Kansas upsets No. 6 Oklahoma for first win over Sooners since 1997

Oklahoma’s undefeated season is over.

Kansas RB Devin Neal scored with 55 seconds to go to provide the Jayhawks a 38-33 win over the No. 6 Sooners on Saturday.

Oklahoma seemingly let Neal rating after punting the ball again to Kansas with 2:06 to go. Kansas rapidly received to midfield on its remaining drive and had an enormous fourth-down conversion to the Oklahoma 10 yard-line when Jason Bean discovered a wide-open Lawrence Arnold for a 37-yard catch-and-run.

The Sooners had two timeouts left for his or her remaining possession and received to the Kansas 21-yard line with three seconds to go. However Dillon Gabriel‘s go into the tip zone fell incomplete.

The victory is Kansas’ first win over Oklahoma since 1997 and the Jayhawks’ first dwelling win over a top-10 workforce since 1984. The workforce they beat that season? Oklahoma.

The Sooners had an exceptional probability to finish the sport with lower than three minutes to go after an unimaginable play by defensive lineman Ethan Downs. Kansas tried to run a delayed display on a 3rd down and Downs acknowledged the play instantly. Kansas QB Jason Bean one way or the other made the choice to throw the ball anyway regardless of Downs’ recognition and threw it proper to Downs for an interception.

However the Sooners went three-and-out and dedicated a false begin on fourth right down to carry the punt workforce on the sphere and provides the ball again to KU for what was the game-winning drive.

The sport featured six lead adjustments, a fumbled kickoff by every workforce and a Kansas drive the place Oklahoma dedicated three private fouls.

Jason Bean’s up-and-down sport

Downs’ interception was the second in two drives for Bean. The Kansas QB was beginning his fifth sport of the season instead of Jalon Daniels because the preseason Massive 12 participant of the yr is sidelined with a again damage.

The Bean expertise, as Kansas followers will attest, is a curler coaster. He’s able to making performs that make you shake your head in each frustration and pleasure.

Bean completed the sport simply 15-of-32 passing for 218 yards and people two interceptions however had 4 carries for 62 yards and a TD on a 38-yard run that gave Kansas a 26-21 lead within the third quarter.

The win means Kansas is now 6-2 and bowl eligible for the second straight season. It is a exceptional turnaround for a faculty that had the worst Energy 5 program within the nation earlier than coach Lance Leipold arrived.

Oklahoma’s playoff hopes are a complete lot slimmer

The Sooners survived an upset scare per week in the past at dwelling towards UCF and flirted with hazard all through everything of Saturday’s sport towards the Jayhawks.

Kansas took a 14-0 lead early earlier than Oklahoma reeled off 21 consecutive factors in 10 minutes to take the lead earlier than halftime. However the Jayhawks took the lead on that Bean TD run after Jalil Farooq fumbled late within the third quarter.

The Sooners responded properly after Bean’s run, however the offense wasn’t ok down the stretch. The Sooners punted after KU missed a discipline objective that may have prolonged the result in eight within the fourth quarter and the drive after Downs’ interception misplaced two yards.

The loss will assuredly hold Oklahoma out of the highest 10 within the first School Soccer Playoff rankings of the yr on Tuesday, however the Sooners’ playoff hopes aren’t completely useless. An undefeated end to the common season may arrange a rematch with Texas within the Massive 12 title sport. And the winner of that sport may very well be within the playoff.

However the Sooners need to get via Week 10 earlier than worrying concerning the playoff. Oklahoma heads to Oklahoma State subsequent week for what may very well be the ultimate Bedlam rivalry sport for the foreseeable future.