Notebook

Kansas players came out in their standard home midnight blue uniforms, but with one exception. The Jayhawks were wearing red leggings instead of the customary blue.
K-State kicker Joe Rheem’s 49-yard field goal early in the second quarter was a career best. Rheem added a 37-yarder before halftime that made him a perfect 9-for-9 on the season. Rheem’s streak ended midway through the fourth quarter, however, when KU’s Jermial Ashley blocked another 49-yard attempt.
Both of KU’s starting cornerbacks had to be helped off the field because of apparent leg injuries. Theo Baines left in the first half and spent the remainder of the game on the sidelines with an ice pack on his right knee. Charles Gordon departed with 7:41 remaining in the third quarter, but returned several plays later. Gordon had an interception, his third in the last two games, but also was burned on K-State’s 86-yard TD pass play in the fourth quarter.
Wide receiver Damond Berry, a sophomore from Grandview, Mo., who transferred from Mississippi State, made his debut for the Jayhawks working mostly on the punt coverage team.
KU strong safety Tony Stubbs, who missed last week’s Nebraska game because of an undisclosed injury, started and made seven tackles. Only linebackers Nick Reid (11) and Banks Floodman (8) had more.
Kansas was credited with 11 tackles for losses, but only one — by tackle Tim Allen — was a sack.
Both teams were heavily penalized — KU 13 times for 109 yards and K-State 11 times for 120 yards. KU had been averaging about 10 penalties a game, but KSU was averaging only about five.
KU’s John Randle was the first running back to gain more than 100 yards on K-State this season. Randle wound up with 105 yards on 20 carries.
Tight end Lyonel Anderson’s two-yard touchdown reception from Adam Barmann in the first quarter was KU’s first TD against K-State since 2000.
Regular fullback Austine Nwabuisi suited but did not play. Brandon McAnderson, a red-shirt freshman out of Lawrence High, replaced Nwabuisi and make a key block on Randle’s 43-yard TD run with 3:16 remaining.
Kansas had 7 points and 7 first downs at halftime while K-State mustered 6 points and 6 first downs. Neither team managed much offense in the first 30 minutes. K-State had just 92 yards and KU 90. K-State outgained KU, 273-148, in the second half.
KU kickoff return specialist Greg Heaggans was suited, but wasn’t used. Heaggans hasn’t played in three weeks, or ever since the Kansas City, Kan., junior was arrested on a DUI charge.
Randy Christal of Austin, Texas, was the referee in charge of the seven-man officiating crew assigned by the Big 12 Conference. … Kickoff temperature was 73 degrees under fair skies with a 6 mph breeze out of the north. … KU officials pegged the crowd at 50,152, officially a sellout, although it appeared there were at least a couple of hundred empty seats. … Even with no television, the game lasted 31/2 hours.