4B --- KANSAS 10, KANSAS STATE 17 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 Kansas THE 703-10 3 Kansas State 0 | 10 | 7 | 0—17 Jayhawk Stat Leaders Rushing Jake Sharp 35 yds Passing Receiving Todd Reesing 241 yds Kerry Meier 92 yds Kansas Passing Player C/ATT Yards Avg TD Int Todd Reesing 27/41 241 5.9 1 1 Team 27/41 241 5.9 1 1 Kansas State Passing | | C/ATT | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Team | 7/16 | 66 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | Kansas Rushing Player CAR Yards Avg TD Lg Jake Sharp 11 35 3.2 0 9 Todd Reesing 8 25 3.1 0 16 Toben Opurum 2 7 3.5 0 4 Team **23** **60** **2.6** **0** **16** Kansas State Rushing | | CAR | Yards | Avg | TD | LG | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Team | 43 | 266 | 6.2 | 1 | 40 | Kansas Receiving Player REC Yards Avg TD Lg Kerry Meier 8 92 11.5 0 19 Dezmon Briscoe 7 76 10.9 1 17 Bradley McDougald 4 25 6.3 0 12 Johnathan Wilson 3 23 7.7 0 13 Tim Biere 1 13 13.0 9 13 Jake Sharp 4 12 3.0 0 9 Team 27 241 8.9 1 19 Kansas State Receiving REC Yards Avg TD Lg Team 7 66 9.4 1 31 Player No. Yards Avg TD Darrell Stuckey 2 83 41.5 0 Bradley McDougald 1 15 15.0 0 Team 3 98 32.7 0 Kansas Kick Returns Kansas State Kick Returns | | NO | Yards | Avg | Lg | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Team | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | Kansas Punt Returns Player | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Team | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | NO Yards Avg Lg Team 1 9 9.0 9 Kansas State Punt Returns Kansas Kicking Player FG PCT XP PTS Jacob Branstetter 1/3 33.3 1/1 4 Team 1/3 33.3 1/1 4 Kansas State Kicking FG PCT Long XP Pts Team 1/2 50.0 47 2/2 5 Kansas Punting Player TOT YDS TB -20 LG Alonso Rojas 2 90 0 0 47 Team 2 90 0 0 47 Kansas State Punting
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KANSAS FOOTB Players along the Kansas State sideline celebrate after a first down that would give the Wildcats the 17-10 victory against the Jayhawks Saturday afternoon in Manhattan. Weston White/KANSAN Senior cornerback Justin Thornton breaks up a pass attempt to Kansas State receiver Brandon Banks. Thornton had three tackles and a sack for a seven-yard loss in Saturday's 17-10 defeat. Squad reevaluate Big 12 North title unlikely, team aims for winning record BY CLARK GOBLE cgoble@kansan.com Notes Senior safety Darrell Stuckey had to rally his teammates to get in a circle to hear coach Mark Mangino's postgame remarks. After Mangino spoke, senior receiver Kerry Meier said a few words of his own. There wasn't a lot of talking in the locker room after Kansas' 17-10 loss to Kansas State. Stuckey said that the leaders of the team needed to remain posi- "It's just coming to the point where we have to be examples," Stuckey said. "We have to let them know that of the team even after four consecutive losses. we're still here. Junior cornerback Chris Harris said it was mind boggling that the team couldn't get a victory after its early success. With his 241 yard passing performance Saturday, Todd Reesing became just the fifth player in Big 12 history to throw for 10,000 yards in a career. He has now thrown for 10,204 passing yards in his time at Kansas. We still have faith and we still believe we can go with this." Reeing reaches 10,000 career passing yards "We'll keep fighting," Harris said. "Of course it's a bad mood in there because of the loss, but t we're just going to keep fighting! Even though the team is dis- appointed, junior kicker jacob Branstetter said that Kansas foot-ball wouldn't quit and hit the panic button. Winning the Big 12 North is probably out of reach, but Harris said the team was refocusing its goals. "We have to let them know that ... we still have faith and we still believe we can go with this." "We could still end the season with a win. son with a win- ning record," "We are ready back to work and shank loss loose one Harris said. "That's our goal, not to quit." Saturday's game against Nebraska will be the senior KER Senio DARRELL STUCKEY Senior safety classs last appearance at home in Memorial Stadium, but Stuckey downplayed the importance of that game to the seniors He said he thought it was more important that the seniors leave a good impression on the rest of the team with their positive attitudes. Senior safety Darrell Stuckey's 67-yard kickoff return to open the game was Kansas' longest return of the season. In just his third kick return of the season, Stuckey eclipsed the season long of 50 yards, also set by Stuckey. Opening kick return longest of the season Mangino said that the team's attention quickly shifted to Nebraska immediately after the game. "Our kids are pretty resilient," Mangino said. "They bounce Stuckey said he hasn't been an offensive player in five years. "It felt good to have the vision still to find the open gap and just take it," Stuckey said. Clark Goble --- ---