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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2011
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 7 0 3 0 10 Iowa State 3 7 0 3 13
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Webb
Jayhawk stat leaders
Passing 127
Miller
Rushing 70
Beshears
Receiving 45
Kansas
Passing Cmp-Att Int Yds TD Long
Jordan Webb 13-21 0 127 0 21
Rushing No Yds TD Long
Darrian Miller 17 70 0 15
James Sims 11 51 1 17
Brandon Bourbon 2 25 0 20
D.J. Beshears 3 28 0 22
Jordan Webb 6 9 0 5
Receiving No Yds TD Long
D.J. Beshears 5 45 0 20
Christian Matthews 3 25 0 12
Kale Pick 3 35 0 18
Marquis Jackson 1 21 0 21
Darrian Miller 1 1 0 1
Kicking FG Long XP
Ron Doherty 1 19 0
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20
Ron Doherty 4 162 40.5 49 2
Iowa State
Iowa State
Passing Cmp-Att Int Yds TD Long
Jared Barnett 16-30 1 175 0 31
Rushing No Yds TD Long
Jared Barnett 22 125 0 31
Jeff Woody 9 62 0 25
James White 10 38 0 10
Aaron Horne 1 18 1 18
Receiving No Yds TD Long
Albert Gary 5 57 0 31
Jarvis West 3 35 0 19
Aaron Horne 2 31 0 17
Kicking FG Long XP
Zach Guyer 2/2 42 1/1
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20
Kirby Van Der Kamp 2 89 44.5 49 0
Schedule
*all games in bold are at home
DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME
SEPT. 3 MCNEESE STATE W, 42-24
SEPT.10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W, 45-42
SEPT. 17 GEORGA TECH L, 66-24
OCT. 1 TEXAS TECH L, 45-34
OCT. 8 OKLAHOMA STATE L, 70-28
OCT. 15 OKLAHOMA L, 47-17
OCT. 22 KANSAS STATE L, 59-21
OCT. 29 TEXAS L, 43-0
NOV. 5 IOWA STATE L, 13-10
NOV. 12 BAYLOR TBA
NOV. 19 TEXAS A&M TBA
NOV. 26 MISSOURI 11 a.m.
FOOTBALL REWIND
CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN
Coach Turner Gill walks off the field at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa, after the Jayhawks fell 10-13. Kansas is now 2-7 for the season and 0-6 in Big 12 play.
KANSAS 10. IOWA STATE 13
Defense plays its best game of the season
FTHAN PADWAY
epadway@kansan.com
AMES, Iowa — With the largest crowd in attendance in the history of Jack Trice Stadium screaming in its face, the much maligned Kansas defense stepped up its game, delivering its best performance yet under second-year coach Turner Gill.
"We definitely did a good job today playing as one unit," junior safety Bradley McDougald said. "A lot of guys were out there just playing passionately."
But the offense left it out to dry, forcing it come up with big stops throughout the afternoon in the 13-10 loss to Iowa State.
McDougald said the team didn't have anything to lose.
"We were just out there giving it
our all," he said. "Coaches made a call and we executed."
The 13 points the defense allowed were the fewest allowed by a Kansas team in a Big 12 game since 2007.
It performed admirably enough for Gill to say it was the best performance he's seen in his time at Kansas.
The defense didn't let the Cyclones' young quarterback Jared Barnett exploit it with his arm. The Jayhawks limited him to 175 yards passing and managed to force three turnovers, stalling the Cyclones drives and getting the ball back to the offense.
"It's a young quarterback, so coach was talking all week long that you can see he looks down a lot of his options and he doesn't look off a lot of receivers," McDougald said.
The defense held Cyclone running back James White to 36 yards a week
after he torched Texas Tech for 138 yards.
As good as the defense played, it still showed that there is much room for improvement.
Barnett, in his second career start, routinely escaped the defense's contain on third and long.
With the pressure ratcheted up on third down, Barnett would wait for the defensive backs to fall back into their zones and a seam to appear in the defensive line. He would then take off and reach the first down marker with no defender in the area.
"Every time that they had to make a play, he made the play running the ball, in most cases," Gill said.
Gill said that was what hurt the lavhawks.
"He was the key to the game and I have to give him a lot of credit,"
Gill said. "He definitely moved their football team and is helping them to win games."
Still, with the clock ticking down and the Cyclone offense rolling, the Jayhawk defense dug its heels in and stopped Barnett from leading his team into the red zone.
They held the Cyclones to a field goal and gave the ball back to the offense.
"They played great," sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb said. "They really made it hard on their offense. They were harassing their quarterback all game. I thought they played inspired and I think that's a good thing for us to keep building."
Edited by Mike Lavien
Quote of the game
"I felt like we should've run up the middle."
Junior receiver D.J. Beshears on the Jayhawks decision to kick a field goal on fourth and goal from the Cyclone two-yard line in the third quarter
Beshears
Game balls
Junior receiver D.J. Beshears: This week the Kansas coaches decided to get more creative in trying to get the ball into the hands of one of their playmakers. It paid off when he took a reverse 22 yards to the end zone for the Jayhawks' first points since the Kansas State game.
Junior safety Bradley McDougald: McDougald was everywhere for the rejuvenated Jayhawk defense with 11 total tackles, 10 of them solo, two tackles for losses, an interception and a forced fumble.
Defensive coordinator Vic Shealy: Shealy's unit played their best game of the season. The Jayhawks' game plan to stop the Cyclone offense worked for most of the game and put the team in position to win the game.
Beshears
McDougald
Shealy
Game notes
The glass is half empty: The Jayhawks couldn't win what looked like the most-winnable game left on the schedule. It is starting to look a lot like the Jayhawks might go winless in Big 12 play.
The glass is half full: For the first time since the Northern Illinois game, the Kansas still had a chance to win the game in the fourth quarter. Offensive coordinator Chuck Long tried some rather inventive play calling to try and open up the offense; it was good to see some creativity by the coaching staff.
Between the questionable kicking calls and the prospects of a winless Big 12 season on the brink, Gill's seat must be burning up right now.
Gill hot seat watch
Delay of game
Sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb: Webb continued to struggle against the Iowa State defense. He only threw for 127 yards and overtrew open receivers as the Jayhawk offense sputtered down the stretch.
sopnonore running back James Sims: Sims had a costly fumble inside the red zone in the second quarter, ending a Jayhawk scoring opportunity.
Webb
Sims
Gill
Coach Turner Gill: Gill made some questionable play calls in tight situations that didn't pay out for the Jayhawks, such as electing to kick a field goal from the opponent's two-yard line.
The Jayhawks' return to Memorial Stadium to face the Baylor Bears at home. The Bears had lost three of their last four before defeating Missouri 42-39 at home on Saturday.
Looking ahead
Final thought
Can the Jayhawk offense move the ball under pressure? The Jayhawks have had some successful garbage time two-minute drills over the course of Big 12 play, but have yet to prove themselves against a BCS-caliber opponent. The offense got the ball in the fourth quarter with more than four minutes left and promptly went three and out. In the entire fourth quarter, the offense gained just 25 yards in the fourth quarter.
Still questioning
In the first half it looked like the Jayhawks were possibly going to pull it out. Despite winning the third quarter 3-0, the offense collapsed in the fourth and reverted to the type of play fans have come to expect from this team.
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