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Kansas 3 | 7 |0|0 — 10
ATM Texas A&M 14 | 17 |7|7 — 45
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Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Kansas Passing
| Player | C/AT/INT Yards | TD | Long | Sack |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Webb, Jordan | 9-18-2 | 90 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| Pick, Kale | 7-12-0 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Mecham, Quinn | 0-1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kansas Rushing
| Player | CAR | Yards | TD | Lg | Avg. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Webb, Jordan | 7 | 75 | 0 | 25 | 10.7 |
| Beshears, D.J. | 12 | 64 | 0 | 12 | 5.3 |
| Sands, Deshaun | 6 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 4.3 |
| Quigley, Angus | 9 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2.8 |
| Sims, James | 5 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 4.6 |
| Mecham, Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.0 |
Kansas Receiving
| Player | REC | Yards | TD | Lg |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Patterson, Daym | 5 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| Biere, Tim | 4 | 67 | 1 | 32 |
| Sims, James | 3 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| Quigley, Angus | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| McDougald, Brad | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Beshears, D.J. | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Wilson, Johnathan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 16 | 130 | 1 | 32 |
Kansas Kick Returns
| Player | No. | Yards | Long | TD |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Beshears, D.J. | 4 | 77 | 26 | 0 |
| Barfield, Isiah | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
Kansas Punt Returns
| Player | NO | YDS | AVG | LG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Harris, Rod | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Kansas Kicking
| Player | FG | PCT | XP | PTS |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Branstetter, Jacob | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 4 |
Kansas Punting
| Player | TOT | YDS | LG | -20 | TB |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Rojas, Alonso | 7 | 292 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
Texas A&M Passing
| C/AT/INT Yards | TD | Long | Sack |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 24-36-0 | 294 | 3 | 40 | 2 |
Texas A&M Rushing
| CAR | Yards | TD | LG | AVG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 46 | 227 | 3 | 36 | 4.9 |
Texas A&M Receiving
| REC | Yards | TD | Lg |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 24 | 294 | 3 | 40 |
Texas A&M Kick Returns
| NO | Yards | Avg | Lg |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 3 | 56 | 18.6 | 24 |
Texas A&M Punt Returns
| NO | Yards | Avg | Lg |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 4 | 36 | 8.0 | 12 |
Texas A&M Kicking
| FG | PCT | Long | XP | Pts |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 32 | 6 | 9 |
Texas A&M Punting
| TOT | Yards | TB | -20 | LG |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 4 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
KANSAS FOOT
Costly mistakes hurt Jayhawks once again
BY COREY THIBODEAUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
twitter.com/c/thibodeau
Texas A&M was about to punt early in the second quarter. Kansas had scored on the previous possession, only trailing 10-17. The Jayhawks were supposed to get the ball back, drive down the field and show they weren't the bottom-dwellers of the Big 12.
The Jayhawks had all the momentum. They were about to use this homecoming game to end a terrible start to the Big 12 season.
mg the Ghost penalty.
"I ended up hitting him with my hands up and they hit his helmet 1 guess." Laptad said.
They proved otherwise.
Senior defensive end Jake Laptad was called for a roughing the passer when the Jayhawks forced an incomplete pass on third and 15. He said he tried to get his hands up to deflect the pass, but that ended up earning the costly penalty.
They proved otherwise.
found wide receiver Jeff Fuller wide open.
found wide receiver Jeff Fuller wide open. The momentum was shifted dramatically with the Aggie lead 24-10.
But the Jayhawks responded and drove the ball all the way to the Aggie seven-yard line. Quarterback Jordan Webb looked a little shaken up, but coach Turner Gill kept him in anyway.
It was yet another costly mistake for Kansas.
"There plays out there that if they just went our way, it could have been a different game." Laptad said.
this recent losing trend has a lot of problems that need addressing. On defense, the team is missing tackles and not getting takeaways. On offense, they are turning the ball over and not putting the ball in the endzone.
Gill said Webb's injury apparently affected the goalline pass, as it was underthrown and intercepted. Texas A&M scored on the ensuing possession.
and not putting the ball in.
"That stuff kind of starts to snowball," Quigley said. "And if you look at the last few games, that's what's killing us."
In the past three games, all against Big 12
Instead of making it a 17-24 game, the Jayhawks were now down 10-31, not the ideal way to go into halftime. By this point, the Aggies had the game in hand.
Gill said the team can move the ball from the 30 to the 30, but punching the ball in for a score has doomed the Jayhawks pretty much all season.
ANGUS QUIGLEY Senior running back
"That kind of stuff starts to snowball."
opponents, the Jayhawks have been outscored 159-24.
Senior running back Angus Quigley said
"We shoot ourselves in the foot, so-to-speak," Gill said. "I think that's
the biggest thing, is just trying to get in the green zone/ red zone area and capitalize on making the plays."
Edited by Tim Dwyer
VOSBURGH (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
for him to be fired. Jayhawk fans were spoiled into thinking Kansas could be more than a basketball school, and for a few years it was. Now that football has fallen back into the dark ages, people remember the good times and want them back.
However, it may be about that time to honestly consider whether Gill is the right man to lead Kansas out of this mess.
In fairness, you could argue Gill deserves a few years to prove himself with his own players. But the fact remains that the only guys Kansas could recruit after
winning the Orange Bowl are the guys you see on the field now. So what makes you think a coach — that many fans already resent — can persuade high school kids to come play football at the bottom of the Big 12 in a stadium of fed up people?
His players look confused on the field. They show up late to the huddles. They don't seem prepared and look like they've given up by the end of the game. And these things reflect coaching more than the team's lack of talent.
Kansas may need a miracle
Edited by Kelsey Nill
Sophomore quarterback Kale Pick lets loose a pass as he's tackled by Texas A&M linebacker Charlie Thomas. Pick completed 7-of-12 passes for 40 yards as the Jayhawks fell to the Aggies 45-10 at Memorial Stadium.
Jerry Wang/KANSANks fell to the