JAYHAWK
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Football
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The 10th annual "Late Night with Roy Williams" kicked off the start of basketball seasons this weekend. The event included skits and a scrimmage. SEE PAGE 6B
Saturday's game - Kansas vs. Colorado
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Monday, October 20, 1997
Game summary
Kansas 3 3 0 0 — 6
Colorado 0 14 21 7 — 42
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Kan: FG Garcia 32, :37
Colo: M. Barnes 4 run (Aldrich kick), 13:08
Colo: Green 11 pass from Hessler (Aldrich kick), 7:09
Kao: GG, Ersatz 31, 1:39
Third Quarter
Colo: Stiggers 17 pass from Hessler (Aldrich kick), 7:23
Colo: Washington 25 interception return (Aldrich kick), 5:46
Colo: Hessler 16 run (Aldrich kick), 2:28
Fourth Quarter
Colo: M.Barnes 2 run (Aldrich kick), 2:54
A: 52 087
| | Kan | Colo |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| First Downs | 16 | 25 |
| Rushes-Yards | 49-88 | 43-227 |
| Passing | 89 | 207 |
| Comp-Att-Int | 6-14-2 | 17-23-0 |
| Return Yards | 0 | 64 |
| Punts-Avg. | 4-46 | 2-35 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Penalties-Yards | 8-64 | 9-102 |
| Time of Possession | 31:27 | 38:33 |
Kansas quarterback Zac Wegner gets sacked from behind. Wegner was 6 of 14 passing for 89 yards and threw two interceptions in Saturday's game against Colorado in Boulder. By Steve Puppe/PANSAN
AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Saturday, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking:
| team | rec | pts | pvs |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Nebraska (33) | 6-1 | 1,698 | 2 |
| 2. Penn St. (26) | 6-1 | 1,668 | 1 |
| 3. Florida St. (9) | 6-0 | 1,629 | 3 |
| 4. N. Carolina (2) | 7-0 | 1,524 | 4 |
| 5. Michigan | 6-0 | 1,494 | 5 |
| 6. Florida | 6-1 | 1,401 | 7 |
| 7. Washington | 5-1 | 1,264 | 10 |
| 8. Tennessee | 5-1 | 1,253 | 9 |
| 9. Ohio St. | 6-1 | 1,222 | 11 |
| 10. Washington St. | 6-0 | 1,155 | 13 |
| 11. Auburn | 6-1 | 1,048 | 6 |
| 12. Oklahoma St. | 6-0 | 883 | 16 |
| 13. UCLA | 5-2 | 1,038 | 17 |
| 14. Kansas St. | 5-1 | 806 | 20 |
| 15. Michigan St. | 5-1 | 666 | 12 |
| 16. Georgia | 5-2 | 664 | 19 |
| 17. LSU | 5-2 | 642 | 8 |
| 18. Iowa | 4-2 | 561 | 15 |
| 19. Virginia Tech | 5-1 | 415 | 22 |
| 20. Texas A&M | 5-1 | 376 | 14 |
| 21. West Virginia | 5-1 | 366 | 23 |
| 22. Purdue | 5-1 | 304 | — |
| 23. Arizona St. | 5-2 | 290 | — |
| 24. Toledo | 6-0 | 134 | — |
| 25. Mississippi | 4-2 | 114 | — |
Other recipients receiving Air Force 87, Miami, Ohio, 48.
Georgia Tech 30, Virginia 29, Miami, Ohio,
State 16, Ohio 16, Krieg 16, Southern Miss 11,
Tennessee 1, western Georgia 8, Southern Judaea 2,
USA Today/ESPN
The Top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pts
1. Nebraska (28) 60 1,496 2
2. Penn St. (29) 60 1,482 1
3. Florida St. (3) 70 1,550 3
4. N. Carolina (1) 60 1,342 4
5. Michigan (1) 61 1,325 5
6. Florida 61 1,219 6
7. Washington 51 1,137 8
8. Tennessee 51 1,115 9
9. Ohio St. 61 1,059 12
10. Washington St. 60 1,006 13
11. Auburn 61 836 17
12. Oklahoma St. 60 828 16
13. Kansas St. 61 695 20
14. Michigan St. 61 627 11
15. ISU 52 604 10
16. UCLA 52 578 18
17. Virginia Tech 51 562 19
18. Georgia 51 520 21
19. Iowa 42 485 15
20. West Virginia 51 403 22
21. Texas A&M 51 351 14
22. Arizona St. 52 249 —
23. Purdue 51 237 —
24. Air Force 71 147 17
25. Syracuse 71 49 —
Buffaloes trample Jayhawks, 42-6
Others receiving votes: BYU 47, Toledo 47, Virginia 53, Rice 32, Colorado 74, Miami 61, Wisconsin 25, Colorado State 24, Mississippi 23, Georgia Tech 19, New Mexico 19, Southern Mississippi 10, Illinois 14, Missouri 14, Mississippi State 3, Stanford 2, Wake Forest 2, Kentucky 1, Ohio 1, Tulane 1.
Colorado offense stifles Kansas in third quarter
By Kelly Cannon
kcannon@kansan.com
Kansas sportswriter
BOULDER, Colo. - The third time on the road was not a charm for the Kansas football team.
It was more like a nightmare.
