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===Missouri (Border War)===
===Missouri (Border War)===
KU competes with the [[Missouri Tigers]] in the second oldest rivalry in major college football, and the oldest west of the [[Mississippi River]]. First played in 1891,the Jayhawks and Tigers have met on the gridiron every year since, with the lone exception of 1918 (flu epidemic). The annual game is known as the "[[Border War (Kansas vs Missouri)|Border War]], which derives from actual warfare that occurred during the Civil War between free-state "Jayhawkers" pro-slavery "Bushwhackers" from Missouri. Six towns, including [[Osceola, Missouri]], were pillaged and raided by the Jayhawkers. In retaliation, [[William Quantrill]] and his band of Bushwhackers burned Lawrence to the ground in what became known as the [[Lawrence Massacre]]. Ironically, [[Columbia, Missouri]], the location of the [[University of Missouri]] was also nearly raided by Quantrill's band. The name of the rivalry has since been officially rebranded as the "[[Border showdown|Border Showdown]]" following the advent of the [[Iraq War]], although the historical name prevails in usage. Each year the winner of the game is awarded a traveling trophy, the Indian War Drum. Following the 2007 Border Showdown, Kansas retired the current drum. However, Kansas earned it back with a victory over Missouri in the 2008 Border Showdown under quarterback Todd Reesing. Kansas lost the 119th, and most recent, Border Showdown to Missouri, 35-7.
KU competes with the [[Missouri Tigers]] in the second oldest rivalry in major college football, and the oldest west of the [[Mississippi River]]. First played in 1891,the Jayhawks and Tigers have met on the gridiron every year since, with the lone exception of 1918 (flu epidemic). The annual game is known as the "[[Border War (Kansas vs Missouri)|Border War]], which derives from actual warfare that occurred during the Civil War between free-state "Jayhawkers" pro-slavery "Bushwhackers" from Missouri. Six towns, including [[Osceola, Missouri]], were pillaged and raided by the Jayhawkers. In retaliation, [[William Quantrill]] and his band of Bushwhackers burned Lawrence to the ground in what became known as the [[Lawrence Massacre]]. Ironically, [[Columbia, Missouri]], the location of the [[University of Missouri]] was also nearly raided by Quantrill's band. The name of the rivalry has since been officially rebranded as the "[[Border showdown|Border Showdown]]" following the advent of the [[Iraq War]], although the historical name prevails in usage. Each year the winner of the game is awarded a traveling trophy, the Indian War Drum. Following the 2007 Border Showdown, Kansas retired the current drum. However, Kansas earned it back with a victory over Missouri in the 2008 Border Showdown under quarterback Todd Reesing. Kansas lost the 119th, and most recent, Border Showdown to Missouri, 35-7.

The rivalry status is in question with Missouri's upcoming move to the [[Southeastern Conference]].<ref>[http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7199062/missouri-tigers-move-sec-official-big-12-hurdles-remain]</ref>


===Kansas State (Sunflower Showdown)===
===Kansas State (Sunflower Showdown)===

Revision as of 22:21, 9 November 2011

For all-time season results, see Kansas Jayhawks football seasons.
Kansas Jayhawks football
2011 Kansas Jayhawks football team
File:University of Kansas Jayhawk logo.svg
First season1890
Head coach
2nd season, 5–15 (.250)
StadiumMemorial Stadium
(capacity: 50,071)
Field surfaceFieldTurf
LocationLawrence, Kansas
All-time record573–560–58 (.505)
Bowl record6–6 (.500)
Conference titles8
Consensus All-Americans5[1]
Current uniform
File:Big12-Uniform-KU.png
ColorsBlue and Crimson
   
Fight songI'm a Jayhawk
MascotBig Jay, Baby Jay
Marching bandMarching Jayhawks
Trophy game rivalsMissouri Tigers, Kansas State Wildcats
WebsiteKU Athletics

The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate football program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference.

