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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
Big 12 teams take all but one weekend game
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
NEVADA 21
Sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert threw for 414
yards and three touchdowns to lead undefeated Missouri (4-0) past Nevada in Reno, Nev.
Quite often, his target was senior Danario Alexander, who finished with nine catches, 170 yards and two long touchdown receptions.
Nevada (0-3) took a 13-12 lead early in the second half on a touchdown run by junior quarterback Colin Kaepernick, but Gabbert responded with a 74-yard touchdown pass to Alexander just 37 seconds later.
A Nevada turnover in the Missouri redzone effectively ended Nevada's chance for a comeback.
Missouri has this weekend off, but takes on Nebraska to open up Big 12 play on October 8.
TEXAS 64,
UTEP 7
Senior quarterback Colt
McCoy avoided
the first half struggles that have plagued him all season long, throwing three touchdown passes in leading Texas (4-0) to a 40-point lead at halftime.
They cruised from there to the 57 point victory.
Texas put up 639 total yards and only allowed UTEP (1-3) to pick up 53 total yards and convert one of 12
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third down conversions.
It was only the second time in Texas history that they picked up more than 300 yards both through the air and on the ground.
KANSAS
STATE 49,
TENNESSEE
TECH 7
At just 150 pounds, Kansas State senior wide receiver Brandon Banks isn't going to bowl over any defenders.
He didn't need to Saturday, using good blocking in returning two kickoffs for touchdowns in the Wildcat victory. He is just the 12th man in NCAA history to bring back two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same game.
Junior quarterback Carson Coffman only needed nine passing attempts to pick up 131 yards through the air.
IOWA STATE 31, ARMY 10
Junior running back Alexander Robinson scored three touchdowns
to lead Iowa State (3-1) to an easy victory against Army (2-2).
Army got on the board first with a 32-yard field goal, but Iowa State scored 17 unanswered points to
gain the lead. They scored two touchdowns in the second half and shut out the Black Knights to make the final score.
The Cyclones' defense has improved from last year, holding three of their four opponents to less than 17 points. They gave up 35.8 pointers per game in 2008.
NEBRASKA 55,
LOUISANA-
LAFAYETTE 0
Sporting throw
back jersey in gel
ebration of their 300th consecutive sellout, the Cornhuskers shut out the Ragin' Cajuns in dominating fashion.
Nebraska (3-1) scored on its first five possessions to take a 34-0 lead at halftime. Louisiana-Lafayette (2-2) only moved the ball past the Nebraska 20-vard line once.
It was the Cornhuskers' first shutout since they beat Troy 56-0 in 2006.
OKLAHOMA STATE 56,
GRAMBLING
STATE 6
STATE 6
The Cowbys (3-1) piled up 587 yards of total offense with out All-American wide receiver Dez Bryant and all-Big 12 running back Kendall Hunter.
Senior running back Keith Toston ran for 84 yards on seven carries and picked up three first-half touchdowns against Grambling State (2-2), a non-FBS program.
It was Oklahoma State's most
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Missouri's Alexander Danario outruns the Nevada defense into the end zone. Friday in Reno, Nevada. Missouri won the game 11-21 ASSOCIATED PRESS
lopsided win under head coach Mike Gundy.
BAYLOR 68,
NORTHWESTERN STATE 13
Sophomore
quarterback Robert Griffin threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns in the first half to lead Baylor (2-1) to its highest-scoring game in 67 years.
Baylor also had two touchdowns on interception returns in the third quarter.
Junior quarterback Jerrrod Johnson got it done through
TEXAS A&M
56. UAB 19
the air and on the ground Saturday night against UAB (1-3).
He rushed for three touchdowns and threw for three touchdowns to keep the Aguies undefeated at 3-0.
Johnson attacked the Blazers' 118th-ranked pass defense time and time again, finishing with 290 yards through the air.
HOUSTON 29,
TEXAS TECH 28
Houston quarterback Case Keenum
finished a 95-yard touchdown drive with a 4-yard touchdown run to sneak by Texas Tech (2-2) Saturday night.
Keenum's passing numbers were straight from a video game: 38 for 58, 435 yards and a touchdown and he kept his team undefeated at 3-0.
Texas Tech's quarterback Taylor Potts had a pretty good game himself, throwing for 321 yards in the loss.
Colorado and Oklahoma Universities had by weeks.
Information gathered from Associated Press reports.
- Edited by Amanda Thompson
NFL
Philadelphia defeats Kansas City in Vick's first regular-season game
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is tackled by Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Brandon Flounders in the first quarter of Sunday's game. The Eagles defeated the Chiefs, 14-14.
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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles didn't need much from Michael Vick to beat the Kansas City Chiefs. They didn't need anything from Donovan McNabb or Brian Westbrook.
Getting significant contributions from their youngsters and backups, the Eagles routed the Chiefs 34-14 in Vick's return to the NFL on Sunday.
Kevin Kolb threw for 327 yards and two touchdowns, LeSean McCoy had 84 yards rushing and one TD, and DeSean Jackson and Brent Celek each had 100-plus yards receiving and one score for Philadelphia (2-1).
McNabb missed his second straight game with a broken rib. Westbrook sat out with a sore ankle. It was no problem against the Chiefs (0-3). Kolb, a third-year pro making his second career start, and McCoy, a rookie second-round pick, filled in nicely.
Meanwhile, Vick was mostly a decov.
Playing his first regular-season
game since Dec. 31, 2006 — 1,001 days ago — Vick ran once for 7 yards and threw two incomplete passes.
Vick, who served 18 months in prison on a federal dogfighting charge, didn't have to wait long to get on the field. He entered to
for the second play from scrimmage, was split wide as receiver and came around for a fake reverse.
Overall, Vick got in for 11 plays. He lined up at receiver once, took the snap in shotgun formation nine times and was directly under center once. Kolb was on the sideline for the 10 plays Vick was in at QB.
Vick was expected to run Philadelphia's version of the wild-cat offense, but McCoy took most of those snaps.
With Vick on the field, the Eagles gained a net total of 30 yards. They got 390 without him. Or McNabb, Or Westbrook.
and two TDs for Kansas City.
Jackson finished with a career-high 149 yards receiving, including a 64-yard TD. Celek had 104 yards on eight catches.
Matt Cassel threw for 90 yards
The normally pass-happy Eagles were more balanced during their first two scoring drives. After Kolb
Vick, who served 18 months in prison on a federal dogfighting charge, didn't have to wait long to get on the field.
Then Vick, who had a
7-yard run on his second snap, fired a pass out of bounds under heavy pressure and took a hard hit. McCoy took the next snap in the wildcat and ran in for his first career TD to give the Eagles a 7-0 lead.
Kolb hit Jackson for 43 yards on the next possession to move the Eagles into Kansas City territory. Vick handed off to McCoy for an 11-yard run on his only play
during the series. Kolb sneaked in from the 1 to put Philadelphph ahead 14-0.
The Chiefs took advantage of good field position after the Eagles failed to convert a fourth- and 1 at Kansas City's 44. With Vick watching from the sideline, Kolb rolled out and his pass was knocked down by Mike Vrabel.
But the Eagles answered on their first play after the kickoff, Jackson turned Kolb's short pass over the middle into a 64-yard TD to make it 21-7. The Jackson dove into the end zone and appeared to land awkwardly on his gimpy groin, but stayed in.
Cassel's 13-yard TD pass to Mark Bradley cut it to 14-7. . .
Kolb zipped a 35-yard TD pass to Celek midway through the fourth quarter to put the game way out of reach.
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