4B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2005
CU 44 - KU13
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Above: Senior quarterback Jason Swanson attempts one of his 50 passes in Saturday's game in Boulder, Colo. Swanson made his first appearance of the season when he replaced senior Brian Luke in the first quarter.
Right: Senior running back Clark Green makes his way through Colorado's defense after a hand off from senior quarterback Jason Swanson in Saturday's game. Green carried the ball 15 times for 46 yards, though Kansas lost to Colorado 44-13.
Photos by Rylan Howe/KANSAN
Scoring summary:
Joel Klatt, 20-yard pass to Qum
Synpienski (Mason Crosby PAT)
Drive 3 plays, 43 verds, 1:13
KU 0 CU 9
1st quarter, 8:12 Colorado safety
KU0CU7
1st quarter. 3:07
1st quarter, 9:35
in quartz, on goal
Scott Webb, 25-yard field goal
Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:24
KU3CU16
2nd quarter. 14:06
Joel Klatt, 40-yard pass to Joe Klopfenstein (Mason Crosby PAT)
Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:01
2nd quarter, 8:14
KU 6 CU 16
2nd quarter, 8.1
Scott Webb, 28-yard field goal
Drive: 9 plays, 63 yards, 2:57
2nd quarter, 1:49
2nd quarter.
Jason Swanson 7-yard pass to Charles Gordon (Scott Webb PAT)
Drive: 12 plays, 46 yards, 4:23.
KU 13 CU 16
KU 13 CU 23
3rd quarter 12:03
Swanson hit junior cornerback/wide receiver Charles Gor
Dominique Brooks, 28-yard blocked punt return (Mason Crosby PAT)
KU 13 CU 30
3rd quarter, 6:47
Joel Klatt, 3-yard pass to Joe Kloppenstein (Mason Crosby PAT)
Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards, 2:41
Joel Klatt, 62-vard pass to Dusty Sprague (Mason Crosby PAT)
Drive: 4 plays, 90 yards, 1:24
KU 13 CU 37
4th quarter, 13:36
KU 13 CU 44
4th quarter, 9:40
Stephane Robinson, 81-vard punt return (Mason Crosby PAT)
A flag is thrown as senior cornerback Theo Baines, left, and junior safety Jerome Kemp attempt to stop Colorado's offense last Saturday in Boulder, Colo. Kansas fell to Colorado 44-13 for the Jayhawks' fourthstraight loss.
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Football
That was the most excited Swanson and the rest of the Jayhawks would be.
"We were all in there jacked up and yelling." Swanson said of the atmosphere in the locker room at halftime. "It was the most excited I have seen a team at halftime, down, not having a lead."
Swanson led drives for two Kansas field goals and a touchdown, as time wound down in the second quarter.
The offense didn't score a single point after halftime and fell to the Colorado Buffalooes 44-13 Saturday night.
Swanson led an improved Kansas offense, passing for 291 yards and a touchdown, but tossed three interceptions. Kansas football coach Mark Mangino said he still liked what he saw from Swanson.
Swanson's performance solidified him as the starter for next week's homecoming game against Missouri as well.
"I think he got some throws off that we haven't been able to get all year," Mangino said.
"We knew that Swanny would get them rallied," Mangino said. "He took control of the huddle right away."
"He is going to have to do something awfully wrong from now until the next game not to start the game." Mangino said.
Luke was ineffective against Colorado, going 1-for-5 for just two yards and was injured, prompting Swanson to enter.
don in the left corner of the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown that cut the Colorado lead to 16-13. It was the Jayhawks' first touchdown in more than two games and the closest Kansas would get in the game.
Senior wide receiver Mark Simmons caught five passes for 76 yards and became the Kansas all-time receptions leader with 137 in his career. Simmons was also impressed with Swanson's performance.
"He did a hell of a job," Simmons said.
end zone for a safety, not risking a Colorado defensive touchdown. The safety gave Colorado a 9-0 lead.
"He hadn't played all season and he looked like he had been out there for four years."
"The special teams unit really put us in a hole," Mangino said. "I think there are two or three units that had some mistakes, some mental mistakes."
The offensive performance was the best for the Jayhawks in more than a month. The unit actually outgained the Colorado offense 354 yards to 304.
