Monday, October 30.2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 3
Sooners blast 'Huskers in battle of nation's best
By Allan Davis
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
In Norman, Okla., No. 1 Nebraska (7-1, 4-1 Big 12 Conference) jumped out to an early 14-0 lead in the first seven minutes against No. 2 Oklahoma (7-0, 4-0). But the Sooners dominated after that, holding the Cornhuskers scoreleast the rest of the game and pulling off a 31-14 victory.
Oklahoma quarterback Josh Heupel completed 20 of 34 passes for 300 yards and a touchdown. Heupel's string of passes without an interception ended at 145 when 'Husker Troy Wachthorn picked off a pass in the third quarter.
Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch completed 12 of 27 passes for 133 yards and a touchdown and also ran 24 times for 103 yards, but Cornhusker running backs Dan Alexander, Correll Buckhalter and Willie Miller combined for only 90 yards.
No. 24 Texas A&M 26, No. 19 Kansas State 10
Texas A&M (6-2, 4-1), playing at home in College Station, Texas; jumped out to a first half lead of 19-0 against K-State (7-3, 2-2) and held on to beat the Wildcats.
No. 20 Texas 48, Baylor 14
275-pound Aggie fullback Ja'Mar
Toombs scored three touchdowns.
In Austin, Texas, Baylor (26, 0-5), which hadn't scored in three consecutive games, shocked Texas (6-2, 4-1) by scoring a touchdown on their first possession. The Longhorns then scored 34 consecutive points, taking a 34-7 lead.
The loss makes it extremely difficult for the Wildcats to land a Bowl Championship Series berth.
Texas quarterback Major Applewhite completed only 18 of 42 passes but gained 297 yards, breaking the Longhorn record for career passing yards.
Iowa State 39. Missouri 20
Iowa State running back Ennis Haywood, playing at home in Ames, Iowa, ran for 214 yards and two touchdowns, and the Cyclones clinched their first winning season in 11 years. The Cyclones (6-2, 3-2) also became eligible for their first bowl trip since 1978.
Colorado 37. Oldahoma State 21
Colorado (2-6, 2-3) handed Oklahoma State (2.5,0-4) its fifth-consecutive loss.
Missouri (2-6, 1-4) scored first, but Iowa State then scored 26 consecutive points, taking a 26-7 lead.
Colorado quarterback Craig Ochs, playing at home in Boulder, Colo., became the first Buffalo to run for a touchdown, pass for a touchdown and catch a touchdown pass in the same game.
Edited by Clay McCuistion
Jayhawks defy stats with superb offense
By Allan Davis
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Coming into Saturday's Kansas- Texas Tech football game, the Red Raider pass defense was ranked No.1 in the nation, yielding an average of only 123.6 yards per game.
The Jayhawk passing offense, led by senior quarterback Dylen Smith and ranked 86th in the nation before Saturday's game, had gained an average of 179.7 yards per game.
Texas Tech also was highly ranked in total defense. It was No.9 in the nation, holding opponents to only 277.5 yards per game. The Kansas offense came in ranked 70th in the nation, gaining an average of 351 yards per game.
On Saturday, however, the Jayhawks proved that statistics can be misleading.
Smith shredded the Texas Tech defense for 327 yards and two touchdowns, senior running back David Winbush added 120 yards rushing and the Jayhaws almost managed a come-from-behind victory against the Red Raiders.
Although Kansas lost the game 45-39, it gained a total of 499 yards and the offense demonstrated its ability to move the ball against the Texas Tech defense.
Winbush said the Jayhawk offense had improved as the season progressed.
"It just says a lot about our offense, how we're getting better every week," he said. "We're making strides. Our offensive line is playing better and better by the week."
Smith said the Jayhawks were not intimidated by Texas Tech's defensive reputation.
"We felt coming into this game we could move the ball on anybody," he said. "We obviously knew Texas Tech was a good team after seeing what they did to Kansas State last weekend. We just proved to everybody that we can play with anybody in this league."
Junior wide receiver Roger Ross, a Garden City Community College transfer who knows how to win after coming from a 10-2 junior college program, grabbed seven passes on Saturday for a total of 91 yards.
Ross said he had confidence in Kansas' offensive ability.
"We can drive on anybody," Ross said. "We can beat anybody we play. We've just got to come to play every day."
Kansas coach Terry Allen said the Jayhawks had enough offense to have won the game.
"For us to score 39 points against them. I would have suspected we probably were going to win the game," he said.
— Edited by John Audlehelm
Valiant effort ends in defeat
with 11:40 left after Derek Dorris burned Roe for the final time on a 12-yard touchdown pass. But just like Roe, Kansas never quit.
Continued from page 1B
Tech's lead was cut to 10 after senior quarterback Dylan Smith's 6-yard touchdown run, but Tech pushed it back to 13 on a field goal. Another quick Kansas drive led to a Smith touchdown run from 1 yard out, and the score was 45-39 with 2:02 left.
Trivia answer:
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The odds didn't look good, but Allen just wanted one drive to put the game and the season on the line.
"They've had a lot of opportunities to quit," Allen said. "If they wanted to quit, they would have quit here."
With the ball on its own 40. Smith completed a 14-yard pass to junior wide receiver Termine Fulton to generate some excitement in a sparse crowd of 26,000. After an incomplete pass, Fulton caught a 24-yarder to get the ball to Tech's 22-yard line. With four seconds left, Smith and Allen agreed on a Hail Mary, but the pass to junior wide receiver Harrison Hill was batted away when the Jayhawks needed it most.
"I kept on telling everybody don't quit," Smith said after his career-best 327 yards passing.
The Jayhawks now are 4-4 and must win two of their next three games to become bowl eligible — no small feat, considering the stretch starts Saturday at Nebraska.
"We're all we've got," Nesmith said. "We can't get fans to come to our game. We have to stick together."
Edited by J.R. Mendoza
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