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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 2007
THE WEEKEND WRAP-UP
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Above: Raimond Pendleton, sophomore wide receiver, dives into the end zone after a 77-yard punt return. Pendleton returned five punts for 91 yards against Central Michigan Saturday
Close right: Junior wide receiver Dexton Fields evades the Chippewa defense during the first half. The Jayhawks won the home opener 52-7.
Far right: Dezmon Briscoe, freshman wide receiver, is hit in the end zone after a 16-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Todd Reesing. Reesing threw for 261 yards and four touchdowns.
"They made plays we didn't and played a great game defensively. But there are some things we have to fix."
"They did a great job all night," he said. "They had a lot of speed, stuck to their assignments and really knew what they were doing."
DAN LEFEVOUR Central Michigan quarterback
A big reason for the containment of LeFevour was freshman cornerback Chris Harris. Harris lea the
Jayhawks with nine tackles. But more importantly, he established himself as a formidable cornerback early in the game. Central Michigan got the matchup it wanted when Harris covered Bryan Anderson, its leading receiver
tinely collapsed the pocket and applied pressure on LeFevour - pressure that got worse at the beginning of the second half.
Kansas junior linebacker Joe Linemored sped by the Chippewa offensive line and sacked Le Favour
from last season, in the first quarter.
Central Michigan went into the locker room at halftime down 35-0 with four first downs. The lack of first downs stemmed from the Kansas defensive line, which rou
that, only two of the Chippewa's pass plays went for more than 10 vards.
from last season, in the first quarter. LeFevour proceeded to throw the ball to Anderson on four of his first five passing attempts. Anderson caught two of the passes, but they combined for only eight yards because Harris quickly took him down.
"We knew that they were going to come at me," Harris said. "I was just trying to play safe, get used to the game, get better as it went on and keep everything in front of me."
LeFevour threw for 114 yards in the first half, but 45 of those yards came on one screen pass to running back Ontario Sneed. Other than
"We weren't blitzing that much in the first half" Mortenz said. "But we decided to bring it to him a lot in the second half, and we got a couple of sacks."
for a 10-yard loss on the second play of the second half.
Lefevour commended the Jayhawk defense but said the Chippewas didn't play to their potential.
"They made plays we didn't and played a great game defensively," he said. "But there are some things we have to fix."
— Edited by Matt Erickson
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DRIVE CHART
KANSAS CENTRAL MICHIGAN
1st Quarter
KANSAS PUNT, 3 plays, 4 yards
PUNT, 3 plays, 3 yards
TD, 12 plays, 68 yards
PUNT, 3 plays, 5 yards
TD, 6 plays, 75 yards
PUNT, 5 plays, 45 yards
PUNT, 7 plays, 41 yards
2nd Quarter
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
PUNT, 3 plays, 6 yards
PUNT, 3 plays, 3 yards
PUNT, 5 plays, 16 yards
TD, 4 plays, 61 yards
PUNT, 3 plays, 6 yards
TD, 0 plays, 77 yards
PUNT, 4 plays, 17 yards
TD, 7 plays, 91 yards
PUNT, 6 plays, 26 yards
END OF HALF, 3 plays, 18 yards
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
KANSAS
PUNT, 3 plays, 18 yards
TD, 8 plays, 76 yards
PUNT, 3 plays, -2 yards
FG, 10 plays, 33 yards
PUNT, 12 plays, 85 yards
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
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Kansas 52. Central Michigan 7
Team Statistics
<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Central Michigan</th><th>Kansas</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>First downs</td><td>17</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>Rushing yards</td><td>114</td><td>230</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rushing attempts</td><td>28</td><td>43</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Average yards</td><td>4.1</td><td>5.3</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rushing touchdowns</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Passing yards</td><td>180</td><td>308</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Comp.-Att.-Int.</td><td>20-38-0</td><td>26-35-0</td></tr><tr><td>Total offensive yards</td><td>294</td><td>538</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fumbles-lost</td><td>1-1</td><td>0-0</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Penalties-yards</td><td>10-95</td><td>7-81</td></tr><tr><td>Punts-Yards</td><td>10-388</td><td>4-153</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Average yards</td><td>38.8</td><td>38.2</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;在side 20-yard line</td><td>3</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Punt returns-yards-TDs</td><td>1-0-0</td><td>5-91-1</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Average yards</td><td>0</td><td>18.2</td></tr><tr><td>Kickoff returns-yards-TDs</td><td>6-125-0</td><td>1-16-0</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Average yards</td><td>20.8</td><td>16.0</td></tr><tr><td>Interceptions-yards-TDs</td><td>0-0-0</td><td>0-0-0</td></tr><tr><td>Fumble returns-yards-TDs</td><td>0-0-0</td><td>0-0-0</td></tr><tr><td>Third-down conversions</td><td>5/15</td><td>7/14</td></tr><tr><td>Fourth-down conversions</td><td>0/0</td><td>2/2</td></tr><tr><td>Red zone: Scores-chances</td><td>1/1</td><td>5/5</td></tr><tr><td>Sacks by-yards.</td><td>1-9</td><td>2-16</td></tr><tr><td>Possession time</td><td>27:56</td><td>32:04</td></tr></tbody></table>
**Passing** Comp.-Att.-Int. Yards TD Long Sack
Todd Reeing 20-29-0 261 4 49 1
Kerry Meier 6-6-0 47 1 21 0
Individual Statistics
<table><thead><tr><th>Rushing</th><th>No.</th><th>Gain</th><th>Loss</th><th>Net</th><th>TD</th><th>Long</th><th>Avg.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Brandon McAnderson</td><td>16</td><td>110</td><td>0</td><td>110</td><td>0</td><td>15</td><td>6.9</td></tr><tr><td>Jake Sharp</td><td>15</td><td>106</td><td>0</td><td>106</td><td>1</td><td>24</td><td>7.1</td></tr><tr><td>Carmon Boyd-Anderson</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>2.7</td></tr><tr><td>Todd Reesing</td><td>6</td><td>17</td><td>9</td><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>12</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>Kerry Meier</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td>TEAM</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>7</td><td>-7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>-7.0</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>43</td><td>246</td><td>16</td><td>230</td><td>1</td><td>24</td><td>5.3</td></tr></tbody></table>
Receiving No. Yards TD Long
Marcus Henry 7 103 1 46
Derek Fine 5 30 1 9
Dexton Fields 4 49 0 34
Raimond Pendleton 3 34 1 21
Aqib Talib 2 52 1 49
Dezmon Briscoe 1 16 1 16
Marcus Herford 1 12 0 12
Jeff Foster 1 6 0 6
Jake Sharp 1 6 0 6
Kerry Meier 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 308 5 49
Punting No. Yards Avg. Long In20 TB Kyle Tucker 4 153 38.2 44 1 0
<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Returns</th><th colspan="3">Punt</th><th colspan="3">Kickoff</th><th colspan="3">Intercept.</th></tr><tr><th>No.</th><th>Yds.</th><th>Lg.</th><th>No.</th><th>Yds.</th><th>Lg.</th><th>No.</th><th>Yds.</th><th>Lg.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>R. Pendleton</td><td>5</td><td>91</td><td>77</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Marcus Herford</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>16</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>5</td><td>91</td><td>77</td><td>1</td><td>16</td><td>16</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>
Field Goals Qtr. Time Distance Result Scott Webb 3rd 2:42 34 yds Good Kickoffs No. Yards Avg. TB OB Scott Webb 9 612 68.0 3 0
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Kansas coach Mark Mangino talks to his players during the second half. Mangino's decision to go for a fourth-down conversion in the first quarter led to the Jawahks' first score
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