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1975 Kansas

7–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Bud Moore.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1975, game by game: lost vs. Washington State 14–18; won at Kentucky 14–10; won vs. Oregon State 20–0; won at Wisconsin 41–7; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 0–16; won at Iowa State 21–10; lost vs. Oklahoma State 19–35; won vs. Kansas State 28–0; won at No. 2 Oklahoma 23–3; lost vs. No. 10 Colorado 21–24; won vs. No. 18 Missouri 42–24; lost vs. No. 20 Pittsburgh 19–33+34−16Lost 14–18 vs. Washington State-4Washington StateWon 14–10 at Kentucky+4KentuckyWon 20–0 vs. Oregon State+20Oregon StateWon 41–7 at Wisconsin+34WisconsinLost 0–16 at No. 4 Nebraska-16No. 4 NebraskaWon 21–10 at Iowa State+11Iowa StateLost 19–35 vs. Oklahoma State-16Oklahoma StateWon 28–0 vs. Kansas State+28Kansas StateWon 23–3 at No. 2 Oklahoma+20No. 2 OklahomaLost 21–24 vs. No. 10 Colorado-3No. 10 ColoradoWon 42–24 vs. No. 18 Missouri+18No. 18 MissouriLost 19–33 vs. No. 20 Pittsburgh-14No. 20 Pittsburgh
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsWashington StateL 14–⁠1866%
Sep 20atKentuckyW 14–⁠1028%
Sep 27vsOregon StateW 20–⁠067%
Oct 4atWisconsinW 41–⁠741%
Oct 11at4NebraskaL 0–⁠1625%
Oct 18atIowa StateW 21–⁠1039%
Oct 25vsOklahoma StateL 19–⁠3558%
Nov 1vsKansas StateW 28–⁠071%
Nov 8at2OklahomaW 23–⁠313%
Nov 15vs10ColoradoL 21–⁠2459%
Nov 22vs18MissouriW 42–⁠2452%
Dec 26Bowls & playoffvs20PittsburghSun BowlL 19–⁠3350%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Pittsburgh 33–⁠19 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 11: 17
  2. Wk 13: 18
  3. Wk 14: 19

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 1975.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
262–⁠180
Coach
Bud Moore
Elo
1598 +114 this season
SP+ rating
12.6 No. 33 of 132; offense No. 45, defense No. 30
SRS
15.9 No. 16 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Levra
Captains
Rick Kovatch, John Morgan and Steve Taylor

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 2Kurt Knoff DBDenver Broncos
Rd 2Eddie Lewis DBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 3Dave Scott OTAtlanta Falcons
Rd 6Steve Taylor DBKansas City Chiefs

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠11
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠29
Colorado5–⁠29–⁠316
Kansas4–⁠37–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠47–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠5
Iowa State1–⁠64–⁠7
Kansas State0–⁠73–⁠8

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