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1993 Kansas

5–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Glen Mason.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1993, game by game: lost vs. No. 1 Florida State 0–42; won vs. Western Carolina 46–3; lost at Michigan State 14–31; lost vs. Utah 16–41; won vs. Colorado State 24–6; lost at Kansas State 9–10; won vs. Iowa State 35–20; lost at No. 17 Oklahoma 23–38; won at Oklahoma State 13–6; lost vs. No. 6 Nebraska 20–21; lost at No. 21 Colorado 14–38; won vs. Missouri 28–0+43−42Lost 0–42 vs. No. 1 Florida State-42No. 1 Florida StateWon 46–3 vs. Western Carolina+43Western CarolinaLost 14–31 at Michigan State-17Michigan StateLost 16–41 vs. Utah-25UtahWon 24–6 vs. Colorado State+18Colorado StateLost 9–10 at Kansas State-1Kansas StateWon 35–20 vs. Iowa State+15Iowa StateLost 23–38 at No. 17 Oklahoma-15No. 17 OklahomaWon 13–6 at Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma StateLost 20–21 vs. No. 6 Nebraska-1No. 6 NebraskaLost 14–38 at No. 21 Colorado-24No. 21 ColoradoWon 28–0 vs. Missouri+28Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28vs1Florida StateL 0–⁠4228%
Sep 4vsWestern CarolinaW 46–⁠386%
Sep 11atMichigan StateL 14–⁠3149%
Sep 18vsUtahL 16–⁠4163%
Oct 2vsColorado StateW 24–⁠665%
Oct 9atKansas StateL 9–⁠1036%
Oct 16vsIowa StateW 35–⁠2070%
Oct 23at17OklahomaL 23–⁠3827%
Oct 30atOklahoma StateW 13–⁠653%
Nov 6vs6NebraskaL 20–⁠2128%
Nov 13at21ColoradoL 14–⁠3822%
Nov 20vsMissouriW 28–⁠067%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 28–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 45th-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 1993.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
242–⁠256
Coach
Glen Mason
Elo
1514 −41 this season
SP+ rating
7.5 No. 37 of 105; offense No. 61, defense No. 25
SRS
5.1 No. 39 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pat Ruel

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 4Chris Maumalanga DTNew York Giants

All-Big Eight

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dwayne ChandlerTECoaches-2
  • Dan SchmidtCCoaches-2
  • Dan EichloffPlace-kickerAP-2; Coaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠011–⁠13
Colorado5–⁠1–⁠18–⁠3–⁠116
Kansas State4–⁠2–⁠19–⁠2–⁠120
Oklahoma4–⁠39–⁠317
Kansas3–⁠45–⁠7
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State2–⁠53–⁠8
Oklahoma State0–⁠73–⁠8

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