• Kansas officials estimated Saturday’s attendance at 27,500, making it the Jayhawks’ smallest crowd of the season. The previous low was 34,000 for Texas A&M on Oct. 19. Based on KU estimates, the average crowd for the six KU home games was 36,067.
• Matt Jordan, a fifth-year KU senior, opened at free safety in place of sophomore Johnny McCoy, who wasn’t suited. No explanation was given for the absence of McCoy, a season-long starter. “I don’t comment on injuries or personnel matters,” coach Mark Mangino said.
• Johnny Beck’s 42-yard field goal – his longest of the season – with :02 showing before halftime ended a skein of eight straight misses by the sophomore kicker. Beck hadn’t made a field goal since the Bowling Green game on Sept. 21. Later, Beck was wide left on a 32-yard attempt, then connected on 36-yarder. Beck finished 7-for-17 in three-point attempts after converting 14 of 20 as a freshman.
• KU fans booed a halo violation call against the Jayhawks on a punt late in the first quarter. A scoreboard replay appeared to show OSU punt returner Gabe Lindsay was hit by a teammate, although a KU defender was in the vicinity.
• The 25-second play clock stopped working in the third quarter and the time was kept by one of the officials.
• Curtis Ansel completed a wacky 23-yard underhanded alley-oop pass to Greg Heaggans off a fake punt early in the fourth quarter. However, on the next play, Clark Green fumbled and OSU linebacker Terrence Robinson picked the ball up and returned it 93 yards for a touchdown.
• Robinson’s coast-to-coast TD gave KU opponents 507 points this season, eclipsing the record 502 points surrendered by the 1-10 team of 1988. However, the ’88 team gave up points at a school record 45.6 clip. This year’s KU foes averaged 42.3 points a game. That’s still the second-highest average, supplanting the winless 1954 club that gave an average of 37.6 points in 10 games.
• After the game, Oklahoma State’s players stood in front of a large section of fans near the visitors’ locker room and sang the school alma mater. It was OSU’s first road victory of the season.

“Our players and coaches wanted to thank them for coming here and giving great support,” coach Les Miles said.

• Guard David Hurst, one of 18 seniors who played in Memorial Stadium for the last time, suffered a seizure in the locker room after the game. Hurst appeared alert as he was taken by gurney to an ambulance for a journey to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
• Strange Stat of the Week: Oklahoma State scored so quickly that the Cowboys’ offense had the ball for a little more than 191¼2 minutes while KU’s offense had the ball for about 39 minutes.
• Senior linebacker Leo Etienne bowed out with a team-high seven tackles.
• Steve Usechek of suburban Denver was the referee in charge of the Big 12 Conference officiating crew that included one Kansan, field judge Phil Laurie of Topeka.
• Kickoff temperature was 50 degrees under bright, sunny skies with a light variable wind.