Kansas football's undefeated start catches national spotlight: 'Lance Leipold is the real deal'

Kansas football is off to a historic start thanks to a statement win against Houston Saturday.

The Jayhawks are 3-0 for the first time since 2009. They've won back-to-back road games for the first time since 2007.

Kansas pulled off the 48-30 road victory thanks to quarterback Jalon Daniel's five-touchdown performance. Daniels threw for 158 yards and ran for 115 more, while scoring three times through the air and twice on the ground. The Jayhawk defense forced two turnovers as well. At one point, the game was delayed by 70 minutes due to lightning in the Houston area, but Kansas came out firing after the break.

Head coach Lance Leipold's group is showing tangible improvement early on in his second season with the Jayhawk program. The national media is taking notes, too.

Kansas football's undefeated start draws national attention

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Adam Hensley is a digital producer with the USA Today Network. You can follow him on Twitter @A_Hens83 or reach him at ahensley@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas football's 3-0 start, Houston win has national media on alert