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1989 Kansas

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big Eight), coached by Glen Mason.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1989, game by game: won vs. Montana State 41–17; lost vs. Louisville 28–33; won vs. Kent State 28–21; lost at Baylor 3–46; lost vs. No. 16 Oklahoma 6–45; lost vs. Iowa State 20–24; lost at No. 3 Colorado 17–49; won at Kansas State 21–16; lost vs. Oklahoma State 24–37; lost at No. 6 Nebraska 14–51; won at Missouri 46–44+24−43Won 41–17 vs. Montana State+24Montana StateLost 28–33 vs. Louisville-5LouisvilleWon 28–21 vs. Kent State+7Kent StateLost 3–46 at Baylor-43BaylorLost 6–45 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma-39No. 16 OklahomaLost 20–24 vs. Iowa State-4Iowa StateLost 17–49 at No. 3 Colorado-32No. 3 ColoradoWon 21–16 at Kansas State+5Kansas StateLost 24–37 vs. Oklahoma State-13Oklahoma StateLost 14–51 at No. 6 Nebraska-37No. 6 NebraskaWon 46–44 at Missouri+2Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsMontana StateW 41–⁠1764%
Sep 9vsLouisvilleL 28–⁠3333%
Sep 16vsKent StateW 28–⁠2147%
Sep 23atBaylorL 3–⁠4627%
Sep 30vs16OklahomaL 6–⁠4518%
Oct 7vsIowa StateL 20–⁠2443%
Oct 21at3ColoradoL 17–⁠498%
Oct 28atKansas StateW 21–⁠1651%
Nov 4vsOklahoma StateL 24–⁠3729%
Nov 11at6NebraskaL 14–⁠516%
Nov 18atMissouriW 46–⁠4434%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 46–⁠44; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 121st-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 1989.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
248–⁠383
Coach
Glen Mason
Elo
1320 −1 this season
SP+ rating
-17.3 No. 94 of 103; offense No. 63, defense No. 98
SRS
−15.7 No. 92 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pat Ruel

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Quinton SmithWRAP-1

Second team

  • Tony SandsRBAP-2
  • John BakerTEAP-2
  • B.J. LohsenPAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado7–⁠011–⁠14
Nebraska6–⁠110–⁠211
Oklahoma5–⁠27–⁠4
Iowa State4–⁠36–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠44–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri1–⁠62–⁠9
Kansas State0–⁠71–⁠10

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