The Amadi twins, Ronnie and Donnie, started in the Kansas University secondary for the first time. Donnie had been a starter at cornerback. Ronnie opened at the other corner in place of Remuise Johnson, who had started the first six games. The Amadis are red-shirt freshmen from Alief, Texas.

Johnson, subbing for Amadi in the fourth quarter, stole his fifth pass of the season. That’s the most interceptions by a KU player in the last 17 years.

For the third straight week, the Jayhawks fell behind by two touchdowns in the first quarter before scoring. They trailed Tulsa, 13-0, before rallying for a 43-33 win and were down, 14-0, in last Saturday’s 35-32 loss at Baylor. Baffled by the slow starts, KU coach Mark Mangino said: “That’s going to take some study on our part.”

Colorado’s Patrick Brougham was wide right on a 33-yard field goal attempt with the wind early in the second quarter and CU leading, 21-15. KU’s Johnny Beck was wide right on a 51-yarder, also with the wind, in the waning seconds his fifth straight three-point failure.

Additional evidence that time of possession is a meaningless statistic: In the first half, Kansas had the ball for 17 minutes and 25 seconds and Colorado 12:35, but the Buffs led 36-22. Overall, KU had the ball nearly six minutes longer than CU and ran 13 more plays, yet lost by 24 points.

Colorado defensive back Donald Strickland’s 95-yard touchdown run with an interception was the longest against Kansas by 15 yards. C.J. Masters of Kansas State returned a pass theft 80 yards against the Jayhawks 10 years ago. The Big 12 record is 100 yards.

Colorado’s 53 points were the most a CU team has ever scored against Kansas. Tailback Chris Brown’s 309 yards were the third highest total against a KU team, trailing Missouri’s Devin West (319) and Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders (313).

Linebacker Greg Cole and safety Johnny McCoy led the Jayhawks with nine tackles each. Four of Cole’s stops were for losses. Defensive end David McMillan had the Jayhawks’ lone sack.

Steve Usechek of Northglenn, Colo., was the referee in charge of the Big 12 Conference officiating crew. Topekan Phil Laurie was the field judge.

Kickoff temperature was 58 degrees under mostly sunny skies with a blustery 20 to 30 mph wind out of the northwest that affected punting, passing and place-kicking.

KU officials estimated the attendance at 34,500, the smallest of the season. KU pegged the crowds for Southwest Missouri State and Bowling Green as 40,500 and 37,000 respectively.

Compiled by Chuck Woodling