Kansas football notebook

Kansas won at Kansas State for the first time since 1989, when coach Glen Mason led the Jayhawks to a 21-16 victory over the Wildcats in KSU coach Bill Snyder’s first season.

¢ The Jayhawks are 5-0 for the first time since 1995 and have won three of four against Kansas State.

¢ KU freshman Raimond Pendleton struggled mightily returning punts on Saturday, muffing two and allowing two more to drop in front of him. He was replaced by Dezmon Briscoe late in the game.

¢ In an effort to prevent K-State’s effective punt-return team from killing the Jayhawks, Kansas acted as if it were going for it on fourth-and-nine from its own 33-yard line in the first quarter. The confusion forced K-State to burn a timeout before backup quarterback Kerry Meier, a former all-state punter in high school, took the snap and quick-kicked it 35 yards.

¢ Scott Webb made his only field-goal attempt, a 24-yard chip shot that put Kansas up 30-24. K-State’s Brooks Rossman connected from 32 yards out, but a 44-yard attempt in the first quarter nailed the left upright.

¢ Kansas opened the game on offense, starting both Meier and Aqib Talib as wide receivers. Quarterback Todd Reesing threw an interception on the opening play on a pass intended for Talib. He said it slipped out of his hand.

¢ Though Reesing and Josh Freeman each threw three interceptions, there were no fumbles the entire day.

¢ Defensive end Russell Brorsen intercepted a Freeman pass in the second quarter after KU defensive tackle Caleb Blakesley deflected the ball at the line of scrimmage.

¢ Talib caught a five-yard touchdown pass just before halftime, giving him a touchdown in six straight games dating back to last season. Five of the scores were receptions on offense and the sixth a 100-yard interception return for a score against Florida International.

¢ Jake Sharp’s 20-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was KU’s first touchdown in Manhattan since 1999.

¢ Reesing, with 14 touchdown passes this season, already has set the Kansas record for scoring passes by a sophomore. He soon could break the overall school record, 18, set by Bill Whittemore in 2003.

¢ KU sophomore running back Angus Quigley dressed out for the first time after being absent the first four games. He did not play.

¢ KU linebacker Olaitan Oguntodu went through pregame drills with the running backs on Saturday.

¢ Kansas State’s Leon Patton did rush for a touchdown, but he had just five carries for 16 yards. His 102-yard effort in last year’s KU-KSU game remains the only time an opponent has rushed for more than 100 yards against KU since 2004.

¢ The Jayhawks have a good chance to be ranked in the Associated Press Top-25 poll for the first time since September of 1996. The poll will be released today.

¢ Randy Christal was referee in charge of the seven-man officiating crew out of the Big 12.

¢ Attendance was 50,924, with KU fans taking up parts of two sections and scattered elsewhere throughout the stadium.

¢ Temperature was 79 degrees at kickoff under partly cloudy skies. Wind was blowing out of the south-southwest at 18 mph.