THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
KU21-ULM19
5B
James McClinton, Junior defensive lineman, pressures Louisiana-Monroe's Kinsmon Lancaster into an incomplete pass down field. McClinton had three quarterback hits during Saturday's 21-19 victory against the Warhawks.
Blake Bueltel, junior cornerback, knocks Louisiana-Monroe's LaGregory Sapp to the ground with a dive into the leg. Bueltel led the Jayhawks with four solo tackles and two pass breakups against the Warhawks Saturday.
PHILLIPS (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
The Jayhawks' first blitz of the night resulted in a 40-yard completion for the Warhawks. After that, defensive coordinator Bill Young seemed trigger shy for the rest of the night, knowing that if a blitz was picked up, one of the Warhawks' receivers would be matched up favorably against a young Jayhawk cornerback.
cornerback Junior cornerback Blake Bueltel has performed adequately, but will
benefit from not being the go-to guy while also trying to learn the defensive schemes. Euellet transferred to Kansas from Butler County Community College before the start of the season.
There are no more sure-fire victories for Kansas, and there is no more sure-fire solution than Aqib Talib.
the Kansas offense can also pitch in by using senior running back Jon Cornish to eat up clock and produce longer drives. In the first half, Kansas had six drives with no first downs, and on the other two
No such clemency can be offered after Saturday's showing.
drove the length of the field for a touchdown.
Phillips is a Wichita senior in journalism. He is the Kansan sports editor.
Freshman quarterback Kerry Meier is skilled, but also inexperienced. Cornish will have to be able to provide gains in big third-down situations to help keep the defense off the field.
After last week's game against Northwestern State, Mangino offered his team a "mulligan" for various blunders on both sides of the ball.
- Edited by Catherine Odson
gameday notes It was finished when...
Kansas Junior fullback Brandon McAnderson recovered the onside kick by Louisiana-Monroe.
After a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to cut Kansas' lead to 21-19, ULM attempted to regain possession with the onside kick. Instead, McAnderson recovered the kick and the Jayhawks ran out the clock.
Game ball goes to...
Senior running back Jon Cornish was one of Kansas's few bright spots in the game. Against ULM, Cornish tailled 165 yards of total offense, including 110 on the ground. On a night when freshman quarterback Kerry Meier struggled at times with accuracy, Cornish made the necessary plays. Cornish's goal of at least 1,000 yards this season is certainly on target. He's already one-fourth of the way there after two games.
Game to forget...
Kansas' secondary gave up a nauseating 377 yards passing. ULM quarterback Kinsmon Lancaster had his pick of wide receivers for most of the night, with three ending up with at least 80 yards receiving.
Stat of the game...
Kansas played without starting sophomore cornerback Aqib Talib, who might be back next week. With or without him, Kansas' secondary has some serious problems to correct this week.
Lancaster and his receivers connected for six passes of at least 20 yards, with four of those coming in the second half.
Lancaster's 377 passing yards ranks in the top 15 all-time for most passing yards given up by a Jayhawk defense.
Last week against Northwestern State, the secondary gave up 217 yards passing. Lancaster had that many yards by the second play of the third quarter. He was the first quarterback to pass for at least 300 yards against Kansas since Texas Tech's Cody Hodges threw for 333 yards last season.
Ryan Schneider
After faring well in his first collegiate game last week, freshman quarterback Kerry Meier struggled at times on Saturday.
FOOTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1R)
gled at times on account of Meier appeared flustered by the blitzes by ULM, causing numerous passes to receivers to be overthrown or short. One of those passes, midway through the second quarter, sailed over the head of senior receiver Dominic Roux and was intercepted by ULM defensive back Josh Thompson at the 15 yard line, who was one of two defenders covering Roux.
All three of the lajhawks' scoring drives came on possessions of 80 yards. Other than those three scoring drives, Kansas' offense sputtered for most of the game. Kansas went three-and-out on four of its first five possessions and followed that with an interception on the sixth drive. On seven drives, Kansas couldn't record a first down.
"Those drives, they're great
you want
One of Kansas' lone bright spots in the game was the play of senior running back Jon Cornish, who rushed for 110 yards. After rushing for 140 yards against Northwestern State, Cornish is now nearly one-fourth of the way towards his 1,000 yard goal.
confidence boosters," Meier said. "Coming off those, to have a three-and-out, it's not good, it's not what you want."
With a tough test against Toledo on Friday fast approaching, Mangino said his team had work to do, but made enough plays to earn the victory.
"The bottom line is we won, we'll take it and we're not giving it back," Mangino said.
Kansan senior sportswriter Ryan Schneider can be contacted at rschneider@kansan.com.
Kansas 21, Louisiana-Monroe 19
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
Louisiana-Monroe 7 0 6 6 — 19
Kansas 7 7 7 0 — 21
SCORING SUMMARY
KU – Dexton Fields 11 yd pass from Kerry Meier (Scott Webb kick)
ULM – Zeek Zacharie 59 yd pass from Kinsmon Lancaster (Ragan Walters kick)
KU - Marcus Henry 4 yd pass from Kerry Meier (Scott Webb)
KU - Kerry Meier 10 yd run (Scott Webb kick)
ULM - Kinsmon Lancaster 9 yd run (Ragan Walters kick failed)
ULM - Zeek Zacharie 3 yd pass from Kinsmon Lancaster (Kinsmon Lancaster pass failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS:
PASSING
KU: Kerry Meier, 16-27-185; Marcus Herford, 1-1-5.
ULM: Kinsmon Lancaster, 24-41-377.
RUSHING
KU: Jon Cornish, 23-110; Kerry Meier, 11-48; Jake Sharp, 2-18; Brandon McAnderson, 2-10.
ULM: Calvin Dawson, 7-43; Kinsmon Lancaster, 11-38; Erroll Hogan, 3-8; LaGregory Sapp, 1-0.
RECEIVING
KU: Dexton Fields, 6-39; Brian Murph, 4-26; Jon Cornish, 2-62; Marcus Herford, 2-35; Marcus Henry, 2-23; Kerry Meier, 1-5.
ULM: LaGregory Sapp, 8-82; Zeek Zacharie, 4-86; Joe Merritt, 3-84;
Darrell McNeal, 3-43; Calvin Dawson, 3-37; Marty Humphrey, 2-34;
Mitch Doyle, 1-11.
"The bottom line is we won, we'll take it and we're not giving it back."
-Coach Mark Mangino
Mike Rivera, sophomore linebacker, attempts to pull down Louisiana-Monroe's Kinsmon Lancaster in the backfield. Kinsmon, who evaded the sack, was forced to throw the ball out of bounds.