LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Michael Cummings threw for 278 yards and accounted for two touchdowns, Corey Avery ran for 103 yards and another score, and Kansas beat up Iowa State 34-14 on Saturday for just its second Big 12 win in the past four years.

Tony Pierson added 101 yards rushing and a touchdown, and Nigel King had 101 yards receiving as the Jayhawks (3-6, 1-5) raced out to a 24-0 lead in the battle for the basement.

Iowa State put together a pair of touchdown drives to make the game interesting, but the Jayhawks answered with inspired play by their defense and just enough offense.

The victory ended the Jayhawks’ four-game losing streak to Iowa State (2-7, 0-6), and may go a long way toward helping interim coach Clint Bowen earn the full-time job. He’s already matched the number of Big 12 wins that Charlie Weis and Turner Gill managed during their brief tenures.

— Associated Press —

Thirty minutes in, the big play that Kansas fans await each gameday came through via a Kelly Oubre, Jr. breakaway dunk delivered by a grinning Wayne Selden, Jr. Kansas downed Washburn, 85-53, in the unofficial start to the 2014-15 men’s basketball season Monday night inside Allen Fieldhouse.

Squaring off in exhibition play for the first time since 2012 and the 40th time overall, No. 5 Kansas and Washburn were heartily welcomed by the Allen Fieldhouse crowd, eager to watch the latest edition of the Jayhawks in action. High-octane recruit Cliff Alexander played to his hype, leading the Jayhawks with a game-high-tying 14 points on 6-for-8 accuracy and coming in just one rebound short of a double-double. His three blocks, all in the first half, led his team’s solid defensive effort as the Jayhawks chalked up nine rejections and held the Ichabods under 30 percent shooting.

KU’s other freshman All-American, Oubre was also solid in his debut with nine points, including his thunder dunk inside the 12-minute mark. By night’s end, all 15 Jayhawks checked in and 12 scored en route to a 30-for-53 field-goal performance (56.6 percent). Nine of those came from behind the arc, only one shy of KU’s best three-point total a year ago (10 vs. Iowa State, 1/29/14).

Sophomore guard Frank Mason started the game at point, flanked on either side by Selden and freshman Devonte’ Graham, the only newcomer to crack the starting lineup. All-Big 12 returnee Perry Ellis reclaimed his starting spot, while junior forward Jamari Traylor would have registered his second career start had the game counted.

Mason looked the part at floor general, dishing out a game-high seven assists to just one turnover while turning in 13 points with only one missed shot on the night. Sophomore forward Landen Lucas posted a perfect 4-for-4 show to tally nine points and six rebounds. He, Traylor, Alexander and junior forward Hunter Mickelson all swatted multiple shots in the win.

On the opposing bench, senior guard Korey Fisher tied Alexander for the game’s lead with 14 points. He hit two of Washburn’s three three-pointers on Monday as the Ichabods were held to 3-for-20 from long range.

Senior guard Kyle Wiggins connected on a long jumper to put his team ahead 2-1, but the early lead would be the Ichabods’ last. Selden answered with a three on the other end to fuel an 8-0 run, capped by Graham’s first fastbreak layup as a Jayhawk. Not 15 seconds after he checked in, Alexander turned KU’s run to 12-straight points with back-to-back buckets. Halfway through the opening 20 minutes, Ellis already had a three-pointer to his credit and four of KU’s five freshmen had checked into the game. Like Alexander, Oubre also wasted no time collecting his first basket as he drained a three from the corner in hurry.

The rookies shared their night of firsts with Mickelson, who at long last heard his named called after sitting out last season due to NCAA transfer rules. He scored a put-back layup, a turnaround hook shot and blocked a shot to power KU’s lead past the 20-point plateau. Moments later, a three from Mason pushed it over 25 points.

Three minutes remained in the first half when a runner through the lane by Fisher finally put the Ichabods in double-digits. By halftime, KU’s defense had taken its toll, pestering Washburn with seven blocks and five steals. While Kansas shot 52 percent in first frame, the Jayhawks forced the Ichabods to miss 25 of their 30 first-half shots to take a commanding 42-13 lead to the lockerroom.

