KU Football

Jayhawks come up empty in 38-14 loss at Iowa State

Ames, Iowa — The Kansas football team had a hard enough time stopping Iowa State on downs one through three, but when the Cyclones got to fourth down, the Jayhawks’ defense reached a new level of porousness. KU allowed a fourth-down conversion on ISU’s game-opening touchdown drive, then ...

Preview: KU travels to face ISU in high-stakes contest

Kansas coach Lance Leipold has frequently spoken in the past about how his first trip to Iowa State in 2021 — one during which the Cyclones destroyed the Jayhawks 59-7 — demonstrated to Leipold that KU had a lot of work to do to compete in the Big 12. Whatever Leipold learned from that ...

Portal season underway for KU football with upcoming multi-sport visitor

The Kansas football team got a head start on portal season last year when it secured the commitment of Bangally Kamara, then transferring away from South Carolina, on Nov. 4, 2024; at the time, he was the first known pledge of the entire offseason cycle. KU may not be quite as early this time ...

Consecutive sacks just a taste of what KU hopes to get from Brinkley

The Kansas football team had two or fewer sacks in five consecutive games before redshirt freshman Dakyus Brinkley was involved in a pair of sacks on consecutive plays on Nov. 8. Early in the second quarter Brinkley wiggled his way around Arizona tackle Tristan Bounds to bring down Noah Fifita ...