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Jayhawk FOOTBALL
Kansas 42 Missouri 23
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Kansas freshman outside linebacker Patrick Brown runs the ball after intercepting a Missouri pass. in the Jayhawks' 42-23 victory, junior outside线backer Chris Jones picked off another pass and returned it for a touchdown.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6.1995
SECTION B
RESULTS
Kansas 42
Missouri 23
Nebraska 73
Iowa State 14
Kansas State. 49
Oklahoma 10
Colorado 45
Oklahoma State 32
STANDINGS
Conf. Overall
Nebraska 5.0 9 00
Kansas 4.1 8 10
Kansas St. 4.1 8 10
Colorado 3.2 7 20
Oklahoma 2.3 5 31
Iowa St. 1.4 3 60
Okla. St. 1.4 2 70
Missouri 0.5 2 70
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APTop25
Four Big Eight Conference teams are ranked in the top 10. That is more than any other conference. Oklahoma outlet of the top 25 after its 49-10 loss at the hands of then-No. 9 Kansas State.
remain town rec. pts. pr.
1. Nebraska (48) 9-0-0 1,639 1
2. Ohio (48) (12) 9-0-0 1,470 1
3. Florida (6) 9-0-0 1,494 3
4. Tennessee 9-1-0 1,348 5
5. Northwestern 9-1-0 1,208 6
6. St. Louis SL 7-1-0 1,241 7
7. Kansas SL 9-1-0 1,168 9
8. Notre Dame 9-2-0 1,206 8
9. Colorado 7-2-0 985 10
10. Kentucky 9-1-0 946 11
11. Texas 9-1-1 919 15
12. Southern Cal 7-1-1 896 18
13. Michigan 7-2-0 744 74
14. Virginia 7-2-0 698 24
15. Arkansas 7-2-0 679 18
16. Alabama 7-2-0 641 16
17. Oregon 7-2-0 619 16
18. Texas A&M 5-2-0 562 19
19. Farm SL 5-2-0 444 12
20. Utah 6-3-0 419 21
21. Virginia Tech 7-2-0 378
22. Washington 5-3-1 237 18
23. Syracuse 6-2-0 85 20
24. Clermont 6-2-0 75
25. Blue Diego SL 7-2-0 62
Others receiving votes: LCU 53, Miami 43,
Michigan SL 35, Tolosa SL 38, Arizona SL 26,
Burford 22, Texas Tech 19, Maryland 13,
Ohioa 11, Texas Christian 6, East Carolina
6, Engleham Young 2.
MEN'S GOLF
The Associated Press KANBAN
Kansas saved its best fall performance for last.The Jayhawks placed second at Stanford. Page 3B
Kansas senior defensive back Dorian Brew (left) and senior linebacker Dick Holl corral Missouri quarterback Corby Jones. After Jones led the Tigers to a 14-17 halftime lead, the Jayhawk defense allowed Missouri only six more points.
Kansas extends Missouri's misery
Confidence moves Jayhawks through troubled first half
By Robert Sinclair Kansan sportswriter
It would have been easy for the Kansas football team to be disgruntled and distraught at halftime of Saturday's 42-23 win against Missouri.
This is a Kansas team that had started its season 7-0 before being thrashed by intrastate rival Kansas State last weekend and found itself losing 17-14 after the first two quarters this week.
"A lot of people that had been finally supporting us with the No. 6 ranking kind of started showing a little bit of doubt, and I think we might have doubted ourselves a little bit after a 41-7 loss last week," Kansas junior tight end Jim Moore said.
After leading 7-0 and again 14-10, Kansas relinquished a 42-yard pass from Missouri freshman quarterback Corby Jones to junior tight end Bill Lingerfelt. Two plays later it was Jones again doing the damage as he kept an option play and turned it upfield for a 6-yard touchdown — the first of his career — and the Jayhawks trailed at the intermission.
But they had the Tigers by the tail.
"We were just like, 'OK, settle down,'" Kansas junior defensive tackle Kevin Kopp said of the mood at halftime. "No one was really yelling or anything. It was, 'We know what kind of team we are; we know we're a better team than Missouri. We just have to go out and prove it in the second half."
result.
Kansas did go out and prove it was the better team, outscoring its cross-river rival 28-6 in the final 30 minutes. Last week the Jayhawks also trailed at the half, 27-7, only to suffer a different
"There was an air of confidence in there at halftime." Holt said. "We knew we weren't playing our game, and we were going to get it straightened out. It sure didn't feel like last week. Last week, it just wasn't there."
Kansas senior linebacker Dick Holt said the difference was in the attitude.
