Kansas Falls 24-20 at Arizona

Kansas outgained the Wildcats, totaling 369 yards of offense within the sport with 199 passing yards and 170 on the bottom. The Jayhawks allowed 323 yards to UA whereas recording a season-high 5 sacks.

Jalon Daniels was 15-of-29 by the air for 199 yards and a landing, whereas additionally main the Jayhawks with 14 speeding makes an attempt for 74 yards and one other rating. Daniel Hishaw Jr. ran for 67 yards on 18 carries and Leshon Williams added 23 yards on seven carries. Eight completely different receivers had a catch for KU, led by Emmanuel Henderson Jr. with 5 receptions for 65 yards and a landing.

Trey Lathan led the Jayhawks with 9 tackles and Austin Alexander added six. Jalen Todd had 5 tackles, together with the primary two sacks of his profession. Dakyus Brinkley had 1.5 sacks, sharing one with D.J. Withers, whereas Tommy Dunn Jr. additionally added a sack.

The loss evened the Jayhawks document at 5-5 with two video games remaining within the common season, and KU is now 3-4 in Big 12 play. Arizona reached bowl eligibility by bettering to 6-3 (3-3 Big 12) on the 12 months. 

Kansas compelled a three-and-out on Arizona’s opening drive, then KU received one first down offensively earlier than punting the ball again to the Wildcats. UA struck for 4 chunk performs of greater than 10 yards on its subsequent drive and received on the board with a 16-yard landing cross to go up 7-0 on the 7:16 mark of the primary quarter. 

The Jayhawks had been once more compelled to punt on the subsequent drive, however the protection got here up with an enormous stand as Todd compelled his first profession fumble with a third-down sack that ended Arizona’s subsequent drive. The momentum carried over to the offense, which wanted simply 5 performs to cowl 46 yards and tie the sport with a one-yard landing run from Daniels with 32 seconds remaining within the opening interval.

KU’s protection received one other fast cease and received the ball again to Daniels, who engineered a seven-play scoring drive to take the lead. Daniels discovered Cam Pickett and Boden Groen for back-to-back 22-yard completions earlier than connecting with Henderson for a 24-yard landing, which put KU on prime 14-7 with 11:17 to play within the half.

The Kansas protection compelled a 3rd consecutive Arizona punt on the subsequent possession. The Jayhawks had been in a position to transfer the ball to the Arizona 28-yard line for a subject purpose try. Laith Marjan linked on a 46-yard subject purpose. The three factors stretched the Kansas result in 17-7 with 4:16 left within the second quarter.

Arizona lower into the Kansas lead proper earlier than half because the Wildcats drove 11 performs and 75 yards that ended with a Quincy Craig 8-yard landing reception. Heading into halftime, Kansas led 17-14.

Kansas was compelled to punt on its first drive of the second half and Arizona coated 60 yards on the primary two performs of its subsequent drive to maneuver into scoring place. KU’s protection compelled the Wildcats to accept a subject purpose and UA transformed from 41 yards out to tie the sport at 17-all with 11:23 to play within the third. Daniels led the Jayhawks proper again into scoring place and Marjan once more transformed, this time a 50-yard subject purpose to provide KU the lead again at 20-17, which is the place it stood getting into the fourth quarter. With the made kick, Marjan moved to 14-of-14 on subject targets this season and prolonged his faculty document for consecutive subject targets made

Defense dominated the early portion of the fourth quarter, with every of the primary 4 drives ending in punts. Kansas broke that streak with a 12-play drive that took 6:45 off the clock and moved into subject purpose vary, nevertheless it ended with Marjan’s first missed subject purpose of the season, a 30-yard try that sailed large proper.

Arizona took over at their very own 20-yard line with 2:39 to play and KU main 20-17. After shifting the chains on the primary play of the drive, the Wildcats then transformed a 3rd and one to maneuver the ball into KU territory. Arizona coated the remainder of the sector in 4 performs, scoring the go-ahead landing on a 24-yard run by Quincy Craig with 39 seconds to play.

Kansas received two first downs on its ultimate possession, however the sport ended on a hail mary heave from Daniels that fell to the bottom outdoors the again of the top zone. 

Kansas can have its third and ultimate open week of the 2025 season, adopted by a visit to Ames, Iowa on Nov. 22 to tackle Iowa State. Kansas will then host Utah for the season finale on Friday, Nov. 28 at 11 a.m. CT at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.