Tag: Lance Leopold

Kansas outlasts Duke to improve to 4-0 for first time since 2009

Jalon Daniels led Kansas to its fourth win of the 2022 season

One of the most improbable turnarounds in college football continued Saturday as Kansas downed Duke, 35-27, to improve to 4-0.

How improbable? The last time Kansas won four games in an entire season was 2009 when it went 5-7.

The last time the Jayhawks were 5-0 was 2009 when Mark Mangino was head coach in Lawrence. They lost the last 7 games that season.

Lance Leopold is the miracle worker and he is the fifth coach of the Jayhawks since after the 2009 season.

Entering this season, Kansas had gone 23-118.

The star of the show has been quarterback Jalon Daniels, who had a game against the Blue Devils.

Daniels threw for 324 yards and 4 touchdowns. He added 83 yards rushing and another score, which turned out to be the game-winning touchdown with 4:42 left.

The TD put Kansas up 35-20.

Duke added a TD and had a late drive end when the Blue Devils turned it over on downs in Kansas territory.

The defense is staunch, too.