Lawrence, Kang. Jace Gilbert As Kansas remained undefeated with a 14-11 win over Iowa State on Saturday, they missed three field goals, including a 37-yarder who tied the game in less than 30 seconds.
Going 5-0 overall, it was the Jayhawks’ best start to the season since 2009 and the second 2-2 start to Big 12 Conference play in the past 14 years.
“This group feels different than it ever has,” said University of Kansas coach Lance Leipold. It’s done with community, stands, togetherness, and these are the best things to build on. ”
Jaron Daniels Daniel Hissho both scored rushing touchdowns for the Jayhawks who were shut out in the second half, but it was enough to hold on to the win.
“We said before the season that adversity will come at some point,” Daniels said.
Daniels threw for 93 yards and Iowa State hunter deckers He had 278 passing yards, but threw a costly interception in the second quarter.
“They have done a nice mix of different blitzes. “If we can do that, we will be fine. Today we were fine, but there are some things we need to improve.”
Deckers’ interception in the 2nd quarter was a 2-yard that eventually turned into a touchdown for the Jayhawks with Daniels leading 14–0.
Iowa State coach Matt Campbell said, “I think a quarterback has to be precise in every detail.” He had moments of positivity and moments he wanted back.”
Iowa State got on the board with Deckers’ 7-yard pass just before halftime. easton deanA two-point conversion after a botched PAT snap saw the Cyclones tie within 14-8.
Gilbert entered the game 5-for-5 on a field goal for the Cyclones, but missed two kicks from the post.
The cyclone did little on the ground after that Girrell Block I left the game due to injury. The Cyclone’s mainstay rusher had only 8 of his 26 yards on the ground for Iowa State.
“We won’t know until early in the week,” Campbell said.
Kansas didn’t score in the second half, but a big defensive stop carried the Jayhawks to another win for this upstart team.
Leipold said of the start of the season, “It’s based on everyone’s idea of what this program is going to be, but we have to finish this story and we have seven games left.” We said we weren’t going to measure the improvement in , but the improvement would help our buy-ins and we started trying to figure out how to win these close matches.”
Takeaway
Iowa State: The Cyclones have been a little off all day, so they probably could have won the game against the bottom team in Kansas. It was his first time since 2014 that the Cyclones lost to Kansas.
Kansas: They did enough to win this game and showed they can win defensive battles after shootouts in the first four games of the season.
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Kansas will play TCU at home on Saturday. On the same day, Iowa played Kansas.
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