6B the university daily kansan
sports
monday, october 13,2003
Kansas junior kicker Johnny Beck kicked a 35-yard field goal to put the Jayhawks ahead 47-44 in overtime. Special teams problems cost the Jayhawks at least 4 points in Saturday's game as Beck missed a 40-yard field goal and Colorado blocked a Beck extra point and a Curtis Ansel punt.
COLORADO 50-KANSAS 47
Kansas Colorado
First Downs 20 35
Rushing Yards 164 179
Passing Yards 422 419
Fumbles - Lost 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 6-57 6-33
Interceptions-Yards 1-25 0-0
Sacks 1 2
3rd Downs 3-12 9-15
4th Downs 1-2 0-0
Possession Time 28:40 31:20
KANSAS
Passing
Comp.-Att. Yards TD INT
Bill Whittemore 19-29 422 3 0
Nick Reid 1-1 0 0 0
Charles Gordon 0-1 0 0 0
Rushing
Clark Green 17 103 1
Bill Whittemore 15 45 2 3.0
John Randle 2 12 0 6.0
Charles Gordon 1 4 0 4.0
Austine Nwabuisi 1 2 0 2.0
Team 1 -2 0 -2.0
Receiving
Rec. Yards TD Long
Mark Simmons 6 152 1 47
Brandon Rideau 5 107 1 64
Clark Green 4 72 0 45
Charles Gordon 2 41 1 41
Denver Lattimore 2 41 0 39
Moderick Johnson 1 9 0 9
COLORADO
Passing Comp.-Att. Yards TD INT Joel Klatt 38-54 419 2 1
Eric Braem/Kansan
Colorado sophomore tailback Brian Calhoun scored the game-winning touchdown on a 12-yard run in overtime. Calhoun ran for 135 of the Buffaloes' 598 total yards. The Jayhawks put up 586 total yards.
COLORADO: Kansas defense misses tackles, opportunity to beat Buffaloes
Rushing Att. Yards TD Avg.
Brian Calhoun 24 135 1 5.6
Daniel Jolly 6 17 2 2.8
Lawrence Vickers 3 16 0 5.3
Jeremy Bloom 1 14 0 14.0
Joel Klatt 4 5 1 1.3
Ron Monteilh 1 -8 0 -8.0
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Thirteen-yard scrambles by both Whittemore and sophomore tailback Clark Green started the drive. Then, Whittemore threw a jump ball deep to sophomore receiver Mark Simmons. Simmons acrobatically plucked the pass off the helmet of Colorado cornerback Phil Jackson.
Recording Rec. Yards TD Long
D.J. Hackett 8 93 1 26
Derek McCoy 8 72 0 21
Jeremy Bloom 5 97 0 34
Ron Monteilh 5 45 0 18
Lawrence Vickers 4 23 0 10
Brian Calhoun 4 14 0 11
Joe Klopfenstein 3 63 1 48
Jesse Wallace 1 12 0 12
With the Buffaloes' defense mystified by the Simmons' grab, Rideau wrestled his way for 12 yards inside the Colorado 10-yard line. To cap off the drive, Whittemore dove for the left corner of the endzone, just getting the ball on the pylon, making the score 17-14.
The Jayhawks almost allowed the momentum slip away minutes later. A fake punt attempt on fourth-and-three failed, but Kansas rebounded on a Colorado fumble just three plays later.
Kansas turned the Colorado mishap into another touchdown drive, with a 39-yard strike from Whitmore to senior tight end Denver Lattimore being the key. Whittimore again scored, with a one-yard touchdown run, giving Kansas a 21-17 lead.
The Jayhawks then let their temper get the best of them.
tailback Daniel Holly punching in a two-yard touchdown that drained nearly five minutes off the game clock. A failed two-point conversion left Colorado still down 35-30.
Its Colorado sun will Kansas was able to match Colorado's success on the ground by gaining 54 of 75 yards on the next drive running the ball. Johnny Beck hit a 22-yard field goal that put the Jayhawks up by eight, at 38-30.
