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1994 Kansas

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Glen Mason.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1994, game by game: won at Houston 35–13; won vs. Michigan State 17–10; lost at TCU 21–31; won vs. UAB 72–0; lost vs. No. 19 Kansas State 13–21; won at Iowa State 41–23; lost vs. Oklahoma 17–20; won vs. Oklahoma State 24–14; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 17–45; lost vs. No. 7 Colorado 26–51; won at Missouri 31–14+72−28Won 35–13 at Houston+22HoustonWon 17–10 vs. Michigan State+7Michigan StateLost 21–31 at TCU-10TCUWon 72–0 vs. UAB+72UABLost 13–21 vs. No. 19 Kansas State-8No. 19 Kansas StateWon 41–23 at Iowa State+18Iowa StateLost 17–20 vs. Oklahoma-3OklahomaWon 24–14 vs. Oklahoma State+10Oklahoma StateLost 17–45 at No. 1 Nebraska-28No. 1 NebraskaLost 26–51 vs. No. 7 Colorado-25No. 7 ColoradoWon 31–14 at Missouri+17Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atHoustonW 35–⁠1359%
Sep 10vsMichigan StateW 17–⁠1061%
Sep 17atTCUL 21–⁠3154%
Sep 24vsUABW 72–⁠083%
Oct 6vs19Kansas StateL 13–⁠2147%
Oct 15atIowa StateW 41–⁠2368%
Oct 22vsOklahomaL 17–⁠2053%
Oct 29vsOklahoma StateW 24–⁠1472%
Nov 5at1NebraskaL 17–⁠4513%
Nov 12vs7ColoradoL 26–⁠5130%
Nov 19atMissouriW 31–⁠1455%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri 31–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 37th-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 1994.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
314–⁠242
Coach
Glen Mason
Elo
1530 +21 this season
SP+ rating
2.6 No. 52 of 106; offense No. 54, defense No. 50
SRS
2.6 No. 49 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pat Ruel

Drafted in 1995

The 1995 draft
Rd 7Gerald McBurrows DBSt. Louis Rams
Rd 7Hessley Hempstead OGDetroit Lions

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • John JonesOLAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1994 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1994 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠013–⁠01
Colorado6–⁠111–⁠13
Kansas State5–⁠29–⁠319
Oklahoma4–⁠36–⁠6
Kansas3–⁠46–⁠5
Missouri2–⁠53–⁠8–⁠1
Oklahoma State0–⁠6–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Iowa State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠10–⁠1

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