Colorado 30, Kansas 21

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	17	16
Total Yards	263	342
Passing	153	250
Rushing	110	92
Penalties	3-17	2-10
3rd Down Conversions	9-16	7-18
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	4	2
Possession	30:14	29:46

Individual Leaders

Colorado Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Klatt 18/31 153 1 3	Kansas Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Nielsen 21/31 183 1 1 Swanson 3/5 67 0 0
Colorado Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Purify 14 52 0 12 Vickers 4 24 1 12 Ellis 8 23 0 11	Kansas Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Randle 20 61 2 16 Simmons 1 19 0 19 Nwabuisi 3 17 0 8
Colorado Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Vickers 4 50 0 34 Duren 4 34 0 16 Klopfens... 3 24 1 12 Mackey 2 14 0 11	Kansas Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Randle 6 35 0 21 Anderson 5 60 0 19 Simmons 3 52 0 33 Heaggans 3 23 0 11

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				COLO	KU
	TD	12:28	JOHN RANDLE 2 YD RUN (SCOTT WEBB KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	0	7
	TD	11:15	JOHN RANDLE 1 YD RUN (SCOTT WEBB KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 28 yards.	0	14
	TD	8:39	DOMINIQUE BROOKS 41 YD DEFENSIVE FUMBLE RETURN (MASON CROSBY KICK)	7	14
SECOND QUARTER				COLO	KU
	FG	13:36	MASON CROSBY 19 YD FG Drive info: 17 plays, 55 yards.	10	14
THIRD QUARTER				COLO	KU
	TD	11:36	JOE KLOPFENSTEIN 4 YD PASS FROM JOEL KLATT (MASON CROSBY KICK) Drive info: 8 plays, 70 yards.	17	14
	TD	6:19	BRANDON RIDEAU 19 YD PASS FROM JOHN NIELSEN (SCOTT WEBB KICK) Drive info: 12 plays, 80 yards.	17	21
	TD	0:12	STEPHONE ROBINSON 48 YD PUNT RETURN (MASON CROSBY KICK)	24	21
FOURTH QUARTER				COLO	KU
	TD	3:27	LAWRENCE VICKERS 4 YD RUN (MISSED KICK) Drive info: 10 plays, 51 yards.	30	21

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Stephone Robinson scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 48-yard punt return and Lawrence Vickers added a late score to seal it, leading Colorado to a 30-21 victory over Kansas on Saturday.

The Buffaloes (5-4, 2-4 Big 12) trailed 14-0 before they ran their second play. But the Jayhawks (3-6, 1-5) were forced into playing their third-team quarterback when backup starter Jason Swanson was injured in the first quarter and couldn't hold the lead.

Cornerback Charles Gordon had two interceptions and a fumble recovery for the Jayhawks, who have lost to Colorado four years in a row and five of the last six.

Things looked good early for the Jayhawks. After John Randle capped an 8-play, 80-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run, Rodney Harris picked off Joel Klatt's first pass -- the first of three Colorado turnovers in the first half.

Set up on the Colorado 28, the Jayhawks needed just three plays to go ahead 14-0. Mark Simmons picked up 19 yards on a reverse, and one play later Randle darted in from the 1.

A few minutes later, Swanson left with an undisclosed injury and in came walk-on John Nielsen.

The little-used senior's first play from scrimmage ended horribly. Nielsen tossed a shovel pass to Randle, who ran 10 yards and fumbled. It bounced off the artificial turf right into the hands of safety Dominique Brooks, who ricocheted off a couple off tacklers, got a couple of good blocks and went 41 yards for Colorado's first touchdown.

Mason Crosby's 19-yard field goal early in the second quarter made it 14-10 at the break.

The Buffaloes, trying to stay alive in the wacky Big 12 North race, drove 80 yards with their first possession of the second half and took a 17-14 lead on Klatt's 4-yard touchdown pass to Joe Klopfenstein. Vickers got the drive going with a 34-yard reception.

The Jayhawks came right back, with Nielsen throwing the first touchdown pass of his career, a 19-yard catch-and-run to Brandon Rideau for a 21-17 lead.

After John Thorp's 61-yard punt pinned Kansas back at its own 1, the Jayhawks punted back to Colorado and Robinson took it on the Kansas 48.

He went right, dodged a tackler and tightroped down the East sideline for a touchdown that gave Colorado a 24-21 lead with 12 seconds left in the third.

Vickers' 4-yard run put the Buffs on top 30-21 with 3:27 left.

Kansas drove back down the field but Terrence Wheatley intercepted Nielsen's pass in the end zone and Colorado took possession with 57 seconds to go.

Nielsen finished 21-of-31 for 183 yards, while Klatt was 18-for-31 for 153 yards.