KANSAS FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE
 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (0)
All Time Football Record: 542-539-58 (.501)
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (8)
1892 Western Inter-State Univ. Assoc. Champions
1893 Western Inter-State Univ. Assoc. Co-Champions
1895 Western Inter-State Univ. Assoc. Co-Champions
1908 Missouri Valley Conference Champions
1930 Big Eight Conference Champions
1946 Big Eight Conference Co-Champions
1947 Big Eight Conference Co-Champions
1968 Big Eight Conference Co-Champions

CONFERENCE AFFILIATIONS
1890-1891: Kansas Collegiate Ath. Conf.
1892-1897: Western Interstate University Football Association
1898-1906: Independent
1907-1927: Missouri Valley Conference
1928-1995: Big Eight Conference
1996-Current: Big XII Conference

BOWL GAMES (4-6)
SEASON BOWL OPPONENT RESULT SCORE
2005 Fort Worth Houston W 42-13
2003 Tangerine North Carolina State L 26-56
1995 Aloha UCLA W 51-30
1992 Aloha Brigham Young W 23-20
1981 Hall Of Fame Mississippi State L 0-10
1975 Sun Pittsburgh L 19-33
1973 Liberty North Carolina State L 18-31
1968 Orange Penn State L 14-15
1961 Bluebonnet Rice W 33-7
1947 Orange Georgia Tech L 14-20
COACHES
COACH
YEARS
#YEARS
GAMES
WON
LOST
TIED
PCT.
Will Coleman
1890
1
3
1
2
0
.333
E.M. Hopkins
1891
1
8
7
0
1
.938
A.W. Shepard
1892-1893
2
15
9
6
0
.600
Hector W. Cowan
1894-1896
3
23
15
7
1
.674
Wylie G. Woodruff
1897-1898
2
18
15
3
0
.833
Fielding H. "Hurry Up" Yost
1899
1
10
10
0
0
1.000
Charles Boynton
1900
1
9
2
5
2
.333
John H. Outland
1901
1
10
3
5
2
.400
Arthur Curtis
1902
1
10
6
4
0
.600
Harrison Weeks
1903
1
9
6
3
0
.667
A.R. "Bert" Kennedy
1904-1910
7
66
53
9
4
.833
Ralph W. Sherwin
1911
1
8
4
2
2
.625
Arthur St.L. "Texas" Mosse
1912-1913
2
16
9
7
0
.563
H.M. Wheaton
1914
1
8
5
2
1
.688
Herman P. Olcott
1915-1917
3
24
16
7
1
.688
Jay Bond
1918
1
4
2
2
0
.500
Leon McCarty
1919
1
8
3
2
3
.563
Forrest C. "Phog" Allen
1920
1
8
5
2
1
.688
George M. "Potsy" Clark
1921-1925
5
39
16
17
6
.487
Franklin C. "Cappy" Cappon
1926-1927
2
16
5
10
1
.344
William H. "Bill" Hargiss
1928-1932
4.3
36
18
16
2
.528
Adrian H. "Ad" Lindsey
1932-1938
6.7
61
23
30
8
.443
Gwinn Henry
1939-1942
4
36
9
27
0
.250
Henry A. Shenk
1943-1945
3
30
11
16
3
.417
George H. Sauer
1946-1947
2
21
15
3
3
.786
Jules V. Sikes
1948-1953
6
60
35
25
0
.583
Charles V. "Chuck" Mather
1954-1957
4
40
11
26
3
.313
Jack Mitchell
1958-1966
9
91
44
42
5
.511
Pepper Rodgers
1967-1970
4
42
20
22
0
.476
Don Fambrough
1971-1974, 1979-1982
8
90
36
49
5
.428
Bud Moore
1975-1978
4
45
17
27
1
.389
Mike Gottfried
1983-1985
3
34
15
18
1
.456
Bob Valesente
1986-1987
2
22
4
17
1
.205
Glenn Mason
1988-1996
9
102
47
54
1
.466
Terry Allen
1997-2001
5
56
21
35
0
.375
Mark Mangino
2002-Current
5
60
25
35
0
.417
William H. "Bill" Hargiss coached games 1-2 in 1932 (1-1 in 1932)
Adrian H. "Ad" Lindsey coached games 3-8 in 1932 (4-2 in 1932)
Total (36 coaches)
117
1139
542
539
58
.501
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (through 2006 season)
STATISTIC CAREER SEASON GAME
PASSING Frank Seurer
6,410 (1980-83)
Mike Norseth
2,995 (1985)
Mike Norseth
480 (Vanderbilt 1985)
RUSHING June Henley
3,841 (1993-96)
Jon Cornish
1,457 (2006)
Tony Sands
396 (Missouri 1991)
RECEIVING YARDS Willie Vaughn
2,266 (1985-88)
Bob Johnson
1,144 (1983)
Quintin Smith
221 (Louisville 1989)
RECEPTIONS Mark Simmons
155 (2002-05)
Richard Estell
70 (1985)
Willie Vaughn
11 (Colorado 1986)
Quintin Smith
11 (Louisville 1989)
Isaac Byrd
11 (Iowa State 1996)
SCORING Dan Eichloff
302 (1990-93)
June Henley
108 (1996)
*see note below
INTERCEPTIONS Ray Evans
17 (1941-42, 1946-47)
Ray Evans
10 (1942)
 
TACKLES Willie Pless
633 (1982-85)
Willie Pless
206 (1984)
 
SACKS Algie Atkinson
24 (1998-2001)
Ron Warner
14.5 (1997)
*5 tied with 24 points: Charlie Black (Washington, MO 1923), Curtis McClinton (California 1961), Quintin Smith (Louisville 1989), Tony Sands (Missouri 1991), June Henley (Texas Christian 1996)