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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007
sports trivia of the day
Q: Kansas football is 10-0 for the first time since 1899 and reached 10 wins total for the first time since 1995. When was the last time Kansas won 11 games in a season?
KU football media guide
A. Kansas has never won 11 games in a season before and has a chance to reach that milestone this Saturday at home against Iowa State.
sports fact of the day
KU football media guide
Kansas football's victory against Oklahoma State was its first against the Cowboys since 1995.
sports quote of the day
"They are a very solid football team because they don't make mistakes and don't beat themselves"
Men's Basketball vs. Washburn, 7 p.m., Lawrence Swimming, Houston Diving Invitational, all day, Houston
Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State football coach, after Saturday's game
WEDNESDAY
Women's Basketball vs.
UMKC, 7 p.m., Lawrence
Volleyball at Kansas State, 7
p.m., Manhattan, Kan.
WEDNESDAY
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Swimming. Houston Diving Invitational, all day, Houston
SATURDAY
THURSDAY
Swimming, Houston Diving Invitational, all day, Houston Volleyball vs. Iowa State, 11 a.m., Lawrence
FRIDAY
Football vs. Iowa State; 2:30 p.m., Lawrence
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Ahead of the game
Lauren Hickman, Riverside, Mo., Junior, and Chris Sobba, Parkville, Mo., Junior, entertain themselves with knitting and a football while camping out for ticket pick-up for the Kansas-Missouri game at Arrowhead Stadium Nov. 24. Mr. Hickman and Sobba said they were the first group to arrive outside the ticket office. They got there at 1:30 a.m. Sunday to be able to pick up tickets this morning.
AP top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 10, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| Team | Record | Pts | Pvs |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. LSU (40) | 9-1 | 1,590 | 2 |
| 2. Oregon (22) | 8-1 | 1,574 | 3 |
| 3. Oklahoma (1) | 9-1 | 1,471 | 4 |
| 4. Kansas (1) | 10-0 | 1,439.5 |
| 5. West Virginia (1) | 8-1 | 1,340 | 6 |
| 6. Missouri | 10-1 | 1,336.7 |
| 7. Ohio State | 10-1 | 1,184 | 1 |
| 8. Georgia | 8-2 | 1,130 | 10 |
| 9. Arizona State | 9-1 | 1,122 | 9 |
| 10. Virginia Tech | 8-2 | 1,013 | 11 |
| 11. Southern Cal | 8-2 | 924 | 12 |
| 12. Texas | 9-2 | 859 | 15 |
| 13. Hawaii | 9-0 | 827 | 14 |
| 14. Florida | 7-3 | 814 | 17 |
| 15. Clemson | 8-2 | 613 | 20 |
| 16. Virginia | 9-2 | 539 | 23 |
| 17. Boston College | 9-1 | 533 | 19 |
| 18. Tennessee | 7-3 | 527 | 8 |
| 20. Illinois | 8-3 | 390 | — |
| 21. Cincinnati | 8-2 | 305 | — |
| 22. Kentucky | 8-3 | 283 | 24 |
| 23. Michigan | 8-3 | 237 | 13 |
| 24. Wisconsin | 8-3 | 182 | — |
| 25. Connecticut | 8-2 | 127 | 16 |
Others receiving votes. Penn St. 8, Auburn 72, BYU 56, South Florida 21, California 18, Mississippi St. 6, Arkansas 4, Air Force 2, Alabama 1
Broncos injure Huard, overcome Arrowhead advantage
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nobody is happier than Denver to see Kansas City's vaunted Arrowhead Stadium advantage melting away.
With backup Selvin Young rushing for 109 yards and Denver scoring two touchdowns 9 seconds apart, the injury-weakened Broncos beat the Chiefs 27-11 Sunday for their first win in Kansas City since 2002. It's the third home loss this year for
"The Chiefs have been so good over the years taking advantage of their home field, with their crowd, and finding a way to win," said Denver coach Mike Shanahan. "They have the best home record in the National Football League over the last five or six years and it's nice to come out with a win."
The Broncos (4-5) might also
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Week 12
The Denver Broncos weren't friendly to either Kansas City quarterback Sunday. Brodie Croyle, center, entered the game when Damon Huard left after multiple hard hits at the start of the second half. Croyle and Huard combined for four turnovers and were sacked a total of four times.
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have helped a new quarterback era get started for Kansas City (4-5).
Whip-armed Brodie Croyle replaced shaken-up, turnover-prone Damon Huard in the third quarter and the second-year pro could start next week in Indianapolis. Croyle was expected to be the starter this year, but coach Herm Edwards turned to Huard when Croyle played inconsistently in the preseason.
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Pollard blocked Todd Sauerbrun's punt through the end zone for a safety just a few seconds into the second quarter. Then Elam kicked his 37th career field goal of 50 yards or more when the ball hit the crossbar and tumbled over from exactly
"I haven't decided anything," Edwards said. "I'll think about it Monday and then we'll talk about what we're going to do at quarterback on Tuesday."
The home team had won the last nine games between these old rivals, and it seemed that would continue as the Broncos stumbled around in the first quarter, dropping two interceptions and getting six penalties.
50 yards.
Cutler, whose availability was in question earlier in the week because of a deep bruise on his left leg, was
17-of-29 for 192 yards,including an 18-yard touchdown pass to Daniel Graham with 10:44 left in the fourth quarter.
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