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1996 Kansas

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Big 12), coached by Glen Mason.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1996, game by game: won vs. Ball State 35–10; won at TCU 52–17; lost at Utah 42–45; won at Oklahoma 52–24; lost vs. Texas Tech 17–30; lost vs. No. 9 Colorado 7–20; lost at No. 5 Nebraska 7–63; won at Iowa State 34–31; lost vs. No. 13 Kansas State 12–38; lost vs. Texas 17–38; lost at Missouri 25–42+35−56Won 35–10 vs. Ball State+25Ball StateWon 52–17 at TCU+35TCULost 42–45 at Utah-3UtahWon 52–24 at Oklahoma+28OklahomaLost 17–30 vs. Texas Tech-13Texas TechLost 7–20 vs. No. 9 Colorado-13No. 9 ColoradoLost 7–63 at No. 5 Nebraska-56No. 5 NebraskaWon 34–31 at Iowa State+3Iowa StateLost 12–38 vs. No. 13 Kansas State-26No. 13 Kansas StateLost 17–38 vs. Texas-21TexasLost 25–42 at Missouri-17Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vsBall StateW 35–⁠1071%
Sep 14atTCUW 52–⁠1756%
Sep 28atUtahL 42–⁠4548%
Oct 5atOklahomaW 52–⁠2473%
Oct 12vsTexas TechL 17–⁠3062%
Oct 19vs9ColoradoL 7–⁠2045%
Oct 26at5NebraskaL 7–⁠6317%
Nov 2atIowa StateW 34–⁠3170%
Nov 9vs13Kansas StateL 12–⁠3845%
Nov 16vsTexasL 17–⁠3849%
Nov 23atMissouriL 25–⁠4257%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 42–⁠25; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 24
  2. Wk 2: 25
  3. Wk 4: 24
  4. Wk 5: 22
  5. Wk 6: 20

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 1996.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 9th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
300–⁠358
Coach
Glen Mason
Elo
1498 −102 this season
SP+ rating
5.6 No. 48 of 111; offense No. 24, defense No. 76
SRS
3.1 No. 46 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pat Ruel
Defensive coordinator
Mike Hankwitz

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 3Ronnie Ward LBMiami Dolphins
Rd 5June Henley RBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 6Isaac Byrd WRKansas City Chiefs

All-Big 12

3 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1996 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1996 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska8–⁠011–⁠26
Colorado7–⁠110–⁠28
Kansas State6–⁠29–⁠317
Texas6–⁠28–⁠523
Texas Tech5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas A&M4–⁠46–⁠6
Missouri3–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma3–⁠53–⁠8
Oklahoma State2–⁠65–⁠6
Kansas2–⁠64–⁠7
Baylor1–⁠74–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠72–⁠9

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