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1976 Kansas

6–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Bud Moore.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1976, game by game: won at Oregon State 28–16; won vs. Washington State 35–16; won vs. Kentucky 37–16; won vs. Wisconsin 34–24; lost at Oklahoma State 14–21; lost vs. No. 6 Oklahoma 10–28; won at Kansas State 24–14; lost vs. No. 9 Nebraska 3–31; lost vs. Iowa State 17–31; lost at No. 19 Colorado 17–40; won at No. 19 Missouri 41–14+27−28Won 28–16 at Oregon State+12Oregon StateWon 35–16 vs. Washington State+19Washington StateWon 37–16 vs. Kentucky+21KentuckyWon 34–24 vs. Wisconsin+10WisconsinLost 14–21 at Oklahoma State-7Oklahoma StateLost 10–28 vs. No. 6 Oklahoma-18No. 6 OklahomaWon 24–14 at Kansas State+10Kansas StateLost 3–31 vs. No. 9 Nebraska-28No. 9 NebraskaLost 17–31 vs. Iowa State-14Iowa StateLost 17–40 at No. 19 Colorado-23No. 19 ColoradoWon 41–14 at No. 19 Missouri+27No. 19 Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atOregon StateW 28–⁠1669%
Sep 11vsWashington StateW 35–⁠1679%
Sep 18vsKentuckyW 37–⁠1671%
Oct 2vsWisconsinW 34–⁠2475%
Oct 9atOklahoma StateL 14–⁠2147%
Oct 16vs6OklahomaL 10–⁠2836%
Oct 23atKansas StateW 24–⁠1471%
Oct 30vs9NebraskaL 3–⁠3146%
Nov 6vsIowa StateL 17–⁠3158%
Nov 13at19ColoradoL 17–⁠4028%
Nov 20at19MissouriW 41–⁠1427%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 41–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 9
  5. Wk 5: 8
  6. Wk 6: 15

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 1976.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
260–⁠251
Coach
Bud Moore
Elo
1565 −1 this season
SP+ rating
11.6 No. 30 of 132; offense No. 20, defense No. 64
SRS
11.2 No. 26 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Levra
Captains
Nolan Cromwell and Chris Golub

Drafted in 1977

The 1977 draft
Rd 1Mike Butler DEGreen Bay Packers
Rd 2Nolan Cromwell DBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 2Terry Beeson LBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 4Laverne Smith RBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 5Skip Sharp DBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 7Chris Golub DBKansas City Chiefs

All-Big Eight

4 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1976 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1976 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠29–⁠2–⁠15
Oklahoma State5–⁠29–⁠314
Colorado5–⁠28–⁠416
Nebraska4–⁠39–⁠3–⁠19
Iowa State4–⁠38–⁠319
Missouri3–⁠46–⁠5
Kansas2–⁠56–⁠5
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠10

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