¢ Kansas University senior running back Jon Cornish now has 961 rushing yards on 170 carries this season, best rushing total in the Big 12.

He passed Oklahoma’s Adrian Peterson, who had 935 yards but isn’t playing because of a broken collarbone.

Cornish needs 39 yards to become KU’s first 1,000-yard rusher since June Henley in 1996. He’s on pace to finish with 1,442 yards.

¢ KU true freshman Jason Thompson played extensively Saturday, the first time he has been in a game all season. He played as a down lineman in nickel packages, which Kansas was in for much of the game.

“He really looked good on the scout team the last few weeks,” KU coach Mark Mangino said. “He’s so quick that we talked to him about playing, and he said he’d do it. We think he’s going to be a really good player for us. His quickness can help us a little bit right now.”

Thompson, who had one tackle, is the fifth true freshmen to play this season, joining Jake Sharp, Maxwell Onyegbule, Olaitan Oguntodu and Anthony Webb.

¢ Baylor quarterback Shawn Bell threw for 394 yards and five touchdowns on 33-of-55 passing. He’s the fourth quarterback to throw for more than 375 yards against Kansas. Louisiana-Monroe’s Kinsmon Lancaster, Nebraska’s Zac Taylor and Oklahoma State’s Bobby Reid all did it, as well.

¢ In a relief role, Adam Barmann completed four of 10 passes for 25 yards. Barmann has 837 passing yards this year.

¢ Normal defensive end Paul Como dropped back and played linebacker in nickel packages during the first quarter. He finished with five tackles.

¢ Arist Wright started at outside linebacker for the first time this season. James Holt had started the last two games. Both played extensively throughout the day.

¢ Kerry Meier‘s first-half touchdown pass to Dexton Fields gave him 10 scoring passes on the season, a Kansas freshman record.

¢ Free safety Justin Thornton led KU with nine tackles. He also had a forced fumble. Jerome Kemp had seven tackles, while Wright had five and an interception.

¢ Kansas tried trickery in the third quarter when Meier pitched a reverse to Marcus Herford, who then passed the ball toward the end zone toward Brian Murph. Herford, a former quarterback, overthrew it out the back of the end zone, but Murph tried to run it down and crashed into a platform behind the end zone. He ran off the field after being down for a minute, but played sparingly the rest of the game.

¢ Offensively, Kansas opened in a four-receiver set that included Jonathan Lamb, his first start of the season. Lamb had no catches, though he did return a punt 52 yards to set up KU’s last touchdown in the second quarter.

¢ A late-hit penalty on Jeff Wheeler gave Baylor 15 yards and a first down near the end of the first quarter. To make up for it, Wheeler sacked Bell for a loss of 16 yards on the next play.

James McClinton had the only other KU sack.

¢ KU’s 35 first-half points was the most it scored before halftime since 2004, when the Jayhawks put 49 points on Toledo en route to a 63-14 victory.

¢ Kansas remains winless at Floyd Casey Stadium, dropping to 0-4. The Jayhawks also lost here in 1989, 1998 and 2002.

¢ Trent Shelton‘s touchdown reception in the second quarter gave him a touchdown in five straight games, a Baylor record.

¢ Clair Gausman was head referee in charge of the seven-man officiating crew.

¢ Former Baylor great and longtime NFL cornerback Ray Crockett was in attendance.

¢ Attendance was announced as 36,125. Baylor’s top turnout for a game at Floyd Casey Stadium this year was 36,318 for a Sept. 23 game against Army.

¢ Temperature was 81 degrees at kickoff under sunny skies, with winds blowing out of the northwest at 9 mph. Game time was 3:24.

– Ryan Wood