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Kansas starts the option play against Kansas State. Jayhawk quarterback Sid Micek pitches to Armand Baughman just before FOOTBALL 1963 The Kansas Jayhawks travelled to the Oklahoma Snake Pit on Oc- tober 19, determined to come back after the previous week ' s loss to Iowa State. Gale Sayers started the Kansas as e scoring with a sensational 61 yard scoring sprint early in the second period. Gary Duff added a field goal and KU led 10-7 at half time. The Jayhawks had thoroughly outplayed the Sooners in the first half and it looked like ran it might be a long afternoon for the home crowd. t e Midway through the second half, Bobby Page threw to Rick McCurdy for 17 yards and OU ' s second touch- ow d down, but the Jayhawks came fighting back with Steve Renko leading the way. Starting on their own 25 yard line, turn fullback Armand Baughman carried most of the load as the Hawkers marched all the way down to the Oklahoma nine. Then disaster struck as Baughman fumbled and the Sooners recovered. They drove 52 yards for their third held tally and held a commanding 21-10 lead with 5:28 left. But Kansas wasn ' t through yet. The Hawkers scored im- was mediately after the kickoff on a pass from Renko to Sayers. They made the two point conversion but there was Earl only 1:24 remaining. Ear Rob The Hawks tried an on-side kick but to no avail. Oklahoma ran out the clock and walked away with a Lea shaky 21-18 victory. The only weakness in the KU defensive unit was pass defense. The Sooners completed pass many vital passes when an incompletion might have meant a victory for the visitors. Sayers had one of his best days as he ran the ball 16 times for 110 yards, adding to his rushing title hopes. Quarterback Renko carried 15 gam times for a surprising 68 yards. Kansas was a new, re-vitalized ball team! Cat KU entertained Oldmhoma State this year with a lingering memory of what happened in the witt first half of last year ' s game. However, all apprehensions were shattered early as KU had no trouble in running over the smaller, slower Cowboy line. spar Gale Sayers was having the best rushing day of his life. In his first three carries he had over 50 yards tthime€1 and one touchdown. On the Cowboy ' s third punt, Sayers was blocking for Ron Oeschlager and injured his knee on the play. He was taken to the dressing room and didn ' t return until the second half. Ken Coleman and Mike led, Johnson took over for Sayers and Kansas increased its lead. With Johnson ' s speed and Coleman ' s power, the Hawks ran and passed for their greatest point output of the season. Sayers ran only seven times for a phenomenal Con 104 yards, two touchdowns and two extra points. With this total be moved into the top position among the nation ' s on t rushers. Sop!
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!an just before he is hit by State ' s Charles Cottle. Baughman, with Mike Johnson running interference, cuts back to the inside as Oc- The Jayhawk attack slowed down somewhat in the second half, without Sayers, and scoring did not come nsas as easily as before. The attack was potent enough, though, to grind out a 41-7 victory. and On a bright, windy Homecoming afternoon, Kansas kicked off to Kansas State. The Wildcats like ran three unsuccessful plays and then dropped back into punt formation. Sayers was back in single safety the Jayhawks. Ten seconds later Sayers was in the Cat end zone and, before most of the spectators had even sat down, Kansas was enjoying a quick 7-0 lead. Sayers had run through the entire Wildcat defense to open what Line, turned out to be a wild afternoon. The game already had all the indications of being a rout. Jrna K-State had other ideas. After Kansas had come close to scoring again, the Cat defense stiffened up and hird held—for awhile. KU started its first real drive of the game midway through the second quarter. The key play im- was a pass from Steve Renko to Jay Roberts. Coleman dove for the final yard and KU led 14-0 with 3:53 to go. was Early in the third quarter the Hawks got busy once again. Only three plays, one a 50 yard pass from Renko Roberts, were necessary for the addition of the third tally to the home side of the scoreboard. Four minutes later, th a Leiker added point number 27 for Kansas and shortly thereafter, Sid Micek added six more with an intercepted .ted pass. best Jack Mitchell called Kansas ' pass defense and Roberts ' 50 yard pass reception the turning points of the 1 15 game. Sayers was outstanding as usual and the fullback duo of Ken Coleman and Armand Baughman kept Cat defense on its toes all afternoon. Kansas players were looking forward to the following weekend at Lincoln the with high hopes. Wing The University of Kansas visited Nebraska on November 9, clinging tightly to a slim hope of sharing a four way tie for the league crown. This hope lasted until the third play from scrimmage. KU received ards the kickoff and started to move, but Tony Leiker fumbled on third down, and NU recovered. Nebraska wasted no :nee time. After being stopped short of the Hawk ' s goal line, Dave Theissen kicked a field goal and the Cornhuskers like led, 3-0. the Bad breaks riddled KU as the Big Blue fumbled once again on the ensuing kickoff. This time the huge enal Cornhusker forward wall pushed the Jayhawk line back steadily and soon Nebraska had put another seven points on ' s on the scoreboard. Down ten points in the first four minutes, the Jayhawks had a long uphill battle facing Sophomore quarterback Steve Renko put Kansas on the march in the second quarter. With Sayers leading the
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