U N I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
Jayhawk FOOTBALL
COLORADO 51, KANSAS26
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1994
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Colorado junior tailback Rashaan Salaam runs through an arm tackle of Kansas freshman linebacker Jason Thoren. Salaam ran for 232 yards on 30 carries with three touchdowns.
CONFERENCE
SCORES
SECTION E
Kansas State 21
Missouri 18
Nebraska 28
Iowa State 12
Oklahoma 33
Oklahoma St. 14
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Nebraska 6-0-0
Colorado 5-1-0
Kansas St. 4-2-0
Oklahoma 4-2-0
Kansas 2-4-0
Missouri 2-40
Buffaloes trample Kansas 51-26
Okla St. 0.51
Iowa State 0-5-1
New AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 12, total points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote.
rank team record pts. pr
1. Nebraska (39) 13-0 1,527 1
Penn. St. (23) 9-0 1,509 2
Florida 8-1 1,351 4
Alabama 10-0 1,332 6
Miami 8-1 1,285 5
Auburn 9-0 1,240 3
7. Colorado 9-1 1,237 7
Florida St. 8-1 1,176 8
Texas A&M 9-1 1,024 9
Colorado St. 9-1 927 10
Kansas St. 7-2 870 11
Oregon 8-3 856 15
Southern Cal. 7-2 821 17
Virginia Tech 7-2 841 16
Michigan 7-3 686 19
Virginian 7-2 528 21
BC 6-2 477 25
Washington 7-3 434 22
Arizona 7-3 394 13
BYU 9-2 303 23
Utah 8-2 302 12
Ohio St. 8-3 238 —
Miss. St. 7-3 230 —
Duke 8-2 204 18
N.C. St. 7-2 174 —
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 118,
Air Force 66, North Carolina 55, Illinois
49, Nevada 14, Notre Dame 10, Baylor
9, Central Michigan 9, Washington
State 7, Texas 5, Georgia 1, Tennessee
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Source: The Associated Press KANGAN
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Kansas wide receiver Ashaundal Smith scores a touchdown in the second quarter against Colorado in Memorial Stadium.
No bowl game for Kansas
By Matt Irwin
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas football team walked off the field in silence Saturday.
An occasional fan would tell them, "Good try," or a child would ask for a player's wristbands. But the 20 seniors on the Kansas football team and the rest of the team walked away in disbelief of what now faces them.
"This totally blows me away," senior tight end Brent Willeford said after the Jayhawks' 51-26 loss to No. 7 Colorado. "That was the last thing I expected, to get totally handled like that."
Kansas has only four Division I-A victories because one of its victories came against Division I-AAA Alabama-Birmingham. A team needs six Division I-A victories to qualify for a bowl
The loss dropped the Jayhawks' record to 5-5 overall and 2-4 in the Big Eight Conference. And because of the loss, the Jayhawks now face only one more game this season with no chance of playing in a bowl game.
game, and the Jayhawks only have one game left.
Without a chance at a bowl game, the Jayhawks' game at Missouri on Nov. 19 has become a consolation game. Kansas can have a winning season for the third time in four seasons by defeating Missouri. This is especially important to a senior class that has compiled a 24-21 record during the past four years, including two victories in three games against Missouri.
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"We've invested a lot in our years here," senior quarterback Ashelik Preston said. "To come up with only one bowl game, those guys deserve more."
"When I came to KU, I came in a winner, and I intend to leave a winner," Willford said. "I have every intention of leaving 6-5."
The last class with a four-year winning record played from 1973 to 1976, compiling a 24-21-1 record. That group played in the 1973 Liberty Bowl and the 1975 Sun Bowl, losing both games.
Kansas sophomore running back June Henley gets mauled by a group of Colorado defensive players..
Jayhawks can't stop Colorado stampede
By Matt Irwin
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas junior wide receiver Ashauntaal Smith did his best impression of a Heisman candidate in Saturday's game against Colorado, but so did three of Colorado's offensive standouts.
Kansas lost 51-26 to a Colorado team led by Heisman trophy candidates, running back Rashaen Salaam, quarterback Kordell Stewart and wide receiver Michael Westbrook.
Kansas dropped to 5-5, 2-4 in the Big Eight Conference; and No. 7 Colorado improved to 9-1, 5-1 in the Big Eight.
Smith finished with 288 total yards Saturday, catching five passes for 153 yards and returning six kickoffs for 135 yards, including one 45-yard return.
Smith's first catch was a 25-yard touchdown pass, cutting Colorado's lead to 14-7. Smith also caught a 60-yard pass that he took down the sideline to the Colorado 13-yard line. The catch led to a Kansas touchdown, making the score 31-14.
"I went out there and gave it all that I could, but we didn't come close to beating them," Smith said. "It's frustrated." Smith's performance was one of the few things that pleased Kansas coach Glen Mason.
Mason's defense, however, could not stop Colorado's three weapons: Salaam, Stewart and Westbrook.
"He's playing as good as anybody playing in our league." Mason said. "He's playing his heart out."
Westbrook caught six passes for 117 yards and became No. 1 in career receiving yards at Colorado. Westbrook's longest catch was a 51-yard pass he caught on the first third down of the game.
"This has been the year of the third down for me." Mason said. "I've always said that the third down was critical."
Colorado converted six of 12 third-down situations in the game. The Buffaloes rushed for 397 yards and passed for 242 yards in recording 33 first downs and scoring seven touchdowns. Colorado scored on eight of its 11 possessions. On their other three possessions, the Buffaloes missed a field goal, punted once and held the ball on the last possession of the game.
Heisman trophy candidate Salaam contributed 232 yards rushing and three touchdowns. He also caught three passes for 16 vards.
Stewart, not to be upstaged, completed 15 out of 23 passes for 202 yards and two touchdown passes. He also rushed for 47 yards on six carries.
The Kansas defense had difficulty stopping the Buffalo attack.
Although the Kansas players didn't get down when Colorado scored two touchdowns on its first two drives, they said they had learned that Colorado was tough to stop once the Buffaloes had started scoring.
Mason said that he had moved senior free safety Kwamie Lassiter to cornerback and had replaced him with Maurice Gaddie to give the team more size to stop the run.
"After they scored in the second half, I don't think we counted ourselves out, but it hurt," junior tailback L.T. Levine said.
"When a team like Colorado gets on a roll, you can't stop them." Kansas senior tailend Brent Willeford said.
Colorado took a 24-7 lead into halftime, and a Kansas comeback seemed even more unlikely when the Buffaloes scored the first points of the second half after a Kansas turnover.
Mason said he was surprised by his team's performance. "Did I think that we'd play better, play tougher against Colorado? Yes. I did." he said.
Source The Associated Press
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