Kansas football dates back to 1890 and is one the oldest programs in the nation. Notable former players include Pro Football Hall of famers Gale Sayers, John Riggins, and Mike McCormack, as well as All-Americans John Hadl, Dana Stubblefield, Bobby Douglass, Nolan Cromwell, Aqib Talib, and Anthony Collins. The Jayhawks have won one BCS bowl game, the 2008 Orange Bowl. The team currently plays in Memorial Stadium which seats 50,071 fans. The stadium opened in 1921, making it the seventh oldest college football stadium in the nation.[2] Turner Gill was named the head coach on December 13, 2009 following the resignation of Mark Mangino in the light of an internal investigation of his coaching practices.[3][4] As of week 2 of their 2011 season, the program's all-time record is 573–560–58. The Jayhawks, have more wins than high profile programs such as Miami-(FL) (568), Arizona State (551), UCLA (540), Arizona (546), and bitter rival Kansas State (466).

Team records and statistics

Records

  • October 6, 1990: KU and Iowa State end their game in a 34-34 tie,[5] giving KU the all-time NCAA Division I-A record for number of tie games with 57.[6] Since then, NCAA football games have a tie-breaking rule, so only a rule change would allow this record to be broken.
  • December 23, 2005: KU's strong rushing defense, led by Big XII Defensive Player of the year Nick Reid, finishes the season by limiting Houston to just 30 rushing yards in the Fort Worth Bowl, a KU bowl record, bringing its season average down to 83.3 yards allowed per game[7] and breaking the school record of 109.2 set in 1948.[8] It was the ninth time in the season the Jayhawks held their opponent to less than 100 yards on the ground. For the season, their defense ranked 3rd nationally against the rush.
  • November 18, 2006: The Jayhawk defense's record setting 23 game streak without allowing a 100-yard rusher ends against rival Kansas State when runningback Leon Patton rushes for 102 yards.[9] The streak started following a 27-23 loss to Texas on November 13, 2004.
  • November 25, 2006: In the regular season finale, senior running back Jon Cornish rushes for 126 yards in a 42-17 loss to Missouri to become KU's all-time single season leading rusher. His 1,457 yards surpassed the previous record of 1,442 yards set by Tony Sands in 1991.[10]
  • November 17, 2007: Kansas defeats Iowa State 45-7, moving to 11-0 for the first time in school history.
  • September 12, 2009: Kansas defeats UTEP 34-7, going to 20-2 in their last 22 nonconference games since 2005.
  • October 10, 2009: Todd Reesing throws 37 completions for 442 yards and 4 touchdowns, Kerry Meier had 16 catches for 142 yards an 2 touchdowns, Dezmon Briscoe had 12 catches for 186 yards and 2 touchdowns

Bowl appearances

Bowl Championship Series commissioners and the Orange Bowl Committee selected Kansas and Virginia Tech to play in the 2008 Orange Bowl.

The Jayhawks have a 6-6 bowl record:

Football Season Bowl Location AP Rank Opponent Result Additional Notes
1947 Orange Bowl Miami, FL 13 (10) Georgia Tech L 20-14
1961 Bluebonnet Bowl Houston, TX Rice University W 33-7
1968 Orange Bowl Miami, FL 3 (6) Penn State L 15-14
1973 Liberty Bowl Memphis, TN 19 (16) NC State L 31-18
1975 Sun Bowl El Paso, TX 19 Pittsburgh L 33-19
1981 Hall of Fame Bowl Birmingham, AL Mississippi State L 10-0
1992 Aloha Bowl Honolulu, HI 22 (25) BYU W 23-20
1995 Aloha Bowl Honolulu, HI 11 (25) UCLA W 51-30
2003 Mazda Tangerine Bowl Orlando, FL NC State L 56-26
2005 Fort Worth Bowl Fort Worth, TX Houston W 42-13
2007 FedEx Orange Bowl Miami, FL 8 (5) Virginia Tech W 24-21 BCS Bowl
2008 Insight Bowl Tempe, AZ Minnesota W 42-21

Conference championships

Year Conference
1892 Western Interstate University Football Association
1893* Western Interstate University Football Association
1895* Western Interstate University Football Association
1908 MVIAA
1930 Big Six
1946* Big Eight
1947* Big Eight
1968* Big Eight

(*) Indicates a co-championship.

