College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Memphis 55, Kansas 23
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 12, 2015
Where: Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas
Temperature: 66°
Head Official: Adam Savoie
Attendance: 37798

Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch passed for 370 yards and two touchdowns and five different Tigers had rushing touchdowns in a dominating 55-23 win over downtrodden Kansas in Lawrence, Kan.

Lynch, a 6-7 pocket-passer, completed 24 of 27 passes to help Memphis extend its winning streak to nine games. Receiver Mose Frazier, and running backs Jarvis Cooper, Doroland Dorceus, Sam Craft and Jamarius Henderson each scored rushing touchdowns for the Tigers.

Kansas jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter on kicker Nick Bartolotta's 30-yard field goal and a 5-yard touchdown run by running back Ke'aun Kinner. Kinner led the Jayhawks (0-2) with 113 yards rushing.

Memphis (2-0) responded quickly and took a 24-13 lead into halftime after Lynch hooked up with receiver Tevin Jones for a 6-yard touchdown right before intermission.

Kansas cut the deficit to 31-20 on quarterback Montell Cozart's 7-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter, but Memphis scored the next 24 points to put the game away.

Memphis outgained Kansas 651-359 and won despite losing three fumbles.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Memphis   Kansas
Jamarius Henderson Player Ke'aun Kinner
11 Attempts 16
77 Yards 113
7.0 Avg Yards 7.1
1 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
Memphis   Kansas
Mose Frazier Player Tyler Patrick
4 Receptions 6
77 Yards 38
19.2 Avg Yards 6.3
0 Touchdowns 0
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Memphis 651 281 370 7 2 0 2.0 0
Kansas 359 194 165 2 3 0 1.0 2