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1965 Kansas

2–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Jack Mitchell.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1965, game by game: lost at Texas Tech 7–26; lost vs. Arizona 15–23; lost at California 0–17; lost vs. Iowa State 7–21; lost at Oklahoma 7–21; won vs. Oklahoma State 9–0; won vs. Kansas State 34–0; lost at No. 3 Nebraska 6–42; lost at Colorado 14–21; lost vs. No. 8 Missouri 20–44+34−36Lost 7–26 at Texas Tech-19Texas TechLost 15–23 vs. Arizona-8ArizonaLost 0–17 at California-17CaliforniaLost 7–21 vs. Iowa State-14Iowa StateLost 7–21 at Oklahoma-14OklahomaWon 9–0 vs. Oklahoma State+9Oklahoma StateWon 34–0 vs. Kansas State+34Kansas StateLost 6–42 at No. 3 Nebraska-36No. 3 NebraskaLost 14–21 at Colorado-7ColoradoLost 20–44 vs. No. 8 Missouri-24No. 8 Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atTexas TechL 7–⁠2646%
Sep 25vsArizonaL 15–⁠2348%
Oct 2atCaliforniaL 0–⁠1753%
Oct 9vsIowa StateL 7–⁠2160%
Oct 16atOklahomaL 7–⁠2130%
Oct 23vsOklahoma StateW 9–⁠056%
Oct 30vsKansas StateW 34–⁠074%
Nov 6at3NebraskaL 6–⁠4214%
Nov 13atColoradoL 14–⁠2134%
Nov 20vs8MissouriL 20–⁠4426%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 44–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 96th-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 1965.

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
119–⁠215
Coach
Jack Mitchell
Elo
1404 −129 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.6 No. 84 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Greg Roth and Mike Shinn

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Richie PrattOGAP-1

Second team

  • Mike ShinnOTAP-2
  • Granville LigginsMGUPI-2
  • Mike SweatmanLBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri6–⁠18–⁠2–⁠16
Colorado4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Iowa State3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠43–⁠7
Oklahoma State2–⁠53–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠52–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠10

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