The Jayhawks did not take long
to find whatever it was they sought.
After kicking off to Missouri to start the second half, the Kansas defense soon faced the prospect of stopping Missouri on third down and 3 from the Missouri 35-vard line.
The Missouri quarterback backpeddle, set his feet and threw his pass directly to Kansas junior outside linebacker Chris Jones.
"I was surprised he threw it to me," Jones said. "I was just standing there and all of the sudden it was right there in my face. I was going to kick myself if I wouldn't have caught that ball. When you're on defense, you don't expect anybody to throw you the ball."
Although Jones has had his share of touchdowns — he played tight end in high school — perhaps none were as big as this one, which gave Kansas the lead for good.
Nevertheless, Kansas football coach Glen Mason wasn't surprised his linebacker made the play.
"That ignited us," Mason said. "Chris Jones ought to do that. He came here as a wide receiver. I promised him he'd catch a ball or two when he came here. I didn't know the other team was going to throw it."
Missouri football coach Larry Smith agreed that the interception was one of the key plays in the game.
"I think we played a heck of a game for 2 1/2 quarters," Smith said. "We then lost control. The interception didn't finish us off, but it started the ball rolling."
Although the two coaches agreed about that play, there was little agreement concerning the play-calling late in the game.
Kansas led 35-23 with less than two minutes remaining in the game, and Missouri did not have any time-outs. With the ball siting on the Missouri 6-yard line, Kansas senior quarterback Mark Williams found Moore in the end zone for the final score of the day.
After the play, Smith made an obscene hand gesture toward the Kansas coach. Mason, in his defense, said that he did not think that he was running up the score when he called the play. He also said that he did not see the gesture.
"We would have made your day if we would have gone out and rolled around on the field a little bit." Mason joked when asked about the incident. "He's (Smith) too big, I think I could outrun him though."
Holt, who was recruited by Smith when he coached at Southern California and even visited the coach's home, said that Smith did not have reason to be upset.
"He was not afraid to do that there, so he shouldn't be upset about somebody doing it to him here," Holt said.
Halftime adjustment helps solidify lead
Jayhawks exploited Tigers' loose coverage on third-quarter bomb
By Tom Erickson
Kansan associate sports editor
As Kansas went into the locker room at halftime of Saturday's game, nobody did much talking.
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With Kansas trailing Missouri 17-14, a big pass play was needed to get the momentum back in Kansas' favor. While it was too early to press the panic button, there was cause for concern on the part of the Kansas players and coaches.
"There was no doubt that by halftime I wasn't pleased with what was happening," Kansas football coach Glen Mason said. "We had our backs against the wall, and things were kind of blah."
However, Kansas regained the lead on an interception return by junior linebacker Chris Jones early in the second half, putting it ahead 21-17.
Most of the concentration at halftime was in one corner of the locker room. Kansas senior quarterback Mark Williams and junior wide receiver Isaac Byrd met with offensive coordinator Golden Pat Ruel. When they emerged from the huddle, a new play designed to regain the lead had been developed.
On the Jayhawks' next possession, their first of the half, junior tight end Jim Moore fumbled a pass from Williams, and the Tigers recovered.
Kansas Junior tight end Jim Moore makes a diving catch during the Jayhaws' victory. Moore caught five passes for 59 of Kansas' 177 passing yards
After the Tiger offense stalled, the Jahayhawk offense started at the Tiger 49-yard line. It was time to put the new play to work.
Byrd lined up to the right of Williams, ran a long route turned in and received the pass. Because the Jayhawks had seen the Tigers' coverage in the first half, they knew the safety covering Byrd would give him room.
And he did. Byrd broke free and gave Kansas a 28-17 lead that put the game out of Missouri's reach.
"The play kind of took some of the energy out of them," said Byrd, who had 104 yards on five receptions Saturday. "They were in the game at that point. We knew we had to take a shot at it, and it worked."
Williams said the play worked to perfection.
"The safety cheated up, and with his speed, he got behind him." Williams said of Byrd. "We didn't know if the safety would react to it or not, but he got lucky and made a great catch."
Moore, despite the second-half fumble, also had a productive day, catching five passes for 59 yards and two touchdowns. Bouncing back from a tough defeat at Kansas State last week was more important than anything, he said.
overlooking Missouri."
"We came back to regroup and play as a team," Moore said. "It was a great job by a group not
Byrd said the big pass play took some of the focus away from the running game, something Kansas will have to do Saturday against
No.1 Nebraska.
"We are primarily a rushing team, and a play like that takes pressure off the running backs," he said.
"When we can do that, it helps."
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