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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
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League has another winning weekend
BY TAYLOR BERN
tbern@kansan.com
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oklahma wide receiver Manuel Johnson leaves TCU defender Tejay Johnson behind as he scores in the second quarter on Saturday in Norman, Okla.
NO.1 OKLAHOMA 35,
Positive Yardage: Sam Bradford threw for the third most single game yardage (411) in Sooner history and wide receiver Manuel Johnson broke the single game record for receiving yards (206). Johnson set the record with just five catches, the longest a 76-yard bomb, and three of his receptions went for touchdowns.
Negative Yardage: The Sooners netted just 25 yards on the ground and Bradford — a 79 percent passer entering the game - completed only 19-of-34 (56 percent).
TCU10
Next Week: At Baylor
Positive Yardage: Junior quarterback Colt McCoy picked apart the Razorback secondary with an all-around attack. He completed 17-of-19 passes for 185 yards and three touchdowns, and also ran the ball times for 84 yards and a pair of scores. The Longhorn defense allowed 0.4 vards per rush.
NO. 5 TEXAS 52
ARKANSAS 10
Negative Yardage: Running back Vondrell McGee gained just 48 yards on 16 carries. Besides that there were no faults in Texas' game.
Next Week: At Colorado
NO. 21 OSU 55, TROY 24
Positive Yardage: The Cowboys eclipsed 50 points for the third straight game thanks to Zac Robinson's three touchdowns passes to Dez Bryant and a pair of 100-yard rushers. Sophomore Kendall Hunter rushed for 169 yards and two scores on 25 carries, while junior Keith Tosten tossed in 114 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The defense forced three turnovers.
Negative Yardage: Like it's highly-ranked compatriots, it's hard to find holes in Oklahoma State's game. The Cowboys scored in the double-digits every quarter and held the
ball more than 41 minutes. Next Week: Texas A&M
FLORIDA STATE 39
COLORADO 21
Positive Yardage: Freshman tailback Rodney Stewart continued his stellar season with 107 yards on 21 carries. Defensively, the Buffs held the Seminoles to 119 yards through the air.
Negative Yardage: Senior Antone Smith rushed for more yards Saturday night than he had entering the game. Smith continually killed the Colorado defense, punishing it with 154 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries. As a team, Florida State rushed for 259 yards.
Next Week: No. 5 Texas
TEXAS A&M 21, ARMY 17
Positive Yardage: The Aggie defense surrendered four passing yards. Offensively, freshman Cyrus Gray broke a 60-yard gain and senior Javorski Lane averaged over five yards in his first extended action of the season.
Negative Yardage: Mike Sherman had two quarterbacks, which really means he had none. Stephen McGee and Jerrod Johnson each struggled and the offense limped along with them. Army rushed for 280 yards and controlled the ball for 13 more minutes than Texas A&M.
Next Week: At No. 21 Oklahoma State
NO. 20 VIRGINIA TECH
35. NEBRASKA 30
Positive Yardage: Seven Nebraska receivers caught a pass for at least a 10-yard gain. Senior Nate Swift made three receptions for 58 yards, but more importantly returned a punt 88 yards for a touchdown that brought the Cornhuskers within five points mid-way through the fourth quarter.
Negative Yardage: Nebraska's rushing attack was non-existent, as it sputtered for 55 yards on 25 carries. The Cornhusker's offense converted only two of their 11 third down attempts. Virginia Tech rushed for over 200 yards and
senior kicker Dustin Keys booted four field goals.
Next Week: At No. 4 Missouri
KSU 45,LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE 37
Positive Yardage: Junior Josh Freeman's 272 passing yards moved him atop the school record books for career passing yardage. Freeman completed 21-of-28 passes for three scores and rushed for another two. Also getting it done on the ground was wide receiver Lamark Brown. Brown came into
the game with one rushing attempt for minus-12 yards on the year, but started at tailback and carried the ball 29 times for 137 yards and a score.
Negative Yardage: Kansas State's defense allowed senior Tyrell Fenroy to have his way all night. Fenroy carried 20 times for 183 yards and three touchdowns. The Ragin' Cajuns finished the game with 335 total rushing yards.
Next Week: No. 7 Texas Tech
power rankings
Arthur Hur
1. Oklahoma
2. Missouri
3. Texas
4. Oklahoma State
5. Texas Tech
6. Kansas
7. Colorado
8. Nebraska
9. Baylor
10. Kansas State
11. Iowa State
12. Texas A&M
—Taylor Bern
SPORTS BRIEFS Chiefs finally win after 11-month dry spell
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It didn't seem like 11 months to Brian Waters since Kansas City's last victory.
"It seemed like 10 years," said the veteran left guard, grinning ear-to-ear. "It's a sigh of relief to be able to have a little bit of joy in your life."
Larry Johnson, two weeks after complaining that he was being phased out, ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns to lead the previously winless Chiefs past the previously unbeaten Broncos 33-19 Sunday, snapping a franchise-record 12-game losing streak.
"It's like getting the whole world off your back," said rookie cornerback Brandon Flowers, whose 37-yard fumble return set up Johnson's 1-yard TD run. "Twelve games, that's real tough."
The Chiefs had not won since Oct. 21, 2007. Until Nick Novak kicked the first of his three field goals in the first quarter, they hadn't even held a lead since halftime against Tennessee on Dec. 16 — a span of 22 quarters.
"It was ridiculous," safety Jarrad Page said. "Coming in here after that game was one of the best feelings I've had in the NFL."
AP Top 25 rankings shookup; Sooners No.1
NEW YORK — Oklahoma,
where the No. 1 ranking rests
again.
The Sooners sit atop the AP Top 25 on Sunday after the first upset-filled weekend of the season gave the media poll a powerful shake. Alabama was both a mover and a shaker, as the Crimson Tide rose to No. 2 after a surprising 41-30 pounding of Georgia.
Previously top-ranked Southern California lost at Oregon State to set the tone for a weekend that brought back memories of the topsy-turvy 2007 season.
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