Scoring was slower to start the second half as nearly five minutes ticked away before free throws from Ellis and Mason saw KU eclipse 50 points. The ‘Svi for Three’ call from the PA announcer rang out for the first of, what the Jayhawk fan base hopes many, times this season after freshman guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk connected from three-point territory, and the Jayhawks found themselves ahead by 30 points, 59-29.

Firmly in command, Kansas utilized various lineups for the rest of the night – all of which are likely to appear in the regular season. Graham spent some time in the point guard spot and fired off five late points, before Evan Manning, Tyler Self and Josh Pollard replaced the backcourt for the final minutes of the 85-53 win.

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Kansas will conclude exhibition play when it plays host to Emporia State on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Tip time is set for 7 p.m.

— KU Sports Information —

WACO, Texas (AP) — Bryce Petty had three touchdown passes, including two to Corey Coleman, and No. 13 Baylor scored on 11 straight possessions despite looking sluggish at times in a 60-14 victory over Kansas on Saturday.

Baylor (7-1, 3-1 Big 12) had to settle for field goals after two of three first-half fumbles by the Jayhawks deep in their territory, but the Bears (No. 13 CFP, No. 12 AP) still rolled up 669 yards in their 14th straight home victory in the 91st homecoming game. That streak ties Auburn for the longest in the nation.

Coleman had a career-high 167 yards receiving and TDs of 72 and 49 yards, the latter putting the Bears up 46-7 early in the third quarter.

Kansas (2-6, 0-5) had 0 yards rushing at halftime in its 31st straight loss away from home and 28th in a row in a true road game since winning at UTEP in 2009.

The Bears had to wait two weeks for their bounce-back win after their undefeated season ended at West Virginia. During the lull, Baylor also found out it will have an uphill climb in the playoff rankings after debuting at No. 13 in the race for the first four-team postseason tournament.

Petty said he didn’t like sitting on that loss for two weeks, but his offense didn’t show much urgency early in what turned into Baylor’s fourth game with at least 60 points this season.

After a three-and-out to start the game, the Bears got the ball inside the Kansas 25 after fumbles on consecutive possession in the second quarter but didn’t get a first down either time.

After the second fumble, by Kansas quarterback Michael Cummings when he was sacked by K.J. Smith, Baylor had to call a timeout before the first snap. It didn’t help.

The beneficiary was Chris Callahan, who kicked four field goals to match his season high from a wild 61-58 win over TCU.

Petty secured his 20th straight game with at least one touchdown pass on the game’s first score, throwing short to Coleman, who ran free down the sideline on the 72-yarder after Cassius Sendish slipped when closing in for the tackle.

Petty was 15 of 27 for 277 yards before going to the sideline for good late in the third quarter.

Devin Chafin had a career-high 112 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and Big 12 rushing leader Shock Linwood finished with 81 yards and a leaping score from the 1.

The Jayhawks had two players — cornerback Derrick Neal and defensive lineman Keon Stowers — taken to a hospital after getting injured in the first half.

Stowers had his head immobilized on a stretcher after a play in the second quarter. He flashed a thumbs-up sign as the cart took him off the field, and a Kansas athletic spokesman said he was able to move his extremities.

Neal’s head collided with the knee of Chafin when he was covering a kickoff in the first quarter. Neal was placed in a neck brace before walking to the cart.

Kansas fell to 0-4 under interim coach Clint Bowen, who announced before the game that receivers coach Eric Kiesau was taking the play-calling role from offensive coordinator John Reagan.

Charlie Weis, who was fired as coach Sept. 28 after a loss to Texas, hired Reagan in the offseason after handling those duties himself his first two seasons.

Cummings threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns, both to Nick Harwell, who had 79 yards receiving.

