Notebook

• Safety Rodney Harris stole his fourth pass of the season in the third quarter on a pass tipped by UT receiver Tony Jeffery and KU cornerback Charles Gordon. …
• Kansas linebacker Kevin Kane stopped a Texas drive late in the first quarter with his second interception of the season. Kane returned the theft 27 yards before being overhauled by UT quarterback Vince Young. …
• KU’s Big 12-leading 18 interceptions are the most by a Kansas team since the 1987 squad stole 23 passes.
• Linebacker Nick Reid led the Jayhawks with a season-high 14 tackles. Charles Gordon was credited with 11 stops and linebacker Gabriel Toomey 10. Back-up defensive end Charlton Keith was a force with four tackles for losses, including two sacks, and a pass break-up. …
• Reid, playing up-back in a punting situation, threw a pass to Mark Simmons late in the first quarter. The toss by Reid, a prep quarterback, was incomplete, but Texas was whistled for pass interference. One down later, KU tried another gadget play with wide receiver Gordon aiming an aerial for Brandon Rideau, but the toss was intercepted by Texas safety Michael Huff. …
• Texas running back Cedric Benson appeared to have fumbled on the last play of the first quarter, but the officials ruled Benson was down. A replay on the end zone scoreboard, however, elicited boos from the crowd when it appeared Benson indeed had coughed it up. …
• Cornerback Theo Baines made his first appearance in three games early in the second quarter, but lasted only one down. Baines appeared to reinjure the knee that had sidelined him. He did not return. Ronnie Amadi has been starting in his place. …

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• Johnny Beck was wide-left on a 43-yard field-goal attempt on KU’s first possession, but Beck drilled his next three attempts to give KU a 9-7 halftime lead …
• Wide receiver Mark Simmons’ eight receptions for 135 yards both career highs. His 73-yard catch that set up KU’s last TD was also a career best. …
• The Longhorns, ranked No. 2 nationally in rushing offense, ground out 292 yards, the most rushing yards compiled against the Jayhawks this season. KU had ranked No. 19 nationally in rush defense, surrendering 112 yards per game. …
• Travis Dambach started at right offensive tackle in place of Cesar Rodriguez, who had limped off the field late in last week’s Colorado game. KU coach Mark Mangino does not announce injuries. …
• Linebacker Banks Floodman, normally a starter, played only on special teams Saturday, with Toomey logging most of the time in his place. …
• Cooper Castleberry of Dallas was the referee assigned by the Big 12 Conference. It was basically the same officiating crew that worked the KU-Oklahoma game Oct. 23. … Kickoff temperature was a seasonable 44 degrees under partly cloudy skies with a 14 mph wind out of the northeast. … KU officials announced an attendance of 38,714, although the crowd seemed to be more in the 30,000 range. Based on reported crowds, KU averaged 41,067 for its six home games.