1986 Kansas State

2–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Stan Parrish. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Western Illinois 35–⁠7Aug 30
By 28 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Aug 30	vsWestern Illinois	W 35–⁠7	63%
Sep 6	atTexas Tech	L 7–⁠41	31%
Sep 13	vsNorthern Iowa	L 0–⁠17	62%
Sep 20	atTCU	L 22–⁠35	27%
Oct 4	at6Oklahoma	L 10–⁠56	7%
Oct 18	vsKansas	W 29–⁠12	34%
Oct 25	vsMissouri	L 6–⁠17	60%
Nov 1	at9Nebraska	L 0–⁠38	8%
Nov 8	vsOklahoma State	L 3–⁠23	32%
Nov 15	atIowa State	L 19–⁠48	21%
Nov 22	vsColorado	L 3–⁠49	22%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 49–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 111th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Players on this team

Tony JordanRunning back

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1986.

Record: 2–⁠9
Conference: 1–⁠6 7th in Big Eight
AP final: Unranked
Points: 134–⁠343
Coach: Stan Parrish
Elo: 1256 −93 this season
SP+ rating: -23.5 No. 98 of 101; offense No. 95, defense No. 94
SRS: −20.1 No. 102 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class: —

Offensive coordinator: Ken Bowman
Defensive coordinator: Jerry Hartman

All-Big Eight

1 second team

Second team

Tony JordanRBUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Big Eight standings

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Oklahoma	7–⁠0	11–⁠1	3
Colorado	6–⁠1	6–⁠6
Nebraska	5–⁠2	10–⁠2	5
Oklahoma State	4–⁠3	6–⁠5
Iowa State	3–⁠4	6–⁠5
Missouri	2–⁠5	3–⁠8
Kansas State	1–⁠6	2–⁠9
Kansas	0–⁠7	3–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.