Jalon Daniels connected with Luke Grimm on two of his three touchdown passes, Kansas' defense returned two turnovers, and the Jayhawks used a 21-3 run in the second half to hand BYU its first loss.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — BYU already knew it would have its hands full with Kansas star quarterback Jalon Daniels, who hosted the Cougars' Big 12 opener Saturday afternoon.Daniels connected with Luke Grimm on two of his three touchdown passes, Kansas' defense returned two turnovers, and the Jayhawks used a 21-3 run in the second half to hand BYU its first loss of the year 38-27 at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
Daniels completed 14-of-19 passes for 130 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 52 more yards. Devin Neal added 91 yards on 17 carries, and Daniel Hishaw had eight carries for 60 yards. Kedon Slovis completed 30-of-51 of his passes for 357 yards and two touchdowns, but also threw two interceptions. The fifth-year senior threw for over 300 yards for the 15th time in his career, and found Darius Lassiter and LJ Martin for touchdowns in the first half.
But a costly pick-six by Kenny Logan Jr. to open the second half propelled the Jayhawks to a 21-10 second-half spurt and their first run of consecutive 4-0 starts since 1915.
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