In 1960, the Jayhawks beat Missouri 23-7 to take the Big 8 title. This game was later reversed, due to the Jayhawks use of an ineligible player, giving Missouri the title.

Divisional championships

Year Overall Record Conference Record Coach Conference
2007*[11] 12-1-0 7–1 Mark Mangino Big 12

(*) Indicates a co-championship.

Note: While officially recognized as 2007 divisional co-champions by the Big 12, the Jayhawks lost head to head to Missouri, giving the Tigers the championship game berth.

Series records

  • As of October 15, 2010
All-time Big 12
Opponent Seasons Games Record Home Away Neutral Games Record Home Away Neutral Streak Last
Baylor 1971–2007 10   4-6-0 4-1-0 0-5-0 — 7   3-3-0 3-0-0 0-4-0 — 1 L L 7-55 (away)
Iowa State 1898–2010 90   49-35-6 27-15-3 22-20-3 — 15   9-6-0 6-1-0 3-5-0 — 1 L L 16-28 (away)
Kansas State 1902–2009 108   65-38-5* 37-16-2 28-22-3* — 15   4-11-0 3-5-0 1-6-0 — 2 L L 7-59 (home)
Missouri 1891–2009 118   55-54-9* 26-16-3 15-30-3* 14-8-3 ² 14   7-7-0 4-1-0 2-4-0 1-2-0 ³ 1 L L 7-35 (at Kansas City)
Oklahoma 1903–2009 101   27-68-6 14-31-3 13-36-3 0-1-0 ³ 8   2-6-0 1-2-0 1-3-0 0-1-0 ³ 6 L L 13-35 (home)
Oklahoma State 1923–2007 60   29-28-3 15-16-1 14-12-2 — 6   1-5-0 0-3-0 1-2-0 — 1 W L 14-48 (home)
Texas 1901–2009 10   2-8-0 2-4-0 0-4-0 — 8   0-8-0 0-4-0 0-4-0 — 8 L L 20-51 (away)
Texas A&M 1974–2007 9   2-7-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 — 6   1-5-0 0-3-0 1-2-0 — 1 W L 14-45 (home)
Texas Tech 1965–2009 12   1-11-0 0-6-0 1-5-0 — 8   1-7-0 0-4-0 1-3-0 — 4 L L 21-42 (away)
*Record disputed due to forfeits, KU record book shown here.; ¹at Denver; ²except one win at St. Joseph all were at Kansas City; ³at Kansas City.

Rivalries and other series

Missouri (Border War)

KU competes with the Missouri Tigers in the second oldest rivalry in major college football, and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. First played in 1891,the Jayhawks and Tigers have met on the gridiron every year since, with the lone exception of 1918 (flu epidemic). The annual game is known as the "Border War, which derives from actual warfare that occurred during the Civil War between free-state "Jayhawkers" pro-slavery "Bushwhackers" from Missouri. Six towns, including Osceola, Missouri, were pillaged and raided by the Jayhawkers. In retaliation, William Quantrill and his band of Bushwhackers burned Lawrence to the ground in what became known as the Lawrence Massacre. Ironically, Columbia, Missouri, the location of the University of Missouri was also nearly raided by Quantrill's band. The name of the rivalry has since been officially rebranded as the "Border Showdown" following the advent of the Iraq War, although the historical name prevails in usage. Each year the winner of the game is awarded a traveling trophy, the Indian War Drum. Following the 2007 Border Showdown, Kansas retired the current drum. However, Kansas earned it back with a victory over Missouri in the 2008 Border Showdown under quarterback Todd Reesing. Kansas lost the 119th, and most recent, Border Showdown to Missouri, 35-7.

The rivalry status is in question with Missouri's upcoming move to the Southeastern Conference.[12]

Kansas State (Sunflower Showdown)

In addition, KU has a rivalry with the Kansas State Wildcats called the Sunflower Showdown; when the two teams compete in football, the winner is awarded the Governor's Cup by the governor of Kansas. Kansas leads the all-time series 64-37-5, while Kansas State has won more Governor's Cups (21-19).