— Associated Press —

Four coaches have called the storied limestone basketball monument home over the last 50 years. Monday night, legendary Kansas leaders Ted Owens, Larry Brown, Roy Williams and current head coach Bill Self celebrated the 60th anniversary of Jayhawk basketball in Allen Fieldhouse during an evening unlike any other.

The renowned foursome, who combined have guided the Jayhawks since 1964, enjoyed a night of reliving their favorite Allen Fieldhouse memories. Kansas Athletics and Self’s Assists Foundation teamed up to provide the one of a kind evening, the proceeds of which are benefitting charities designated by each of the four coaches. The fans showed their support in a big way as the tables on the floor sold out and a total of 7,500 were in attendance.

“It’s a great way to pay homage to this building on this is a very unique night,” Self said. “This really came about when we were talking about how to raise money for our foundation. Cindy (Self) and I do big fundraisers every year and when we came up with the idea for this – coincidentally the 60th year tied into it. It’s been very well-received, the coaches jumped on board immediately and, of course, our fans have been unbelievable.”

ESPN analyst and college basketball aficionado, Jay Bilas, served as the evening’s master of ceremonies. Prior to his introduction, the video board played a long tribute to not only men’s basketball highlights, but iconic memories, as well. The crowd lit up when Lynette Woodard flashed across the screen, when Bob Dole and Bill Clinton made a joint appearance in 2004, when Bobby Kennedy spoke in the Fieldhouse in 1968 and when Jim Ryun set a world record on the indoor track in 1967. The coaches, sport and building of which the evening the revolved around, however, got the loudest ovation as Bilas took the stage to begin the program.

“If you love basketball; if you love and respect the history of the game, every road leads back to Lawrence, Kansas,” Bilas said. “This magnificent building cannot be captured in words. This building has a soul. It’s a cathedral of college basketball. It is the ultimate bucket list place for every player, every coach, every fan, every official – everyone.”

Bilas turned over the mic to Gary Padgett, who played in the first-ever game in Allen Fieldhouse, and addressed the crowd with a few memories of his own. He also started the line of unique introductions for each coach that began with an individual video montage before a former player from their time at Kansas came up to welcome their coach to the podium.

All-American Bud Stallworth introduced Owens, 1988 national champion Chris Piper called up Brown and Scot Pollard had the honor of bringing Williams to the Allen Fieldhouse floor for the first time since 2003. KU’s current coach was the last to speak and Academic All-American Tyrel Reed preceded Self to the stage. Each coach took their turn on stage in the order of their stints at Kansas.

Owens spent 19 seasons leading the Jayhawks, the second-longest tenure of the program’s eight head coaches. A five-time Big Eight Coach of the Year, Owens’ 348 victories rank third all-time behind Allen and Williams. In Owens’ tenancy, Kansas won six Big Eight titles and advanced to NCAA Tournament play seven times, including Final Four appearances in 1971 and 1974. In his time on the stage, he was gracious for his tenure at Kansas and thanked the fans for helping him live his dream.

“I never dreamed that I would get to coach the game that I love to some incredibly wonderful young men in the greatest building there is,” Owens said. “Back then, Floyd Temple would be hitting in one corner and we had to stop Bob Timmons from shooting the gun off on the track – so it wasn’t a particularly good practice facility – but it was something special on game night.”

A 40-year coaching veteran, Brown went 71-5 in Allen Fieldhouse and led the Jayhawks to the NCAA Tournament in each of his five years. Named the Big Eight Coach of the Year in 1986, Brown and the Jayhawks went 35-4 that season on their way to the NCAA Final Four. Brown capped his career at Kansas with the 1988 NCAA National Championship and followed that with 23 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2004, he led the Detroit Pistons to the NBA Championship, making him the only coach in history to win a title at both the NCAA and NBA levels. When he began his speech, he joked about the many, many places he’s been in his career, but he quickly switched to sentiments about his time in Lawrence.

“I left in 1988 and had the greatest five years here with the opportunity to be around people who love this game and respect this game,” Brown said. “Cherish your time here where you can watch the game played the right way, right here. Nobody else does it better than this.”

