Kansas football concluded its 2023 season on Tuesday by making a Guaranteed Rate Bowl matchup against UNLV. The kickoff of the season was aired on ESPN at 8 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday, December 26, with the betting odds for Kansas at 7.5 points. The score was settled with Kansas 49, UNLV
On the finale of the season, the Jayhawks made their appearance for the second straight bowl game, whereas the Rebels came in with a kickoff that brought them too close to winning the title of this season.
Kansas Football vs. UNLV
UNLV has the intention of sticking around, as once again they’ve found the end zone and had come up short of going for two again, and now they have been settled with a trial score of 49-36 as the fourth quarter has looked further to draw to a close. During the game, the drive went the length of 80 yards in the five plays over the time taken, 1:44 off of the clock. The game was another touchdown pass for the Rebels.
Moving further, Kansas enjoyed success offensively. The team successfully scored another touchdown following the extra point. The Jayhawks led the game 49-30 with 8:16 left in the fourth quarter. The outcome score of the game came from a 43-yard pass from Jason Bean to Luke Grimm; the drive lasted to the extent of 1:33 and went 46 yards in three plays.
Following this, Kansas got to extend its lead once again by not wasting much time on driving for another touchdown. After achieving the extra point, it leads 42-30 with 11:30 left in the fourth quarter. The drive of the game went to 61 yards in two plays that took 50 seconds off of the clock. The outcome came out as a 56-yard touchdown pass from Jason Bean to Lawrence Arnold.
It became a one-score game with 12:06 left in the fourth quarter, followed by a touchdown drive that gave UNLV a score but failed to convert a two-pound conversion. Now it’s a 35-30 lead for Kansas. The Rebels had a seven-play and drive of 88 yards following 2:45 off of the clock. UNLV gave an asap! response by scoring an 11-yard rush by Jacob DeJesus.
Kansas, moving forward, settled its score by scoring again with 14:52 left in the fourth quarter on a touchdown pass. After ensuing extra points, the lead was 35-24. In 10 plays, the drive went 99 yards by taking 6:53 off of the clock. The score that came was a 40-yard pass from Jason Bean to Lawrence Arnold.
UNLV took the game to be a one-score game with trails of only 28-24 through another touchdown drive and ensuing extra points. The unexpected and quick twist came with a one-play drive that went to an extreme of 37 yards and didn’t take more than seven seconds. The score came on a pass from Jayden Mavia to Ricky White.
After this, UNLV cut off Kansas’ leads once again. As of now, UNLV trails 28-17 with 12:15 left in the third quarter after a touchdown pass and through an ensuing extra point. The drive took off at 2:39 of the clock, and in five plays, it went 42 yards following another turnover by Kansas. The score came on a five-yard pass from Jayden Maiva to Shelton Zeon III.
As the time expired in the second quarter, UNLV added a field goal that brought their score to 28-10, and Kansas still continued to lead. The field goal was 40 yards, which ended with a drive that went 38 yards in 5th place and took off 1:15 of the clock.
As Kansas continued to pull away, it was now up 28-7 with 1:21 left in the second quarter following another touchdown drive. The score that came on was a one-yard rush by Devin Neel. This drive took off at 3:42 of the clock, that had gone 70 yards in eight plays.
Following this, Kansas successfully extended its lead by bringing up 27-7 now with the leftover of 7:57 in the second quarter, following a touchdown drive and the ensuing extra point. In five plays, the drive went to an extent of 66 yards, which took off at 1:19 of the clock. The touchdown came on a 15-yard pass from Jason Bean to Lawrence Arnold.
After an ungiving-up game and strategies, Kansas took over the lead for the first time with 14-7 and 11:37 left in the second quarter following a touchdown drive and the ensuing extra point. In four plays, the drive went to 80 yards, which took off at 1:56 of the clock. Then the score came on a 60-yard touchdown pass from Jason Bean to Luke Grimm.
The Kansas football team gave a response by settling the score at 7-7 with 2:05 left in the first quarter, following a touchdown drive, and by ensuing an extra point. Also, the Jayhawks had scored a 6-yard touchdown pass from Jason Bean to Luke Grimm. In nine plays, the drive went 98 yards and took off 4:48 of the clock.
The scoring was opened by UNLV with the first touchdown during its opening drive. The Rebels God scored a three-yard rushing score from Vincent Davis Jr. In 8 plays, the drive went 65 yards and took off at 3:53 of the clock, and by adding this along with the extra point, UNLV left 7-0 with 11:07 left in the first quarter.
