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1990 Kansas

3–⁠7–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Glen Mason.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1990, game by game: lost vs. No. 15 Virginia 10–59; won vs. Oregon State 38–12; lost at Louisville 16–28; lost at No. 9 Oklahoma 17–31; tied at Iowa State 34–34; lost at No. 3 Miami 0–34; lost vs. No. 14 Colorado 10–41; won vs. Kansas State 27–24; won at Oklahoma State 31–30; lost vs. No. 13 Nebraska 9–41; lost vs. Missouri 21–31+26−49Lost 10–59 vs. No. 15 Virginia-49No. 15 VirginiaWon 38–12 vs. Oregon State+26Oregon StateLost 16–28 at Louisville-12LouisvilleLost 17–31 at No. 9 Oklahoma-14No. 9 OklahomaTied 34–34 at Iowa State0Iowa StateLost 0–34 at No. 3 Miami-34No. 3 MiamiLost 10–41 vs. No. 14 Colorado-31No. 14 ColoradoWon 27–24 vs. Kansas State+3Kansas StateWon 31–30 at Oklahoma State+1Oklahoma StateLost 9–41 vs. No. 13 Nebraska-32No. 13 NebraskaLost 21–31 vs. Missouri-10Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vs15VirginiaL 10–⁠5929%
Sep 8vsOregon StateW 38–⁠1249%
Sep 15atLouisvilleL 16–⁠2825%
Sep 29at9OklahomaL 17–⁠3113%
Oct 6atIowa StateT 34–⁠3427%
Oct 13at3MiamiL 0–⁠348%
Oct 20vs14ColoradoL 10–⁠4118%
Oct 27vsKansas StateW 27–⁠2458%
Nov 3atOklahoma StateW 31–⁠3032%
Nov 10vs13NebraskaL 9–⁠4117%
Nov 17vsMissouriL 21–⁠3155%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 31–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 113th-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 1990.

Record
3–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 tied for 4th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
213–⁠365
Coach
Glen Mason
Elo
1348 −32 this season
SP+ rating
-3.2 No. 66 of 104; offense No. 43, defense No. 77
SRS
−4.0 No. 69 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pat Ruel

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Dan EichoffPAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1990 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1990 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado7–⁠011–⁠1–⁠11
Nebraska5–⁠29–⁠324
Oklahoma5–⁠28–⁠317
Iowa State2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠54–⁠7

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