A long-awaited return to Lawrence came next. The last time Williams stepped on the Allen Fieldhouse floor was his KU team’s last practice before the Final Four in 2003. Williams is the second-winningest coach in Kansas history, behind the building’s namesake – Dr. Forrest “Phog” Allen. During Williams’ 15 years leading the Jayhawks or at the helm of the Jayhawks, Kansas made four trips to the NCAA Final Four and totaled a 418-101 record. He guided KU to nine conference titles and his 2002 team is the only in Big 12 Conference history to go 16-0. Though the altered setup in the Fieldhouse, to accommodate the night’s festivities, kept the capacity from its normal volume, the cheers from the crowd sounded like a full house. Williams walked to the stage to one of multiple standing ovations.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be here,” said Williams, who paused several times due to continued applause. “I know that it’s not about me, it’s about this building. Bill (Self), I appreciate the way you’ve handled this and invited me back. I mean that from the bottom of my heart. On game night, there’s nothing like it. The only thing that I think would be better than coming through that tunnel as a coach is coming through it as a player. There is no better home court advantage than this.”

The current leader of the Jayhawks with 10-straight Big 12 regular-season titles to his credit, Self concluded the speeches. He thanked the staff that put the evening together, the architects and, of course, the family of Phog Allen in attendance. He honored the reason behind the building and the coaches that joined him onstage.

“This is very humbling for me, to be part of something so much bigger than myself and to be the caretaker of something so precious,” Self said. “There is no place and no fans that love their players the way they do in Lawrence, Kansas.”

The three-hour event concluded with a round-table discussion. Bilas moderated a light-hearted joint conversation between the four coaches before thanking the fans and bidding them goodnight.

— KU Sports Information —

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Davis Webb threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns to lead Texas Tech to a 34-21 win over Kansas on Saturday, snapping the Red Raiders’ eight-game Big 12 skid that dated to last season.

The loss for the Jayhawks was their fourth straight conference defeat this year and keeps interim coach Clint Bowen still in search of his first win.

Webb threw TD passes of 13, 8 and 6 yards. He also threw his 12th interception of the year, one of two errors the Jayhawks capitalized on with touchdowns.

But it wasn’t enough for Kansas, which has won just one conference game in its last 34 outings.

Red Raiders (3-4, 1/3 Big 12) freshman Justin Stockton scored on a 21-yard run to put the game out of reach.

Michael Cummings completed 20 of 32 passes for 235 yards, two touchdowns and one interception for the Jayhawks (2-5, 0-4).

The Red Raiders dominated offensively, getting 507 total yards to the Jayhawks’ 363.

Webb, the second-best passer in the Big 12 coming into the game, completed 28 of 44 passes. Running back De’Andre Washington finished with 164 yards on 23 carries.

Ben Heeney, a standout linebacker on Kansas’ defense, had a career-high 17 solo tackles. His previous high was 15 last year against Duke.

Texas Tech lost five straight conference games to close its regular season last year. The Red Raiders opened Big 12 play this season with losses to Oklahoma State, Kansas State and West Virginia.

The Jayhawks made it a one-possession game late in the third quarter when Cummings scored from 1 yard out to make it 27-21. The Red Raiders got their first rushing touchdown on their next possession, a 21-yard scamper up the middle by Stockton to put more distance, 34-21, between Texas Tech and Kansas.

Kansas got touchdowns off two mistakes by Webb, one in each half. The second came after Webb fumbled on the Red Raiders’ 40. Two plays later Cummings found Jimmay Mundine over the middle to pull within 20-14 with 8:34 remaining in the third quarter.

The Red Raiders answered quickly, with Webb capping a nine-play drive when he hit freshman receiver Ian Sadler on a 6-yard touchdown to go up 27-14.

Texas Tech led 17-7 at halftime off two touchdown passes by Webb. He got his first when he found Reginald Davis on fade route in near corner of the end zone to put the Red Raiders up 10-0. Webb’s second TD pass, an 8-yarder to Bradley Marquez, made it 17-0. It was Texas Tech’s largest lead of the season and gave Marquez his seventh touchdown for the season, a career high.

