1949 Kansas
5–5 (2–4 Big Seven), coached by Jules Sikes. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Arizona 46–0Nov 26
By 46 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs TCU | L 0–28 | 67% |
| Sep 24 | at Colorado | L 12–13 | 50% |
| Oct 1 | vs Iowa State | L 6–19 | 68% |
| Oct 8 | vsGeorge Washington | W 21–14 | 68% |
| Oct 15 | at 3Oklahoma | L 26–48 | 15% |
| Oct 22 | at Oklahoma State | W 55–14 | 31% |
| Oct 29 | vs Kansas State | W 38–0 | 84% |
| Nov 5 | at Nebraska | W 27–13 | 65% |
| Nov 19 | vs Missouri | L 28–34 | 47% |
| Nov 26 | at Arizona | W 46–0 | 66% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Arizona 46–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Seven.
In program history: The 29th-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 1949.
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 2–4 5th in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 259–183
- Coach
- Jules Sikes
- Elo
- 1561 +0 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.0 No. 49 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Forrest Griffith and Dick Tomlinson
Drafted in 1950
The 1950 draft| Rd 5 | Forrest Griffith B | New York Giants |
All-Big Seven
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Dick TomlinsonOGAP-1; UP-1
Second team
- Bud FrenchBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1949 Big Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 5–0 | 11–0 | 2 |
| Missouri | 5–1 | 7–4 | 20 |
| Iowa State | 3–3 | 5–3–1 | |
| Nebraska | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
| Kansas | 2–4 | 5–5 | |
| Colorado | 1–4 | 3–7 | |
| Kansas State | 1–5 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.