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1978 Kansas

1–⁠10 (0–⁠7 Big Eight), coached by Bud Moore.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1978, game by game: lost vs. No. 16 Texas A&M 10–37; lost at No. 18 Washington 2–31; won vs. No. 8 UCLA 28–24; lost vs. Miami 6–38; lost at No. 13 Colorado 7–17; lost vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 16–17; lost at Oklahoma State 7–21; lost vs. Iowa State 7–13; lost vs. No. 4 Nebraska 21–63; lost at Missouri 0–48; lost at Kansas State 20–36+7−48Lost 10–37 vs. No. 16 Texas A&M-27No. 16 Texas A&MLost 2–31 at No. 18 Washington-29No. 18 WashingtonWon 28–24 vs. No. 8 UCLA+4No. 8 UCLALost 6–38 vs. Miami-32MiamiLost 7–17 at No. 13 Colorado-10No. 13 ColoradoLost 16–17 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma-1No. 1 OklahomaLost 7–21 at Oklahoma State-14Oklahoma StateLost 7–13 vs. Iowa State-6Iowa StateLost 21–63 vs. No. 4 Nebraska-42No. 4 NebraskaLost 0–48 at Missouri-48MissouriLost 20–36 at Kansas State-16Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vs16Texas A&ML 10–⁠3740%
Sep 16at18WashingtonL 2–⁠3124%
Sep 23vs8UCLAW 28–⁠2430%
Sep 30vsMiamiL 6–⁠3864%
Oct 7at13ColoradoL 7–⁠1718%
Oct 14vs1OklahomaL 16–⁠1717%
Oct 21atOklahoma StateL 7–⁠2137%
Oct 28vsIowa StateL 7–⁠1336%
Nov 4vs4NebraskaL 21–⁠6314%
Nov 11atMissouriL 0–⁠4818%
Nov 18atKansas StateL 20–⁠3638%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 36–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 120th-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 1978.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
124–⁠345
Coach
Bud Moore
Elo
1326 −149 this season
SP+ rating
-9.7 No. 100 of 133; offense No. 93, defense No. 105
SRS
−5.4 No. 91 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
John Levra
Defensive coordinator
Larry Jones

Drafted in 1979

The 1979 draft
Rd 3Mike Wellman CLos Angeles Rams

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Mike HubachPAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1978 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1978 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma6–⁠111–⁠13
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠38
Iowa State4–⁠38–⁠4
Missouri4–⁠38–⁠415
Kansas State3–⁠44–⁠7
Oklahoma State3–⁠43–⁠8
Colorado2–⁠56–⁠5
Kansas0–⁠71–⁠10

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