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1970 Kansas

5–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Pepper Rodgers.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1970, game by game: won vs. Washington State 48–31; lost vs. Texas Tech 0–23; won at Syracuse 31–14; won vs. New Mexico 49–23; won at Kansas State 21–15; lost vs. No. 5 Nebraska 20–41; won vs. Iowa State 24–10; lost at Oklahoma State 7–19; lost at Colorado 29–45; lost vs. Oklahoma 24–28; lost at Missouri 17–28+26−23Won 48–31 vs. Washington State+17Washington StateLost 0–23 vs. Texas Tech-23Texas TechWon 31–14 at Syracuse+17SyracuseWon 49–23 vs. New Mexico+26New MexicoWon 21–15 at Kansas State+6Kansas StateLost 20–41 vs. No. 5 Nebraska-21No. 5 NebraskaWon 24–10 vs. Iowa State+14Iowa StateLost 7–19 at Oklahoma State-12Oklahoma StateLost 29–45 at Colorado-16ColoradoLost 24–28 vs. Oklahoma-4OklahomaLost 17–28 at Missouri-11Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsWashington StateW 48–⁠3167%
Sep 19vsTexas TechL 0–⁠2352%
Sep 26atSyracuseW 31–⁠1433%
Oct 3vsNew MexicoW 49–⁠2368%
Oct 10atKansas StateW 21–⁠1540%
Oct 17vs5NebraskaL 20–⁠4132%
Oct 24vsIowa StateW 24–⁠1064%
Oct 31atOklahoma StateL 7–⁠1944%
Nov 7atColoradoL 29–⁠4532%
Nov 14vsOklahomaL 24–⁠2843%
Nov 21atMissouriL 17–⁠2833%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 28–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 78th-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 1970.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
270–⁠277
Coach
Pepper Rodgers
Elo
1449 +2 this season
SP+ rating
7.7 No. 43 of 117; offense No. 26, defense No. 77
SRS
11.6 No. 30 of 123 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Larry Brown

Drafted in 1971

The 1971 draft
Rd 1John Riggins RBNew York Jets
Rd 2Steve Lawson OGCincinnati Bengals
Rd 5Larry Brown TEPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bobby ChildsOGUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1970 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1970 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠0–⁠11
Oklahoma5–⁠27–⁠4–⁠120
Kansas State5–⁠26–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri3–⁠45–⁠6
Kansas2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠65–⁠6

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