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1947 Kansas

8–⁠1–⁠2 (4–⁠0–⁠1 Big Six), coached by George Sauer, finished No. 12 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1947, game by game: tied vs. TCU 0–0; won at Denver 9–0; won vs. Iowa State 27–7; won vs. South Dakota State 86–6; tied at Oklahoma 13–13; won vs. Kansas State 55–0; won at Nebraska 13–7; won at Oklahoma State 13–7; won vs. Missouri 20–14; won at Arizona 54–28; lost vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech 14–20+80−6Tied 0–0 vs. TCU0TCUWon 9–0 at Denver+9DenverWon 27–7 vs. Iowa State+20Iowa StateWon 86–6 vs. South Dakota State+80South Dakota St…Tied 13–13 at Oklahoma0OklahomaWon 55–0 vs. Kansas State+55Kansas StateWon 13–7 at Nebraska+6NebraskaWon 13–7 at Oklahoma State+6Oklahoma StateWon 20–14 vs. Missouri+6MissouriWon 54–28 at Arizona+26ArizonaLost 14–20 vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech-6No. 9 Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsTCUT 0–⁠059%
Sep 26atDenverW 9–⁠045%
Oct 4vsIowa StateW 27–⁠774%
Oct 11vsSouth Dakota StateW 86–⁠694%
Oct 18atOklahomaT 13–⁠1334%
Nov 1vsKansas StateW 55–⁠089%
Nov 8atNebraskaW 13–⁠763%
Nov 15atOklahoma StateW 13–⁠757%
Nov 22vsMissouriW 20–⁠1458%
Nov 29atArizonaW 54–⁠2863%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9Georgia TechOrange BowlL 14–⁠2040%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 20–⁠14 in the Orange Bowl; No. 12 in the final AP poll; Big Six champions.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 17
  2. Wk 8: 13
  3. Wk 9: 13
  4. Final: 12

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 1947.

Big Six champions4–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Oklahoma

Record
8–⁠1–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠0–⁠1 shared first in Big Six
AP final
No. 12 peak No. 12
Points
304–⁠102
Coach
George Sauer
Elo
1604 +107 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.7 No. 29 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 3Otto Schnellbacher ENew York Yankees (AAFC)

All-Big Six

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Hugh JohnsonOTUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Big Six standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠212
Oklahoma4–⁠0–⁠17–⁠2–⁠116
Missouri3–⁠26–⁠4
Nebraska2–⁠32–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠43–⁠6
Kansas State0–⁠50–⁠10

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