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Huskers top Jayhawks
but Osborne not pleased
Photo by Kent Morgan Olsen
Kansas split end Bob Johnson (88) tries to break the grip of Nebraska defensive end
Jimmy Williams (96) in the Huskers' 31-15 win Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
By Tad Stryker
Kansas fulfilled Nebraska Coach Tom
Osborne's pre-game fears by controlling the
line of scrimmage in the first half and using
a record-setting five field goals to lead late
in the third quarter before the Huskers
overcame the Jayhawk Halloween scare to
post a 31-15 win Saturday at Memorial
Stadium.
Nebraska thus holds onto its Big Eight
lead, but Osborne said that could easily
change if the Huskers do not play better
football in the next three weeks.
All week Osborne had said he was con
cerned about the Jayhawks, and, as the
game wore on, the reasons for his concern
materialized. Kansas controlled the ball for
18:51 in the first half and recovered a
Roger Craig fumble at the NU 3-yard line.
This plus the strong, accurate leg of kicker
Bruce Kallmeyer gave Kansas a 9-3 half
time lead.
'They (KU) came out today and proved
to us that they could play football," said
Husker middle guard Jeff Merrell. "That's
about all you can say about it."
The Jayhawks continued their momen
tum by stopping Nebraska on the first
series of the second half. But senior corner
back Rodney Lewis turned things around
by intercepting a Frank Seurer pass and re
turning it 31 yards to the Jayhawk 15 -yard
line.
The Huskers converted the turnover
into seven points when Phil Bates scored
on a two-yard run and Kevin Seibel added
the extra point.
The Jayhawks came back to take a
12-10 lead late in the third quarter when
Kallmeyer hit a 49-yard field goal.
"I've got to congratulate Kansas,"
Osborne said. "They really played well. I
don't think our players expected them to
come out and play like they did."
"Kansas has a good football team,"
Merrell said, "but we're a good team too.
We knew we had to come back so we suck
ed it up and did what we had to do."
What the Huskers did was recover a
fumble by second-string tailback Garfield
Taylor at the Kansas 26. Linebacker Brent
Evans pounced on the ball just before it
rolled out of bounds.
After a 7-yard run by Turner Gill, who
earlier had left the game after taking a hard
hit in his left hip, Phil Bates stormed down
to the KU 3-yard line. He went over the
goal line on the next play to give the Husk
ers the lead for good, 17-12.
Kallmeyer opened the fourth quarter by
kicking his fifth field goal of the game, and
his eighth of the year, both Kansas records.
Opposing field goal kickers are now 1 1-for-11
at Memorial Stadium this season.
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Conference Football Standings
Nebraska 4-0-0
Oklahoma 2-0-1
Oklahoma State 2-1-0
Iowa State 2-1-1
Colorado 1-3-0
Kansas 1-3-0
Kansas State 1-3-0
Missouri 1-3-0
Saturday Results
Kansas State 10, Iowa State 7
Nebraska 31, Kanas 15
Oklahoma 49, Colorado 0
Oklahoma State 16, Missouri 12
Games Nov. 7
Kansas at Iowa State
Missouri at Colorado
Nebraska at Oklahoma State
Oklahoma at Kansas State
We came to win; close doesn't count KU coach
By Larry Sparks
The fans outside the Kansas locker room found plenty
to be encouraged about as they waited to congratulate
their team following its 31-15 loss to Nebraska Saturday
in Memorial Stadium. But Jayhawk Coach Don
Fambrough made it clear he found nothing to cheer about
in the game.
Despite it beting the closest game in 6 years, their scor
ing on the Huskers for the first time in three years and
even holding a 9-3 lead at half time, Fambrough said the
Jayhawks did not achieve the one goal they came to
Lincoln with.
"We didn't come up here to play Nebraska close,"
Fambrough said. "We came up here to win the football
game, just like we approach every football game.
"We played them good for three quarters but 111 tell
you, it's a four quarter ballgame and I'm not one bit
satisfied with playing just three good quarters," he said.
"I hope we're past the stage where we feel good if we
if we just play somebody close. We got beat and that's the
only thing that matters."
While Fambrough failed to find a bright spot in the
Jayhawk's third loss of the season, quarterback Frank
Seurer said the offensive line kept the Jayhawks in the
game. He said the credit for his 142 yards passing should
be given to the blockers.
"If you give the quarterback time to throw the ball,
eventually he's going to find a receiver that can catch it,"
Seurer said.
"When we started throwing, they started dropping a lot
of people back. When they do that, there's going to be
someone open to run the ball," he said.
The line was doing a good job. Every time we ran it,
we gained some good yards," tailback Garfield Taylor
said. Taylor led KU rushers with 106 yards.
Nebraska's depth and the ability to keep its poise was
the difference irrthe ball game, Fambrough said. He said
those two factors usually make the difference between a
good team and a great team.
"When they had to do it, they came back," he said.
"They didn't panic and that's the sign of a good football
team.
'The things that have made them, a good team are
what won it for them today," Fambrough said.
Fambrough said a second quarter fumble that led to a
Nebraska field goal and two second half turnovers that led
to touchdowns switched the momentum to the Huskers.
"We went along there without any mistakes but then
we put one on the ground and that's disaster," he said.
"You can't make mistakes against Nebraska. You can't
fumble, not even once, against a team like this.
"We don't have the depth they have," offensive guard
David Lawrence said. "You can't hold that Nebraska
offense all day if you keep giving them the ball."
The Jayhawks were unable to keep any offensive drives
moving once they neared the goal line, forcing KU to
attempt five field goals. Fambrough said that was a credit
to Nebraska's Blackshirts but added that KU kicker Bruce
Kallmeyer showed poise in converting all five attempts.
"When we got down there inside the 20, they started
doubling up and boy, it was tough. Maybe I was a little
cautious but it was hard," Fambrough said.
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