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1987 Kansas

1–⁠9–⁠1 (0–⁠6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Bob Valesente.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1987, game by game: lost at No. 4 Auburn 0–49; lost vs. Kent State 17–31; lost vs. Louisiana Tech 11–16; won vs. Southern Illinois 16–15; lost at No. 2 Nebraska 2–54; lost at Colorado 10–35; lost vs. Iowa State 28–42; lost vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 10–71; tied at Kansas State 17–17; lost vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State 17–49; lost at Missouri 7–19+7−61Lost 0–49 at No. 4 Auburn-49No. 4 AuburnLost 17–31 vs. Kent State-14Kent StateLost 11–16 vs. Louisiana Tech-5Louisiana TechWon 16–15 vs. Southern Illinois+1Southern Illino…Lost 2–54 at No. 2 Nebraska-52No. 2 NebraskaLost 10–35 at Colorado-25ColoradoLost 28–42 vs. Iowa State-14Iowa StateLost 10–71 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma-61No. 1 OklahomaTied 17–17 at Kansas State0Kansas StateLost 17–49 vs. No. 17 Oklahoma State-32No. 17 Oklahoma StateLost 7–19 at Missouri-12Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12at4AuburnL 0–⁠4913%
Sep 19vsKent StateL 17–⁠3154%
Sep 26vsLouisiana TechL 11–⁠1659%
Oct 3vsSouthern IllinoisW 16–⁠1565%
Oct 10at2NebraskaL 2–⁠548%
Oct 17atColoradoL 10–⁠3518%
Oct 24vsIowa StateL 28–⁠4252%
Oct 31vs1OklahomaL 10–⁠717%
Nov 7atKansas StateT 17–⁠1748%
Nov 14vs17Oklahoma StateL 17–⁠4918%
Nov 21atMissouriL 7–⁠1923%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 19–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 127th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

Led the nationWillie Vaughn: yards per catch (26.9)

Record
1–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠6–⁠1 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
135–⁠398
Coach
Bob Valesente
Elo
1265 −126 this season
SP+ rating
-17.3 No. 94 of 101; offense No. 68, defense No. 94
SRS
−16.8 No. 96 of 104 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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All-Big Eight

1 second team

Second team

  • Willie VaughnWRUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1987 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1987 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma7–⁠011–⁠13
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠26
Oklahoma State5–⁠210–⁠211
Colorado4–⁠37–⁠4
Missouri3–⁠45–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Kansas0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠10–⁠1

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