Kansas football

HOUSTON (KSNT)- Kansas football has hit a sudden stoppage in their game against Houston due to severe weather. The Jayhawks and Cougars are tied at 14-14 ...

They evened the game on a Daniel Highshaw 8-yard run. Kansas was driving down the field and had second and goal on the Houston five yard live when the delay hit. Lightning in the area caused both teams to hit the locker room.

The Houston Cougars will be returning home after a two-game road trip. They will take on the Kansas Jayhawks at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday at TDECU Stadium.

The victory came about thanks to a strong surge after the first quarter to overcome a 14 to nothing deficit. Meanwhile, it was all tied up 42-42 between Kansas and the West Virginia Mountaineers going into overtime last week, but Kansas pulled a 55-42 win out of their hat in the final minutes. The Houston Cougars will be returning home after a two-game road trip.

The Kansas Jayhawks take on the Houston Cougars on Saturday afternoon looking to win their third straight game. The Jayhawks have opened the season with an ...

Saturday, though, they will look to bounce back and avoid a second straight loss to a Big 12 team. The Cougars, though, are looking to thwart the upset bid and win their second game of the season. The Kansas Jayhawks take on the Houston Cougars on Saturday afternoon looking to win their third straight game.

Find college football odds, betting picks and predictions for Kansas vs. Houston on Saturday, September 17.

50.7% (71) 57.9% (41) 24.2 (32) 27.3 (89) The positives are Kansas should improve in the front seven. Part of the reason why they are still so good against the run is because the linebacking core has its top tackler, Donavan Mutin, back in the lineup. The Kansas defense was a mess last year. The Cougars averaged only 3.9 yards per carry and were 115th in Rushing Success Rate in 2021. Houston’s defense is the main reason why it went 12-2 last season. Houston has been the cardiac kids in 2022, playing in back-to-back multi-overtime games, with a 37-35 win over UTSA and a 33-30 loss at Texas Tech. The Jayhawks win total was a puny 2.5, so they have 10 games to hit the over. Get up-to-the-minute [college football odds here.](https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/odds)

Jayhawks fans found a fun way to pass the time after Saturday's game against Houston was interrupted in the first half.

And, although the game ball may stay in the locker room, KU’s social media team certainly deserves a shout-out for keeping the energy up. Fortunately for Jayhawks fans, the good times kept rolling coming out of the break after Jalon Daniels found Luke Grimm for a But the most popular question of the bunch came from one user asking for dating advice, which KU answered like a best friend waiting to cheer you up after a long day.

The Kansas Jayhawks football team beat Houston 48-30 on Saturday at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas. KU is 3-0 to start the season.

Houston cut the gap to 45-30 with 4:56 left on a 20-field goal by Bubba Baxa. Houston cut the gap to 28-21 on a 1-yard run by Henry with 10:30 left in the third quarter. Big play on the 10-play, 75-yard drive was an 18-yard end-around run by wide receiver Quentin Skinner on a fourth-and-3 call from the 30. Daniels faked a handoff on a reverse to Bean then threw to Casey for an 8-yard score. Houston missed the extra-point kick, meaning the Jayhawks led by 15 entering the fourth quarter. KU immediately scored on a 5-yard pass from Daniels to Grimm. Daniels faked to running back Ky Thomas then launched a pass to a wide-open Locklin. An unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty on Houston’s Jamal Morris gave the Jayhawks the ball at the 8. KU tight end Jared Casey and center Mike Novitsky had great blocks on the simple running play. The Cougars fell in two overtimes at Texas Tech last week after beating UTSA in triple-overtime on the road Sept. That scoring drive, which followed a KU punt out of its own end zone, went 48 yards in three plays. The Jayhawks, who return home to face Duke next Saturday in an 11 a.m.

That's two weeks in a row where the Kansas football team fell into a 14-0 hole to open the game but managed to crawl out of it to win on the road.

