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KANSAS 20, TEXAS 51
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 2009
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Kansas
Texas
7 | 20 | 7 | 17 - 51
Jayhawk Stat Leaders
Rushing
Rell Lewis 43 yds
Passing
Receiving
Todd Reesing 256 yds
Dezmon Briscoe
101 yds
Kansas Passing
Player C/ATT Yards Avg TD Int
Todd Reesing 25/39 256 6.6 0 1
Team 25/39 256 6.6 0 1
Texas Passing
| | C/ATT | Yards | Avg | TD | Int |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 32/42 | 396 | 9.4 | 4 | 0 |
Kansas Rushing
Player CAR Yards Avg TD Lg
Rell Lewis 5 43 8.6 0 15
Jake Sharp 9 22 2.4 1 9
Toben Opurum 2 13 6.5 0 12
Kerry Meier 1 -8 -8.0 0 0
Todd Reesing 9 -23 -2.6 0 6
Team 26 47 1.8 1 15
Texas Rushing
Kansas Receiving
Team CAR Yards Avg TD LG 40 136 3.4 2 19
| Player | REC | Yards | Avg | TD | Lg |
|---|
| Dezmon Briscoe | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 0 | 39 |
| Johnathan Wilson | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 47 |
| Kerry Meier | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 0 | 11 |
| Bradley McDougald | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 17 |
| Tim Biere | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 25 | 256 | 10.2 | 0 | 47 |
Texas Receiving
| | REC | Yards | Avg | TD | Lg |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Team | 32 | 396 | 12.4 | 4 | 68 |
Kansas Kick Returns
Player No. Yards Avg TD Darrell Stuckey 5 109 21.8 0 Dezmon Briscoe 3 144 48.0 1 Justin Springer 2 20 10.0 0 Team 10 273 27.3 1
Texas Kick Returns NO Yards Avg Lg Team 4 94 23.5 27
Kansas Punt Returns
NO YDS AVG LG
Team 1 32 32.0 32
Texas Punt Returns
NO Yards Avg Lg
Team 2 53 26.5 50
Kansas Kicking
Player FG PCT XP PTS Jacob Branstetter 2/3 66.7 2/2 8 Team 2/3 66.7 2/2 8
Texas Kicking
FG PCT Long XP Pts
Team 3/3 100.0 49 6/6 15
Kansas Punting
Player TOT YDS TB -20 LG
Alonso Rojas 3 116 0 0 40
Team 5 195 0 0 43
Texas Punting Tot Yards TB -20 LG Team 2 61 0 1 37
KANSASFOOT
Senior cornerback Justin Thornton gets a hand in to break up a pass in the end zone. Thornton recovered a fumble and tallied eight tackles in addition to the breakup in a 51-20 loss. Kansas moved Big 12 play after dropping its sixth-straight game to the Longhorns.
Border Showdown becomes team's
cgoble@kansan.com
BY CLARK GOBLE
AUSTIN, Texas — Seniors Justin Thornton and Todd Reeing both said they thought Saturday was the first time they had been flat-out beaten this season.
Coach Mark Mangino told the team after its 51-20 loss to Texas to shift its focus to this week's game against Missouri even quicker than most weeks. Mangino said his focus would shift as soon as he walked out of the postgame press conference.
Thornton said the team wouldn't dwell on the loss.
"We're not going to really spend too much time on this game at all," Thornton said. "We're going to go straight to Missouri because that's our biggest task and most important thing we have going right now."
Former Kansas coach Don Fambrough,
"We're not going to really spend too much time on this game at all."
known for his riveting pregame speeches given before the Missouri game every year, was pacing the sidelines all last week during practice.
Mangino even asked Equipment Manager Jeff Himes whether Fambrough knew that the team was playing Texas on Saturday and not Missouri.
"He has his Missouri game face on a week early," Mangino said. "And you can tell when you're getting ready to play Missouri. He's got his hands behind his
back and he walks around the field about 90 miles an hour. When he talks, he talks so fast, you don't know what the heck he's saving."
Thornton said that the team could salvage some of its season with a victory against its border rival.
"This is a lot more than a regular Big 12 season game; it's bigger than a regular conference game for us," Thornton said. "Right now, it's the most important game of our season. Every week up to this has been the most important game, but this is our last chance to pick up a win and become bowl eligible."
Reesing said that people would bring up last year's thrilling comeback victory but that the team wouldn't reminisce too much.
"For us, it's a chance to end the streak we've been on and get bowl eligible," Reesing said. "We'd like nothing better than to beat Missouri."
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Senior running back Jake Sharp looks to break through a gap. Sharp had nine carries for just 25 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's 51-20 loss to Texas in Austin.
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