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The 1983 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Eight Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season.In their first season under head coach Mike Gottfried, the Jayhawks compiled a 4–6–1 record (2–5 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 320 to 296.
The following is a list of Kansas Jayhawks football seasons including the coaches in each season and competition scores and rankings from 1890 to present day. [1] The sports teams at the University of Kansas (KU), in Lawrence, Kansas, are known as the Jayhawks. When the University of Kansas fielded their first football team in 1890, the team ...
The Big Eight Conference sponsored championships in 21 sports (11 men's and 10 women's) at various times during its existence from 1907 to 1996. [1] The conference began sponsoring women's sports in the mid-1970s under the direction of Assistant Commissioner Steven J. Hatchell.
This season's edition of the annual rivalry game between Oregon and Oregon State is still widely known and derided as "The Toilet Bowl", as the teams played to a 0–0 tie, the last scoreless tie in college football. The game featured 11 total turnovers, as 6 fumbles were lost (out of 11 total), 5 interceptions, and 4 missed field goals.
The 2023 edition of the Sunflower Showdown was played in Lawrence and featured both teams being ranked for the first time since 1995 and the first time ever in the College Football Playoff poll era. Kansas entered the game ranked No. 25 in the College Football Playoff poll while Kansas State was No. 21. Both teams were 7-3 entering the game.
Column in The Atlanta Constitution proposing a 1917 national championship game between Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh. [202] [203] College football fans and administrators have long sought to match the No. 1 vs. No. 2 teams in an end-of-season national championship game to determine an undisputed national champion on the gridiron. [39]
Will Coleman was player-coach for the first Kansas Jayhawks football team in 1890. The University of Kansas fielded its first football team in 1890, led by player-coach Will Coleman. Kansas traveled to nearby Baker University to play the first college football game in Kansas to start that season. After playing an abbreviated three-game season ...
January 26 – death of Paul "Bear" Bryant, noted college football coach; Sugar Bowl (1982 season): The Penn State Nittany Lions won 27-23 over the Georgia Bulldogs to win the college football national championship; Michigan Panthers win United States Football League Championship, 24-22 over Philadelphia Stars