Four games into his first season directing the Kansas football program, head coach Lance Leipold can’t help but notice an unpleasant tendency developing: the Jayhawks’ opponents are taking command in a hurry once halftime is over. In KU’s two most recent defeats — in Lawrence versus Baylor, and on the road at Duke — the team was outscored 35-3 in the third quarters. For the season, foes hold a ...
Head coach Lance Leipold will be the first to tell you his mind wasn’t on his Kansas football team’s offensive successes, such as the Jayhawks’ season-high 530 yards and 7.4 yards per play, after a Saturday loss at Duke. “I’m thinking about not scoring after the first interception. I’m thinking about how we came up dry there at the end,” Leipold said immediately following the 52-33 defeat in ...
Durham, N.C. — It took a couple years and some patience, but redshirt sophomore Torry Locklin finally scored his first touchdown for the Kansas football team — and promptly added a second to his résumé on the Jayhawks’ following possession — during KU’s 52-33 loss at Duke. Locklin, a former reserve quarterback, Wildcat QB and backup receiver for the Jayhawks, came into Saturday’s game at Wallace ...
Durham, N.C. — The Kansas football team didn’t only suffer a 52-33 loss at Duke on Saturday. A targeting call in the fourth quarter against safety Kenny Logan Jr. means the Jayhawks will lose their veteran leader in the secondary for one half next week, too. Logan, who totaled 11 tackles in the defeat at Wallace Wade Stadium, got flagged while looking to tackle Duke quarterback Gunnar Holmberg on a run in ...
Durham, N.C. — The underdog Kansas football team entered the third quarter Saturday at Duke not just with promise, but with a lead. However, the Jayhawks’ familiar second-half woes and inconsistencies took the spotlight again — just as they did the previous two weeks — this time inside Wallace Wade Stadium during a 52-33 road loss. The KU offense (530 yards) couldn’t keep up with the Blue Devils ...
— Kansas (1-2 ) at Duke (2-1) • 3 p.m. kickoff, Wallace Wade Stadium, in Durham, N.C. • Game-time forecast: 75 degrees, mostly sunny, 0% chance of rain • TV: ACC Network • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 Keys for Kansas 1. Fewer missed tackles Rudimentary as it may sound, simply making tackles has been an emphasis for the Kansas football defense at practices this week. “It’s a concern across ...