There was the direct snap to Devin Neal, who handed it to Daniels so he could fake a reverse and throw a touchdown to Jared Casey. This stuff is imaginative, electric and a whole lot of fun. No one has had a bigger smile than quarterback Jalon Daniels — 281 yards of total offense and five TDs on Saturday — but that’s just because you can see the KU QB’s grin glowing through his facemask on the field. There was more QB run game, which led to Daniels rushing for a career-high 123 yards and two touchdowns. In general, though, being down by two scores anywhere — especially on the road — is not a real comfortable place to be. The way things have gone so far for Lance Leipold’s club, I have no doubt they’ll clean that up.

Soon after, Brandon Campbell ran in a 40 yd touchdown to bring about that 14-0 deficit over KU. Quarterback Jalon Daniels would soon respond. Daniels ran in a ...

Houston was the first to score out of halftime, as Henry punched in a 1 yd touchdown with 10:30 remaining in the third quarter. Daniels ran in a 12 yd touchdown to cut the Cougars’ lead in half. About two minutes later, Daniels found Jared Casey for an 8 yd touchdown, Jayhawks up 42-21. Clayton Tune darted a 34 yd touchdown pass to Ta’Zhawn Henry about five minutes into the first quarter. found the endzone on an 8 yd run, tying it up 14-14 before the end of the first quarter. Just as the second quarter came around, so did a lightning delay.

For the first time since 2009, the Kansas Jayhawks are 3-0 following a 48-30 victory over the Houston Cougars on Saturday, Sept. 17, at TDECU Stadium.

The Jayhawks then stopped Houston on its final drive to finish off the game and secure the victory. Houston scored on its final drive of the third quarter, but missed the extra point and KU led 42-27 heading to the fourth. The Jayhawks weren’t done, however, as it put together its longest drive of the year to add a fourth consecutive touchdown drive in the half. KU’s defense forced a punt on Houston’s next possession and the offense was driving again when the game was sent into a lightning delay with 9:21 to play before halftime. On KU’s next possession, Daniels led the Jayhawks 75 yards in nine plays for its first score of the game. 24, to host Duke in the final non-conference game on the schedule.

If you're hoping to catch the game on the radio, the KU Athletics website has a list of affiliates, including in Wichita (1240 AM, 97.5 FM), Topeka (1440 AM, ...

Kansas 42, Houston 27 0:00: Houston tacked on a score with a five play, 75-yard drive. With Daniels leading the way through the air and on the ground, KU was able to get into Houston territory before it faced a fourth down. [Luke Grimm](//247sports.com/Player/Luke-Grimm-46080599), who found the end zone on a five-yard touchdown. The Cougars fumbled on the ensuing drive and fave KU the ball back. As KU got going on offense, the Cougars were penalized twice on the same play, setting KU up in the red zone. Houston 14, Kansas 14 Daniels converted on a third down and moved the chains for KU once and it sparked the drive. Daniels broke free for a 22 yard run before he found the end zone on a 12 yard run two plays later. [Jalon Daniels](//247sports.com/Player/Jalon-Daniels-46081530) and Quentin Skinner appeared to have a miscommunication which resulted in an incomplete pass before [Lawrence Arnold](//247sports.com/Player/Lawrence-Arnold-46050247) dropped a pass on third down. Daniels found Daniel Hishaw to move the chains for the first time in the game before a pass interference call later gave KU another fresh set of downs. It wasn't a smooth start from the Jayhawks offensively and they punted on their first two drives, but from then on, KU scored on its next eight of its next nine drives and never punted.

The University of Houston Football team dropped a high-scoring affair in the program's home opener to future Big 12 opponents Kansas 48-30 Saturday at TDECU ...

Daniels found running back Torry Locklin on Kansas' next possession to give the Jayhawks a 28-14 heading into halftime. Every Houston Rise contribution prepares our Cougars to compete and win when we start Big 12 competition in July 2023. Members provide financial support directly to Houston Football for needs beyond operating budget. The Cougars have won their last six games against the Owls dating to 2009. [Ta'Zhawn Henry](/roster.aspx?rp_id=6889) on a screen pass from quarterback [Clayton Tune](/roster.aspx?rp_id=6925). 18, 2012, at SMU (114 yards).