On the Red Raiders next possession, Heeney intercepted Webb and returned it 37 yards to the Texas Tech 39. Cummings found Justin McCay for a 16-yard touchdown pass to pull the Jayhawks within 17-7.

The interception extended the Red Raiders streak of losing at least one turnover to 19 games; Webb has 12 now in seven games, compared to the nine in 10 games he had last season.

— Associated Press —

The John Mackey Award Selection Committee announced Monday that Kansas senior tight end Jimmay Mundine was named to the 2014 John Mackey Award midseason watch list.

Awarded to the nation’s most outstanding collegiate tight end since 2000, the Mackey Award is named in honor of collegiate and professional all-time great John Mackey. Mackey, a product of Syracuse University, played 10 years of professional football as a tight end. Spending nine seasons with the Baltimore Colts and one year with the San Diego Chargers, Mackey found success on and off the field as he was a Super Bowl champion and a member of the NFL Hall of Fame, as well as the first president of the National Football League Players Association.

A native of Denison, Texas, Mundine was one of two tight ends from the Big 12 Conference, and one of the 33 total honorees, selected for the committee’s midseason watch list. He leads all Big 12 tight ends in receiving yards with 212 yards on 16 receptions. Mundine had five catches for a career-best 88 yards in the Jayhawks last outing against Oklahoma State.

Semifinalists for the award will be revealed on Nov. 17 while on Nov. 24 the list will be trimmed down to three finalists. The winner of the 2014 Mackey Award will be announced on Dec. 11 as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show.

Mundine and Kansas travel to Texas Tech Saturday, Oct. 18 in search of their first Big 12 Conference win. Both the Jayhawks and Red Raiders enter the game with 2-4 records overall and 0-3 ledgers in conference play.

— KU Sports Information —

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy freely admits that his team doesn’t run the ball very well.

It doesn’t have much experience.

The offensive line doesn’t always protect well and the defense doesn’t have a whole lot of depth.

Then again, here’s something else the No. 16 Cowboys don’t have: a Big 12 loss.

They can thank Tyreek Hill for that.

The junior college transfer returned a kickoff 99 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown, sending the Cowboys past upset-minded Kansas 27-20 on Saturday.

“We’ve got a ways to go,” Gundy said afterward. “It feels like I have a crystal ball or something. I said a month ago it’s going to be a battle every game we’re in.”

Daxx Garman threw for 161 yards with a touchdown and an interception for the Cowboys (5-1, 3-0), while Desmond Roland ran for 87 yards and another score. But their offense otherwise struggled against a Kansas defense that hasn’t always been that stingy.

“You never want to go to a place and lose,” said Cowboys wide receiver Jhajuan Seales, who caught a touchdown pass. “Kansas had a great scheme and came out and played well.”

Michael Cummings threw for 288 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first start for Kansas (2-4, 0-3) since 2012. Corey Avery also ran for a score for the Jayhawks.

Oklahoma State led 20-7 at halftime, but the Jayhawks rallied to tie the game 20-all late in the fourth quarter in their first home game under interim coach Clint Bowen.

It didn’t last that way for long. Hill, whom the Jayhawks had avoided kicking to all game, took the kickoff up the Kansas sideline for the go-ahead touchdown. The junior college transfer also returned a kickoff 97 yards in the Cowboys’ win over Iowa State last week.

Cummings was picked off with 53 seconds left to seal the outcome.

“We were trying to get it done,” said Cummings, who replaced sophomore starter Montell Cozart last week against West Virginia and got the nod this week.

Playing its first true road game, Oklahoma State won its sixth straight at Memorial Stadium. It was also its fifth straight Big 12 road win.

The Cowboys got off to a slow start, though, a problem that has plagued them throughout the season. They had to settle for Ben Grogan’s 43-yard field goal on their opening drive, and then allowed the Jayhawks to drive 81 yards the other way for a touchdown.

