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What player had the most luck running the wishbone

Submitted by fortheinfo on Sat, 2007-12-22 20:59.

A former safety making his first collegiate start at quarterback, Nolan Cromwell quickly found the knack of running Kansas' newly installed wishbone offense in a September 27, 1975, game against Oregon State in Lawrence, Kan.

Cromwell carried the ball 28 times for 294 yards, setting a major-college rushing record for a quarterback and breaking Kansas' overall rushing mark of 283 yards established by Gale Sayers in 1962. Cromwell, a defensive back under Coach Don Fambrough in his first two seasons as a Jayhawk, was moved into the starting quarterback job in the third week of the '75 season (Bud Moore's first year as Kansas coach). With Cromwell, a junior, running 79 yards for a second-quarter touchdown and averaging 10.5 yards per carry overall, the Jayhawks downed the Beavers, 20-0.

Dennis Kerbel. Kansas placekicker who booted 23- and 37-yard field goals in the first period, a 41-yarder in the second quarter and a 20-yarder in the final period. The Jayhawks also scored on a fourth-quarter safety.