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10/24 15:56 CDT Isaiah Marshall accounts for 3 TDs, Kansas blocks late FG to
beat Baylor for 1st Big 12 win 25-24
Isaiah Marshall accounts for 3 TDs, Kansas blocks late FG to beat Baylor for
1st Big 12 win 25-24
By KATHLEEN GIER
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) --- Kansas rallied from a double-digit second-half deficit
to defeat Baylor 25-24 and collect its first Big 12 win of the season on
Saturday after blocking a field goal attempt in the final minute.
The Jayhawks (3-4, 1-3) took a one-point lead with 1:13 remaining when Isaiah
Marshall capped a six-play, 71-yard drive with his third touchdown of the day
on a 15-yard run. He passed for the other two TDs.
Baylor (4-3, 2-2 Big 12) drove to the 27-yard line before having its 45-yard
attempt blocked.
Devon Jordan and Micah Gifford, who lead Baylor with three interceptions
apiece, both picked off Kansas' Isaiah Marshall. The defense also combined for
five sacks, having entered the game with a Big 12-best 22.
Gifford's interception came on the Jayhawks' first drive, but they forced a
turnover on downs and took the lead with a 22-yard touchdown pass from Marshall
to Carson Bruhn. It was Bruhn's first career touchdown.
Baylor charged back with a drive that started on the Jayhawks' 39-yard-line
after a 51-yard kickoff return. The Bears needed just six plays to find the end
zone with a 1-yard touchdown run by Dawson Pendergrass.
Jordan broke the 7-7 tie out of the locker room when he jumped in front of
Marshall's pass and returned it for a 42-yard pick-six. Kansas got a hand on
the extra point, but it bounced backward through the uprights to extend
Baylor's lead.
Kansas responded with a 40-yard field goal from Martin Connington, then gave up
a penalty-filled seven-play drive that ended in an 8-yard touchdown pass from
DJ Lagway to Jayden McGowan for a 21-10 Baylor lead. The Jayhawks were called
for a personal foul and illegal formation during the drive, the latter erasing
a 10-yard sack that would have set Baylor up for a third-and-36.
The Jayhawks scored on the first play of the fourth quarter when Marshall found
Nik McMillan for a 34-yard touchdown pass. They were unable to score the
two-point conversion despite earning a do-over on a pass interference call.
Kansas and Baylor traded field goals before Marshall's game-winning touchdown.
Up next
Baylor: returns home to host UCF on Friday.
Kansas: heads to Fort Worth to face TCU next Saturday.
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