The Wichita Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • 69

-1 Fresno State Overcomes State to 14-6 Passes of 26 and 44 yards the latter for the scon form Cortez to Young made it a short three play march Lane's interception runback and WSU's last-second drive completed the first-half sewing with the huts holding an 1 (Please tan to Page 8F CoL 1) yards to the WSU one-yard line and Cortes sneaked over for the game's first TD with 12:52 remaining A1 Garcia put through the first of his extra point kicks After WSU cut it to 7-6 on the pass to Ricketts the Bulldogs came back with a 72-yard drive to pad the margin By RUSS CORBITT Staff Writer FRESNO Calif Fresno Slate rode the passing arm of Nef Cortes to 21 second-quarter points and the Bulldogs put the bite on Wichita State 24-12 in a three-hour battle here Saturday night The loss WSU's first in the last three games dropped the Shocker record to 1-8-1 going into next week's finale at Memphis State Fresno boosted its season mark to and avenged last loss at Wichita Wichita Slate scored its second touchdown with only eight seconds remaining to pull to the bottom half of a 21-12 score at halftime on a chilly foggy night It took the Shockers only three plays and 34 seconds to cover 77 yards for the score after Fresno Slate had scored its third TD on a 81-yard interception return by Calvin Lane with only 42 seconds showing Sophomore quarterback Sam Adkins playing before a large group of California family and friends hooked up with freshman Mike Copeland on a 34-yard pass play to start things rolling After a nine-yarder to Kent Carpenter WSU used its only remaining time out with 16 seconds left Adkins then found Steve Baker the only other Californian to make the trip behind a pair of defenders in the end zone for 32-yard scoring strike Adkins tried to run in the conversion attempt but was stopped at the Friends Foe Flagged 9-7 But Goes Down Kicking two-point goalline other scoring march was set up by a fumble recovery by comerback Phil Ellis at the WSU 42 A half-down plays later the combo of Adkins and Stan Ricketts which started the drive with a 14-yard gainer clicked for the final 33 yards as Ricketts beat his man and was all alone as he stepped into the end zone The extra-point kick by Dan Vess was wide right and the Shocks trailed 7-6 with 5:28 left in the half The Wichita defense contained the strong passing game of Cortes for one quarter but couldn't keep up the pace Cortez the Junior who had passed for 1600 yards and 13 touchdowns going into the game completed only one of his completion lost a first quarter and By JOHN MURPHY Staff Writer L1NDSBORG Kan An offsides penalty cost Bethany a field goal and that field goal would have been the difference against Kansas Conference champion Friends Saturday night Friends went on to hold Bethany scoreless in the second half as the bowl-bound Falcons completed their first unbeaten KCAC season ever with a 6-7 victory The Falcons will take an 84) KCAC mark ami a 9-1 overall record into the Mineral Water Bowl next Saturday night at Excelsior Springs Mo bowl opponent will be selected tonight This is the second KCAC title in three years for the Falcons Friends won the 1972 title and also went to the Mineral Water BowL play of the next period however he started with a 14 yarder to flanker Nick picked up 11 yards scrambling on a threw to tight end Calvin Young for 33 LoelimiDinig Clip CCtU Corrupondant Photo by Divo Cramhaw into this game lackadaisical and we were lucky to get out of here at said Friends coach Jerry Joy -The crucial field goal that cost Bethany three points was late in the third quarter Kicking specialist Ken Pabst Just got a 40-yarder over the cross bar and it appeared Bethany was on top 199 But a yellow flag at the line of scrimmage brought the ball back and 45-yard try was partially blocked Three Friends pass Interceptions by the secondary slopped three Bethany fourtlHjuarter drives including Jim Buchanan's steal as time ran out Friends scored all of its points In the first quarter Gary Tickner booted a 2-1-yard field goal for a 39 lead and a blocked punt set up the only Falcon TD (Please tore to Page 6F CoL 3) McMichael came up with a couple more big plays while taking KU 78 yards to score just 1:34 before the end oil the half He passed 24 yards to Edwards after just escaping LeRoy again 'Then he found Edwards