1893 Kansas

0–⁠2, coached by A.W. Shepard. The season’s Wikipedia article records 2–⁠5, over seven games to the two on file here.

Kansas, 1893
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1893, game by game: lost at Minnesota 6–12; lost vs. Michigan 0–22+7−22Lost 6–12 at Minnesota-6MinnesotaLost 0–22 vs. Michigan-22Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 14atMinnesotaL 6–⁠1238%
Nov 25vsMichiganL 0–⁠2258%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 22–⁠0.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists five games of Kansas’s 1893 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 21vsBakerL 12–⁠14Kansas’s article
Oct 28atDenver Athletic ClubclubL 10–⁠24Kansas’s article
Nov 4vsIowaW 35–⁠24Kansas’s article
Nov 18atNebraskaW 18–⁠0Kansas’s article
Nov 30vsMissouriL 4–⁠12Kansas’s article
Record
0–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠1 shared first in the Western Interstate University Football Association (Wikipedia)
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
6–⁠34
Coach
A.W. Shepard
Elo
1465 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captain
A.R. Champlin