1936 Kansas

1–⁠6–⁠1 (0–⁠5 Big Six), coached by Adrian Lindsey.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1936, game by game: won vs. Washburn 19–6; lost at Iowa State 7–21; lost vs. Oklahoma 0–14; lost at Kansas State 6–26; tied vs. Arizona 0–0; lost vs. No. 8 Nebraska 0–26; lost vs. Michigan State 0–41; lost at Missouri 3–19+13−41Won 19–6 vs. Washburn+13WashburnLost 7–21 at Iowa State-14Iowa StateLost 0–14 vs. Oklahoma-14OklahomaLost 6–26 at Kansas State-20Kansas StateTied 0–0 vs. Arizona0ArizonaLost 0–26 vs. No. 8 Nebraska-26No. 8 NebraskaLost 0–41 vs. Michigan State-41Michigan StateLost 3–19 at Missouri-16Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 19–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Six.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Record
1–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Big Six
AP final
Unranked
Points
35–⁠153
Coach
Adrian Lindsey
Elo
1378 −117 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.7 No. 98 of 131 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Wade Green

All-Big Six

1 second team

Second team

  • Dave ShirkEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1936 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska5–⁠07–⁠29
Missouri3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠1–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
Oklahoma1–⁠2–⁠23–⁠3–⁠3
Iowa State1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Kansas0–⁠51–⁠6–⁠1

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