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1992 Kansas

8–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Glen Mason, finished No. 22 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1992, game by game: won at Oregon State 49–20; won vs. Ball State 62–10; won at Tulsa 40–7; lost vs. California 23–27; won vs. Kansas State 31–7; won at Iowa State 50–47; won vs. Oklahoma 27–10; won vs. Oklahoma State 26–18; lost at No. 7 Nebraska 7–49; lost vs. No. 13 Colorado 18–25; lost at Missouri 17–22; won vs. No. 25 BYU 23–20+52−42Won 49–20 at Oregon State+29Oregon StateWon 62–10 vs. Ball State+52Ball StateWon 40–7 at Tulsa+33TulsaLost 23–27 vs. California-4CaliforniaWon 31–7 vs. Kansas State+24Kansas StateWon 50–47 at Iowa State+3Iowa StateWon 27–10 vs. Oklahoma+17OklahomaWon 26–18 vs. Oklahoma State+8Oklahoma StateLost 7–49 at No. 7 Nebraska-42No. 7 NebraskaLost 18–25 vs. No. 13 Colorado-7No. 13 ColoradoLost 17–22 at Missouri-5MissouriWon 23–20 vs. No. 25 BYU+3No. 25 BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atOregon StateW 49–⁠2061%
Sep 12vsBall StateW 62–⁠1062%
Sep 19atTulsaW 40–⁠743%
Sep 24vsCaliforniaL 23–⁠2757%
Oct 10vsKansas StateW 31–⁠761%
Oct 17atIowa StateW 50–⁠4771%
Oct 24vsOklahomaW 27–⁠1057%
Oct 31vsOklahoma StateW 26–⁠1882%
Nov 7at7NebraskaL 7–⁠4932%
Nov 14vs13ColoradoL 18–⁠2548%
Nov 21atMissouriL 17–⁠2270%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs25BYUAloha BowlW 23–⁠2035%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 23–⁠20 in the Aloha Bowl; No. 22 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 24
  2. Wk 8: 25
  3. Wk 9: 22
  4. Wk 10: 18
  5. Wk 11: 13
  6. Wk 12: 20
  7. Wk 13: 22
  8. Final: 22

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 1992.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
No. 22 peak No. 13
Points
373–⁠262
Coach
Glen Mason
Elo
1582 +89 this season
SP+ rating
11.3 No. 24 of 105; offense No. 14, defense No. 61
SRS
9.7 No. 23 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pat Ruel

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 1Dana Stubblefield DESan Francisco 49ers
Rd 3Gilbert Brown DTMinnesota Vikings

All-Big Eight

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Chip HillearyQBAP-1
  • Dwayne ChandlerTEAP-1
  • Keith LonekerOLAP-1
  • Dana StubblefieldDLAP-1
  • Dan EichloffPlace-kickerAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠314
Colorado5–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠113
Kansas4–⁠38–⁠422
Oklahoma3–⁠2–⁠25–⁠4–⁠2
Oklahoma State2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Kansas State2–⁠55–⁠6
Iowa State2–⁠54–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8

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