Fifteen years, five sponsors and one field ago, the Kansas football team earned its last bowl win in Arizona. Todd Reesing threw five touchdown passes, including three straight after the halftime break, as the Jayhawks beat Minnesota 42-21 on New Year’s Eve in the 2008 Insight Bowl at Sun ...
Only one Kansas quarterback had practiced enough last week that the coaching staff felt confident starting him in the Sunflower Showdown. KU coach Lance Leipold said postgame Saturday — and reiterated in his press conference Monday — that even though both quarterbacks were cleared to ...
Freshman quarterback Cole Ballard, a former walk-on who was recently given a scholarship, became the third different Kansas quarterback to make a start this season in Saturday’s 31-27 loss to Kansas State at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Despite the QB carousel, the Jayhawks have ...
Kansas had a chance to extend its lead to three possessions early in the third quarter Saturday night. With Kansas State deep in its own territory, Rich Miller broke on a short pass from the Wildcats’ quarterback Will Howard looking for Phillip Brooks. Howard never saw Miller coming; all the ...
No. 23 Kansas State extended its recent dominance in the Sunflower Showdown by recording a 15th consecutive win over Kansas. The Wildcats took advantage of multiple miscues by the Jayhawks, particularly in the special teams department, en route to a 31-27 win on Saturday night inside David ...
Saturday’s matchup between Kansas and Kansas State featured the latest expression of gratitude for a senior class that Lance Leipold has credited with helping turn the program around. The group was honored pregame as part of Senior Day festivities before the Jayhawks played their last home ...
As has often been the case this season, another week has brought another mystery about just who might be playing quarterback for Kansas this weekend. Head coach Lance Leipold suggested on Monday that he was “very optimistic” about Jason Bean returning from a head injury to lead the ...
