If it’s possible to overshadow a bowl victory such as the 51-30 pounding KU gave the UCLA Bruins in the 1995 Aloha bowl on Christmas day in Honolulu, Hawaii, then head coach Glen Mason surely did it.
The day before departing for Hawaii, Mason announced he was leaving to take a job coaching the University of Georgia. Hours before the game, the coach told his players he’d reconsidered, inspiring not only a decisive victory but also several bowl records.
Leading 17-0 at the half was just the beginning. KU would eventually set a bowl record for most points scored by a team.
| Stats: | KU | UCLA | |||
| First Downs: | 21 | 21 | |||
| Rushes/Yards: | 43/277 | 45/286 | |||
| Passing yards: | 292 | 136 | |||
| Passes (att/comp): | 28/19 | 38/15 | |||
| Had intercepted: | 1 | 0 | |||
| Return yardage: | 105 | 170 | |||
| Punts/Avg.: | 2/48 | 4/48.8 | |||
| Fumbles & lost: | 0/0 | 1/1 | |||
| Penalty/yards: | 4/32 | 6/37 | |||
| Scoring by Quarter: | |||||
| Kansas | 7 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 51 |
| UCLA | 0 | 0 | 70 | 23 | 30 |
| Scoring summary:KU: Moore 9 pass from Williams (McCord kick). 9:36 – 1KU: Henley 49 run (McCord kick). 13:33 – 2KU: FG McCord. 1:29 – 2KU: Henley 2 run. 11:17 – 3UCLA: Melsby 8 pass from McNown (Merren kick). 7:40 – 3KU: Byrd 77 pass from Williams (McCord kick). 6:35 – 3KU: Carter 27 pass from Williams (McCord kick). 3:14 – 3UCLA: Jordan 8 pass from McNown (Merren kick). 13:44 – 4UCLA: Abdul-Jabbar 5 run (Melsby from Merren). 12:43 – 4KU: Williams 6 run (McCord kick). 4:30 – 4UCLA: Melsby 7 pass from McNown (run Abdul-Jabbar). 3:07 – 4KU: Van 67 run (McCord kick). 2:05 – 4 | |||||
| Kansas Individual Stats: | |||||
| Rushing | Att | Net | TD | ||
| June Henley | 13 | 107 | 2 | ||
| Eric Vann | 5 | 78 | 1 | ||
| Mark Williams | 11 | 48 | 1 | ||
| L.T. Levine | 11 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Ashaundai Smith | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Eric Galbreath | 1 | -3 | 0 | ||
| Passing | Att | Comp | Int | Yds | |
| Mark Williams | 27 | 18 | 1 | 288 | |
| Ben Rutz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Punt returns | No | Yds | |||
| Ashaundai Smith | 2 | 47 | |||
| Receiving | No | Yds | TD | ||
| Isaac Byrd | 4 | 116 | 1 | ||
| June Henley | 3 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Ashaundai Smith | 3 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Jim Moore | 2 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Andre Carter | 2 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Hosea Friday | 2 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Ryan Foy | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Eric Vann | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| L.T. Levine | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Punting | No | Avg | |||
| Darrin Simmons | 2 | 48 | |||
| Kickoff returns | No | Yds | |||
| Ashaundai Smith | 3 | 58 | |||
