FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Max Carroll returned an interception 60 yards for a touchdown, quarterback Jaden Craig ran 17 yards for the go-ahead score with 1:09 remaining and TCU beat Kansas 22-16 on Saturday.The Jayhawks had gone ahead 16-14 on Martin Connington's 27-yard field goal after a 94-yard interception return by the Horned Frogs was wiped out by a pass interference penalty.

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