The Jayhawks were trampled 42-6 by the Colorado Buffaloes, a team that out Saturday had been struggling and had fallen out of the top 25 for the first time since 1988.
Buffaloes quarterback John Hessler had been the recipient of much criticism for his supposed lack of play. But Hessler's slump ended against Kansas, a fact that was not lost on Kansas football coach Terry Allen.
try and get ourselves in the best position we can when we have the opportunity, and we had some. We're still just an infant, struggling offensive football team."
"He (Hessler) did an excellent job against us." Allen said. "We weren't able to get much pressure on him. They had the time, they got the ball down field and came up with a couple of big catches."
Two Joe Garcia field goals kept Kansas in the game 14-6 at halftime. But in the third quarter, Colorado scored three touchdowns and sealed Kansas' fate.
Outside linebacker Ron Warner said Kansas' defensive scheme didn't work.
"The defensive scheme that we were in wasn't right for us," Warner said. "Too many checks, too many calls, too much thinking out there. You can't do too much thinking. You have to go out there and play. They came out and just bowled right over us, defensive-wise and offensive-wise. Now we've got Nebraska, the No.2 team in the nation, Saturday, and we've got to do something or they're going to do the same thing to us."
The Jayhawks racked up eight penalties during the game for 64 yards. Kansas' first penalty of the game came in the first quarter, when running back Mitch Bowles was called for unsportsmanlike conduct. After Bowles had completed a rush play good for 11 yards and a Kansas first down, he hit his chest in celebration and was penalized.
Kansas' next game, against Nebraska, will be the
"I was doing it to the sideline, trying to get the team into it. " Bowles said. "But I will never do that again."
Allen said he didn't want to accuse any of the officials of making bad calls.
"You have to overcome situations like that with officials occasionally," he said. "We don't point fingers. We just
first home game for the Jayhawks since Oct. 5. Kansas is 4-0 at home this year. The game will kickoff at 6 p.m. Saturday and will be televised on the Fox Sports Network.
Colorado tailback Marlon Barnes gets tackled by Kansas defenders. Barnes rushed for 129 yards on 16 carries. Colorado rushed for a total of 227 yards while Kansas managed only 88 yards on the ground. Photo by Steve Puppe/KANSAN
Jayhawk defense falls to Buffaloes in Boulder
The Jayhawks struggled in their 42-6 loss to Colorado. Kansas football coach Tervy Allen said.
By Kelly Cannon
kcannon@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
"I don't think anybody feels real good right now about any particular segment of the team," Allen said. "We came out, and in the third quarter we let the walls cave in on us. I don't think there's any area you can point to and say 'Hey, we did a real nice job.' When you get beat that soundly, chances are that's probably the case, and that's what happened to us today."
BOULDER, Colo. — After its third loss this season, the Kansas football team was unable to lav blame solely on its offense.
Kansas' offense had a better showing than it did against its other road opponents, Cincinnati and Texas Tech. The Jayhawks rushed for 89 yards and passed for 89 yards, but the Buffaloons rushed for 227 and passed for 207. Allen said much of the Colorado's offensive success was due to quarterback John Hessler.
"They did an excellent job protecting the quarterback," Allen said of Colorado. "He's a good quarterback, and if you give him time to stand in there, he's going to get it done. Also, we have to pressure on the quarterback to help any defensive secondary."
Kansas' only points came from the offense. In its two previous road-game losses, the defense was responsible for Kansas' points. Quarterback Zac Wegner said the Jayhawk offense was eager to score points.
"We were really motivated to get points on the board, finally in the first half," Wegner said. "Our defense didn't have to do it for us. Second half, we struggled and couldn't get anything done."
The Jayhawks had only two quarterback sacks in the game, one each by outside linebacker Patrick Brown and linebacker Dewey Houston III. NCAA sack leader outside linebacker Ron Warner failed to get any sacks, although he did force Hessler to fumble. Warner said Kansas' defensive scheme had focused more on containing Colorado's run.
"They (Kansas' coaches) put us in the situation that they thought we could run a defense that had too many checks in it," Warner said. "Linebackers make too many calls, make too many checks and they (Colorado) run up the middle on us. We couldn't pass rush because we had to stop the run. We didn't do anything."
The halftime score was 14-6, but the Jayhawks self-destructed in the third quarter and allowed three Colorado touchdowns. Wegner said.
"The third quarter didn't go our way," he said. "We wanted to come out and make some things happen. We just self-destructed. I couldn't tell you what was going on up front or out back. If was frustrating that we couldn't get things done. It was so close at half."
Kansas plays Nebraska at 6 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Warner said the Jayhawks would have to come together as a team to compete with the Cornhuskers.
"We've got to figure out something that we can do together as a team to stop everything, the run and the pass," he said.
Kansas-Nebraska game time changed
Kansan staff report
The Kansas-Nebraska football game has been moved to a 6 p.m. Saturday kickoff time at Memorial Stadium. It will be televised by the Fox Sports Net (Channel 45).
The matchup with the Cornhuskers will be the Jayhawks' third television appearance and 15th in their last 30 games. It also
will be Kansas' fifth night game this season — the most games Kansas has played under the lights in a single season.
Nebraska enters the game with a 6-0 record and is the No.1 team in both college football polls this week. Saturday will be the fifth time in 29 years that the Cornhuskers have been ranked No.1 when playing Kansas.