Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels’ foot — not feet nor arm — wound up delivering the key play in the Jayhawks’ 17-13 win over previously undefeated BYU on Saturday.
Daniels was called on for a pooch punt in the fourth quarter. He placed it perfectly, not in the coffin corner, off the helmet of one of the Jayhawks.
— wow that was crazy (@CowardlyDoggo) November 17, 2024
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(13:23 – 4th) Jalon Daniels punt for 26 yds , Evan Johnson returns for no gain to the BYU 3 Evan Johnson fumbled, recovered by KU Quentin Skinner
Kansas recovered the live football and on the next play, Devon Neal scored on a 3-yard run to give the Jayhawks the lead for good.
KANSAS BEATS BYU
UNDEFEATED NO MORE pic.twitter.com/GBeXR3sob2
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) November 17, 2024
The Cougars came in 9-0 and seventh in the College Football Playoff Ranking. They never got untracked against the Jayhawks.
Their lead at 13-10 came after a 10:30 drive to start the final quarter. It was the last points they scored.
Quarterback Jake Retzlaff threw an interception late in the first half and his pass on fourth down on BYU’s final drive came up short of a first down inside the Kansas 10.