LAWRENCE, Kan. _ What would it take?
Those in the Kansas football program had to wonder at times. What was it going to take to break a long Big 12 losing streak, to get the FBS win that had eluded the Jayhawks in coach David Beaty's first two seasons?
The answer came Saturday in KU's shocking 24-21, come-from-behind victory over Texas at Memorial Stadium.
Force six turnovers. Execute on clutch plays down the stretch. Make clutch field goals when you have to.
Those three aspects all came together as KU rallied from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to earn its first victory over Texas since 1938.
Matthew Wyman had the game-winner, putting through a 25-yard attempt in overtime just before KU fans streamed from the bleachers to celebrate with him.
As one would expect, Beaty was emotional in his postgame television interview. While walking off the field, he hugged volleyball coach Ray Bechard (who'd won his own Big 12 title earlier in the day) and also former quarterback Todd Reesing _ one of the biggest reminders that football has been good at KU in the recent past.
KU's Mike Lee had an interception to start overtime, and before that, quarterback Carter Stanley was efficient in the fourth quarter.
He engineered an 80-yard touchdown drive to make it 21-18 before helping KU on a one-minute drill.
Following a fourth-down stop, KU took over trailing by three at its own 29-yard line with 58 seconds left.
Stanley first completed a pass to Ke'aun Kinner for eight yards, then another for 26. After an incompletion, he threw again to Kinner for a short gain while also taking a hit that drew a personal-foul penalty that moved the ball inside the Texas 20 with 19 seconds left.
Receiver Steven Sims saved the game on the next play. Stanley lofted a pass to the end zone that appeared to be intercepted by Kris Boyd, but he couldn't complete the play as Sims reached desperately to rip the ball away.
Beaty sent Wyman out on the next play, and he put through a 36-yard field-goal attempt to tie it at 21.
KU (2-9, 1-7 Big 12) will play at Kansas State next Saturday.
