THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY KANSAS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2006
KU 39 — KSU 20
5B
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and seven receptions for 72 yards in the Jayhawks 39-20 victory against the Wildcats.
Also, the new trend is to never schedule a meaningful game against anybody early in the season. In 1996, Kansas played Ball State, TCU and Utah — all of which were nationally ranked. In 2006, Kansas played Louisiana-Monroe, Toledo and South Florida, and only South Florida will be making a bowl this year.
With four non-conference games, including one against a Division I-AA school, it's not unusual to enter conference play with three
victories. That means a team only has to go 3-5 in conference games to make a bowl. What other sport allows a team with a losing conference record to participate in the postseason?
How did this happen? To start, the number of bowl games has shot up as ESPN looks for more ways to avoid showing World Series of Darts re-runs.
The only Big 12 schools that won't be participating in a bowl this year are Colorado, Iowa State and Baylor. Colorado has a new coach, Iowa State fired its coach, and Bavior is, well, Baylor.
This doesn't take anything away from Saturday's victory — and Jon Cornish's superhuman rushing performance – but let's face facts: Jayhawk fans shouldn't be tearing down the goalposts after winning a game that Kansas was favored
to win and becoming the ninth of 12 teams in the conference to earn bowl eligibility.
PHILLIPS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Cornerback Aqib Talib pointed out that the Jayhawks should have made a bowl weeks ago, but let several close games slip away from them.
So celebrate a dominating victory that put the other Kansas school back in its place, but don't celebrate a second-straight year of bowl eligibility. It's time to start expecting that.
Phillips is a Wichita senior in journalism. He is the Kansan sports editor.
— Edited by Catherine Odson
Senior running back Jon Cornish runs past a Kansas State defender during Saturday's game. Cornish and 16 other seniors were honored before their final home game. Kansas defeated Kansas State 39-20 to get its sixth victory and become bowl eligible.
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name. Lamb recorded one reception for 22 yards.
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in the first quarter, his career long.
football notebook
The victory marked the first time Kansas has won two of three against K-State since 1989-1991.
Junior kicker Scott Webb's 49-yard field goal in the first quarter was a career long.
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The defense forced a season-high six turnovers.
Saturday's attendance,
51,821, was the largest crowd
to ever see a game at Memorial Stadium. It was also the second largest crowd to watch
a game between the Jayhawks and Wildcats.
Both goalposts were torn down following the game and taken to Potter Lake.
-Ryan Schneider
Safety Jerome Kemp tackles Kansas State running back James Johnson. The defense forced a season-high six turnovers and scored 31 points from the turnovers. The Jayhawks defeated the Wildcats, 39-20, for the second straight time in Lawrence.
Senior running back Jon Comish became the ninth jayhawk to pass a 2,000-yard rushing mark. His 2,119 yard rank ranked ninth on the all-time list. He is just 129 yards sh of eight.
Kansas 39. Kansas State 20
Kansas St. 3 7 3 7 — 20
Kansas 13 7 0 19 — 39
KU — Cornish 13 yd run (S.Webkick). 3:31.
KSU — Snodgrass 21 yd field goal,
11:14
FIRST QUARTER
KU — S.Webb 38 yd field goal, 6:27.
KU — S.Webb 49 yd field goal,
1:03.
KSU — Patton 44 yd run (Snodgrass kick). 11:27.
SECOND QUARTER
KU — Brosen recovered fumble in end zone (S.Webb kick), 1:32.
THIRD QUARTER
KSU — Snodgrass 47' d field goal,
9:56.
THIRD QUARTER
FOURTH QUARTER
KU — S,Webb 41 yd field goal,
14:14.
KU — A.Wabb 42 yd interception
return (S.Webb kick), 10:38.
KSU — J.Johnson 85 yd kickoff
return (Snodgrass kick), 10:25.
KU — S.Webb 35 yd field goal,
7:57.
KU — Cornish 12 yd run (kick failed). 4:08.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — KSU: Patton 14-102,
J. Johnson 8-28, Freeman 8-(-12).
KU: Cornish 25-201, Meier 8-37,
Lamb 1-9, McAnderson 1-1, Team
1-(-1).
PASSING — KSU: Freeman 23-44-
3-244, KU: Meiler 11-23-2-108.
RECEIVING — KSU: Nelson 8-64,
Mastrud 5-103, Norwood 3-17,
J. Johnson 3-11, Patton 2-23, Gonzalez 1-14, Wilson 1-12. KU: Fields
7-72, Murph 2-10, Lamb 1-22,
Cornish 1-4.
RECORDS — Kansas State 7-5,
4-4, Kansas 6-5, 3-4.
UP OR DOWN
Missouri losing and Kansas winning casts a new light on Saturday's Border Showdown. Can the Jayhawks continue their winning ways or will they be feeling down in Columbia, Mo.?
portunity to add another victory to their total by beating Missouri in Columbia on Saturday. Despite three red zone turnovers and allowing a special teams touchdown, the Jayhawks still found a way to dominate the Wildcats, who was flying high after their upset against Texas. Expect Kansas to find a fix to the mistakes and give Missouri all that it can handle on the road.
lowa State Cyclones and their retiring coach.Dan McCarney The Jayhawks, riding a three game winning streak, haven't blown a fourth quarter lead in nearly a month and and seem to have pulled it together much like last year's team did. The Jayhawks, with their new swagger, will make it four straight against Mizzou
Jack Connor