Kansas Runs for 482 Yards and Shuts Out Middle Tennessee
Kansas ran 57 times for 482 yards against Middle Tennessee. That is better than eight yards a carry, and it is most of the story of a 55-0 game. Kansas piled up 708 total yards to Middle Tennessee's 137, and the visitors never got on the board.
It built steadily. A 43-yard field goal opened the scoring in the first quarter, then Dylan Edwards ran in from six yards out and from five in the second to make it 17-0. A 35-yard field goal with 11 seconds left in the half stretched it to 20-0. Edwards scored again from 12 yards early in the third, Isaiah Marshall hit Nahzae Cox for 34 yards to make it 34-0, and the fourth quarter was a parade of different ball carriers: Jalen Dupree from five yards, Chase Jenkins from 14, Khijohnn Cummings-Coleman from 24.
Middle Tennessee gained 81 yards through the air and 56 on the ground, and lost a fumble. Kansas threw no interceptions, lost no fumbles and was never sacked (it picked up one sack of its own). Marshall had a quiet day passing, 13 of 22 for 161 yards and the one touchdown, but he carried 11 times for 110. Jenkins went 3 for 3 and ran for a score of his own. Cam Pickett led the receivers with six catches for 49 yards, and Bryson Hayes had three for 50.
Kansas moves to 2-2. Middle Tennessee falls to 2-3. For fantasy, the week belonged to Edwards, who put up 35.7 Promethium points on three rushing touchdowns, more than three times his average from the three games before it.