UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Jayhawk FOOTBALL
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1994
KANSAS IOWA STATE
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Kansas sophomore tight end Jim Moore runs past an Iowa State defender.The Jayhawk's offense passed for 126 yards Saturday in Ames, Iowa.
SCORES
SECTION E
Nebraska 17
Kansas State 6
Missouri 24
Oklahoma St. 15
Colorado 45
Oklahoma 7
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
WLT
Nebraska 200
Colorado. 200
Jayhawks blow out the Cyclones
Kansas St. 1 1 0
Kansas 110
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Oklahoma 110
Missouri 1 10
Okla. St. 0 2 0
Iowa St. 0 2 0
The New AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll with first-place votes in parentheses and records through Oct. 15.
NFLresults and game summaries.
rank team record pts. ptr.
1. Penn (19) St 6-0 1487 3
2. Colorado (15) 6-0 1474 4
3. Nebraska (25) 7-0 1463 2
4. Auburn (3) 7-0 1402 6
5. Florida 5-10 1196 1
6. Texas A&M 6-0 1188 7
7. Miami 4-10 1131 8
8. Alabama 7-0 1130 10
9. Washington 5-10 1128 9
10. Florida St. 4-10 1021 11
11. Michigan 4-20 937 5
12. Colorado St. 7-0 826 13
13. Texas 4-10 817 12
14. Arizona 5-10 764 14
15. N. Carolina 5-10 717 15
16. Syracuse 5-10 561 18
17. Virginia Tech 6-10 535 19
18. Utah 6-0 414 21
19. Kansas St. 4-10 391 16
20. Duke 6-0 316 25
21. BYU 6-10 258 —
22. BC 3-20 227 24
23. Wash. St. 4-20 209 20
24. Ohio St. 5-20 102 —
25. Virginia 5-10 95 —
Others receiving votes: North Carolina State 78, Illinois 71, Purdue 62, Southern Cal 36, Notre Dame 31, Wisconsin 27, Indiana 15, Oklahoma 14, Baylor 8, Kansas 8, Bowling Green 7, Mississippi St. 4.
Source: The Associated Press KANBAN
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Kansas senior outside linebacker Steve Harvey forces Iowa State quarterback Todd Doxzon to the ground. The Kansas defense allowed the Cyclones' offense to gain 353 yards Saturday. It was the most vards given up by the Jawhawks all season.
Players' meeting unifies team
By Matt Irwin
Kansan sportswriter
AMES, Iowa — With a 3-2 record and their first loss to Kansas State at home in 24 years, few of the Jayhawks would admit they were still down Wednesday because of the loss.
But on Thursday, the players held a "players only" meeting to discuss their concerns, said Chris Powell, senior full back.
"A lot of people were down after that Kansas State game," Powell said. "We had a team meeting, and we said, 'We have to play like we love this game.'
The Jayhawks played like they loved the game Saturday when they defeated Iowa State 41-23. Kansas improved to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big Eight Conference, while Iowa State dropped to 0-6, which put them at 0-2 in the Big Eight.
"Play it with your heart. Who cares about the press and everthing?"
"The biggest question for us was if we could put ourselves back together," Kansas senior linebacker Don Davis said. "After the game, our season looks a lot different. It was a great job getting us back on track."
Kansas senior quarterback Ashelik Preston said that the Jayhawks' success passing opened up the Kansas rushing attack. Preston said the team's unity helped lead it to victory.
The Jayhawks rushing attack did get back on track. Kansas' 332 yards rushing was its third performance of more than 300 yards this season.
The unification began on Thursday. Kansas co-captains, senior offensive guard John Jones and senior strong safety Gerald McBurrows, spoke along with some other
"There was some question about our unity coming into the game," Preston said. "We played as a team instead of as a bunch of individuals."
seniors, Powell said.
"We changed the focus. We're going to play football like we love to play football and the rest will take care of itself," Powell said, "By no means is the season over.
"We know we have the talent. We know we have the ability. We had been underachieving, as Coach Mason said.
"It was time for us seniors to say, "There is no tomorrow. We were 3-2. There's no reason in the world we can't win each and every game the rest of the season. We just need to believe."
"For some of the seniors, we'll never play football again," Powell said. "So we have to play every football game and not take it for granted."
Kansas has 20 seniors on its roster and most contribute. Seven of the 11 defensive starters for the Jayhawks are seniors.
'Hawks win, improve overall record to 4-2
By Matt Irwin
Kansan sportswriter
AMES, Iowa — The Kansas football team pointed itself in the right direction Saturday when it defeated Iowa State 41-23.
"I think we got better today," Kansas coach Glen Mason said of his team, which improved its record to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big Eight Conference.
In rushing for 332 yards against the Cyclones, a team that ranked second to last in rushing defense in Division I-A, the Jayhawks ran where they wanted. Kansas was led by sophomore running back Mark Sanders' 135 yards on 15 carries. Sanders scored two touchdowns.
The Jayhawks fell from the second best rushing average to the ninth in college football after they lost to Kansas State Oct. 6.
Kansas also passed for 126 yards against the Cyclones.
Kansas sophomore running back June Henley, who missed the K-state game because of a bruised shoulder, carried the ball three times for 15 yards. He said his shoulder felt fine.
"With the way we've been running the ball, the linebackers really had to honor the run," Kansas sophomore tight end Jim Moore said.
Kansas also passed 102 120 yards against the Syracuse Mason said that K-State was the first team to consistently place eight men near the line of scrimmage and that Iowa State began the game the same way.
Moore's touchdown was the third of five scores on the game's first five possessions. The Jahawks took a 17-14 lead on freshman kicker Jeff McCord's 48-yard field goal and led the rest of the game.
Moore caught three passes for 71 yards, including a diving catch for the Jawhaws' second touchdown.
"I thought we were going to keep scoring," Iowa State running back Jim Knott said. "I thought we were going to keep moving the ball."
"They've done that to a number of people," Mason said. "I saw them do it to Oklahoma last week on the first two series. They should have been up 14-0, if they didn't turn the ball over. That's a well-coached offense."
The Jayhawks gave up more rushing yards than they had all season, allowing the Cyclones 221 yards rushing, 132 yards passing and 353 total yards — all season highs.
Mason said his defense eventually got used to defending Iowa State's option attack.
Kansas had shut down the Cyclones' offense until the fourth quarter when Iowa State inserted third string quarterback Jeff St. Clair and began to pass more.
Knott agreed that the Jayhawks' defense adjusted well to the option.
"I felt like we could control them, but then they would come and make a big play when they needed to," he said. "They really swarm to the ball."
Mason said the Cyclones' passing success was due to the Jawhawk's defense, which concentrated on the option.
"I thought it was going to be another one of those days in Ames, Iowa," Mason said, referring to former games against Iowa State. The Jayhawks needed a 26-point comeback in their 1929 victory in Ames.
IOWA State did score one touchdown, but the Jayhawks intercepted two passes to kill any comeback.
"Coming off of K-State, this was a big win because we had to get that bad taste out of our mouths," Sanders said. "It feels good to come out and win and get ready to fight with OU."
How did the Associated Press Top 10 fare?
Source The Associated Press
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