It wasn’t the worst loss in 112 years of Kansas University football, but it was close.

No. 14 Kansas State hammered the Jayhawks, 64-0, on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

“I think our football team played well,” Kansas State’s Bill Snyder said. “I think we played well on offense, played well on defense and played well on special teams.”

Kansas did not.

How bad was it?

l The 64-0 loss ranked as the third worst in KU history, was the Jayhawks’ biggest loss ever to Kansas State and ranked as the largest margin of victory in the 100-year-old series. It also marked the most points allowed by Kansas since a 71-10 loss to Oklahoma in 1987.

l The shutout was K-State’s first against Kansas since 1955 and gave the Wildcats their 10th straight victory against the Jayhawks, tying a series record set by Kansas between 1956 and 1965.

l KSU’s 43-0 halftime lead marked the most points surrendered by KU in one period since Nebraska led Kansas 49-10 at halftime in 1988.

l Kansas matched a Big 12 Conference record by losing five fumbles and had a total of seven turnovers.

“We were outplayed in every single aspect by Kansas State,” said first-year KU coach Mark Mangino, who was Snyder’s assistant from 1991 to 1998.

Kansas (2-8 overall, 0-6 Big 12) played without injured quarterback Bill Whittemore, who damaged the medial collateral ligament in his left knee last week against Missouri. Without the junior starter, KU was unable to sustain drives, punted six times and finished with 115 total yards. The Jayhawks drove into KSU territory only twice and turned the ball over both times. That didn’t make things easy for KU’s struggling defense, which allowed 494 total yards.

Kansas State's Brian Casey, Byron Hickman (18) and Henry Bryant (90) tackle KU's Clark Green for a safety. The play set the tone for KSU's 64-0 rout Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

“I know Kansas played without their No. 1 quarterback. That makes a difference in the ballgame,” said Snyder, who was unhappy with his team’s performance last week in a 44-10 victory at Baylor. “We still could have come out and laid an egg and lollygagged around like we did at Baylor, but our youngsters chose not to, and I was extremely proud of them because of it.”

Senior quarterback Jonas Weatherbie made his first college start in place of Whittemore, who injured his left knee last week at Missouri. Weatherbie completed two of nine passes for zero yards with one interception and also lost a fumble before being replaced by third-stringer Brian Luke with 10:51 left in the second quarter.

The red-shirt freshman was 7-of-18 for 74 yards with one interception. He struggled with snaps and fumbled three times, losing two.

“I take full responsibility for that,” said Luke, who was playing in his first college game. “I should never drop a snap.”

Kansas has two games remaining, and it’s unclear if Whittemore will return.

“If I can convince our medical staff, I’d wheel him out there next week if I could,” said Mangino, whose team plays Saturday at Nebraska. “I think there’s a chance it may happen. If there’s a chance he can play without further injury, he’ll be out there no question.”

Kansas State (7-2, 3-2) punted on its first possession, but Travis Brown’s 44-yard boot was downed at the one-yard line. End Andrew Shull and linebacker Bryan Hickman tackled Clark Green in the end zone on KU’s first play for a safety.

Brown punted only one more time for KSU, which scored on its next six possessions.

Special teams hurt KU on several occasions. After the safety, punter Curtis Ansel shanked the free kick out of bounds at midfield. KSU quarterback Ell Roberson completed a 40-yard pass to Taco Wallace, and Roberson scored on a four-yard run two plays later.

Kansas attempted to punt on its next possession, but Ansel was unable to get the kick away after a bad snap and was tackled at KU’s 11.

Darren Sproles scored from eight yards out two plays later, bouncing off linebackers Greg Cole and Leo Etienne on the way to the end zone.

“That was a good hit,” Cole said. “He’s a good back. He bounced off. He came to play.”

Roberson and Sproles both took most of the second half off, but still finished with solid numbers. Sproles had his fifth straight 100-yard game with 110 yards and two TDs on 15 carries.

Roberson completed nine of 14 passes for 157 yards and one TD and carried the ball 13 times for 70 yards and three touchdowns.

A 37-yard punt return by Terrence Newman, a fumble recovery by end Henry Bryant and an interception by Bobby Walker led to three more Wildcats scores, including a 37-yard field goal by Joe Rheem.

Rheem also booted a 28-yard field goal, which made it 36-0 with 10:56 left in the first half. The Wildcats could have scored on seven straight possessions, but Rheem was wide left on a 45-yard attempt.

Roberson scored on a one-yard dive late in the second quarter for a 43-0 halftime lead.

“We made too many mistakes and put them in good field position,” safety Zach Dyer said.

Snyder tried to take it easy on his former assistant coach, using 65 players, and the Wildcats’ reserves didn’t score in the fourth quarter.