 yards out with 5:54 remaining in the period pair of passes one from quarterback Sal Olivas to righ end Howard Taylor for 27 yards and one to Bob Lowery for 20 yards set up the score The third New Mexico drive started late in the third quartei and extended into the final fense back Tommy Ball grabbed the ball on bis own 40 and raced to the NU 32 Ten plays later and with 36 seconds (Turn to Page 6D Col 6) the field and mentally defense held but after a Don Shariklin punt to the 15 Patrick had his first pass of the day intercepted This was the final blow De Frank Patrick But then on the lusker 42 Patrick faked a landoff and fumbled Turgeion recovered the loose tall on the 35-yard line and put Nebraska in a bad spot both on What's Inside Page Colorado downs Missouri and Texas nudges Oklahoma Page Washington hires Jim Lemon to replace Gil Hodges Page Michigan State romps over Michigan Page Tennessee downs George Tech Page Friends and Sterling play to 14-14 tie Page 8-Sterling archer kills nine-point deer the four Douglass then carried over around left end The Huskers then got the ball and fired down to the three-yard line with five seconds left On the final play Doyle and Turgeon tackled halfback Ben Gregory out of bounds at the one with the half over The Kansas defense held on in the third period and never let Nebraska get past the KU 49 The hard grinding running of tailback Junior Biggins and Hixon kept KU in even contention with the Huskers offensively Riggins finished with the high yardage for the game 53 on 19 carries while Hixon had 25 yards on six carries Nebraska never crossed the center stripe the final period NU started its first sustained drive midway through the fourth from its own 10 THE BIG NU backs began to get the yards and the KU defense was having trouble with the passing of NU quarterback Kansas had struck earlier in the second period for the only touchdown of the game The Jays went 62 yards in 11 plays and scored with 1:14 left Douglass kept around left end for 16 yards on the second play of the series to put his club at the NU 43 With third and eight several plays later Douglass shook off two Cornhusker defenders and hit Tommy Anderson for a first and 10 on the NU 29 DOUGLASS KEPT for another first and 10 at the 20 and then one play later set up the TD with a 12 yard pass to tight end John Mosicr (Wichita West) to By HAROLD RUHL Eagle Sports Writer LAWRENCE Kan-The University of Kansas using a defense that hobbled rushing game reversed a dismal trend by upsetting the eighth ranked Cornhuskers 10-0 here Saturday afternoon in a Big Eight Conference game at Memorial Stadium The victory was the first in four outings for the Jayhawks under new head coach Pepper Rodgers and the first win for KU over Nebraska since 1961 This game marked the first time the defending Big Eight champs had been shutout in 60 gall games NU coach Bob teams had scored in 83 games before Saturday Overall it was the Kansas defense that rose to the occasion and paved the way for the upset that derailed the Husker championship train A crowd of 40000 looked on in awe at what was predicted to be runaway turned into a dream for KU and a nightmare for Nebraska The offense did its share too as quarterback Bobby Douglass turned in a brilliant performance to keep the Husker defenders weary and his own defense rested THE JAYHAWK defense held Nebraska to 72 yards on the ground and forced the passing situation The Kansas interior line was submarining to trip up the powerful NU backs before they could get'started Defensive end John Zook made some of the most outstanding plays getting 16 tackles the all-important tackle on the yard line as the first half ended was made by Orville Tur-geon and Mickey Doyle Top-Ranked Trojans Top Notre Dame 24 to 1 SOUTH BEND Ind (UPI) -Southern California's fabled OJ Simpson scampered for three touchdowns Saturday to lead the Trojans to a come-from-bchind 24-7 victory over Notre Dame which solidified their grip on the No 1 national football ranking Superb defense the play of each team until Simpson the speedstar they rambled 35 yards his longest run from scrimmage this season for the go-ahead touchdown Orange Juice's third