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1998 Kansas

4–⁠7 (1–⁠7 Big 12), coached by Terry Allen.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1998, game by game: lost vs. Oklahoma State 28–38; lost at No. 25 Missouri 23–41; won vs. Illinois State 63–21; won at UAB 39–37; lost vs. No. 18 Texas A&M 21–24; lost at Baylor 24–31; lost at No. 8 Nebraska 0–41; won vs. No. 17 Colorado 33–17; lost vs. No. 4 Kansas State 6–54; won vs. North Texas 23–14; lost at Iowa State 20–23+42−48Lost 28–38 vs. Oklahoma State-10Oklahoma StateLost 23–41 at No. 25 Missouri-18No. 25 MissouriWon 63–21 vs. Illinois State+42Illinois StateWon 39–37 at UAB+2UABLost 21–24 vs. No. 18 Texas A&M-3No. 18 Texas A&MLost 24–31 at Baylor-7BaylorLost 0–41 at No. 8 Nebraska-41No. 8 NebraskaWon 33–17 vs. No. 17 Colorado+16No. 17 ColoradoLost 6–54 vs. No. 4 Kansas State-48No. 4 Kansas StateWon 23–14 vs. North Texas+9North TexasLost 20–23 at Iowa State-3Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsOklahoma StateL 28–⁠3850%
Sep 12at25MissouriL 23–⁠4129%
Sep 19vsIllinois StateW 63–⁠2178%
Sep 26atUABW 39–⁠3742%
Oct 3vs18Texas A&ML 21–⁠2434%
Oct 10atBaylorL 24–⁠3150%
Oct 17at8NebraskaL 0–⁠419%
Oct 24vs17ColoradoW 33–⁠1728%
Oct 31vs4Kansas StateL 6–⁠5421%
Nov 7vsNorth TexasW 23–⁠1474%
Nov 21atIowa StateL 20–⁠2358%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa State 23–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 10th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 81st-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 1998.

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 10th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked
Points
280–⁠341
Coach
Terry Allen
Elo
1445 −23 this season
SP+ rating
-3.8 No. 69 of 112; offense No. 56, defense No. 79
SRS
−1.8 No. 62 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Salmon
Defensive coordinator
Ardell Wiegandt

All-Big 12

1 second team

Second team

  • Pat BrownLBMedia-2

From Wikipedia’s 1998 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1998 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Kansas State8–⁠011–⁠210
Texas A&M7–⁠111–⁠311
Texas6–⁠29–⁠315
Nebraska5–⁠39–⁠419
Missouri5–⁠38–⁠421
Colorado4–⁠48–⁠4
Texas Tech4–⁠47–⁠5
Oklahoma3–⁠55–⁠6
Oklahoma State3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas1–⁠74–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠73–⁠8
Baylor1–⁠72–⁠9

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