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1952 Kansas

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

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1952, game by game: won vs. TCU 13–0; won vs. Santa Clara 21–9; won vs. Colorado 21–12; won at Iowa State 43–0; lost vs. No. 6 Oklahoma 20–42; won at SMU 26–0; won at Kansas State 26–6; lost vs. Nebraska 13–14; won vs. Oklahoma State 12–7; lost at Missouri 19–20+43−22Won 13–0 vs. TCU+13TCUWon 21–9 vs. Santa Clara+12Santa ClaraWon 21–12 vs. Colorado+9ColoradoWon 43–0 at Iowa State+43Iowa StateLost 20–42 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma-22No. 6 OklahomaWon 26–0 at SMU+26SMUWon 26–6 at Kansas State+20Kansas StateLost 13–14 vs. Nebraska-1NebraskaWon 12–7 vs. Oklahoma State+5Oklahoma StateLost 19–20 at Missouri-1Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsTCUW 13–⁠060%
Sep 27vsSanta ClaraW 21–⁠974%
Oct 4vsColoradoW 21–⁠1265%
Oct 11atIowa StateW 43–⁠070%
Oct 18vs6OklahomaL 20–⁠4251%
Oct 25atSMUW 26–⁠053%
Nov 1atKansas StateW 26–⁠684%
Nov 8vsNebraskaL 13–⁠1481%
Nov 15vsOklahoma StateW 12–⁠780%
Nov 22atMissouriL 19–⁠2066%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 20–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 8
  5. Wk 5: 15
  6. Wk 6: 9
  7. Wk 7: 7
  8. Wk 8: 19
  9. Wk 9: 18

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 1952.

Led the nationGil Reich: punt return average (17.2)

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
214–⁠110
Coach
Jules Sikes
Elo
1645 +61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.2 No. 21 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Charlie Hoag and Oliver Spencer

All-Big Seven

6 first team

First team

  • Paul LeoniEAP-1; UP-1
  • Ollie SpencerOTAP-1
  • Charlie HoagBAP-1; UP-1
  • Bob HantlaOGAP-1; UP-1
  • Galen FissLBAP-1
  • Gil ReichBAP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠14
Missouri5–⁠15–⁠5
Nebraska3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Kansas3–⁠37–⁠3
Colorado2–⁠2–⁠26–⁠2–⁠2
Iowa State1–⁠53–⁠6
Kansas State0–⁠61–⁠9

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