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Numbers not pretty for KU football defense through Week 3

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ATHENS, Ohio — Cut up and diced for a second consecutive week, Joe Dineen minced no words in describing the work-in-progress Kansas football defense’s latest rough outing.

“Hats off to them,” the KU linebacker said of Ohio’s 42-30 victory over the Jayhawks on Saturday at Peden Stadium. “They prepared well, and they came out and whupped us.”

The numbers aren’t pretty for the KU defense.

  • The Jayhawks (1-2) surrendered 450 total yards to Ohio one week after another Mid-American Conference foe, Central Michigan, tallied 590 yards in a 45-27 victory over KU.
  • Ohio’s two-quarterback offense produced two 100-plus-yard passers and a combined 72.