DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
MISSOURI 24
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REWIND
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Senior running back Rell Lewis gets tackled by his opponent from Missouri during Saturday's game against Missouri at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Lewis had two catches.
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Sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb talks on the phone with coaches after throwing an interception in the second half Saturday. Kansas lost the game 24-10.
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Coach Turner Gill directs players during Saturday's game against Missouri at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Gill had five wins while coaching for Kansas.
Junior safety Bradley McDougald: McDougald scored the lone Jayhawk touchdown of the day on a 57-yard interception return in the second quarter to give the Jayhawks a 10-0 lead. He also recorded eight tackles on the day and one tackle for a loss.
Game balls
Senior Linebacker Steven Johnson: Johnson has become a game ball fixture for the Jayhawks this season He led the Jayhawks in tackling once again, recording 10 stops, all of them solo tackles.
McDougald
Johnson
Sophomore reciever Christian Matthews:Matthews ran the offense well throughout the game. He had 5.2 yards per carry and completed his first pass of the season out of the Jayhawk formation.
Matthews
Game notes
The glass is half full: The football season is over, and the basketball team has shown enough promise that fans will quickly forget this season.
The glass is half empty: The 2-10 record is the worst for the Jayhawks since they went 2-10 in former coach Mark Mangino's initial season in 2002.
Delay of game
Kansas special teams: For the second week in a row, the special teams had a bad snap on a punt, causing them to give Missouri the ball in good field position. The Tigers took advantage, going on to score the game-tying touchdown.
Sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb: Webb couldn't provide the offensive spark through the air when the passing game failed. He completed nine passes on the day and threw two interceptions.
Webb
Freshman running back Darian Miller: Miller, who emerged as a big part of the Jayhawk running game this season, was suspended from the game because of a violation of team rules. The Jayhawks missed his presence, as they rushed for only 65 yards in the game.
Miller
Looking ahead
Still questioning
Why did Gill called a timeout at the end of the first half? After wasting two timeouts early to debate whether to go for it on fourth down, Gill called a timeout after getting a sack with less than 40 seconds left on second down. Missouri took a knee and went into the half. The timeout was meaningless and shows his incompetence to properly manage a game.
With the Jayhawk season over, the fans will have to focus their attention to the 2012 season. Because Missouri and Texas A&M are leaving the conference, the full schedule is not yet available, but the non-conference slate is set with South Dakota State and Rice coming to Lawrence and a game in Dekalb, Ill., against Northern Illinois.
Final thought
To say it is a rough season for the Jayhawks is an understatement, but the Jayhawks did show flashes of being a good football team. They could never get both sides of the ball to play well the entire game in Big 12 play. The Jayhawks return many starters from the young team next year, but only have seven commits so far for next season. The next few months will be big determining the success the team will have next season.
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Junior wide receiver D.J. Beshears gets tackled midair during Saturday afternoon's game against Missouri at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Beshears had two catches and a total of 12 yards.
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Junior wide receiver Kale Pick reaches out to try and catch an overthrown ball Saturday against Missouri. Pick had two catches for 20 yards in the loss.