The win made Kansas (6-3 overall, 3-3 Big 12) bowl eligible for the first time since the 2008 season and set off a wild celebration inside their home stadium, with the 43,606 fans who attended the Jayhawks’ first game after their bye.

KU racked up 554 yards of total offense, including 351 on the ground, and sophomore running back Devin Neal did most of the damage, rumbling for career highs in both rushing and receiving yards.

Neal rumbled for 224 yards on 32 carries on the ground and added 110 yards on six catches through the air.

Neal set the tone for his monster day by rushing for 55 yards on two carries on KU’s first offensive drive of the day.

From there, quarterback Jason Bean, got in on the act. In his third consecutive start in place of injured QB Jalon Daniels, Bean completed 18 of 23 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions. He also added 93 yards on the ground, including 73 on a long touchdown run.

Oklahoma State (6-3, 3-3) had no answer for KU on either side of the ball.

The KU defense also was up for the challenge on Saturday. They made life miserable for OSU’s backup quarterback, Garret Rangel, from the first snap of the game to the end. Rangel threw interceptions on OSU’s first two drives — the first by Cobee Bryant and the next by Mello Dotson — and the OSU offense never looked fully comfortable against the Jayhawks’ defense.

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How They Scored

1st Quarter

11:21 — Devin Neal 31-yard run. Jacob Borcila kick. The Jayahwks marched 73 yards in four plays on their first offensive drive of the game, which was set up an interception by KU cornerback Cobee Bryant. Neal ran twice for 55 yards on the opening drive, which took just 1:32 of game time. (KU 7, OSU 0).

:09 – Jacob Borcila 21-yard field goal. Kansas marched 76 yards in 16 plays and 6:09 to push its lead to two scores. Kansas got all the way to the 1-yard line on the drive but saw three consecutive carries by Devin Neal come up short of reaching the end zone. (KU 10, OSU 0).

2nd Quarter

9:59 – Stephon Johnson 8-yard pass from Garret Rangel. Tanner Brown kick. After showing very little life on either side of the ball in the first quarter, the Cowboys opened the second quarter with their best drive of the day, a 15-play, 75-yard march that took 5:10 and featured seven completions by Rangel, including the TD. (KU 10, OSU 7).

9:10 – Jason Bean 73-yard run. Borcila kick. Bean showed off his speed on this one, keeping the ball after a fake handoff and sprinting to the end zone down the far sideline. OSU’s Jabbar Muhammad had an angle and caught Bean around the 6-yard line but he could not pull him down. (KU 17, OSU 7).

:22 – Lawrence Arnold 8-yard pass from Bean. Borcila kick. After the defense forced an OSU fumble on fourth-and-short in KU territory, the offense flew up the field to add to its lead just before halftime. Kansas drove 87 yards in seven plays and 3:04, getting the TD on a stellar grab by Arnold, who was blanketed in the end zone but out-jumped the defender to haul in the pass. (KU 24, OSU 7).

3rd Quarter

7:08 – Jared Casey 2-yard pass from Bean. Borcila kick. The Jayhawks’ opened the second half the way they ended the first, with a long scoring drive that put the Cowboys in a deeper hole. After receiving the opening kickoff of the half, Kansas marched 75 yards in 15 plays and took nearly eight minutes off the clock, adding to its lead and cutting into the amount of time OSU had remaining to mount a comeback. (KU 31, OSU 10).

3:27 – Tanner Brown 35-yard field goal. Down big, the Cowboys moved down the field with an 11-play, 54-yard drive but managed just three points. The drive stalled when KU’s Rich Miller recorded a sack on third down deep in KU territory. (KU 31, OSU 10).

4th Quarter

12:52 – Jacob Borcila 20-yard field goal. After holding OSU to a field goal on the previous drive, Kansas got the three points back on the back end of a drive that covered 72 yards in 10 plays and 5:35. (KU 34, OSU 10).

9:21 – Jaden Nixon 35-yard pass from Rangel. 2-point conversion try failed. Oklahoma State kept fighting to the end, with a 75-yard, 10-play drive that took 3:31 off the clock and put the Cowboys in position to cut the game to a two-score deficit. But the two-point conversion attempt never came close to reaching the end zone and Kansas took over still leading by three scores. (KU 34, OSU 16).

5:00 – Jacob Borcila 31-yard field goal. Bleeding the clock to the end, Kansas added to its lead with a chip-shot field goal by Borcila that capped a seven-play, 64-yard drive that took 4:16 off the clock. Devin Neal crossed over 220 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving for the day on the drive that locked up the victory. (KU 37, OSU 16).