The big play was a 51-yard pass from Cummings to Nick Harwell down the sideline.

Oklahoma State answered with a 33-yard touchdown run by Roland, but the Cowboys kept squandering chances to put the game away. They settled for another field goal, went three-and-out on their next drive, and then kicked yet another field goal.

It wasn’t until a shanked punt by Trevor Pardula with just over a minute left in the half gave the Cowboys prime field position that they threatened to put the game away. Five plays later, Seales hauled in a short touchdown pass for a 20-7 lead.

Unlike so many times the past few years, Kansas refused to fold.

Cassius Sendish picked off a pass to foil Oklahoma State’s first drive of the second half.

Moments later, Tevin Shaw jumped on a fumble that everybody in orange seemed to think was an incomplete pass and returned it to the Cowboys 15, setting up a short field goal.

It remained 20-10 until early in the fourth quarter, when Kansas needed four plays to go 83 yards. Avery capped the drive with a 23-yard touchdown run, energizing a paltry crowd of roughly 15,000 — the combination of Late Night in the Phog the previous night, fall break for students and the Royals-Orioles playoff game did a number on attendance.

Kansas quickly forced a punt, and then went 72 yards, converting a key fourth-and-2 along the way. But when Bowen was faced with going for it on fourth-and-inches at the Cowboys 18 with 6:55 left, he elected to kick a 35-yard field goal to tie the game instead.

“We just felt like we had to tie the game,” Bowen said.

It stayed tied for as long as it took Hill to return the kickoff 99 yards.

“Big plays change games,” Oklahoma State wide receiver David Glidden said. “We were fortunate that the big play happened for us.”

— Associated Press —

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Clint Trickett threw for 302 yards and a touchdown, Mario Alford returned a kickoff 94 yards for a score and West Virginia beat Kansas 33-14 on Saturday.

Rushel Shell ran for a season-high 113 yards and a score while Josh Lambert kicked four field goals for the Mountaineers (3-2, 1-1 Big 12).

The Mountaineers’ Kevin White finished with six catches for 132 yards and matched Stedman Bailey’s school record of five straight games with 100 receiving yards.

West Virginia jumped ahead 26-0 at halftime and cruised from there.

Kansas (2-3, 0-2) managed little offense in the debut for interim head coach Clint Bowen, who took over after Charlie Weis was fired on Sunday. The Jayhawks were held to 176 totals yards and nine first downs.

Kansas lost its 26th straight road game. The busiest player for the Jayhawks was Trevor Pardula, who punted 14 times.

Kansas quarterback Montell Cozart, who had four interceptions in a 23-0 loss to Texas last week, couldn’t move the offense again and played only the first half. Two other quarterbacks had no better luck in the second half.

West Virginia amassed 557 yards of offense but its special teams had an up and down day.

After the Mountaineers’ Jordan Thompson fumbled a punt on his 18 that led to a short touchdown run by the Jayhawks’ Corey Avery, Alford took the ensuing kickoff down the right sideline for a score to put West Virginia ahead 33-7 late in the third quarter.

Late in the game, the Jayhawks’ Nick Harwell returned a punt 76 yards for a TD, the third straight game that West Virginia’s special teams allowed a score.

The margin of victory could have been much greater. West Virginia had another field goal attempt blocked and Dustin Garrison fumbled the ball away at the Kansas 5 following a 28-yard run.

Trickett completed 20 of 35 passes with an interception. Several of his incompletions were long throws. White and Alford both let passes go off their hands in the end zone, resulting in two of Lambert’s three first-quarter field goals.

White got loose in single coverage late in the quarter and Trickett found him in stride for a 63-yard TD for a 16-0 lead.

Alford turned a screen pass into a 39-yard gain late in the second quarter, leading to Shell’s short TD run. Lambert, who earlier had field goals of 42, 25 and 43 yards, capped the first-half scoring with a 53-yarder as time expired.

