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1951 Kansas

8–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Big Seven), coached by Jules Sikes.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1951, game by game: won at TCU 27–13; won vs. Iowa State 53–33; lost at Colorado 27–35; won vs. Utah 26–7; lost at No. 19 Oklahoma 21–33; won vs. Kansas State 33–14; won at Nebraska 27–7; won vs. Loyola Marymount 34–26; won at Oklahoma State 27–12; won vs. Missouri 41–28+20−12Won 27–13 at TCU+14TCUWon 53–33 vs. Iowa State+20Iowa StateLost 27–35 at Colorado-8ColoradoWon 26–7 vs. Utah+19UtahLost 21–33 at No. 19 Oklahoma-12No. 19 OklahomaWon 33–14 vs. Kansas State+19Kansas StateWon 27–7 at Nebraska+20NebraskaWon 34–26 vs. Loyola Marymount+8Loyola MarymountWon 27–12 at Oklahoma State+15Oklahoma StateWon 41–28 vs. Missouri+13Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atTCUW 27–⁠1340%
Sep 29vsIowa StateW 53–⁠3373%
Oct 6atColoradoL 27–⁠3554%
Oct 13vsUtahW 26–⁠771%
Oct 20at19OklahomaL 21–⁠3330%
Oct 27vsKansas StateW 33–⁠1488%
Nov 3atNebraskaW 27–⁠764%
Nov 10vsLoyola MarymountW 34–⁠2678%
Nov 17atOklahoma StateW 27–⁠1261%
Dec 1vsMissouriW 41–⁠2881%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 41–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 20

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 1951.

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
316–⁠208
Coach
Jules Sikes
Elo
1626 +92 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.4 No. 27 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Aubrey Linville and Bill Schaake

All-Big Seven

5 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Bill SchaakeEUP-1
  • Ollie SpencerOTAP-1; UP-2
  • George KennardOGAP-1; UP-2
  • Bob BrandeberryBAP-1; UP-1
  • John KonekB

Second team

  • TiceEUP-2
  • George MrkonicOTUP-2
  • Charlie HoagBUP-2
  • Bud LaughlinBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠08–⁠210
Colorado5–⁠17–⁠3
Kansas4–⁠28–⁠2
Iowa State2–⁠44–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas State1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Nebraska1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Missouri1–⁠52–⁠8

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