Football

Preview: KU defense looks to get back on track with road trip to UCF

The Kansas defense was plagued by misalignments and missed assignments, as head coach Lance Leipold put it, from the beginning of the Jayhawks’ game against Cincinnati. The results were not pretty. KU conceded 603 total yards, including 388 through the air and a pair of touchdowns to the ...

KU getting backup quarterbacks involved in unusual ways

With running back Daniel Hishaw Jr. out for Kansas’ game last Saturday against Cincinnati, the Jayhawks were looking for a spark in the run game wherever they could get it. Offensive coordinator Jim Zebrowski turned to an unlikely source: KU’s backup quarterbacks. On a first-and-10 in the ...

Big 12 officially announces KU football game in London

Updated 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025: The Big 12 Conference officially announced on Wednesday morning that Kansas and Arizona State will play a football game in London on Sept. 19, 2026. KU and ASU will become the first-ever college football teams to play at Wembley Stadium, and the ...

UCF is ‘TBD’ at quarterback entering matchup with KU

Kansas and UCF are about to face off for the second time ever, and both matchups have featured considerable intrigue at quarterback for the Knights. When they made their inaugural trip to the old David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium to take on the Jayhawks in 2023, the big question was whether ...

KU’s frequently uncovered tight end Groen garners big role

When Boden Groen caught his first touchdown as a Jayhawk, a 7-yard grab from Jalon Daniels in Kansas’ blowout win over West Virginia on Sept. 20, Groen was able to find space in the flat on the right side of the field when no Mountaineer was even past the hashmarks. Then, Groen’s second ...

KU preparing for season’s first long-distance road trip

The Kansas football team is six weeks and five games into its season and still hasn’t had to play more than a few hours’ drive away from Lawrence. KU’s 2025 schedule oriented itself in such a way that the Jayhawks have already hosted four games — two nonconference against Fresno State ...

Late-game situations vex KU again

When the Kansas offense came on the field with 29 seconds left, needing to reach kicker Laith Marjan’s range some 40 yards away to have a chance at overtime, quarterback Jalon Daniels said the Jayhawks entered the huddle with a sense of “positivity.” “At the end of the day, we didn’t ...