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1988 Kansas

1–⁠10 (1–⁠6 Big Eight), coached by Glen Mason.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1988, game by game: lost vs. Baylor 14–27; lost at No. 6 Auburn 7–56; lost at California 21–52; lost vs. New Mexico State 29–42; lost vs. No. 9 Nebraska 10–63; lost vs. Colorado 9–21; lost at Iowa State 14–42; lost at No. 8 Oklahoma 14–63; won vs. Kansas State 30–12; lost at No. 14 Oklahoma State 24–63; lost vs. Missouri 17–55+18−53Lost 14–27 vs. Baylor-13BaylorLost 7–56 at No. 6 Auburn-49No. 6 AuburnLost 21–52 at California-31CaliforniaLost 29–42 vs. New Mexico State-13New Mexico StateLost 10–63 vs. No. 9 Nebraska-53No. 9 NebraskaLost 9–21 vs. Colorado-12ColoradoLost 14–42 at Iowa State-28Iowa StateLost 14–63 at No. 8 Oklahoma-49No. 8 OklahomaWon 30–12 vs. Kansas State+18Kansas StateLost 24–63 at No. 14 Oklahoma State-39No. 14 Oklahoma StateLost 17–55 vs. Missouri-38Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vsBaylorL 14–⁠2732%
Sep 17at6AuburnL 7–⁠569%
Sep 24atCaliforniaL 21–⁠5223%
Oct 1vsNew Mexico StateL 29–⁠4265%
Oct 8vs9NebraskaL 10–⁠6310%
Oct 15vsColoradoL 9–⁠2118%
Oct 22atIowa StateL 14–⁠4220%
Oct 29at8OklahomaL 14–⁠634%
Nov 5vsKansas StateW 30–⁠1259%
Nov 12at14Oklahoma StateL 24–⁠637%
Nov 19vsMissouriL 17–⁠5541%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 55–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The worst 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 1988.

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠6 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
189–⁠496
Coach
Glen Mason
Elo
1232 −112 this season
SP+ rating
-25.0 No. 97 of 102; offense No. 60, defense No. 102
SRS
−21.6 No. 98 of 105 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pat Ruel

All-Big Eight

3 second team

Second team

  • Willie VaughnWRAP-2
  • Curtis MooreLBAP-2
  • Peda SamuelDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1988 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1988 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠210
Oklahoma6–⁠19–⁠314
Oklahoma State5–⁠210–⁠211
Colorado4–⁠38–⁠4
Iowa State3–⁠45–⁠6
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas1–⁠61–⁠10
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠11

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