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No. 16 Colorado heads to Kansas searching for crucial win for Big 12 title game aspirations
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — No. 16 Colorado heads to Arrowhead Stadium to face Kansas on Saturday knowing full well where it stands in the Big 12 picture. Beat the Jayhawks and conference bottom-dweller Oklahoma State and the Buffaloes will be playing for the title. Lose to Kansas and...
No. 7 BYU can take another step toward Big 12 championship game with a victory over Kansas
PROVO, Utah (AP) — After suffering several close losses earlier this season, Kansas is finally resembling the team that was expected to be a Big 12 contender after last year’s nine-win campaign. But all the Jayhawks can do now is play spoiler against a BYU team that has its...
Devin Neal sets Kansas career rushing records in 45-36 victory over No. 17 Cyclones
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Devin Neal ran for 116 yards and two scores and became Kansas' all-time leader in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in a 45-36 win over No. 17 Iowa State at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday. Neal broke June Henley's rushing record with a 14-yard run on his...
No. 17 Iowa State faces Kansas at Arrowhead Stadium as Cyclones try to bounce back from first loss
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The first message that made its way through the Iowa State locker room after Texas Tech ended its perfect start to the season, scoring in the final seconds last weekend to spring the upset and spoil homecoming for the Cyclones, was that nothing had changed. ...
Tennant kicks go-ahead 51-yarder, No. 16 K-State stops Kansas on 4th down to preserve 29-27 win
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Avery Johnson threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, Chris Tennant kicked a 51-yard go-ahead field goal with 1:42 to go and No. 16 Kansas State stopped Kansas on fourth down to preserve a 29-27 victory Saturday night. D.J. Giddens added 102 yards...
Kansas heads to No. 16 Kansas State with the hope of ending a 15-game losing streak in the series
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Lance Leipold made it perfectly clear when he took over the long-suffering Jayhawks that their bitter, downright disdainful in-state rivalry with Kansas State was a rivalry in name only. To be a real rivalry, Leipold said, the Jayhawks would have...
Jalon Daniels, Cobee Bryant lead Kansas past Houston 42-14 for first Big 12 victory
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jalon Daniels had three passing touchdowns, plus one on the ground, as Kansas broke a five-game losing streak with a 42-14 victory over Houston on Saturday at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. The game marked Kansas' 112th Homecoming, though it wasn't played...
Jack Hoover throws for 356 yards, three TDs as TCU beats Kansas 38-27 at Arrowhead Stadium
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Josh Hoover threw for 356 yards and three touchdowns, JP Richardson returned a second-half punt 89 yards for the go-ahead score, and TCU pulled away to beat Kansas 38-27 on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium. Jack Bech had 131 yards receiving and two touchdowns,...
No. 23 Northern Illinois looks to keep rolling against Buffalo after stunning Notre Dame
Buffalo (2-1) at No. 23 Northern Illinois (2-0), Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN Plus) BetMGM College Football Odds: Northern Illinois by 13 1/2. Series record: Northern Illinois leads 13-2. WHAT’S AT STAKE The game is the MAC opener for...
Once a Top 25 team on the rise, Kansas finds itself in desperation mode
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — This was supposed to be the breakthrough year at Kansas, when a program Lance Leipold built from nationwide laughingstock to respectability took another step into the upper echelon of the Big 12 and, just maybe, the College Football Playoff. All of which could...
