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1948 Kansas

7–⁠3 (4–⁠2 Big Seven), coached by Jules Sikes.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1948, game by game: lost vs. TCU 13–14; won at Denver 40–0; won vs. Colorado 40–7; won at Iowa State 20–7; won at George Washington 12–0; won vs. Nebraska 27–7; won vs. Oklahoma State 13–7; won at Kansas State 20–14; lost vs. No. 8 Oklahoma 7–60; lost at Missouri 7–21+40−53Lost 13–14 vs. TCU-1TCUWon 40–0 at Denver+40DenverWon 40–7 vs. Colorado+33ColoradoWon 20–7 at Iowa State+13Iowa StateWon 12–0 at George Washington+12George Washingt…Won 27–7 vs. Nebraska+20NebraskaWon 13–7 vs. Oklahoma State+6Oklahoma StateWon 20–14 at Kansas State+6Kansas StateLost 7–60 vs. No. 8 Oklahoma-53No. 8 OklahomaLost 7–21 at Missouri-14Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsTCUL 13–⁠1467%
Sep 24atDenverW 40–⁠053%
Oct 2vsColoradoW 40–⁠777%
Oct 9atIowa StateW 20–⁠768%
Oct 15atGeorge WashingtonW 12–⁠073%
Oct 23vsNebraskaW 27–⁠786%
Oct 30vsOklahoma StateW 13–⁠773%
Nov 13atKansas StateW 20–⁠1490%
Nov 20vs8OklahomaL 7–⁠6056%
Nov 25atMissouriL 7–⁠2142%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 21–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 17th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

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 1948.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked
Points
199–⁠137
Coach
Jules Sikes
Elo
1591 +22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.8 No. 48 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Hugh Johnson and Frank Pattee

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 6Frank Pattee BBaltimore Colts (AAFC)

All-Big Seven

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Hugh JohnsonOTAP-2
  • Richard MonroeCAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri5–⁠18–⁠3
Kansas4–⁠27–⁠3
Colorado2–⁠33–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠44–⁠6
Nebraska2–⁠42–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9

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