Throughout each season, there are interesting notes and nuggets of information that come out of every game, win or lose.
Here’s a quick look at some of the more interesting and noteworthy facts and stats from a wild Saturday afternoon in Lawrence, where Lance Leipold's Jayhawks rode the roller coaster all day until making the biggest play of the game to come away with a 25-24 victory over the Bears.
The win was KU's first over Baylor since 2007, snapping a 14-game losing streak to the team from Waco, Texas. Baylor leads the all-time series, 19-5 and 7-5 in games played in Lawrence.
Series History: Baylor leads 19-5 Kansas
Captains: Cole Ballard, Calvin Clements, Blake Herold, Trey Lathan III, Rino Monteforte
Coin Toss: Baylor called tails, Baylor won the toss and elected to defer to the second half. Kansas received the opening kickoff.
Team Notes
• Kansas improves to 619-697-58 all-time, including 30-39 under head coach Lance Leipold. Leipold’s career record improves to 176-78 overall.
• Leipold is now the seventh coach in school history to reach 30 or more wins at Kansas.
• The Jayhawks have won five-straight games on Homecoming, marking the longest Homecoming win streak since 1991-95. Kansas improves to 49-60-5 on Homecoming all-time.
• The Jayhawks improved to 13-18 in Big 12 Conference games since the start of the 2023 season and 17-32 under Leipold overall.
• Kansas improves to 3-1 at home this season, including 21-15 at home under head coach Lance Leipold.
• Kansas overcame a 21-10 deficit entering the fourth quarter against Baylor. The win is KU’s first come-from-behind win in the fourth quarter since a 17-13 victory at #7 BYU on Nov. 16, 2024.
• Kansas scored 25 points against Baylor, marking the most points Baylor has allowed this season.
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Offensive Notes
• Running back Dylan Edwards ran for a season-high 156 yards on a career-high 30 carries, marking his second 100-yard rushing game of the season and fourth of his career. Edwards previously ran for 137 yards in KU’s win over Middle Tennessee on Oct. 3. Edwards’ three receptions marked the fourth time this season he has at least three catches in a game.
• Quarterback Isaiah Marshall completed 17-of-29 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns on Saturday, while adding 31 yards and the game-winning touchdown on the ground. Marshall now has 11 passing touchdowns over his career, all of which have come this season, and two career rushing touchdowns after previously recording one at Utah on Oct. 10, 2026.
• Tight end Carson Bruhn scored his first career touchdown on a 22-yard pass from Marshall in the first quarter. Bruhn finished the game with career highs in both receptions (5) and receiving yards (63). His five catches more than doubled his career game high of two set four times before. Bruhn now has 11 catches in his last four games.
• Wide receiver Nik McMillan hauled in two receptions for 66 yards, including a 34-yard touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter. The touchdown was McMillan’s team-leading fifth of the season and 10th of his career.
• Wide receiver Nahzae Cox posted a career high eight receptions for 51 yards. Cox entered the game with seven catches on the season. His previous career game high was six receptions against Austin Peay (8/30/25) while at Middle Tennessee.
• Redshirt freshman Anderson Kopp made his first-career start on Saturday, starting at center. Kopp has played in four career games.
Defensive Notes
• Junior defensive end Leroy Harris III added to his team lead with 1.5 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks against Baylor. Harris now has 11 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks this season. He entered Saturday’s game ranked tied for seventh in the NCAA.
• Linebacker Trey Lathan finished with seven tackles (four solo, three assist) and recorded his first interceptions of the season to end a Baylor drive in the fourth quarter. The interception was the second for Lathan in his career, first since Sept. 20, 2025 vs. West Virginia.
• Redshirt senior linebacker Bam Crouch recorded his second sack of the season, fifth of his career, and led the Jayhawks with a season-high 10 tackles (nine solo, one assist). The total surpassed his previous season high of eight tackles in each of his last two games and matched his career high of 10 tackles from Nov. 16, 2024 at SMU while he played at Boston College. Crouch has 30 total tackles this season, including 26 in his last three games.
• Redshirt freshman defensive tackle Kevin Oatis combined with Harris for a fourth down sack in the second quarter, marking his first career assisted sack.
• Safety Corey Gordon finished one tackle shy of his season-high as he totaled seven tackles (six solo, one assist) in the win. Gordon now has 38 tackles for the season, including seven or more in three-straight games and four times this season overall.
Special Teams Notes
• Defensive tackle Blake Herold blocked Baylor’s 45 yard field goal attempt with 22 seconds to play, securing KU’s Homecoming victory. It’s the fourth blocked kick by Kansas this season, which includes two blocked field goals against Missouri and a blocked extra point against Utah.
• Redshirt sophomore kicker Martin Connington connected on 2-of-3 field goals on Saturday, hitting from 40 yards in the third quarter and from 42 yards out in the fourth. Connington is now 8-of-11 on field goals this season and 22-of-27 over his career.
• Kansas freshman Matt Gill punted two times for 102 yards, including a career-long 66-yard punt in the second quarter.
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