1931 Kansas
5–5 (1–3 Big Six), coached by Bill Hargiss. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat James Millikin 30–0Oct 10
By 30 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs Colorado State | W 27–6 | 69% |
| Oct 2 | vsHaskell | L 0–6 | 89% |
| Oct 10 | vsJames Millikin | W 30–0 | 91% |
| Oct 17 | vs Kansas State | L 0–13 | 60% |
| Oct 24 | at Nebraska | L 0–6 | 32% |
| Oct 31 | vs Oklahoma State | L 7–13 | 58% |
| Nov 7 | at Oklahoma | L 0–10 | 40% |
| Nov 14 | atWashington St. Louis | W 28–0 | 64% |
| Nov 21 | vs Missouri | W 14–0 | 61% |
| Dec 5 | atWashburn | W 6–0 | 81% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Washburn 6–0; 4th in the Big Six.
In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 1–3 4th in Big Six
- AP poll
- Began in 1936
- Points
- 112–54
- Coach
- Bill Hargiss
- Elo
- 1491 −54 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −2.4 No. 68 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Otto Rost
All-Big Six
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Otto RostOTAP-1; UP-1- FoyOTUP-1
Second team
- Carnie SmithFBAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1931 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1931 Big Six standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 5–0 | 8–2 | |
 Iowa State | 3–1 | 5–3 | |
| Kansas State | 3–2 | 8–2 | |
| Kansas | 1–3 | 5–5 | |
| Oklahoma | 1–4 | 4–7–1 | |
| Missouri | 1–4 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.