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1966 Kansas

2–⁠7–⁠1 (0–⁠6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Jack Mitchell.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1966, game by game: lost vs. Texas Tech 7–23; won at Arizona 35–13; won at Minnesota 16–14; lost at Iowa State 7–24; lost vs. Oklahoma 0–35; lost at Oklahoma State 7–10; tied at Kansas State 3–3; lost vs. No. 6 Nebraska 13–24; lost vs. Colorado 18–35; lost at Missouri 0–7+22−35Lost 7–23 vs. Texas Tech-16Texas TechWon 35–13 at Arizona+22ArizonaWon 16–14 at Minnesota+2MinnesotaLost 7–24 at Iowa State-17Iowa StateLost 0–35 vs. Oklahoma-35OklahomaLost 7–10 at Oklahoma State-3Oklahoma StateTied 3–3 at Kansas State0Kansas StateLost 13–24 vs. No. 6 Nebraska-11No. 6 NebraskaLost 18–35 vs. Colorado-17ColoradoLost 0–7 at Missouri-7Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsTexas TechL 7–⁠2342%
Sep 24atArizonaW 35–⁠1343%
Oct 1atMinnesotaW 16–⁠1431%
Oct 8atIowa StateL 7–⁠2450%
Oct 15vsOklahomaL 0–⁠3539%
Oct 22atOklahoma StateL 7–⁠1041%
Oct 29atKansas StateT 3–⁠361%
Nov 5vs6NebraskaL 13–⁠2417%
Nov 12vsColoradoL 18–⁠3530%
Nov 19atMissouriL 0–⁠717%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 106th-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 1966.

Record
2–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠6–⁠1 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
106–⁠188
Coach
Jack Mitchell
Elo
1367 −69 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.3 No. 83 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Jerry Barnett and Bill Wohlford

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 6George Harvey OGNew Orleans Saints

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Mike SweatmanLBAP-1

Second team

  • Bill WohlfordCAP-2
  • Donnie ShanklinBAP-2
  • John ZookDEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠26
Colorado5–⁠27–⁠3
Missouri4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma State4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oklahoma4–⁠36–⁠4
Iowa State2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠6–⁠2
Kansas0–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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