open just inside the corner of the end zone clear of safety Zac Henderson for a 13-yard touchdown pass McMichael's 80 yards rushing for the day and his 140 yards passing (15 of 27 with 2 interceptions) accounted for all but 83 yards of total offense (163 rushing and 140 passing) That tells you something of what LeRoy and Dewey Selmon and Jimbo Elrod and the boys did to the rest of KU's offense They stuffed it The Sooners meanwhile performing the great land rush all again They rushed up and down the field all day but in the early going something usually happened before they could settle in the end zone Tony DiRienzo missed a 34-yard field goal after OU drove to 18 And Steve Davis fumbled at KU's three when Kurt Knoff smacked him Bt the end of a 14-yard run So the Sooners went to the locker room just one touchdown up and the Jayhawks thought they were in it But the Sooners didn't really shine that first said OU receiver Tinker Owens "We really worried about losing We just knew we needed to win It seemed the Sooners were due to explode any minute And they did scoring 24 points in the fourth quarter what makes me said Knoff played 'em well and the score doesn't show it I know only got the No 1 ranking to play for but I like them running it OU coach Barry Switzer didn't see it quite that way told our kids that we were not going to call a time out in order to get the last score on the board We did not want a cheapie "I did not think that the last score was cheap either It just so happened that the opportunity to score again at the end of the game was there and we were able to take advantage of it" Flrit downs Ruihn yard! Faralng yardi Saturn yards Oklahoma a 7MI0 114 142 4-1M Ut 7 7IS-I4 Kanot 12 -21-141 144 imm ir 11-34 i leaf PanaltlH yard! A-44JW HOW THEY SCORED Fint Quarter Ku McMIchaal paw and had to run aerhnmaga McMIchaal want hack to' 71 run ILjovu kick) Third play from iond Quarter Brooka 71 pan IRItnjoklck) KU 7 OU 7 from Davit IDIRlai of drive OU 14 KU 7 7:14 Davit 1 run (DIRicruo kick) Drive 44 yardi in 4 ploy WMhlngtan made torn yardi fourth down and ana at KU 1 to to OU 7 Owtnt 11 pi Divit (DIRtoma kick) Drive i In 5 ployt Wnhington'i 15-yird punt return put OU In good petition Washington get 4 on Ihlrdand-tour to kaap drive going OU 21 KU 14 1:14 Edwtrdl 11 pan tram McMIchaal (Leva kick) Drive 71 yardi In want in rtvaru 24 to Edwards Fourth Quarter OU 24 KU 14 11:24 Burgot 1 (DiRimae kick) va 47 yardi play Washington's 21-yard TU In goof return put OU In good petition Ace return with Interception (DiRleme FG OU drove trem KU 47 to 7 before tailing OU at KU 14 Patera 41 rretum with Interception (DiRleme kick) 4J KU 14 4:41 Brooki pan from Sieving (DIRIerue kick) Drive 47 yardi In 14 plays Blevm tubbed tor Davit ran tour timet tor yardi Mora throwing TD pan TaborMcPhenon itati 1 at agate Sooner LeRoy Selmon throw's KU's Laverne Smith for yard loss Huskers by in the Leads WEST" Nebraska's Tom a cheap TD in the second quarter when they took possession at the K-State 30 where officials ruled Bailey had come up short on a fourth-down rush From the press box it appeared Bailey had made the first down going over his left guard on a keeper But when the officials spotted the ball he was short six passes yard On the second finding the range Brooks Cortez later broken play then GARY TICKNER 21-yard FG By DAN LAUCK Staff Writer LAWRENCE Kan Kansas defense gave ground grudgingly all Saturday afternoon It took away Oklahoma University's wide stuff It neutralized running back Joe Washington a task heretofore thought impossible It contained Jim Littrell up the middle and conceded quarterback Steve short passes but not much more It allowed Just one big play aU afternoon And it lost 45-14 The score stuck deep in the KU throats Especially since the No 1 offensive line was still in the game down to the last seconds and worse since OU sub quarterback Dean Blevins passed nine yards to wide receiver Billy Brooks (hardly a no-talent receiver) for the touchdown which boosted their point total to 45 with just six seconds to go had our first stringers KU linebacker Steve Towle said we were losing Usually it's the other way around Then they throw that pass on what? Third down? just knew they were getting their butts beat and they saw an opportunity to run up the score and make it look good for In defense of the Sooners (though they hardly need