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KANSAS 49,NORTHERN COLORADO 3
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8 2000
Kansas 7 | 21 | 0 | 21 — 49
N. Colorado 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 — 3
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Rushing
Jake Sharp 123 yds
Passing
Todd Reesing 208 yds
Receiving
Kerry Meier 115 yds
Kansas Passing
Player C/ATT Yards Avg TD Int
Todd Reesing 13/20 208 10.4 2 0
Kale Pick 2/2 11 5.5 0 0
Kansas Rushing
Player CAR Yards Avg TD Lg
Jake Sharp 21 123 5.9 1 23
Todd Reesing 13 79 6.1 2 22
Toben Opurum 8 79 9.9 2
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Kale Pick 3 47 15.7 0
Kansas Receiving
Player REC Yards Avg TD Lg
Kerry Meier 5 115 23.0 0 71
Bradley McDougald 2 49 24.5 0 42
Tertavi Ingram 16 2 27 13.5 1
Jake Sharp 2 9 4.5 1 10
Jonathan Wilson 2 8 4.0 0 5
Tim Biere 1 6 6.0 0 6
Kansas Kick Returns
Player No. Yards Avg TD Darrel Stuckey 1 20 20.0 20 Bradley McDougal 1 14 14.0 14
Kansas Punt Returns
Player NO YDS AVG LG Daymond Patterson 2 12 6.0 14 Team 2 12 6.0 14
Kansas Kicking
Player FG PCT XP PTS
Jacob Branstetter 0/0 0.0 7/7 7
Kansas Punting
Player TOT YDS TB -20 LG Alonso Rojas 2 58 1 1 33 Team 2 58 29.0 1 1 33
C/ATT Yards Avg TD Int
Team 20/31 172 5.5 0 0
Northern Colorado Rushing
CAR Yards Avg TD LG
Team 25 74 3.0 0 18
Northern Colorado Receiving
REC Yards Avg TD Lg
Team 20 172 8.6 0 36
Northern Colorado Kick Returns
NO Yards Avg Lg
Team 6 133 22.2 3.2
Northern Colorado Punt Returns
NO Yards Avg Lg
Team 1 6 6.0 6
Northern Colorado Kicking
FG PCT Long XP Pts
Team 1/2 50.0 29 0/0 3
Northern Colorado Punting
Tot Yards TB -20 LG
Team 5 177 0 1 41
KANSAS FOOT
Laptad's sacks help Jayhawks to victory
BY HALLIE MANN hmann@kansan.com
Northern Colorado's senior quarterback Bryan Waggener is now well acquainted with Kansas' junior defensive end Jake Laptad. Of course, Waggener's introduction to Laptad was getting sacked by him twice during the season opener on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
In Kansas' 48-3 victory against Northern Colorado Laptad had two sacks, one in the second and one in the third quarter. The first sack was during Northern Colorado's first drive of the quarter. Laptad hit Waggener for a loss of seven yards, forcing Northern Colorado to punt the ball on the next play.
Laptad said that during the offseason, Kansas' defense had emphasised putting more pressure on the quarterback and that last night's performance was a step toward that. He said the team was working to make big plays like this each day in practice and to keep making progress.
"It was just nice to go out and hit somebody else for a change," Laptad said.
In the third quarter, Laptad got Waggener again, this time with a loss of nine yards, which forced Northern Colorado to punt the ball away. But Laptad said he wasn't the only one who was responsible for the plays.
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He said on both of the sacks there was another guy who helped him make the play. In this instance, it was defensive tackle Steven Foster who was able to give Laptad the opening to make the sack.
Laptad isn't new to making big plays and stopping the other team's offense in their tracks. Last season Laptad had seven sacks, one of which was a safety during the game against Missouri, which Kansas won 40-37. Laptad said he felt more confident this season as an upperclassman and was able to make more plays.
"I'm reading plays better and I'm able to react and make more plays than I used to," Laptad said.
Laptad and the Jayhawks will play the University of Texas-El Paso this Saturday in El Paso, Texas at 6:30 p.m.
Besides the two sacks, Laptad had another tackle for a loss against Northern Colorado's Waggener in the first quarter.
Edited by Abby Olcese
Rvan Waoooner/KANSAN
Junior defensive end Jake Laptad sacks northern Colorado quarterback Bryan Waggener for the first sack, in the second quarter, came with a loss of seven yards. Last season, Laptad had seven sacks.
Senior running back Jake Sharp tries to avoid the grasp of a Northern Colorado player during Saturday's game. This Saturday, the Jayhawks will play the University of Texas-Ell Paso in EI Paso at 6:30 p.m.
Senior receiver Kerry Meier cuts outside past a Northern Colorado corner back. Meier had five receivers.
FOOTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
The Jayhawks spent much of the game evaluating new players in new positions, but much of the offense looked the same.
even without junior wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe, who sat the game out because of his suspension earlier in the spring.
Reeing scrambled, improvised and generally made good decisions with the football. Meier plucked passes out of the air across the middle of the field. And Sharp used his speed to gain chunks of yards on the ground.
That the Jayhawks easily defeated the Bears isn't surprising. In fact, it's exactly what everyone expected.
"We took care of business," Mangino said. "That's the best way to put it."
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Edited by Abby Olcese
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