In a high-scoring affair, Kansas defeated UMass 49-34.
Kansas opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 3-yard touchdown run by Jalon Daniels, followed by a 1-yard touchdown run by Devin Neal. UMass responded in the second quarter with a 64-yard touchdown pass from Taisun Phommachanh to Jakobie Keeney-James. Kansas quickly answered with a 64-yard touchdown pass from Jalon Daniels to Quentin Skinner. UMass then scored again on a 6-yard pass from Phommachanh to CJ Hester, but Kansas extended their lead with a 21-yard touchdown pass from Daniels to Lawrence Arnold before the half.
Kansas continued its offensive dominance in the third quarter, with a 77-yard touchdown pass from Daniels to Arnold, and a 32-yard run by Daniels. UMass managed to score with a 4-yard pass from Phommachanh to Sterling Galban.
In the fourth quarter, UMass's Derrion Craig returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown. Kansas responded with a 43-yard run by Devin Neal. UMass added a final score with a 25-yard pass from Phommachanh to TY Harding, but failed the 2-point conversion attempt, resulting in the final score of 49-34 in favor of Kansas.
For the first time this season, the Kansas offense gave their fans a glimmer of what they've seen the past two years from their beloved Jayhawks. It's been an up and down year for the school that was coming off back-to-back national titles so a high scoring affair was nice to experience if for only one game.
Jalon Daniels and Devin Neal both had huge games for the Jayhawks as they were able to continuously find holes in the UMass defense to pick up chunk plays time and again. This allowed the always porous Kansas defense to stay on the sidelines for longer than normal which was the key to success.
Any time the UMass offense had sustained drives they were able to put points on the board as they could not be stopped. Multiple times it looked like they would be back in the mix the Kansas offense put up a big play to stop the momentum. The play of the game occurred early in the 4th quarter when Devin Neal took an outside hand off and sharply weaved through the UMass defense for a 40+ yard touchdown run. It was arguably Neal's best play of the season and one that shut the door effectively on a UMass rally.
Kansas moves to 5-3 on the season and travels out to Provo next week to face the BYU Cougars.
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