Both sides of the ball stuffed the stat sheet for the Kansas Jayhawks.

The Kansas Jayhawks fell to the TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday in an in depth sport that lived as much as the GameDay billing. However with the loss, we get a chance to look by the stats to find out simply how effectively the Jayhawks performed.

Offense

The Jayhawks led practically each offensive class on this sport, outrushing the Horned Frogs 189 yards to 144 yards, and outpassing them 351 yards to 308 yards. Neither groups was extraordinarily efficient on third and 4th down conversions.

Every group misplaced a fumble and had an interception, however the Horned Frogs have been capable of flip their interception into factors, whereas Kansas as an alternative simply ended a possible scoring menace.

Passing

Kansas struggled within the passing sport through the first half, however within the second half, the offense opened up and Kansas picked up some huge yardage.

Jalon Daniels was 5-10 for 89 yards, however he left the sport late within the first half.

Jason Bean began the second half and went 16-24 for 262 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. He had passing touchdowns of 12, 8, 38 and 29 yards, displaying off his arm on a number of events.

Luke Grimm caught 6 passes on 8 targets, totaling 73 yards and a landing.

Quentin Skinner caught 4 passes on 7 targets for 98 yards and a couple of touchdowns.

Mason Fairchild caught 3 passes for 80 yards and a landing. He had a 48 yard move when Jalon Daniels threw it to the flawed shoulder, however he was capable of flip, see the ball after which flip again over the opposite shoulder and nonetheless make the catch.

Lawrence Arnold had 3 catches for 41 yards, whereas Tanaka Scott caught the one move thrown his manner, choosing up 52 yards on the primary drive of the second half.

Dashing

The Jayhawks gained within the speeding sport, however a important error could have value Kansas the sport.

Daniels solely gained 6 yards on his 7 rushes, however he additionally fumbled the ball simply earlier than the objective line, shedding an opportunity to attain and giving TCU some momentum within the first half..

Devin Neal led all rushers with 88 yards on 15 carries.

Bean had 34 yards on 7 carries.

Sevion Morrison had a single carry, however picked up 40 yards on the play.

Ky Thomas totaled 19 yards, however took 6 carries to do it.

Protection

The Kansas protection was phenomenal within the first half of this sport, singlehandedly retaining the Jayhawks within the sport when the offense struggled. 

Kenny Logan led the Jayhawks with 12 tackles. He additionally pressured a fumble and recovered it.

OJ Burroughs had 5 tackles, together with  0.5 tackles for loss. He additionally intercepted a Max Duggan move on the finish of the primary half to stop a scoring alternative.

Wealthy Miller ended the day with 9 whole tackles, together with combining with Burroughs for a sort out for loss close to the top of the primary quarter.

Lonnie Phelps had 5 tackles, together with a sack. He’s tied for essentially the most sacks in faculty soccer.

Craig Younger had 5 tackles, together with a sort out for loss in house proper after the Phelps sack.

Particular Groups

The particular groups have been nothing particular on this sport, with no huge performs on both aspect that swung the sport.

Reis Vernon punted 3 instances for Kansas, with a kind of pinning TCU contained in the 20 yard line. 

The Jayhawks didn’t have any punt returns on this sport. Logan and Steven McBride every returned a kickoff, returning them for 21 yards and 31 yards, respectively.

The kicking sport was combined. Tabor Allen had 4 of his kickoffs returned, with the longest being a 37-yard return by Shadrach Banks. Jacob Borcila was 1-2 on discipline objective makes an attempt, however was 4/4 on further level makes an attempt.

However in the end, the rating is the one factor that issues on the finish of the day, so it may be thought of one other profitable outing. They full their homestand when the TCU Horned Frogs come to city with Faculty Gameday broadcasting in Lawrence. Kickoff is 2:30 PM this Saturday, October 1st.

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