1957 Kansas
5–4–1 (4–2 Big Seven), coached by Chuck Mather. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Kansas State 13–7Nov 9
By 6 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | at TCU | T 13–13 | 22% |
| Sep 28 | vs 9Oregon State | L 6–34 | 39% |
| Oct 5 | at Colorado | W 35–34 | 20% |
| Oct 12 | vs Iowa State | L 6–21 | 62% |
| Oct 19 | at 2Oklahoma | L 0–47 | 9% |
| Oct 25 | at Miami | L 6–48 | 19% |
| Nov 2 | at Nebraska | W 14–12 | 40% |
| Nov 9 | vs Kansas State | W 13–7 | 54% |
| Nov 16 | vs Oklahoma State | W 13–7 | 37% |
| Nov 23 | vs Missouri | W 9–7 | 49% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Missouri 9–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big Seven.
In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).
- Record
- 5–4–1
- Conference
- 4–2 2nd in Big Seven
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 115–230
- Coach
- Chuck Mather
- Elo
- 1448 +7 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −7.4 No. 78 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Lynn McCarthy, Wally Strauch and Bob Kraus
All-Big Seven
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Jim LetcavitsEAP-1
Second team
- Homer FloydBAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1957 Big Seven standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 6–0 | 10–1 | 4 |
| Kansas | 4–2 | 5–4–1 | |
| Colorado | 3–3 | 6–3–1 | |
| Missouri | 3–3 | 5–4–1 | |
| Iowa State | 2–4 | 4–5–1 | |
| Kansas State | 2–4 | 3–6–1 | |
| Nebraska | 1–5 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.