— Associated Press —

LAWRENCE, Kansas (AP) — Tyrone Swoopes passed for one touchdown and ran for another and Texas picked off four Kansas passes, leading the Longhorns to a 23-0 victory Saturday in the Big 12 opener.

Swoopes, in his first start in a conference game, was 19 for 34 for 218 yards and two TDs as Texas (2-2, 1-0) beat Kansas for the 12th straight time. A stifling Texas defense limited Kansas sophomore Montell Cozart to 12 for 31 for 140 yards and the four picks. Cornerback Duke Thomas had two of the interceptions and also broke up a short pass in the end zone on fourth down. Texas also sacked Cozart four times while holding the Jayhawks to 313 total yards.

All week long, Kansas (2-2, 0-1) kept the Texas fight song blaring across the practice field and filled the locker room with reminders that the Jayhawks had not beaten Texas in 76 years.

But Texas, despite crippling injuries and nine player dismissals, never trailed the team that has now lost 30 of its last 31 Big 12 games.

Thomas’ first interception and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty set up the touchdown that gave Texas a 13-0 halftime lead. Thomas intercepted Cozart’s pass and raced 24 yards to the 26, then the half-the-distance penalty gave the Longhorns a first down on the 13. Two plays later from the 7, Swoopes went around left end and squeezed into the corner of the end zone for the TD.

Kansas, failing to get a first down when linebacker Ben Heeney recovered a Texas fumble at the Kansas 2, punted to Jaxon Shipley, who sped 41 yards with the return and set up the Longhorns on the 18. On third-and-3, Swoopes hit Malcolm Brown for 10 yards to the 1. Next play, Swoopes spotted M.J. McFarland wide open in the back of the end zone. The extra-point attempt failed.

After taking over on downs late in the fourth quarter, the Longhorns made it 23-0 when Swoopes connected with John Harris on a 16-yard scoring pass. In the third quarter, Nick Rose, who missed the extra point after Texas’ first touchdown, kicked a 42-yard field goal.

Kansas, following a 35-yard pass play from Cozart to Jimmay Mundine, had a second-and-8 from the 18. But Cozart’s pass was tipped high into the air at the line and floated into the arms of Texas defender Quandre Diggs in the end zone. The Longhorns then marched all the way to the 5, aided by Armanti Foreman’s 30-yard gain on a reverse. But Heeney fell on what was described as a team fumble and turned the ball back to the Jayhawks on their own 2.

With their second possession of the second half, the Jayhawks marched all the way from their own 16 to the Texas 5. On fourth down, Cozart lofted a fade pass to Nigel King. But with Thomas defending, the ball fell incomplete.

— Associated Press —

Kansas senior Jimmay Mundine was named the John Mackey Tight End of the Week Wednesday morning, it was announced by The John Mackey Award.

A senior from Denison, Texas, Mundine recorded six receptions for 67 yards (both career-highs), leading the Jayhawks in receptions in their 24-10 win over Central Michigan. Mundine was one of 40 tight ends named to the 2014 Mackey Preseason Watch List in July.

Honorable mentions for this week’s John Mackey Tight End of the Week include Nick O’Leary of Florida State and Clive Walford of Miami.

The 2014 John Mackey recipient will be announced on December 10, 2014 and presented live on December 11, 2014 at The Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show on ESPNU. Other key dates include the announcement of the Midseason Watch List on October 13, 2014, the Mackey Semi-finalists on November 17, 2014 and the Mackey Finalists on November 24, 2014.

The John Mackey Tight End of the Week is an honor distinct and different from the annual John Mackey Award. This weekly honor was started in 2004 to draw attention to individual play by Tight Ends during the active season. The Tight End of the Week acknowledgment does not have a direct bearing on the final John Mackey Award selection process.

The John Mackey Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA) which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. The 21 awards boast 678 years of tradition-selection excellence.

Mundine and his Kansas teammates host Texas in the annual Homecoming game, which doubles as their first Big 12 contest of the 2014 season, Saturday, Sept. 27. Game time is slated for 3 p.m.

— KU Sports Information —