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Record Setting Passing Leads Aggies over Kansas, 47-22
POSTGAME AUDIO: Head Coach R.C. Slocum
POSTGAME AUDIO: Dustin Long
POSTGAME AUDIO: Taylor Whitley
POSTGAME AUDIO: Jared Morris
POSTGAME AUDIO: Brian Gamble

For Immediate Release
Saturday, October 19, 2002

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP)- Dustin Long threw for a school-record 399 yards and three touchdowns to lead Texas A&M past Kansas 47-22 Saturday.

Derek Farmer added 111 yards rushing on 21 carries for the Aggies (5-2, 2-1 Big 12), with touchdown runs of 4 yards in the second quarter and 1 yard in the fourth.

Bill Whittemore threw two second-half touchdown passes to Byron Gasaway and ran 2 yards for a fourth-quarter TD for Kansas (2-6, 0-4), which was outgained 566-289 and has not won a conference game since beating Texas Tech 34-31 on Oct. 6, 2001. The Jayhawks haven't beaten a Big 12 team at home in two years.

Long's yardage _ on 18-for-32 passing _ was the fifth-most ever against the Jayhawks, who gave up a 300-yard performance for the third straight week. Baylor's Aaron Karas threw for 359 yards against the Jayhawks in the Bears' 35-32 win on Oct. 5, and Colorado's Chris Brown ran for 309 yards a week ago as Kansas lost 53-29 to the Buffaloes.

Bethel Johnson caught two of Long's scoring passes, for 18 yards in the second quarter and 30 yards in the fourth, and finished with 124 yards on six receptions.

Whittemore, who was sacked seven times on Saturday, finished with 187 yards on 21-for-44 passing. He also ran for 27 yards and caught a 16-yard throwback pass from running back Dan Coke.

Texas A&M went scoreless in the first quarter but scored 24 points in the second, including two touchdowns 10 seconds apart.

After Long's 18-yard TD pass to Johnson gave the Aggies a 14-0 lead, Kansas' Greg Heaggans muffed the ensuing kickoff. He picked it up at the 10-yard line and returned it 2 yards _ then fumbled without being hit.

Randall Webb picked up the ball and ran into the end zone for a 21-0 Texas A&M lead.

Whittemore's first TD pass to Gasaway, an 18-yarder, broke up the shutout midway through the third quarter, two plays after Leo Etienne recovered Farmer's fumble at the Texas A&M 24.

Long answered later in the third quarter with a 69-yard TD pass to Jamaar Taylor for a 31-7 lead.

Whittemore capped Kansas' next possession with a 12-yard TD pass to Gasaway, who led the Jayhawks with six catches for 63 yards, but Farmer's second scoring run and Johnson's second TD catch made it 44-15.