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Cowboys Corral Jayhawks
November 16, 2002 | Cowboy Football
Nov 16, 2002
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By DOUG TUCKER
AP Sports Writer
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Josh Fields threw a school-record six touchdown passes as Oklahoma State beat Kansas 55-20 Saturday in the season finale for the lowly Jayhawks.
Rarely pressured while working against a defense ranked 111th in Division I-A, Fields erased the school record with five scoring passes in the first half alone.
The first three went to Rashaun Woods, the Big 12's leading receiver, who had 171 yards and three TDs on just seven receptions.
Fields went 17-of-26 for 354 yards, raising his season total to 2,235 yards and making him just the second Oklahoma State quarterback to pass for more than 2,000 in a season. He was one shy of the Big 12 single-game record for TD passes.
The Cowboys (5-5, 3-3 Big 12) can become bowl eligible in coach Les Miles' second season by beating either Baylor or Oklahoma in two home games to finish their regular season.
The Jayhawks finished their first year under Mark Mangino 2-10 overall and 0-7 in the Big 12 - their first winless conference season since 1987. It was the second straight year Kansas failed to win a conference game at home.
Fields got his day started with a 27-yard TD pass to Woods on the Cowboys' first possession. He hooked up with Woods on a 69-yard catch-and-run late in the first quarter, then made it three in a row to Woods with a 7-yard scoring pass.
He tied the school record, which had been shared by three people, with a 35-yard TD pass to John Lewis midway through the second period.
Then he put the Cowboys on top 34-14 with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Tatum Bell. Late in the third period, Bell gathered in another pass from Fields and sped 41 yards down the sideline for the sixth TD pass and a 48-17 lead.
The Cowboys made it 41-17 in the third quarter when Fath' Carter blocked a Kansas punt and Thomas Wright ran in 13 yards for the score.
Even the few Kansas fans who were still in the stands had to laugh at a bizarre sequence in the fourth period. On fourth-and-5, Kansas punter Curtis Ansel heaved an awkward, underhanded pass as far as he could throw it, and Greg Heaggans made a leaping catch on the 10 for a first down.
But Clark Green fumbled on the next play and Oklahoma State's Terrence Robinson scooped up the ball and ran 93 yards for the touchdown.
Green rushed for 160 yards on 29 carries, including a 4-yard TD run in the first quarter.
Zach Dyer threw a 16-yard TD pass to Byron Gasaway in the third period. Johnny Beck kicked field goals of 42 and 36 yards for the Jayhawks, whose only victories were against Tulsa and Division I-AA Southwest Missouri State.