score came on a three yard run in the fourth period after Mike Battle returned an interception 35 yards to the Notre Dame 17 Simpson gained 163 yards in 38 carries to boost his season rushing total to 785 yards He also caught two passes for 12 yards SOUTHERN place kicker Rikki Aldridge converted after all three touchdowns and booted a 22-yard field goal USC Netr Dim First downs 13 17 Rushing yardig Ilf fJ Passing yardiga Sf ltf si urn yardaga Its 172 call put on a take charge show to lift the Trojans into command and give them their fifth consecutive win Southern California intercepted six passes five of them ossed by Notre Terry Hanratty and recovered two Irish fumbles FIFTH-RANKED NOTRE lame which had been favored to win this game picked off three passes by the Steve Sogge and recovered one fumble Simpson the national rushing leader going into the game was the difference When Notre Chuck Landolfi fumbled the second half kickoff and Trojan Steve Swanson e-covered on the Irish 18 Simpson crunched over on a fourth down play from the 1 for the tying touchdown Minutes later after Steve Jaroncyk intercepted Hanratty pass and returned 18 to the Irish 42 Simpson 1M-1 46-15-7 lest 1 2 Yards penalised 72 IS USC 0 0 17 7-24 Notra Dam 0 7 11- Hanratty 3 run (Anar kick) Slmpsen 1 run (Aldridge kick) Simpson 35 run (AMtldg nick) FG Aktaldg 22 Slmpaon 3 run (Aldridge kick) Attandanc SM7S (10) Kansas State protectors are Bob Stull (51) and Cedric Rice (65) below Muldrow NOSSEK PRESSURED Iowa Willie Muldrowr (71) and George Dimitri (75) press Kansas quarterback Bob Nossek Action 17 toO K-State Dominates Early Before Bowing to lowans KniSt lew St 13 4 22 lie 77 121 111 13-31-1 3-14-4 1-33 12-41 2 10 ft wildcats dominate play the first Iowa Stale on the eight-yard Les Webster and a tremendous1 Frjf -awn took complete RushinB ve" lP(iMlnq yardage I Return yard-g host Cyclones and at the same A punt bv KSUg Bob coble 'KSbi kt time take the hie out oi the Yvds penalized Wildcats hit at midfield and rolled state THREE TIMES in the first 20 minutes the Wildcats led by the stomping feet of Cornelius Davis and Lawrence Brown Kensae Stale 0 0 0 I By MAX SEIBEL Eagle Sports Writer AMES la Unfortunately from a Kansas State viewpoint football is a four-quarter game played on a 100-yard long field Because of these two vital statistics Iowa State's Cyclones insisting on strutting before their parents turned back the Wildcats Saturday afternoon 174 backward like a golf chip shot lew state 7 is -17 lin i the Wildcats 4i-yard Webstar 1 run (Skripsky kick) ISU-FGB Skripsky 31 Gravei 4t kick k) FROM THEN on it a case of it was I KING THEN gained four Webster squirmed for yards Attendance 23006 RUSHINO clawed their way inside the Iowa State 10-yard line On each occasion however the drives fizzled No 1 stopped with a pass incompletion when the ball was on the four A pass interception by Cyclone Doug Robinson stopped No 2 after it had advanced to the six The most decisive one however was the third probe Davis himself appeared headed into the land of points on a charge the land of points on a charge Kanua State lewa State seven and a Warder to Greg Dukstein pass gained 10-yards to the 27 Warder followed with a bomb to end Wayne Perry The latter making his first catch of the Iowa State which had used the booming toe of punter Bob Brouillette to stave off the Wildcats the first period immediately applied pressure One drive sparked by a 28- yard punt return by Larry! i vl0with on the Holton fizzled when ioj ium il It took WeL the nonon iizziea wnen erjij Wp glp to Skripsky missed a field goall tatoucEwn Parepts Day gathering estimated at 21000 dropped in at Clyde Williams Stadium to witness what was supposed to be Kansas State's initial Big Eight Conference road victory since the final day of the 1963 season That win was here by a 21-10 count Instead sitting in 71-degree autumn climate they saw the from the Cyclone 16-yard line tta pfSmm -ttopi from tl lirc direction of scrambling sprint-out quarterback John Warder the running of Ben King and WSU's Kirby Carlisle (84) tries to stop NMS pass a 0 A A A 1 a 1 1.

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