How they scored

First quarter

10:08 — Bill Whittemore 2 run. KU drove 80 yards in 10 plays on the game’s opening possession. Whittemore completed passes of 16 and 19 yards to Clark Green and Charles Gordon, and the quarterback also had a 19-yard run. Johnny Beck kick. (KU 7, JSU 0)

8:30 — Mark Simmons 65 yard pass from Whittemore. After Jacksonville State punted, KU scored again on its next play from scrimmage. Beck kick. (KU 14, JSU 0)

3:36 — Brandon Rideau 54 pass from Whittemore. Simmons had a 14-yard reception in a 72-yard, five-play drive. Beck kick. (KU 21, JSU 0)

:21 — Whittemore 15 run. JSU punted from its own 5, and Charles Gordon returned it 14 yards to the JSU 35. KU needed only four plays — including a 14-yard reception by Green — to score. Beck kick. (KU 28, JSU 0)

Second quarter

13:34 — Neika Willis 57 pass from Maurice Mullins. JSU switched quarterbacks near the end of the first half, and Mullins led the Gamecocks on a six-play, 83-yard drive. Kick failed. (KU 28, KSU 6)

Fourth quarter

13:42 — Green 13 run. KU broke a scoring drought of 33:01. JSU helped with a 15-yard penalty on a punt, setting the Jayhawks up on their own 39. Whittemore completed an 18-yard pass to Gordon and a 20-yarder to Rideau on the 61-yard drive. Beck kick. (KU 35, JSU 6)

8:40 — Gary Heaggans 14 pass from Brian Luke. Luke replaced Whittemore and led KU on a 75-yard scoring drive. Luke completed all three of his passes for 43 yards, and John Randle had a 21-yard run. Run failed. (KU 41, JSU 6)