First, a late hit by freshman safety Jerome Kemp on the kickoff gave the Buffaloes the ball at midfield. Then, with the defense gradually tightening on Colorado, a personal foul on a third-and-eight play gave the Buffaloes a second wind. Klatt then found Hackett for a 25-yard touchdown, putting Colorado up 24-21.
In the second half, both teams hoped to control the clock with a ground attack, but the points kept coming.
Refusing to slow down, it only took the Jayhawks five plays to once again claim the lead before the half. This time it was Green carrying the load, starting the drive with a 45-yard reception, and ending it with a nine yard touchdown plunge.
With Colorado refusing to go away late in the third quarter, Jolly's second touchdown run pulled the Buffs to within two points. On another conversion attempt, D.J. Hackett was able to drag his toes in bounds on a come-back catch to tie the game at 38-38.
To completely deflate the Buffaloes before halftime, a Nick Reid interception and a miracle touchdown did the trick.
Colorado got things started, with
With one second left on the clock, Rideau tapped a Hail Mary pass out of a clump of players in the endzone into the hands of Charles Gordon, giving the Jayhawks a 45-yard touchdown to take into the locker room with a 35-24 lead.
"It's not drawn up in the dirt, it's a play we practice," coach Mark Mangino said.
To start the fourth quarter, Whittemore again hit Simmons on a deep ball. The 47-yard reception took Kansas all the way to the Colorado 25-yard line, but Johnny Beck missed a 40-yield field goal attempt three plays later.
Colorado's second-longest streak of consecutive third down conversions in school history was snapped at seven on the ensuing drive, as Kansas forced a punt for only the second time on the afternoon.
Whittemore found his most dangerous receiver — sophomore Mark Simmons. Simmons had catches of 34 and 15 yards to get the Jayhawks into the red zone, and then his fouryard touchdown catch put his team on top once again. A blocked extra point, that later proved crucial, made the score 44-38.
With 5:24 remaining, Colorado's drive stalled at the Kansas 24-yard line after junior defensive end Monroe Weekley batted a Klatt pass on third down and sacked him on the next play. Crosby's 41-yard field goal made it 44-41 in favor of Kansas, and left the pressure on Colorado's defense to make a huge stop.
on an explosion in a building.
As Calhoun crossed the goalline,
sophomore linebacker Banks
In Kansas' first overtime contest since 2000, the Jayhawks took the ball first and Johnny Beck's 35-yard field goal gave Kansas a 47-44 advantage.
The Buffaloes stepped up to the challenge, getting the ball back in Klatts hands with 3:53 left. Klatto took his offense 89 yards on 11 plays, culminating in Crosby's 23-yard field goal with just seven seconds left in regulation, sending the game into overtime.
Colorado tailback Brian Calhoun only needed three carries to score the winning touchdown. It ended an epic battle with a Colorado victory and set off an explosion at Folsom Field.
Floodman fell to his knees. Floodman was the picture of agony and disbelief, oblivious to the mob of Colorado players swarming in the endzone.
Defensively, Mangino said his team's biggest difficulty was missed tackles, which plagued the Jayhawks all day. His players said the loss would inspire them for next week's home-coming meeting with Baylor.
"It needs to piss you off, and if it doesn't,byou have problems," Floodman said. "None of us want to have this feeling again."
Even though the loss will loom in the Jayhawks' heads until they take the field next weekend, there is still a big positive that can come from the loss.
"There's nobody crying, there's nobody feeling bad for themselves, that's not KU football," Mangino said. "We're gonna be men about this thing. Today is lost if we don't learn from our mistakes. We can control whether we gain something from today."
Kansas football notes
Sophomore linebacker Gabe Toomey was knocked out of the game with an injury early in the third quarter. He did not return, but Mangino said he expected Toomey to play against Baylor.
Kansas football recordbook
Bill Whittemore moved into third place all-time on the school's list for touchdowns responsible for. His five touchdowns against Colorado give him 42 in his short career. He trails former tailback June Henley (1993-1996) by just one touchdown, and quarterback Chip Hilleary (1989-1992) by six.
Whittimore's 422 yards through the air were the second-most ever a single game in school history.
The 47 points against Colorado made five straight games in which the Jayhawks have scored 35 or more points. That eclipses the old school record of four games.
Edited by Ashley Marriott
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