The Jayhawks sent their punting unit onto the field, and eventually took a delay-of-game penalty after which the referees reviewed an incompletion on third down. After the game resumed two hours later, Kansas punted the ball — now on fourth-and-7 — while leading 21-17.

For the third straight week, Kansas allowed a go-ahead fourth-quarter touchdown. The Jayhawks failed to stop West Virginia quarterback Garrett Greene all day — especially when he scrambled — and it ultimately became their undoing.