The Kansas Jayhawks ruined BYU’s perfect season as the Cougars’ late-minute heroics ran out in a 17-13 loss at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

BYU was looking to go 10-0 for just the fourth time in program history and the first time since 2001.

The 6th-ranked Cougars had several opportunities to break the game open against Kansas, however, several missed throws that would have gone for touchdowns combined with an interception in the end zone and a fluky punt that hit a BYU player in the back of the head to give the Jayhawks the ball inside the 5-yard line was all the difference.

Sometimes the ball bounces your way and sometimes it does not. For BYU, it has all season, however, for Kansas, it’s been the opposite this year as they’ve lost 4 of 5 games by one score this season — with many late in the fourth quarter too. Of those losses, those were by an average of four points. As I mentioned in the preview, Kansas is just a couple of plays from having 7 or 8 wins this year so Saturday’s game was going to be a test, especially since the Jayhawks came in playing their best ball of the season.

Analysts predict Kansas to upset No. 6 BYU

Kansas, led by quarterback Jalon Daniels, threw for 169 yards, and running back Dylan Neal ran for two touchdowns in the win as the Jayhawks beat ranked opponents in back-to-back weeks for the first time in school history. Neal also eclipsed the 4,000-yard mark for his career in the victory. He is just one of four active FBS players with 4,000+ career yards rushing.

BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff threw for 192 yards and running back LJ Martin had a team-high 76 yards rushing. The Cougars had 100+ total yards more than Kansas (354-242), however, the Cougars couldn’t turn those into points as they had their lowest-scoring output of the season.

Here are all the reactions to Kansas’ win over BYU:

 

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