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Monday, October 31, 1994
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Kansas coach Glen Mason said he was not as upbeat about the touchdown. He worried that the players might lower their intensity.
up and ready to roll."
"That was too easy." Mason said. "But we did get a big play and got ahead 7-0."
Junior wide receiver Ashaulandra Smith said he was surprised by Levine's touchdown run
"You never expect to score in the first two plays," he said.
However, Mason's concerns about a Kansas letdown were disjoint. Just the opposite happened. Henley said.
" (Levine's run) put a lot of enthusiasm back in us," he said. "You try to do it some more."
Levine added a 51-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, but it was called back as the Jahawks were whistled for a holding penalty. Had the run counted, Levine would have had more than 200 yards for the day.
The key to Levine's success was the line and quarterbacks Asheikh Preston and Mark Williams. Levine said they nicked up the Cowboy blitz and adjusted well.
"The line, they did a great job today," Levine said. "I just had to run. That's all I had to do."
Preston said Kansas' strong rushing day, which totaled 285 vards, benefited the entire team.
"Our offense was clicking today, as far as the rush helping the pass and the pass helping the rush," he said.
Kansas marched 40 yards on six plays and scored
JAYHAWKS: Team recovers from tough loss
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20-17, his players were having none of those thoughts.
"The coach may perceive it one way," senior linebacker Don Davis said, adding that the players were not down on Wednesday.
After a meeting Monday, the Jayhawks were ready for the Cowboys Davis said.
Neither team scored again until the second half. The Cowboys turned the ball on downs on the first drive of the second half when they failed to convert a fourth-and-three at the Kansas 45.
"This put us back in it," he said, referring to Kansas' chances for a post-season bowl. "People are counting us out. We're still in it."
on a two-yard run by senior fullback Costello Good.
Kansas improved to 5-3 overall and 2-2 in the Big Eight Conference. The Cowboys dropped to 3-4-1 and 0-3-1.
The Jayhawks scored 10 points on their first two drives, including a 48-yard field goal by freshman kicker Jeff McCord. The kick tied his career-long goal field.
The Jayhawks' big play of the drive was a 24-yard pass from senior quarterback Asheikd Preston to junior wide receiver Ashaudai Smith.
Smith had 93 total yards, including a 27-yard touchdown reception from junior quarterback Mark Williams.
"I just tried to get in the way." Preston said about his blocking. "We let it all hang loose."
Although Levine had 161 yards on 20 carries against the Cowboys, Smith made a strong case for being put in the running back rotation. Smith led the team in average yards per carry, running for 42 yards on three carries — a 14-yard average. All three carries were reverses on which Preston threw a block.
Smith wasn't the only player to have success running the ball. Levine became the 31st player in Kansas football history to rush for 1,000 career yards.
"I got on a roll today, and I got to stay in," Levine said. "I probably had the most carries I had all season."
His previous high in carries was against Houston.
Levine carried the ball 19 times for 71 yards and two touchdowns against Houston.
Oklahoma State also had some success rushing the ball. Kansas opponents had only averaged 105 yards a game, but the Cowboys rushed for 244 yards against the third-best rushing defense in the Big Eight Conference.
Davis was not impressed by the Jayhawks performance, although they held Oklahoma State to 14 points.
"Your only as good as your last performance," Davis said. "We didn't play very well."
Nevertheless, the statistics show that Kansas played well in areas that previously had plagued the team.
Kansas kept the Cowboys from converting on third down 12 times in 17 attempts. The Jayhawks allowed their opponents to convert on 51 out of 102 third-down attempts coming into the game.
"If they had a third-and-long,we took it personally and we stopped them," freshman cornerback Jason Harris said.
Oklahoma State converted only one out of 10 third down situations of seven yards or longer.
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