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1982 Kansas

2–⁠7–⁠2 (1–⁠5–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Don Fambrough.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1982, game by game: lost vs. Wichita State 10–13; won vs. TCU 30–19; tied at Kentucky 13–13; lost vs. Tulsa 15–20; tied at Oklahoma State 24–24; lost vs. Oklahoma 14–38; lost at Kansas State 7–36; lost vs. No. 6 Nebraska 0–52; won vs. Iowa State 24–17; lost at Colorado 3–28; lost at Missouri 10–16+11−52Lost 10–13 vs. Wichita State-3Wichita StateWon 30–19 vs. TCU+11TCUTied 13–13 at Kentucky0KentuckyLost 15–20 vs. Tulsa-5TulsaTied 24–24 at Oklahoma State0Oklahoma StateLost 14–38 vs. Oklahoma-24OklahomaLost 7–36 at Kansas State-29Kansas StateLost 0–52 vs. No. 6 Nebraska-52No. 6 NebraskaWon 24–17 vs. Iowa State+7Iowa StateLost 3–28 at Colorado-25ColoradoLost 10–16 at Missouri-6Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsWichita StateL 10–⁠1368%
Sep 18vsTCUW 30–⁠1967%
Sep 25atKentuckyT 13–⁠1359%
Oct 2vsTulsaL 15–⁠2054%
Oct 9atOklahoma StateT 24–⁠2444%
Oct 16vsOklahomaL 14–⁠3839%
Oct 23atKansas StateL 7–⁠3646%
Oct 30vs6NebraskaL 0–⁠5220%
Nov 6vsIowa StateW 24–⁠1746%
Nov 13atColoradoL 3–⁠2860%
Nov 20atMissouriL 10–⁠1626%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 16–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 97th-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 1982.

Record
2–⁠7–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠5–⁠1 tied for 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
150–⁠276
Coach
Don Fambrough
Elo
1401 −121 this season
SP+ rating
-8.1 No. 79 of 109; offense No. 85, defense No. 66
SRS
−9.1 No. 85 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Captains
Tim Friess, Russ Bastin, Gary Coleman and Paul Fairchild

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 2Wayne Capers WRPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Eight

1 first team

First team

  • Bucky ScribnerPAP-1; UPI-1

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠012–⁠13
Oklahoma6–⁠18–⁠416
Oklahoma State3–⁠2–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Kansas State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Missouri2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Iowa State1–⁠5–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠2
Colorado1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1

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