The Lawrence United Fund total hit $85,000 after major input from the business divisions. Things began looking better for the drive toward $103,048 after a sluggish start.

The Kansas football team won its fourth straight game after an 0-3 start by edging arch-rival Kansas State 17-16 before a sellout crowd in Lawrence. Thus Pepper Rodgers of KU won his first encounter with Vince Gibson of K-State. Both had been hired at the same time and once had been good friends. Yet they had a falling-out after Gibson turned in KU for an alleged recruiting violation and the league put KU on probation as a result. KU had begun its recent 4-0 run with a stunning 10-0 upset of No. 8-ranked Nebraska in Lawrence.