1963 Kansas
5–5 (3–4 Big Eight), coached by Jack Mitchell. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Oklahoma State 41–7Oct 26
By 34 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | at TCU | L 6–10 | 48% |
| Sep 28 | vs Syracuse | W 10–0 | 54% |
| Oct 5 | at Wyoming | W 25–21 | 44% |
| Oct 12 | vs Iowa State | L 14–17 | 71% |
| Oct 19 | at 6Oklahoma | L 18–21 | 36% |
| Oct 26 | vs Oklahoma State | W 41–7 | 79% |
| Nov 2 | vs Kansas State | W 34–0 | 89% |
| Nov 9 | at Nebraska | L 9–23 | 39% |
| Nov 16 | at Colorado | W 43–14 | 67% |
| Nov 30 | vs Missouri | L 7–9 | 53% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Missouri 9–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Eight.
In program history: The 20th-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 1963.
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 3–4 tied for 4th in Big Eight
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 207–122
- Coach
- Jack Mitchell
- Elo
- 1585 +4 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 12.4 No. 25 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Ken Coleman and Pete Quatrochi
All-Big Eight
3 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Gale SayersB
Mike ShinnEAP-1- Pete QuatrochiCUPI-1
Second team
- Brian SchwedaOTAP-2; UPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1963 Big Eight standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 7–0 | 10–1 | 6 |
| Oklahoma | 6–1 | 8–2 | 10 |
| Missouri | 5–2 | 7–3 | |
| Kansas | 3–4 | 5–5 | |
| Iowa State | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Colorado | 2–5 | 2–8 | |
| Kansas State | 1–5 | 2–7 | |
| Oklahoma State | 0–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.