1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 1964 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jack Mitchell, the Jayhawks compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big 8. Kansas played home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Conference | Big Eight Conference |
Record | 6–4 (5–2 Big 8) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (capacity: 44,900) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Nebraska $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 19 | TCU* | W 7–3 | 38,000 | |
September 26 | at Syracuse* | L 6–38 | 28,000 | |
October 3 | Wyoming* |
| L 14–17 | 38,000 |
October 10 | at Iowa State | W 42–6 | 19,706 | |
October 17 | Oklahoma |
| W 15–14 | 42,130 |
October 24 | at Oklahoma State | W 14–13 | 36,500 | |
October 31 | at Kansas State | W 7–0 | 21,300 | |
November 7 | No. 5 Nebraska |
| L 7–14 | 44,509 |
November 14 | Colorado |
| W 10–7 | 37,000 |
November 21 | at Missouri | L 14–34 | 50,000 | |
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Roster
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Game summaries
Vs. TCU
At Syracuse
Vs. Wyoming
At Iowa State
Vs. Oklahoma
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At Oklahoma State
At Kansas State
Vs. Nebraska
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Vs. Colorado
At Missouri
Awards and honors
- Gale Sayers – Consensus All-America selection, All-Big Eight
1965 NFL Draft
Player | Round | Pick | Position | Club |
Gale Sayers | 1 | 4 | Running back | Chicago Bears |
Brian Schweda | 8 | 101 | Tackle | Chicago Bears |
Mike Shinn | 8 | 108 | End | Green Bay Packers |
- Gale Sayers was also drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 1965 American Football League draft.[3]
References
- "Kansas Defeats Oklahoma, 15–14". The New York Times. October 18, 1964. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- "1965 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007.
- NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 395
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