MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2005
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Texas benefitted from its time of possession and held onto the football 10 minutes longer than Kansas. This led to the KU defense getting fatigued.
"I don't know if guys were tired or what, but there definitely was a lack of energy," senior linebacker Kevin Kane said.
Young surprisingly did not lead Texas in rushing. Kansas held the junior quarterback to negative four yards rushing, but a supporting cast of running backs compensated for Young's deficit.
"They ran for an ungody amount of vards," Reid said.
Five Texas running backs had more than seven carries. Texas running back Ramonce Taylor scored twice and had 96 yards on 14 carries.
"It was obviously disappointing to see what they were doing to us and we are not used to that this year." Kane said. "At times it was definitely frustrating,
but you can't look back on it right now. We just have to learn from our mistakes and correct what we did wrong and just basically play a lot better."
Kansas hadn't allowed more than 75 yards rushing to an individual player all season. The Longhorns had three players who rushed for at least 70 yards.
The Kansas defense appeared to be up to the test on Texas' first two offensive drives, stopping Texas from scoring.
short-lived.
Texas proved this success to be
The Jayhawks had minor success on the ground. Junior running back Jon Cornish and senior running back Clark Green had 126 yards combined.
With the loss, Kansas' one opportunity left to get its sixth victory and quality for a bowl game is against Iowa State on Nov. 26. Mangino said that the team's focus would strictly be on achieving a bowl berth.
— Edited by Katie Lohrenz
Editor's Note: The Kansan Big 12 Power Rankings are voted on by Ryan Colaiani and Daniel Berk, Kansas football writers, as well as Kellis Robinett, sports editor, and Eric Sorrentino, associate sports editor.
Finally — all Big 12 Conference schools have a conference victory after last weekend. Oklahoma State surprised Texas Tech and put its seemingly automatic Cotton Bowl Bid in jeopardy. The loss moved the Red Raiders down a spot from last week to third. Oklahoma State moved out of the last spot to 10th.
The power rankings are becoming more comparable to past years with Oklahoma jumping two spots. The Sooners have won four games in a row after their 36-30 victory against Texas A&M in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma received three votes for second and one vote for third.
Sophomore Adrian Peterson continued to control the clock for the Sooners. He turned in a workmanlike performance with 135 yards rushing and two scores.
Kansas State made a first-time appearance in the last place spot. The Wildcats lost to the Nebraska Cornhuskers and have now dropped five straight games. Two voters chose Baylor as last, but it received one vote for tenth.
Extra Points:
All eyes continue to be on the dominance of the Texas Longhorns. With a convincing 66-14 victory against Kansas, their only remaining tests come in College Station against Texas A&M and in the Big 12 Championship game in Houston.
After this weekend, the Big 12 has seven teams that are bowel eligible with six victories. They are Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Colorado, Iowa State, Missouri and Nebraska
of total offense.
EXTRA FOOTING Senior wide receiver Mark Simmons' consecutive game streak with a reception ended Saturday at 33-straight games.
Kansas was rattled by the crowd noise early in the game, committing two false start penalties on its opening drive.
Texas players break career records
Sophomore punter Kyle Tucker punted 11 times, a career high.
Key Plays:
Texas quarterback Vince Young moved into first place on the Texas total offense list. He currently has 8,269 yards
Key Plays
Texas got on the board midway through the first quarter on a pass from VinceYoung to Limas Sweed. Sweed came over top of senior cornerbackTheo Baines to make the reception and get into the end zone on the 45-yard completion.
Texas returned a punt to about its 30-yard line, but the play was called back on a Kansas holding penalty. Texas made Kansas punt again. On the second punt, Texas cornerback Aaron Ross returned the ball 71 yards for
a touchdown.
Key Stats:
53 — Number of rushes for Texas in the game
6. 3 — Average yards per rush byTexas
10:13 — Time remaining in the second quarter before the Kansas offense earned a first down.
83,696 - Attendance at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium
4 - Touchdowns thrown by Young, a career high.
Senior cornerback Theo Baines tackles Texas sophomore running back Ramonce Taylor in the end zone during the first half. Taylor ran for 101 yards and two touchdowns against Kansas" No.1ranked rushing defense.
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