Football

Leipold updates status of pair of receivers after loss to Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — In Saturday’s 41-24 loss to No. 12 Utah, the Kansas football team relied as heavily as in any game this year on the trio of wide receivers Cam Pickett, Nik McMillan and Nahzae Cox. The group accounted for 26 of quarterback Isaiah Marshall’s 37 targets, and Pickett had a ...

What did we learn from KU’s loss to Utah?

SALT LAKE CITY — Early in the second half, it looked like Kansas might be able to keep pace with No. 12 Utah in a shootout. That would have been almost unthinkable entering Saturday given the inconsistency of the Jayhawks’ offense, but quarterback Isaiah Marshall had hit his stride, and if ...

Jayhawks’ ‘biggest problem’ put them in early hole in loss to Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — The Kansas football team managed just 46 yards on a series of largely futile drives in the first half on Saturday night before the externally imposed urgency of a pair of last-minute charges helped the Jayhawks rack up 108 more and 10 points along the way. As they continued ...

Quick recap: Jayhawks fall 41-24 in road battle with No. 12 Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — A pair of penalties on the Kansas offensive line in the third quarter of Saturday’s game at No. 12 Utah erased both an initial fourth-down conversion and then the possibility of even considering going for it on fourth down. That sequence, with the Jayhawks threatening to ...

KU-Utah kickoff time moved earlier due to weather

SALT LAKE CITY — Saturday’s matchup between the Kansas football team and No. 12 Utah has been moved earlier in the day due to forecasted inclement weather. Kickoff for the Jayhawks and Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium is now set for 7 p.m. Central time, or 6 p.m. local. It was previously going ...

Preview: Season’s first true road game sends KU to No. 12 Utah

Kansas coach Lance Leipold has felt strongly since long before the season began about the quality of his team’s depth this year, and the Jayhawks put much of that depth on display in last weekend’s 55-0 victory over Middle Tennessee, their first shutout since 2008. Through KU’s 2-2 ...

Harris leading way for KU defense amid impressive start

The increased confidence of Kansas’ defense has been a significant talking point early this season as, through four games, the Jayhawks rank among the top defenses in the country in yards allowed. “Their communication across the board, getting everyone on the same page and then being able ...

How Cummings-Coleman’s running-back experiment came to be

Khijohnn Cummings-Coleman didn’t have the most restful trip back from London. The Kansas redshirt sophomore defensive back had seen what was going on in his team's running-back room, with Kory Amachree and Justin Thurman already out for the long term and, most recently, Yasin Willis ...