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1984 Kansas

5–⁠6 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Mike Gottfried.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1984, game by game: won vs. Wichita State 31–7; lost vs. No. 18 Florida State 16–42; lost at Vanderbilt 6–41; lost at North Carolina 17–23; won vs. Iowa State 33–14; lost at Kansas State 7–24; lost at No. 12 Oklahoma State 10–47; won vs. No. 2 Oklahoma 28–11; won at Colorado 28–27; lost vs. No. 2 Nebraska 7–41; won at Missouri 35–21+24−37Won 31–7 vs. Wichita State+24Wichita StateLost 16–42 vs. No. 18 Florida State-26No. 18 Florida StateLost 6–41 at Vanderbilt-35VanderbiltLost 17–23 at North Carolina-6North CarolinaWon 33–14 vs. Iowa State+19Iowa StateLost 7–24 at Kansas State-17Kansas StateLost 10–47 at No. 12 Oklahoma State-37No. 12 Oklahoma StateWon 28–11 vs. No. 2 Oklahoma+17No. 2 OklahomaWon 28–27 at Colorado+1ColoradoLost 7–41 vs. No. 2 Nebraska-34No. 2 NebraskaWon 35–21 at Missouri+14Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsWichita StateW 31–⁠769%
Sep 15vs18Florida StateL 16–⁠4237%
Sep 22atVanderbiltL 6–⁠4140%
Sep 29atNorth CarolinaL 17–⁠2329%
Oct 6vsIowa StateW 33–⁠1458%
Oct 13atKansas StateL 7–⁠2456%
Oct 20at12Oklahoma StateL 10–⁠4715%
Oct 27vs2OklahomaW 28–⁠1123%
Nov 3atColoradoW 28–⁠2756%
Nov 10vs2NebraskaL 7–⁠4118%
Nov 17atMissouriW 35–⁠2131%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 35–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
218–⁠298
Coach
Mike Gottfried
Elo
1490 +22 this season
SP+ rating
-4.9 No. 75 of 106; offense No. 57, defense No. 83
SRS
−4.9 No. 76 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Sylvester Byrd, Willie Pless and Bennie Simecka

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Willie PlessLBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Lynn WilliamsRBUPI-2
  • Skip PeeteWRAP-2; UPI-2
  • Doug CertainDown linemenUPI-2
  • Phil ForteDTUPI-2
  • Dodge SchwartzburgPlace-kickerAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠24
Oklahoma6–⁠19–⁠2–⁠16
Oklahoma State5–⁠210–⁠27
Kansas4–⁠35–⁠6
Missouri2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Colorado1–⁠61–⁠10
Iowa State0–⁠5–⁠22–⁠7–⁠2

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