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1954 Kansas

0–⁠10 (0–⁠6 Big Seven), coached by Chuck Mather.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1954, game by game: lost vs. TCU 6–27; lost vs. No. 8 UCLA 7–32; lost vs. Colorado 0–27; lost at Iowa State 6–33; lost vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 0–65; lost at SMU 18–36; lost at Kansas State 6–28; lost vs. No. 20 Nebraska 20–41; lost at Oklahoma State 12–47; lost at Missouri 18–41+7−65Lost 6–27 vs. TCU-21TCULost 7–32 vs. No. 8 UCLA-25No. 8 UCLALost 0–27 vs. Colorado-27ColoradoLost 6–33 at Iowa State-27Iowa StateLost 0–65 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma-65No. 1 OklahomaLost 18–36 at SMU-18SMULost 6–28 at Kansas State-22Kansas StateLost 20–41 vs. No. 20 Nebraska-21No. 20 NebraskaLost 12–47 at Oklahoma State-35Oklahoma StateLost 18–41 at Missouri-23Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsTCUL 6–⁠2750%
Sep 25vs8UCLAL 7–⁠3226%
Oct 2vsColoradoL 0–⁠2734%
Oct 9atIowa StateL 6–⁠3346%
Oct 16vs1OklahomaL 0–⁠6514%
Oct 23atSMUL 18–⁠3615%
Oct 30atKansas StateL 6–⁠2821%
Nov 6vs20NebraskaL 20–⁠4131%
Nov 13atOklahoma StateL 12–⁠4716%
Nov 20atMissouriL 18–⁠4119%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 41–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Seven.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Big Seven
AP final
Unranked
Points
93–⁠377
Coach
Chuck Mather
Elo
1289 −167 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.2 No. 103 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bud Bixler

1954 Big Seven standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠010–⁠03
Nebraska4–⁠26–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠1
Missouri3–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kansas State3–⁠37–⁠3
Iowa State1–⁠53–⁠6
Kansas0–⁠60–⁠10

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