KU Blocks Baylor’s Game-Winning Field Goal, Escapes with 25-24 Win

Saturday, October 24

Lawrence, Kan.

12 p.m.

Baylor

4-3 , 2-2

Kansas

3-4 , 1-3

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Baylor	7	0	14	3	24
Kansas	7	0	3	15	25

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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Rhett Armstrong's attempted game-winning field goal with 22 seconds left was blocked, leading Kansas to a 25-24 win over Baylor, on Saturday afternoon at David Booth Memorial Stadium.

Baylor (4-3, 2-2 Big 12 Conference) lined up for the go-ahead field goal from 45 yards out with 22 seconds remaining but for the third time in the game Kansas blocked a BU field-goal attempt, this time coming on a low-lining kick that allowed Kansas (3-4, 1-3 Big 12) to finish off the win.

It snapped a 14-game winning streak for Baylor in its series with Kansas and handed the Jayhawks their first win since 2007 vs. Baylor.

After a 7-7 tie at halftime, the Bears had opened up a 21-10 lead midway through the third quarter only to see the Jayhawks rally with 15 of the final 18 points. After Kansas marched 71 yards on six plays to take a 25-24 lead with 1:18 left in regulation, the Bears took over on their 25-yard line needing to march into field-goal range to rally back.

Sparked by a 34-yard completion from DJ Lagway to Gavin Freeman on first and 20, Baylor marched to the Kansas 27-yard line, working around a pair of costly penalties.

Armstrong, who had a pair of point after attempts blocked – with each sliding through the uprights – earlier in the game, lined up for the 45-yard, game-winning field goal. Blake Herold rose up and got a hand on the kick, leading Kansas to the 25-24 win.

Kansas snapped Baylor's streak of six straight games of allowing 20 or less points to open the year by collecting 25 points on 421 yards. The Jayhawks accounted for 209 yards rushing and 212 yards passing. Baylor was held to 358 yards of total offense, featuring 122 rushing and 236 passing.

Lagway threw for 236 yards with a TD and an interception on 20-of-31 passing, while adding a team-high 47 yards rushing on a club-best 11 carries. Michael Turner, making his first career start, had nine carries for 40 yards. Freeman had nine catches for 123 yards, while Jayden McGowan – who had a 51-yard kickoff return in the first half to set up BU's first TD – had four catches for 31 yards and a TD.

Kansas got a strong performance from running back Dylan Edwards, who had 30 carries for 156 yards. QB Isaiah Marshall threw for 212 yards with two TDs and two picks, while rushing for 31 yards on 15 carries with a TD.

Defensively, Travion Barnes led the Bears with a career-best 13 tackles. The Bears had five sacks and seven tackles for a loss, led by 1.5 sacks each from Traevon Mitchell and Garrick Ponder, and 2.5 tackles for a loss from Ponder. Micah Gifford and Devon Jordan each had interceptions, with Jordan's returned 42 yards for a TD in the second half.

The Bears have a short week, traveling to face UCF on Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN and the Baylor Sports Media Network.

Baylor opened the game defensively by picking off an Isaiah Marshall pass, with Micah Gifford returning the interception 31 yards to set up BU's first drive.

After a fourth-down stop by Kansas, the Jayhawks drove 66 yards on 11 plays and Marshall found Carson Bruhn for a 22-yard TD to take a 7-0 lead.

McGowan set the Bears up with great field position on a 51-yard kickoff return on the ensuing drive. Pendergrass cashed in on a fourth-and-goal from the one-yard line for his second rushing TD of the year and the 13^th of his career. The drive went 39 yards on six plays to even the game at 7-7 with 3:29 left in the first.

In a 7-7 game at the half, Kansas held the advantage in yards (222), passing yards (113) and rushing yards (109). BU was held to 167 yards of total offense, including 97 passing and 70 rushing.

The Bears opened the second stanza by jumping out to a 14-7 lead on the back of a Devon Jordan 42-yard interception returned for a TD. It marked the first interception returned for a TD since Jacob Redding vs. Kansas State in 2025, the 19^th non-offensive TD under Coach Dave Aranda and the eighth interception returned for a TD under Aranda.

Kansas cut into the lead with a 40-yard field goal from Martin Connington with 10:30 left in the third quarter. It capped a six-play, 50-yard drive and narrowed the BU lead to 14-10.

The Bears pushed the lead to 21-10 on an eight-yard TD strike from Lagway to McGowan with 6:41 left in the third. It capped a 72 yard drive on seven plays, and featured a 38-yard pass from Lagway to Freeman.

Kansas cut into the lead with 14:53 in the fourth quarter, utilizing an unconventional formation-led trick play to complete a 34-yard TD pass from Marshall to Nik McMillan. The two-point conversion attempt was thwarted to keep the lead 21-16.

The Jayhawks cut the lead to 21-19 with a 42-yard field goal with 9:45 left in regulation, capping a 10-play, 42-yard drive.

Baylor stretched the lead to 24-19 with 2:40 left in the fourth quarter on a 42-yard field goal from Armstrong.

That set up the game-winning drive for KU, who marched 71 yards on six plays in 80 seconds, using a 15-yard rush from Marshall with 1:13 left in the game to take the lead. The drive featured 47 rushing yards on four plays, and a costly 15-yard penalty on a pass interference call.

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