Nebraska

The Kansas-Nebraska series was the longest uninterrupted rivalry in college football until Nebraska's departure for the Big 10 Conference in 2011. Kansas and Nebraska met for the first time in 1892, and faced off annually from 1906[13] until 2010. Along with the Missouri rivalry, this gives Kansas the second- and third-most played college football series in existence (Minnesota and Wisconsin have played one more game than KU-MU and two more than KU-NU). KU is only 23-90-3 all-time against the Cornhuskers (as of 2010), and from 1969-2004 the Huskers rang up 36 consecutive victories, second longest in NCAA Division I (only Notre Dame's streak over Navy was longer). That streak ended on November 5, 2005, when Kansas defeated Nebraska 40-15 in Lawrence. They again beat Nebraska 76-39 in Lawrence on November 3, 2007. This was the largest number of points ever surrendered by a Nebraska team; the Jayhawks also set records for most points against Nebraska in a half (1st half, 48 points) and quarter (2nd quarter, 27 points). The 95 points scored by the Jayhawks in 2006 and 2007 combined is the largest consecutive two-year total in the series. Also, the 32 points scored in an overtime loss at Nebraska on September 30, 2006, was the most by any Jayhawk team in Lincoln since 1899, when KU won 36-20 in the two teams' eighth all-time meeting.[14] New head football coach Turner Gill is a former athlete and coach for the Cornhuskers, playing football and baseball during his college career and returning as an assistant football coach for 1989, 1992-2004.

Players of note

First-Team AP All-Americans

Ring of Honor members

(The Ring of Honor is located atop the northern bowl at Memorial Stadium and is intended to honor Kansas All-Americans and others who have made a significant on-field contribution to the football program.)

Retired numbers

College football Hall of Fame

  • 1951 - Fielding H. Yost (Coach)
  • 1954 - Jim Bausch, HB
  • 1964 - Ray Evans, HB
  • 1964 - Gale Sayers, HB
  • 1994 - John Hadl, QB
  • 2001 - John Outland, OT

NFL Hall of Fame

  • 1977 - Gale Sayers, HB
  • 1985 - Mike McCormack, OT
  • 1992 - John Riggins, RB

KU alumni currently in the NFL

[15][16]

Coaches

Current coaching staff

Name Position
Turner Gill Head Coach
Chuck Long Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
David Beaty Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach
Vantz Singletary Linebackers Coach
Aaron Stamn Special Teams Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach
Reggie Mitchell Recruiting Coordinator/Running Backs Coach
Buddy Wyatt Defensive Line Coach
J.B. Grimes Offensive Line Coach
Vic Shealy Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks Coach
Robert Wimberly Safeties Coach
John Williams Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Joe Vaughn Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

Head Coaches

Head football coaches, including their win-loss records, years coached, and reason for leaving if other than firing:

References

  1. ^ NCAA (2009). "NCAA Football Award Winners" (PDF). p. 13.
  2. ^ Memorial Stadium Facts
  3. ^ "Mangino Resigns As Kansas Head Football Coach".
  4. ^ "Buffalo's Gill to coach at Kansas".
  5. ^ Coaching Records Game by Game
  6. ^ Division I-A All-Time Wins
  7. ^ "Kansas Postgame Notes" (Press release). University of Kansas. December 23, 2005. Retrieved October 7, 2006.
  8. ^ "Kansas Postgame Notes" (Press release). University of Kansas. November 26, 2005. Retrieved October 7, 2006.
  9. ^ "KU-KSU Postgame Notes" (Press release). University of Kansas. November 18, 2006. Retrieved November 19, 2006.
  10. ^ "Kansas Postgame Notes vs. Missouri" (Press release). University of Kansas. November 25, 2006. Retrieved November 25, 2006.
  11. ^ MU won, but KU still shows off trophy
  12. ^ [1]
  13. ^ Nebraska vs Kansas
  14. ^ "Kansas Postgame Notes vs. Nebraska" (Press release). University of Kansas. September 30, 2006. Retrieved October 7, 2006.
  15. ^ Current NFL Players
  16. ^ Jake Laptad NFL player page
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