Flag! Kansas and UNLV see yellow as penalties pile up at Guaranteed Rate Bowl
UNLV wide receiver Jacob De Jesus is tackled by Kansas safety O.J. Burroughs (5) and linebacker Taiwan Berryhill Jr. during the first half of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl NCAA college football game Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, in Phoenix. Credit: AP/Rick Scuteri
PHOENIX — Fans were seeing yellow at the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.
Officials called 27 penalties for 309 yards as Kansas beat UNLV 49-36 at Chase Field in a bowl game that was stop and start all night Tuesday.
Kansas got the worst of it, flagged 18 times for 210 yards. The Jayhawks had four personal fouls, three pass interference calls, two unsportsmanlike conducts and two 15-yard facemasks.
Kansas was 14th nationally for fewest penalties with 55 during the regular season.
UNLV was hit with two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and was flagged nine times for 99 yards in all.
