KU Football

Notebook: Homecoming for Houston coach; Leipold opines on rule changes

Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas owed some portion of its attendance figure at GEHA Field Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday to the friends and family of the opposing head coach. “I’m worried about tickets this week,” Houston coach Willie Fritz joked, later adding, “I’ll be helping them out ...

KU routs Houston 42-14 to snap losing streak

Kansas City, Mo. — After sustaining four one-score losses during its five-game losing streak, the Kansas football team found an innovative solution to its recurring problem: building bigger leads. KU scored the first three touchdowns of the game on Saturday against Houston and, despite a ...

Preview: KU begins ‘whole new season’ against Houston

Kansas head coach Lance Leipold frequently takes care to emphasize that his team does not change its approach based on results. At a certain point, the result of a game, good or bad, can’t affect the next one. “Things that you do don’t change based on wins and losses,” he said on ...

Big 12 power rankings: ISU and BYU battling for top spot

The race for first place in the Big 12 power rankings continues to tighten. Only two points separate Iowa State and BYU for the top spot. The Cyclones are No. 1 for the third straight week after receiving nine of a possible 16 first-place votes (249 points) from a panel of media who regularly ...

Injury questions persist for KU out of bye week

Time will tell if Kansas' first bye week of the season helped cure its on-field ills, but in the near term, it may not have done enough for the Jayhawks' physical health. Asked how much the bye week helped injured players get back into action, Leipold said, "Not as much as I had hoped yet ...