it now that they are ranked No 1) they didn't exactly get their tails beat Washington managed just 63 yards in 21 carries but OU ran up 380 yards rushing 494 yards total offense and 29 first downs Yet the 44500 still had a ball to watch play with a drive from its 11-yard line to the Nebraska 17 before Scobey fumbled Gibson declined to compare Nebraska and Oklahoma who meet Saturday here for the Big Eight Conference championship thought we were beaten by a good solid football team" said the K-State Sunday Nov 17 1974 Page IF for three quarters Oklahoma led just 21-14 going into the final period and while they were making a lot of yards they weren't making a lot of points The fact that it was close was a credit to KU The Sooners had given up just 18 points all season during the first three quarters And only once during the season had they trailed (against Texas) The Jayhawks were perhaps playing as well as they could They had not lost a fumble and quarterback Scott McMichael was playing superbly On the third play of the game he went back to pass found everyone covered and took off up the middle was going to throw a quick McMichael said they read it well I had the option of shuffling the ball to Laverne Smith or running Running it was wise He fishtailed up the middle running out of the grasp of giant LeRoy Selmon then cutting for the left corner KU receiver Emmett Edwards shielded Tony Peters the last 20 yards and McMichael scored untouched from 73 yards State UPI Photo mentor don't think Nebraska has the overall speed Oklahoma does but-Nebraska can execute it is well-coached and Humm is really a fine Kansas State's record now is 3-7 (96 in the Big Eight) and Nebraska stands 8-2 wth a 5-1 league record Humm By BILL HODGE Staff Writer LINCOLN Neb David Humm passed for two touchdowns and 177 yards as the Nebraska Cornhuskers keeping their first units in the game all the way rolled over a battling Kansas State Wildcat team 35-7 here Saturday A crowd of 76188 touchdown-hungry fans savored every bit of file the scoring as Coach Tom Osborne elected to slay with his offensive starters (o punch over a final goal-crossing with 28 seconds remaining For the losing Kansas Staters there was one consolation and that was having been the first team to score on Nebraska's first offensive unit in five games They also became only the third Nebraska opponent to break through the first defensive unit Wisconsin and Missouri turned the trick in the two victories scored over the Cornhuskers this season In dropping their seventh game in a row the Wildcats got on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter with a two-play five-yard drive from the point where sophomore monster man Dennis Frazee blocked and recovered a Nebraska punt Sophomore fullback Roscoe Scobey carried the ball in from the two-yard line after freshman quarterback Arthur 1 Bailey took it to that point on a first-down run in the middle Scobey also jumped the middle for the touchdown which reduced the Cornhusker margin to 28-7 Although Kansas State trailed 14-0 at halftime it put up a good battle as it outgained Nebraska 172 yards to 148 and controlled the football with a new power-1 offense which coach Vince Gibson put in this past week The Wildcats ran 42 days to 23 before ntermission put in the power-I to take some of the pressure off our quarterback" said Gibson afterwards Bailey a sophomore from Montgomery Ala played the entire game in place of senior Steve Grogan who has been troubled by a neck injury all season and recently added a pair of bruised ribs to his ailments hate for your captain not to said Gibsnn Bailey was doing a fine Sometimes scrambling and running the option at other times Bailey rushed for 68 yards The Cornhuskers trapped him for losses totaling 30 yards on pass attempts which reduced his net yardage Nebraska jumped to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a Humm pass to wingbackP Westbrook and picked up Devil littrell Wuhlfifltai Rutteil POOCOC Burgot Brooki McMichael Smith Kernel Campfleld Krathi Devil Blevmi Krattli 1-14 14 4-2 Trail re Kantas Ruud (45) makes a flying tackle to stop quarterback Arthur Bailey right Six plays later freshman tailback Monte Anthony took the ball from the five-yard line cutting outside his left tackle after Humm faked a handoff going the other way to fullback Tony Davis Kansas State came back from that.