1896 Kansas
0–1, coached by Hector Cowan. The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–3, over 10 games to the one on file here. Share
Schedule and results
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Minnesota 12–0.
In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season articles list nine games of Kansas’s 1896 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. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | atHaskell | W 32–0 | Kansas’s article |
| Oct 3 | vsAbilene | W 6–0 | Kansas’s article |
| Oct 10 | vsCollege of Emporia | W 26–0 | Kansas’s article |
| Oct 17 | atDenver Athletic Clubclub | W 8–6 | Kansas’s article |
| Oct 26 | atIowa | L 0–6 | Iowa’s article, Kansas’s article |
| Oct 31 | atKansas City Medics | L 0–8 | Kansas’s article |
| Nov 7 | vsNebraska | W 18–14 | Kansas’s article |
| Nov 14 | vsDoane | W 16–4 | Kansas’s article |
| Nov 26 | vsMissouri | W 30–0 | Kansas’s article |
Players on this team
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 1896.
- Record
- 0–1
- Conference
- 2–1 2nd in the Western Interstate University Football Association (Wikipedia)
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 0–12
- Coach
- Hector Cowan
- Elo
- 1447 −21 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- B.D. Hamill