The Chippewas made the long trip to Lawrence, KS and found themselves in a heavyweight fight with the Kansas Jayhawks, but it was CMU who was able to escape with the 32-28 victory. It was a back and forth affair throughout the first half, but the Chippewas went into the half trailing 21-14. A CMU field goal in the 3rd quarter cut the Kansas lead to 21-17. Kansas found the endzone early in the 4th quarter to increase their lead to 28-17 and things did not look good for CMU. Utilizing a hurry up, no huddle offense, Central was able to score on their next drive. A 2 point conversion cut the lead to 28-25 with just over 4 minutes to play. Although the defense had struggled in the game, Carlson put his faith in the defense to get them the ball back. It was a questionable decision as Kansas advanced the ball to midfield, but ran out of steam and was forced to punt. The Chippewa offense got the ball back with 2 minutes left to play and 80 yards to find the endzone. Cooper Rush continued his fantastic game driving CMU down the field and inside the 5 yard line with under 10 seconds to play. The Chippewas needed two attempts to punch the ball in from the 2 yard line and it was RB Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore who eventually found pay dirt to put CMU up 32-28 with 5 seconds left to play.

"I'm just really proud of the guys and how they persevered" said Carlson. "This was one of those back and forth fights with each team exchanging blows. It looked like Kansas may have had the KO punch when they went up 28-17, but our guys dug deep and came out on top." Sophomore QB, Cooper Rush put together one his best games at CMU completing 28 of 32 passes for 309 yards and 2 TD's. Offensive Coordinator Steed Lobotzke was very happy with Rush's performance. "Cooper was in a zone today and was instrumental in us getting this victory. I think those two 4th quarter drives showed the type of ability he has as a QB."

The ground game was almost non-existent for both teams as the teams combined for only 111 yards rushing. Saylor Lavallii led CMU with 50 yards on 11 carries and scored 1 TD. Sophomore Anthony Rice caught 9 passes for 87 yards and Senior Titus Davis hauled in 5 catches for 90 yards and 1 TD.

The victory pushes CMU's record to 3-0. The Chippewas will return home to play their final non-conference game against Syracuse. The game will be CMU's third straight game against a BCS school. Kickoff is set for 12:30 on Saturday.