Kansas Dynasty - Entry Six - TrueBuckeye02's Dynasty

Arena Blog Dynasty Scores Sign Up ☰

TrueBuckeye02's Dynasty Blog

Kansas Dynasty - Entry Six

Posted on May 24, 2014 at 05:45 PM.

(0)

September 14, 2013

Defense Holds their Ground; Kansas Wins in Blowout versus Rice

Kansas - 51 Rice - 7

James Sims had an amazing day; running for 187 yards and 2 TDs

Lawrence, Kansas -- After the close game against South Dakota last week, many experts were picking Rice to potentially take down Kansas this week, but the Jayhawks proved early that last week will not be the game that defines their season.

"I thought the guys played much better this week, especially on the defensive side of the ball," were Gruden's comments following the conclusion of the Jayhawks victory, "last week I think our guys were playing more to not make mistakes rather than trying to make plays. We tried to correct that all week in practice and I believe the results showed on the field."

The defensive front 7 were the stars of the game. Taylor McHargue, the Rice quarterback, was sacked 5 times on the day, with 4 of those coming from defensive linemen Marquel Combs and Jordan Tavai; who each had 2 sacks. Ben Heeney made his presence known with 5 tackles, 2 of which were for losses.

While the defense was very impressive, the offense was also firing on all cylinders; scoring 51 points on a team that only gave up 28 points to Texas A&M in Week 1.

McCay added another TD reception to the season by way of a 40 yard pass from Heaps

The offense was able to confuse and dominate the Rice defense from the start of the game, totaling 515 yards of offense at the end of the day. What was a surprise was that of those 515 yards, 342 came on the ground. The star on offense was none other than offensive captain, James Sims. Sims put together 187 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns on only 14 carries.

"Between my offensive line opening up holes and the triple option working so well there was really no excuse for me to not have a big day. I just ran through the holes that opened up and did my best to make a man or two miss," said Sims on his amazing performance.

Although he didn't have the best of days through the air, quarterback Jake Heaps played very well. He was able to execute the triple option perfectly in only his second game in the system, which allowed for the running game to be almost unstoppable.

"I'm not a stats guy, I'm just here to do anything I can to win. Selfish football was one of the reasons we were 1-11 last year, and for us to improve we have to be willing to do anything to win," said Heaps.

With the game securely in-hand halfway through the third, many back-ups got playing time, including third-string tailback, Taylor Cox

Kansas will host Louisiana Tech next week in their final game before conference play begins.

Kansas Jayhawks at Rice Owls
Sep 14, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Kansas Jayhawks (1-0)	6	21	7	17	51
Rice Owls (0-1)	7	0	0	0	7

Team Stats Comparison
	KU	RICE
Total Offense	515	220
Rushing Yards	342	120
Passing Yards	173	100
First Downs	20	9
Punt Return Yards	69	0
Kick Return Yards	48	24
Total Yards	632	244
Turnovers	0	0
3rd Down Converstion	2-6 (33%)	4-13 (30%)
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	6-4-2 (100%)	1-1-0 (100%)
Penalties	0-0	4-49
Posession Time	16:39	11:21

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		KU	RICE
3:39	(KU) Trevor Pardula K #16 23 yard FG	3	0
2:38	(RICE) Donte Moore WR #81 10 yard TD from Taylor McHargue QB #16 (Chris Boswell K #9 kick)	3	7
1:53	(KU) Trevor Pardula K #16 45 yard FG	6	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		KU	RICE
6:16	(KU) James Sims HB #29 2 yard TD (Trevor Pardula K #16 kick)	13	7
3:39	(KU) Justin McCay WR #19 40 yard TD from Jake Heaps QB #9 (Trevor Pardula K #16 kick)	20	7
1:48	(KU) James Sims HB #29 76 yard TD (Trevor Pardula K #16 kick)	27	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		KU	RICE
4:08	(KU) Jimmay Mudine TE #41 6 yard TD from Jake Heaps QB #9 (Trevor Pardula K #16 kick)	34	7
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		KU	RICE
3:21	(KU) Trevor Pardula K #16 34 yard FG	37	7
0:47	(KU) Michael Cummings QB #14 6 yard TD (Trevor Pardula K #16 kick)	44	7
0:06	(KU) Taylor Cox HB #36 14 yard TD (Trevor Pardula K #16 kick)	51	7

Kansas Jayhawks
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
J. Heaps	11/19 (57%)	161	2	0
M. Cummings	1/2 (50%)	12	0	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Sims	14	187	13.3	2
D. Miller	12	99	8.2	0
M. Cummings	4	4	1.0	1
J. Heaps	4	21	5.2	0
T. Cox	3	31	10.3	1
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
R. Coleman	2	54	27.0	0
J. McCay	2	49	24.5	1
A. Turzilli	2	22	11.0	0
J. Mudine	2	19	9.5	1
N. Harwell	2	19	9.5	0
J. Sims	2	10	5.0	0
BLOCKING	PANCAKE		SACK
N. Fusimalohi	1		0
B. Beckmann	1		0
D. Martin	0		1
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
D. McDonald	7	0	0	0
B. Heeney	5	0	0	0
J. Shepherd	4	0	0	0
M. Combs	4	2	0	0
C. Sendish	3	0	0	0
J. Tavai	2	2	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
T. Pardula	3/3 (100%)	6/6 (100%)	15	45
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
R. Doherty	1	35	35.0	1
KICK RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
J. McCay	2	48	24.0	0
PUNT RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
R. Coleman	3	34	11.3	0
J. McCay	3	35	11.6	0

Rice Owls
PASSING	C/A	YDS	TD	INT
T. McHargue	9/19 (47%)	84	1	0
D. Jackson	1/3 (33%)	16	0	0
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
T. McHargue	14	43	3.0	0
C. Ross	13	77	5.9	0
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
C. Cella	2	37	18.5	0
J. Taylor	2	24	12.0	0
D. Moore	2	19	9.5	1
D. Brown	2	9	4.5	0
T. Peterson	1	11	11.0	0
C. Ross	1	0	0.0	0
BLOCKING	PANCAKE		SACK
N. Carlson	1		1
A. Gautreaux	1		0
D. Carroll	1		0
N. Richards	0		2
C. Williams	0		2
DEFENSE	TACK	SACK	INT	TD
R. Winship	6	0	0	0
G. Baker	6	0	0	0
B. Callahan	5	0	0	0
C. Nwosu	5	1	0	0
J. White	5	0	0	0
T. Leland	4	0	0	0
KICKING	FG	XP	PTS	LONG
C. Boswell	0/2	1/1 (100%)	1	0
PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	IN20
C. Decell	7	296	42.2	0
KICK RETURN	RET	YDS	AVG	TD
D. Moore	1	24	24.0	0