Notebook

¢ The opening kickoff was delayed for a few moments, apparently over what Kansas State chose to do as result of the coin toss. KU won and deferred, and it appeared the Wildcats initially chose to receive. Snyder, though, claims K-State never asked to receive and that was said in jest after already declaring it wanted to defend the south end. Coaches and officials conferred for several minutes, KU ended up receiving the kick, and K-State defended the south goal with the wind at its back.

¢ Freshman Aqib Talib started and played the entire game at cornerback, moving from his normal position of strong safety. The starting secondary included Talib and Charles Gordon at cornerback, Jerome Kemp at strong safety and Rodney Fowler at free safety.

¢ With Talib at cornerback, normal cornerback Theo Baines played safety sparingly.

¢ Greg Heaggans played for the first time this season, setting up as the primary kick-return specialist. He returned one short kick for just nine yards.

¢ KU wore red socks for the first time this year, to go with white jerseys and gray pants.

¢ Kansas had three turnovers Saturday, all fumbles. Charles Gordon muffed a punt in the first half, Jon Cornish had trouble hanging on to a pitch on an option run, and Adam Barmann coughed up a loose ball in the fourth quarter. KU forced just one turnover, a Nick Reid interception.

¢ Gordon made up for the muff by fielding his next punt on the bounce and returning it 54 yards to the KSU 16. He had seven punt returns for 80 yards. Another lengthy return was called back because of penalty.

¢ Lawrence High product and walk-on Brian Seymour played on KU’s punt-return team Saturday.

¢ Kansas had 16 tackles for a loss, but just two sacks – one each by Charlton Keith and Eric Butler.

¢ After being a perfect 17-for-17 in the red zone in the first four games, KU was just 1-for-4 on Saturday. The blocked field goal, the Barmann fumble and a failed fourth-down conversion were the unsuccessful drives.

¢ KU still leads the all-time series with Kansas State, 62-36-5, but K-State has won 12 of the last 13. The only KU victory was last year, a 31-28 triumph in Lawrence.

¢ Scott Webb booted a 28-yard field goal but had a 46-yard kick blocked by Derek Marso. It appeared holder Brian Murph had trouble handling the snap.

¢ Kansas State had a 23-game streak snapped in which it scored 21 or more points. The Wildcats hadn’t been held to so few points since a 2001 game against Syracuse.

¢ Cooper Castleberry was referee and head of the seven-man officiating crew, which included side judge Freeman Johns. : Temperature at kickoff was 51 degrees with sunny skies, and the wind was blowing out of the southeast at 12 mph. : Attendance was 49,798, and the game lasted 3:17.