Kansas’ 27-10 Victory <i> Is</i> One for the Ages : Big Eight: The Jayhawks beat Oklahoma for only the third time in 29 years.

In the closing minutes of his biggest victory since becoming head coach at Kansas, Glen Mason’s mind wandered.

He was thinking, he said, about all those players from the troubled early years, and how much they would love No. 22 Kansas’ 27-10 conquest Saturday of an Oklahoma team the Jayhawks have beaten three times in 29 years.

“Coming down the stretch, I didn’t even watch the game,” Mason said. “I was thinking about all those guys who aren’t here, the guys that were here when I first came here who got knocked down week after week, the guys who enabled us to get the chance we got today.”

Maurice Douglas and Monte Cozzens ran for more than 100 yards as the Jayhawks, 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big Eight Conference, took advantage of an opportunity to catch the Sooners when they’re down. Oklahoma (3-3-1, 0-1-1), already weakened by injuries to the offensive and defensive lines, lost quarterback Cale Gundy a short time after the junior quarterback became the school’s career passing leader.

Fading to pass in the third quarter, Gundy was hit by tackle Dana Stubblefield and sustained what trainer Dan Pickett described as a separated sternum that leaves him “50-50” for next week’s game against Kansas State.

Gundy was 16 of 30 for 233 yards, breaking Bob Warmack’s school records for attempts, completions and yards in a career. Gundy is 250 of 460 for 3,712 yards.

He was replaced by Steve Collins, who fumbled on his second play.

“Steve came into a tough situation in terms of the way Kansas was playing aggressive football,” Oklahoma Coach Gary Gibbs said. “He had some tough breaks with footballs in people’s hands that were dropped.”

A near-capacity crowd of almost 44,000 was on its feet most of the day as the Jayhawks never trailed against Oklahoma, which hasn’t beaten a ranked Big Eight team on the road since 1988.

Douglas had 115 yards in 20 carries and Cozzens rushed for 110 in 23, including a 13-yard scoring run with 7:46 left on which he broke at least four tackles.

“I thought that was amazing,” Mason said. “You make a run like that not with your legs or feet, but with your heart.”

Dan Eichloff kicked a 51-yard field goal for a 10-7 Kansas lead with 55 seconds remaining in the half.

After a scoreless third quarter, Eichloff kicked a 47-yarder to put Kansas ahead, 20-10, with 13:32 remaining.

“I think we had some guys take KU lightly, like they were the Kansas of the past,” Oklahoma linebacker Mike Coats said.