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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31. 2005
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Smith suffers 3-year slump
Defense holds quarterback to 179 yards
The Kansas defense consistently bottled up Smith at the line of scrimmage and forced him to move outside the pocket, rather than have the ability to sit in the pocket and create plays, like he did last weekend.
BY DANIEL BERK
dberk@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SWITCHWRITER
For the third consecutive year, the Kansas defense stopped Brad Smith enough to secure a victory over rival Missouri.
A week after being named national player of the week by USA Today and Sports Illustrated, the Missouri senior quarterback struggled throughout the game completing just 14 of 37 passes for 141 yards and gaining only 38 yards rushing.
Last week, Smith accumulated nearly 500 yards of total offense against Nebraska, which entered the game with the No.1 rush defense in the Big 12 Conference. But this week was a different story for Smith against another top defense.
"Losing this rivalry game, it hurts, it hurts a lot," Smith said. "I gave it everything I got, but there just isn't anything I can do about it now."
Kansas football coach Mark Mangino said the defense made adjustments from last year and gave Smith several different looks than it had in the past.
Smith said the Missouri offense was expecting more blitzes from the Kansas defense like in years past, but instead it dropped defenders back into zone coverage and made Smith scramble.
"We got to Brad Smith the last couple of years with intense pressure and blitzing," Mangino said. "There is no doubt that Missouri was prepared for all those blitzes. Our defensive line dropped to zones and squeezed
the pocket in front of him to force him out of the pocket."
Mangino also said that he had never seen a defense execute its game plan as well as the Kansas defense did on Saturday.
Smith said the offense was out of sync all game. Whether it was penalties, sacks or miscommunication, the Kansas defense had Missouri's offense off-balanced and frustrated.
Kansas' 13-3 victory against Missouri marks the last time Kansas will play against Smith. He will end his career later this season at Missouri with nearly every passing and rushing record in the books, but will also leave with a 1-3 career record against Kansas.
Smith said Kansas would always rise to the occasion and make plays to stop him from what he wanted to do. Smith has accounted for 400 yards of total offense during the past two years against Kansas, which was 80 fewer yards than he accounted for last week against Nebraska.
Smith, however, began to move the ball effectively late in the fourth quarter. He scrambled for a first down on fourth and 10 and broke free from a Nick Reid tackle. After completing three more passes for three first downs and a gain of 33 yards, Kansas cornerback Theo Baines intercepted Smith's pass at the goal line with fewer than five minutes in the game. The interception secured the victory for Kansas.
Senior Jayhawk defensive end Charlton Keith, who registered two sacks of Smith and pressured him all game, said this was an important game for Kansas' future.
future.
"We just lined up and played fundamental football," Keith said. "We had 11 guys pursuing the ball, and that's pretty impressive. We have a lot of young guys on the team that are stepping up and making plays, and that's looking good for the future of KU football."
Edited by Nate Karlin
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Seniors Banks Floodman, linebacker, and Chariton Keith, defensive end, celebrate after the second touchdown. The defense allowed 38 yards on the ground.
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The staff responsible for lowering the goalposts couldn't get its job done because NCAA regulations state that the posts must stay up until the clock has reached zero. The rules also call for a school to have backup goalposts on hand at the stadium in the event that one comes down before the game ends.
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Onike last year, the players did not celebrate with the fans on the field. Most of them quickly went into the locker room, but a few players stopped to pose for pictures or interview with television reporters.
Senior quarterback Jason Swanson said the team went into the locker room and had a party of its own.
As the parties continued both inside and outside the locker room, security guards kept a close eye on the celebration on the field to ensure that no one got hurt.
"It's the greatest feeling ever to come in here, everybody throwing Gatorade around," Swanson said. "That's how it should be."
"It's dangerous, and we don't need to do that," Mangino said. "We're better than that."
Mangino also referred to an incident last Saturday at the University of Minnesota-Morris, where a student was killed after a goalpost fell on him.
The recent event did not seem to damper the festivities for those who rushed the field.
— Edited by Nate Karlin
Kansas sophomore tight end Derek Fine pushes through the Missouri defense Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, Fine and the Jayhawks defeated the Tigers 13 to the Jav
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Kansas senior defensive end Charlton Keith flushes Missouri quarterback Brad Smith out of the pocket on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Keith recorded two sacks for a total loss of 18 yards.
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Extra Points:
Freshman Anthony Collins made his first career start, at right tackle in place of senior Matt Thompson Collins did not play after he committed a personal foul. Thompson replaced him.
The 6-3 lead that Kansas had after running back Clark Green's touchdown run was the first time Kansas held a lead since it was up 3-1 against Kansas State.
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Mark Simmons caught two passes for 33 yards, which increased his streak of catching a pass in a game to 32 consecutive games.
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Green's 125 yards gave him eight career 100-yard games.
Saturday's attendance of 48,238 was the highest of the season at Memorial Stadium.
Gordon moved into 10th place on the all-time Big 12 punt return lise with his 42 return yards. Gordon has 940 career return yards.
The three points Kansas allowed were their least against Missouri since 1999 when the Jayhawks topped the Tigers 21-0.
Iowa State climbs, Missouri takes a fall
Editor's Note: The Kansan Big 12 Power Rankings are voted on by Ryan Colaianni and Daniel Berk, Kansas football writers, as well as Kellis Robinett, sports editor, and Eric Sorentino, associate sports editor
The Texas Longhorns remained at the No. 1 spot after improving to 8-0 on the season. Texas had a scare in its game against Oklahoma State, falling behind 28-9 at one point. The Longhorns regrouped at halftime and outscored the Cowboys 35-0 in the second half. Oklahoma State witnessed a similar occurrence in Austin, Texas, last year. Oklahoma State was ahead 35-7, but Texas scored 42 unanswered points to beat the Cowboys 56-35. In the teams' last three games against each other, Texas has outscored Oklahoma State 118-0 in the second half.
Texas quarterback Vince Young set a Texas school record for total offense in a game with 267 yards rushing and 239 yards passing.
The biggest winner of the week
was Iowa State. The Cyclones marched into College Station and beat the Texas A&M Aggies 42-14. This gave them the biggest jump of the week. The Cyclones moved up three spots to sixth.
The biggest loser of the week was Missouri. The Tigers dropped five spots in the rankings to ninth after losing 13-3 to Kansas this weekend. Voters ranked Missouri as high as seven and as low as 11. Kansas contained Missouri quarterback Brad Smith, who came off 246 yards and three rushing touchdowns against Nebraska. In Lawrence, the KU defense held Smith to 38 yards rushing and 141 yards passing with no touchdowns.
Oklahoma moved up two spots to fourth. The Sooners are coming off a road victory against Nebraska, a game that saw running back Adrian Peterson return to form. Peterson rumbled for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Although Oklahoma has lost three games, it is still 4-1 in the Big 12 Conference.
— Edited by Katie Lohrenz