2B Monday, October 24, 1994 KANSAS, BIG EIGHT ROUNDUP UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Oklahoma beats Kansas GAME. Continued from Page 1B. said. "You can't be a good football team and you cannot continue to compete at this level and do that." The Jayhawks offense came back to life with 6:48 left in the game and the score tied at 17. Kansas converted on third down and 10 with a 23-yard pass to senior wingback George White. Two running plays later, the Jayhawks converted another third-and-long situation. But this time, junior wide receiver Ashaundai Smith was stripped of the ball in Oklahoma territory by Oklahoma cornerback Darrius Johnson. Johnson recovered the ball at the Sooners' 40-yard line. Oklahoma drove 38 yards and kicked a 39-yard field goal to take a 20-17 lead. Unlike the Jayhawks, the Sooners were able to make an important play. Oklahoma quarterback Garrick McGee said that Oklahoma was not going to let such an important game slip away after its defense caused a turnover. "I didn't even say anything in the huddle," McGee said. "We were thinking there was no way we could lose this game." Oklahoma kicker Scott Blanton, who kicked two field goals, one to tie the game and one to win, said this was an important victory after two consecutive losses. "I was just thinking that I had to get it done," Blanton said. "There was a lot of pressure to get this win." Kansas blamed much of its failures in the game to team's lack of execution. With junior offensive tackle Mark Allison out because of an ankle injury, junior offensive tackle Rod Jones started and played most of the game. The Jayhawks' offensive line came together at the beginning of the second half, but in the fourth quarter Kansas was not as effective. "We got on a roll and everything was clicking," junior tailback L.T. Levine said. "We were going good for a while and then something happened." Mason said that this was a tough emotional loss for the Jawhaws. "They went out and played extremely hard," he said. "Psychologically, they're whipped right now. You sign on for 11 games. I never think you're ever beat until you quit, and we're not going to quit." KU-OU Game Statistics
KansasOklahoma
First downs1322
Rushes-yards41-11549-139
Passing yards105207
Total offense220346
Passing19-29.010-21.1
Punting7-43.04-36.3
Fumbles-lost2-15-3
Penalties-Yards5-335-38
Time of possession28:2831:32
Kansas Rushing Att. Yards Long L.T. Levine 12 60 21 June Henley 12 36 16 Costello Good 5 13 5 Mark Sanders 3 11 5 Passing Att.-Comp.-Int Yards TD Long Asheiki Preston 21-10-1 105 1 23 Recelving No. Yards Avg. Long George White 3 39 13.0 23 Hosea Friday 2 29 14.5 17 Ashaundal Smith 2 29 14.5 16 Oklahoma Rushing Att. Yards Long Dwayne Chandler 11 52 10 Terry Collier 4 24 13 Jerald Moore 5 21 11 James Allen 13 16 9 Passing Att.-Comp.Int. Yards TD Long Garrick McGee 29-19-0 207 1 24 Receiving No. Yards Avg. Long Albert Hall 4 63 15.8 23 Stephen Alexander 3 30 10.0 13 Dwayne Chandler 3 17 5.7 8 Top conference teams survive, will meet next The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The biggest game in the Big Eight football season usually comes late in November when Oklahoma and Nebraska play. Both survived threats this week and will take unbeaten records into the game. This week the big game will come when No. 2 Colorado travels to play No. 3 Nebraska Saturday at Lincoln. The Huskers, trying to retool with the loss of quarterback Tomnie Frazier, blew the game open in the second half to beat Missouri 47-7, a scoring outburst that drew a verbal outburst from frustrated Tigers coach Larry Smith. Smith was fuming after Nebraska dominated the second half at Columbia after leading only 14-0 at the half. "It wasn't a pretty sight," Smith said. "It wasn't a pretty sight at all. I'm angry. I'm disappointed and they'd better be angry and disappointed too, because those last three touchdowns never needed to be scored." Huskers coach Tom Osborne has altered his offense to protect quarterback Brook Berringer in games against Kansas State and Missouri, but acknowledges it's time to pull out the stops against Colorado. Berringer, Frazier's backup, suffered a collapsed lung in each of the two previous games for the Huskers (8-0 overall, 3-0 Eight). "I wanted to try to get Berringer through today without getting hit, and I don't think he took any bad blows," Osborne said. "Obviously, we can't sit on anything now." Colorado stopped No. 23 Kansas State 35-21 in Boulder as Rashaan Salama rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns. Kansas State (4,2-1, 2) drew to ties with Colorado twice in the second half, but Buffs coach Bill McCartney gambled twice on fourth down and it paid off each time. "It was crunch time," McCartney said. "I felt our defense had expended a lot of energy, and we needed to make something happen offensively. When you have a 212-pound quarterback and a good offensive line, you should be able to make a vard." Kansas State quarterback Chad May passed for 356 yards, but was intercepted twice and sacked four times by Colorado (7-0, 3-0). "We played better than the score would indicate, but we gave up some big plays," Wildcats coach Bill Snyder said. "Against that football team, we knew that was a danger." Oklahoma stayed alive with a 20-17 victory at Kansas. Two 39-yard field goals by Scott Blanton in the fourth quarter were enough to keep the ship afloat for Gary Gibbs and Oklahoma. Blanton tied the game with a 39-yarder with 648 left and won it with another 39-yarder with 1:38 remaining. Oklahoma (4-3, 2-1) avoided its worst start in 30 years. "I don't know who accused them of quitting," Gibbs said of last week's loss at Colorado. "If you watched the tape or if you were with us, you never saw any quit in our football team." Ashaunlaid Smith's fumble, the first Jayhawks turnover in 15 quarters, led to the winning field goal for the Sooners. "Nothing came easy today," Kansas coach Glen Mason said. "When you play against a team with good players and good speed, if you don't slow them down, they'll make the big plays." In another Big Eight game, Oklahoma State and IowaState played to a 31-31 tie. Hrs: 8-6 M-Th., 8-5 Fri. 9-5 Sat. 12-4 Sun. 843-3826 Oklahoma State has not won in 14 straight conference games. Iowa State has lost nine in a row. Jayhawk Bookstore "Your Book Professionals" "At the top of Naismith Hill" NATURALWAY 820-822 Mass. 841-0100 THURSDAYS! $1.50 DOMESTIC BOTTLES LADIES NIGHT-NO COVER UP& UNDER $1.25 PITCHERS AT THE UP & UNDER Scottish & Newcastle Importors Co. 444 DeHaufe, Suite 209 Sen Francisco, California 94107 Telephone (415) 265-455