Via Kansas Athletics
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas Jayhawks are set for their second-straight home game Saturday when they welcome in the Oklahoma State Cowboys for a 3 p.m., kickoff at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The game, which will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Mark Neely and Leger Douzable on the call, will serve as the 113th Homecoming matchup for KU.
The Jayhawks enter their Homecoming matchup with a 4-4 record and a 2-3 mark in Big 12 Conference play, while Oklahoma State is searching for its first Big 12 win of the season and sits at 1-7 overall and 0-5 in the conference.
Kansas’ offense is led by redshirt senior quarterback Jalon Daniels, who is a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which annually recognizes the nation’s best football scholar-athlete based on combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership. It is often referred to as the “Academic Heisman.” Daniels has thrown for 1,881 yards on 147-of-221 passing for 18 touchdowns, coupled with 82 rushing attempts for 243 yards and two touchdowns.
Defensively, Trey Lathan leads the Jayhawks with 54 tackles. Redshirt senior linebacker Bangally Kamara leads the team with eight tackles-for-loss, while sophomore defensive end Leroy Harris III has gotten to the quarterback the most with 4.5 sacks, which ranks ninth in the Big 12.
Kansas and Oklahoma State are meeting for the 75th time on the gridiron, where Oklahoma State leads all-time, 41-30-3, including a 22-16-1 advantage in games played in Lawrence.
Oklahoma State enters Saturday’s game on a seven-game losing streak following a 42-0 loss at Texas Tech on Oct. 25. Interim Oklahoma State head coach Doug Meacham is searching for his first win since taking over the role in September. Despite the loss to Texas Tech, Oklahoma State held the Red Raiders to a season-low 88 rushing yards. Oklahoma State’s lone win of the season came in its season opener against UT-Martin on Oct. 28, 2025, 27-7, while the Cowboys have dropped 14-consecutive regular season Big 12 Conference games.
Meacham and interim defensive coordinator Clint Bowen both spent time earlier in their careers at Kansas as assistant coaches. Meacham was at Kansas for the 2017 and 2018 seasons as the offensive coordinator, while Bowen, a former KU student-athlete, had two separate stints at Kansas for a total of 20 seasons.
The Jayhawks are 47-60-5 all-time on Homecoming and are looking for their fourth-straight victory on Homecoming after defeating Houston, 41-14 on Oct. 19, 2024, No. 8 Oklahoma, 38-33 on Oct. 8, 2023, and after defeating Iowa State, 14-11, on Oct. 1, 2022. A win on Saturday would give Kansas its fourth-straight Homecoming win for the first time since 1997-2000.
Kansas’ last win over Oklahoma State on Homecoming came on Oct. 29, 1994. Saturday’s Homecoming will be the 113th hosted by the University of Kansas in a tradition that began in 1912 with a 12-3 victory over Missouri.
Following the game against Oklahoma State, Kansas will head to the desert to face Arizona on Nov. 8. Following its third and final open week of the season, the Jayhawks will close out the regular season with a matchup at Iowa State and a Senior Day home game against Utah.
