Isaiah Marshall had a hand in eight of Kansas's twelve explosive plays
The scoreboard says rout. The interesting part is HOW — and whether it means anything.
Long Island University never had a foothold. Kansas rolls past Long Island University, 51-6 at Memorial Stadium. Kansas led from start to finish and never let Long Island University within striking distance. Isaiah Marshall threw for 246 yards on 19 attempts with two touchdowns and ran seven times for 49 yards.
The big plays only went one way
Kansas produced 12 plays of 15+ yards to Long Island University's 1, led by Isaiah Marshall (involved in 8), Nik McMillan (involved in 5) and Cole Ballard (involved in 2). Kansas scored on 80% of its drives to Long Island University's 18%: Isaiah Marshall (12 pts), Nik McMillan (6 pts) and Yasin Willis (12 pts). Stacked together, it was never close.
How the two sides actually played on the night.
Who carried it
Isaiah Marshall threw for 246 yards on 19 attempts with two touchdowns and ran seven times for 49 yards, including two of them from inside the 20, five third-down conversions and a hand in eight plays of 15 yards or more. Nik McMillan caught six passes for 130 yards, one of them for a touchdown, including that score from inside the 20, two third-down conversions and a hand in five plays of 15 yards or more. Yasin Willis ran 11 times for 72 yards and two scores — two of them from inside the 20. For Long Island University, Josiah Brown caught three passes for 47 yards. Luca Stanzani threw for 111 yards on 19 attempts and ran 12 times for 20 yards, with two third-down conversions. Trey Lathan was the disruptive one for Kansas: 1 sack, 1 TFL, 3 tackles.
What Long Island University has to fix
The problems had names: Sam Slade (1 lost fumble).
Who got home
Three names to keep: Trey Lathan (1 sack, 1 TFL, 3 tackles) for Kansas, Joseph Credit (1 sack, 1 TFL, 2 tackles) for Kansas and David Santiago (0.5 TFL, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble rec, 2.5 tackles) for Kansas. 0 of Kansas's 3 sacks came from the defensive line — a change from the 67% it had averaged over the previous 9 seasons.
The way it played out
Kansas struck first through Yasin Willis, led 30-0 at the half and the final points came on a late field goal by Will Johnson.
What it means
Historically similar games since 2019 — close margin, both offenses held far below norm — and how often that offense outperformed this level the following week.
Business handled for Kansas. The question now is whether the opponent told us anything. Will Johnson was responsible for 6 of Long Island University's points; there was not enough behind him.
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