Kansas University’s football offense netted 501 total yards in Saturday’s 63-14 victory over Toledo — 300 yards more than KU mustered a week earlier in a 21-3, season-opening victory over Tulsa.

“Good football teams don’t let up, and I’m not talking about running up the score,” KU coach Mark Mangino said. “I’m talking about staying focused and playing hard play after play and forgetting about the scoreboard. I thought our kids did that.”

The Jayhawks had 334 yards in the first half alone.

KU finished with an average of 6.5 yards a play, converted 50 percent (seven of 14) of its third- and fourth-down (one of two) plays and converted all seven of its chances in the red zone.

As good as the Jayhawks (2-0) were against the Mid-American Conference West Division favorites, KU could be even better Saturday at Northwestern.

Mangino said Sunday that senior right guard Tony Coker could return to the lineup against the Wildcats (0-2).

“Talking to the trainer today, he’s going to do some jogging,” Mangino said. “There is possibility he could be ready this week, but it’s too soon to tell.”

Coker suffered an undisclosed injury Aug. 14 during a preseason scrimmage and has been sidelined the first two games.

Coker (6-foot-5, 315 pounds) has started 21 games in the last two years and was a mainstay on a line that helped KU set 12 single-season school records last season. If Coker does return for KU’s first road game, it’s unclear how many snaps he would be able to play.

“He hasn’t practiced in a long, long time,” Mangino said. “That’s the next issue if he is cleared to play.”

The Jayhawks’ blowout victory over Toledo gave Mangino an opportunity to play his backup linemen. Red-shirt freshman Cesar Rodriguez saw time at tackle. Sophomore David Ochoa, who has filled in for Coker, relieved starter Joe Vaughn at center, and backup Matt Mann got in at guard.

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Gordon’s big block: Sophomore John Randle’s 55-yard touchdown reception was one of the biggest highlights in a game filled with big plays. The tailback took a short pass from Adam Barmann and went the distance down Toledo’s sideline. Receiver Charles Gordon threw a key block downfield.

“That was good hustle, a great block and he took the official out with him,” Mangino said with a laugh. “He cleared out the official chasing the play; he landed on his head. I’m glad he didn’t get hurt. That’s hustle, that’s teamwork, that’s Charles Gordon.”

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Randle and Green: Randle replaced junior Clark Green in the starting lineup and finished with 107 yards rushing, 79 yards receiving and scored three touchdowns.

Green — KU’s leading rusher the past two years — rushed six times for 23 yards and caught two passes for 13 yards, but Mangino said he still had plans for Green.

“I’m not ready to throw Clark out in front of a train now,” he said. “John is a talented guy, but Clark Green carried the load here when we didn’t have a lot of offense. We didn’t have a lot of talented guys on offense, and he towed the line.”

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New kicker: Freshman Scott Webb made all nine of his extra points in his collegiate debut.

“It feels good to get a school record the first time out,” said Webb, who broke the KU mark of eight PATs held by Jeff McCord (1994), Dan Eichloff (1992), Bill Bell (1968) and Bill Weidlein (1912).

Senior Johnny Beck handled the kicking duties in the season opener, but he missed an extra point and was 2-of-3 on field-goal attempts.

Mangino shook things up Saturday with Webb handling short kicks, while Beck handled long field goals and kickoffs.

“They did a great job,” Mangino said. “Scott Webb kicked extra points, and boy I sure liked that. Johnny Beck, he kept their field position back at their 20 most of the night. I think he kicked all but two out of the end zone. If we have to do things by committee, we’ll do things by committee, whatever it takes to win. That’s all we care about.”

Beck missed his only field-goal try from 43 yards.

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Big 12 leaders: Kansas stands atop the Big 12 North with Colorado (2-0) after Missouri (1-1), Kansas State (1-1) and Nebraska (1-1) lost last week.

“We have to take care of our business,” said Mangino, whose team opens conference play Sept. 25 with a home game against Texas Tech. “We can’t worry about what’s going on around us because we have no control over that. There are some upsets going on in our conference, but it’s the way you end up in November.”

The Jayhawks face Northwestern at 1 p.m. Saturday at Evanston, Ill. The Wildcats opened the season with a 48-45 overtime loss at Texas Christian and dropped their home opener to Arizona State, 30-21, Saturday.