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1967 Kansas

5–⁠5 (5–⁠2 Big Eight), coached by Pepper Rodgers.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1967, game by game: lost at Stanford 20–21; lost at Indiana 15–18; lost vs. Ohio 15–30; won vs. No. 8 Nebraska 10–0; won at Oklahoma State 26–15; won vs. Iowa State 28–14; won vs. Kansas State 17–16; lost at Colorado 8–12; lost at No. 7 Oklahoma 10–14; won vs. Missouri 17–6+14−15Lost 20–21 at Stanford-1StanfordLost 15–18 at Indiana-3IndianaLost 15–30 vs. Ohio-15OhioWon 10–0 vs. No. 8 Nebraska+10No. 8 NebraskaWon 26–15 at Oklahoma State+11Oklahoma StateWon 28–14 vs. Iowa State+14Iowa StateWon 17–16 vs. Kansas State+1Kansas StateLost 8–12 at Colorado-4ColoradoLost 10–14 at No. 7 Oklahoma-4No. 7 OklahomaWon 17–6 vs. Missouri+11Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atStanfordL 20–⁠2130%
Sep 30atIndianaL 15–⁠1840%
Oct 7vsOhioL 15–⁠3049%
Oct 14vs8NebraskaW 10–⁠020%
Oct 21atOklahoma StateW 26–⁠1537%
Oct 28vsIowa StateW 28–⁠1466%
Nov 4vsKansas StateW 17–⁠1678%
Nov 11atColoradoL 8–⁠1225%
Nov 18at7OklahomaL 10–⁠1420%
Nov 25vsMissouriW 17–⁠635%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 17–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 60th-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 1967.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
166–⁠146
Coach
Pepper Rodgers
Elo
1487 +76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.2 No. 38 of 118 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Mike Sweatman

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1967 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1967 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠010–⁠13
Colorado5–⁠29–⁠2
Kansas5–⁠25–⁠5
Missouri4–⁠37–⁠3
Nebraska3–⁠46–⁠4
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa State1–⁠62–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠9

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