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· collected 2026-09-05 · by Dave Skretta The Associated Press
Kansas Jayhawks quarterback Isaiah Marshall threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns in his team's 51-6 victory over Long Island University in their season opener. The Jayhawks accumulated 613 total offense yards, with Yasin Willis running for 72 yards and two scores in his debut. Kansas struggled initially but found its rhythm in the second quarter, eventually cruising to a large lead and sealing the win. The team is now set to face Missouri next week in the Border War, after which it has accumulated a mediocre record of nothing against FCS-level schools.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Isaiah Marshall threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns, Yasin Willis ran for 72 yards and two scores in his Kansas debut, and the Jayhawks rolled after a sluggish start to a 51-6 victory over Long Island University in their season-opener on Friday night.
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Jayhawks → throw → night
Buffalo transfer Nik McMillan had six catches for 130 yards and a touchdown, and Tate Nagy added a second-half scoring catch off a deflected pass, as the Jayhawks warmed up for the latest edition of the Border War against bitter rival Missouri next week.
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Jayhawks → have → Missouri
Kansas piled up 613 yards of total offense in the return of Andy Kotelnicki, their former offensive coordinator.
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Kansas → pile → Kotelnicki
He departed a couple of years ago for the same job at Penn State, but returned to the Jayhawks as the associate head coach earlier this year.
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He → depart → coach
Luca Stanzani threw for 111 yards for LIU (0-2).
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Stanzani → throw → LIU
He also was the Sharks’ leading rusher with 20 yards.
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He → lead → yards
Marshall won the starting job over Cole Ballard as the successor to Jalon Daniels, who’d played quarterback for most of the past six seasons at Kansas.
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who → win → Kansas
Daniels was back in Memorial Stadium on a sweltering Friday night — the heat index was 102 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius) at kickoff — after having won the backup job to Baker Mayfield with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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index → win → Buccaneers
The first few series for Marshall were a little shaky, and Kansas led just 6-0 early in the second quarter.
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Kansas → lead → quarter
But eventually, the sophomore QB began to find his athletic fleet of wide receivers downfield, and that opened up the rest of coach Lance Leipold’s offense.
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that → begin → offense
The first big strike was a 46-yard pass to McMillan that set up Willis, a Syracuse transfer, whose second TD run made it 16-0.
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it → set → Willis
Then came a 47-yard throw to Nahzae Cox, setting up Jalen Dupree’s scoring plunge, and a 19-yard touchdown toss to McMillan that sent the Jayhawks into halftime with a 30-0 lead.
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that → come → lead
LIU had managed just 43 yards by that point.
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LIU → manage → point
The Sharks finished with 146 for the game.
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Sharks → finish → game
The Jayhawks soaked up most of the third quarter with another touchdown drive, and Ballard and the backups took care of the rest, much to the delight of PGA Tour star and Kansas alum Gary Woodland, who watched the game from the sideline.
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who → soak → sideline
The takeaway
Kansas did exactly what was expected against LIU, which was routed by fellow FCS-level school North Dakota last weekend.
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which → do → school
But the road will get much more difficult when the Tigers roll into town fresh off a 54-14 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Thursday night.
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Tigers → get → night
Up next
Long Island returns home to play Albany on Sept. 12.
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Island → play → Sept.
Kansas hosts the Tigers next Friday night for the first time since Oct. 29, 2005.
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Kansas → host → Oct.
