Football

Notebook: Not everyone forgets 2021, Sarkisian praises Daniels and more

Austin, Texas — With the Jayhawks’ return to Austin came obligatory questions for head coaches Lance Leipold and Steve Sarkisian about KU’s stunning upset win at Texas in 2021, the first season for both coaches. Neither was too keen on dwelling on that two-year-old result, though both ...

Offense falters, run defense struggles as KU falls 40-14 to Texas

Austin, Texas — For much of Saturday’s game, the Texas offense could do everything but score touchdowns. The Longhorns outgained in time of possession by nearly 20 minutes and total yards by more than 400 but settled for four field goal tries and missed two. That gave the Jayhawks plenty ...

Jayhawks hope experience, preparation mitigate challenges of playing at Texas

Kansas running back Daniel Hishaw Jr. said Wednesday that practicing with pumped-in crowd noise hurts his head. That is clearly a price the Jayhawks are willing to play as they await a six-digit quantity of screaming fans when they face Texas at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium this ...

Listen: Rock Chalk Sports Talk on KU football, Royals, NFL and more

On the Sept. 25 episode of the Best of Rock Chalk Sports Talk Podcast from KLWN, Derek Johnson and Nick Springer discuss the Kansas football team's win over BYU, present the Pearson Collision Hit of the Week, speak to Inside the Crown's David Lesky, host Case of the Mondays, overreact to the ...

Kansas enters AP Top 25 for second straight year

After opening the season 4-0, and most recently beating BYU 38-27 Saturday, the Kansas football team has been rewarded Sunday with the No. 24 spot in the Associated Press' Top 25 rankings. This is the second year in a row that KU has been ranked after a hiatus of nearly 13 years between ...

Jalon Daniels delivers as runner in KU’s conference win over BYU

The Kansas football team improved to 4-0 on the year with a 38-27 win over BYU Saturday afternoon at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. But for a brief moment, there was at least some suspense in the fourth quarter of KU’s double-digit victory. On third-and-5 from its own 40-yard line, ...