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Jayhawks end 36-game skid against Cornhuskers
Kansas finally beat Nebraska, ending a 36-game losing streak to the Cornhuskers with a 40-15 win Saturday and thousands of fans rushed the field in Lawrence, Kan., to celebrate.
Mark Simmons caught two touchdown passes and Jon Cornish ran 72 yards for another score as Kansas (5-4, 2-4 Big 12) ended the NCAA’s second-longest losing streak against an opponent in an uninterrupted series. The record is 41 wins in a row by Notre Dame against Navy.
In the 100th consecutive game between Kansas and Nebraska (5-4, 2-4), the Jayhawks ended decades of futility in front of a Memorial Stadium record crowd of 51,750.
Knoblauch, Terwilliger land in record book
Adam Knoblauch of Delaware Valley and Jimmy Terwilliger of East Stroudsburg became the sixth and seventh players in NCAA history to throw for 10,000 yards and run for 1,000.
Knoblauch broke the passing mark in the first quarter of the Division III Aggies’ 58-27 win at Juniata, while Terwilliger reached the mark in the second half of a 57-20 drubbing of Mansfield in Division II.
Montana State quarterback Travis Lulay, a senior, joined the 10,000-1,000 club last weekend. The others are Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair (Alcorn State), Doug Nussmeier (Idaho), Curt Anes (Grand Valley State) and Adam King (Howard Payne).
Missouri’s Smith sets QB record for rushing
Missouri’s Brad Smith set an NCAA career rushing record for QBs.
Smith came into the game against Colorado in Boulder, Colo., with 3,891 yards rushing, four short of the record set by Indiana’s Antwaan Randle-El from 1998-2001. A 4-yard scramble in the first quarter gave Smith 8 yards rushing for the game and the record.
Conrad breaks Division II passing mark
Glenville State’s Joey Conrad broke the Division II career passing record in the Pioneers’ 38-10 win over West Virginia Wesleyan in Glenville, W.Va.
Conrad threw for 427 yards, giving him 11,884 career yards to break the record of 11,742 set by Andrew Webb of Fort Lewis, Colo., from 2000-03.
Associated Press