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1986 Kansas

3–⁠8 (0–⁠7 Big Eight), coached by Bob Valesente.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1986, game by game: lost vs. North Carolina 0–20; won vs. Utah State 16–13; won vs. Indiana State 20–6; won vs. Southern Illinois 35–23; lost vs. Iowa State 10–13; lost at Kansas State 12–29; lost at Oklahoma State 6–24; lost vs. No. 4 Oklahoma 3–64; lost at Colorado 10–17; lost vs. No. 6 Nebraska 0–70; lost at Missouri 0–48+14−70Lost 0–20 vs. North Carolina-20North CarolinaWon 16–13 vs. Utah State+3Utah StateWon 20–6 vs. Indiana State+14Indiana StateWon 35–23 vs. Southern Illinois+12Southern Illino…Lost 10–13 vs. Iowa State-3Iowa StateLost 12–29 at Kansas State-17Kansas StateLost 6–24 at Oklahoma State-18Oklahoma StateLost 3–64 vs. No. 4 Oklahoma-61No. 4 OklahomaLost 10–17 at Colorado-7ColoradoLost 0–70 vs. No. 6 Nebraska-70No. 6 NebraskaLost 0–48 at Missouri-48Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsNorth CarolinaL 0–⁠2056%
Sep 20vsUtah StateW 16–⁠1371%
Sep 27vsIndiana StateW 20–⁠678%
Oct 4vsSouthern IllinoisW 35–⁠2381%
Oct 11vsIowa StateL 10–⁠1358%
Oct 18atKansas StateL 12–⁠2966%
Oct 25atOklahoma StateL 6–⁠2431%
Nov 1vs4OklahomaL 3–⁠6416%
Nov 8atColoradoL 10–⁠1723%
Nov 15vs6NebraskaL 0–⁠7018%
Nov 22atMissouriL 0–⁠4849%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 48–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 115th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
112–⁠327
Coach
Bob Valesente
Elo
1337 −154 this season
SP+ rating
-20.2 No. 95 of 101; offense No. 99, defense No. 83
SRS
−17.4 No. 93 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Phil Forte, Mike Orth, Paul Oswald, Wayne Ziegler and John Randolph

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Willie VaughnWRAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Ronnie CaldwellWRAP-2
  • Phil ForteDEUPI-2
  • Wayne ZieglerDBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1986 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1986 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠13
Colorado6–⁠16–⁠6
Nebraska5–⁠210–⁠25
Oklahoma State4–⁠36–⁠5
Iowa State3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas State1–⁠62–⁠9
Kansas0–⁠73–⁠8

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