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BUFFS TOP JAYHAWKS IN OVERTIME THRILLER, 50-47
October 11, 2003 | Football
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) _ Brian Calhoun ran 12 yards for a touchdown in overtime, lifting Colorado to a 50-47 come-from-behind win over Kansas on Saturday.
Calhoun's run up the middle came after Kansas' Johnny Beck had kicked a 35-yard field goal on the first possession of overtime.
Colorado (3-3, 1-1 Big 12), rebounding from a 42-30 loss to Baylor last week, snapped a three-game losing streak. Kansas (4-2, 1-1) had its four-game winning streak end.
The Buffaloes rallied from deficits of 7-0, 35-24, 38-30 and 44-38 in a wide-open game that featured a combined 1,184 yards of offense - 598 by Colorado.
Bill Whittemore passed for three touchdowns and ran for two more for Kansas. Colorado's Joel Klatt, making his first start since separating his shoulder against Washington State on Sept. 13, passed for two touchdowns and ran for one.
Colorado freshman Daniel Jolly ran for two third-quarter touchdowns to help the Buffs draw into a 38-38 tie. Jolly's scoring runs of 2 and 1 yard capped drives of 80 and 75 yards.
Whittemore put the Jayhawks ahead again 44-38 on a 5-yard TD pass to Mark Simmons with 8:55 remaining in regulation, but Beck's extra-point attempt was blocked by Vance Washington.
Colorado then fashioned two scoring drives resulting in field goals, producing a 44-44 tie. Mason Crosby hit a 41-yarder and 23-yarder, the last with 14 seconds remaining.
Colorado won the coin toss to start overtime and elected to go on defense, and Kansas had to settle for a field goal after Whittemore was dumped by tackle DeAndre Fluellen for a 1-yard loss on third-and-2 from the Colorado 17.
On Colorado's possession, Calhoun ran for 9 and 4 yards before bolting for the clinching score.
Whittemore passed for two scores and ran for two in the first half as Kansas took a 35-24 halftime lead, capped by a Hail Mary touchdown pass.
Less than two minutes into the game, Whittemore hit Brandon Rideau on a 64-yard touchdown pass.
Colorado countered with three straight scores to take a 17-7 lead, including Klatt's 48-yard TD pass to Joe Klopfenstein.
But Kansas came roaring back, scoring 28 points in the second quarter.
Whittemore's 38-yard pass to Simmons set up the quarterback's 7-yard run on a quarterback draw for a TD early in the second quarter.
Whittemore scored on a 1-yard run midway through the quarter.
Colorado went ahead 24-21 on Klatt's 25-yard scoring toss to D.J. Hackett with 5:27 left, but Kansas scored twice after that.
Clark Green turned a short pass into a 45-yard gain, and Green scored on a 9-yard run.
Colorado appeared to be driving for a score when linebacker Nick Reid intercepted and returned 25 yards to the Colorado 45. With one second remaining in the half and the ball on the Colorado 41, Whittemore threw deep and Charles Gordon caught the tipped ball in a crowd in the end zone.
