Morgantown, West Virginia – – Gallone Daniels Throws three touch passes, including one in overtime, and corner passes Jacob Bryant He brought back a score in the final game as Kansas beat West Virginia 55-42 in the opening game of the Big 12 on Saturday night.
Kansas (2-0, 1-0 Big 12) has won its opening two games of the season for the first time since 2011.
“The fact that we start 2-0 and stack the (good) days as best we can says a lot. But it won’t mean much unless we go out and play well once more,” said Kansas coach Lance Leibold.
West Virginia rebounded from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter and sent the game into overtime with 42 points.
After I found Daniels Quentin Skinner With a 4-yard pass in overtime, Bryant climbed in front of West Virginia State’s designated GT Daniels pass. Bryce Ford Wheaton And he ran 86 yards into the end zone to end the game.
The Mountaineers (0:2, 0:1) lost their first two games for the first time since 1979.
Yalon Daniels had another effective passing game and was elusive, especially with his legs. He rushed for 85 yards, surpassing the 45 yards he had in his win over Texas last year.
“I’m not someone who refuses all contact,” he said. “I play quarterback, but at the end of the day we try to move the sticks. The soccer game consists of being able to get meters, move the sticks and get to the end zone. I will do what I have to do.”
In his last six games, Daniels has completed 70% of his passes. He finished 18 of 29 for 219 yards on Saturday.
Devin Neal He had two quick touchdowns and a 17-yard TD catch from Daniels. Daniel Heisho had two goals including 30 yards early in the fourth quarter to give Kansas a 42-31 lead.
At 42:34, the climbers took the ball back with one shot, 2:17 to go. Caden brother He got a reverse pass and ran 25 yards for 23 KS. GT Daniels Found a Ford-Wheaton slip with a 21-yard pass to set up CJ DonaldsonShort TD run with 35 seconds remaining. Daniels and Ford-Wheaton once more connected the two-point conversion pass at the back of the end zone.
In overtime, KS was the first to get the ball and looked like it was going nowhere Tori Lucklin A 6-yard loss was blocked in the third and fifth of 20. But West Virginia Sechzig Taija It was reported that his fear of spectators gave Kansas their first loss at 10. Three times later, Yalon found Daniels leading Skinner 49-42.
In possession of West Virginia, Daniels was injured by a Kansas defensive line Malcolm Lee On the second place. The ball went misplaced and a check confirmed Daniel’s arm moved forward for an incomplete pass. On the next game, Bryant intercepted a GT Daniels pass that was assigned to Bryce Ford Wheaton.
“I think that angle did a really good job,” said JT Daniels. “That’s the name of the game. It’s a crazy sport. You play really well until the end and then one game can really decide the match.”
JT Daniels had TD throws from 59 yards in the first half Sam James and 67 and 5 yards from Ford-Wheaton. Daniels finished 28 of 40 for 355 yards. Ford-Wheaton finished with 11 catches for 152 yards.
Bryants Chance
This was the second straight game in which Bryant scored a touchdown. He Bring back a forbidden field gate 61 yards for TD last week once morest Tennessee Tech.
Leibold said he yelled at Bryant from the sidelines to fall to the ground following intercepting overtime.
“He’s a good listener, isn’t he?” said Leibold.
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KS: The Jayhawks refused to back down following falling 21-7. Kansas has finished third 11 of 15, winning just the second time in 12 encounters with West Virginia. After rushing for 297 yards a week ago, Kansas had 200 yards once morest the Mountaineers, averaging 5.6 yards per round.
West Virginia: The Mountaineers outplayed the Kansas 501-419, but they didn’t capitalize on an advantage. Donaldson, a freshman who rushed for 125 yards with just seven carts in Pittsburgh a week ago, had a hard time finding holes once morest Kansas and was limited to 48 yards in 13 carts.
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And play Kansas next Saturday in the twenty-fifth in Houston.
West Virginia welcomes Tucson on Saturday.
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