BIG EIGHT ROUNDUP : Kansas Draws Crowd, Beats Kansas State

Maurice Douglas and Monte Cozzens each scored two touchdowns and Kansas held Kansas State to 69 yards in a 31-7 Big Eight Conference victory Saturday before the first sellout crowd at Lawrence, Kan., in 10 years.

Kansas State had a minus 56 yards rushing.

The crowd was announced at 52,000--about 3,000 short of the school record set for the 1973 Kansas State game, and an estimated 7,000 others watched from the hill behind the south end zone.

Kansas, 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the Big Eight, controlled both lines of scrimmage and didn’t allow the Wildcats (3-1) a first down until Eric Gallon’s 11-yard run with 10:41 left in the third quarter.

Kansas State trailed only 17-7 at halftime even though Kansas had 245 yards and 14 first downs while Kansas State, riding a six-game winning streak that was its longest since 1935, had no first downs and minus 32 total yards.

The Wildcats’ touchdown came on C.J. Masters’ 80-yard interception return with 1:31 left in the half.

Kansas built a 17-0 lead with the help of a seven-yard touchdown run by Douglas, who rushed for 127 yards in 26 carries, and a two-yard scoring run by Cozzens, who had 83 yards in 16 carries. The Jayhwaks finished with 289 yards in 71 rushing plays.

No. 14 Nebraska 55, Oklahoma State 0--Mike Grant passed for two touchdowns and ran for another before halftime and the Corhnhuskers romped to a Big Eight victory over the Cowboys at Lincoln, Neb.

Tailback Calvin Jones gained 176 yards in seven carries and scored on runs of 90 and 48 yards for the Cornhuskers (4-1, 1-0).

Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne remained unbeaten in 20 games against Oklahoma State (2-3, 0-1).

Nebraska punter Mike Stigge set a school record with an 87-yard punt aided by the wind. That broke the mark of 70 yards by Dan Wingard set in 1985.

Oklahoma State’s Scott Tyner had one punt travel eight yards, and another one into the wind had a net of minus four yards.