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Schuster, the No. 3 fullback, got to play late In the game and responded with 28 yards rushing.
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Donta Jonas grabs Kansas quarterback Mark Williams. Jonas had four tacklos In his final homo
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Outside linebacker Dwayne Harris applies pressure to
Kansas quarterback Mark Williams. Harris had four tack
les and caused one fumble.
Nebraska air attack
frustrates Jayhawks
By Pf k lamion__
Senior Reporter
Kansas coach Glen Mason may
not be surprised that his Jayhawks
gave up 336 yards rushing to Ne
braska on Saturday in Memorial Sta
dium.
Nor, chances are, is he in total
shock after the No. 1 team in the
country beat Kansas 45-17.
But if someone would have told
him before the game that his team
would give up 267 yards and two
touchdowns on a 13-of-18 passing
performance. Mason probably would
have checked the schedule again to
see if it really was Nebraska he was
going to play.
Nebraska quarterback Brook
Berringer had a career day, passing
for 267 yards — only 30 yards short
of Dave Humm’s school record set
against Wisconsin in 1973.
Mason said giving up passes that
covered 64 and 51 yards would kill a
defense against an offense like
Nebraska’s.
“I’m surprised they threw the ball
that well,” Mason said. “They hit
some big plays. The kind of plays that
you just can’t give up. You just can’t
do that.”
The big plavs, Mason said, may
be the result of the Jayhawks stack
ing a lot of players at the line of
scrimmage to stop Nebraska’s run.
“We gave up way too many plays,
but obviously I knew coming in
against a team rushing 370 yards a
game that, boy, you’ve got to stack it
up in there,” he said. “To do that, you
leave yourself vulnerable in some
other areas.”
But Mason said it was a risk the
Jayhawks had to take.
“If you don’t do that, the running
game is going to get you,” he said
“It’s something that you need to do.
Just because you commit some extra
people to their run doesn’t mean
you’re stopping it. They’re awfully
good, and you know that as well as I
do.”
Bouncing back after giving up a
big play against Nebraska isn't like
coming back against some of the
Jayhawks’ previous opponents. Ma
son said.
“To have a chance to play with a
great team like Nebraska, you’ve got
to hang with them and not give up
big plays,” Mason said. “You can't
give up big plays on the offensive side
cither. Obviously, we didn’t do that
early, and that’s why we got beat
handily.”
Mason said Nebraska's need to
rely on the pass was greater with
quarterback Tommie Frazier out for
the year. And Berringcr was perfect
for the situation.
“If you stop the run or slow down
the run more than they like, they’re
going to go to Berringcr throwing the
ball, he said. “They used to go to
Frazier running the option. I know
that from experience. I think that
Brook Berringcr gives them that kind
of dimension.
“He’s not a rookie. He’s been
around here for quite a few years. He
understands their offense, and he’s
directing it well. He’s not making
many mistakes.”