THE UNIVERSITY DAILY BAKER
MONDAY. OCTOBER 23. 2006
BU 36 - KU 35
5B
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Justin Thornton, freshman defensive back, right, takes down a Baylor player, knocking the ball out of his hand while Baylor running back Brandon Whitaker, left, catches up to the play. Whitaker rushed for 19 yards on three carries and had four catches for 13 yards, leading the Bears to a 36-35 victory.
Kansas 14 21 0 0 — 35
Baylor 7 10 0 19 — 36
Baylor 36, Kansas 35
SCORING SUMMARY
BU — Whitaker, 5 yd pass from Bell (Havens kick)
KU — Wright, 28 yd interception return (Webb kick)
BUK — Harger, 14 yd field goal
KU — Meiler. 12 vd run (Webb kick)
BU — havens, 42 yd goal
BU — Shelton, 4 vd pass from Bell (Havens kick)
BU — Stenton, 4 yp pass from Meier (Weeb kick)
KD — Fields 13 vd pass from Meier (Webb kick)
KU — Cornish, 15 yd run (Webk bit)
KU — Cornish, 15 yd run (Webk bit)
KU — Fields, 13 yd pass from Meteor (kw
KU — Cornish, 15 yd run (Webkick
BU — Shelton, 42 yd pass from Bell (Havens kick)
BU — Zeigler, 10 yd pass from Bell (Conversion failed).
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — KU: Cornish 24-196, Meier 12-62, Sharp 6-
24, McAnderson 3-14, Barmann 1-(-12).
BU: Mosley 8-75, Whitaker
3-18, Fenty 1-(-6), Bell 3-(-21).
PASSING — KU: Meier 6-11-62, Barmann 4-10-25, Herford
1-2-11.
PU: Bell 33-55-394.
RECEIVING — KU: Fields 4-36, Murph 2-22, Cornish 2-10,
Fine 1-17, Roux 1-11, McAnderson 1-2.
BU: Zeigler 7-122, Shelton 6-104, Payne
5-43, Mosley 5-26, White 4-52, Whitaker
4-13, Akers 1-19, Baker 1-15.
RECORDS — Kansas 3-5, 0-4; Baylor 4-4, 3-1
and two interceptions. The Jayhawks lost to the Bears 36-35.
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FOOTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Cornish, who had 136 of his careerhigh 196 yards in the first half, saw his carries begin to decrease in the third quarter. Mangino said he cut back Cornish's work load because of an injury.
"He's trying to fight through it," Mangino said. "We were trying to get him through this one. I don't discuss injuries, but yeah, he was injured."
With Cornish spending more time on the bench, at least the Jayhawks had the rushing game of freshman quarterback Kerry Meier.
"What?" Cornish said. "They assumed I was injured. I just got twisted up. I'm just fine. I could have kept going in the fourth quarter." Cornish said he was not asked by any coaches whether he was injured or not.
But if Cornish was injured, it was certainly news to him.
He sat out the fourth quarter of last week's loss against Oklahoma State with an injury.
It was the combination of Meier
Without Cornish and Meier, Kansas' offense sputtered, leaving the defense to protect an 18 point lead for just 15 more minutes.
and Cornish running the ball in the first half that helped Kansas build a 35-17 halftime lead. The defense also chipped in two turnovers, including a 28-yard interception return for a touchdown by freshman linebacker Ari Wright.
On each of the drives, Bell and his strong corps of receivers methodically shredded the Kansas defense one play at a time.
Then Meier was injured in the third quarter and sat out the rest of the game, after he was tackled out of bounds after a rushing play.
That's when the Bears began their comeback.
It was the same type of short passes that turned into big gains that the
Baylor quarterback Shawn Bell went 14-for-21 on his team's final three drives in the last 10 minutes.
Just as quickly as Baylor's offense showed why Kansas' pass defense ranks 117th in the Division I-A football, the Jayhawks bowl hopes have sunk just as fast.
jayhawks had seen in the two previous losses to Texas A&M and Oklahoma State. And once again, there was little they could do to stop it.
"This isn't unfamiliar territory for us," senior center David Ochoa said. "We did it last year, and this team has the mental fortitude to do it again."
Kansan senior sportswriter Ryan Schneider can be contacted at rschnider@kansan.com.
Sitting at 3-5, Kansas must win three of its next four games to qualify for a bowl game for the second straight season.
"I don't think we were on our heels." Wright said. "It just all happened so fast."
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
Ryan McGenney/KANSAN
Brandon McAnderson, junior running back, is taken down by a Baylor player during Saturday's game. McAnderson gained 14 yards for Kansas but It was not enough for a victory against Baylor. The Jayhawks lost, 36-35.
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