LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Greg Windham threw for 167 yards and a touchdown, ran for 146 yards and another score, and led Ohio to a 37-21 victory over mistake-prone Kansas on a sun-splashed Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Dorian Brown added 122 yards rushing, Louie Zervos was 5-for-5 on field goals, and Papi White and Mason Morgan also scored for the Bobcats (1-1), who rebounded from a triple-overtime loss to Texas State a week ago to beat a Kansas (1-1) team coming off its first win in more than a year.

LaQuvionte Gonzalez had a 99-yard kickoff return for the Jayhawks, but he also muffed a pair of punts that led to field goals. Montell Cozart threw for 198 yards and hit Steven Sims Jr. for a pair of TDs, but the dual-threat quarterback also struggled to deal with constant pressure.

The Jayhawks did everything they could to give the game away.

Along with Gonzalez’s punt return trouble, the Jayhawks had a snap go awry on their own punt that led to another field goal. Ke’aun Kinner was stacked up in the end zone for a safety in the first quarter. And a series of penalties at the most inopportune of times kept Ohio scoring drives alive.

The result was a first half about as lopsided as they come: The Bobcats out-gained the Jayhawks 359 to 21, had 18 first downs to one, and controlled the ball for 22 minutes, 56 seconds.

Yet the Jayhawks managed to make it interesting.

Cozart connected with Sims on a 74-yard touchdown pass on the second play out of the locker room, and then hit Sims from 22 yards out a few minutes later to trim a 28-7 halftime lead to 31-21.

But an Ohio defense that allowed 630 yards to Texas State held the Jayhawks to three straight punts, deflating a crowd that began to dwindle. And Windham showed the poise of a fifth-year senior rather than a quarterback making his second career start, scrambling for a crucial first down midway through the fourth quarter that kept the clock moving and the Kansas offense on the sideline.

The outcome was nothing new for Ohio coach Frank Solich, who went 6-0 against the Jayhawks when he was with former Big 12 rival Nebraska. He beat them by an average of 40-9 over that stretch.

It was all-too-familiar for Kansas coach David Beaty, too. He was hoping to build on a victory over Rhode Island last week that ended the Jayhawks’ 15-game losing streak.

THE TAKEAWAY

Ohio: The Bobcats ran for 334 yards without top running back A.J. Ouellette, who hurt his foot the previous week. He was on crutches when the captains went on the field for the coin toss.

Kansas: The Jayhawks were 0 for 8 on third down, failed to pick up both fourth downs and still could not settle on a quarterback. Ryan Willis threw a pick late in the fourth quarter in relief.

UP NEXT

Ohio: Tries to beat another power-five opponent when it visits Tennessee on Saturday.

Kansas: Heads to Memphis on Saturday to face a team that beat the Jayhawks 55-23 a year ago.