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1972 Kansas

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Don Fambrough.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1972, game by game: lost vs. Washington State 17–18; won vs. Wyoming 52–14; lost vs. No. 16 Florida State 22–44; won at Minnesota 34–28; lost at Kansas State 19–20; lost vs. No. 5 Nebraska 0–56; lost vs. No. 15 Iowa State 8–34; won at Oklahoma State 13–10; lost at No. 16 Colorado 8–33; lost vs. No. 4 Oklahoma 7–31; won at No. 16 Missouri 28–17+38−56Lost 17–18 vs. Washington State-1Washington StateWon 52–14 vs. Wyoming+38WyomingLost 22–44 vs. No. 16 Florida State-22No. 16 Florida StateWon 34–28 at Minnesota+6MinnesotaLost 19–20 at Kansas State-1Kansas StateLost 0–56 vs. No. 5 Nebraska-56No. 5 NebraskaLost 8–34 vs. No. 15 Iowa State-26No. 15 Iowa StateWon 13–10 at Oklahoma State+3Oklahoma StateLost 8–33 at No. 16 Colorado-25No. 16 ColoradoLost 7–31 vs. No. 4 Oklahoma-24No. 4 OklahomaWon 28–17 at No. 16 Missouri+11No. 16 Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsWashington StateL 17–⁠1861%
Sep 23vsWyomingW 52–⁠1461%
Sep 30vs16Florida StateL 22–⁠4437%
Oct 7atMinnesotaW 34–⁠2848%
Oct 14atKansas StateL 19–⁠2039%
Oct 21vs5NebraskaL 0–⁠5620%
Oct 28vs15Iowa StateL 8–⁠3434%
Nov 4atOklahoma StateW 13–⁠1030%
Nov 11at16ColoradoL 8–⁠3318%
Nov 18vs4OklahomaL 7–⁠3117%
Nov 25at16MissouriW 28–⁠1735%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 28–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
208–⁠305
Coach
Don Fambrough
Elo
1466 +11 this season
SP+ rating
2.4 No. 60 of 121; offense No. 37, defense No. 83
SRS
3.7 No. 52 of 127 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Don Perkins and Pat Ryan

Drafted in 1973

The 1973 draft
Rd 3Roger Bernhardt OGPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 4Gery Palmer OTBaltimore Colts

All-Big Eight

1 first team

First team

  • Eddie SheatsLBAP

From Wikipedia’s 1972 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1972 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠12
Nebraska5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠14
Colorado4–⁠38–⁠416
Oklahoma State4–⁠36–⁠5
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠4–⁠15–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠7
Kansas State1–⁠63–⁠8

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