Kansas Football Notebook

Kansas University junior Aqib Talib, the recipient of a 36-yard touchdown catch Saturday, has four career catches now – a three-yard reception last week, and touchdowns strikes of 42, 49 and 36 yards in each of KU’s last three games dating to last season.

A full-time cornerback, Talib had four tackles Saturday.

  • The Jayhawks’ 62-point effort Saturday, coupled with the 52-7 victory over Central Michigan last week, gives them back-to-back 50-point games for the first time in school history.
  • Estimated attendance Saturday was 43,914. That included 31 high school bands who showed up to take part in the 60th annual Band Day.
    Kansas has drawn over 40,000 fans in 12 of its last 13 contests.
  • KU defensive end Jeff Wheeler left the game in the third quarter with an apparent injury to his right shoulder. He went to the locker room and didn’t return.
  • Southeastern Louisiana played a Big 12 opponent last year with an identical result: Texas Tech destroyed the Lions, 62-0.
  • KU linebacker Joe Mortensen led all defenders with nine tackles, including 31â2 for a loss. Four players had five tackles – John Larson, James Holt, Mike Rivera and James McClinton.
  • Twelve players had a hand in KU’s 20 tackles for a loss. That includes true freshman Jake Laptad, who had three tackles (11â2 for a loss) and a pass breakup when he batted a ball at the line of scrimmage.
  • The complete second-team offenses and defenses played the entire fourth quarter. Carmon Boyd-Anderson had 13 carries for 54 yards and a touchdown, all in the fourth.
  • Maxwell Onyegbule, moved to defensive end in the offseason, played linebacker in third-down “bandit” packages. It’s similar to the versatility that Paul Como showed last year.
    Onyegbule had four tackles, 21â2 for a loss. That included a third-quarter safety, when he sacked Southeastern quarterback Brian Babin in the end zone.
  • The Jayhawks still haven’t allowed a first-half point this season. They led Southeastern Louisiana, 29-0, at halftime Saturday after leading Central Michigan 35-0 last week.
  • Running back Angus Quigley once again did not dress out.
  • Representative from the Fiesta and Insight bowls were at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
  • Marcus Herford‘s 74-yard free-kick return for a touchdown was the first kickoff the Jayhawks’ have taken to the house since 2002, when Greg Heaggans had a 100-yard return against Southwest Missouri State.
  • The Jayhawks’ next opponent, Toledo, traveled to play the Jayhawks’ last opponent, Central Michigan, on Saturday. Central Michigan won, 52-31.
  • Southeastern Louisiana punter Cody Samples‘ leg may have gone numb from overuse. That’d be a good excuse, anyway, after he shanked his ninth and final punt in the fourth quarter. It ended up traveling four yards.
  • Southeastern’s minus-31 rushing yards is the second fewest allowed in KU history. The Jayhawks stopped Kansas State for minus-56 rushing yards in 1992.
  • Kansas had two safeties Saturday, matching its total from all of last season.
  • Kansas, as it usually does, deferred after winning the coin flip and received the ball in the second half. Last week, KU went outside of its norm and elected to receive.
  • Temperature at kickoff was 84 degrees, under mostly sunny skies. Winds were out of the northeast at 7 mph.

Go Figure

63Total offensive plays run by each team

75Total offensive yards by SE Louisiana (1.2 yards per play)

501Total offensive yards by Kansas (8.0 yards per play)

2000Year Kansas last threw a football shutout

221Rushing yards by the Jayhawks

-31Rushing yards by the Lions (yes, that’s a minus)

2Punts by the Jayhawks (on their first two possessions)

11Seconds between the Jayhawks’ first two scores