The first was in the first quarter when sophomore punter Kyle Tucker was unable to handle a high snap in the end zone. Tucker threw the ball out of the
The special teams blunder cost the Jayhawks 16 points and another set up a Colorado touchdown.
The problem this week for the lavhawks was special teams.
Whatever momentum Kansas had at halftime was lost after the touchdown, which was returned by Colorado saftey Dominique Brooks.
The second error was more costly. Colorado blocked a Kansas punt in the third quarter and
Mangino said the special teams unit either gave up or set up 23 Colorado points.
Whatever momentum Kansas had at halftime was lost after the touchdown, which was returned by Colorado safety Dominique Brooks.
Colorado later faked a field goal in the
The 44-13 loss was the biggest deficit of the season for Kansas and the largest margin of defeat since last season's 41-10 loss to Oklahoma.
Senior defensive end Charlton Keith led the KU defense with nine tackles. After watching the offense struggle for three weeks, the defense saw a different offense against Colorado.
second half, and brought the ball to the Kansas 3-yard line. This set the Buffalooes up for another touchdown and put them up 30-13. The Kansas special teams unit also allowed an 81-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
returned it for a touchdown and a 23-13 Colorado lead.
— Edited by Katie Lohrenz
"They made big play after big play," Keith said. "They finally took the pressure off us a little bit."
Kansas fails to capitalize
The production wasn't enough though with the special teams' miscues.
Kev Stats:
16 — Number points accumulated by CU special teams.
34 — Minutes the Kansas offense was on the field — an improvement from the previous two games when the offense was on the field for more than 20 minutes.
50 — Number of passing attempts for senior quarterback Jason Swanson.
Kansas received a break during its second drive of the game. Colorado was flagged for a 5-yard penalty for running into the kicker. Coach Mark Mangino chose to go for the first down and ran a play action pass. Luke was sacked and Kansas turned the ball over on downs.
4 — Touchdown passes by Colorado quarterback Joel Klatt.
Key Plays:
8 — Catches for junior cornerback/wide receiver Charles Gordon.
Extra points:
Quarterback Joel Klatt hit a wide open Joe Klopfenstein for a 40-yard touchdown pass. Safety Rodney Fowler couldn't bring Klopfenstein, who broke tackles for another 15 yards and the touchdown which put Colorado up 16-3.
Senior wide receiver Mark Simmons, with five catches for 76 yards, moved into first place on the Kansas all-time reception list. He has 137.
Gordon's touchdown reception in the second quarter was his ninth of his career and put him in a tie for 10th place on Kansas 'all-time touchdown list.
The Colorado victory against Kansas was the fifth straight in the series against Kansas.
For the second consecutive game, Gordon and freshman wide receiver Marcus Herford started on offense. Gordon did not start at cornerback and saw limited action there mainly on third downs.
Team Offense:
Team Offense:
KU CU
First Downs 22 14
Rushes-yards (Net) 34-61 29-104
Passing Yards (Net) 293 200
Passes (Att-comp-int) 55-27-3 30-18-0
Total Offense (Plays-yards) 89-354 59-304
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Robinett
五 minutes into the game,
the Jayhawks lost 11 yards on
a fourth down conversion attempt,
and gave up a touchdown
three plays later. No problem.
Later in that quarter, a bad snap led to sophomore punter Kyle Tucker taking an intentional safety. The team staved resilient.
But when Colorado blocked a Kansas punt three minutes into
All of a sudden, what looked like a close game was a blowout.
On the next drive, Kansas fumbled the ball and Colorado scored another touchdown within three minutes. Then came a 62-yard Colorado touchdown pass, which was followed by an 81-yard punt return for another CU touchdown.
the second half, the Jayhawks were finished.
Above: Senior quarterback Jason Swanson pitches the ball before being tackled by Colorado's defense during Saturday's game in Boulder, Colo. Swanson was 26-for-50 for 291 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions.
This wasn't like the 31 point losses in the Tangerine Bowl or last year's game against Oklahoma, where Kansas's defense was
No, Colorado scored one cheap touchdown, and snowballed that momentum into 28 second half points. A team playing with maximum effort and intensity doesn't let that happen
completely overwhelmed by an opponent's passing game.
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But the Jayhawks did, and they paid the price with their fourth straight loss.
- Robinett is an Austin, Texas,
  senior in journalism. He is
  Kansas sports editor.
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