Game blog: KU football at Texas Tech

3rd & 7 37yd

After a week off from competition the Kansas football team returns to the field at Jones AT&T Stadium, in Lubbock, Texas, for a Big 12 road game at Texas Tech (4-2 overall, 2-1 Big 12). The Jayhawks (2-4, 0-3) have dropped three straight games since closing nonconference play with a convincing win over lowly Rutgers (1-6).

by Benton Smith 10/20/2018 7:04:44 PM

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Peyton Bender warming up with 1st team O-line and Carter Stanley with 2nd team O-line.
#KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:10:53 PM
Tech wins the coin toss.
Will receive. #kufball to open on defense.

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:33:44 PM
Predicted score of Big 12 game about to kick off: Texas Tech 35, Kansas 14. #kufball

by Tom Keegan via twitter 10/20/2018 7:33:54 PM
Alan Bowman back form his partially collapsed lung to start for Texas Tech vs #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:36:10 PM
Hasan Defense and Mike Lee are the starting safeties for #KUfball .
On Tech's first play, Red Raiders go 14 yards on a Carter run. Second play is pass from Bowman for 11 more yards.

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:38:58 PM
Bowman went 6 of 8 for 37 yards on Tech's opening series.
But Red Raiders settle for FG (48-yarder) by Hatfield.
#KUfball down 3-0

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:44:39 PM
First play for KU offense is handoff for Pooka Williams. 7 yards up the middle. #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:48:20 PM
Steven Sims does a nice job of preventing an INT. Bender's 2nd pass floated as he got pressured on the release. #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:49:35 PM
2 QB hurries by the Red Raiders' defense already and KU is punting after picking up 20 yards and a 1st down on its first series. #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:51:19 PM
David Beaty's first series of play-calling since 2016: 1 rush for 7 yards, 4 passes for 0 yards. Why? Why? Why? #KUfball

by Tom Keegan via twitter 10/20/2018 7:51:35 PM
13 yards in passing. But still, why? why? why? Run Pooka and Herbert all day and see what happens. #Kufball

by Tom Keegan via twitter 10/20/2018 7:52:59 PM
The pass-happy approach early today under David Beaty similar to approach vs. West Virginia. Why, when KU's best players are running backs Pooka Williams and Khalil Herbert, does KU insist on passing, which also lengthens game for the favorite. #KUfball

by Tom Keegan via twitter 10/20/2018 7:55:42 PM
Lee put a hit on King and the ball, popping it out, but Tech OL Bruffy recovers. #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:57:15 PM
Bowman off the mark on 3rd and long and Tech punst.
Decent start for the KU defense, even if it couldn't recover that fumble. #KUfball
6:16 left 1Q, Tech up 3-0.

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 7:59:05 PM
Pooka and Herbert line up next to Bender in the backfield to open this series.
Herbert runs for 5 yards. #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 8:01:50 PM
That's why Pooka needs to get more carries. Made something out of less for nothing. Should have been thrown for a loss. #KUFball

by Tom Keegan via twitter 10/20/2018 8:02:53 PM
Pooka's moves on full display on a pitch. Stops when Tech thought he was going and then dashes for a long run of 12 yards and a 1st. #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 8:02:59 PM
Bender had Sims open deep down the left sideline but overthrew him.
Nice job by Pooka to pick up a block and give Bender a good look. But KU's punting. #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 8:04:47 PM
Great block by Pooka there on incompletion. Maybe a first, but won't be the last. #Kufball

by Tom Keegan via twitter 10/20/2018 8:04:48 PM
QB play letting KU down early. Missed a TD to Simms.

by akgjenkintown 10/20/2018 8:07:06 PM

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Great punt coverage there by Osaze Ogbebor and he wasn't alone in being right there around the ball. Emmanuel Moore having gr8 year on special teams. Unit has improved under Kenny Perry. Has them all believing they are starters, just as off. and def. players are. #KUfball

by Tom Keegan via twitter 10/20/2018 8:07:26 PM
Coe Harris forces a fumble after a reception and Hasan Defense easily recovers.
Huge takeaway early for KU, puts them at the 2-yard line. #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 8:09:32 PM
QB play letting KU down early. Hard to win when your QB badly missed Simms streaking open down sideline.

by akgjenkintown 10/20/2018 8:09:37 PM

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Corione Harris rips it loose, Hasan Defense catches it, #KUfball picks up 19th takeaway of season. 1st and G from 3.

by Tom Keegan via twitter 10/20/2018 8:10:15 PM
Tech's Dakota Allen of #LastChanceU with big stop, forcing Kansas to settle for FG, Rui from 20 yds. Defense gives offense 1st and G from 3 and Kansas gets nothing from it. #KUfball

by Tom Keegan via twitter 10/20/2018 8:13:36 PM
Nothing doing for KU's offense, which took over at Tech's 2 yard line. Drive went -1 yards.
Gabriel Rui FG ties it at 3.
2:31 1Q. #KUfball

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 8:13:39 PM
Get friggin Bender out now. Offense and Beaty are useless. This is on them, defense can’t do everything

by David Kemp 10/20/2018 8:15:16 PM

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Wow, first and goal from 3 and have to settle for a field goal. Again not capitalizing on defensive turnovers.

by akgjenkintown 10/20/2018 8:15:18 PM

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Lee laying the wood on defense, but without an offense, little hope for an upset on the road.

by akgjenkintown 10/20/2018 8:19:42 PM

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Clearly meachum was not the problem

by David Kemp 10/20/2018 8:20:08 PM

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Jayhawks with just 35 yards of offense on three drives.

by SJacksonLJW 10/20/2018 8:20:09 PM

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35 total yards and 2 1st downs for #KUfball in 1Q.
Tech with 139 yards and 9 1st downs.
3-3 entering 2Q.

by Benton Smith via twitter 10/20/2018 8:20:39 PM

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