Kansas started Adam Barmann at quarterback for the third straight game, despite freshman and regular starter Kerry Meier’s being medically cleared to play. KU coach Mark Mangino said Meier had a chance to return for next week’s game against Oklahoma State, though he wouldn’t say anything definitive.

“It’s day-to-day,” Mangino said. “We think that Kerry should be OK here, hopefully, to start practice and take full repetitions as soon as (today). That would be what we would like to happen, but I can’t tell you for sure that it will.”

¢ When Texas A&M was just two yards from the end zone with a minute left, the clock continued to run, despite the real possibility the Aggies would score to take the lead and the Jayhawks would get the ball back.

Mangino was asked if he considered calling a timeout to preserve time for a counterattack. In no mood to explain his perspective, he just responded “no” and took the next question.

¢ On third-and-one with about four minutes left, Kansas called for a Jon Cornish run up the middle. He was stuffed, and KU had to punt the ball back to the Aggies, who then drove 80 yards for the winning touchdown.

Mangino said that with a quarterback who executed “good ball-management,” the call would’ve been for a quarterback sneak or option run.

“It was a conservative call,” Mangino said. “Something that we don’t normally do. Taking into the fact that we haven’t taken care of the ball at the quarterback position, we didn’t want to take the chance.”

¢ Russell Brorsen started at defensive end for the second straight week in place of Rodney Allen. Brorsen had three tackles and a quarterback hurry. Allen played plenty, too, but only had one tackle.

¢ James Holt started at outside linebacker for the injured Eric Washington, who was not in attendance. Holt, a sophomore, compiled eight tackles, including one of KU’s two sacks.

¢ Freshman safety Darrell Stuckey played for the first time this year, after injuring his ankle in the preseason. Stuckey debuted as a nickel back and played sparingly because he’s not yet 100 percent.

“You can see there’s a noticeable limp out there,” Mangino said. “He’s just not what he should be.”

¢ Kansas had its nine-game winning streak at Memorial Stadium snapped. The last time KU lost at Memorial was Nov. 13, 2004, when No. 6 Texas won, 27-23.

¢ The Jayhawks are now 1-12 against Big 12 South teams in the Mangino era and 5-26 since the inception of the Big 12. Texas A&M and Texas are the only two teams KU has never beaten in conference play.

¢ At halftime, KU officially renamed the field in honor of the Kivisto family, who donated $10 million toward the new football complex. It is now Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium.

¢ KU’s top three tacklers were members of the secondary – Jerome Kemp with 11, and Anthony Webb and Justin Thornton with 10 each. Aqib Talib had three tackles and a team-high three pass break-ups.

¢ Cornish now has 710 yards on 136 carries this season, about 5.2 yards per carry. He’s on pace for 1,420 rushing yards.

¢ Drew George was referee in charge of the seven-man officiating crew.

¢ Attendance was announced as 46,445. Texas A&M fans filled up its two sections of the stadium by the visiting locker room in the southeast corner.

¢ Temperature was 67 degrees at kickoff under sunny skies, with winds blowing out of the south at 12 mph. Game time was 3:20.