1894 Kansas

0–⁠1, coached by Hector Cowan. The season’s Wikipedia article records 2–⁠3–⁠1, over six games to the one on file here.

Schedule and results

DateOpponentResultElo
Nov 10vsMichiganL 12–⁠2251%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 22–⁠12.

In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list five games of Kansas’s 1894 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 13vsDoaneW 22–⁠12Kansas’s article
Oct 27vsOttawaT 6–⁠6Kansas’s article
Nov 3atIowaL 12–⁠14Iowa’s article, Kansas’s articleThe two articles’ scores differ (Kansas’s gives 18–⁠14).
Nov 17vsNebraskaL 6–⁠12Kansas’s article
Nov 29vsMissouriW 18–⁠12Kansas’s article
Record
0–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠2 tied for 3rd in the Western Interstate University Football Association (Wikipedia)
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
12–⁠22
Coach
Hector Cowan
Elo
1452 −24 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captain
O.K. Williamson