Crossing the Border
Posted Saturday, November 20, 2004
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The final game of the season.
A rivalry that went back 150 years.
A Kansas University football team hungry to finish the year on a good note and prove last year's win over Missouri wasn't a fluke.
And we brought you the inside story.
Journal-World senior editor Bill Snead was given exclusive access to the Jayhawk football program for the week leading up to and including the Nov. 20, 2004, Border War battle between Kansas and Missouri in Columbia, Mo. The Journal-World and KUsports.com took you behind the scenes of KU's preparation for the oldest rivalry west of the Mississippi River, one rooted in pre-Civil War raids and blood on the plains.
For the few days leading up to the game and the day after, we showed you Snead's photos from practice, the bus ride to Columbia and the big game. Similar to last year's inside look at the football program, this year's behind-the-scenes feature had an added sense of importance given the upcoming opponent.
- When: Aug. 30
- Where: Memorial Stadium
- Football
- Schedules: KU | Florida Int'l
- Rosters: KU | Florida Int'l
- 2007 Stats: KU | Florida Int'l
- Last time: 2007: 55-3 KU win
- Series record: Kansas leads 1-0
- Nick Collison : C-F, Seattle Sonics
- Drew Gooden : F-C, Chicago Bulls
- Kirk Hinrich : G, Chicago Bulls
- Raef LaFrentz : F, Portland Trailblazers
- Paul Pierce : G-F, Boston Celtics
- Scot Pollard : C-F, Boston Celtics
- Billy Thomas : G, Cleveland Cavaliers
- Jacque Vaughn : G, San Antonio Spurs Julian Wright : F, New Orleans Hornets
- All-time list of 'Hawks in the NBA
- N. Collison — 4 points in W 109-98
- D. Gooden — 2 points in L 61-79
- K. Hinrich — 23 points in L 96-113
- R. Lafrentz — 2 points in W 85-78
- A. Miles — DNP in L 89-99
- G. Ostertag — 0 points in W 105-102
- P. Pierce — 22 points in L 74-79
- S. Pollard — 0 points in L 88-97
- W. Simien — 0 points in W 111-89
- B. Thomas — 0 points in L 120-121
- J. Vaughn — 3 points in L 105-106
- Watch this space as we track recruits for the 2007-08 Jayhawks.
- » North Mesquite WR Daymond Patterson named all-state
- » Ransburg leads Harrisonville to third straight 3A Missouri title
- M. Chalmers — 28 points in W 64-44
- M. Downs — 15 points in W 32-30
- J. Wright — 9 points in W 56-26
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