The 2023 season's largest margin: Kansas 49, Cincinnati 16. A 33-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Winning Chapter
Kansas's 2023 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jason BeanQB2,130 passing yards
- Jalon DanielsQB705 passing yards
- Devin NealRB1,280 rushing yards
- Daniel Hishaw Jr.RB626 rushing yards
- Dylan McDuffieRB253 rushing yards
- Lawrence ArnoldWR782 receiving yards
- Quentin SkinnerWR587 receiving yards
- Luke GrimmWR555 receiving yards
- Kenny Logan Jr.S86 tackles
- Austin BookerDL55 tackles
- JB BrownLB54 tackles
- Jereme RobinsonDE4.5 sacks
- Rich MillerLB2 sacks
- Patrick Joyner Jr.DE2 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Kansas 14, Texas 40. A 26-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Kansas beat UNLV 49-36 in the postseason.
"Rock Chalk"
2023 is a middle chapter for Kansas — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.